Quoted from izzymonkey:

The franchise grabbed me very early with Connery on television, Moore's earliest films in the theater, and I was jumping outta my seat when Brosnan got out of the 'Remington Steele' gig to take on the role. Daniel Craig, however, is easily the closest to Fleming's depiction in the books--even if Fleming himself wanted David Niven from the start. There are so many moments from the Craig films that I will rank above my darlings from Connery et al..
If you want adaptations close(ish) to the original books, look no further than Craig's 'Casino Royale' and then Connery's 'From Russia With Love'. Period.

Quoted from Methos:

Dr No is a great movie. That scene where he kills him in cold blood with the silencer and unarmed is pretty good.

Quoted from TreyBo69:

So I watched From Russia with Love last night. Loved it. It really blows Dr No out of the water lol.
Dr No set the template with a budget maybe a bit too low for its ambitions. From Russia with Love had some great action set pieces and really ramped up the violence and sexy women angle. The story is a bit more simple, but works wonderfully.
I'm also curious about some of the tone and whether or not I'm supposed to be lol'ing at some stuff the way I am. I found the SPECTRE training area to be hilariously ridiculous

From Russia, with Love has the best fight scene of any Bond movie between 007 and Red Grant on the train. It's so brutal and realistic, that parts of it are cut/censored to a much shorter version nowadays on network broadcasts. Tough to find the entire fight sequence anymore when it's aired.

I agree with you. In Dr No, Bond reminded me more of a detective than borderline superhero-like agent, such as the Pierce Brosnan Bonds I grew up with.

Quoted from Methos:

Totally agree. The Fleming books are fantastic, even the short stories are great. Fleming still isn't considered a great author, but his knowledge of intelligence protocols come out strong and his writing is tight and never dulls or goes into boredom.
Probably the best book is Moonraker - half of the book is Bond trying to find out that Drax is cheating at cards and Fleming goes into a lot of detail of M's club. It's great reading and the character of Drax is fantastic.
Some of the movies are pretty close - Dr No, Goldfinger, Thunderball, HMSS, even Live and Let Die. From Russia with Love is the closest and literally has a lot of the original dialog. Others...especially the Moore films, are not although they do use several of the short stories for certain scenes. I just rewatched Octupussy and I realized they included a synopsis of the original story! I never caught that before.
Fleming's Bloefeld trilogy is probably the worst of the bunch. They were written towards the end of his life and he started to become impacted with some of the negative press he was receiving (too much violence).
The one that I wish they would have stuck close to is The Spy Who Loved Me. For some reason that I have not found, when Fleming sold the rights to Eon, there was a clause that said they could only use the title and none of the plot. It would have been an interesting movie if done correctly. The Man with the Golden Gun isn't close at all, but they actually used the plot for License to Kill, which is very close to Fleming's last novel.

Quoted from Utesichiban:

Does anyone listen to these Bond songs fron the 60's anymore? I listened to Goldfinger and Thunderball today and was underwhelmed... but I digress.
I guess my question is who is buying or willing to fork out big bucks for these songs in 2023?

Quoted from Haymaker:

Goldfinger is by far the best song of the Connery era imo

Quoted from Sheev_Palpatine:

Thank you

Quoted from C_Presley:

Remember when stern sold Simpsons pinball party and the like? Pepperidge Farm remembers

Quoted from 1963BSARGS:

doesn’t anyone buy pinball just because it is fun?

Quoted from rai:

BTW just watched the second Bond movie 'From Russia With Love' and had watched 'Dr No' two months ago. I prefer From Russia better of the two enjoyed the fight sequence in the train car and think Bond had a bit more swagger.

Quoted from Ty-Arnold:

Played a pro last Friday at Analog in davenport. It was good, better than I expected. Best game by Stern in years except for Godzilla.