James Bond, Indiana Jones, Ellery McQueen

[Jona Lendering]

I think everybody knows that James Bond briefly studied ancient languages in Cambridge; it is mentioned in one of the first novels, when Miss Moneypenny reads the file on 007.

I always liked the idea that Bond must have followed a course of ancient history from A.H.M. Jones, and like the thought that the author of The Later Roman Empire was, as a young man, called Indiana.

Today, I read Ellery Queen's Egyptian Cross Mystery (not recommended), and guess what the detective has been studying? Ancient history again.

[jvrjenivs]

Jona, you totally missed your real destiny, it seems.

LOL

[Graham Sumner]

Some photographs of a Doctor Jones, father of 'Indiana' Jones also bear an uncanny likeness to a certain James Bond! :wink:

Graham.

[M. Demetrius]

Mr. Sumner, I think you're on to something there!

[Matt Lukes]

Funny- in You Only Live Twice, Bond mentions that he took a first in ORIENTAL languages at Cambridge- guess the filmmakers decided to fudge that one a bit since the film takes place largely in Japan :wink:

[M. Demetrius]

...or maybe, being an exceptional student, he studied both. But really, saying that, and considering how many hundreds of languages would fall into that category, it's like saying "European languages", which includes -- how many?? But it's a movie.

I always wondered why the super villain didn't just shoot him. I mean, they capture him in pretty much every film, and their elaborate execution machines never really seem to work. Bullets do. Sigh. There I go again.

[Jona Lendering]

I always wondered why the super villain didn't just shoot him. I mean, they capture him in pretty much every film, and their elaborate execution machines never really seem to work. Bullets do. Sigh. There I go again.

Saepe veritas est incomprehensible. :wink:

[Praefectusclassis]

007: "Do you expect me to talk?"
Goldfinger: "No, Mr.Bond, I expect you to die!"

So disastrously mistaken...