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Crash
10-15-2005, 03:37 PM
is the worst james bond ever!!!!!!!


Hugh Jackman, it read, was "too fey", Colin Farrell "too sleazy", Eric Bana "not handsome enough" - and Ewan McGregor "too short" at 5ft10.


so who do they pick? this guy!

http://www.mi6.co.uk/sections/articles/images/james_bond_6_press_conference1.jpg
Swan
10-15-2005, 03:43 PM
Eric Bana
http://eur.news1.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/xp/corazon/20040527/15/3178268790.jpg
Guy that I don't know.
http://www.mi6.co.uk/sections/articles/images/james_bond_6_press_conference1.jpg
Hmm, who is this guy anyways?

I stil they should bring back Sean Connery...
Dylflon
10-15-2005, 03:48 PM
Boooooooo!

Hiss.
DeathsHand
10-15-2005, 04:09 PM
It's the crazy guy from The Jacket!

http://mysite.verizon.net/vze7t5gw/bond.jpg
Perfect Stu
10-15-2005, 06:19 PM
It's the crazy guy from The Jacket!

http://mysite.verizon.net/vze7t5gw/bond.jpg



yes, and apparently he's more 'handsome' than Bruce Banner
Professor S
10-15-2005, 06:28 PM
I think he's an excellent choice. If you have seen Layer Cake, you'll agree with me. He's very well extablished in Britain and he'll fit the role perfectly.
Teuthida
10-15-2005, 06:37 PM
That picture of Eric Bana reminds me of a chinchilla for some odd reason. I got Layer Cake soon as I heard this annoucement a couple days ago. Haven't had a chance to watch it yet.
Crash
10-15-2005, 07:13 PM
yeah, but he looks like a freaking bad guy!
Xantar
10-15-2005, 07:48 PM
Raise your hand if you had ever heard of Pierce Brosnan before Goldeneye came out.

*waits*
Teuthida
10-15-2005, 08:13 PM
*raises hand*

Mrs. Doubtfire
Dylflon
10-15-2005, 08:20 PM
Bam.
DeathsHand
10-15-2005, 08:29 PM
yes, and apparently he's more 'handsome' than Bruce Banner

Meh... I had only really seen him in The Hulk, and I wasn't a big fan... And that picture deejzguy posted of him makes me laugh...

But everyone loves the crazy guy from The Jacket... Yeah!

...

Seriously though I think this uproar over this fella leans more towards the retarded side of the fence...

This is what it amounts to: "OMG LIKE THIS GUY IS NOT QUITE AS HANDSOME AS PAST JAMES BONDS!"...

I fear change just as much as the next guy, but seriously, give him a chance... Judge how he fits the role when you actually see him in the role...
Perfect Stu
10-15-2005, 08:50 PM
Xantar: you're kidding, right?

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00096S45S.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

and Mrs. Doubtfire...

DH: I hope you werent directing 'see him in the role first before judging' at me, I dont mind the choice at all. I just thought it was funny they said Eric Bana was too ugly...because I dont think this other guy is much to look at. Then again, I'm neither a gay male nor a straight female, so my opinion doesnt matter.
DeathsHand
10-15-2005, 09:02 PM
DH: I hope you werent directing 'see him in the role first before judging' at me, I dont mind the choice at all. I just thought it was funny they said Eric Bana was too ugly...because I dont think this other guy is much to look at. Then again, I'm neither a gay male nor a straight female, so my opinion doesnt matter.

Nah my post wasn't directed at anybody specific, I'm just talkin' to the large number of people everywhere (well, in reality I'm talking to the wall) who are bashin' on... Uhhh what's his name... someone Craig...
Ginkasa
10-15-2005, 09:48 PM
There's actually a picture of him in character over at IGN. He looks better and more Bondish in that pic...


/me shrugs and walks away
Teuthida
10-15-2005, 09:54 PM
http://ffmedia.ign.com/filmforce/image/article/658/658547/craig-bond1_1129321022.jpg
Xantar
10-15-2005, 10:58 PM
Xantar: you're kidding, right?


All I'm saying is if you had actually heard about Pierce Brosnan before Goldeneye, then you had a right to say whether or not he would be a good Bond. You apparently have, so good for you. But you have to admit that the public at large probably had never heard of him. And more than one person I know said, "Well....ok, he's tall, but I don't know if he'll actually be able to pull off Bond..."

Similarly, unless you've heard of Daniel Craig and seen him somewhere before, you really can't judge whether he'll be a good James Bond. The one person who says he has seen him (The Strangler) thinks he'll be good. Everybody else is just judging him by his looks which, in my opinion, is pretty silly. I personally didn't think Sean Connery was very handsome, but it didn't matter.

Let the man make his Bond movie and then we'll judge whether he's right for the role.

By the way, I'm sure that all the reasons given for discluding Hugh Jackman, Ewan McGregor and Eric Bana are absolute hogwash. But they had to say something, and they couldn't just give the real reason. And I'll bet the reason they chose Daniel Craig was very simple: most people haven't heard of him. Just like the other Bond actors. Hugh Jackman is a great actor, but if you cast him as Bond, a lot of people in the audience would be seeing Wolverine in a tuxedo instead of just James Bond. Stupid but true. It's the same thing with the others.
Perfect Stu
10-15-2005, 11:10 PM
All I'm saying is


all you're saying now is...

before, your point was that "nobody had heard of Pierce Brosnan"

you have a legitimate point (and I agree)...and I like how you put that little twist in your second post with "well it doesnt MATTER, that wasnt the point" ;) (I really do)
Xantar
10-15-2005, 11:23 PM
before, your point was that "nobody had heard of Pierce Brosnan"


And nobody had, meaning that figuratively instead of literally. Just like I can say, "Nobody's ever heard of Daniel Craig." Of course somebody has somewhere, but I didn't mean literally no human being on this planet ever heard of him. It's called idiom. I'm sure you must have understood that much, so I'll stop explaining the English language to you now. ;)

Now if I'd found hundreds of people who heard of Pierce Brosnan before 1995 instead of a few people on an internet message board dedicated to pop entertainment, I'd have a lot of egg on my face. But anyway, moving on...
Fox 6
10-16-2005, 12:17 AM
Now if I'd found hundreds of people who heard of Pierce Brosnan before 1995 instead of a few people on an internet message board dedicated to pop entertainment, I'd have a lot of egg on my face. But anyway, moving on...
0_o

Remington Steele was a big hit though, a main show in the network lineups.....

It was on before i was born and ive know about it ( and i dont consider myself considerably knowledgeable about pop culture).
Professor S
10-16-2005, 12:37 AM
Actually, Remington Steele was such a hit that Brosnan was supposed to be Bond before Timothy Dalton, but had signed a long term contract with the network for more seasons of Steele.

I know that my parent;s generation were well aware of Brosnan before Bond and even I was. C'mon Xanny, you got caught and are trying to skillfully talk your way out of it. Just admit it ;)

Its actually funny that this has become a big "gotcha" game, but I'm having a wonderful time with it.
Dyne
10-16-2005, 12:40 AM
Man, I do not approve.

And whatever happened to Jude Law? I would have preferred him.

Ewan McGregor would've been my first choice.
Professor S
10-16-2005, 12:44 AM
I think Jude Law is a little too slight for the role, but I do think his acting chops would be up to it. I LOVED him in I Heart Huckabees. Bond needs to be suave and debonair, but he also needs that rugged athletic side to him.

Jude Law just as Bond would give any validity to the "judo chops".
Jonbo298
10-16-2005, 01:17 AM
*raises hand*

Mrs. Doubtfire

*raises hand also in agreement*

Classic movie...oh so classic..
DeathsHand
10-16-2005, 01:30 AM
The one person who says he has seen him (The Strangler) thinks he'll be good.

Seeing him as the crazy guy in The Jacket doesn't count as me seeing him? :<

Maybe if I share my opinion!... Ummm... I thought he played... a good crazy guy... *nod*...

On a side note, I heard a little snippet from a recent interview with Pierce Brosnan where he said something like he was a bit angry about the whole ordeal because he was "Just starting to get the hang of it"...

But I could have sworn there had been talk for a quite awhile now that he was going to stop doing Bond movies... Like by his own decision? o.O :confused: *scratches head* Maybe I'm just crazy...
Krypton
10-16-2005, 01:46 AM
eh, won't be the same.
Xantar
10-16-2005, 02:17 AM
No really, I'm not trying to wrangle out of anything. I said what I meant to say. Stu is giving me a hard time because that's what he does, and that's all in good fun.

But if Remington Steele was as popular as you say, then I concede the point. I never heard of it myself, but then again, I wasn't really paying much attention to TV during the 80s. Except for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, of course.

Seeing him as the crazy guy in The Jacket doesn't count as me seeing him? :<

Well, for all I knew, you just pulled his picture off Google. But ok, good on you.

I saw the thing about Pierce Brosnan saying he was angry with the producers, too. I really think it's too bad because I thought Die Another Day was a pretty weak way to end your run. I remember that Brosnan had said it would be his last movie, but maybe he decided he wanted to try for a fifth for some reason. I guess we'll never know the full story (until some journalist decides to delve into its heart and produce a book), but Brosnan is now saying he'll tell everything in an interview with Playboy.

Yeah, I know. I was shocked to find out that Playboy had stuff other than nude pics, too.
Crash
10-16-2005, 02:50 AM
was dantes peak before or after 007
GameMaster
10-16-2005, 02:55 AM
007 act0r c0nfimed!!!111!!11


The 37-year-old Craig is almost a decade older than what the filmmakers had stated they were looking for in a new James Bond.


OMFG, why would they pick him if he didn't meet the criteria??!111?

Pierce Brosnan is the only 007 I'll support, everyone fight the filmmakers and boycott this film.
Swan
10-16-2005, 03:01 AM
Which Bond made the most Bond movies?


PS That picture that Teuthidia posted makes him look good as Bond. Kind of reminds me of the older ones...



SUPER PS Nice siggy Teuthidia. Oh American Psycho, what sex scenes you had, followed by murder.
Fox 6
10-16-2005, 03:06 AM
Which Bond made the most Bond movies?


PS That picture that Teuthidia posted makes him look good as Bond. Kind of reminds me of the older ones...



SUPER PS Nice siggy Teuthidia. Oh American Psycho, what sex scenes you had, followed by murder.
Was it Roger Moore?

Also i agree with the pic, it makes him look like a great Bond, but the acting is almost 99% of what makes James Bond.
Acebot44
10-16-2005, 03:57 AM
Clive Owen anyone?

http://archives.cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/31/croupier.review/story.jpg
Swan
10-16-2005, 04:00 AM
Clive Owen is such a bad ass.
Teuthida
10-16-2005, 04:40 AM
SUPER PS Nice siggy Teuthida. Oh American Psycho, what sex scenes you had, followed by murder.

:D

I wanna read the book. Heard it's much more bizarre...talking vaginas and the like.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00083HJ2G.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
Of all the people to make an action figure of...
Perfect Stu
10-16-2005, 09:14 AM
Was it Roger Moore?



http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/4/4d/200px-Roger_moore.jpg


"you bet your ass it was me"


but the original Bond

http://www.james-bond007.de/assets/images/connery.gif

and original Bond girl

http://home.versatel.nl/w.de.bruin/img/ursula%20andress%20-%20dr%20no2.jpg

were the greatest of all time...:)
Swan
10-16-2005, 02:48 PM
:D

I wanna read the book. Heard it's much more bizarre...talking vaginas and the like.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00083HJ2G.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
Of all the people to make an action figure of...
What about the many KISS action figures?
Teuthida
10-16-2005, 03:30 PM
Well everyone and their grandma would like a KISS action figure.


...I can't think of KISS anymore without Happy Gilmore's grandma popping up wearing that mask.
Swan
10-16-2005, 03:47 PM
I can't think of Kiss without thinking of Kiss Saves Santa :)
Bond
10-16-2005, 03:54 PM
I suppose he will do before I can become the next Bond.
Dylflon
10-16-2005, 03:57 PM
I am afraid of change.
Neo
10-18-2005, 11:05 AM
A decade too old? How can Bond get any younger? Are there multiple timelines in the Bond universe I'm not aware of?
Krypton
10-18-2005, 05:01 PM
original always the best I think.
Ginkasa
10-19-2005, 12:47 AM
A decade too old? How can Bond get any younger? Are there multiple timelines in the Bond universe I'm not aware of?


Casino Royale, the next Bond movie, is based off of the first Bond book (this will also be, BTW, the first Bond movie based off of one of the books since before Brosnan, I think). They're still keeping the timeline of the movie in tune with the book, so its supposed to take place with Bond at a younger age...

Which is why the actor can be too old...


/me shrugs and walks away
Krypton
10-19-2005, 03:58 PM
Goldfinger is my favorite bond movie, i've yet seen any bond top it.