James Bond reinvented for next film!

[acmejack]

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James Bond is to be given a new image as a younger character with no gadgets, a writer on the next film has told trade paper the Hollywood Reporter.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4256024.stm

[Cannikin]

1. The gadgets were my favorite part!

[Deja Q]

2. Good grief! A man who has to use his wits?! Ian Fleming would be

PROUD.

Of course, like Timothy Dalton, people won't dig a harsh guy who puts wit above gadets. People will want the stupid double entendres and gadgets.

(I dunno why Dalton is disliked, but any Bond fan of the book era will acknowledge that Dalton's portrayal, by far, is closest to that of the Fleming novels. Connery would be #2, although Roger Moore in "For Your Eyes Only" (after the teaser) is refreshingly cold and callous and very much Bond-like, in the way Bond should be.

:bounce:

I can't wait for Casino Royale to come out.

But, yeah, nix the silliness and 99% of the double entendres and give it a gritty production with a bit of freshness and soul, and they've got a winner. (well, to me, but I'm not a mainstream audience member. I like art and creativity and I have a brain. These things are usually frowned upon in the mass-media industry. Much like most of the others...)

[jpgray]

4. I also thought Dalton was a great Bond (nt)

[DS1]

8. I thought he was the best

:shrug:

The Living Daylights actually felt like an action movie, instead of a farcical adventure.

[terrya]

3. Sounds like what Ian Fleming originally had in mind with Bond.

Ian Fleming (the creator of the James Bond character) certainly didn't have Bond driving around in Aston-Martins with ejector seats or machine guns. Or Aston-Martins that could dive underwater and turn into submarines.

The gadgets were fun, but it definitely wasn't what Fleming envisioned.

[tjwmason]

5. If my memory serves me correctly

Fleming didn't want Bond to drink his martini shaken either - somewhere in the deep recesses of my mind lurks the notion that the books have him asking for 'stirred not shaken'.

[NewJeffCT]

6. thank goodness

i don't mind the occasional gadget, but since Moore took over, they've kind of overwhelmed all the movies since!

[miss_kitty]

7. New Bond age

"We're trying to reinvent Bond. He's 28 - no Q, no gadgets."

Producers have still not decided who will play the spy in Casino Royale, which is due out next year. The most recent star, Pierce Brosnan, is 52.

A wide array of actors, including Daniel Craig, Clive Owen and Dougray Scott, have been mooted as possible contenders."

Daniel Craig DOB 1968
Clive Owen DOB 1964
Dougray Scott DOB 1965

I am horrible at maths, but aren't two of these guys 40+ and one of them pushing 40? (close enough by the time they start shooting) Playing 28? :shrug: