# How Will the Bond Franchise Come to an End? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 20, 2002, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-bond-franchise-come-to-an-end/137727 "2002-11-20T12:35:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Banger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@Banger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banger)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-bond-franchise-come-to-an-end/137727/21 "2002-11-20T21:22:13Z")
The series will end once the Soviets capture and destroy the formula **msmith537** just detailed. Then we’ll be left with only our secret egg salad recipe! ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-bond-franchise-come-to-an-end/137727/22 "2002-11-20T21:37:23Z")
With a bang, I’d bet. ---
**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-bond-franchise-come-to-an-end/137727/23 "2002-11-20T22:48:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Max Carnage \* > \*\*Are we talking incarnations or regenerations, as there are, of course, five official Bond incarnations. \*\* Are we counting Roger Moore’s character in _Cannonball Run_? . . . Is this thing on? ::d&r:: ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-bond-franchise-come-to-an-end/137727/24 "2002-11-20T22:49:58Z")
Rocks fall, everyone dies. ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-bond-franchise-come-to-an-end/137727/25 "2002-11-20T22:59:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tars Tarkas \* > \*\*HIV \*\* Hence the SNL skit. “Mr Bond, you have 114 _different_ venerial diseases. 14 of which we’ve never encountered before and are naming Bond 1-14.” ---
**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-bond-franchise-come-to-an-end/137727/26 "2002-11-20T23:13:15Z")
First with a whimper (“oh, James!”), then a bang. ---
**Author:** ![Politzania](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ab097/32.png) [@Politzania](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Politzania)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-bond-franchise-come-to-an-end/137727/27 "2002-11-21T01:21:00Z")
When they introduce Adam Sandler as James Bond… \<\< shudder \>\> ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-bond-franchise-come-to-an-end/137727/28 "2002-11-21T03:24:05Z")
Here’s mine: **Bond Girl De Jour:** So James, how old are you? **Bond:** Umm… ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-bond-franchise-come-to-an-end/137727/29 "2002-11-21T03:50:15Z")
When they overcommercialize the product placement… [oh wait…](http://www.urbanreflex.com/bond.html) (that’s such an amusing spoof) ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-bond-franchise-come-to-an-end/137727/30 "2002-11-21T04:25:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Michael Ellis \* > \*\*Here’s mine: > > **Bond Girl De Jour:** So James, how old are you? > **Bond:** Umm… \*\* Pierce Brosnan is almost as old as my dad. The latest bond girl (not Halle Berry) is almost the same age as me. Scary. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-bond-franchise-come-to-an-end/137727/31 "2002-11-21T04:52:20Z")
But Bond’s been in films for what, 40 years now? How old is he now, and why does he look so good? That was the point. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-bond-franchise-come-to-an-end/137727/32 "2002-11-21T05:28:44Z")
Okay, so given that Bond will be around until the end of time as we know it, the next question is, “Who is most likely to play Bond after Brosnan gives it up?” I figure he’s got maybe another 3 films in him before it’s time to hang up the old Walther. That means his replacement should be around 30 now, to be of roughly the right age when Brosnan takes a hike. Which 20-something to 30-something actors around today would make a good James Bond? ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-bond-franchise-come-to-an-end/137727/33 "2002-11-21T06:42:37Z")
I heard some clamor after the last Bond film came out that they should make Sean Connery be the villain in the next one and have him finally kill JB. BTW, I also heard that the GoldenEye N64 video game made more money than the movie did. Can anyone confirm/deny/clarify? ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-bond-franchise-come-to-an-end/137727/34 "2002-11-21T06:46:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Michael Ellis \* > \*\*But Bond’s been in films for what, 40 years now? How old is he now, and why does he look so good? That was the point. \*\* Yeah I know, I just thought I’d throw that tidbit out there :). ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-bond-franchise-come-to-an-end/137727/35 "2002-11-21T07:38:01Z")
D’oh! ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-bond-franchise-come-to-an-end/137727/36 "2002-11-21T07:40:01Z")
Incidentally, I gots me reserved tickets for _Die Another Day’s_ opening night at the local (Santa Cruz) nine-screener. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7feea3/32.png) [@PatrickM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickM)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-bond-franchise-come-to-an-end/137727/37 "2002-11-21T14:30:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bryan Ekers \* > \*\*When he’s forced into bankruptcy from all the sexual harassment suits lodged against him and has to sell his tuxedo collection. \*\* And of course the chief sexual harassment suit will be filed by Miss Moneypenny. ---
**Author:** ![everton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@everton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/everton)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-bond-franchise-come-to-an-end/137727/38 "2002-11-21T14:45:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ElwoodCuse \* > BTW, I also heard that the GoldenEye N64 video game made more money than the movie did. Can anyone confirm/deny/clarify? I can’t give you a definitive answer on that one, **Elwood** , but from the _Movie Times_ link I posted earlier you can see that global profits for _GoldenEye_ are $291.3 million, and [this article](http://www.nintensity.com/columns/business.html) claims that the N64 game made $250 million net profit. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-bond-franchise-come-to-an-end/137727/39 "2002-11-21T18:51:37Z")
> [@](#): > > Which 20-something to 30-something actors around today would make a good James Bond? I’ll bite. Colin Farrel I first saw him in American Outlaws ( a cheesy, but well done B Cowboy flick about Jesse James.) The first thing that went through my mind was " He is a hottie" then later on, " He’s IRISH?" give him ten years and he will be the next 007. Mark my words. http://us.imdb.com/Name?Farrell,%20Colin%20(I)]Here ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-bond-franchise-come-to-an-end/137727/40 "2002-11-21T18:54:08Z")
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