This is my favorite Bond.
Do you mean as of "he's out on bond?"
Ahhhh, just kidding I kinda like the poor guy.
Posted on 12/02/2004 6:32:50 PM PST by aculeus
A leading black actor, 6ft 4in Colin Salmon, emerged last night as a front-runner to replace Pierce Brosnan as James Bond in the next 007 adventure.
Noted for a deep, commanding voice, the 41-year-old actor already has a recurring role in the Bond series as Charles Robinson, M's suave chief-of-staff.
The chance to promote him, while startling, would not be unexpected. The Broccoli family, who are casting the film, the 21st in the series, are said to fear that the films have become anachronistic.
They told Brosnan they wanted to "go in a new direction".
Initially, this was taken to mean that they were turning away from the special effects and high-tech gadgetry to update Casino Royale, Ian Fleming's first Bond book.
The feeling is that despite the vast profits from the last movie, Barbara Broccoli, whose father Cubby made the early Bonds, and Michael Wilson, her step-brother and partner at Eon Productions, are anxious to make a more hard-boiled thriller.
Speculation about Salmon, who was born in Luton, stems from a sudden rush of unusually large bets on him. Warren Lush, a spokesman for Ladbrokes, said yesterday: "They have come out of nowhere, with sums like £500 apiece. These are huge bets for what is really a novelty wager.
"The suspicion is they may be being placed by people, or spies out there, in the know. So we have temporarily closed the book on the next Bond, as we don't want to get out fingers burned."
Until now, the favourite was Dougray Scott, whose play, Becket, closes in London's West End in a fortnight. Ewan McGregor was also a runner until he accepted his latest stage role.
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There are two types of women in the world: Those that want a bikini with a holster and a cool name like "Kitty Delilah" and those that don't.
I like how they defended Republicans in the movie.
Thinking about it, Bond has this way of every decade or so turning up as a ten-years-younger man. So now, 42 years after Dr. No (1962), he's going to turn up as a ten-years-younger black guy.Yes. It's turning into "Dr. Who."Because 007 isn't actually a real guy- it's an identity adopted by a series of British super-agents.
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This is my favorite Bond.
Do you mean as of "he's out on bond?"
Ahhhh, just kidding I kinda like the poor guy.
I've been a fan of the bond genre since 1962, and I read all the Ian Fleming books as a teenager in the 60's. And I've followed all the different Bonds, so here's my carefully considered opinion: Hugh Jackman would be the best Bond!
"Blond. Jamie Blond."
"Bonds. Juice Bonds."
LOL.
Dalton's problem was that he is a Shakespearean-trained actor who tried to play a cartoon character straight. It was a death-knell for Bond, who inhabits a universe constructed just for him, where the cards always (almost always) fall his way. Connery and the rest have understood that Bond must be played with toungue firmly in cheeck. Dalton didn't get it, and almost killed the series.
Or A "Gay" Bond chasing girlie men around.,
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I'm sure the man is a fine actor.
However, casting this guy as Bond would be as stupid as casting Jim Carey as Shaft.
Blog pimpin', but at least not postin' owen thread pimping it this time.
Well, they cast Will Smith as James West, why not this? It's pandering, but so what?
This will go over so 'well' that the BOND folks will be left begging Tim Dalton to come back...
LOL!
Yes.
Lazenby, the guy who almost killed the franchise...
Did you know that this "Girl" is not a Girl but a Transvestite?
Hillarious movie.
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