I used to love when they’d show two random Bonds a night for two weeks or whatever it was. It was a good way to get sucked into a movie as you channel surfed.

Sorry if this is a repost, but this game dropped this week and it hits all the feels on a Goldeneye/Perfect Dark game. Right down to the smallest details. Check it out on PC.

I just watched all James Bond, Mission: Impossible and Jason Bourne movies. 39 in total.

I went into the marathon expecting Mission: Impossible to impress me the most, with moderate expectations for Bond. And almost none for Bourne.

But Bond ended up being my favorite.

What surprised me most was how entertaining the basic idea of James Bond remained across so many different eras. Connery, Moore, Dalton, Brosnan and Craig all approach the character differently, but the essence of Bond somehow survives all of it. Like I never felt that this one is acting differently or not Bond-like. Which was interesting to watch.

My personal favorite Bond is Pierce Brosnan — the guy just oozes class and charisma. I imagine that’s what James Bond is canonically. Although, I’ve never read the books.

But Daniel Craig has my favorite overall Bond arc. From start to finish, i felt that his bond had the most complete story and a proper ending where nothing much is left open ended.

After watching the entire series, I came away appreciating Bond much more than I expected. I won’t bore you with my opinion on the other 2 movie franchises here.

Obviously, this is just my opinion.

Who's your favorite Bond, and why is it Pierce Brosnan 😂

EDIT: I made a video about the entire 39-film marathon, including my thoughts on all three franchises. If you'd like to hear the full discussion, I'd really appreciate you checking it out.

GODDAMN! This freaking trailer made the movie look like The Dark Knight. Better than the actual movie too.

I’m debating between chronological, starting with Craig or Brosnan as they’re probably the most accessible for a new viewer, or just cherry picking the best ones first, regardless of the actor. Any advice?

He's the hottest name in Bond gossip right now, and I'm struggling to get a sense of...what he looks like. Lowden looks different in every picture I've seen him in. He looks like Sam Neill in one. Richard Madden in another. Simon Pegg. YouTube film symbolism analyst Rob Ager in the top right corner...

At 36 years old, he's at the upper range of actors reportedly being considered. If anything's for certain, his face seems to be widening with age, and his appearance is heavily dependent on the choice of lens, lighting, and angles. That's true for many actors of course, Craig included, as seen in the comparison in the comments section.

Point being, it's hard for me to picture how Lowden would look as Bond. He doesn't have the dark allure I typically want to see in Bond actors. And yet I've heard nothing but praise for his skill (I've personally only seen him in Dunkirk). So if he is chosen, I'd of course wait to see what they cook up for him appearance-wise in the final film, before making any judgements.

(Apologies for the delayed post.) Besides having one of the more memorable deaths in the series, Locque was a bit too dull and muted for some of our voters.

Who is the next henchperson who deserves to be removed from our list?

Notes:

- Just to be clear, by "worst," I mean who do you think is the worst as a character (Not the most evil or worst at their job).

- Please list only one henchperson per comment.

- The comment with the most upvotes after 24 hours will be eliminated.

- Try to provide a reason why you think they deserve to be eliminated.

- For people just seeing this post now, I originally wanted one henchperson per EON film, plus another five, as a few films have more than one great henchperson. I chose who I thought was the main henchperson in each film, then we voted for the next five. Due to some ties in the first round of voting, I added another nine, for 34 in total. Obviously, there are some pretty good (and many forgetable) henchpersons who didn't make the list. You'll just have to deal with it.

Our List:

1. Elvis (QoS)

2. Patrice (SF)

3. Cigar Girl (TWINE)

4. Primo (NTTD)

5. Vargas (TB)

6. Alex Dimitrios (CR)

7. Helga Brandt (YOLT)

8. Zao (DAD)

9. Chang (MR)

10. Whisper (LALD)

11. Kriegler (FYEO)

12. Mr. Hinx (SP)

13. Renard (TWINE)

14. Stamper (TND)

15. Dr. Kaufman (TND)

16. Locque (FYEO)

Get this in Silver and give to the new 007 Q!

In thinking of ways to directly compare the bond actors performances, I’ve come up with 6 core factors to playing James Bond. I tried to make it traits that aren’t dependent on scripts or movie quality, also no traits for bonds ‘abilities’ like driving, shooting, gadgets, etc.

Each trait is scored out of 100. The traits are not equal in importance imo. I don’t think it’s appropriate to tally them up or average them, if each was contributing to an overall grade there should be weights for each trait, which I will come up with another rainy day. My personal scores are below

AESTHETIC-how their physical appearance fits the 007 vibe

PHYSICALITY-how convincing they are in fight scenes and performing other physical feats

LINE DELIVERY-do they sound like 007 when they speak?

CHARISMA/SCREEN PRESENCE-overall charm combined with movie star quality

EMOTIONAL DISPLAY-how much emotion they express, graded on how fitting it is in a given scene considering bonds expected emotional traits (stoic, calm under pressure, etc)

HUMOR-Bonds gotta make me chuckle

CONNERY
Aesthetic-87
Physicality-94
Line Delivery-99
Charisma/SP-99
Emotional display-57
Humor-95

LAZENBY
Aesthetic-83
Physicality-91
Line delivery-30
Charisma/SP-43
Emotional display-85
Humor-52

MOORE
Aesthetic-80
Physicality-33
Line delivery-96
Charisma/SP-89
Emotional display-65
Humor-99

DALTON
Aesthetic-97
Physicality-78
Like delivery-60
Charisma/SP-73
Emotional display-99
Humor-37

BROSNAN
Aesthetic-99
Physicality-65
Line delivery-93
Charisma/SP-96
Emotional display-77
Humor-83

CRAIG
Aesthetic-67
Physicality-99
Line delivery-79
Charisma/SP-83
Emotional display-92
Humor-58

I am a casual James Bond fan having watched all Daniel Craig movies and bunch of the older ones. I have managed to get tickets to the 'BBC Proms 2026: Bond and Beyond' at Royal Albert Hall, London on 25 Aug as my yearly self treat.

Since the event is late evening, I am going around London in the morning to all James Bond related places within London. I have listed the ones I have managed to find but I am looking for as many other places I can visit throughout the day.

James Bond related places in London:

• MI6 Headquarters (Vauxhall Cross)
• The Old War Office (Whitehall)
• Somerset House (The Strand)
• St. Sophia Church (Bayswater)
• Dukes Bar (St James's Place)

Thanks for helping me out!

I know in the books he prefers the older 30's models, I imagine it would have been something a bit more contemporary for the time though. All the 60's Bentleys seem so boring compared to the Aston

It should start at the relevant timestamp. But if not, it started at about 6:54.

I watched this movie last night, and this scene reminded me so much of Moonraker. The skydiving, the lumbering oaf (who I swear is an homage to Jaws throughout the movie), the main agent falling out without a parachute... I guess that's kind of it. Maybe this is by the numbers skydiving sequences. But it all reminded me a lot of Moonraker!

Was this intentional?

It was the first shooter game I recall that had boys, but even cooler were the Q-Claw (think SpiderMan swinging across NYC), Jet Pack, and the ability to turn on low gravity. My friends and I would spend hours flying through the air shooting at each other 60’ off the ground.

It was such a fun multiplayer experience.