Hmmm… watched License To Kill last night and it was bobbins. Bond has to be either cool or charming, being a thug on its own isn’t enough. Dalton’s Bond was just a boorish thug. There was one scene where he is rescued by Richard Gere’s missus from a bar fight when she blows a hole in the wall with a shot gun. Upon their escape Bond tells her she’s a “Bloody Fool” and she should leave this kind of work to the professionals. Ungrateful git. She should have blown a hole in him too (put that innuendo in there as a homage to Roger Moore).
BTW. How did she get into a bar full of drug dealers whist wearing next to nothing with a concealed pump action shotgun?
Connery – Cool / Thug
Lazenby – Cool(ish)
Moore – Charming
Dalton – Thug
Brosnan – Cool / Charming
Craig – Cool / Thug
Next up. The Spy Who Loved Me or Quantum of Solace, if I ever get it back.