Didn't like Moore, didn't like Brosnan, both ooze smooth, and I think Bond should have more of an edge, which Dalton had. I still think if Adrian Paul could act anything besides MacLeod, he'd be a good edgy Bond. Owen would be best, because he does stone cold yet charming very well. But short or not, I can't get Robson Green out of my mental casting.

I think Green fits the character Fleming wrote, and would pull the character back to some solid ground, after the fireworks and FX field day the movies made of it. Maybe it's time for a new direction. One not based on bigger and stupider gadgets, sillier plots, bigger and more pneumatic boobs on the cardboard eye candy, and more and biggerer explosions.

Or, I could be wrong.

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Brosnan isn't Bond, and never was. He was like Bond Lite or something.

Having grown up with Roger Moore being my first Bond, and only watching the Connery Bond films on commercial-filled TV (those big set pieces lose a lot of impact on a 19" color console set), I really liked Goldeneye. Seeing Brosnan play an icy-cold Bond really made me believe him as a secret agent/assassin, which is what Bond should be, not the jokey guy playing against outrageously campy villains.

Cereal to add--I've never seen any of the Dalton films, so I can't compare him to Brosnan.

I've seen a lot of them, but the last few didn't make much impression. I thought PB was good, though. It was the rest of the stories that missed, imo.

Count me in as Brosnan fan.

I loved Brosnan as Bond. Goldeneye was great, but the movies got progressively worse.

I watched Dr. No and was struck by how slow and boring it was.

Liked the movie, think Lazenby was a mannequin, but love, love, LOVE Diana Rigg. She makes up for a lot.

Yup.

Connery frequently seemed like a brute. And was therefore the best. I have hopes for Craig because he looks brutish. I do like Brosnan, although I only saw the first two because I don't see movies much any more. The Moore movies are mostly embarrassing. Live & Let Die is still fun, but that's what started them down the road of goofiness.

I do still have a soft spot for Christopher Walken as a "sadistic Nazi KGB entrepreneurial genius." HBO kept describing him that way when they were running View To A Kill, and it made us laugh every time. Hilarious commercial. Terrible movie. Great theme song, though.

I just watched Casino Royale a few weeks ago. Terence Cooper was pretty hot.

I watched Dr. No and was struck by how slow and boring it was.

The thing I like about the Connery movies is that they actually make something like sense. I'd seen them on TV so much growing up that they were like background noise, but occasionally when Spike runs them I'll watch one and try to really pay attention. Turns out that he's following up on clues and stuff. I had no idea.

Here ends my Bond-related brain-dump.

I love Dr No! It's the only one I own. Rocking movie. And that's not just jingoism.

My favorite Bond film is Goldfinger. It has Oddjob, "No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!", the wonderfully named Pussy Galore, and all the elements that make a classic Bond flick without being too over the top.

Um, Pussy Galore isn't over the top??

My top is lower than yours.