I agree -- the books make it more clear (at least the first one, which I read), but the movies still have that "spy" spin, and I don't see someone being Capt. Obvious like Bond being an actual spy.
@@glennhighcoveexploresstuff on an odd funny note im the only person who refers to the Fleming books as pulps = thin easy to read almost throw away thrillers
@@sonnysantana5454 It's a great description still -- I only this year started going down the pulp path (Parker and Quarry series) and found them surprisingly therapeutic. There's some amount of wisdom, reality, and room for thought (and for some positive and negative examples) in those books sometimes. They certainly have kept me happy these past few months. Bond, I started but with Parker books to read, I went for Parker, they just flow better for me at this stage in life.
no he wasn't as in the Fleming pulps 007' was a blunt instrument a trouble shooter for M-I6
I agree -- the books make it more clear (at least the first one, which I read), but the movies still have that "spy" spin, and I don't see someone being Capt. Obvious like Bond being an actual spy.
@@glennhighcoveexploresstuff , no intelligence outfit likes to admit to employing killers and to this day they all deny it ( except for the Mossad )
@@glennhighcoveexploresstuff on an odd funny note im the only person who refers to the Fleming books as pulps = thin easy to read almost throw away thrillers
@@sonnysantana5454 It's a great description still -- I only this year started going down the pulp path (Parker and Quarry series) and found them surprisingly therapeutic. There's some amount of wisdom, reality, and room for thought (and for some positive and negative examples) in those books sometimes. They certainly have kept me happy these past few months. Bond, I started but with Parker books to read, I went for Parker, they just flow better for me at this stage in life.