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Yep.
I love this Haircut. I wanted it like this, very classic Bond look....He looks like Dalton(his alter ego) with it. Wow!!! Look at that Comma!
Nostalgia is currently so trendy, I wonder if it would start to feel stale for a new Bond to be a young guy who is into 60s sports cars, classic tayloring and mid-century modern interior design. That's basically your average finance bro in 2020. Paradoxically, a huge reason for these things being trendy is the Bond series. But Bond himself of course doesn't live in a world where "James Bond" is one of the most famous characters there is.
Now, I really have no idea how you get past that problem, because I am an absolute sheep when it comes to these things. But as someone who looks at Bond movies as an inspiration, I would love for them to take a step foreward instead of standing still in a spot where everybody else has caught up with Bond.
I think a maniac like Elon Musk and the other super rich guys (but especially Musk) make it really hard to create a convincing megalomaniac villain (if that isn't an oxymoron). The guy is such a parody of a rich tech bro already that it is basically impossible to put a fictional figure in his vicinity and not have it either look even more ridiculous or just mega boring.
In general, it's definitely also something EON will eventually need to address as we're moving further and further away from a time where these more old-style aspects are the norm. It's just making sure you adapt the stuff you want to keep in a way that feels like a good representation of who James Bond is and the world he's originally from, while also moving forward to create someone who also represents today.
But I agree with you regarding the whole Elon Musk thing. While I can certainly see them using aspects of that type of person to create a villain, it's probably best to create something that feels more inline with the spy and espionage world rather than a James Bond vs Apple kind of situation. I've always feared a more modern Tomorrow Never Dies haha :D
But again, this is only if they did want to go for an actor in his early 30s. For example, someone like a Robert Pattinson or a Nicholas Hoult. I just think there's so many things you could do with a James Bond like this, that I think it's worth a shot - at some point anyway.
I like the haircut as well. I thought he looked quite suave and dashing during the CR press conference.
I kind of wish they could do TND again: the media barons are a real proper insidious evil in our society and are real Bond villains. But, they've already been there.
I know they don't do politics but you almost wonder if a populist head of state could even be the villain of a Bond movie at some point: that seems to be a big problem in the world at the moment. It'd be nice to see them get ballsy.
Yeah, he did look suave when he was unveiled. I think he kept that hairstyle on purpose, thinking EON would use it. Coz that's the same Hairstyle Dalton and Brosnan had when they were unveiled.
Yeah, His hair in SP was where they started allowing it look classier. I actually think the hair thing was done on purpose, Coz in Live and Let Die's Novel, he had a Military haircut and lost part part of his comma....and I remember Mendes and Craig saying they like Live and Let Die a lot, so they transferred that hair to Skyfall. Not that his Hair was that bad, but I would have preferred that audition look more....it's so visible that it suits him more.
I agree....I have mixed to negative views on the spiky CR hair. I think they wanted him to be young and edgy. It's very 2006
Surely not....Aaron-Taylor Johnson sounds like he's doing a Jason Statham impression throughout his brief stint in Tenet. He made next to no impression in that film.
But we can't have R-Patz now that's Batman. Tenet basically works as a terrific Bond audition for him. Especially when he's in the military garb.
Also, I've noticed over the last few weeks that Jamie Dornan is having a resurgence in popularity due to how big a hit The Fall has been now it's on Netflix. I'm going to check it out...
However, the impression The Batman trailer left by having a young, edgy male lead in a more edgy seemingly film looks to be the template. You need an actor who'll excite people and someone who people 'stan' on social media. Someone to get the cynics saying 'not my James Bond' to concede that the choice is actually kinda cool once they see a trailer.......that someone is Timothée Chalamet
Can you imagine him alongside the other 6 Bonds in a poster? I'd laugh my lungs out.
I'll concede you one thing, @Pierce2Daniel, I'd rather have Dornan in the role.
And if Aaron's voice is the only issue, it's a good job he's an actor with range.
Although either way, Chalamet is now part of the planned Dune franchise. I also think Chalamet could easily be a villain in the future but not James Bond, but I also don't see him growing out of his boyishness anytime soon, which would not work for Bond. An early 30s actor who can still be seen as a man, yes, but a late 20s actor who could still get away with being in high school, I don't think will happen. Even given the probable long gap between now and Bond 26.
I also don't think Chalamet or Pattinson are comparable. The perfect thing with Pattinson is that while he's a different route, he still easily represents the character of Batman and Bruce Wayne. Pattinson is not a boy, Chalamet still looks like one, and while that doesn't make him any less of an actor, I think that'll really be a wrong route to take with James Bond.
Dornan has a good a shot as any, although I'll be very surprised. I'm also yet to impressed by his acting skills to be honest with you. I think his career needs more of a boost than The Fall, as while maybe successful, I'm yet to see any real buzz for it myself.
I also still champion Callum Turner by the way, which will come as no surprise to anyone.
Not a chance.
The man is as stylish now as Connery was in The Hunt for Red October.
PS: I just wanted to show people what a manly man is supposed to look like, in case some have forgotten. These beardless kids with shiny clothes and emo hairdos are ridiculous, IMO. And I'd rather have a lion in the role than a kitty cat.
PPS: And before someone says it, yes, I'd rather have Craig do another one. I'd love that. It would be better than seeing a fresh kid do a reboot. bah.
It was meant to be ridiculous. As to show that the alternative being proposed (James Bond Jr.) was equally ridiculous. That's the whole point of the hyperbole ;)
We have to understand the whoever's the next guy, he'll have to stand next to these fellas and hold his own.
Oh my, even though I've written about your playground social tactics disguised as fake diplomacy, you're still doing it. Laughable. Do carry on. Keep gathering kudos from everyone if that makes you feel better. How sensible you are. And yes, the Bond Fireblade would make for a better Bond than Chalamet. I'm absolutely sure of it.
Yes, I'm actually trying to be friendly to people because I'm interested in and open to their thoughts. If you're trying to show me up for that then good job, but I think it speaks more about you than me. It's better than claiming to be 'only kidding' before writing a weird long angry tirade about someone before pretending to flounce off.
Honda.
How do you mean, out of interest? Are there google rankings or something?
I need to watch it, it was really well regarded at the time.
The only angry tirades I've ever written in these forums were to Panchito Pistoles and you. Everything else was always normal forum bantering and fun. And that says a lot about you, I think. It says enough. You're friendly to people? Really? You, sir, are tiresome. I've tried my best to be in the same room than you. But I can't if you keep engaging as the "protector of the realm". So please feel free to imagine I'm not here. You don't even need to read my posts or to intervene constantly as a "protector" when I'm engaged in a conversation with another. People here know how to fend for themselves. Just skip over my texts. And don't engage. We'll be fine then, I suppose. I've considered leaving, but I've been here since 99, probably, and I won't leave for the likes of you, so skedaddle, scadoodle, skidoo, skadoosh from my posts and conversations, if you please.
And if you don't understand hyperbole, here's one for you.
Should we dislike Partridge or Coogan for that?
Please, don't answer. I'm kidding. And you don't understand that.
I don't dislike him. He's not a strange or weird proposal. I even like the so called "crazy eyes". They give him some gravitas. If he puts on a more deep commanding voice and swagger, I say he's a proper candidate.
Kind of reminds me of Connery in The Hill.
BTW, thanks for the suggestion, didn't know about The Siege of Jadotville. Seems like a good flick. Will give it a watch :)
Oh, @Denbigh, if you haven't seen The Hill, please do. It's one of Connery's best. You'll love it, I'm sure.
I need to see him in more stuff; may well check out that one. Weird how his accent seems a bit off in the trailer considering where he's from! :D
Do they usually come back for another casting? 14 odd years later? Wouldn't that be...awkward?