The TIMOTHY DALTON Appreciation thread - Discuss His Life, His Career, His Bond Films

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  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    How about Timothy Dalton as Tony Stark/Iron Man?
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    I want Timothy Dalton in a Christopher Nolan or a Quentin Tarantino film, so the general public's awareness of him will skyrocket.
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    Dalton should have played the British intelligence general in INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (instead of Mike "Austin Powers" Myers).
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    You don"t like Dalton as Bond?

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  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
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    The smirk just before the gif resets, hammers home the point, @DaltonCraig007. B-)
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    Yep! He knows he was Good ! ;)
  • NicNacNicNac Administrator, Moderator
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  • Lancaster007Lancaster007 Shrublands Health Clinic, England
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    Agreed @DaltonCraig007, Charles Dance in GoT was awesome, you just couldn't look elsewhere when he was on the screen. Great actor with huge presence.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Timothy Dalton as Sheriff Oliver Seccombe in the tv series Centennial from 1978. This was the part that made me favour him as the next Bond after Roger Moore.
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    That series also features Donald Pleasence and Anthony Zerbe in the cast list.

  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    And Barbara Carrera as Clay Basket.
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    I'm guessing with a name like Clay Basket this series is tongue-in-cheek?
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Far from it, it is an Indian name.
  • edited July 2015 Posts: 11,189
    How about Timothy Dalton as Tony Stark/Iron Man?

    Err NO. That part was MADE for RDJ. He might be good as some sort of English villain against Iron Man though.

  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    I see they have even made him look like RDJ in the comics now, but before he really looked more like Dalton.
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    In fairness I've not actually read the comics, but the role of a flashy playboy millionaire sounds like it would suit RDJ more than Dalton.

    Dalton would have to play a bad guy in the mode of Alan Rickman.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    I want Timothy Dalton for...

    - Jones Senior in the new Indy movie
    - Bad guy in the 6th and final Die Hard movie (the 3rd Gruber brother to close off the series)
    - A 'meaty' role in the next Chris Nolan movie

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    He shouldn't stoop to Die Hard, that series is running on fumes
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    He shouldn't stoop to Die Hard, that series is running on fumes

    How about as a world-weary spy in the Kingsman sequel?

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    That's more like it
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
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    How about as a world-weary spy in the Kingsman sequel?

    Yes, I like it. Arthur, perhaps?
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    Could be good, @MajorDSmythe, but I'd prefer Dalton's character to be like Firth's. This might be like a 3rd Bond film for Dalton, and I wouldn't like it for him to sit on his chair like Caine did the entire film.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
    edited July 2015 Posts: 13,978
    The more screen time the better, but I don't see that happening. But I do think he could have a very real chance at an M like character, though. He could get away with it, now that enough time has past since his time as Bond.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    A badass M/Arthur, agreed? :)>-
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Timothy Dalton-one of the very few who look better with a mustache, he should have sported one as Bond.
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    Haven't seen this before. A clip from the LTK premier:



    Featuring appearances from Jaws, Bibi, NicNac and Tibet (the reporter even asks Patrick Macnee if he'd like to be in future Bond films).
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
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    "He'll be the Bond of the 90's." :(

    I guess, technically, he was, until GoldenEye. He was still officially recognised as the current Bond, even if he wasn't making any Bond films.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    That was fun to look at. I even spotted Steven Seagal.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Dalton should have been Dr. Strange. Or Mandrake the Magician.
  • NicNacNicNac Administrator, Moderator
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    Interesting bit of film. Showed they did try to give LTK a decent kick start in USA - that's quite a turn out of Bond greats. Even Barbara Bach, who seems to shun the whole Bond thing was there.
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