Sir Sean gone….

Rest in peace Bond. 💙

RIP The Best Bond Ever.

Our best export, saw this at a far too informative age

90 a pretty good innings. RIP

Alas. One of the best.

Bond at his best. Just arguing that point with my other half.

Yep, best bond there was. RIP

Worlds most talented milkman.

The man who would be king is still one of my favourites.

Gosh what a shock.  Rip 007.

Bye bye chest wig.

Farewell, Sir Sean.

Oh, and…

[mod edit: letter redacted. It’s a convincing fake originating from a satirical ‘news’ website. You can find the original article here if you still want to read it.]

Even Roger Moore said that Sean Connery was the best Bond.

Some of my favourite films ever are:-

The First Great Train Robbery
The Man Who Would Be Kind
The Hill

That letter is fantastic. I like him even more now!

RIP 007

RIP Sean.

The First Great Train Robbery was an ace film. So was Highlander . . .

Gosh what a shock

90 year old man dies shouldn’t really be a shock.. but..

I agree. It’s weird, but I assumed Sean Connery would live forever. He was kind of ageless. Lots of famous actors I grew up watching have died but Sir Sean was a bit of an institution. He was amazing as bond..but I also loved him in last crusade.

Also, slightly embarased to say I quite liked The Rock!

That said… 90 years old, dies peacefully in his sleep in the Bahamas. That’s not a bad way to go..

He was great in The Untouchables too.

Yeah. I guess I thought he’d just keep on going! What a way to exit though. Asleep in The Bahamas.

I agree. It’s weird, but I assumed Sean Connery would live forever.

That was a fictional film not a documentary.

The Man Who Would Be Kind

Not a film but if it was it would be a king amongst fims. 🙂
Well played Sean

Goodbye Mr Bond……

Never really a Bond fan, but sad to see a great British actor go.
That letter to Apple is brilliant. RIP

Nowt wrong with The Rock even if it’s a cheese-fest.

Brilliant in most things. Loved him in Highlander and The Untouchables regardless of the accents.

I think one of his more powerful (and disturbing) performances was as the investigating detective in The Offence.

“One ping only”

“There’s a saying in England (sic), where there’s smoke there’s fire”

He will be mished. 😐

Apparently his funerals at tennish.
So don’t forget you rackets.

RIP Sir Sean.

It *is* hard to believe he’s gone, he’s an ever-present icon, like the queen.
But in his honour:

https://mobile.twitter.com/KeetPotato/status/766621357018931200

Yep, definitely the best Bond. RIP Sean

Oh and that letter is brilliant, I’d never seen that before.

Didn’t realise he was 90! RIP.

Might have to dig out my copy of The Hunt For Red October and watch it tonight.

Probably the third or forth best Bond, but Highlander is a classic. RIP

You lot are on crack.

He’s the second worst bond of all time.

After Mr Moore.

He’s the second worst bond of all time.

After Mr Moore.

AKA the Best Bond ever!

I hate to be a spoilsport but…

https://scoopertino.com/exposed-the-imac-disaster-that-almost-was/

https://twitter.com/macfadyenangus/status/1322683450084777985?s=20

Great innings. He bought me a pint when I was an impoverished student carrying the score board at the Scottish Open at Gleneagles. Somehow we managed to blag our way into the clubhouse for a beer, we met in the toilets and he joined us for a 5 minute chat and bought us a load of beer ! He was amused that our accommodation was sleeping in the Fiesta we had parked in car park A next to all the Astons and Rollers! Left a real impressions – humble, funny and damn nice. Sorry, nische.

Colin – that reminds me: In the mid 1980s there was a small group of Lakeland climbers doing new routes out on Skye (I know, a long way from the Lakes). We were coming back through Glencoe one Sunday night and wondered what the bright lights and castle at the head of the Glen were as we were pretty sure that there was no castle there.

As we passed the Meeting of the Three Waters we were treated to a horde of men in kilts bearing swords striding across the moor in the gathering gloom. It turned out they were filming Highlander, the “castle” was was where Sean Connery’s character met his end.

A few months later we were climbing in Glencoe and called in at The Kingshouse for a drink, Ian Nicholson the then owner was a well known Scottish climber. Behind the bar was a cheque signed by Sean Connery – he’d picked up the entire tab for the post filming bash.

The man who would be king is on film 4 soon. Great Sunday afternoon film.

an amusing interview

Behind the bar was a cheque signed by Sean Connery – he’d picked up the entire tab for the post filming bash.

Erm, if the cheque was behind the bar, it hadn’t been presented thus Sean wouldn’t have paid for the round. Cunning move, get a load of drinks and not pay as the starstruck landlord won’t cash the cheque!

Are we all just choosing to ignore his on-record statements about slapping women being fine to keep them in their place?

Pretty much aye.