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Oh I'm absolutely not impressed by the current flock of actors in the right age bracket. And Turner may be one of the better options, but that doesn't make him fit for the role. He's never impressed me in any of his work. He's not a bad actor, mind you, but not that good either and other then tick-the-boxes looks he doesn't have the radiation of Bond, something Craig has without looking like Bond. Above all Turner's acting reminds me of Brosnans, and to me that doesn't really work for Bond. I find Brosnan far better in The Taylor of Panama or The Thomas Crown Affair then Bond (even though he's my 'cinema-first Bond').
I just hope they'll find someone who looks like he belongs on the edge, instead of trying to act it.
Of course all of that is your personal opinion. Myself and many others here are at the polar opposite of your stance, regarding Turner and his acting abilities. Craig for example radiates only one thing and possibly one other: Russian spy brute and bouncer at a night club. However he's a good actor, like Turner, so he does resemble Bond, through his acting.
+1, @JeremyBondon.
Good actually, clever too :)
I'll quote what's beeing said in the 'controversial opinions' threat:
I think the reason for that is Craigs' presence. Sadly I don't see that with Turner, but again I don't see that with any of the names mentioned here. I guess it's not easy getting some life experience in the current world.
The next era starting a little over two years after Craig's last? That's some wild optimism you've got there. I don't see that date panning out at all, but who knows.
With vision, there would be a plan in development as we speak. Who knows, maybe there is, although it’s not EON’s MO.
Otherwise, poorly done retcons will hurt their respective predecessors. QoS and SP are products of it, even though I love them both than I like their preceding entries.
Exactly. And I think they know that and they're just capitalising in something that worked (in the opinion of a restricted few) with Craig, and Craig alone. I do hope they're smart enough not to permanently kill their golden goose or chicken, or whomever lays their golden eggs once every three or four years.
Let s be thankful that we will get at least one Bond film the next decade.
I think many of us have concerns with this, because practically speaking it will be difficult to reset again without another long break and the associated risks that brings. They had the opportunity to do it perfectly this time, but they kicked the can down the road for some reason, which suggests to me that something is possibly at play here at a corporate level.
A vision for the long game is needed.
Exactly
But surely they had a sort of lose arc and a good deal of continuity in the 60s. SPECTRE was a recurring adversary from one movie to the next, save GF.
True. But there is still a fair deal of unused material and the reboot provided with a few opportunities of reusing at least some elements of the source material without going into remake territory.
Nowadays, Eon has to return to these same books that were written in the 50s and 60s, over and over and dig for inspiration (which is fine by me, since, as Cubby told his successors, when in doubt, return to Fleming; I'm just saying that it's not as readily available as it was in the 60s, or what Marvel has with all their comics. In fact, Marvel will never have this issue at all, will they).
No Marvel has plenty of choice. In fact what Marvel must do is NOT touch some of the material (the clone saga, most of Ultimates, etc.).
Many thanks, old friend. Will do so for as long as it takes to get some reasoning into the alienated minds that now see James Bond as a hammer instead of a scalpel.
Absolutely, he does, and if he takes care of himself, which he appears to do, he'll age well and is in a perfect position to portray Bond at his peak , a seasoned agent who's still at the top of his game.