# is James Bond the same character / a code name

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 19, 2010, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-james-bond-the-same-character-a-code-name/561233 "2010-11-19T17:14:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2010, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-james-bond-the-same-character-a-code-name/561233/21 "2010-11-20T19:57:46Z")

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> [@Robot\_Arm](#):
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> If you mean the 1966 version, there was; played by John Huston, no less. In fact his death sets the plot, such as it was, in motion.

Ah, thanks. I saw that movie around 1966, in my huge Bond phase.  
It would probably make more sense now. I remember Woody Allen, and that’s about it.

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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2010, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-james-bond-the-same-character-a-code-name/561233/22 "2010-11-20T22:14:20Z")

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> [@Voyager](#):
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> It would probably make more sense now.

Don’t count on it.

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**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2010, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-james-bond-the-same-character-a-code-name/561233/23 "2010-11-20T22:24:30Z")

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Re: Casino Royale (1966)…

> [@Voyager](#):
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> It would probably make more sense now. I remember Woody Allen, and that’s about it.

> [@Robot\_Arm](#):
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> Don’t count on it.

Yeah…the main narrative works well enough, but the ending is best described as ‘chaos for chaos sake’…not only does it not make a lick of sense, there’s no way on Earth that it was _meant_ to.

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