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Uhm friends? Daniel Craig's hairline is retreating a la Connery :-/

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  • Master_DaharkMaster_Dahark
    edited February 2013 Posts: 4,813
    I knew we had a hair thread around here somewhere! Just hopped out of the shower and for fun I tried to do my hair like Dalton in LTK. What do you think? Unfortunately my hair likes to curl a bit on its own so it won't stay like this long :(

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  • hoppimikehoppimike Kent, UK
    Posts: 290
    It's not too bad IMO.

    Besides these days there are things you can do to save hair for a fraction of the Skyfall budget lol
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    edited February 2013 Posts: 14,680
    Unlike Sir Sean's cranial follicles, the mighty hair thread has returned! I belong to the category of members who support the belief that Craig has not receded, and it's only the length of his hair that deludes us. In fact, I'm highly surprised there isn't a poll for this. Yes, what a superb idea. Mods, where are you?
    Master_Dahark wrote:
    Just hopped out of the shower and for fun I tried to do my hair like Dalton in LTK. What do you think?
    Wow, that looks magnificent! A real fashion statement. =D>
    hoppimike wrote:
    It's not too bad IMO.

    Besides these days there are things you can do to save hair for a fraction of the Skyfall budget lol
    Georgi will pay, of course.
    Master_Dahark wrote:
    Unfortunately my hair likes to curl a bit on its own so it won't stay like this long :(
    I'm sorry to hear that. Might I suggest using this:

    http://i01.i.aliimg.com/photo/v0/104785911/JAMES_BOND_KARATE_KING_HAIR_POMADE.jpg

    When applying James Bond Hair Pomade, slick the hair right back, ensuring it still covers the top half of your ears. This last step is vital- DaltonBond never exposed his upper ear lobes, as it can be seen as a sign of weakness. Now all you need to do is whack a ciggie <a href="http://bonsbaisersdeparis.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/timothy-cos-bond-timothy-dalton-lgn.jpg">in the side of your lip</a> and you're ready to stuff your orders and go rogue! Best of luck, mate!
  • LicenceRevokedLicenceRevoked
    Posts: 204
    Not sure if you're aware of this but sometimes when people get older, their hairlines recede. Just throwing that out there.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    Posts: 14,680
    Agreed. As someone who started losing his hair at 19, I know only too well. Now, I look more like Blofeld than Bond :))
  • Jones_The_BondJones_The_Bond
    Posts: 344
    Fortunately, as proven by Connery, the quality of a Bond performance has no correlation with an actor's receding hairline. Craig won't lose his acting ability as the hair leaps from his head. It doesn't really matter. Better Craig than a walking hair-do as MI6's finest agent.
  • identigraphidentigraph
    Posts: 1,052
    Jones_The_Bond wrote:
    Fortunately, as proven by Connery, the quality of a Bond performance has no correlation with an actor's receding hairline. Craig won't lose his acting ability as the hair leaps from his head. It doesn't really matter. Better Craig than a walking hair-do as MI6's finest agent.

    Hmmm, not sure I agree with this. I would say the worse the wig got the worse Connery got culminating in the follicle atrocity that was NSNA.
  • JamesCraigJamesCraig Ancient Rome
    Posts: 3,497
    This is one of the reasons I miss the old site.
  • PositiveTouchPositiveTouch
    Posts: 67
    I like Craig's hairline. That pic of him with the hair slicked back reminds me of the drawing of Bond commissioned by Fleming.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    edited February 2013 Posts: 28,694
    PositiveTouch wrote:
    I like Craig's hairline. That pic of him with the hair slicked back reminds me of the drawing of Bond commissioned by Fleming.

    I'd loved to have seen Fleming draw his own idea of what Bond looks like.
  • Master_DaharkMaster_Dahark
    edited February 2013 Posts: 4,813
    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote:
    PositiveTouch wrote:
    I like Craig's hairline. That pic of him with the hair slicked back reminds me of the drawing of Bond commissioned by Fleming.

    I'd loved to have seen Fleming draw his own idea of what Bond looks like.

    He's a writer-here's his drawing:

    StickFigure.jpg


    =)) ;)
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    Posts: 28,694
    Master_Dahark wrote:
    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote:
    PositiveTouch wrote:
    I like Craig's hairline. That pic of him with the hair slicked back reminds me of the drawing of Bond commissioned by Fleming.

    I'd loved to have seen Fleming draw his own idea of what Bond looks like.

    He's a writer-here's his drawing:

    StickFigure.jpg


    =)) ;)

    I write too, but I am an artist first. /:)
  • Master_DaharkMaster_Dahark
    Posts: 4,813
    No. You cannot have two talents.

    lol Actually I'd love to see his illustration too- can't get more accurate than that!
  • ultraboxultrabox
    Posts: 194
    Gustav_Graves wrote:
    2006:
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    2012:
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    Daniel+Craig+as+superspy+James+Bond+in+Skyfall

    Another thing I don't see being considered, or at least talked about, is Craig's tenure has been going on a while now.

    GE-1995
    TND- 1997
    TWINE- 1999
    DAD- 2002

    CR- 2006
    QOS- 2008
    SF- 2012

    He's almost gone as long as Brosnan now, even though it doesn't feel it because of one less movie. Brosnan looked up there in age in DAD.
  • bondboy007bondboy007
    Posts: 267
    Brosnan was definitely beginning to show his age a little in DAD. One thing I never really liked was Brosnan's hair in TWINE or DAD. It looked too stiff and always in place for it to be that long. Feel like it made him look a little older as well. Would've loved to see Moore end in '83 or so, Dalton from '85-'91 and then Brosnan from '93-'03.

    It is weird to see that Craig's been in the role for this long now. Can't believe it was 6 years ago I watched CR in the theater.
  • fanbond123fanbond123
    Posts: 1,661
    The producers could consider letting Craig's hair grow a bit for Bond 24. That will stop people thinking he's going bald. ;)

    Some people tend to mention the colour of his hair or his height - as if they're negatives - rather than his hairline. His hairline seems okay to me, haven't noticed much difference over the years.
  • Master_DaharkMaster_Dahark
    Posts: 4,813
    I'd like that. Or at least like in Casino Royale
  • Pierce2DanielPierce2Daniel
    Posts: 4,410
    Word is Daniel has had some 'hair help', personally I think its rather obvious that he has. It's nothing to be ashamed of, if I was going bald and I had the money to fix it I'd definitely do something about it.
    Look here:
    daniel-craig-shaved-head.jpg

    His hair line is very bad here and this snap is from 2007, but in the Bond films it isn't really that much of a noticeable issue.
  • ultraboxultrabox
    Posts: 194
    bondboy007 wrote:
    It is weird to see that Craig's been in the role for this long now. Can't believe it was 6 years ago I watched CR in the theater.

    That's what I thought. I saw a timeline and was really surprised by it. I felt like Brosnan was Bond forever and still see Craig as the new guy. I suppose it's just a product of getting older.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    edited March 2013 Posts: 28,694
    ultrabox wrote:
    bondboy007 wrote:
    It is weird to see that Craig's been in the role for this long now. Can't believe it was 6 years ago I watched CR in the theater.

    That's what I thought. I saw a timeline and was really surprised by it. I felt like Brosnan was Bond forever and still see Craig as the new guy. I suppose it's just a product of getting older.
    I am quite young and yet his hasn't felt long for me either. Time is a cruel wizard.
  • BounineBounine
    edited March 2013 Posts: 2,599
    Craig's hair was too short in Skyfall. He looks more handsome the way he has it in CR. The short hair on the side in SF make his ears stick out too much. I can't understand why they cut it so damn short.
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
    Posts: 11,139
    I think it was cut that way to emphasise the burnt out, tired look they were going for. I think it's universally agrees around here that his hairstyle post filming SF is better and a more ideal look.
  • Matt_HelmMatt_Helm
    edited March 2013 Posts: 908
    Bounine wrote:
    Craig's hair was too short in Skyfall. He looks more handsome the way he has it in CR. The short hair on the side in SF make his ears stick out too much. I can't understand why they cut it so damn short.

    As my girlfriend put it during the opening scene of SF (the approaching Silhouette ):" even if you wouldn't already know it's Bond, you would recognize him from the winglike Ears."
  • identigraphidentigraph
    Posts: 1,052
    Would it really matter if Bond was balding?
  • GermanladyGermanlady
    Posts: 6,601
    identigraph wrote:
    Would it really matter if Bond was balding?

    Since he is not, the answer to that will not be put to test. ;)
  • RC7RC7
    Posts: 10,512
    He's certainly receding.
  • GermanladyGermanlady
    edited March 2013 Posts: 6,601
    RC7 wrote:
    He's certainly receding.

    You are soo right. Of course, YOU know better then I do. I am sure, you missed my posts to hit on them. If you say he's receding, he is since young age. Certainly since he is 30. Seems like a REAL slow progression then :D
    He has had that hairline for many, many years and if I remember right, someone posted a pic with a short cut from 6 years ago, which seemed more receding then now. So - its all in the eye of the beholder and certainly a question of how the hair is cut or combed.
    BTW - THIS will be it. Not gonna engage in this sort of debate.

    As far as I am concerned - for you -. he can be as receding as you want him to be. I am fine with that. Its just not a fact.
  • dundadunda
    edited March 2013 Posts: 116
    I think hair is overrated ;)
    his hairline didn't look much different back in 2003 or 2007 than now in 2013.
    a bit of length just covers it up
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  • RC7RC7
    Posts: 10,512
    Germanlady wrote:
    RC7 wrote:
    He's certainly receding.

    You are soo right. Of course, YOU know better then I do. I am sure, you missed my posts to hit on them. If you say he's receding, he is since young age. Certainly since he is 30. Seems like a REAL slow progression then :D
    He has had that hairline for many, many years and if I remember right, someone posted a pic with a short cut from 6 years ago, which seemed more receding then now. So - its all in the eye of the beholder and certainly a question of how the hair is cut or combed.
    BTW - THIS will be it. Not gonna engage in this sort of debate.

    As far as I am concerned - for you -. he can be as receding as you want him to be. I am fine with that. Its just not a fact.

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  • Master_DaharkMaster_Dahark
    Posts: 4,813
    Personally I'm not concerned if the actor is balding, but on screen Bond shouldn't be.
    That said, I haven't paid much attention to Craig off screen but in Skyfall he looked fine. Super short hair, but not balding. I do hope it's longer in the next one
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