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Hmmm. Strange logic - you say an Irishman wearing an Italian suit is more 'english type' than an Englishman wearing an English suit? Pierce was OK, but he was chosen for the role when Roger Moore was the present incumbent, and the Moore era was as far removed from Fleming's character as Bond ever went. Bond has now returned to his roots, and Brosnan would have been irrelevant to that. Daniel Craig was and is the right man for the job.

Definitely something 'strange' going on with Agent Fields there. IMO the casting of Miss Arterton was a throwback to the bad-old-days of putting flavour-of-the-moment eye candy British actresses in Bond movies. Spoiler : highlight to read.. PS. The suit is an Alfred Dunhill.

Yeah Randy - you'll have noticed things have changed around here a bit while you've been away (and not necessarily for the better!!) More gimmicks, frippery and puff that seems to keep the masses happy. Shame the content hasn't been maintained to the same standard

Incidentally, does anyone know what kind of watch Al Pacino wears....?

a. That is your opinion. b. That opinion is formed by looking at a pretty average photograph of one example. My opinion is based on handling several of these straps in person. Oh, and it doesn't matter to you how many other people agree with me...... Who is right in this discussion?! Go figure. But, by all means wait for Trusty's. He's been promising arrival of 'his' version since he released a really bad copy of the CR special edition PO. Hope you can handle disappointment well. (FUD).

Nahh. I hear they can't even give those away now.....

Well, I and several hundred other members here have the Silix one, and believe me it looks absolutely fine. It was modelled from a genuine strap so it is as good as it is going to get for a rep (if you can excuse the intentional '1 letter out' part code which is hidden behind the strap retainer anyway). I used to have two of Trusty's 20mm Seamaster rubber straps and they were crap by comparison, so I can't see how he intends to improve on the Silix item going by previous efforts.

Why does it matter exactly? What's with the sycophantic chasing of the irrelevant products of a particular dealer? They've been beaten to the turn by another dealer (Silix) who has been marketing a 1:1 22mm PO strap for almost a year now. Yeah - stop the presses for this one.. What's the headline?! Prolific cartel dealers 1 year late to the plate..... Maybe the reason for the no-show is that they've realised there's no bloody point. Oh, and haven't you heard?! PO on rubber is so 2006....

Yup - saw that one already and proves the title was either embargoed or a last -minute thing.

You are joking, aren't you There are certain 'Holy Grail' watches that have never been repped, and then there are the 'Holy Grail' of top-notch reps that came and went. This is one of the latter category. Plenty has been written about this watch in this forum. A quick search of 'closed factory 007' will reveal all.....

Teaser....

Are you kidding?! That is breathtaking!!

I was thinking more along the lines of a Land Rover and a blowtorch.....

Serves you right

Announced at the UK Toy Fair, London, 2008....

Tequila is the only alcoholic drink that tastes exactly the same coming back up as it did going down!! Absolutely not my taste. Give me a decent brandy any day. I do have two bottles in the house though..... which I use for cooking!

Chronologie was more than half-decent and definitely captured the contemporary 'techno' style of the day, but might not have appealed to die-hard fans. I agree his later stuff was poo, but it might have had something to do with the fact he'd fallen out with Polydor/Disques Dreyfus and was just seeing out the remainder of his contract with them. Topped in 1990 with his 'Paris La Defense' concert to mark the 200th anniversary of French Independence (I watched the concert from the Palais de Congres on my 21st birthday ) Topped again in 1997 in Moscow.

Agreed, although (like DC) it has grown on me. With this being the 40th Anniversary of Fleming's death there had to be a literary link in the title. It would have been disrespectful not to.

Brilliant (especially the one about the polis). Funny how folks have exceptionally short memories though....

Sounds too much like Bond 77 - the title given to the soundtrack piece written by Marvin Hamlisch for the skiing scene in The Spy Who Loved Me, which he said he chose because he couldn't come up with anything better

There's a precedent for the title of a Bond film to be changed prior to release to compensate for a dumbass unreceptive audience. Licence To Kill was originally titled Licence Revoked in the teaser posters, but early in production it was established that over 50% of North Americans didn't know what 'revoked' meant, so it was changed...

What have they done to ruin the safety of that car?! That is a replica of the old SEAT Toledo, based on the MKII VW Golf chassis which was a pretty safe car even by today's standard.

For those of you not following my 'Bond 22' thread in the Omega section.... New Bond Film Title Confirmed

Nice to know my radar is working... Title (and other details) Confirmed 10 minutes ago (sorry, I was on my lunch and missed the exact second...)

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