Bond. James Bond.

zorba

Sean Connery has passed through the veil...

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/goodbye-mr-bond-sir-sean-connery-dies-90

CHIRO1989

I enjoyed his movies, did not care for him personally, hypocrite making a living in movies with gun violence 
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/007-under-fire-for-his-anti-gun-stance-1266583.html

Diver43

Rest In Peace James

bhl2506

RIP!

mosseybuck

RIP Sean, you provided us with lots of entertainment as you played with guns, then denied their use in real life, like so many other Hollywood phonies...

DrawbarFlats

His character in Last Crusade was good but the guy was a first class prick and full of himself. No tears here. 

JerryBobCo

May he RIP.

Bigslug

And the 2020 vortex sucks down another.

GunNut

Outstanding actor, arguably one of the best.  RIP and thanks for many hours of great entertainment Sir Sean Connery.

rberglof

RIP

Gene L

mosseybuck said:

RIP Sean, you provided us with lots of entertainment as you played with guns, then denied their use in real life, like so many other Hollywood phonies...

He was English, for Christsake.  England has never, ever had a gun culture.  Very few gun fanciers/shooters in England.  Bloke on the Range, who is English, moved to Switzerland where gun ownership is a lot less restricted, although I don't know if that's the reason he moved.  Anyway, guns are a foreign concept to almost all Englishmen.

Make_My_Day

CHIRO1989 said:

I enjoyed his movies, did not care for him personally, hypocrite making a living in movies with gun violence 
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/007-under-fire-for-his-anti-gun-stance-1266583.html

I liked Sean Connery, but he's no different than any other Hollyweed asshole leftist!!!

Make_My_Day

Gene L said:

He was English, for Christsake.  England has never, ever had a gun culture.  Very few gun fanciers/shooters in England.  Bloke on the Range, who is English, moved to Switzerland where gun ownership is a lot less restricted, although I don't know if that's the reason he moved.  Anyway, guns are a foreign concept to almost all Englishmen.

The history of strict gun control (handguns) only goes back to the 1980's after a string of mass shootings. The people born after that have had the idea of owning handguns bred out of them. This is a relatively recent phenomena. There was regulation before the 1980's but the strictest laws were enacted in that period. The below article pretty much outlines the entire history of weapons control since the 16th century, at the bottom of the article.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearms_regulation_in_the_United_Kingdom

Spk

RIP Sean,

May you be reunited with your Bond girls.

Justsomedude

Just a correction, he was Scottish. I also had no idea that he was 90 years of age. 

Jayhawker

I have never been a Bond fan, but I liked him in " The Wind and the Lion " and "A Man Who Would Be King"...also liked him in "The Longest Day" and "A Bridge Too Far"
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Linefinder

I've always found all the Bond films silly, ever since watching the original when it came out. OTOH, once Connery shed the Bond sterotype...he was a damn good actor, possibly the equal of Duvall (that might be a bit of a stretch, though).

But, he was very full of himself by all accounts I've read over the years, and very anti-gun, although he "made his living with them" in a Hollywood sort of way.

OTOH, the previous iteration of Bond admitted he didn't know how to drive a stick

Actors are....well....what they are. It was once considered a much less respected way to make a living than farming. We've lost sight of that.

Mike

zorba

Linefinder said:

It was once considered a much less respected way to make a living than farming. We've lost sight of that.

And then there are dancers!

Linefinder

zorba said:

Linefinder said:

It was once considered a much less respected way to make a living than farming. We've lost sight of that.

And then there are dancers!

Don't forget plow-mules. They regarded them highly, too.

Mike

shotgunshooter3

Politics be damned, I enjoyed his movies. RIP.

Johnny reb

Since this thread is taking about 007. What are the thoughts on the upcoming 007?  If you’re like me just found out 007 is now female. I guess the Bond Girls will now be Bond Guys. Damn that sounds worse once I wrote that.

Zee

I haven’t watched a Bond movie since Roger Moor. 

Spk

Johnny reb said:

Since this thread is taking about 007. What are the thoughts on the upcoming 007?  If you’re like me just found out 007 is now female. I guess the Bond Girls will now be Bond Bois. Damn that sounds worse once I wrote that.

Fify

And yeah, it sounds pretty bad. Maybe it'll be as good as the new Ghostbusters movie.

Bigslug

Johnny reb said:

If you’re like me just found out 007 is now female. I guess the Bond Girls will now be Bond Guys. Damn that sounds worse once I wrote that.

Nah.  There will undoubtedly still be Bond Girls.  Service to Queen and Country will likely require ability to seduce ANYBODY.  

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