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Posted: 9/22/2022 1:03:51 PM EDT
 James Bond Will Be "More Sensitive, In Touch With His Feelings" | Hollywood Wants To DESTROY Men  Attached Filehttps://deadline.com/2022/09/idris-elba-playing-james-bond-1235110808/amp/  Attached File Attached Filehttps://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/james-bond-producers-understand-idris-elba-iconic-role.amp |
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Posted: 9/22/2022 1:13:01 PM EDT
[#1]
I figured that Elba was a bit too old to play Bond. I'm a fan but it's a role that involves a lot of action.
Turning them down like this? His stock just went up another few points. 
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Posted: 9/22/2022 1:14:34 PM EDT
[#2]
Wasn't the new Bond going to be a woman?
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Posted: 9/22/2022 1:17:03 PM EDT
[#3]
He would probably do a good job. But I know this is being forced on us by the woke crowd so I would never see it. Even if someone gave me a free 4k bluray I wouldnt take it.
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Posted: 9/22/2022 1:19:49 PM EDT
[#4]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Wasn't the new Bond going to be a woman? Show runners say future Bond will be male but feature more wmyn power. |
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Posted: 9/22/2022 1:22:07 PM EDT
[#5]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Show runners say future Bond will be male but feature more wmyn power. Hmm, it's almost like these people have no idea what Bond is supposed to be about. Or more likely they do. They just want to 'subvert expectations'. At least that's what they say. In practice it's always assassination of fictional characters. |
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Posted: 9/22/2022 1:22:34 PM EDT
[#6]
His rules, his life.
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Posted: 9/22/2022 1:25:31 PM EDT
[#7]
Which is totally fine.
I think he'd make a great Bond and wouldn't view it as woke Bond. |
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Posted: 9/22/2022 1:25:42 PM EDT
[#8]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Hmm, it's almost like these people have no idea what Bond is supposed to be about. Or more likely they do. They just want to 'subvert expectations'. At least that's what they say. In practice it's always assassination of fictional characters. I said the same in the Air Force recruiting thread. They can’t meet numbers after years since Obama was in office telling us about tapping 1/2 the nation that was underutilized and equal to men. They fail to meet their goals but Recruiting General still spouts diversity is good conservatives are wrong when asked about why recruiting is failing. |
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Posted: 9/22/2022 1:27:45 PM EDT
[#9]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Which is totally fine. I think he'd make a great Bond and wouldn't view it as woke Bond. That’s my point. The fact that he is disinterested and keeping arms length lets you know how downhill the property has gone. He’s not going to ruin his reputation and lose other film opportunities for a brand that’s headed for failure. |
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Posted: 9/22/2022 1:30:17 PM EDT
[#10]
He did look in the mirror and see Roland though.
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Posted: 9/22/2022 1:31:20 PM EDT
[#11]
Quote HistoryQuoted: That’s my point. The fact that he is disinterested and keeping arms length lets you know how downhill the property has gone. He’s not going to ruin his reputation and lose other film opportunities for a brand that’s headed for failure. So... is there anything decent on the horizon? |
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Posted: 9/22/2022 1:31:52 PM EDT
[#12]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I figured that Elba was a bit too old to play Bond. I'm a fan but it's a role that involves a lot of action. Turning them down like this? His stock just went up another few points.  Idris Elba Wants to Fight While Eating Spicy Wings | Hot Ones |
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Posted: 9/22/2022 1:34:09 PM EDT
[#13]
Quote HistoryQuoted: So... is there anything decent on the horizon? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: That’s my point. The fact that he is disinterested and keeping arms length lets you know how downhill the property has gone. He’s not going to ruin his reputation and lose other film opportunities for a brand that’s headed for failure. So... is there anything decent on the horizon? For James Bond or for movies in general?  There's always the hope that some random bunch of filmmakers will put together something wonderful like Everything Everywhere all at Once. But from the big studios... I'm not expecting anything like Top Gun Maverick for awhile. |
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Posted: 9/22/2022 1:35:29 PM EDT
[#14]
We've already seen the last "Bond" film.
The drive to Wokeness is simply overwhelming for liberals -- they cannot resist it anymore than they can resist breathing. It becomes their reason for living, surpassing every other thing to which they might have aspired. The real tragedy is that Liberals see wokeness as the goal that propels them to greatness, instead of the reality that it consumes and destroys everything it touches. |
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Posted: 9/22/2022 1:35:49 PM EDT
[#15]
I think Henry Cavill could be a good James Bond.
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Posted: 9/22/2022 1:36:59 PM EDT
[#16]
Quote HistoryQuoted: For James Bond or for movies in general? There's always the hope that some random bunch of filmmakers will put together something wonderful like Everything Everywhere all at Once. But from the big studios... I'm not expecting anything like Top Gun Maverick for awhile. Movies in general. I'm actually a little optimistic for the long future. Top Gun Maverick has been a juggernaut while shit like the Woman King is flopping. At the end of the day they have to make money. |
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Posted: 9/22/2022 1:38:23 PM EDT
[#17]
Quote HistoryQuoted: That’s my point. The fact that he is disinterested and keeping arms length lets you know how downhill the property has gone. He’s not going to ruin his reputation and lose other film opportunities for a brand that’s headed for failure. I agree. I wouldn't have minded him as Bond at all. I have not watched the new Bond based entirely on what the studio said. My parents bought it and said it sucked so that didn't help. |
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Posted: 9/22/2022 1:39:35 PM EDT
[#18]
Yes, he’s aged out now. I think Daniel Craig was in his late 30s when he started.
My guess is that it’ll be James Madden from GOT and Bodyguard |
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Posted: 9/22/2022 1:41:07 PM EDT
[#19]
He's the one guy of color I'm familiar with that has the perfect presence on screen that could do Bond... smooth James Bond as I've known him ..
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Posted: 9/22/2022 1:43:49 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/22/2022 1:45:00 PM EDT
[#21]
I would do it for a few million.
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Posted: 9/22/2022 1:45:22 PM EDT
[#22]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I think Henry Cavill could be a good James Bond. https://fandomwire.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/henry-cavill-james-bond-007.jpg He'd be great, could they pull him away from his cape? |
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Posted: 9/22/2022 1:46:45 PM EDT
[#23]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Wasn't the new Bond going to be a woman? "Woman" |
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Posted: 9/22/2022 1:47:03 PM EDT
[#24]
I like Idris Elba, for sure, but as Bond? Not as James Bond himself, but maybe another Double O agent? Sure.
But he's fitty year old? That's a bit on the mature side. They should just let the franchise be retired entirely. They need to stop with the "The New Insert-Beloved-Character" shit. Come up with new stories. |
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Posted: 9/22/2022 1:48:13 PM EDT
[#25]
I've enjoyed everything that he has been in and would totally watch a spin-off spy movie with him as "008" or whatever.
I have zero desire to spend my money to see him as the Bond character. It seems that he knows this. |
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Posted: 9/22/2022 1:48:34 PM EDT
[#26]
Personally, I think he would have made an excellent Bond.
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Posted: 9/22/2022 1:49:41 PM EDT
[#27]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Yes, he’s aged out now. I think Daniel Craig was in his late 30s when he started. My guess is that it’ll be James Madden from GOT and Bodyguard Bodyguard was pretty good, he might be able to make the role good if its well written |
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Posted: 9/22/2022 1:51:48 PM EDT
[#28]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Personally, I think he would have made an excellent Bond. I do to.. IMO Craig wasn't exactly right, to pissed all the time, like he was constipated |
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Posted: 9/22/2022 1:52:52 PM EDT
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: So... is there anything decent on the horizon? I hear about small stuff with scant marketing budgets but generally speaking, not much. I poured over stuff recently and looked for future opportunities and it’s slim pickings. I haven’t researched Joker 2 yet. But if you mean to watch in 2023 then Tom Cruise fans - Mission Impossible, Denzel Washington fans - Equalizer 3, Margot Robbie fans - Barbie Chris Pratt fans - Guardians 3 and Keanu fans another John Wick |
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Posted: 9/22/2022 1:53:46 PM EDT
[#30]
Quote HistoryQuoted: He did look in the mirror and see Roland though. I think he learned from that. As a stand alone movie, "The Dark Tower" wasn't bad. But, it wasn't "The Dark Tower". |
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Posted: 9/22/2022 1:54:34 PM EDT
[#31]
Quote HistoryQuote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: He did look in the mirror and see Roland though. /media/mediaFiles/sharedAlbum/0c96c781a5e6260d0827848aec47d205-381.gif That had almost nothing to do with how terrible of an adaptation that was though. I love him as an actor but when thousands/millions of people read a book with clear physical descriptions of the characters, they're not going to connect with a movie that throws all of that out the window. I love Lily James but I grew up with Cinderella having blue eyes, dammit.
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Posted: 9/22/2022 1:55:19 PM EDT
[#32]
Oh he gon gitit now
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Posted: 9/22/2022 1:55:57 PM EDT
[#33]
Quote HistoryQuoted: So... is there anything decent on the horizon? Also Dune part 2 is next year for people who watched the first one  DUNE PART TWO (2022) Teaser Trailer | WB Pictures & HBO Max |
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Posted: 9/22/2022 1:56:17 PM EDT
[#34]
Quote HistoryQuoted: He did look in the mirror and see Roland though. Terrible casting. |
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Posted: 9/22/2022 1:57:36 PM EDT
[#35]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I hear about small stuff with scant marketing budgets but generally speaking, not much. I poured over stuff recently and looked for future opportunities and it’s slim pickings. I haven’t researched Joker 2 yet. But if you mean to watch in 2023 then Tom Cruise fans - Mission Impossible, Denzel Washington fans - Equalizer 3, Margot Robbie fans - Barbie Chris Pratt fans - Guardians 3 and Keanu fans another John Wick  You know what would make a great movie? Washington crossing the Delaware. You've got a guy on the verge of failure, who needs to make shit happen and make shit happen now and he crosses a frozen fuckin river to kill a bunch of Germans. I'd buy like 10 tickets to see that if it was done well. |
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Posted: 9/22/2022 1:57:53 PM EDT
[#36]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Also Dune part 2 is next year for people who watched the first one  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WdkPwJTnQkQuote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: So... is there anything decent on the horizon? Also Dune part 2 is next year for people who watched the first one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WdkPwJTnQkLegit excited for this. |
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Posted: 9/22/2022 1:58:00 PM EDT
[#37]
No surprise that Elba isn't interested. The Bond movies tend to pigeonhole their stars, and with the franchise commitment I think we'll not see a major star again in the role.
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Posted: 9/22/2022 1:59:32 PM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryQuoted: That had almost nothing to do with how terrible of an adaptation that was though. I love him as an actor but when thousands/millions of people read a book with clear physical descriptions of the characters, they're not going to connect with a movie that throws all of that out the window. I love Lily James but I grew up with Cinderella having blue eyes, dammit. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: He did look in the mirror and see Roland though. /media/mediaFiles/sharedAlbum/0c96c781a5e6260d0827848aec47d205-381.gif That had almost nothing to do with how terrible of an adaptation that was though. I love him as an actor but when thousands/millions of people read a book with clear physical descriptions of the characters, they're not going to connect with a movie that throws all of that out the window. I love Lily James but I grew up with Cinderella having blue eyes, dammit. |
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Posted: 9/22/2022 2:01:52 PM EDT
[#39]
I'd like to see Bond returned to its roots, the way Ian Fleming wrote it.... a relatively small time agent (at least to start), who slowly gets into bigger dilemmas as his career progresses. In the 1950's. Without all the high tech gadgets, supervillains, supermodels, etc.
Unfortunately that'll never happen. |
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Posted: 9/22/2022 2:01:58 PM EDT
[#40]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Which is totally fine. I think he'd make a great Bond and wouldn't view it as woke Bond. I like the guy, but dont see him as Bond, personally. Craig set that bar REALLY damn high. |
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Posted: 9/22/2022 2:03:28 PM EDT
[#41]
Woke JB gonna have to smoke a pole in the next movie!
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Posted: 9/22/2022 2:04:53 PM EDT
[#42]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Same reason Cruise was a terrible casting decision for Jack Reacher. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: He did look in the mirror and see Roland though. /media/mediaFiles/sharedAlbum/0c96c781a5e6260d0827848aec47d205-381.gif That had almost nothing to do with how terrible of an adaptation that was though. I love him as an actor but when thousands/millions of people read a book with clear physical descriptions of the characters, they're not going to connect with a movie that throws all of that out the window. I love Lily James but I grew up with Cinderella having blue eyes, dammit.  Attached File |
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Posted: 9/22/2022 2:08:20 PM EDT
[#43]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Woke JB gonna have to smoke a pole in the next movie! Already been hinted at. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/sep/08/james-bonds-gay-hint-was-almost-cut-from-skyfall-says-producer |
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Posted: 9/22/2022 2:14:44 PM EDT
[#44]
Quote HistoryQuoted: That had almost nothing to do with how terrible of an adaptation that was though. I love him as an actor but when thousands/millions of people read a book with clear physical descriptions of the characters, they're not going to connect with a movie that throws all of that out the window. I love Lily James but I grew up with Cinderella having blue eyes, dammit. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: He did look in the mirror and see Roland though. /media/mediaFiles/sharedAlbum/0c96c781a5e6260d0827848aec47d205-381.gif That had almost nothing to do with how terrible of an adaptation that was though. I love him as an actor but when thousands/millions of people read a book with clear physical descriptions of the characters, they're not going to connect with a movie that throws all of that out the window. I love Lily James but I grew up with Cinderella having blue eyes, dammit. This. It was obvious (and even SK admitted it) that he was picturing Clint Eastwood's Man With No Name character as Roland, and the description in the series wasn't ambiguous. IMO, aside from the blue eyes, Timothy Olyphant would've made a decent Roland. |
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Posted: 9/22/2022 2:15:59 PM EDT
[#45]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I'd like to see Bond returned to its roots, the way Ian Fleming wrote it.... a relatively small time agent (at least to start), who slowly gets into bigger dilemmas as his career progresses. In the 1950's. Without all the high tech gadgets, supervillains, supermodels, etc. Unfortunately that'll never happen. Craig was that reset.......it's been played out. |
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Posted: 9/22/2022 2:36:42 PM EDT
[#46]
Quote HistoryQuoted: You know what would make a great movie? Washington crossing the Delaware. You've got a guy on the verge of failure, who needs to make shit happen and make shit happen now and he crosses a frozen fuckin river to kill a bunch of Germans. I'd buy like 10 tickets to see that if it was done well. the problem comes when they cast denzel washington to play george, and the boat is a fairy boat, taking a bunch of drag queens to stop the maga invasion of literally hitler conservatives. plus some anime characters too. |
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Posted: 9/22/2022 2:38:45 PM EDT
[#47]
Quote HistoryQuoted: You know what would make a great movie? Washington crossing the Delaware. You've got a guy on the verge of failure, who needs to make shit happen and make shit happen now and he crosses a frozen fuckin river to kill a bunch of Germans. I'd buy like 10 tickets to see that if it was done well. |
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Posted: 9/22/2022 2:42:34 PM EDT
[#48]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Legit excited for this. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: So... is there anything decent on the horizon? Also Dune part 2 is next year for people who watched the first one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WdkPwJTnQkLegit excited for this. Isn’t he playing Liet Kynes? I agree he is a fantastic actor, but if you’re a fan of the character then I have some bad news…. Just like someone who said they didn’t like Jason momoa as Duncan and hoped he wouldn’t be in many more of the movies, short term okay but long term lol…
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Posted: 9/22/2022 2:49:16 PM EDT
[#49]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Isn’t he playing Liet Kynes? I agree he is a fantastic actor, but if you’re a fan of the character then I have some bad news…. Just like someone who said they didn’t like Jason momoa as Duncan and hoped he wouldn’t be in many more of the movies, short term okay but long term lol… I haven't read the books. I just like a good story.
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Posted: 9/22/2022 2:49:42 PM EDT
[#50]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I like the guy, but dont see him as Bond, personally. Craig set that bar REALLY damn high. Remember when Craig was first cast, there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth as he was considered too plain looking and short to play the role. How he proved them wrong. |
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