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February 24, 2006

All we are saying is give Bond a chance

I am baffled by these Craig Not Bond people. The Connery purists have a point - he really was the best - and I think it is fair to get stuck in the first iteration of a series. Change can be difficult; I am often the only booster for a new Who, for example. But Daniel Craig is the closest we have had to the real deal since Connery. Even for those who obviously disagree it is a bit much to say the franchise is threatened despite its having survived, say, Timothy Dalton. Fair dues, he was great in Flash Gordon yet what works well in one context does not always translate to another. Roger Moore's debonnaire Saint became an ever more cartoonish Bond.

Good of Toby Stephens to come to Craig's defense. Better yet for Christopher Lee and Roger Moore to do the same.

Posted by Ghost of a flea at February 24, 2006 09:10 AM

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Now I think I know why Clive Owen didn't want to play Bond: Talk about pre-judging nutjobs! The only movie I've ever seen Daniel Craig in was the first Tomb Raider movie and, honestly, I don't remember anything except Angelina (worth the whole price of admission just to see her in that outfit. Allegedly there was some kind of plot, but I believe that's just rumour...)

Connery is 75. Until they clone him and implant the first 30 years of actual memories in the clone, we aren't getting any more Connery-Bond movies.

As for Daniel Craig, we should all wait 'til after we see the first movie...and THEN destroy him utterly. The franchise survived the tired piece of filth that was A View to a Kill - it will survive anything! (...frickin' Blimp attack! I mean really...)

Posted by: Raging Kraut at February 24, 2006 03:47 PM