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Interesting

The first Bond films were made on a shoestring

In “Dr. No” the Sunbeam Alpine that 007 drove was an inexpensive local rental

James Bond films made tremendous profits

[potlatch]

We all liked the James Bond books and movies, no doubt.
He was a killer.

Wish I had the url to the site I spoke of. It was quite long. Since Ian Flemming didn't ‘admire’ the Bond character you could ‘think’ he might have based it on an actual person.

Otherwise, he was indulging his fantasies, lol.

[yarddog]

I always thought “Dr. No” was the best of all the Bond films. It was also by far the closest to the book in fact some of the dialogue was taken word for word from the book.

The next few didn’t stray too far from the books but the last twenty or so have had no connection at all to them. They also have all been awful. More cartoons than real stories.