The James Bond Film Discussion Thread (With Bonus Lazenby!)

[Ray Hardgrit]

English from England
Scottish from Scotland
Welsh from Wales
British from England, Scotland or Wales (plus I guess Northern Ireland, if you're using 'Britain' interchangeably with 'United Kingdom'...)

 

[Captaindemotion]

Perhaps I misspoke?

British from England?
Scottish from Scotland
Irish from Ireland?
Welsh from Wales?

Apologies from this Colonial if I got the terms wrong!

Rule Britannia!!!

(cue electric guitar Bond theme!)

No, my understanding is the same as yours - British encompasses English, Scottish and Welsh (albeit some Scottish and Welsh nationalists don’t want to be viewed as British). Ireland is not in Britain but Northern Ireland is in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and its citizens can choose to be Irish, British or both. People in the Irish state are Irish, though some may be able to claim British citizenship through birth, parents, grandparents etc.

This conversation reminds me of this scene (some bad language)

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[HIjol]

Still...No American Bond!!!

 

[Captaindemotion]

Still...No American Bond!!!

But:

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[HIjol]

I know, I know...but it just is not the same...

 

[Tallguy]

And movie Superman doesn't have to be played by an American!

What if they were the same guy?

Just being pedantic, but Britain is the island containing Scotland, England and Wales, so a Bond could be from either of those places and still be British!

I didn't want to get into any arguments from the places that don't WANT to be British.

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"Yes and no" made me spit out my drink. (Grandad was from Wales.)

 

[UssGlenn]

I'm not expecting a veto per se but maybe they'd be able to stop Amazon doing anything monumentally stupid? Or at least advise against it. Faint hope I know.

Perhaps a Roddenberry situation? You can give advice and we will ask your opinion if we want, but we are under no obligation to take it.

Ireland is not in Britain

But the island of Ireland is geographically part of the British Isles.

 

[Captaindemotion]

Perhaps a Roddenberry situation? You can give advice and we will ask your opinion if we want, but we are under no obligation to take it.



But the island of Ireland is geographically part of the British Isles.

Most people in Ireland do not like or use that term in relation to Ireland and take it to mean GB, the Scottish islands and other islands off the British coastlines.

 

[UssGlenn]

Most people in Ireland do not like or use that term in relation to Ireland and take it to mean GB, the Scottish islands and other islands off the British coastlines.

I looked it up, and that's called the "British Islands" including the Channel Islands, which aren't part of the archipelago that is the "British Isles", But Ireland is, geographically speaking.

 

[Tallguy]

Oh, good. Ireland's relationship to England and the U.K. We'll sort this in a jiffy.

 

[Starkers]

No, my understanding is the same as yours - British encompasses English, Scottish and Welsh (albeit some Scottish and Welsh nationalists don’t want to be viewed as British). Ireland is not in Britain but Northern Ireland is in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and its citizens can choose to be Irish, British or both. People in the Irish state are Irish, though some may be able to claim British citizenship through birth, parents, grandparents etc.

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Mr Inbetween is soooo good

 

[HIjol]

Meanwhile, back at Headquarters...

I read an idea earlier in this Thread, regarding some "spin-off" ideas concerning "Q" Branch.

While an entire series might be a stretch, how about a "mini-series" or a few "episodes", showing the evolution of the Branch, and of the "Q"'s who have served Her Majesty's Service?

 

[IMC Headquarters]

M: Quartermaster? I need a wristwatch that can cut through a tank. And contain a high-yield explosive. And be supermagnetic. And be able to print out text messages. And contain a Geiger counter. And can tell the time, naturally. Can you do it?
Q: Omega or Rolex, sir?
M: We're not made of money here, Q. Make it Casio.

 

[Captaindemotion]

Domestic Sitcom called Q and Me, about Q at home, from the perspective of Mrs Q. This should be in the vein of a 1970s sitcom and Q should be like Desmond Llewelyn. Every week Mrs Q has to avoid near disaster when her genius but absent-minded husband brings home some experimental weapon and the vicar almost gets obliterated when he comes round for tea.

 

[Starkers]

Domestic Sitcom called Q and Me, about Q at home, from the perspective of Mrs Q. This should be in the vein of a 1970s sitcom and Q should be like Desmond Llewelyn. Every week Mrs Q has to avoid near disaster when her genius but absent-minded husband brings home some experimental weapon and the vicar almost gets obliterated when he comes round for tea.

Last of the Summer Quartermasters

 

[IMC Headquarters]

Domestic Sitcom called Q and Me, about Q at home, from the perspective of Mrs Q. This should be in the vein of a 1970s sitcom and Q should be like Desmond Llewelyn. Every week Mrs Q has to avoid near disaster when her genius but absent-minded husband brings home some experimental weapon and the vicar almost gets obliterated when he comes round for tea.

Oh, I would tune in to that!

"You Only Loave Twice" -- Q brings home a portable plastic explosive maker which his wife mistakenly uses to make bread for the village fete.

 

[HIjol]

“Octopussy”

“Q” Branch explores Genetics and Cybernetics.

( )

 

[Turtletrekker]

Domestic Sitcom called Q and Me, about Q at home, from the perspective of Mrs Q. This should be in the vein of a 1970s sitcom and Q should be like Desmond Llewelyn. Every week Mrs Q has to avoid near disaster when her genius but absent-minded husband brings home some experimental weapon and the vicar almost gets obliterated when he comes round for tea.

"Mr and Mrs Boothroyd".

 

[Tallguy]

"Mr and Mrs Boothroyd".

You know... That has potential.

 

[PCz911]

M: Quartermaster? I need a wristwatch that can cut through a tank. And contain a high-yield explosive. And be supermagnetic. And be able to print out text messages. And contain a Geiger counter. And can tell the time, naturally. Can you do it?
Q: Omega or Rolex, sir?
M: We're not made of money here, Q. Make it Casio.

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