Pick an Alternative Bond and Director for Each Decade

Agent LeeAgent Lee Posts: 254MI6 Agent
edited June 2015 in The James Bond Films
Pick an alternative choice for Bond and perhaps a director for an alternative Bond film for each decade. It might also be fun to pick a whole alternative cast for each decade as well, but that's up to you. I'll start:

60's
Bond: Richard Burton
Director: Sergio Leone

70's
Bond: George Lazenby
Director: William Friedkin

80's
Bond: Charles Dance
Director: Ridley Scott

90's
Bond: Timothy Dalton
Director: Michael Mann

00's
Bond: Clive Owen
Director: David Fincher

10's
Bond: Michael Fassbender
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,704MI6 Agent
    60's

    Bond: Patrick McGoohan
    Director: Alfred Hitchcock

    70's
    Bond: George Lazenby
    Director: John Boorman

    80's
    Bond: Sam Neill
    Director: Ridley Scott

    90's
    Bond: Liam Neeson
    Director: Peter Weir

    2000's
    Bond: Michael Fassbender
    Director: Christopher Nolan
  • Matt SMatt S Oh Cult Voodoo ShopPosts: 6,596MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    60's

    Bond: Patrick McGoohan
    Director: Alfred Hitchcock

    That would have been fantastic. Patrick McGoohan was supposedly offered the Bond role, but he didn't accept it on moral grounds. We would have had a Bond who only slept with girls he married.
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,704MI6 Agent
    Funny. The suggestion is based on the assumption that McGoohan agreed to play BOND, i.e. the character would be promiscous.
  • Absolutely_CartAbsolutely_Cart NJ/NYC, United StatesPosts: 1,740MI6 Agent
    Dalton would've been too old by the 90's, and he didn't age gracefully.

    If all were ideal, Dalton would have had the job in 1985 and leave in 1991 with 4 films under his belt.
  • Agent LeeAgent Lee Posts: 254MI6 Agent
    You're probably right. That's why my idea was that this hypothetical 90's bond film with Timothy Dalton would've been in the early nineties. The main reason I picked Dalton for the 90's was because I couldn't really think of any other potential Bond in the 90's that I would've liked more than Dalton.
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  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,061MI6 Agent
    Agent Lee wrote:
    60's
    Bond: Richard Burton
    Director: Sergio Leone

    70's
    Bond: George Lazenby
    Director: William Friedkin

    80's
    Bond: Charles Dance
    Director: Ridley Scott

    90's
    Bond: Timothy Dalton
    Director: Michael Mann

    00's
    Bond: Clive Owen
    Director: David Fincher

    10's
    Bond: Michael Fassbender
    Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
    Wow, how very eclectic!
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,924MI6 Agent
    Dalton would've been too old by the 90's, and he didn't age gracefully.

    If all were ideal, Dalton would have had the job in 1985 and leave in 1991 with 4 films under his belt.

    He would have still looked youngish in his third Film.
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  • M 'n' MM 'n' M Posts: 105MI6 Agent
    Sounds fun - here's a strange list and how different things would have been!

    1960's Roger Moore and Alfred Hitchcock

    1970's Sean Connery and Stephen Spielberg

    1980's Pierce Brosnan and John McTiernan

    1990's Liam Neeson and James Cameron

    2000's Colin Firth and Christopher Nolan
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,061MI6 Agent
    M n M wrote:
    1980's Pierce Brosnan and John McTiernan
    That would have been impressive.
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  • Agent LeeAgent Lee Posts: 254MI6 Agent
    M n M wrote:
    1970's Sean Connery and Stephen Spielberg

    I really like this! I've been thinking lately it might have been cool had Connery stayed for a few more in the seventies, especially if Bond had gone in a grittier direction like other 70's action films.
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,924MI6 Agent
    Speilberg was just starting his Career in the 70's, so it would have been interesting to see.
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