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5th December 06, 07:28 AM
#21
 Originally Posted by arrogcow
Q and M are titles (head of Q Branch).
Adam
In the new one, Bond tells M that he always thought it was just a randomly assigned consonant, but it's actually her initial. Then she tells him he better not tell anyone what her name is. Or something along those lines.
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5th December 06, 07:46 AM
#22
Q-> Quatermaster
M-> based on term for head of Brit intelligence during WW2. He was known by a letter, which actually was his initial. I forgot what it was, or his name. However, I'm sure someone here will know it and relate it.
My own idea->is supposed to be one Bond, though the character has changed and developed several times over during the decades. Thus, I could understand the ideas of several Bonds. The movie references are intended for the audience, as a tongue-in-cheek reference to a change in the "continuity."
Always a Bond fan,
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5th December 06, 08:10 AM
#23
Never Say Never Again was just Thunderball with an older Connery and a different supporting cast.
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5th December 06, 08:12 AM
#24
The way it's always sorta been treated in the books and in the movies is that M is a title (as is Q), I think the fact that it's also an initial is either a nod to the gentleman from WWII (as mentioned above), or just intended to be a happy coincidence...
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5th December 06, 08:23 AM
#25
If I remember correctly, M was based on Sir Miles Messervy, head of MI6 when Fleming started writing the Bond books.
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5th December 06, 09:28 AM
#26
And in the David Niven/Woody Allen Casino Royale, M was Lord McTarry.
It's been years since I've seen it, but didn't Niven wear a kilt in one of the Scottish segments? Or maybe I'm thinking of M's funeral - there was a bit of tartan there.
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5th December 06, 09:32 AM
#27
Originally Posted by MacWage
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Thoughts?
aye...
drink maire malt...
an get some sleep....:rolleyes:
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5th December 06, 10:13 AM
#28
Originally Posted by Zardoz
Well that's at least 2 other (and earlier) Bonds anyway. 
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Cymru, Yr Alban, Iwerddon, Cernyw, Ynys Manau a Lydaw am byth! Yng Nghiltiau Ynghyd!
(Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall, Isle of Man and Brittany forever - united in the Kilts!)[/SIZE][/COLOR][/B]
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7th December 06, 06:22 AM
#29
The head of the Brit secret service during/before WW2 was code named "C." (I just saw it in the History Channel, to confirm. AND we all know how unquestionably accurate those shows are:rolleyes: .)
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7th December 06, 06:25 AM
#30
Originally Posted by MacWage
The head of the Brit secret service during/before WW2 was code named "C." (I just saw it in the History Channel, to confirm. AND we all know how unquestionably accurate those shows are:rolleyes: .)
Hey...I saw it on The History Channel...it MUST be true.
They couldn't put it on TV if it wasn't true....could they?
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