# How Many Movies Until They Ruin James Bond Again? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 19, 2008, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-movies-until-they-ruin-james-bond-again/464359 "2008-09-19T20:23:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Furious\_Marmot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dfb087/32.png) [@Furious\_Marmot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Furious_Marmot)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-movies-until-they-ruin-james-bond-again/464359/1 "2008-09-19T20:23:41Z")
Or, perhaps how many movies (Including the 2 already made) until they hit: 1. Late Sean Connery campy 2. Roger Moore mega campy 3. Pierce Brosnan standard Hollywood action movie with lame carried-over elements from 30 years back I’d guess 4, 8, and 12. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-movies-until-they-ruin-james-bond-again/464359/2 "2008-09-19T20:25:57Z")
My guess is the next one after Quantum of Solace. Third time often seems to be the bad-luck charm. ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-movies-until-they-ruin-james-bond-again/464359/3 "2008-09-19T22:24:41Z")
> [@Grumman](#): > > My guess is the next one after Quantum of Solace. Third time often seems to be the bad-luck charm. The third Bond film was _Goldfinger_, which was definitely not a stinker. In fact, it established the convention of Q equipping Bond at the beginning of the film. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-movies-until-they-ruin-james-bond-again/464359/4 "2008-09-19T22:31:45Z")
My guess is negative 1. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-movies-until-they-ruin-james-bond-again/464359/5 "2008-09-19T22:34:49Z")
I didn’t like Casino Royale, and I initially hated the choice of Craig but I must say he did grow on me. I’ve seen the previews for QOS and I think it looks genuinely badass, although the theme song does suck okapi cock. (Enough with the MP5s though! Man up and get yourself a .308!) Bond will be ruined again if they turn it into a Bourne-style quick-cut-cut-cut, shaky-cam fest, pathetically trying to make it look “real” instead of making it look like a well-shot movie. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2008, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-movies-until-they-ruin-james-bond-again/464359/6 "2008-09-20T01:33:02Z")
I didn’t much care for Craig’s attempts at being emotional. He’s far better as a sociopathic killer than trying to be “normal.” ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2008, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-movies-until-they-ruin-james-bond-again/464359/7 "2008-09-20T01:39:25Z")
> [@Grumman](#): > > My guess is the next one after Quantum of Solace. Third time often seems to be the bad-luck charm. I agree. That seems to be the time they hand it to a director who “knows exactly how to do it, and follows the lead from the previous two” except he doesn’t, and completely fucks it up because he has no clue.