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James Bond. Booze, bonks and bodies. Data compiled by The Economist (imgur.com)

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[–]mynamesleslie 495 points496 points ago

chronologically

Edit: Some other useful ways to look at it. I posted these as replies to requests but I'll keep them here too for easy viewing. I did my best to interpret the original graphic.
Chronologically
Chronologically with Gross Box Office
By Gross Box Office
Scaled Extra-scaled by Number of Films? (whoops.)
Unscaled(?) Gross Totals

[–]DailyDistraction[S] 134 points135 points ago

Who would've guessed the Economist would struggle with quantitative representation standards, oh wait..

[–]SkeeverTail 10 points11 points ago

Yes because the lifestyle editorial team at The Economist and their business editorial team are one and the same...

[–]BecauseEricHasOne 196 points197 points ago

THANK YOU. Christ who does that?

[–]fandamplus 183 points184 points ago

Who organises bar graphs from largest to smallest?

[–]Z47 40 points41 points ago

Pareto does.

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    [–]quadruplebaconator 75 points76 points ago

    But it look pretty other way. MAKE GO BACK OTHER WAY MAGIC MAN

    [–]Biduleman 48 points49 points ago

    Here you go!

    [–]quadruplebaconator 65 points66 points ago

    NEW MAGIC MAN BRING BACK

    MAGIC MAN DEAD. LONG LIVE MAGIC MAN

    *gives handfuls of berries*

    [–]richertai 14 points15 points ago

    ?

    [–]quadruplebaconator 50 points51 points ago

    *GRUNT*

    [–]AgreesWithIdiots 31 points32 points ago

    BERRYPICKER AS FUCK

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        [–]YOU_FUCK 12 points13 points ago

        Can you do it by gross revenue each of them pulled adjusted for inflation?

        [–]mynamesleslie 29 points30 points ago

        I think?

        By appearance date

        By gross revenue

        Sources:

        IMDB to look up movies for each actor
        Box Office Mojo for gross $ (I used the first table, which I hope was unadjusted) (upon further thought, this probably isn't revenue, just box office results :/ )
        Dollar Times to convert to 2012 dollars

        I did my best to interpret the original graphic. It had too many jpg for me.

        [–]Side_show 6 points7 points ago

        Sean Connery did 1 of his entries after Lazenby so he'll need to have his split for it to be completely accurate.

        [–]mynamesleslie 62 points63 points ago

        Is this better?

        [–]ehrgeiz91 8 points9 points ago

        lmao you are KILLING it in this thread.

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              [–]BecauseEricHasOne 118 points119 points ago

              As the lady count shrinks, the alcohol grows. Story of my life.

              [–]tophernator 2 points3 points ago

              Excessive alcohol consumption shrinks a lot of things...

              [–]shteamboatwilly 870 points871 points ago

              Daniel Craig's bond has a drinking problem

              [–]DailyDistraction[S] 623 points624 points ago

              But it's amazing that he's not half as violent as Pierce Brosnan.

              [–]Cargussy 628 points629 points ago

              Yeah he kinda went nuts in Goldeneye. Then again so did I in the game.

              [–]chudd 340 points341 points ago

              because everyone has that asshole friend that says, "You can't use Oddjob," THEN PICKS ODDJOB!!!

              [–]LostDelta 132 points133 points ago

              Then they hide inside a blown up crate and disappear, then run around as a little invisible asshole. Stupid Oddjob.

              [–]Warpdogg 28 points29 points ago

              Or that friend who has the button codes memorised and proceeds to go invisible and invincible.

              [–]ThisIsMyCouchAccount 16 points17 points ago

              Good gravy, man. I haven't thought about cheat codes in forever.

              I always wondered. Were they there on purpose - like Skyrim's console - or just a part of game development at the time? I mean, did they exist only to be put in magazines and to be memorized by boys and girls everywhere or did they need them for testing (something else?) and just had to stay because of the development environment.

              Maybe a little of both. Who knows.

              [–]unicornon 1 point2 points ago

              it's there because mods and development.

              they've been around in PC games since PC games were a big thing - PC games that ran on proprietary engines, anyway.

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                  [–]FAGSSTILLARENTHUMAN 10 points11 points ago

                  TIL that this is possible. Wtf

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                    [–]Eric52902 47 points48 points ago

                    I'm pretty sure if you murder someone for choosing Oddjob you get a reduced sentence.

                    [–]Fuzzy-Hat 32 points33 points ago

                    I thought it was a Royal Pardon

                    [–]nickrulz11 24 points25 points ago

                    Only if you're part of the Commonwealth.

                    [–]wutanggrenade 78 points79 points ago

                    If you use OddJob, you are a dirty filthy cheater

                    [–]ordinaryrendition 77 points78 points ago

                    In 007 Nightfire, we were all oddjob.

                    [–]Twatballspam 36 points37 points ago

                    Sentinel, bitch!

                    [–]Ballista_it 9 points10 points ago

                    Ronin for the win oh and did I mention the remote rockets and Suicide bomber helo

                    [–]Darth_Hommus 6 points7 points ago

                    if you can. play this game again on 00agent... it surprisingly easy now. :( also, Overcharge on the Lazer beam cannon.

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                      [–]Lj101 9 points10 points ago

                      I just picked up the sniper and fucked shit up

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                          [–]pgrily 11 points12 points ago

                          It's all about Mishkin for the speed or the snow guy on levels with gray walls.

                          [–]Donakebab 17 points18 points ago

                          Nah, it's all about being Bond and destroying all comers.

                          [–]boilingsnow 18 points19 points ago

                          You!!

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                              [–]mrtomjones 5 points6 points ago

                              I always used the Siberian Special Forces guy.. he camouflaged into some walls so he wasn't easily seen

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                                [–]peasant_levies 15 points16 points ago

                                I can't help it if I shot all the scientists on Facility. Besides, those fuckers are hiding grenades under their labcoats.

                                [–]da_man_made_of_bread 5 points6 points ago

                                I'm pretty sure Pierce Brosnan went ape shit in all his Bond movies.

                                [–]howdareyou 3 points4 points ago

                                Seriously he machine gunned like 50 Russians before the opening credits.

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                                  [–]mycatisadick 153 points154 points ago

                                  Should figure in the level of violence as well. One "Daniel Craig's balls smashed with a rope knot" is worth at least 9 "Pierce Brosnan shoots a guy"s.

                                  [–]Circuitfire 120 points121 points ago

                                  "Daniel Craig's balls smashed with a rope knot, then makes a joke about scratching his balls for him" extra points for being a smartass under duress

                                  [–]Roboticide 35 points36 points ago

                                  And after that, he'd never have to worry about a conquest resulting in Lil' Bonds ever again.

                                  [–]grahampositive 71 points72 points ago

                                  Perhaps there is a direct correlation between the amount of rope-knot ball-smashing and Daniel Craig's abnormally high martini to conquest ratio

                                  [–]Ballista_it 18 points19 points ago

                                  Drinking away the pain

                                  [–]rockpoodle 3 points4 points ago

                                  "It... it looks liked mashed potato in peach skin..."

                                  [–]DailyDistraction[S] 68 points69 points ago

                                  Daniel Craig is the Bond girl. Look at the way they even show him emerging from the ocean like Ursula Andress in Casino Royale. Sexual torture, too, if less creepy-glam than being stripped and painted gold.

                                  [–]TyrrTheWook 44 points45 points ago

                                  I was wondering why my ex-gf wanted to bring her toy to the theater to see Casino Royal.

                                  [–]notanothercirclejerk 14 points15 points ago

                                  If someone who uses a dildo for its intended purpose brings said dildo with them anywhere its generally gonna be used as such.

                                  [–]blow_hard 14 points15 points ago

                                  Hah yeah, I laughed when I first saw that shot in Casino Royale, it's nice to know they don't take themselves too seriously

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                                    [–]yetanotherhero 17 points18 points ago

                                    How about Pierce Brosnan being repeatedly stung by scorpions?

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                                      [–]Pupeteer 18 points19 points ago

                                      To be fair, he does only have two movies going for him.

                                      [–]DailyDistraction[S] 70 points71 points ago

                                      It's an average, so he'll really have to go for the gold on the next one I guess.

                                      [–]Pupeteer 52 points53 points ago

                                      Ah yes, shortly after I wrote my comment I realized I'm an idiot.

                                      [–]DailyDistraction[S] 35 points36 points ago

                                      Hahha, not nearly. I think the chart is a little f'ed up anyway, I'd love to fack check it (in the form of a drinking game) And WHY isn't it chronological??

                                      [–]clembo 27 points28 points ago

                                      fact check it

                                      drinking game

                                      Does not compute.

                                      By the end of Goldeneye you'll be so smashed you'll just be like "I thinknk he killlleddded like a miiiiiiiiiiillionnn guyses." But I wish you luck nevertheless!

                                      [–]yeomanscholar 27 points28 points ago

                                      You clearly are not wise in the ways of the scientific drinking game.

                                      1. Abide by the rules.

                                      2. Measure amount of alcohol remaining next day.

                                      3. Use total calculated alcohol consumed to estimate sum of drinks

                                      4. Calculate means, use ANOVA to correlate your results with those of a drinking problem.*

                                      *But only correlate.

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                                              [–]Funmachine 55 points56 points ago

                                              Well, in the second movie he is in mourning/out for vengence and gets pissed on a plane. So he gets a pass.

                                              [–]Plyson 34 points35 points ago

                                              Plus Casino Royale has him sitting at a poker game ordering drinks one after another, makes sense that would add quite a few to his count

                                              [–]DailyDistraction[S] 59 points60 points ago

                                              Up next, Gerard Depardieu as James Bond.

                                              [–]YOU_FUCK 18 points19 points ago

                                              He he he he

                                              [–]me-at_day-min 20 points21 points ago

                                              he literally had 7 vesper martinis in QOS and that killed the average

                                              [–]tha11 16 points17 points ago

                                              As I recall he also killed a ton of people in QOS, it's just the low body count from CR that is making him look like less of a serial killer than Pierce Brosnan

                                              [–]me-at_day-min 23 points24 points ago

                                              They didn't factor in that he consistently kills his liver every movie

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                                                [–]Veozeak 70 points71 points ago

                                                Well, Daniel Craig's Bond has the least conquests and the most martinis...

                                                [–]lawyerdog829 44 points45 points ago

                                                I think it may be because he's a younger Bond. He still gets more attached to the women since he hasn't felt love as many times. And you can tell in the movies he's a lot more troubled with what he sees than the likes of a Sean Connery or Roger Moore, James. He tries to cope through drinking where Connery and Moore's characters were beyond the need to cope.

                                                That or Hollywood sees a financial appeal in monogamy and playing up the troubled hero angle.

                                                [–]Thor_2099 25 points26 points ago

                                                Agree and I think the writers/director did a good job showing that. They are showing the young James Bond before he got hardened by the job and wasn't phased by it as much. The beginning of Casino Royale exemplifies this with his initial struggle to kill followed by the devastation the loss of Eva Green was on him.

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                                                  [–]alittletooquiet 129 points130 points ago

                                                  Eva. Green.

                                                  [–]ThisRiverisWild 12 points13 points ago

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                                                  [–]Herpe_tologist 6 points7 points ago

                                                  SPOILER!

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                                                      [–]Weakgrip 13 points14 points ago

                                                      A quote from the late, great Colonel Sanders, "I'm too drunk to taste this chicken."

                                                      [–]YOU_FUCK 5 points6 points ago

                                                      Not many guys can pull off drinking a fucking martini. This one can

                                                      [–]oer6000 4 points5 points ago

                                                      Nothing compared to Pierce Brosnan's homicidal tendencies.

                                                      [–]Ozymandias12 5 points6 points ago

                                                      And a KILLING problem

                                                      [–]DFP_ 4 points5 points ago

                                                      It's ok he's got a license for that.

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                                                        [–]Polycephal_Lee 883 points884 points ago

                                                        Ah yes, stacked bar charts, the enemy of clarity.

                                                        [–]snorch 236 points237 points ago

                                                        I have no fucking idea what is going on here.

                                                        [–]belltollsfortea 431 points432 points ago

                                                        Craig's a alcoholic, Brosnan's a psychopath, no one know's who Lazenby is, and Connery's still a badass.

                                                        [–]Roboticide 105 points106 points ago

                                                        Womanizing badass.

                                                        [–]Mongoose42 119 points120 points ago

                                                        Does it count as womanizing when the only woman he's using is Trebek's mother?

                                                        [–]AdvocateForLucifer 42 points43 points ago

                                                        Suck it, Trebek.

                                                        [–]thechaserx 14 points15 points ago

                                                        Yeash

                                                        [–]Raneados 2 points3 points ago

                                                        Does it count as womanizing if he ACTUALLY beats women? Because from what i've seen of sean connery, he actively beats women.

                                                        I love the guy for his performances and his style, but that ain't right.

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                                                          [–]TheGoodSedin 36 points37 points ago

                                                          Lazenby was the tits as bond! His one movie was really good. I suggest everyone watch it.

                                                          [–]heybuddyitsme 12 points13 points ago

                                                          What bout Moore?!?!

                                                          [–]Quizzie 63 points64 points ago

                                                          You mean the designated driver for the other Bonds? Look at his alcohol chart, it's the equivalent of sneaking a sip of vodka from his dad's liquor cabinet.

                                                          [–]spicy_jose 55 points56 points ago

                                                          Exactly

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                                                                [–]FatAlbert 40 points41 points ago

                                                                Right, because it's all similar data. How many kills plus sexual partners have you had? hmm... How about if we include mixed drinks?

                                                                [–]purenitrogen 18 points19 points ago

                                                                They could've at least chosen red for the hearts and grey for the gun.

                                                                [–]MetastaticCarcinoma 7 points8 points ago

                                                                or Heinekens? Damn you, Heineken!

                                                                < shakes fist >

                                                                [–]B-Train 2 points3 points ago

                                                                I can drink any Bond under the table according to this data. Too bad they've fucked more women than I ever will

                                                                [–]Jess_than_three 30 points31 points ago

                                                                And not only that, but - if I understand the chart correctly - what the fuck exactly is going on with the scale on the right? It makes it appear as though for example Brosnan had an average of about 22 martinis, 21 conquests, and 19 kills per movie - but I'm pretty sure only the last of those numbers is right. What a horrible, horrible way to represent data.

                                                                [–]arcooke 49 points50 points ago

                                                                The scale on the right represents total number of martinis+conquests+kills combined. The stacked bar graphs show how each event contributed to that total.

                                                                For example, Craig had 15 martinis+conquests+kills. Of those 15 events, 5 were martinis 2 were conquests, 8 were kills.

                                                                Horribly confusing way to display data. Whoever made this graph deserves to be set on fire.

                                                                [–]Jess_than_three 5 points6 points ago

                                                                Yeah, for sure. And since the "kills" section is the one that starts at zero, the scale also works for it alone. But like I said, it's just a really confusing and unintuitive choice for how to display the data - just awful over all. A regular bar graph with colored bars for each category of thing would've been much, much better.

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                                                                  [–]ThatsMeUp 7 points8 points ago

                                                                  EXACTLY!!! Unnecessarily difficult to look at the relative sizes of conquests and martinis. Stacked for no reason too, since the total kills, conquests and martinis is meaningless. Daniel Craig had half as many kills as Pierce but 4(...or so?) times as many martinis, which penalizes him. Ahh, my inner stat nerd is not happy.

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                                                                    [–]the-nub 291 points292 points ago

                                                                    Say what you will about Brosnan, but sweet mother of eff, does he ever look like a smooth-ass secret agent.

                                                                    [–]whats_the_deal22 100 points101 points ago

                                                                    Come on, who is more smooth than this guy? http://imgur.com/3W7xi

                                                                    [–]rockpoodle 11 points12 points ago

                                                                    Dalton. Dalton all day.

                                                                    [–]Deziire 9 points10 points ago

                                                                    Craig is coming close: http://d3na4zxidw1hr4.cloudfront.net/site_media/uploads/images/post/f/filmtv/skyfall-craig_png_630x361_q85_jpeg_630x317_q85.jpg

                                                                    [–]nrq 50 points51 points ago

                                                                    Looks a lot like Putin.

                                                                    [–]megustadotjpg 17 points18 points ago

                                                                    Can't unsee.

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                                                                        [–]KnightBlue 173 points174 points ago

                                                                        Brosnan was my favorite Bond. He just had that charisma that I didn't see with Connery.

                                                                        [–]jad7845 109 points110 points ago

                                                                        I'm torn. Brosnan is my favorite "Classic Bond" - I like Connery, but Brosnan just oozes style, charisma, suaveness etc. I love Craig so much, though what I had to realize is he is in a completely different ballpark: it's not the same James Bond, when you think about.

                                                                        [–]Thor_2099 13 points14 points ago

                                                                        I'd take Connery over Brosnan. I got much more sucked into James bond after watching the Connery ones than I did with the Brosnan ones. Connery to me gives off a perfect combo of playboy plus badass while with Brosnan I only picked up mostly playboy. Could be just me or that I haven't seen the Brosnan ones in a while but that's my take.

                                                                        [–]sTiKyt 7 points8 points ago

                                                                        Brosnan just oozes style, charisma, suaveness etc

                                                                        yea.... suave

                                                                        [–]Motafication 6 points7 points ago

                                                                        God, madonna is a shitty actress.

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                                                                          [–]DeathToPennies 55 points56 points ago

                                                                          I like Craig's Bond the most. He's there to get the job done, not pick up women. Seems the most secret agent to me.

                                                                          Having said that, he seems to be a big fan of martinis.

                                                                          [–]MeMyselForWho 65 points66 points ago

                                                                          Yeah but that's not James Bond's essence.

                                                                          [–]Bunny_ball_ball 21 points22 points ago

                                                                          The debonaire, womanizing movie Bond essence is a 1960s anachronism. A Connery movie done today in earnest would seem like an unfunny Austin Powers clone.

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                                                                            [–]ColonelRuffhouse 25 points26 points ago

                                                                            But it's not James Bond. James Bond is meant to be more than just a secret agent.

                                                                            [–]karanj 15 points16 points ago

                                                                            To be fair as per cannon Royale is the first one, and where Bond is just starting to learn the ropes, per se. Without giving away the ending, the last line coming out Venice is brutal and yet stunningly effective in setting up Bond of the later stories. On the other hand, Quantum of Solace...

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                                                                              [–]Thor_2099 10 points11 points ago

                                                                              I'm a big Craig fan too. I like the seriousness he approaches with the role but there are moments where you get personality from him, like in QOS when he sneaks into M's room and looks up her info. I prefer that to the more playboy-ish style of bond which is the vibe I got from Brosnan.

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                                                                                    [–]SirNuke 49 points50 points ago

                                                                                    Brosnan is my favorite Bond actor, though everything other than Goldeneye isn't that great. In my opinion, he really seems to get the Bond character and plays it well - at least the smooth version that most movies have shot for. The on-upmanship established by Goldeneye, however, wasn't sustainable and no actor would have been able to save it.

                                                                                    [–]thejesse 10 points11 points ago

                                                                                    Brosnan definitely had the smoothest pose in the opening gun barrel sequence.

                                                                                    [–]ssirin88 14 points15 points ago

                                                                                    Hush, I loved The World Is Not Enough.

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                                                                                      [–]Agreatbigbushybeard 25 points26 points ago

                                                                                      Next to George fucking Lazenby, anyone looks slick.

                                                                                      [–]kiriyama_27 8 points9 points ago

                                                                                      I dunno man I think Lazenby looks pretty badass in that picture there. Very heroic jawline.

                                                                                      [–]krymise 31 points32 points ago

                                                                                      Are you kidding, Lazenby wasn't a bad Bond at all, and On Her Majesty's Secret Service was one of the best films in the series.

                                                                                      EDIT: Royal, Secret... same thing, right?

                                                                                      [–]oer6000 45 points46 points ago

                                                                                      Its called On Her Majesty's Secret Service.

                                                                                      [–]ssirin88 42 points43 points ago

                                                                                      Shhh, that's the secret part.

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                                                                                            [–]sheerheartattack 28 points29 points ago

                                                                                            Brosnan just looks like James Bond. Not the most like James Bond. He is James Bond.

                                                                                            [–]NightmareTaco 23 points24 points ago

                                                                                            This. He's 100% Bond. When he plays another role, it's like, oh hey! James Bond is in a romantic comedy!

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                                                                                                [–]big_swinging_dicks 49 points50 points ago

                                                                                                I watched OHMSS the other day, forgot how utterly bizarre it was. Lazenby saunters from room to room "conquering" "conquests" like nobodies business.

                                                                                                [–]ICouldEatAKnobAtNite 30 points31 points ago

                                                                                                I love how he uses the same line multiple time to pick up girls. And the fact that he resorts to dirty tricks. Makes him a much more believable character. Yes he is not as good as Connery, but I never understood the hate for Lazenby. I think it would've been good if he stayed on for a few films.

                                                                                                [–]weasleeasle 2 points3 points ago

                                                                                                It says here he only got 3.

                                                                                                [–]Sevion 15 points16 points ago

                                                                                                Lazenby was only ever in one Bond movie and he slept with three different women in that time.

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                                                                                                  [–]abbott_costello 2 points3 points ago

                                                                                                  OHMSS is my favorite Bond movie and I actually kind of like Lazenby.

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                                                                                                    [–]theanthrope 101 points102 points ago

                                                                                                    "In the new Bond film, “Skyfall”, Heineken has paid to ensure the hero only drinks beer."

                                                                                                    Fucking fuck that.

                                                                                                    Source: http://www.economist.com/news/books-and-arts/21564816-various-bonds-are-more-different-you-think?fsrc=scn%2Ffb%2Fwl%2Fbl%2Fdc%2Fbond

                                                                                                    [–]art36 46 points47 points ago

                                                                                                    Reminds me of an SNL sketch where Steve Martin played Cheapskate Bond. He would order beer instead of a martini but still have it shaken so it would be just a glass of foam haha priceless

                                                                                                    [–]nwsreddit 9 points10 points ago

                                                                                                    http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/tightwad-007/2880

                                                                                                    [–]Liquid_Swordsman 36 points37 points ago

                                                                                                    But... but.. whaaaat? Bond can't drink only beer. Sure he's allowed to switch up his drinks a little bit, but no martinis at all? I agree, fucking fuck that.

                                                                                                    [–]theanthrope 57 points58 points ago

                                                                                                    Ever heard of a vodka martini? James Bond invented that (that's why it "shaken, not stirred", since vodka that isn't ice cold tastes like gasoline.) Or how about every swanky bar now serving Vespers? But now, he's forbidden by the corporate overlords from drinking anything other than beer.

                                                                                                    It bears repeating: FUCKING FUCK THAT.

                                                                                                    [–]1of42 14 points15 points ago

                                                                                                    I agree with your sentiment, but Bond certainly didn't invent the vodka martini, and shaking a vodka martini that doesn't also have fruit juice-based ingredients is not correct. Though it might make people feel sweet to order like Bond.

                                                                                                    [–]theanthrope 4 points5 points ago

                                                                                                    True, traditionally shaking is for cocktails that contain fruit juice, or egg yolks, like flips. But Bond was an iconoclast, and while I'll admit that I'm not an expert on cocktail history, I'm pretty sure Bond has had a big hand in vodka supplanting gin as the martini of choice for most people.

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                                                                                                        [–]thestubbornDIY 6 points7 points ago

                                                                                                        I'm trying to find where exactly I read it, but I'm pretty sure it's because MGM didn't have the money to front another Bond film. The Heineken deal was so that there would be another bond film.

                                                                                                        Production of Skyfall was at a standstill for over a year due to MGM's financial troubles and bankruptcy. MGM was close to $4 billion in debt and couldn't front any money for production. (MGM has a 50% stake in EON, meaning that EON couldn't make a move until MGM's affairs were settled.) In late 2010 MGM underwent bankruptcy proceedings, and in early 2011 deals were made for production and distribution of MGM's films. (While officially an MGM film, Skyfall will be distributed by Sony.)

                                                                                                        From imdb. And there is also this article. Granted it sucks but I'd rather have a new product placement Bond film than not have one at all.

                                                                                                        [–]dakho 5 points6 points ago

                                                                                                        That's called MGM's financial woes getting in the place of artistic merit.

                                                                                                        [–]Eric52902 14 points15 points ago

                                                                                                        Once I heard this, I was outraged. Then I saw a Bond Heineken commercial before a show.

                                                                                                        I can't keep myself from seeing Skyfall, but you can be damn sure I'm not drinking Heineken from now on.

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                                                                                                          [–]donut_dave 100 points101 points ago

                                                                                                          Can't remember the source, but Daniel Craig's portrayal of Bond is the most accurate. In the books, James Bond was an alcoholic and avid smoker. Insomuch, that in one of the books (which also escapes me), he even was ordered by M to undergo organic detox. In the books, Bond was a cold blooded killer, suave lady magnet, and had many vices. The only other Bond portrayal that seemed to get close to it was Connery, and that's cuz he's the only one I remember smoking.

                                                                                                          [–]RichardCheddar 28 points29 points ago

                                                                                                          I believe it was in Thunderball that he was forced to detox.

                                                                                                          [–]donut_dave 10 points11 points ago

                                                                                                          YES thank you lol

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                                                                                                            [–]TheUnknownDouble-O 4 points5 points ago

                                                                                                            Timothy Dalton is widely regarded as the closest cinematic parallel to Fleming's literary Bond EDIT: until Daniel Craig was cast. In The Living Daylights Dalton threatens/suggests that he will resign from the Service after the current assignment, a threat the literary Bond entertained several times throughout his stories.

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                                                                                                              [–]keyree 38 points39 points ago

                                                                                                              I feel like Timothy Dalton kind of looks like a combination of Jason Isaacs and Jon Hamm.

                                                                                                              [–]L-dubz 17 points18 points ago

                                                                                                              I am really surprised Timothy Dalton's kills weren't higher. He was a psycho in "License to Kill"

                                                                                                              [–]ssercomic 12 points13 points ago

                                                                                                              He was, but remember Dalton spent most of the film spreading distrust and paranoia, getting the main villain to kill off his own henchmen. I think Dalton's two movies are some of the better Bond films. Too bad he never got a third.

                                                                                                              [–]EveryGoodNameIsGone 4 points5 points ago

                                                                                                              Agreed. Dalton's portrayal is by far the closest to the way Fleming wrote the character. Craig is a close second, but he errs slightly too much on the "emotionless killing machine" side of things.

                                                                                                              [–]locklearjet 19 points20 points ago

                                                                                                              I can't remember too much of either Casino Royale or Quantum, but did Daniel Craig really drink 10 martinis in them? That seems like an awful lot of screen time.

                                                                                                              [–]AndIAlmostDeservedIt 93 points94 points ago

                                                                                                              Well, one of them was set in a casino

                                                                                                              [–]LupivTheGreat 4 points5 points ago

                                                                                                              And at one point he does go on a drinking binge, after his girlfriend "supposedely" dies or something. Dont remember it clearly.

                                                                                                              [–]DailyDistraction[S] 27 points28 points ago

                                                                                                              I see a drinking game in this.

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                                                                                                                [–]cynosureskater 20 points21 points ago

                                                                                                                Pierce Brosnan will always be my favorite James Bond.

                                                                                                                [–]Captain_Aizen 10 points11 points ago

                                                                                                                Of all the information in that chart, the thing that really sticks out the most is how Pierce Brosnan LOOKS like what I would imagine 007 to actually look like in real life. If you just go by visuals, he's clearly the posterboy for what 007 represents.

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                                                                                                                [–]Brentendo64 8 points9 points ago

                                                                                                                When Rassilon appears in The End of Time

                                                                                                                People who watched Classic Who: OMG, RASSILON'S BEEN NARRATING THE ENTIRE TIME.

                                                                                                                People who haven't: Wait, James Bond in a funky bath robe? What?

                                                                                                                [–]The_Link_Child 7 points8 points ago

                                                                                                                I Think you mean Alexi Volkoff

                                                                                                                [–]angry1337sailor 14 points15 points ago

                                                                                                                I knew there was a reason Pierce Brosnan used to be my favorite James Bond.

                                                                                                                [–]RichardCheddar 24 points25 points ago

                                                                                                                True, but they forgot to include number of times barefoot water skiing behind float plane. Dalton-1, the rest-0

                                                                                                                [–]LATKE_IN_MY_TUCHES 10 points11 points ago

                                                                                                                They also forgot to include number of villains killed by being blown up like a balloon. Moore - 1, the rest - 0

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                                                                                                                  [–]TheeRuckus 16 points17 points ago

                                                                                                                  a few more martinis and maybe Pierce Brosnan would've calmed the fuck down... or maybe not. Can't find an invisible aston martin if your drunk as fuck!

                                                                                                                  [–]The_Realest_Realism 13 points14 points ago

                                                                                                                  Pierce Brosnan is the best 007 of all time. My parents think that Roger Moore was the best. I think the generation younger than me will think that Daniel Craig is the best. Its just who you grew up with I suppose, but this graph shows who is the best.

                                                                                                                  [–]WinterAyars 6 points7 points ago

                                                                                                                  I'm actually from Dalton/Brosnan era and i think Craig is #1. Or at least, Casino Royale is #1.

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                                                                                                                    [–]directrix688 71 points72 points ago

                                                                                                                    Weird, Sean Connery and Daniel Craig films are about the same levels. They are also the best....how....odd.....

                                                                                                                    [–]alittletooquiet 82 points83 points ago

                                                                                                                    Casino Royale is up there with the best.

                                                                                                                    Quantum of Solace is a movie that was apparently bad enough that I don't remember a single second of it despite seeing it in the theater with great anticipation.

                                                                                                                    [–]CrossyFTW 47 points48 points ago

                                                                                                                    Quantum of Solace took the villians too the wrong end of the spectrum. Sure, maybe Death Lasers on the Moon were a bit far fetched in earlier bonds - but in Quantum the guys evil plan was to..... double Bolivia's water rates Muahahahahahahaaha!

                                                                                                                    Watch the movie. Seriously. That was it.

                                                                                                                    [–]LATKE_IN_MY_TUCHES 28 points29 points ago

                                                                                                                    Death Lasers on the Moon

                                                                                                                    Do NOT fuck with Moonraker.

                                                                                                                    [–]A_Mouse_In_Da_House 25 points26 points ago

                                                                                                                    Actually, that's pretty diabolical. Take a country with a large amount of poor. Suddenly take away a necessity of their life. What will they do? Riot. Military are called in. Most don't show because they are underpaid and instead turn into militias to loot and sell water for themselves. UN intervention. Counter with military aid to militias. Military tech profits soar. US claims Bolivians are planning a hostile attack on the embassy. United States invades Bolivia. Military tech profits still going up. US condemned by Russia for actions. Russia sends own forces to support and "Stabilize" the region. Proxy war. Americans raid rebel base, kill on-site Russian adviser. Posturing, increased Global threat level. Shouting matches at UN. US withdraws ambassador from Russia, Russians do the same for America. Australia's like "WTF mate?" Russians and Americans move more heavy military tech to region.

                                                                                                                    By now you see where this is going.

                                                                                                                    Tl;dr: Take away the water, end the world.

                                                                                                                    Edit: See correction below.

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                                                                                                                      [–]spicy_jose 27 points28 points ago

                                                                                                                      The production of Quantum happened during the middle of a huge writer strike apparently. Craig even said that he had to write some of the parts cause they had nobody else, even though he had no writing experience.

                                                                                                                      Everybody involved thought it was bad.

                                                                                                                      [–]darkshark21 44 points45 points ago

                                                                                                                      Same here. I thought Casino Royale was great and had great enthusiasm for Quantum of Solace. Saw it in theaters the first day. Still can't remember what happened in the movie or what it's about.

                                                                                                                      [–]alittletooquiet 13 points14 points ago

                                                                                                                      It's rare that I can't remember a movie, so it's kind of reassuring to know that someone had the same problem.

                                                                                                                      If only it had been Prometheus.

                                                                                                                      [–]fledgling_curmudgeon 21 points22 points ago

                                                                                                                      What do you mean, (dramatic pause) FATHER?

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                                                                                                                        [–]Spamsational 10 points11 points ago

                                                                                                                        The bad guy steals water, seriously who gives a shit.

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                                                                                                                          [–]All_Business 19 points20 points ago

                                                                                                                          What ruined Quantum of Solace for me is that the action sequences were poorly edited and the end result was...disorienting? I donI couldn't follow them at all. Also, I only remember a detail here and there concerning the plot, so that probably says something about the movie.

                                                                                                                          I do want to say though (and I apologize in advance) -- the last scene of poker in Casino Royale is absurd.

                                                                                                                          [–]Marcob10 5 points6 points ago

                                                                                                                          I can't even tell you what happens in Quantum, who are the chicks or who are the villains.

                                                                                                                          [–]herefromyoutube 8 points9 points ago

                                                                                                                          Olga kurylenko Was the bond girl. Also in the movie 'hitman.' she's all I remember or cared about from Quantum.

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                                                                                                                            [–]megalurkeruygcxrtgbn 66 points67 points ago

                                                                                                                            FUCK YOU, ROGER MOORE KICKS ASS!

                                                                                                                            Live and let dieiee! WOOO!

                                                                                                                            [–]TyrrTheWook 17 points18 points ago

                                                                                                                            You are just saying that cause of Baron Samedi and Paul McCartney are making you...

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                                                                                                                              [–]badphish94 6 points7 points ago

                                                                                                                              Casino Royale, fantastic. The other one that I can't remember the name of, generic.

                                                                                                                              [–]Tyranitar55 8 points9 points ago

                                                                                                                              Really? Im not the biggest fan of Craig's bond movies but Im still going to see skyfall because James Bond

                                                                                                                              [–]mrsambo99 9 points10 points ago

                                                                                                                              I'm sure after Skyfall, you'll come around.

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                                                                                                                                [–]fromthe_sea 7 points8 points ago

                                                                                                                                James Bond...JAMES Bond

                                                                                                                                [–]TheGoodSedin 9 points10 points ago

                                                                                                                                Ugh.... you had one job to do.

                                                                                                                                [–]KindBass 5 points6 points ago

                                                                                                                                TIL Daniel Craig has been James Bond for as many years as Sean Connery was (6), which is less than Pierce Brosnan (7). Huh.

                                                                                                                                [–]ImAzura 21 points22 points ago

                                                                                                                                Is anyone else bothered by how they're not in chronological order?

                                                                                                                                [–]kerrigan2 6 points7 points ago

                                                                                                                                I am now

                                                                                                                                [–]fromthe_sea 10 points11 points ago

                                                                                                                                Sean Connery is the real Bond

                                                                                                                                [–]Zeldagon 10 points11 points ago

                                                                                                                                Honestly i never really liked connerys bond portrayal it just didn't seem to match up with the books. If you could combine Brosnan and craig i think you would have the perfect bond. Brosnan from goldeneye and Craig from casino royale.

                                                                                                                                [–]goblinpiledriver 9 points10 points ago

                                                                                                                                Pierce Brosnan will always be my favorite Bond.

                                                                                                                                [–]Apathetic_Superhero 2 points3 points ago

                                                                                                                                James Bond's favourite drink is Whiskey not Vodka Martini. Going through the books it was discovered he drinks a total of 317 drinks. His favourite drink is a straight whiskey (101 total). He has 30 glasses of champagne, and in "You Only Live Twice" he has 35 sakes. The Vodka Martini tallies up a measly 19 totals. Only slightly over the gin martinis - 16.

                                                                                                                                [–]iamakeyboard 7 points8 points ago

                                                                                                                                How the fuck is Pierce Brosnan not Bond anymore?

                                                                                                                                [–]Blarpblorp 3 points4 points ago

                                                                                                                                Misread "kills" as "kilts." For a second, I knew who that title was going to.

                                                                                                                                [–]clamdog 5 points6 points ago

                                                                                                                                Daniel Craig looks like a bond villain.

                                                                                                                                [–]forumdestroyer156 4 points5 points ago

                                                                                                                                Sean Connery is still the god of all Bonds, only because of that voice.

                                                                                                                                [–]Private_Ballbag 2 points3 points ago

                                                                                                                                I wonder what the numbers would be including Skyfall.

                                                                                                                                [–]johnps4010 -1 points0 points ago

                                                                                                                                After Skyfall, Craig will be number 1 on the leader board. I'm putting money down.

                                                                                                                                [–]weaver2109 1 point2 points ago

                                                                                                                                I can't not see Pierce Brosnan as Remington Steele.

                                                                                                                                [–]reversekarma 2 points3 points ago

                                                                                                                                What about Connery's last film "Never say never again".

                                                                                                                                [–]Devilb0y 1 point2 points ago

                                                                                                                                Lazenby got all of that action in one film. The other Bond's must feel inadequate.

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