How posh was Connery when he took on the mantle?
Question: Will hiding in a cavern with stockpiled chocolate goods be any part of this plan?
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§ ita § - Aug 02, 2004 6:54:02 am PDT #1904 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Scrappy - Aug 02, 2004 7:01:29 am PDT #1905 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
He wasn't. but he played posh. Clive's got a Midlands accent, which apprently is not Bonds-y. I don't agree with any of this, but it's what "they" are saying.
§ ita § - Aug 02, 2004 7:04:45 am PDT #1906 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
He wasn't. but he played posh
Which is pretty much the key requirement, isn't it?
I'm guessing they think that Clive can't act well enough? I mean, he's not an assassin either, but he did manage to pull that off.
How very odd.
Scrappy - Aug 02, 2004 7:07:09 am PDT #1907 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
No, what I read was that he seemed too thuggish--it's the accent and the slightly bad skin, and the knocked about face, I think. He's rspected as an actor, so I think it;'s more looks and accent. It IS weird to me.
§ ita § - Aug 02, 2004 7:10:10 am PDT #1908 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Nutty - Aug 02, 2004 7:20:38 am PDT #1909 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I remember talking about this with Jim E-T -- he said that Owen was "too rough". He wanted someone who had, like, gone to Eton and spent some years in the Navy -- someone to whom baccarat would come naturally, more naturally than craps or other "low class" gambling games. (I think the idea was that Bond was always slumming, hanging around in the spy world.) Then again, Jim's also a book-devotee, and I think we're far along now in the movie-Bond development to give altogether much for book-Bond.
Then again, who is movie-Bond? Gadgets, a quip or two, expensive suits, and an awful lot of narrative convenience. I'd be perfectly happy if Bond were to be reworked, in a distinctive way, for a new actor.
I wonder about all the other unlicensed spies. So they're restricted to thrashing their opponents to within and inch of their lives? Much trickier than killing them, for sure.
I think they just kill off-license, and get good practice in hiding their tracks. SEE: Jason Bourne.
§ ita § - Aug 02, 2004 7:25:40 am PDT #1910 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think they just kill off-license, and get good practice in hiding their tracks. SEE: Jason Bourne.
But ... he's all on-license.
I mean, you send agent 123 out to do his gig, and folks back home are going to know if he popped a cap in anyone errantly.
Or maybe Stiles is an example of an unlicensed agent. It just seems a really odd distinction to make.
Dude, Moneypenny could totally take her.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 02, 2004 7:27:01 am PDT #1911 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I'd be perfectly happy if Bond were to be reworked, in a distinctive way, for a new actor.
I know you didn't mean to hit me with the mental image of Vin Diesel in his pimp gear from XXX going "I said shaken, not stirred, Bitch!" but that was the end result.
§ ita § - Aug 02, 2004 7:29:09 am PDT #1912 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
::tries to envision Bond in that sheepskin coat::
::fails, but with many interesting diversions along the way::
Nutty - Aug 02, 2004 7:30:10 am PDT #1913 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Not that distinctive, Matt. I think there is a universal rule that Bond may not wear pimp-gear.
But ... he's all on-license.
Not any more!