I pretty much agree about James Bond. Sean Connery was the quintessential James Bond.

The story goes that when the producers were auditioning for the James Bond character, they were getting a bit frustrated. Nobody met what they had in mind, partly because they, themselves, weren't all that sure. But when Sean Connery came through the door, they looked at each other and said, "There he is!" Why Connery, they were asked? One of them responded, "He walks like a panther!!"

I always felt Roger Moore seemed a bit "wimpy." One critic commented that Moore played Bond as if the Bond movies were "drawing room comedies."

Other than Connery, I thought Timothy Dalton (three Bond movies) was excellent. Dalton had read all of Ian Fleming's novels and wanted to return Bond to what he felt Fleming had in mind. But the producers didn't like it. By now, Bond had become pretty much of a comic book character, and they felt that Dalton played him too seriously. Not enough "sense of fun!"

PTUI!!!

Don Firth