Is it WEIRD to be a BOND Fan in 2024?
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- Опубликовано: 19 июл 2024
- This video was inspired by an email I received from a gentleman who wrote to me telling how a friend of his called him WEIRD for liking James Bond more than sports. His friend told him that James Bond is HISTORY and he needs to find an interest that's more "mainstream". If you are a Bond fan, there is probably once or twice in your life that someone may have given you a hard time for your Bond focus, and in this video I debate and refute the WEIRDNESS of fan appreciation.
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When David is not running an advertising and marketing company, his hobby is The Bond Experience which is primarily a video blog where he discusses Bond experiences and the people and brands that help to create those experiences...
The mantra of living like Bond, one moment at a time emanates from a concept of experiencing the joy of collecting small moments in life that add up to amazing journeys and stories....whether it's through style, locations, literature, fitness, and the movies themselves the world of Bond is explored through its people and their stories.
Ultimately though, The Bond Experience channel is a celebration of the James Bond franchise and the many people that form a true community. Our core mission is to create a strong connection in the Bond community amongst all the fans, regardless of interest or demographic.
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I like being a Bond fan.
Period.
You're being far too generous, David. My experience is that people who consider Bond (or any other fandom) "weird" give themselves a pass when it comes to THEIR hobbies/passions, etc.
There are geeks who love sports, golf, books, tech, guns, cars, clothes, shoes, music....on and on.
@@playedout148 Apparently being a 'geek' today is just another way of saying you love something for its' own sake...
I wore my new 007 shirt with the gun barrel for the first time in public and I've never seen so many eyes analyzing my chest before. Then an old gentlemen asked me if I was a fan and he said he was a fan too. I think that's cool, I like seeing people who enjoy Bond. I love The Beatles and James Bond, two of my favorite icons of historical pop culture. Speaking of which, does anyone know anything about the film where Bond goes to see The Beatles playing live? It was a deleted scene I think. Wish they would've kept it!
I don't think that scene ever happened. Especially what James Bond said about them in Goldfinger
@@greatwuta Lol, I think it may have been a joke that someone made, an April Fools joke. There's a video called Lost "Beatles/James Bond Scene." I looked at the date of the video and it said April 1st lol! That would've been super cool though if Bond did go to see The Beatles play, The Beatles were actually playing in Japan in June 1966. Anyways, I like to think that Bond made his peace with The Beatles when Live and Let Die came out because well, a Beatle wrote and sang that song after all! The Beatles went to see the original Bond films in the theaters. There's an old 1964 interview where George talks about seeing James Bond in the theaters while making gun shot sounds. There's even a picture of George wearing a 007 shirt. I think George was secretly a double O agent. That's why he was always playing sitar stuff to hypnotize the enemies. Lol jk.
When they dropped the gun barrel opening to the movies, that was a bad sign...showed that their priorities were sadly misplaced...I remember seeing it for the first time on the big screen back in '81 with For Your Eyes Only...Between that opening and the helicopter sequence that followed, those first ten minutes were superior to many movies I've seen in their ENTIRETY....
I once worked as Head Writer for a super hipster nudie magazine out of Brooklyn, and the towering Vogue model who was Creative Director once told me: "The only difference between a cool person and a weird person is that the weird person is actually passionate about something."
She made sweaters out of rabbit fur and artificially aged clothing for TV show and movie wardrobes, so she was weird in the coolest possible ways lol
Good story..Makes you think..
I just discovered a series of 007 comic books. They have them on eBay, and I found a section in a local comic book store in the Rittenhouse section of Philly.
Hobbies or even being a fanatic literally help to keep me sane in this crazy word. Long live 007.
Great idea! I just ordered four original Bond novels from World of Books. I figure right now we need to find alternate ways to fill our Bond quota...
We had a movie night with a younger friend who was a Harry Potter fan...I told her that James Bond was my Harry Potter.....she asked me to pick a couple of my favorite Bond films and we could do a marathon. I picked Goldfinger and Casino Royale. She loved them and has already binged through Sean Connery.....I think we have another one.
I wore my 007 t shirt (green) on holiday in Barbados and someone said "Good morning 007" which absolutely made my day 😊
Given how trash most movies and TV entertainment has been the last 20 years, being a Bond fan just means you enjoy traditional action/spy movies. The fact they have been consistently good since the 1960s (finer points aside) you tell me another series of 25 + movies that are good and have had continued success...
Godzilla, Zatoichi. 25+ films from the 50's/60's to the 2010's and 2020's.
I’m 55 and I’ve always been a sort of a 007 Fan , I remember my grandparents had the Gold Finger record and watching all the movies as I grew up , I even had the toy Submarine car , I just bought the Omega “No time to die” The video you made when you bought yours help me made up my mind . I think Daniel is my favorite Bond , I just think women would fall for him more than any other Bond 😂, anyway Cheers !
Yea my coworkers thought I was weird when I showed up to work with the replica DB5 ejector seat gear shift. Coincidently I thought having those Funko dolls on their desk was weird too. But weird is not a word I like using due to the negative connotation behind it. It’s passion and I don’t see anything wrong with it provided it doesn’t affect priorities.
Also it’s impossible to not put on a Suit without having the James Bond theme play in my head, specifically OHMSS intro Bond theme.
It's never weird. I've been a Bond fan for decades, and I'm never quitting.
I'm not even certain the Bond producers are Bond fans.
Are you serious? I'm certain they're not! I mean - how much stronger could they send the message than literally hiring Phoebe Waller-Bridge to Kill Him Off?
I'm sure they're not. Barbara Broccoli is in it for the money, for her militant feminist agenda and for unrequited love for Craig. She ridicules him and excoriates him and he takes the money.
@@richarddobson4marrickville It's crazy to me that parrot this idea, they only hired Phoebe Waller-Bridge to touch up dialog. Killing Bond was Daniel Craig's , and the script writers had to try to make that ending work. They didn't do a great job imho. But the story was in place before she came on, and she didn't add much if anything to the story.
@@musicisfree91 GQ article confirmed that - while yes - killing off Bond was Craig's idea - the actual writer who wrote that death scene was PWB. Quote from the GQ article in question: "Last little detail - the writer of Bond's final bow? Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who Craig recruited to “sprinkle magic dust” over the script. Quite the deserved jump from Fleabag."
@@richarddobson4marrickville My point stands. No matter who the writters would have been Bond was going to die.
I’ve been a Bond fan since I was 12. I’m now 21 and am in the Navy (in James Bond fashion) and have James Bond tattoos almost every shirt I wear is from SIS Training Gear. They don’t scream Bond but if you know.. you know. For a while I’ll tell people what they mean and they do think they are kind of… weird. I think people my age just don’t GET Bond. Just another example about how it may be weird to be a Bond fan in 2024.
"Being different is something you want to embrace." Well said!
One of the keys to a happy life is to not seek approval from others and be confident in the choices we make. Just like Bond. There's always going to be people who don't like you or understand the choices you make.
Weird? Nah, Bond is forever. Sean Connery has always been my Bond, I'm very much about old school, as I get older it's even more and more true with each year passing. My fandom has spanned my entire lifetime, moreso now than ever.
Great topic David!!! 🙂🍸 I am sitting on my replica Barcelona chair and ottoman and sipping my shaken and not stirred martini drink in my livingroom. Anyways......
Back when I was 9 or 10 years old, my mom and I would watch James Bond movies and she got me hooked on the Bond movies and as the years went by I have always enjoyed watching them over and over again. I love everything that has to do with the Bond movies. Indeed a few of my Christian friends judged me and warned me to be careful not to place it above GOD. I told them that I am not doing that and also asked them what is the difference between me loving James Bond movies and they loving their favorite football team? I got no answers from them, lol. Anyways.....I am a James Bond fan forever! I celebrated my 56 birthday party "Casino Royale " style back in 2021. I am in the process of refinishing my basement as a James Bond theme home theater/ entertainment room, all within my "money penny" budget! 😊 I will share my video of my finished basement sometime this year for sure! Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this! You are on point and I heart that! Cheers! 😍🍸
David Zaritsky, perhaps it is weird how the things of childhood can stay with us all our lives. Most things we let go off as they become age inappropriate, but those things that dig deep into our being linger. I've been a Bond fan for 54 of my 66 years. Some people use fandom to plug a hole in their lives, other doesn't have a hole to plug. In recent years my commitment has been sorely tested, I can assure you.
I have found at my present age, same as yours, that areas of interest I had as a child fell away as I grew up and joined the workplace. At a certain point I have come full circle and rediscovered those interests I had in my early days. I feel like I was right on so much and have returned. That process includes topics to include Bond, clothing, history, logic, debate, science, and so much more.
Same, although I am 24, I left most of my childhood interest but Bond is always close to me.
I wouldn't say so - bring on the 2024 fans both young and old alike! The more fans the merrier, this only helps to bolster the fandom - and more wonderful conversations about the greatest spy "ever" 😊
Someone: "Your still a Bond fan despite the current year lol?"
Me: hmph why is it weird 😊
I’m 28 years old and i introduced my friend to the Bond movies this year. He wants to watch all the Craig movies but I’m imploring him to check out Goldfinger, Goldeneye, and TSWLM. Random, but I really hope the next Bond movie is a period piece set in the early 1960s. If done right, the vibe would be awesome and I don’t think it can be replicated in the today’s world
I don't think your friend would like Goldfinger
Care to explain?
@@davidb-h6709 James Bond is inactive in over half of the film.
I see your point. It’s not wrong tbh. The thing is, Goldfinger is the quintessential James Bond movie in my opinion, and is the most iconic. Although, I personally prefer Thunderball, Goldfinger still developed the bond formula.
@@davidb-h6709the trouble with Goldfinger is, we're used to it, but someone watching it for the first time is likely to find Connery's performance has aged terribly. When he tries to look seductive (eg when he picks up Tilly in Switzerland, he just looks creepy).
I think a period piece in the next movie would be a terrible idea. Bond has always been contemporary.
Oh God yes. First off your collection rocks. My living room is full of old and new consoles, it has a CRT for the retro games. Games are my escape, but also they are the catalyst for my imagination and my channel. Many people find it super weird that I just do RUclips, let alone have plushies and figures sprawled in my house.
I'd categorise myself as a Bond superfan, I love the movies, the games, the books and even James Bond Jr 😅
But yeah I wouldn't go far as dress like him or live like him in that way, but that's great people do that. You'd look at my way of living and might call it weird, but we're all weird lol.
Anyway love your work and this channel.
Thanks for doing this video, you spoke on some philosophical topics I think about a ton
Pursue YOUR Passion.
I love james bond remember me and my dad watching these movies , and as I grew up I watched all the others as well. Will always be a Bond fan and if they continue ruin the new films I will still love the old ones. I remember putting on my first suit when I was like 19-20 for a job interview and I first thing I was thinking of was james bond lol 38 now and will never not love the james bond franchise.
Not sure if that Layer Cake pun (0:41) was intentional (a la Daniel Craig), but that was brilliant David 😂😂
I just got a shiny new Samsung S24 Ultra cell phone and chamged my ringer to the Skyfall version of the Bond theme. I'm not ashamed at all.
I have the same phone and that's inherited, You know my name from every phone I've has since Casino Royale came out.
BRAVO !!! David ,you say it so well,my friend.. I am not werd just because I have bond music playing in my car & pretending that I am driving my DB5 & on my way to my next mission ..Bond is what I want to be...
Bond was born out of the need to fix a country that was broken. The UK needed a hero. Not an imagined flying man or mythical greek creature who's name we could not pronounce, but a man. One from a broken family, somebody of razor sharp intelligence, with not a single ounce of empathy. Times were hard, spirits were broken, This one figure gave back more than he would ever dream of...its not weird, he's an antidote to the world back then which struggled and he is relevant even more now. Weird is a superpower in itself, so to be called weird is a compliment. Celebrate being a fan, be more Bond its no longer a film franchise, its a way of life, its a multi billion dollar industry with Bond fans sitting in the highest seats in the largest corporations. Yachts, Cars, Watches, Helicopters, whole countries rely on the Bond principles to live and die by. It should be almost be a religion. Without Bond we are lost..........
David, I began to be a full-blown Bond fan in the year 2024 and allow me to categorically refute the concept of being weird to be part of the Bondian community or fraternity zone in 2024 - enormously immense kudos to Ian Fleming, Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore plus some of the Bond girls from the 60s era as well as John Barry who had made me to be one epic lover of this legendary and timelessly elegant spy or espionage-like classic! [yes as a lady of 38 years of age!]
Fan is short for fanatic. Just enjoy!
I am a gadget guy so I have SOE manuals, collar stays that can shim single lock handcuffs, etc. I have yet to buy the cufflinks that double as handcuff keys.
Hiiii David another brilliant video from you firstly really enjoyed your latest video with Calvin Dyson, I'm a huge Bond fan have been since 1977 when I was 7, have a wonderful day its 7am in the uk at mo.
Proud weirdo here. On a never ending quest to become weirder every day. I like all sorts of niche things, and I am very passionate (my girlfriend may say obsessive) person who invest a lot of time, money and energy into researching Taen and enjoying things related to any and all of my interests Regardless of what people may think.
I must be a fanatic as Bond is a very important part of my life in a very good way. It is one of my favorite passions. 😎
Great video. Everyone different which is of course what makes the world go round. Many people don't have hobbies like you say, which I find a little weird but each to their own. Fleming's Bond had very little interests outside of work. I think if any of us were to meet Fleming's Bond in real life, we would probably think him weird.
When you love all the films, it's quite easy to embrace folks who put different films at the top of the list!
I used to think I was weird for loving the Bond movies so much. More than most around me. Then when I found this community a few years ago, it reignited that passion I used to have for Bond. I had kept it secret for many many years. I went from being a fan to a normie. So it is nice to feel normal in being such a fan again, and dressing with that style, and finding those screen props, and other Bond items. And listening to and watching others express their feelings about Bond without feeling that it must sound weird to have actual feelings about the subject. Knowing I am not the only one listening to Bond music in the car, LOL!!
I love being a Bond Fan, My wife enjoys asking me questions about bond when we watch the films and she needs to know the timelines etc... Problem is no one else i know here likes Bond really, so i'm on my own
I have been a fan all my life but nowadays it’s mostly a nostalgia thing and enjoying the content creators. I am not a fan of Barbara and Michael and Eon. It’s a fun hobby and I also like the watches, clothing and history. Whatever that makes me, is what I am.
So nicely put David! Keep up the good work
Is it weird David? Short answer ....No 🍸
Catch the SpyHards podcast interview with Jeff Kleeman (a studio executive during the Brosnan era). Bond could have died in the 1990s but survived in parts thanks to luck.
I am 37 years old and still a Bond fan and have been I was a kid starting with Goldeneye in 1995 during the Brosnan era.
I don’t consider myself a Bond super fan as such. I own the movies and books and that’s it. No memorabilia or apparel. I am however a fan of how watching or reading Bond fills me with nostalgia. I drift back to watching the films as a child with my family. Simpler times when you just had fun and less analysis of every word said or action taken and pc meant a computer. I’m thankful for Bond.
spending however much you do on bond memorabilia probably does sound weird on the face of it, until you consider that most (if not all) hobbies and interests are pretty expensive if you’re really into them. how much money do people spend on games consoles, paintings, sports equipment, cameras, sneakers, art supplies, musical instruments, etc? and yet those things aren’t considered weird!
Not weird at all! Bond is like Star Wars, Star Trek, Doctor Who, and The Lord of the Rings. It's for everyone. Everyone is allowed to love Bond, be it the films, the books, the props, and the music.
The only problem in 2024 is the new fans coming in and they can not afford any of the merch anymore. The 2003 remastered CDs are hard to find at used CD stores and are no longer $5 used on eBay and Mercari anymore. They're going up $30+ and that's not fun (the price hike happened during "No Time to Die" and the expanded and complete score releases of "Tomorrow Never Dies", "The World is Not Enough", "Die Another Day", "Live and Let Die" and "Octopussy" from La-La Land Records). The same for the Ian Fleming novels from Penguin with the nice artwork by Roseanne Serra and Richie Fahey. They are going up in value and are harder to find at used bookstores. The newbies' best bet is the Signet novels, which are easy to find.
Everyone has their own quirks. All my family know I am a huge Bond fan. Do they notice the inspired outfits, nope, but that’s part of the fun of invisible bond moments
James Bond will never die. The legacy will continue to inspire current generations, for my generations to come! Besides, being a fan can be creative - in the moment. It was my Birthday on the 27th, so here is the next chapter of my story.
[Scene 10]
The musky smelling Turkish trade hall looked as lavish as an ancient temple, with decorative murals, carvings, and designs on the walls dating back through the centuries. "Can I take your name sir?", enquires a clerk. "Yes the name's Bond...", he thinks quickly, and remembers his murdered friend. "Erm. James! James Bond." "Very good sir, please find a seat. Bidding will being at 12 noon." Bond feels like a small tadpole inside a huge writhing morass of eels as he waits in the drenching heat of the trade hall, waiting for bidding to start. Eventually, a bell chimes, just as Heinz Munchen steps in, along with several body guards; who take his hat and coat. "Gentlemen, shall we start the biding at 100 thousand Deutsch Marks?". The sale of the gold takes place in lots; some selling for more than others; but each time Bond raises his hand, he looses to another bidder. Sweat pours from his brow. It is now the final bid of the day, and the time is almost 4pm. Bidding begins, and Bond lifts his hand like a puppet on a string; with the nipple clamp device beating out advice so rapidly, that Bond thinks he is having a heart attack. The last bid closes. He has failed. He feels dejected. Just then, bodyguards rush in and grab him under the arms, and drag him out to a waiting car. As Bond passes by Herr Munchen, Heinz turns to another man, and says "Abdullah, Aqtalh!" (kill him in Arabic). Bond hears this and struggles to break free, but he is trapped. Yasmin stands held in the arms of henchmen, as they bundle Bond into the car. His nipple clamp starts to beat as James slumbers in the back seat. "ABDULLAH. CODE NAME: DARLING JOE, EX-WRESTLER, VERY DANGEROUS."
Way out in the sun-drenched desert, the car stops, and the four men emerge from their 1934 Audi. A balding man with a scar takes off his jacket and shirt to reveal a heavily muscled top half. The two other henchmen laugh like hyenas, as Abdullah slowly walks towards Bond - with a huge smile on his face. His teeth are completely rotten, so he wears shiny silver dentures. Bond back off into the desert and weighs up his options. To strike would be intimidating, but he decides to take a fast punch to the kidneys anyway. It just bounces off. Bond backs away again quickly, and thinks up some words in Arabic: "I know where the Gold is!". Abdullah stops. "Where is de Gold??". "I'll tell you if you tell me where your boss is going?". "Herr Munchen meets Japanese man in Chan Draghona next week. Now, where is de Gold???". Bond pulls out a scruffy piece of folded paper out of his jacket pocket. "Here is a map. I'll put the map under this rock." As the man looks toward the rock, Bond turns, and starts running back towards the car. Abdullah dives for the paper under the stone, and finds that it is simply a hotel room-service receipt. Angrily, he gives chase. Bond jumps from a sandy bank overhanging the road, pulling down of the the guards. He takes a hand gun from the henchman's holster, and points the gun at the other man. "Drop it! Back off!". He jumps inside the car, slams the car door, and turns the ignition key, just as Abdullah jumps onto the roof of the car, roaring. Bond jumps on the gas, throwing the car around. The car begins to career down hill, as Abdullah stomps around on top of it, breaking the glass in the doors, and trying to force his way inside. Bond stamps on the gas hard, and then stops suddenly. The henchman is thrown forwards, but grabs on to the wipers, where he leans over to punch through the window. Bond jams back on the gas again, and tries everything to shake him off. Dust flies everywhere. Nothing works. Eventually he runs off the road, and as the choking dust consumes them both, Abdullah falls off, coughing. [Video Game: Beat the bidders, or get beaten up by Abdullah. Get the 'Bond... James Bond' card]
No it's not strange at all i've been a Bond fan all my life.Sadly I don't have the funds such as you David, I don't have a disposable amount of money to purchase everything I would like but i do what I can.
Hi! I don't think it is weird to have a passion for a fictional franchise. Movies, books or music touch something in our hearts and minds, and we want to dive into this fascinating world as much as possible. Some people do, some don't. Some like Star Wars, some Harry Potter, some love a car brand, or whatever.
I (43 years) would consider myself a bond fan since my childhood. But besides the movie DVDs my only Bond item is the Parker Jotter from Golden Eye that I bought in 96, not knowing it's the pen from the movie. Oh and I got some Aston Martin Polos from Hackett cause I love the cars.
I am more a Lord of the Rings fanatic 😄 it's almost religious.
Collecting statues, figures, jewellery, and I have my Anduril on my wall, rewatching the movies every year.
And I'm also a Rock and Metal fan. Collecting band merch, play guitar, collecting guitar gear, amps, effects...
I love going to concerts with jeans and leather vest, having a beer and singing along.
The other day I go to a fine dinner with my wife, wearing a suit and having a glass of wine, while also wearing Aragorn's ring 😄
So, who's weird? 😉
Cheers 🥃 and greetings from Bavaria.
Just having fun and enjoying your your passion of collecting for james bond and kind of understanding the role playing in the mindset of the character
I never understand why someone would say anyone’s passion for a hobby as weird, particularly James Bond, one of the most famous fictional characters int he world! Each to their own. Having a passion for something should be admired!
brilliant video David. much respect from Dublin.
Great video.
Love this David!
However Quantum has no place in a top 10 🤣🤣🤣...kidding. Thats the beauty of being a fan. it's 110% subjective!.
Bond is a wonderful hobby. As you said, you can enjoy that world on many levels. Anything can devolve into an obsession but Bond gives you many outlets to enjoy that world on a budget.
You can collect posters or watches or Aston Martins as you can afford and still be welcomed into the greater Bond community.
My Bond time started when my dad took me to see Diamonds are Forever in the theater as a kid and now it continues with me in my mid 60s. A lifetime of enjoyment.
I don’t think it’s weird to enjoy what you love.
Is that Zombie Bond on your thumbnail? Maybe Daniel would come back for that film!? "The name's Bond...Zombie Bond..." With Quentin Tarantino directing. Danny Trejo could be the villain...
I'm a normie/superfan. I get in the mood for Bond, watch the movies,look at my figures,buy a piece of clothing, but then the next year it switches off sometimes for a few years. It usually swings back when a new Bond movie comes out. And lasts about a year again. My friend said she didnt think i was weird for collecting a figure but thought it weird that some Bond fans dress like Bond and try to be like Bond. I think in the old days people hid their Bond fanaticism. But now thanks to Channels like Davids people are coming out of the closet more. Remember Pierce Brosnan said he was amazed how some friends came out of the Bond closet when he was chosen to play Bond.
My level of fandom: I own all the movies on Blu Ray, I own all the soundtracks on CD and in some cases I have La-La Land special editions of the soundtrack CDs. I own all of Flemings novels in recent trade paperbacks. However, I also own all the Signet editions I grew up with, of the Fleming novels. I would like to own all the Folio editions, and one day I may. I watch the movies, I also own a number of books relating to the Bond movies and books. I own no props, no memorablilia to speak of and I'm fine with that. So maybe I'm weird. Favorite Bond is Dalton, top five movies are From Russia With Love, For Your Eyes Only, License to Kill, Tomorrow Never Dies, and Casino Royale. Well, that's about it, I guess.
The Layer Cake:
You're born, you watch Bond
Get out in the world, watch more Bond
Climb a little higher, buy a Bond Omega
And then one day you're running a Bond youtube channel.
Welcome to the Layer Cake, son....
No. I am a 45 year old woman that grew up watching Bond movies as a kid because my dad was a fan. From Sean Connery Era all the way to thru the Craig Era. I would say the only ones who are not or have issues with the Bond movies are the Woke people.
David, you really defined the "weird" levels of Bond-ism and embracing it. Here is to living your best Bond-self every day.
It's the history part I like. I've been watching Bond since the late 70s, but noped-out completely half-way through the dreadful Craig era. I still watch all the preceding films though.
Brilliant video sir this video captures exactly how I feel about Bond and other series.
Well said, David. Cheers, Orion
Real talk, how would we have a better chance of getting opening night tickets 🎫 for Royal Albert Hall?
True happiness comes from doing what makes you happy.
Loved Bond all my 40 plus decades of life aswell as Star Wars. I even make Star Wars my friends think I'm crazy 😮 I do it to test myself
Great video!
This is just another reason why the Bond films need to change their approach. And why Barbara Broccoli says Bond 26 will be a "reinvention". Craig made fans out of new generations because the series went darker and explored his psyche. Craig's Bond also at least brushed with current geopolitics and showed how grey and brutal the world of espionage is. I expect future Bonds to explore the dark world of espionage even more. I think people call Bond fans weird if they harp on about the old Bond films from the 70s and 80s and 90s. Pure nostalgia. They're not really relevant today.
So you want more of the same! Nice!👍🏻
I am still convinced that David is the most suitable cast for Bond at this moment in time. Barbara, just do it. 😎✌🏻
I pride myself in surrounding myself with top-shelf strange/weird.
I like Bond and enjoy many aspects of this content but I’m not a super fan . So, spending fortunes on Bond items or watches etc, might seem weird but only if taken in isolation.
If you look at it as someone spending on their particular hobby, I see nothing unusual about it anymore than someone spending on audio, golf clubs, gaming etc.
Love you, David. Eloquent and articulate as always.
I enjoy the aspects of adventure that Bond stories/movies take me on. The relationships he forms along the way with people I’d never meet. The rather cavalier encounters he has with the most beautiful and sexy women, whom to be honest, wouldn’t ever enter my orbit. The knack he has to be able to compartmentalise his own fear in order to think, process and function in the most dangerous situations to save the day. Of cause, who wouldn’t want to be capable of all that? Most people couldn’t. But that doesn’t mean you can’t try to project that. Like wearing Tom Ford suits and ordering your vodka martini “shaken not stirred “ at the hotel bar. Or if I am leaning on the bar at an island style tiki bar and a beautiful woman water skis into me and apologises for getting me all wet. I can say “Yes, but my martini is still dry”. It’s about wanting to be cool 😎 suave and sophisticated.
This years marks my 25th anniversary of being a Bond fan, TWINE forever.❤
I think the producers are already working in secret on a script, so end of this year the actor will be presented. Shooting starts in '25, and the Bond 26 Première is X-mas 2026. Spoiler alert?😎, Oh , I just bought grey jeans, black shirt and boat shoes to assemble the Jamaica outfit.
WEIRD TO BE A BOND FAN TODAY.YES I KNOW A LOT OF BOND FANS THINK THAT THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER NEW BOND FILM.BUT THERE IS A LOT OF OLD BOND FILMS YOU CAN SEE AGAIN AND AGAIN.AND THEN DREAM ABOUT THE GOOD OLD DAYS. THAT WE ALL KNOW ARE NOT COMING BACK
It’s definitely not weird to be a Bond fan I think 99% of people would even flinch if you said your were… and personally speaking I’ve never fit even around friends or at events where I should I always seem to do something different and I have a a freaky super natural ability to pick a film or album that everyone hates but on thing that as changed is….
… years ago someone could have been a multi millionaire and never got close to so people’s collections, how can people own there own arcade or go Disney land once every two weeks….
That said and I’ve thought this for the last few years long as your and adult and not hurting anybody else go for it.
Look at the lens. Not yourself.
We can see where you're looking when youre that close to your camera and its obvious youre looking at yourself in the feedback screen. Screen left in this case.
Excellent video David! 007 forever. 👍🏽
I'm hoping I'm at least in the Fanatic category :)
It's not different than what Marvel, Star Wars or Star Trek fans do with their franchises and James Bond has over 20 films. But those fans cross over into Comics and other genres a bit easier than Bond does. I don't really have many fellow Bond friends but I have many friends who are fans of those other Fandoms or something within Pop Culture. Some of them even like Sports. So I'd actually say the person who's only into sports is far odder for not having a deep connection or some form of nostalgia for something within Pop Culture.
Bond could do with some time om the small screen... would be more adaptable to the 21st century.
I'm still a bond fan no matter how long it takes for them to come out
I’m going to watch Doctor No!
no i am a bond fan since i was little and still is i use to read the books
Nice
Proudly flying the fanatic flag here and everywhere!! 🙋🏻♂️
Actually, I think you are a super fanatic! 😂😂😂. I’m between the super fan and fanatic 😅
Layer cake... Nice.
What a helpful chap!
I'm as loud and proud a fan as ever :)
Weird?
I don't like association football. I'm not crazy about rugby union (I live in Wales). I prefer biathlon. I'm used to people thinking I'm a bit weird.
I prefer terms like, unconventional, not-mainstream ;-)
I think I'm probably a superfan, I can't afford to be a fanatic yet😂😂.
If you talk to people under 30, it's weird to watch movies...
From Russia with Love
Yes it is, which is a shame but you take it to a level that is very uncool very very uncool. Very un-Bond like
Someone saying you are weird just because your interests are different, is simply a peasant.
Placenta moment?!? Classic!!!! 😂
👍🏻
Man I really missed Daniel Craig Bond period
All about money. People in power young.