Evolution of JAMES BOND - 68 Years Explained

[@ReelJames]

As someone who hasn't seen every James Bond movie, this video is so timely to understand the entire scope of this franchise. Thank you, Dave! Great work. 🙌

[@DaveLeeDownUnder]

Thanks, James! 🙏🏻

[@crossaffliction]

Only this channel would have an entire section, however brief, dedicated to James Bond Jr. Love it!

[@randomhuman97]

6:20 Did they actually plan jane bond back in the 50s?

[@kennyfox7055]

James bond Jr was a 65 episode one season series you watch the show online and KZbin but it's been rejected by many tv executives like Netflix hulu peacock hbomax and many other's

[@cassieberringer7427]

When he showed the images on the screen of the show, immediately the theme song played in my head. I don't think I ever watched it (might have been too young for it to appeal) but I remember the commercials for it and the brief part of the theme that played.

[@MutantsInDisguise]

Of all the actors who played James Bond, Timothy Dalton is my personal favourite. He was a killing machine who, deep down, loathed the life he has, and is not afraid of disobeying authority when it comes to exacting revenge on criminals who hurt a friend of his. And of all 25 Bond films, On Her Majesty's secret service is my favourite due to being a good balance between action and drama, supporting each other, as well as the best Blofeld in the form of the great Telly Savallas.

[@davaotripsters]

22:39 Rowan Atkinson aka Mr. Bean & Johnny English's (a James Bond-esque character parody) first film appearance in Never Say Never Again, alongside the late Sir Sean Connery.

[@Hellismary]

This was a pitch perfect distillation of The Bond series 😄 amazing work ! Skyfall is my favorite Bond film , to me it cemented Craig as the ultimate Bond !

[@DaveLeeDownUnder]

Thank you! Mine too!!

[@randallrutherford1384]

I love ALL of Daniel Craig’s!

[@scoxocs]

I met Barry Nelson in the late 90s, and he must have been that old. Him and his wife would come into the Macaroni Grill I served at. He was also in "The Shining".

[@thedangerousfella5860]

Woah, amazing! Did you asked him about his experience back in ‘54?

[@scoxocs]

@@thedangerousfella5860 honestly, I may have asked him about "the shining"... I only found out about Jimmy Bond much later. Plus he was trying to eat with his lady, I didn't want to bother them. They were a strange older couple.

[@KnightFall81]

Saving to watch later. I was given my father’s movie collection the other day since he past on in August. He had a bunch of the various James Bond movies in it so I’m sure this video will be a good resource for me when I go to watch them.

[@DaveLeeDownUnder]

Sorry to hear about your loss. Your dad had good taste in movies! I hope you enjoy them when you get to watching!

[@bruhmaster6950]

Did you know that the creators of James Bond also made the musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?

[@thedangerousfella5860]

With many of the 60’s Bond actors and crew on it! For instance, Gert Frobe and Desmond Llewelyn

[@guileniam]

What seems to be ignored nowadays is modern Action films got their template from the Bond films. There is a clear cut between films made pre 1960 and those made 1968 onwards so much so they seem like different worlds. Inbetween was the transition period and the most popular fictional character of this time was Bond. The action hero archetype, the exotic locales, colorful villains, beautiful female, the almost cartoonish invulnerability, the sense of fun and spectacular action sequences all came together here. These are taken for granted now. Before this "action" was westerns, crime dramas, swashbuckler adventure films. More films with action scenes in them. Then in the 1980s the Bond template creates the action movie formula, where the same template has the action as the point of the whole thing.

[@mightyfilm]

Bond is clearly one of the gold standards of pop culture with some of the biggest influences of all time. We've seen so many great parodies of spy thrillers with Bond being heavily referenced and spoofed. From Get Smart to Austin Powers to Archer. Which begs the question. With all the cartoon parodies of James Bond, how come the actual James Bond cartoon sucked so much? Everyone's done a James Bond parody, how come those are all so much better done than the official one?

[@randomhuman97]

Get smart, Austin powers, Mission impossible, man from uncle are the few which are still known now

[@mayracordero382]

This Evolution of James Bond is awesome and this has became a Amazing Franchise for over the Years so I hope there will be a Cartoon Evolution about The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!🤩❤🌎😎⭐😁

[@Purplespice250]

Thank you Dave lee, for putting time and effort into this amazing video celebrating one of the greatest franchise ever made

[@DaveLeeDownUnder]

Thank YOU for watching!

[@benmalsky9834]

The announcement of the addition of Goldeneye 007 on Nintendo Switch Online brought me back here!

[@OmarAlikaj]

I remember coming across a comic for "James Bond Jr."

[@_mango_]

This really REALLY makes me want to see an Evolution of Lupin the Third, who is very much cut from the cloth of James Bond, but with some Tom and Jerry. I know it would be so much research and indeed quite long, but I hope it’s in the cards, Dave!!

[@spews1973]

Excellent! I'm delighted to see another Pop Culture Evolution. I hope to see many, many more in the future. And for what it's worth, :Pierce Brosnan is my Bond. Going to see "Tomorrow Never Dies" at a cinema in Ankara, Turkey on Christmas Day 1997 and then going to a party straight afterwards.... it doesn't get much better than that.

[@DaveLeeDownUnder]

Plenty of plans for this series going forward for sure! Glad you enjoy them. And man, that sounds INCREDIBLE!

[@mevb]

Fun fact: Legendary actor Christopher Lee was Ian Flemming's step-cousin and he played the titular Bond-villian in The Man with the Golden Gun. Lee would during his career play Dracula and Frankenstein's monster in The Hammer Horror Movies as well as Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes and late in his life wizard Saruman in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogy and Count Dooku in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and Episode III: The Revenge of the Sith. Lee was a fan of Tolkien's books and read The Lord of the Rings every year throughout his life since they were published and met J R R Tolkien (the only actor in the LOTR cast and crew to do so), who gave him the blessing of playing Gandalf (though he auditioned for the role, he landed on Saruman as Lee was in his late 70's at the time, making it too demanding with all the traveling, riding and fighting which was required for Gandalf's character which Ian McKellen was more suitable, being in his 60's during 1999 and 2000). The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies was the final film he did before passing away in 2015 at the age of 93.

[@sokratis5208]

Daniel Craig is definitely my favourite Bond! Casino Royale or Skyfall for my favourite movie

[@marlonclark1896]

same

[@bugsyn]

dude that intro is so good!!!

[@donaldbishop5320]

Sean Connery is Number One James Bond for me. George Lazenby is Number Two and Timothy Dalton Number Three. My favorite Bond movie is “On Her Majesties Secret Service”, “From Russia With Love” number Two and “ You Only Live Twice Number Three.

[@rhysalexander182]

It's been a long 15 years as a Bond lover/Craig hater, but it's finally over!

[@markjackson6431]

my favorite Bond movies are Goldfinger, Goldeneye, License To Kill, Live & Let Die, Casino Royale, and Moonraker….anyone can be my favorite

[@IMADEREK]

Wow great video Dave. You gave me so much information that I had either missed over the years or had forgotten. James Bond Jr is a great example of my forgotten childhood shows.

[@DaveLeeDownUnder]

Thanks heaps, Derek! Had to cover all bases!

[@masudashizue777]

I think we have yet to see our best Bond. I used to think it was Connery but think we are headed in the right direction now.

[@raphaelmarquez9650]

James Bond was considered for a slot in Super Smash Bros. Melee due to Goldeneye's massive impact in the FPS genre, but he was quickly turned down due to both not originating from a video game, using realistic firearms, and requiring Brosnan's likeness at the time, which would've costed more than the game's given budget.

[@benmalsky9834]

Goldeneye 007 is coming to the Nintendo Switch and Xbox this week! So I came back here.

[@PopcornPodcastWithLeighAndTim]

Great evolution of James Bond, Dave. Well done! - Leigh

[@DaveLeeDownUnder]

Thanks so much, Leigh! ☺️

[@mr.c8833]

I found For Your Eyes Only to be hard-edged and Octopussy is underrated. No argument that Moore should not have done A View To A Kill. That should have been Dalton's first film.

[@cassieberringer7427]

A cool thing that I did with my dad is we watched every James Bond movie chronologically. We did this starting when I was in middle school. Looking back, I think starting James Bond when I was 11 was too young, but I do have fond memories. Pierce Brosnan was always Bond to me. I grew up when he was the current Bond (Just as Sean Connery is Bond for my Dad). But also I thought Brosnan was just so cool and handsome. I mean my family had a James Bond board game and the Goldeneye video game so Brosnan was the Bond I always saw. But also, I tripped over my local tv station playing re-runs of Remington Steele and I loved him in that too. I will always love the more fantastical approach to bond because Superheroes were always my favorite thing growing up. So while I now understand why they took the approach they did with the Daniel Craig era, I personally can't appreciate it and it doesn't appeal to me much. I no longer care to see the James Bond movies and I don't believe I've seen the latest 2. Edit: But now I don't have to worry about looking forward to Bond films anymore now that Superhero films are actually a thing now. So i'm overly satisfied. It's okay, all you Daniel Craig era fans can have Bond now.

[@pizzacade8594]

7:10 Octo... What?

[@eliassmeke3991]

For Cartoon Evolution, please do more videos including The Simpsons, Pokémon (Ash, his Pikachu, his friends, Team Rocket and more), Tiny Toon Adventures, The Fairy OddParents, The Powerpuff Girls, more Hanna-Barbera characters like 👍 The Jetsons, Top Cat, Yogi Bear, The Smurfs, Jonny Quest and many more!, other Looney Tunes characters including Pepe Le Pew, Foghorn Leghorn, Granny and more, please 😃😃😃

[@guy-ns4ov]

Great job for branching out. Keep up the good work!

[@DaveLeeDownUnder]

Thank you!

[@SharonPhillips]

It has been so long since you did pop culture evolution since April I’m so glad it’s back

[@DaveLeeDownUnder]

Thank you! Plenty more plans for this series ☺️

[@ianscorey5293]

OHMSS...... Lazenby!!! Best Bond film ever!!!! He should have done Moore!!! Regards Ian 👨‍🎤🇳🇿

[@MrBallerinakaka]

James Bond Is Most Iconic Movie Characters Of The Cinema History Because He Appears In Every James Bond Movies With Different Actors.

[@icecreamhero2375]

*Executives:* James Bond is too British *Me:* I guess I can't watch Dave Lee anymore he is too Australian.

[@DaveLeeDownUnder]

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[@davidwesley2525]

@@DaveLeeDownUnder I got used to the Aussie accent. I will continue to watch Cartoon Evolution. 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@Igorcastrochucre]

The new Bond movies are being inspired by modern action flicks like Bourne Identity and John Wick, movies that were based on James Bond movies themselves, it's like pottery really.

[@GideonMadu]

My favorite interpretation of James Bond would have to go to Daniel Craig, though Roger Moore and Pierce Brosnan are pretty good themselves. I haven't seen any Connery-led Bond films so I can't really make my opinions on that as of now. Favorite Bond film: Quantum Solace would have to be my favorite James Bond film. Also, it's great for you to make another Pop Culture Evolution video after the Superman vid, to the point where I've really enjoyed watching this one. Hope you make another great one whenever you can. And at that, I'd like to give you a very *big* thank you, Dave!

[@yosefc1]

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[@yosefc1]

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[@mrjosh2642]

Another great vid in this series! My dad and I are currently going through the Bond movies, and this just made me more hyped to finish them! Thanks Dave!

[@DaveLeeDownUnder]

Thanks so much for saying, Mr Josh!

[@joejunjulas7917]

I loved both superman and bond pop culture evolution both very interesting! Hope you do more in the future!

[@DaveLeeDownUnder]

Thank you, Joe! Plenty more planned for future!

[@JuanGomez-ke5py]

@@DaveLeeDownUnder I did like them

[@elizabethramirezsierra3700]

Sean Connery is the greatest James Bond

[@matthewgoodsell480]

While this is a fairly thorough overview, it neglects to mention the appearance of Bond at the London 2012 Olympic opening ceremony. While it might not be an official film, I think it is important as it says a lot about the franchise's impact on culture. After all, how many other fictional characters have escorted a queen to an olympic ceremony?

[@williamfairchild7439]

My favourite James Bond film is The Spy Who Loved Me

[@Kobe.T]

Only recently did I really get into Bond with a bunch of VHS tapes from Connery's movies. I've seen various other Bond movie over the years but Connery's are my favorite.

[@themysteriousunknownrevealed]

Timothy Dalton all day. I was hoping you'd bring up the character "Jaws" portrayed by the late legendary actor Richard Kiel. The character seems to appear in 1976's Silver Streak, starring Gene Wilder, Jill Clayburgh, and Richard Pryor. Here, the character is called "Reace," but would appear almost exactly the same in The Spy Who Loved Me in 1977, as Jaws.

[@SerathDarklands]

From favorite to least favorites, my Bonds are: Brosnan Moore Dalton Connery Lazenby Craig

[@CRITTERBUSTERS]

Connery is my favourite but Timothy Dalton comes a close second for me, Living Daylights was ok at best but Licence to Kill is a solid bond film where Dalton really was starting to come into his own, I think had he gotten his chance to do his 3rd let’s say around 1991-92 he probably would’ve won more audiences over. At least now his fan base has grown.

[@yosefc1]

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[@PixarNerdStudios]

I… uh… haven’t seen any James Bond movies… but this video is very informative! Great Job Dave!!!!

[@DaveLeeDownUnder]

Thank you anyway! 🙏🏻

[@PixarNerdStudios]

@@DaveLeeDownUnder I’m definitely planning on it now!

[@brianomcghee9036]

It's really something how they don't give lazenby too much credit when he was actually the true James Bond of them all, the guy was a babe hound and and was, in my opinion, the best Bond by far.

[@theokeithjones318]

So he did one James Bond movie and he turned out a six movie deal and he allowed his agent to get to his head.. wow that was a big mistake

[@superbowsermatt4432]

Nice video Dave!

[@JinxProductions]

Sean Connery was the best James Bond ever, with Daniel Craig at a close second Loved the video. Thanks for putting in all the hard work!

[@DaveLeeDownUnder]

Thank you!!

[@user-lc2kb8ut3l]

Every James Bond portrayal is what makes Bond what he is today. The Best 007 film in my opinion however is The Spy Who loved Me. The perfect blend of Bonds charm and serious mixed with the outlandish and fun. The Spy Who Loved Me should satisfy the tastes of ANY Bond fan. Oddly it has got a weak villain that is unfortunately forgettable but makes up for that drawback with the greatest henchman of the series in Jaws. Roger Moore in his prime and the sexy Agent XXX it is by far my favorite and the perfect blend of Bonds.

[@lenaa2003]

He’s so amazing & fantastic!

[@virgiliomartinezerickson8044]

Great Thumbnail

[@DaveLeeDownUnder]

Thanks ☺️

[@lakeishataggart9479]

How did they do the iconic gun barrel Dave

[@alanpressland]

Great job Dave, very informative as always :)

[@DaveLeeDownUnder]

Thanks, Alan!

[@christianpeligrinocagadas9781]

Courtesy of Amazon MGM Studios and Danjaq, LLC. / Fleming's estates for the entire James Bond 007 franchise libraries.

[@benmalsky9834]

This deserves more views!

[@mayracordero382]

James Bond is one great Spy and Hero and this Video shows the wonderful Fanchise of his Movies and The Actors who Played James Bond so this is a amazing Video and I hope there will be A Cartoon Video about The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!😃⭐❤🤩👍🌎😎

[@DaveLeeDownUnder]

🐢 🥷 one day!

[@Sheinata1]

Do Pop Culture Evolution on Spider-Man or Cartoon Evolution on Garfield next?

[@harsyakiarraathallah2222]

Bond is Not a True Hero, but a True Human Spy we All can Related

[@MutantsInDisguise]

Yes. But Timothy Dalton is the one I relate to.

[@andylikesstuffchannel]

Always interested in seeing history of Bond online and how it's interpretation is to fact

[@ItsOver9000Productions]

I'm not a huge fan of the character but i do like how hes become sort of a mythical figure in pop culture. Bond, James Bond. Great job Dave!

[@DaveLeeDownUnder]

I'm totally there with you! Thank you!

[@harsyakiarraathallah2222]

Every Bond Actor gave a Special Character to there Role and that's Okay

[@harsyakiarraathallah2222]

Make the Evolution of the Joker

[@donjames7971]

Connery -&- Craig each of their time, with the others adequate interludes except Lazenby .. .

[@frankallman7502]

This was a fun watch. Great video! Also good timing for this Dave. Mr. Sunday Movies have been doing Caravan of Garbage of the Craig Bond movies.

[@DaveLeeDownUnder]

Thanks, James! Yess - I’ve seen them, they’re great!

[@dminalba]

Bob Holness later became famous in the UK as one of the original members of the BBC Radio 1 DJ roster in 1967 and later on the 1980s hosting the student game show Blockbusters on the UK's ITV network.

[@jordimonahan3922]

Can you please make evolution of Godzilla next please

[@DaveLeeDownUnder]

It won’t be next

[@jordimonahan3922]

Okay can you please give me one hint on what next

[@DaveLeeDownUnder]

🤐

[@deanonessimo4052]

I wonder what’s announced for October… Frankenstein, Dracula, King Kong, Godzilla, The Dark Crystal, what?

[@ellisfurr7406]

most have forgotten about the Disney movie but i saw it in 1960

[@jennifermcbryde8887]

James Bond 007

[@Mibbitmaker]

Excellent Evolution (no surprise there). The other '60s Bond-inspired movie characters left out Matt Helm, played by Dean Martin (!). There was also an oddly related movie "Operation: Kid Brother" starring Connery's brother Neil, a tongue-in-cheek B picture featured on Mystery Science Theater 3000 (named "Operation: Double 007" in that copy of the movie). Probably not noteworthy for the video, but worth a mention here.

[@lenadroconbotas]

Great video

[@supersonic3096]

Dedicated to Sean Connery

[@navchinna]

Keep up the godd work dave

[@DaveLeeDownUnder]

Thank you 🙏🏻

[@JosiahReed1234]

JB:Bond James Bond 🕵‍♂️🕵‍♀️

[@patwaters-actormoviereviewer]

Favourite Bond: Pierce Brosnan and Favourite movie: 1995’s (not 1996’s) GoldenEye

[@dinomonzon7493]

Sir Sean Connery, Timothy Dalton, & Daniel Craig were the best James Bond actors, playing 007 seriously and looking the part. James Bond was always meant to be a serious character by Ian Fleming, who Created 007.

[@BoyNamedSue4]

“You expect me to just sit here” No Mr. Bond. I expect you to like and subscribe.

[@edsmith4821]

What makes Bond so great is he is loved equally by men who want to be him and girls who want to make love with him

[@montyhighsmith2785]

My favorite bond in Sean Connery the best in my opinion Gold Finger and Never say Never my favorite bond movies

[@fioravanti675]

You do the evolution of movie characters

[@dinkyrobb9993]

Good work Dave. Which video of Pop culture evolution are going to be next Spider-Man or Batman

[@jamesisabeastieboysfan]

James Bond Jr.

[@bencool5823]

David Niven was 57 in casino Royale 🎰

[@What-qy4gy]

This Is The First Pop Culture Evolution Instead Of Cartoon Evolution Nice

[@DaveLeeDownUnder]

It's actually the second, I did a Pop Culture Evolution on Superman about six months ago.

[@What-qy4gy]

@@DaveLeeDownUnder Pls Do More You’re Nice Job Dave

[@chitopay1519]

It’s been 70 years now

[@bland9876]

There's a video game that makes it what if all of the old movies took place now and Daniel Craig was James Bond. It starts out with you "dying" in Skyfall by the sniper and then has him remembering past missions. Emissions have been changed though so like there's cell phones when obviously those didn't exist back when those movies were made.

[@glennsanderson4350]

I believe the lesser known actor Scott Adkins should be considered for the role of James Bond. He has the physique build Ian Fleming describes in the novel "For Your Eyes Only", he has that English accent and could easily portray a flamboyant style yet is the man ready for any type of action the criminal element throw at him. He has starred in many action movies to date. Check out how good he looks in a suit. He would be my James Bond character down to a T.

[@BoyNamedSue4]

Fun Fact: Lazenby was such a notorious pain on set that the costume department purposely dressed him as ridiculous as possible.

[@FantasticBeasts2024]

Rege Jean Page or Richard Madden is my pick for the next Bond

[@rafaelramirez1507]

Roger Moore is my pick as the best James Bond

[@jasminnemcdonald94A]

Oh cool!

[@spyboy1964]

Saying that Fleming's Bond is like David Niven's version and then saying that he's like Timothy Dalton's version is a major contradiction. Dalton is like Fleming's Bond, while David Niven is not. Fleming may have envisioned Niven in the role, but Niven did not play the part the way Fleming envisioned it. Niven's Bond is a comic version of a prig who dresses like a dandy. That's not Fleming's Bond. P.S.- Niven was 57 when the movie was released not 52.

[@DaveLeeDownUnder]

Niven's portrayal of the character's personality - IE. dapper, suave and mannerly - is entirely inline with how Fleming envisioned it - regardless of whether it's a parody or not. The TONE and STYLE of Dalton's Bond matches that of the Fleming novels.

[@spyboy1964]

@@DaveLeeDownUnder Niven is more like Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg than Fleming's Bond. Both characters are sophisticated but very different in many other respects. Niven's Bond is a prude, Fleming's Bond is not. P.S. - Of all the actors that have played James Bond on the silver screen, Niven's portrayal is the least like the literary Bond.

[@mafeuk]

007 from favorite to least favorite: Pierce Brosnan, Timothy Dalton, Sean Connery, Daniel Craig, Roger Moore and George Lazenby.

[@darthpaul99]

My favorite is Roger Moore, and my favorite film is Man with the Golden Gun.

[@RayBot07]

Do evolution of super dental/ power Rangers on pop culture

[@jedd.0322]

You gonna do Sherlock Holmes or maybe Godzilla

[@DaveLeeDownUnder]

Possibly one day!