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Same with Cumberbatch's Sherlock, there had to be creative liberties to make all that work. I quite like these film adaptions of literary characters placed completely out of context of their original creations. Far better than just remaking the same period piece interpretation over and over again.

I'm not saying it is, but the book persona has the context of mid50s - 60s. Craig took his Bond persona into the 2010s and adjusted his portrayal accordingly. The way we view Queen and country now, is different to the 1950s. I don't think you can set Bond in the modern world and retain all of...

I disagree, film is a different creative medium to a novel. Therefore the moment Fleming sanctioned the films and took the coin, he relinquished autonomy over the character he created. The books he wrote after the first films were made adapted themselves to this new medium, you pointed out he...

I'm not sure it matters what Ian Fleming may or may not think? Do you think he would equally have been happy with M being played by a elderly women? One of the reasons he altered the age in one of the later books the films had started to be made, and he realised as you say he needed to...

He wasn't middle aged, the oldest I think he was portrayed in the books was 37. The argument should be about who is the best actor to play him, not that the actor has to be from a particular race. Fleming had him set 50s - 60s, if a modern film has it set in 2020, then born to a Scottish...

His date of birth from his 'background arc' is likely 1917. I think there has already been more than a fair amount of compromise. In the novels (not that I expect many entrenched in him having to be white have read) his mid 30s with retirement at 45. Connery was 53 when he last played Bond...

It really doesn't matter what Flemming originally intended as the development of the character has gone way beyond what Flemming's books covered. Felix Lighter was white, but it doesn't make a blind bit of difference that in the Daniel Craig era, he is played by Jeffery Wright. If one is to...

I'm sure this is just crossed wires, because what is interesting is that the original Planet of the Apes is an anti-racism film, and arrived only a few months after the assassination of MLK. The classic scenes of Heston getting hosed down like a beast directly echoed the water cannons used to...

Rocky played by The Rock, Apollo Creed played by Chris Hemsley. I'd also like The Hulk in the next film to be purple.

Bear Pit by 15th post? ???