yeah though mabye because of M and that betrey thing mabye neverminde to many plit holes

I think he would be great as a Bond villian.

I think he's Connery's son, considering in canon Craig's bond was born in 1968, and if we're going by the timeline in the video, Connery's last mission was in 1967. The theory you presented is basically the same, he got a girl pregnant, MI6 laid him off, giving him his father's name of "Andrew Bond" and a job at BAE, an arms manufacturer. He told Craig of his exploits (hence his appearances as an older man, how Craig would've envisioned him), never losing his love of danger, he and his wife died tragically of a climbing accident in 1979, in much the same vein of his own father.

No it’s a REBOOT

It’s a reboot ffs, you people are so hopeless.

Shotana Studios Wonder if we are related.. Have the same hair as him, wouldnt shock me..

You even forgot one line in Licence to Kill that might further prove that Dalton is Lazenby. One person states In licence to Kill that “bond was married once before. He doesn’t like to talk about it.

I think James Bond is secretly jaws the shark he does get about 🤔

Rest In Peace Sean Connery

@@fijistarproductions990 yes i think so to and that's why he takes what happens to felix and della so personally

1) That depends on how secretive MI6 was about the existence of SPECTRE. They are a secret intelligence agency, after all 2) Poetic coincidences are a staple of storytelling3) She could have retained the title for a time until her duties as M forced her to resign. Interestingly, Tomorrow Never Dies is set mostly in China, so maybe she was using the title as an excuse to keep a close eye on things there.Part 21) It's been discussed that Craig's Bond was raised from childhood and manipulated into believing he is the real James Bond. Silva (who's real name is Tiago Rodriguez) implies that this was the case with himself, and that he only discovered his true identity when he left MI6, so it could be the case with Bond as well. Silva does emphasis their similar backstories, and how they were both manipulated by M and are practically brothers.2) Going from above, Kinkade could be working for M. The island Silva talks about could be his version of Skyfall, with his "grandmother" being his version of Kinkade, also working for M3) Or the guy just doesn't remember exactly what Bond looked like, since it's been so many years4) If he was distraught over his friend Trevelyan's "death", then it's very plausible he got demoted and replaced. When we cut to 9 years later, Brosnan is undergoing psychiatric evaluation to have his "license to kill" reinstated, implying that he did indeed lose his job and is just now getting it back. While admittedly Dalton also loses his license in the previous film, it's unlikely they would have waited six years to reinstate him.5) Movie posters don't count as official source material, and even with the codename theory, it's not wrong. Those villains did try to kill James Bond, it just wasn't the same James Bond.

The theory still doesn't add up which is why you're not able to explain why an old university mate of Bond's (Roger Moore) in 'The Spy Who Loved Me' (1977) recognises him as "James Bond." But back when Moore was in university, according to this theory either Connery or a predecessor of his would've been the official "James Bond". So Moore would've still had his original name, yet this guy knows him as James Bond. Let me add another reason why the theory is rubbish: There are several references of Dalton's Bond having been in this job for a long time. For example in 'The Living Daylights' (1987), Bond mentions to M that he's known General Pushkin for quite a while. When the two meet in the film, Pushkin recognizes Dalton as James Bond without him having to introduce himself, and the two treat each other as long-time worthy opponents. Also, Felix Leiter and a random concierge at a hotel in Tangier both recognize Dalton as James Bond, an old acquaintance. These meetings shouldn't play out the way they do if Dalton was a new guy who'd replaced the old "James Bond" within the last two years.

Ivan IvezI've already said that the university friend may simply not remember exactly what Bond looked like after so many years, and Moore's Bond is pretending to be the same guy to keep up the charade. I haven't seen The Living Daylights in a long time, but depending on the context, the people mentioned could either be in on the codename (especially Felix Leiter, as an ally agent) or could conceivably have met him during the year 1986-1987 when he was serving as Bond after Brosnan left.There are also several things in support of the codename theory. Blofeld doesn't recognize Lazenby's Bond even though he had already met Connery's Bond. Lazenby mentions "the other fellow". Connery's Bond (so far as I remember) makes no mention of a dead wife in Diamonds Are Forever, even though she just died, and seems to be in pretty good spirits for the most part during the film. Moneypenny asks him "when are you going to get me an engagement ring." This would be pretty insensitive if she was talking to the same guy who's wife just got murdered on their wedding day. The personalities of the Bond's are significantly different, and they don't age from 1962-2002 even though other characters around them do, which discredits the slipping timescale explanation.

Fair enough but the theory still doesn't make sense. Why would the university friend not remember what Bond looks like after so many years. Ok I'll buy that but for Moore's Bond to pretend to be the same guy? I don't buy that all. Lazenby saying "the other fellow" was just a joke throwaway to fans. The reason why Blofeld didn't recognise Bond is because the producers chose to stick very closely to the original story when writing the screenplay for On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Bond and Blofeld had not yet met at that point. Roald Dahl, the screenwriter for You Only Live Twice, the novel of which followed On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1963) but was filmed as preceding this movie, made major changes in his screenplay and added a scene where Bond and Blofeld meet. I mean cmon the whole basis of OHMSS is that James Bond has been chasing Ernst Stavro Blofeld following many misadventures over the previous five films. Why because he's one man! Lazenby’s scouring over previous artefacts (Red Grant’s watch, Honey Ryder’s knife and gadgets from Thunderball) with fondness is validation that he is the same James Bond as Connery. Bond married Tracy at the end of OHMSS (1969) and are referred to as "Mr and Mrs James Bond" Why would Tracy be called "Mrs Bond" if "James Bond" is a codename?? Now that really doesn't make sense. Speaking of Tracy she's referenced or hinted at in the series since OHMSS (1969): 1. Bond (Sean Connery) in the beginning of 'Diamonds Are Forever' (1971) is seen to be tracking Blofeld furiously obviously because of the events what happened in the previous film. Also if Sean Connery is different why would he come back? 2. In The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), when Bond (Roger Moore) meets Anya Amasova in the Mujava bar, she recites facts of his life, including his many relationships. She comments that he had been "...married only once. Wife killed..." at which point Bond's eyes glaze over for a moment, and he sharply tells her that she's made her point; Anya comments upon Bond's unexpected sensitivity, and he confirms he is sensitive "about certain things." 3. In For Your Eyes Only (1981), Bond (Roger Moore) stands at her grave placing flowers before boarding a helicopter which Blofeld has booby-trapped. It's actually in this sequence where Bond ultimately gets revenge for her murder, by impaling an uncredited Blofeld's wheelchair on one of the helicopter's skids and eventually dropping him (wheelchair and all) down a tall industrial smokestack. If it's codename is he really placing the flowers there for a secret agent who lost his wife in 1969? Hardly 4. In Licence to Kill (1989) , after Felix Leiter's new wife, Della, throws her garter to Bond (Timothy Dalton) and teases him that he's going to be married next, Bond looks pained and leaves. Concerned, Della asks if she said something wrong, and Leiter makes a short, sad reference to the fact that Bond was married "a long time ago". Nothing else is said of the matter, but producers have stated that Bond's brutal hunt of drug dealer Franz Sanchez to avenge Felix's maiming and Della's death is motivated primarily by his own memories of his tragically short marriage. 5. In GoldenEye (1995), Alec Trevelyan asks Bond (Pierce Brosnan) if he has "found forgiveness in the arms of all those willing women for the dead ones you failed to protect?" Although the statement could refer to several women in Bond's past (because it's one man), Tracy is obviously the most prominent woman he has "failed to protect." 6. In The World Is Not Enough (1999), Elektra King (whose father, Robert, had been killed in the pre-credit sequence) asks Bond (Pierce Brosnan) whether he has ever lost anyone 'that he truly loved'. Bond appears uncomfortable and does not answer the question, continuing with a different line of conversation. Also Bond admits that his family motto is “The World Is Not Enough” in the film, a motto audiences first learned in, yes, OHMSS (1969). Again, it reinforces how the great importance OHMSS holds in the Bond canon and, you guessed it...Bond is the same guy. These are all solid evidence that Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton & Pierce Brosnan were playing the same character in the original timeline (1962-2002) Yes I do agree with you when you say the Bonds are significantly different. However it's still the same character. It's like saying Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, and George Clooney were different Batmen. Doesn't make sense at all.

+Ivan Ivez If it's a codename, why wouldn't he pretend to be the same guy. That's the whole point. Your statements about "the other fellow" comment and Blofeld not recognizing Bond are more so excuses than explanations. They still have no in-universe explanation. Lazenby goes after Blofeld because it's his job. The gadgets in the drawer, for all we know, could have been used by Lazenby's Bond on previous off screen missions. Admittedly though, the knife can't be so easily explained. James and Tracy are referred to as Mr. and Mrs. Bond because it is the name Lazenby is now known by. His past identity has been erased, he has essentially taken on a new life. Blurting out his real name at a wedding in front of dozens of people would defeat the purpose of a codename, which is to conceal the person's real identity. In Diamonds Are Forever, Connery's Bond could very well be avenging his successor's wife, much as Dalton did for Leiter in Licence to Kill. So far as I remember, Bond never mentions a dead wife in DAF, and seems to be in good spirits for the most part. As an enemy agent, Anya wouldn't know that Bond is a codename. She assumes he is the same guy, and Moore's Bond is playing along. I and others have said elsewhere that MI6 may have found out that Blofeld was planning to kidnap Lazenby's Bond, so they have Moore' Bond pose as him and get kidnapped so the helicopter will take him back to Blofeld and he can finish him off. Note that Moore doesn't seem surprised that Blofeld is alive. The other things are vague enough to leave plenty of room for doubt. For example, when I watched the Brosnan films growing up before I saw the older films, I always thought TWINE was referencing Carver's wife from the previous film. So in short, I wouldn't say that any of that constitutes "solid evidence". Ryder's knife and the visit to Tracy's grave are the two most complicated points, but they aren't unexplainable. I know that he is intended to be one character, but I personally find it much easier to believe that - given the change in actors and their unique personalities, the lack of aging, and other problems mentioned above - and since he work for a secret agency that is known to use codenames - that it is a codename, rather then to believe that it is one guy who magically changes his appearance but doesn't age over 40 years, even though other characters around him do age.

Very true mate so I’m not sure why people keeping bringing this up when it’s not a code name.

If he's a Scotsman why u got an Englishman (Moore), a welshman (Dalton) and an Irishman (Brosnan) playing him?? And if it's his REAL Name...why does he tell EVERY MAN and his DOG his REAL NAME??? Aren't SECRET AGENTS supposed to keep their IDENTITY ermm SECRET??!! But there he goes like a MORON...my names BOND,...JAMES BOND!! LOL...Just in case u didn't CATCH IT...the 1st Time!!! The Code Name theory is the ONLY theory that makes sense!😎😎😎😎😎😎

Donnie Dewitt the meme goes out on a good one

+Jack Draper Thank YOU for watching.

Yes all the Bonds from Connery to Brosnan are the same guy with a little soap opera style age hijinks to work in the Baby Boomers Tim and Pierce. Craig is the same guy in a different universe/ timeline. The main thing is this theory implies far too much planning. Much of the early discrepancies stem from Sean wanting out and then Lazenby declining to continue. United Artists forced Eon to bring back Sean for Diamonds, brought back the Director for Goldfinger and aside from the change to Moore, kept the model for 3 films in a row. All of this was dictated by the need to keep the series going with Connery out. Continuity was downplayed to minimize the drama behind the scenes. But it is clear there is a revenge arc in beginning of DAF.

I like that.

Sir Sean connery

The same way I explain Lazenby saying, "this never happened to the other fellow"... I can't. Lol

But then why did he keep the codename if it was part of his job?

@@EditedAF987 Just to humor the theory, there could be a slew of reasons. Maybe he simply likes the name, maybe he feels that it's the core of his identity now as a result of his rigorous training, maybe he felt like he could benefit from riding the coattails of the "codename" Bond

I seem to remember Bond, when he was suffering amnesia at the end of You only Live Twice (book, not movie), was with a Japanese woman who didn't disclose she was pregnant after Bond decided to head back to Europe (via Russia). So, Craig's Bond is half Japanese.

Maybe , the common public would have heard of a "James Bond" marrying some girl called Tracy , so everytime they would ask "James Bond" 😅 about her , "James Bond" guy would try to act that he Tracy very well , but in reality, he would have nothing to do with girl so as to just manipulate people.

Funny enough that was the first Bond film I owned and watched... while I have some nostalgia for it, its not a great film, but I agree. I am glad they made it.

+Michael Bruner Thats not a theory, that is how continuities work.

Your theory is actually very interesting and makes sense but In the end i think it really comes down to using our suspension of disbelief. Fortunately Bond's changes in Canon leave space for many interpretations but many franchises who use the same gimmick do not, take the first four batman movies for example, we have the two Michael Keaton films, then we got Val Kilmer in Batman forever and Clooney in Batman and Robin. They are undoubtably the same character and the face change is just a nuisance we have to accept. I tend to watch the JB and Batman films the same way, for example if I'm watching the Roger Moore era movies I just imagine that the Connery era Bond had Moore's face and vice versa. The same goes for the time period, take Romero's Night of the living dead series for example, the first film looks and is set in the 60's while Diary of the dead is clearly set in modern times but is actually considered a prequel thus making it Canon despite the inconsistency. So for some movies there cannot be any explanation for the changes, we just have to accept them for what they are

yeah like alfred is like Q as they show up in most of the movies

Truly you have a dizzying intellect...

He doesn’t mention Tracy though, all he asks is “Where is Ernst Blofeld?”

Oscar Birney I mean that could be interpreted as the new Bond being given his predecessor’s gadgets

Jack Hamilton but why does it look like he’s reminiscing about the adventures they’re from? They even play bits of music from those films when he picks up each object

@@EditedAF987 sorry this is a year late but I didn’t really get that from his expressions, and I think the music choices were there to remind the audience

I meant looks younger

Tom Williams Productions no, that’s complete bullshit.

@@mrbluesky4838 i'm only playing along

Eye color can change at any point in your life.

@@KingRey. Even a change as drastic as dark to blue? From my understanding of what causes blue eyes in a human being, what I have read up on tells me that it is a genetic mutational marker that causes the retention of blue eyes after birth thus halting the development of melanin in a person's eyes. Surely the loss of someone's iris melanin would be caused by something rather radical and would be rather rare, right?

@@iwyt3995 Or exposure to dangerous material. Bond is around some dangerous stuff, whether it be radioactive or deadly.

@@KingRey. *_I friggin love that!_*

+Jacob Stolz Thats a movie within a movie, it doesnt count sadly. Lol

I believe the codename theory

Ooh i like that idea

I literally talk about that in the video...

+BondFreek Its like you missed the joke completely...

2:10

Obviously they are codenames. You don't really think M's birthname is just the letter M, do you? Q is short for Quartermaster

Richard Thayer but Felix and Tanner as well? The only times that it’s made clear Bond and Felix are meeting for the first time are in Dr No and Casino Royale. Felix changed actor every single time he appeared yet he and Bond always acted like old acquaintances (Connery’s Bond even mentions the events of Dr No in Goldfinger). Not only that but David Hedison player Felix in Live and Let die, was briefly replaced with another actor for the Living Daylights and then Hedison was brought back for Licence to Kill. Does that mean they gave the codename back to Hedison? Also Timothy Dalton’s Bond is attending Felix’s wedding despite the fact that Hedison only met Moore’s Bond previously, not only that but the entire reason Bond goes after Sanchez is to avenge what happened to Felix which makes no sense if he barely knows him. Licence to Kill is also Felix’s last appearance until the Daniel Craig reboot because of the fact that his leg got bitten off, suggesting that Felix is meant to be just one guy, and so they introduced a new character to act as the CIA informant for the Brosnan films, why would they bring in a new name if they could just reuse the codename?

+Jacob Stolz I have been researching that one for a while now.

Give me tickets to the premiere! please...

Thanks for watching!

Shotana Studios Lol.

The Batman movies make it clear they are different universes, not a very good analogy. You are right about the Marvel thing though.

@@KingRey. I know it’s not the best analogy but it is when you remember that what they have in common is that both Wayne and Bond are one man, not multiple men using one alias. That’s what I meant. The truth is that the Bond movies had bad writing and lack of proper continuity.

Very true.

... Looks like you didn't even watch the video. lol Everything you said is just redundant.

Shotana Studios no one has to watch the whole video you know the whole thing is stupid. I'm tired of this stupid stupid moronic American theory about James Bond that's older than multiple bonds themselves. Woody Allen came over this stupid Theory when is Sean Connery was still playing Bond before he quit the first time. And made a terrible movie then and makes it worse Theory now.

+BondFreek Well if you had watched the video, you would know that every one of your comments is coming off as redundant and useless. Since I talk about everything you are griping about...

Sure, not every actor is a different Bond. The theory clarifies that certain Bonds most likely have multiple actors.

It's a fan theory. That's what people do with works of fiction they like. They make up fan theories, write fan fiction, etc. It's all a bit of fun. He admits in the video that the theory is by no means air tight. But that's not the point either. It's a bit of a "what if experiment". Yet you go around calling people idiots when whether the theory is true or not doesn't make the slightest bit of difference, they're fun films. So why don't you take your own advice and "Just chill out and enjoy".

The is probably the worst evidence against the theory yet. Why would he steal them? They could've just been left behind. Also reminisce? He could just be observing them.

@@KingRey. Are you seriously try to twist it in an impossible way? The man just dictated a letter of resignation to Moneypenny. He takes out an empty suitcase to clean out his desk. As he takes the watch and the knife out of the drawer, you hear the song that Ursula Andres sang in dr.No. And he smiles... That's clearly reminiscing. He wanna put those items in the suitcase. Why would he take those items with him if they weren't his in the first place? And why o why does none of the so called different "James Bonds" never ever ever ever ever ever mention their predecessor??? But yet they put flowers on the grave from the wife of a predecessor that they never met??? Are you really that delusional? Where o where in the James Bond novels does Ian Fleming write that James Bond is a codename???