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Not a question about who the best Bond is, just who your favorite is.
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« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2012, 07:39:17 AM » |
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I wanted to say Brosnan... but Sean Connery is perfect for the gig. He at least attempts to have a non-American accent as a British agent; most Americans can't tell the difference between Scottish and English, anyways.
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« Reply #2 on: May 01, 2012, 08:01:00 AM » |
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I wanted to say Brosnan... but Sean Connery is perfect for the gig. He at least attempts to have a non-American accent as a British agent; most Americans can't tell the difference between Scottish and English, anyways.
But none of them have American accents (probably because none of them are Americans). Connery's is Scottish, Roger Moore's is pretty posh English, as is Timothy Dalton's. Pierce Brosnan's is basically standard English pronunciation (though with occasional faint Irish hints) and so is Daniel Craig's. The only one whose voice I have trouble recalling is the one that's missing from the poll - George Lazenby. As he was Australian, though, I think the chances of him having an American accent is pretty remote and I'm sure I'd have noticed if he had had one |
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« Reply #3 on: May 01, 2012, 08:25:15 AM » |
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But none of them have American accents (probably because none of them are Americans). Connery's is Scottish, Roger Moore's is pretty posh English, as is Timothy Dalton's. Pierce Brosnan's is basically standard English pronunciation (though with occasional faint Irish hints) and so is Daniel Craig's. The only one whose voice I have trouble recalling is the one that's missing from the poll - George Lazenby. As he was Australian, though, I think the chances of him having an American accent is pretty remote and I'm sure I'd have noticed if he had had one
Timothy Dalton's accent is not "posh English", not by a long shot. He's Welsh, and sounds nothing like Roger Moore's clipped tones. The lilt and burr is obvious. Re George Lazenby: His is an Australian accent, but one which owes more to standard British than broad Aussie. It is a "cultured Australian" accent typical of his era. |
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« Reply #4 on: May 01, 2012, 08:50:17 AM » |
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But none of them have American accents (probably because none of them are Americans). Connery's is Scottish, Roger Moore's is pretty posh English, as is Timothy Dalton's. Pierce Brosnan's is basically standard English pronunciation (though with occasional faint Irish hints) and so is Daniel Craig's. The only one whose voice I have trouble recalling is the one that's missing from the poll - George Lazenby. As he was Australian, though, I think the chances of him having an American accent is pretty remote and I'm sure I'd have noticed if he had had one
Timothy Dalton's accent is not "posh English", not by a long shot. He's Welsh, and sounds nothing like Roger Moore's clipped tones. The lilt and burr is obvious. Re George Lazenby: His is an Australian accent, but one which owes more to standard British than broad Aussie. It is a "cultured Australian" accent typical of his era. Well I went to university in Wales (incidentally not so far from where he was born) and I would have struggled to place Timothy Dalton's accent as Welsh. Extremely well-spoken English is how I'd have categorised it - I'd stand by pretty posh, not as posh as Roger Moore, certainly but posher than average. He certainly does not have a Colwyn Bay accent which is unsurprising as he didn't exactly have long to develop one. To my knowledge he's Welsh only by birth and grew up in England. As for lilt and burr, the latter's a more appropriate descriptor for Scottish accents and the former is more characteristic of South Welsh accents, the North Welsh accent being rather more staccato and hence, less lilting. If you're hearing non-standard edges to Timothy Dalton's accent I'd suggest it's far more likely down to the Derbyshire of his upbringing than the Welsh of his birth. Unfortunately, having grown up in the West riding of Yorkshire myself, very faint Derbyshire accents are highly unlikely to register with my ear. |
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« Reply #5 on: May 01, 2012, 09:10:31 AM » |
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« Reply #6 on: May 01, 2012, 09:41:51 AM » |
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Not a question about who the best Bond is, just who your favorite is.
Where is David Niven? And does Jimmy Bond qualify (Woody Allen)? |
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« Reply #7 on: May 01, 2012, 10:27:47 AM » |
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Roger Moore, because I love The Man with the Golden Gun  |
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« Reply #8 on: May 01, 2012, 04:06:54 PM » |
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Whoever chose Daniel Craig is all wet, but I guess his or her martini is still dry.
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« Reply #9 on: May 01, 2012, 04:10:39 PM » |
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Sorry that I forgot a name or two... I guess I should have checked wiki! I chose Pierce Brosnan because he was in that Goldeneye video game. I think he might have been in a movie as well.  |
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« Reply #10 on: May 01, 2012, 04:28:37 PM » |
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I voted Pierce Brosnan, also... just because I think he was the most attractive Bond.  |
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« Reply #11 on: May 01, 2012, 04:40:04 PM » |
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Connery, though Craig and the overlooked (both by critics and this poll) Lazenby come in close seconds. Really, if there were a way to vote a tie for all three I would have done so.
BTW Also missing from the poll are Woody Allen, Peter Sellers, Ursula Anders, David Niven, and many others- all from the same movie!
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« Reply #12 on: May 01, 2012, 05:51:43 PM » |
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...very faint Derbyshire accents are highly unlikely to register with my ear. I had trouble distinguishing between faint Derbyshire and certain Yorkshire accents too. Then again, I didn't grow up there. |
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« Reply #13 on: May 01, 2012, 08:11:08 PM » |
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I chose Roger Moore for several reasons
1) the very first Bond film I ever saw was "Live and Let Die"
2) his accent
3) best one-liners, IMHO
4) he actually fought against villains who were interested more in committing genocide than simply money (i.e. Drax from Moonraker and Stromberg from The Spy Who Loved Me).
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« Reply #14 on: May 01, 2012, 08:13:32 PM » |
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On Her Majesty's Secret Service is my favorite Bond film but Connery is my favorite Bond.
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« Reply #15 on: May 01, 2012, 08:18:14 PM » |
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Goldeneye because Izabella Scorupco and Famke Janssen. Oh and a Tank rolling in the streets of Moscow.
Oh and Pierce Brosnan of course. I still hate him for the fact that I will never be as good looking and charming as he was as Bond.
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« Reply #16 on: May 01, 2012, 09:22:51 PM » |
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I chose Roger Moore for several reasons
1) the very first Bond film I ever saw was "Live and Let Die"
2) his accent
3) best one-liners, IMHO
4) he actually fought against villains who were interested more in committing genocide than simply money (i.e. Drax from Moonraker and Stromberg from The Spy Who Loved Me).
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« Reply #17 on: May 01, 2012, 09:35:48 PM » |
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On Her Majesty's Secret Service is my favorite Bond film but Connery is my favorite Bond.
Ah, Iconodule, you have such good taste in every arena except the newer series of Doctor Who. |
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« Reply #18 on: May 01, 2012, 10:18:37 PM » |
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Sean Connery - who like a good bottle of wine, only gets better with age. |
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« Reply #19 on: May 01, 2012, 10:23:10 PM » |
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Sean Connery - who like a good bottle of wine, only gets better with age.  The gun is good. The penis is evil. |
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« Reply #20 on: May 01, 2012, 10:53:47 PM » |
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Sean Connery - who like a good bottle of wine, only gets better with age. The gun is good. The penis is evil. Hard to believe the movie was originally supposed to be a live action adaptation of The Lord of the Rings. |
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