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For the same reason as "first girl he sleeps with gets killed". Most often for betraying the evil boss that she works for, sometimes just so Bond gets an excuse for killing everyone.
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"In "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", after the chase between Lazenby's Aston Martin DB-S and the chic's Mercury Cougar XR-7, Lazenby steps out of the car and says "This never happened to the other guy", obviously meant to mean Sean Connery. This I believe makes it that "James Bond" is actually a namesake taken by these guys, as well as the entire history. "
The only problem with that is that later on, whe Lazenby goes to his office, he looks at a load of momentoes from previous films, as if they mean something to him. Which they wouldn't, if Connery's Bond was a different person.
Of course, he shouldn't actually have any of the momentoes he's got, but still...
And in any case, it doesn't explain Connery coming back for one final film. And why he's chasing down Blofeld for the murder of Tracy too. I can't see that he retired, then heard that his replacement's wife was shot, and then took it upon himself to avenge her death. Besides, Blofeld doesn't comment that Bond looks different. Of course, Blofeld himself looks different, so that doesn't hold up...
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And then later the Moore version goes to visit Tracy's grave, and is attacked by Blofeld even though ols Ernst Stavro could have no possible grudge against this Bond. Nope, it was just a little off-the-cuff remark intended to put cinemagoers at ease when faced with a new Bond after 5 films with Connery.
Nest thing you know we'll be talking about the canonicity of the Bond universe. 8)
Consider! In TWINE, MI6's Scotland headquarters ... is in Glenfinnen, on the Shores of Loch Shiel. It's the castle Connor MacLeod was born in, and although we never see Duncan there, it's a good bet he knows where it is. Looks like MI6 bought it from the MacLeods!
Also, in one of Highlander's 5th season episodes, "The Ransom of Richie Redstone", in a flashback to a casino in France in the 1970's, MacLeod greets a character whom it is strongly hinted is "Bond, James Bond."
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Actually, I disagree with that assessment of Adrian Paul's acting ability. And I think he'd make a great Bond ... and it would explain why Bond has survived so long
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Perhaps the Bond universe is coincident w/ the Doctor Who universe. That would explain the different actors... :-)
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the thing is, a lot of you are thinking of Bond in the star trek continuity type. thats just not how it is-- the characters are the same person, played by diffrent actors across diffrent timeframes. Bond doesnt age because Bond doesnt age, theres not supposed to be a reason, its just how it is.
Q's replacement is R, according to TWINE dialouge and the end credits of the film.
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Erm. Wes, you must not have paid much attention to the TWINE dialogue to think that "R" will take over "Q"-branch.
For one thing ... if Mr. Lewelyn HADN'T died, he would be back as Q in #20. The ONLY reason "R" was there is because Lewelyn had been pushing TPTB to give him an assistant for quite some time.
Second of all, "R" was never shown to be Cleese's official designation. Bond made an offhand remark, "if you're Q, does that make him 'R'?" No one refered to Cleese as "R" ... "R, come here; R, do that..." He was listed as "R" in the credits because that was Bond's joke.
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"Perhaps the Bond universe is coincident w/ the Doctor Who universe. That would explain the different actors... :-)"
Er, Tim, I've already done that one.
Honestly, admins today. Useless, eh?
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"Possibly he's a time lord. We'll find out when we get to the 13th actor."
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I personally bet you $5 that 'R' will be in the next movie and be called 'R'.
When I first saw the movie, I got the impression that R was taking over eventually, and that may have been Q's final scene. Now I know for sure, dont you find it odd that Q's scene in TWINE had certain closure to it? Then the actor dies in a car crash?
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