[ QUOTE ] Speaking of this, whom they replace Brosnan with is less important to me than where they take the sereis from here. Things have become so vanilla and generic in the series that even the recent titles fail to be compelling; "Die Another Day" and "Tomorrow Never Dies" are so dull, and I'm still irked that they…
Aye, we're all mongrels m8, but the scottish are stereotyped and treated as such. I don't live in the past, my resentment toward England is directed toward the establishment and is borne out of growing up in Scotland as a Scot and is nothing to do with my reading up on Celtic times. My reading up on the Celts and searching…
[ QUOTE ] On one hand I think if I lump all my favorite Bond movies together (regardless of who plays Bond) they all seem like they were made by the same director. [/ QUOTE ] There's a reason for that. If you discount the two oddballs of the 007 series, Never Say Never Again and On Her Majesty's Secret Service, there were…
While no excuse for 'militant' behavior, I don't think it's hard to see how blacks in America might come to feel that way. The civil rights movement isn't even 40 years old yet, and being born a typical black in America certainly comes with a different set of challenges today than what faces a typical white. I haven't…
thnom, I hate to disillusion you, but the character as Ian Fleming wrote him was born the son of a Scot, Andrew Bond. In all likelihood, the modern conception of Bond as English comes from decades of American viewership that doesn't really differentiate England from Britain. On the subject of new Bonds, I really do like…
Blimey... Urm, yeah, either I completely missed this thread as I've been busy, or I chose not to post on it originally because if I said everything I wanted to say about Bond, the direction it has taken and where I wish it would go I'd have typed more than what Daz, Ror and Rick have written combined. Am I happy with the…
Phew Well, Ive read everything you wrote. I shouldn't really be suprised. First off, *IT DOES AFFECT ME*. I shall repeat. Half my family are Scottish, the other English. Most of my time in the UK is spent in Glasgow. Which can often be not alot of fun as an Englishman let me tell you pal. But I dont need to tell you. You…
Mop: I did try to make it clear that I'm not against the English, I am against England. I am not basing my opinions on a book about the past, I am basing it upon my life up until this point. I regret I cannot impart the totality of my understand upon this board anymore than others can impart their wisdom to me. I am making…
I'm an English guy, living in Scotland, sharing a flat with 5 Scottish guys. I have never heard an Englishman bad-mouthing the Scots. I have heard Scotsmen refer to English people as "Fucking English Bastards"... and they seem to have no reason for it. Granted, Rorshach, you have your history and you're evidently bitter…
"To be clear, no I dont blindly hate the English, but I've educated myself enough to understand who the real enemy is." Seriously Ror I swear you wouldn't be happy unless we all battled it out across Hadrians wall! ( yes I know thats not the border any more but it would probably be the more fitting setting for the event in…