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Want to pose a question to Bond, James Bond? Capone has the details about his upcoming QUANTUM OF SOLACE trip!!

Ask him this... by LordPorkington	Aug 28th, 2008 02:41:03 PM
Will Miss Funnyfanny be in the new movie?
Ask Him by Rebeck2	Aug 28th, 2008 02:46:49 PM
How someone as fugly and classless as he is got the role of James Bond? Short, to the point... And no one else will ask it.
Ask him why he wants to be me. by thebearovingian	Aug 28th, 2008 02:48:13 PM
Seriously. The golden blonde hair, piercing blue eyes, strong jawline, panther-like neck, bulging biceps, ripped abs, broad shoulders, skinny chicken legs, boxer's nose, serial womanizing, British accent and major death wish. Oh yeah, I missed the whole world-class-poker-playing card sharp. Please, do ask the Talented Mr. Craig[Ripley] why he wants to be me!
Capone, close your eyes before he sits down for your interview.. by YouAreAllMyBastardChildren	Aug 28th, 2008 02:51:19 PM
...and ask, "Quick, what are you wearing?"
question for bond by cloudrider`	Aug 28th, 2008 03:03:29 PM
you played lover to angelina jolie in tombraider, and now you're bond. gerard butler did the same in tombraider 2 with jolie and now he's king leonidas. coincidence?
Craig, would James Bond smoke weed? by Bean_	Aug 28th, 2008 03:03:41 PM
At least your interpretation of the character.
Ask him if Bond will have balls in this movie by bottombrick	Aug 28th, 2008 03:04:32 PM

sounds awesome by Gungan Slayer	Aug 28th, 2008 03:22:25 PM
Your schedule for "Quantum" that is Capone. Shit....Aston-Martin driving lessons? hot damn
Point of order by epitone	Aug 28th, 2008 03:30:04 PM
If anything should happen to Capone before he departs on his trip, what's the process for choosing his replacement? Not that I'm saying I should be first in line just for mentioning it, but you know, fair is fair.
Quantum of Solace - Proposed Theme Song by Ray Gamma	Aug 28th, 2008 03:32:26 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =TMoJRLStD9c
Good luck quint... by earlfist	Aug 28th, 2008 03:33:27 PM
Can't see how you'll need that many questions, but this will be a good chance to engage in a proper british media frenzy. You will see why the press over here is the worst in the world. Good luck. I will send a question for what it's worth.
ABOUT JAMES BOND'S BALLS: by Ray Gamma	Aug 28th, 2008 03:36:34 PM
Ask him if the reason there are not hundreds of little James Bonds running around is because he got his nutsack pulverised during the torture scene in 'Casino Royale'.
I mean Capone why did i think Quint. by earlfist	Aug 28th, 2008 03:36:50 PM

Hey Bond - by Christopher3	Aug 28th, 2008 03:43:34 PM
Do you worry about being typecast?
DC is a great Bond by David Cloverfield	Aug 28th, 2008 03:49:36 PM
He's a bad motherfucker you wouldn't want to meet in a dark alley. And only fucking Vesper in Casino Royale was genius. Quantum of Solace will make or break the new franchise. Goldeneye was great, but the following Brosnan Bonds sucked more and more. If they can improve on the previous one... Holy shit! Any word on a new Q?
A question for Timothy Dalton, then? by Stalin vs Predator	Aug 28th, 2008 03:51:52 PM
Or for Connery? Saying "Bond" implies it's one of the two.
Stalin vs Predator by dr sauch	Aug 28th, 2008 03:55:12 PM
I have a question for you. Are you having difficulty staying awake? I ask because I'm sure that you lose sleep every night weeping gently into your pink pillow because neither of your boyfriends got to play bond. You're gay is my point.
Aston Martin Driving Lesson? by PirateEmery	Aug 28th, 2008 04:02:03 PM
Hopefully there isn't another driving accident like before...
Bond Isn't Supposed To Be... by Rebeck2	Aug 28th, 2008 04:05:18 PM
A BAD motherfucker. He's supposed to be a COOL motherfucker. If you don't know the difference, I can't help you.
DC by Rebeck2	Aug 28th, 2008 04:09:51 PM
And another thing, there is no NEW franchise. It's the same franchise that has been going on for 45 years and it will keep going on with or without Daniel Craig and long after you and I are dead. This "personal", "gritty", and "revenge" shit are going to get very tired, very fast. And then you'll see the Bond I love come back again.
You know who'd make a great Q... by skimn	Aug 28th, 2008 04:10:26 PM
Ian McKellan...he could add a little lightening in whats looking to be a VERY serious series. And no, I don't view that as a bad thing at all. The Bonds were getting way too tongue and cheeky again.
Gratuitous Nudity in this installment? by m.dung	Aug 28th, 2008 04:16:43 PM
and simulated sex. Can't we all agree it's time for a Bond movie with a hard R?
Rebeck2 by zooch	Aug 28th, 2008 05:11:59 PM
The new Bond is COOL and he's BAD ASS. Bond is the kind of guy ladies want and men want to be. The Bond of old doesn't fit that mold anymore. The new modernized Bond does.
The Living Daylights by kwisatzhaderach	Aug 28th, 2008 05:26:44 PM
is awesome.
Sorry, Zooch by Rebeck2	Aug 28th, 2008 05:35:26 PM
Ain't buyin' it. I'll be that one person who notices the Emperor has no clothes on - or in that case, no cool. Craig isn't cool. When you scowl and flex muscles to show us how tough you are, you're not cool. Cool means never having to say you're tough or try so hard. Bond is supposed to be enjoying life in the midst of all the danger, Craig looks like he just had his wisdom teeth pulled. He has no charm, no suaveness, no wit about him, as all the other Bonds have (well, close call on Dalton). If you didn't like Bond, and now you do, I think you'll find yourself disappointed as time goes on, because Bond is not a grimacing thuggish miserable fuck and he'll come back to his established personality as soon as this "gritty" trend plays out. And then, the movies will be fun again.
My question for the Bond producers by snappy	Aug 28th, 2008 05:49:28 PM
How much of the $150m+ that this film will cost to make is being covered by blatant product placement? And ask Daniel Craig if he cracks a smile at any point in this movie.
question of solace by Prossor	Aug 28th, 2008 06:00:16 PM
mr. craig why do you suck on lemons so much?
You people really suck, you know that? by Mahasamatman	Aug 28th, 2008 06:44:01 PM
Hating on this guy, in this forum, for what? Calling Craig a faggot and gay and ripping into him when all Capone wants is a goddamn question. It's just poison coming out of you folks, for no reason. You don't know this guy, and I'll bet if I pressed you, half of you would admit he did a good job. Think how impossibly difficult it would be to step into this role, make it "new," make it interesting, make it worthwhile, give life to it again. Think how much hatred came his way when he got the job, and he just did it. He might not be the best Bond (Connery), but he's Bond. He's more like Connery than any of the rest, folks. Connery's Bond's a caveman inside a hyper-cool sophisticated veneer. Don't believe me? Go check out how many of his one night stands he bitchslaps. Check out his cruelty, the amusement he takes in dispatching enemies in creatively agonizing ways. This is a guy who strangled a woman with her own bra. All this shaken not stirred crap is a veneer, an artifice. The guy's a monster, a thug. Connery was, in real life, an uneducated scottish Thug who became a disciplined, trained actor, which is why he was perfect for the character. And that's how Craig does it, too. But I guess I'm a faggot, too, for thinking he was good. You people suck.
Craig's Bond is no "thug" by zooch	Aug 28th, 2008 06:54:23 PM
He's totally classy. For example, at the beginning he kicks a dudes ass in the bathroom, then WASHES HIS HANDS! Then later, he gets poisoned at the card table and his heart even stops beating, but he comes back, cool and collected and continued to play cards like nothing has happened! That's total class. Besides real men don't need "personalities" or need to "smile". That's for effeminate pussies. Real men are tough, the strong silent type.
"shaken or stirred?" "DO I LOOK LIKE I GIVE A DAMN" by Prossor	Aug 28th, 2008 06:57:24 PM
this was the absolute nadir, the fucking bowel-steamy pits of the bond series when bond would remain reserved, glacially calm, courteous, has now become a shithead teenager ugmo.
Casino Royale by BLEST	Aug 28th, 2008 06:59:42 PM
was the best Bond since Goldeneye and Craig the best Bond ever, after Sir Connery. Critics think so, audiences think so, fans think so. Deal.
Ask Craig to.... by Thot	Aug 28th, 2008 07:22:59 PM
...retire after QOS. We need someone who actually looks and acts like Bond. Sorry dude.
Jeez after reading some of the 'questions' here by Bean_	Aug 28th, 2008 07:31:56 PM
my joke question at the top doesn't seem so ridiculous now...
Prossor by odo19	Aug 28th, 2008 07:33:34 PM
Actually the nadir of the series was all of A view to a kill..and Moonraker...or actually all of the Roger Moore films....actually make that every film except the first five with Connery and Casino Royale.
Nobody else ask any questions plz by O_Goncho	Aug 28th, 2008 07:53:41 PM
k thx bai
Prosser by Rebeck2	Aug 28th, 2008 08:10:08 PM
If you think The Spy Who Loved Me is the nadir of the Bond series - well, then, you sir, are not a Bond fan. Not by the longest strecth. Which is fine...we don't need you. But please. Just admit it. You're not a fan of the series, so you only like it when Bond is bustin' heads and bein' a dark badass (ooooh). I hope this movie disappoints you and actually entertains me.
Or by Rebeck2	Aug 28th, 2008 08:10:40 PM
Live And Let Die for that matter!
Daniel Craig's Face is Pants by MasterBateman	Aug 28th, 2008 08:33:57 PM
But he does have nice tits.
Bond is a pussy, at least Rocky had the balls to do a proper Q&A by C Legion	Aug 28th, 2008 09:49:18 PM
Each and every one of you knows that Stallone coming back to AICN would be fucking awesome, even if you cannot admit it your fellow Talkbackers (or even yourselves). The "Rocky Balboa" Q&A was a high point in AICN's history, hopefully Sly will drop by once again.
The thingy of whatsis/the something of Boris by Nasty In The Pasty	Aug 28th, 2008 10:07:32 PM
Did I get that confused/I got that mixed up
Craig the best bond ever by bottombrick	Aug 28th, 2008 11:52:04 PM
No, fans do not think this, that is why you are arguing with them. Casino Royale sucks, and we almost got a Tarantino directed Brosnan Casino Royale, which just salts the wounds. And my favorite bond is Licence to Kill so I want you to know I have no problem with Bond holding women as they cry in the shower, as long as he bangs em afterwards, and maybe kicks a little ass. Craig plays a good castrated Bond, but that only appeases non-Bond fans. Crushing the icon is a one-shot payoff for people who hate machismo, its not a sustainable long term direction for the franchise.
YOU EXPECT HIM TO TALK? by ironic_name	Aug 29th, 2008 12:21:18 AM

Didn't know that DC missed Comic-Con by YouAreAllMyBastardChildren	Aug 29th, 2008 12:30:41 AM
But now that you mentioned it I'm pissed!!! Ask him what in the hell could've been so damned important that he couldn't make it!!! We know he doesn't have a family or children! Unlike myself with all my bastard children here @ AICN...
to Bottombrick by La Frog	Aug 29th, 2008 01:17:59 AM
what you say is absurd : "Crushing the icon is a one-shot payoff for people who hate machismo, its not a sustainable long term direction for the franchise." Craig is not a macho? That fight in the stairs is what, sissy? And anyway, were the last Brosnan movies better than this? fighting against a Korean cyborg and surfing on CGI was what, more macho? Craig is just the best Bond ever. Get real. For you, a man who holds a woman can't be a macho if he doesnt "bang her" afterwards? How classy. Well, maybe you should meet real men more often I think to understand machismo. Or real women, maybe.
And the worst Bond in years by eustisclay	Aug 29th, 2008 01:32:15 AM
was Die Another Day. God, it started well. But the invisible car, laser from space, Surfing a glacier. And there was actually a scene where one villain says to another, Do you want to shoot her? No, I want to use the laser. C'mon, after Austin Powers?
Twats by PrincessLeias_Poohole	Aug 29th, 2008 01:48:08 AM
All you twats moaning that James Bond isnt cool anymore or he isnt sauve anymore, grow the fuck up.In these films Bond has just become a 00 agent so hes not going to be sauve and as cool yet u morons. Craig is doing a great job.
The Frog by bottombrick	Aug 29th, 2008 03:11:42 AM
Please excuse my coarse choice of words, I did not really mean "he hugged her now he should bang her! high five!" The truth of the matter is Bond became romantically involved with a woman and didn't make love to her because sex was consciously removed from the series to conform to a modern politically correct sensibility, a sensibility that thinks Bond was a sexist misogynist dinosaur. However, I posit that old Bond's boyish charms that are wasted on Craigists obviously worked on audiences who evaluated previous Bond movies to be excellent pieces of entertainment. You mistake Craig for macho because he is "ripped", but that too I find to be a mischaracterization. Bond is powerful, capable, and an efficient killer, but not a bodybuilder. Casino Royale is not a precursor to the Bond series that doesn't have Bond in full swing yet, it is a reinvention of the franchise or "reboot", and a shitty one. Yes, Die Another Day is awful, but it doesn't hate James Bond movies or throwaway the staples, it was just crappily done.
Yes, I have a question... by Mr_Incredible	Aug 29th, 2008 03:15:17 AM
Does Daniel have Olga Kurylenko's phone number?
Was he upset to be called a midget by catlettuce4	Aug 29th, 2008 03:23:31 AM
by his co-star?
Why is Bond such a jerk? by Mr Gorilla	Aug 29th, 2008 04:08:35 AM
Well?
Why are all these talented actors and filmmakers wasting their t by Mr Gorilla	Aug 29th, 2008 04:09:02 AM
Well?
...wasting their time on a character who is such a jerk? by Mr Gorilla	Aug 29th, 2008 04:09:41 AM

Why are the guys who wrote DIE ANOTHER DAY still working for Bon by Mr Gorilla	Aug 29th, 2008 04:10:12 AM

Why so serious? by Mr Gorilla	Aug 29th, 2008 04:10:43 AM
It's boring.
While not being serious at all. by Mr Gorilla	Aug 29th, 2008 04:13:42 AM
Really. Casino Royale was meant to be all serious and 'realistic' - then the next moment terrorists were making money in high stakes poker games (like Mr Bin Laden does that - the only poker games played in 2008 are by online geeks who have one hand firmly down their pants). And why, if they were being so realistic, did they have a baddie who BLEEDS BLOOD??!!!?! Wah-ha-ha-haaaaa...
Did Bond feel bad about shooting all those black people? by Mr Gorilla	Aug 29th, 2008 04:14:59 AM
In that first action scene in Casino Royale he seemed to be intent to kill every security guard, office bod etc etc in that African embassy, or whatever it was. Is he a remorseless racist?
Can't you accept that Bond is not a serious proposition? by Mr Gorilla	Aug 29th, 2008 04:16:57 AM
If you want to make a grown-up film about espionage, try THE CONSTANT GARDNER, or LUST, CAUTION. You'll find that in, this serious world, it's not very funny when people die. Whoever they are.
Why not be 'light', like MI:3? by Mr Gorilla	Aug 29th, 2008 04:21:42 AM
OK, that final minute was cheesy, but all in all MI:3 was far more exciting and enjoyable than Casino Royale. While still treating death more seriously than Bond, it had a light energy about it. The torture scene was far more dramatic. The action was WAY more exciting. (And didn't always rely on Bond chasing something. When did Bond action scenes get so boring? Oh, I know, since the Bourne films came out.) The Vatican sequence had people cheering. The bridge sequence had people speechless. The jump off the building was terrifying. And it NEVER felt, like all Bonds do, that they thought of a stunt sequence then put it into the script.
For all my bitching... by Mr Gorilla	Aug 29th, 2008 04:24:50 AM
... I think Daniel Craig is a wonderful actor. It's just the way they produce these films that is so awful. The director of the new one recently gave an interview complaining how little time he's had to edit this film - less than any of his others. He compared how Nolan had months to fine tune THE DARK KNIGHT. The people behind the BOND movies are bad producers. But there's an additional problem, the one that Paul Greengrass mouthed: Bond is an old fashioned, Empire-loving, slave to Queen and Country. And that's just not the kind of hero any of us need in these troubled times.
Mahasamatman by Mr Gorilla	Aug 29th, 2008 04:33:33 AM
Look - all the stuff you say about the cruelty of the character is all well enough... But in the films this horrible character is sold to us as a character we should applaud and 'get behind'. Now - 'bad' characters make excellent leads, but you've got to be clear about the emotional response you want (even if it's conflicted) and you've got to do it in an appropriate genre. Think of the character of Michael in the first two GODFATHERS. He goes from hero to some kind of villain. Think of Ray Liotta's character in GOODFELLAS. You take this outrageous journey with him - but in that last half hour you realise how horrible that world is, and you feel disgusted with yourself for enjoying it. (Scorsese gave an interview where he confirmed that this was the intention.) When Luke Skywalker decides not to kill Vader, you applaud the way he turned to good in the face of temptation. But Bond... well, these aren't that kind of film. On the dial of genuine psychological complexity, they are somewhere below Harry Potter (who at least voices worries that he might be capable of evil). Now listen, I grew up with Bond - I've seen all of them many times, and I've seen them in the cinema since THE SPY WHO LOVED ME. But, you know, Casino Royale wasn't all that. It was misguided. It was - in its own way - just as cheesy as any of the Brosnans or Moores, but without knowing it. That being said, Marc Foster has done some wonderful films, so, you know, fingers crossed.
Question: What is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow? by Dingbatty	Aug 29th, 2008 04:55:31 AM

What do you mean? An African or European swallow? by Mr_Incredible	Aug 29th, 2008 05:45:21 AM

What, no Disaster Movie talkback?! by Nasty In The Pasty	Aug 29th, 2008 07:01:46 AM

Ask him about SHOE LIFTS!!! by peter skellen	Aug 29th, 2008 09:18:52 AM
Come on! He's supposed to be 007 and he's such a shortarse he has to wear stacked heels. After that you could ask the craggy one to retire so someone can make a James Bond film again. You know, cool, handsome, suave, tall, gadgets, wit, style, fun, hurrah!
Casino Royale was the shittiest Bond movie in years by Sithdan	Aug 29th, 2008 09:51:24 AM
Will Quantum of Solace at least be fun? Casino Royale bored me to tears. It took itself way too seriously and played out more like a Jason Bourne flick than a true 007 adventure. RIP James Bond.
Does bond like vannilla or chocolate? by g-ride9000	Aug 29th, 2008 10:04:55 AM

Sithdan, get into the new millinium by g-ride9000	Aug 29th, 2008 10:07:52 AM
cause i'm a new money millionaire. no serious....your opinion is sad because there are like 15 bond films you like, they are hooky like a peter sellers movie sometimes....anything modern and remotely like that gives you ice castles and hally berry doing one liners.
Casino Royale was fantastic-here's how to improve by General Crom	Aug 29th, 2008 10:33:02 AM
-Have naked chicks in the opening credit montage.Have a huge set piece that rivals a set from moonraker or spy who loved me.And more, more, more knockdown,dragout shitkick fests with every object in the room being used as a weapon till bond breaks several necks with a firepoker.
Which fantastic Sony products will appear in lingering close-up? by SoupDragon	Aug 29th, 2008 10:34:55 AM

John McCain has pulled a Marisa Tomei!!! by Six Demon Bag	Aug 29th, 2008 11:02:59 AM

CENSORSHIP ON AICN!!!! READ ABOUT IT HERE by Ray Gamma	Aug 29th, 2008 11:32:41 AM
i posted a link to this quantum of solace-related clip last night: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =TMoJRLStD9c but someone at AICN has deleted my post. Why?
Ironic_Name by Embeedeuce	Aug 29th, 2008 12:30:47 PM
I expect him to die.
Re: Craig "Becoming Bond" by Acquanetta	Aug 29th, 2008 01:20:37 PM
The problem with the whole "Bond is still learning to be Bond" argument is that Daniel Craig looks (and is) far too old for such an approach. (By comparison, the previous actors all appeared far younger than Craig in their respective debuts.) If the producers really wanted to go that route, they should've done it fully in Casino Royale. For Craig to still be learning the ropes just seems silly. How long will it take this 'rookie' Bond to get up to speed?
When QoS becomes one of the best reviewed films of the year by superunknown85	Aug 29th, 2008 02:25:45 PM
I hope all the haters finally fuck off. You'd think they would have learned their lesson after Casino Royale's critical and commercial success.
Die Another Day was at least FUN by Sithdan	Aug 29th, 2008 02:33:07 PM
It didn't take itself too seriously, and I loved its campy sci-fi elements. Just because I don't run with the herd, pretending to like Casino Royale while sucking Daniel Craig's cock doesn't mean my taste in movies is inferior.
MY ARMUR IZ ALL GONE YU STWIPPED IT FRUM ME by Prossor	Aug 29th, 2008 02:44:24 PM
how unintentionally hilarious was it to hear a guy with the imploding face and puffy fish lips say this line? i wonder if George i hate sand Lucas write this?
Die Another Day was about as much "fun" as a heart attack by Nasty In The Pasty	Aug 29th, 2008 03:36:26 PM

You Just remember Die Another Day Sucking by bottombrick	Aug 29th, 2008 04:10:48 PM
I watched it again last night and despite some poor pacing and editing at the very beginning and during the Ice castle finale and the shitty dialogue when he first meets Berry, the movie delivers the goods and tells a good Bond story and is a hundred times better than Casino Royale. Hype has your judgement twisted. "Critics, audiences, and fans agree the new Bourne Bond is great!!!" If you could develop your own sense of taste and still find things you like in Casino Royale, you would realize they don't belong in a Bond movie.
How about... by BiggusDickus	Aug 29th, 2008 04:43:03 PM
'Isn't it time we knocked this tired old franchise on the head?' I mean, the bloke's a 'spy' right? Yet he drives a hundred grand's worth of Aston Martin (hardly subtle) and tells everyone his real name at every opportunity - 'Bond...James Bond' - what a plum! Give me Jason Bourne any day...
bottombrick... by BiggusDickus	Aug 29th, 2008 04:46:24 PM
...and the 'invisible car' was, what...poetic licence?
Sithdan by odo19	Aug 29th, 2008 10:51:36 PM
Please tell me you're fucking joking. Please. Die another day was fucking atrocious. It took everything that was wrong with the Bond franchise and just spread it out for two hours. What a terrible piece of fucking shit. Brosnan was half asleep the entire time. Hally Berry was unwatchably bad and completely useless. Themovie was a fucking buddy comedy. It featured one of the worst opening songs ever by, Madonna no less, who also lends a hand acting-wise. To top it all off the movie actually broke the record for most product placement in a single film. It sucked. If you think it was better than CR there is'nt any helping you.
Oh, I forgot about... by odo19	Aug 29th, 2008 10:53:06 PM
the laughably bad CGI and the retarded plot.
Then have Jason Bourne by bottombrick	Aug 30th, 2008 12:09:52 AM
If you don't want to see a super spy driving ludicrous cars and using implausable gizmos than James Bond isn't your cup of tea, slapping the James Bond brand on a Bourne movie to up the ticket sales is apalling. And Die Another Day's CGI sucked in the last 30 minutes but the plot was solid. I think with a better edit and a few million spent shoving it done your throat with the hype machine you'd think it was just as good as Casino or Goldeneye.
Every new Bond is just a re-make of an old one. by Mr Gorilla	Aug 30th, 2008 02:03:48 AM
The cineastes on this site rightly sigh when news arises that an old classic is being 'remade' or, worse, 're-imagined'. Updated for the present day. Eurgh. But wait. Isn't that what every Bond film did. Just remade the formula. Take a satelite from DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER, the volcano base from YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE and BANG you have GOLDENEYE. Take the dying girlfriend from OHMSS and voila: CASINO ROYALE. And so on.
Twisty-turny plots by Mr Gorilla	Aug 30th, 2008 02:06:20 AM
One thing I gotta say: THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS was the last Bond with a twisty-turny plot that kept me guessing. (OK, I was 15 at the time, but I think it still stands.) Even Octopussy had one of those. Why did the Bond films stop being able to plot properly? At the very least you used to sometimes get a good story.
Racism in Bond but none in Constant Gardner? by JackRabbitSlim	Aug 30th, 2008 06:23:24 AM
Oh look - its a spy movie (and a tedious one at that) set in Africa - where - what - 8 of the 10 leading actors (and probably 9) are white!!! Can't have it both ways... Nice playing up to the preggo porn freaks though - damn they love those lactating ladies.
City of God = more black speaking parts in 4 minutes by JackRabbitSlim	Aug 30th, 2008 06:26:09 AM
But I guess Senhor Mireilles wanted to go for the paycheck. Can't say i blame him.
Ask Him... by drwynninblack	Aug 30th, 2008 11:40:11 AM
...what bothers him more...the fact that he looks like a 40-something-year-old meatpacker from Wisconsin? Or a 40-something-year-old has-been boxer? Just wondering...
Sorry by bottombrick	Aug 30th, 2008 02:49:35 PM
Here is what I really meant to express before participating in talkback hate got me twisted. Bond movies (and the novels) aren't "remakes" of older Bond movies as suggested by mr Gorilla (at least they weren't). They were riffs on an action laden spy yarn with the same conventions, more akin to a serial. I feel it was lazy and opportunistic to lash together elements lifted from movies that came out a few years ago (Bourne, B17, and a host of darker and more provocative spy movies) and slap the Bond moniker on it without appreciating and continuing the soul of the series. I was talking out of my ass when I said enjoying Casino meant only submitting to a hype engine and that an admirer automatically had no sense of taste, but also I was directly referring to a comment that used "critics, audiences, and fans agree" as the final word to silence dissenters.
Bring on the trumpets! by themagicalhornofguntata	Aug 30th, 2008 03:18:55 PM

I hate free credit.com's FUCKING INSIDEOUS commercial songs. by General Crom	Aug 30th, 2008 08:41:29 PM
ALL of them. Anyone involved in the making of these commercials should be fucked in the ass till dead.By a very little gay midget with a tiny gerkin twink with razor attachment.So that it takes fucking weeks and they just die of dehydration,exhaustion and tiny anal cuts.Ok I think I've made my point.Right! Moving on-danny craig has a great voice for an animated character, he makes a great scientist in the 2 minutes he's in polar bear movie(proof the academy has no biz judging effects)and he makes a convincing navy seal superspy.He has heavyweight potential and thensome.He could be like a Russell Crowe in a movie like master and commander.He is James fucking Bond. So my question is- does he drink Dos Equis?
))& by Mixedcompany	Aug 30th, 2008 10:14:55 PM
Thats 007 whilst holding in SHIFT. Think about it..
Die Another Day was fun? Fuck off!! by football	Aug 31st, 2008 05:40:22 AM
It certainly wasn't fun wasting my hard earned cash on that stinking turd of a movie. But then the Bond films lost their way when Roger Moore took over back in '73. Even Lazenby had more acting range in OHMSS than Moore could muster in all his films put back-to-back. At least Craig makes me believe he could kill you... which is more than Moore and 'ladyboy' Brosnan could achieve. Besides, Bond will kick Batman's lycra ass this Fall!!
JackRabbitSlim by Mr Gorilla	Aug 31st, 2008 11:17:47 AM
In what world does THE CONSTANT GARDNER count as 'going for the paycheck'? (If that's what you meant.) Ralph Fiennes is a great actor, but having him in your film doesn't exactly deliver box office (THE WHITE COUNTESS etc). And choosing drug testing in Africa as your subject isn't exactly an easy route to getting investors to give you money, as the producers very publicly attested. As far as I can remember, when Africans died in THE CONSTANT GARDENER you weren't meant to feel good about it, whereas in CASINO ROYALE they were meat-props, disposed of in a video game style progress through an embassy. Or something. Oh god I'm bored.
By the way. by Mr Gorilla	Aug 31st, 2008 11:20:36 AM
What's with all the personally insulting on this site? (Calling Craig ugly etc.) And what's with all the homophonic stuff? Seriously. It's pathetic.
actually he shot steam pipes and only killed the one guy by General Crom	Aug 31st, 2008 01:22:37 PM
pay attention to the fucking movie.
A VIEW TO A KILL IS THE BEST by tme2nsb	Aug 31st, 2008 04:14:21 PM
That is all!
Die Another Day and Casino Royale by Hipshot	Aug 31st, 2008 06:51:46 PM
Everyone dumped on the "invisible car" in DAD...anyone notice the recent announcement that an "invisible" material that functions pretty much the same way Q described it in the film is only a few years away? People should be eating their words. I've been watching the Bond movies for forty years, love them to death, and their peculiar genius is the ability to continually re-invent themselves to fit into current trends. Danial Craig? A tasty roll of the dice, taking the position that Bond is a killing machine with the veneer of a gentleman, rather than a gentleman with a talent for killing. Perfectly reasonable approach. Is Bourne better? I can see the argument...but does anyone think they could continue to re-invent him for forty years? And look at the initials of Bourne and our other favorite, Jack Bauer, and realize even the film-makers acknowledge that Bond started it all...and is rather miraculously still going.
Die Another Day started great by vadakinX	Aug 31st, 2008 08:58:19 PM
Bond in North Korea, gets captured and tortured for months, is traded for the Korean guy, but Bond thinks it's a mistake that will come back to bite them in the ass...aside from the Madonna song, Die Another Day had one of the best openings in Bond history...then it went downhill fast.
Brosnan by Mr Gorilla	Sep 1st, 2008 05:19:45 AM
I do feel a bit sorry for Mr B because he was constantly urging the producers to go 'back to roots' with Bond, and do something simpler and tougher. He asked Ang Lee to do one, and used to chat to Tarantino about it. And on the Die Another Day commentary, you can hear his uneasiness during the CGI wave sequence - although he manfully stays on-message.
Craig was far too old for a 007 reboot by peter skellen	Sep 1st, 2008 07:46:49 AM
Never mind the fact that he looks more like Kenny Baker than James Bond, I think it was risible that Craig's 'Bond' was supposed to be a relative rough around the edges rookie. Roger Moore was 45 when he made LALD and he looked like a fresh faced scamp in comparison to old mungo in Casino Royale.
Umm, Bond was supposed to be a thug by Shadow Warrior	Sep 1st, 2008 08:28:28 AM
and still classless in Casino Royale, I thought it was clear enough. He's at the beginning of his career as a double O. That's why M was guiding him to put his emotions out of the equation and stuff like that. "You don't trust anyone do you?" "No." "Then you've learned your lesson". In the next one we'll see a more professional, classy, and collected Bond like the one we're used to. Not a huge Bond fan but CR was great and I'll definitely watch QOS. Also Chris Courbould, the FX guy of TDK/BB, is involved, so... great.
Bond was never a thug or classless by peter skellen	Sep 1st, 2008 09:50:32 AM
That's not James Bond. It's a new character invented by Haggis & Babs. If you like it, great, but don't confuse it with James Bond. A 38 year-old man who doesn't know what his favourite drink is or anything about dinner jackets? Bond went to public school and Oxford. There are 13 year-olds at public school who are more intelligent, classier and know more about food, drink and clothes than Craig's 'Bond'. Barbara says Craig is still 'evolving' in QoS. Still evolving? He's forty years old! This reboot idea, which I was intrigued by before Barbara shoehorned sixty-three year-old Daniel Craig into, was really for a younger actor - or at least a younger looking actor.
Oxford by Mr Gorilla	Sep 1st, 2008 09:58:35 AM
Cambridge, surely.
Geneva by peter skellen	Sep 1st, 2008 12:02:09 PM
Correct, it seems the 'cinematic' Bond went to Cambridge. I'm sure Vesper makes a comment about Oxford in Casino Royale. Perhaps I was asleep by that point. Bond was supposed to have gone to Fettes, which is Tony Blair's old school. Can you picture Daniel Craig's 'Bond' going to Fettes? No, me neither. Perhaps Barbara Broccoli and Paul Haggis have changed Bond's background completely in their desperate attempt to latch onto Jason Bourne and appeal to people who don't actually like James Bond films. "Before being recruited into MI6...originally as a window-cleaner..."
igotbigballs by peter skellen	Sep 1st, 2008 04:34:12 PM
You lost me after two lines. Que? Nothing agaisnt Craig, I suspect I've seeen almost everything he's done. But James Bond? No. They scrapped Bond to go for a younger and more uncouth demographic. Good luck to Sony anyway. They've must have spent about twenty-five gazillion dollars promoting Craig and telling that he's the world's best dressed man or whatever on a weekly basis.
For Mumbles by DavidFingNiven	Sep 1st, 2008 05:08:56 PM
Dear Mr Mumbles, Being the most effiminite Bond so far, how do you feel about the neutering of Bond? Bond's own emotion state is now dependent on the opinions of women around him, his sense of self worth is given yeah or nay by some skirt, how can you claim to be Fleming's Bond? His Bond walked over women to get to the next, yours can't deal with one half-a-heifer left in charge of a grade school class. You look like a celebrity baller havina laugh by wearing suit. Sorry knuckles you ain't what my man wrote about from chapter one to the last page, even you'll have to admit you are perfect for the villain escaped from the sanitarium on a full moonlit night.
skellen by Half-Baked-Goggle-Box-Do-Goader	Sep 1st, 2008 09:12:11 PM
you must be retarded
Wow! this talkback is FIERCE by Kurzinski Valentine	Sep 2nd, 2008 04:41:21 PM
I hope you guys wake up in the middle of the night to Daniel Craig raping your face.
Hey, Scarface Al! Where's the update? by TheRealRatigan	Sep 2nd, 2008 07:30:20 PM
Let's hear the questions you picked!
This is not a Craig-hate talkback! by Mr Gorilla	Sep 3rd, 2008 04:52:02 AM
I think that he's a brilliant actor. I loved him in OUR FRIENDS IN THE NORTH, and have followed him since. I also thought his performance as Bond was wonderful - really committed and it had something of Dalton in Living Daylights about it - always a good thing if you ask me. But I do think that Casino Royale simply wasn't the brilliant film that lots of people said it was.
Looks like a queen in invasion- by General Crom	Sep 6th, 2008 10:54:21 AM
just saw it and I could easily see him playing an old queen.

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