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Posted: 12/22/2014 6:39:06 PM EDT
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He was awesome in The Wire and even better in Luther. I'd almost guarantee he'd be an epic Bond. Can't wait to see it!
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Posted: 12/22/2014 6:40:09 PM EDT
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Will not see!
Gerard butler would be a good choice. |
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Posted: 12/22/2014 6:40:20 PM EDT
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I think he'd be a great Bond. I also think Clive Owen would make a good Bond. X87 |
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Posted: 12/22/2014 6:40:24 PM EDT
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No racism at all, but Bond is a white British character, that is the stupidest idea that I have ever seen...
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Does he at least have a British accent? Seeing as he's British.... |
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Posted: 12/22/2014 6:42:46 PM EDT
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Look, I had no problem with them making M a woman, putting a Brit of color on the staff, etc, etc, but I draw the line on Bond...
I second whomever said Gerard Butler...he'd be awesome. |
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Posted: 12/22/2014 6:46:40 PM EDT
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c5/Fleming007impression.jpg Fleming's rendition Read this, then try and tell me that Idris Elba would be a good fit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bond_(literary_character) I just don't see it. Any more than I'd see him playing Indiana Jones. He's a great actor and I would watch just about anything he's in, but I agree. Bond is supposed to be a white guy. Why change that of not for political reasoning? |
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Posted: 12/22/2014 6:47:21 PM EDT
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Will he be blind the whole time like he was in "The Book of Eli"?
 
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Posted: 12/22/2014 6:52:06 PM EDT
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Will not see! Gerard butler would be a good choice. I'd go for him or Clive Owen |
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Posted: 12/22/2014 6:52:28 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/22/2014 6:52:35 PM EDT
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That fucking dude is in every thing
The wire He was Mandela Pacific rim Thor American gangster He is coool I'm down with him as Bond |
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Posted: 12/22/2014 6:54:06 PM EDT
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I like Idris, he's a good actor, but just leave the damn character alone
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Posted: 12/22/2014 6:56:21 PM EDT
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fucking stupid.
I don't care if blacks get top roles, even bond. I just think this current wave of traditional white characters being black is all PC bullshit and white guilt crap. I am more sick of the PC agenda. |
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Posted: 12/22/2014 6:57:41 PM EDT
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He'd play a great Bond regardless if he's supposed to or not.
of no caring. |
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Posted: 12/22/2014 7:02:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: yes and yes Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I think he'd be a great Bond. I also think Clive Owen would make a good Bond. Yes.
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Posted: 12/22/2014 7:04:08 PM EDT
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Sorry but I vote No Fo for the Bro.
He may be a great actor but he's not James Bond. M |
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Posted: 12/22/2014 7:04:32 PM EDT
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This thread stinks of white guilt.
ARFCOM I am dissapoint. |
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Posted: 12/22/2014 7:05:50 PM EDT
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WTF?
No racism at all, but Bond is a white British character, that is the stupidest idea that I have ever seen...
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Posted: 12/22/2014 7:07:48 PM EDT
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fucking stupid. I don't care if blacks get top roles, even bond. I just think this current wave of traditional white characters being black is all PC bullshit and white guilt crap. I am more sick of the PC agenda. I don't know if this is a PC choice or recognizing talent. The Craig bond has brought a definite edge to the character as well as the swagger. Idris could bring both to the role. To me it's about the attitude more than the looks |
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Posted: 12/22/2014 7:09:05 PM EDT
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Kinda hard for him to pass as Russian or Japanese though... I mean, THIS was bad enough... http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-D3TZucEvQsw/T3FGXVFmzNI/AAAAAAAABG0/nS0CdPld7CE/s1600/James+Bond,+Japanese+agent.jpg Yeah, but he still got Pussy Galore. |
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Posted: 12/22/2014 7:10:52 PM EDT
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Well...Holy shit.
Apparently, I'm a racist. I did not know that about myself. |
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Posted: 12/22/2014 7:22:26 PM EDT
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Well...Holy shit. Apparently, I'm a racist. I did not know that about myself. No shit. I feel like I'm in Bizarro world here. DU implants, I guess. That shit is straight outta the leftie playbook. "Oh, you didn't vote for Obama?!? You're racist!! There can be no other reason that you didn't vote for him besides that he's black." Fucking idiots. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 12/22/2014 7:26:21 PM EDT
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I think he'd be a great Bond. I also think Clive Owen would make a good Bond. Concur.... Elba has been all over the place Role-wise since The Wire, and i havent seen him in anything that was "Bad"...at least on HIS part |
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Posted: 12/22/2014 7:27:17 PM EDT
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WTF?
No racism at all, but Bond is a white British character, that is the stupidest idea that I have ever seen...
Well he's a black British actor. What's the difference? Just doesn't fit. You don't have a character played by an Australian for 40 years and all of a sudden switch them to being Puerto Rican. Albeit, it would not be the first time Bond was played by a person of a different race, with Rodger Moore and whatnot
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Posted: 12/22/2014 7:28:30 PM EDT
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He's a good actor and would probably make a good 007, not sure what the problem is?
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Posted: 12/22/2014 7:29:17 PM EDT
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fucking stupid. I don't care if blacks get top roles, even bond. I just think this current wave of traditional white characters being black is all PC bullshit and white guilt crap. I am more sick of the PC agenda. Every roll used to be a traditional white character. You watching media written just for black folk? |
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Posted: 12/22/2014 7:29:48 PM EDT
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He was good in The Wire.
Even when his English accent would slip. |
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Posted: 12/22/2014 7:32:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: No one outside of Alabama Gemeral Discussion is going to get riled up over a black dude kissing white chicks Roger Moore got to bang Grace Jones.  |
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Posted: 12/22/2014 7:34:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryI was very happy when Ms. Harris was revealed as Moneypenny. I've been a big fan of hers since 28 days later. |
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Posted: 12/22/2014 7:43:16 PM EDT
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Don't confront me any.
I'm sick of Daniel Craig. He looks like Putin, a fucking Chekist. Every time I see his face I imagine him at Katyn jamming the muzzle of a Tokarev in the back of some poor Polish officer's head. |
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Posted: 12/22/2014 7:47:28 PM EDT
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No shit. I feel like I'm in Bizarro world here. DU implants, I guess. That shit is straight outta the leftie playbook. "Oh, you didn't vote for Obama?!? You're racist!! There can be no other reason that you didn't vote for him besides that he's black." Fucking idiots. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Well...Holy shit. Apparently, I'm a racist. I did not know that about myself. No shit. I feel like I'm in Bizarro world here. DU implants, I guess. That shit is straight outta the leftie playbook. "Oh, you didn't vote for Obama?!? You're racist!! There can be no other reason that you didn't vote for him besides that he's black." Fucking idiots. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile That seems to sum it up. Just so I'm on the record: I think this is a ridiculous idea, based more on shock appeal/White guilt than out of any sense of doing the Bond franchise justice. Maybe "White guilt" is incorrect...this feels more about destroying traditional White characters, then anything else. No skin off my nose, I guess. I'll just stop going to see James Bond movies, since the idea I have of James Bond in my head is already formed, and doesn't need to be fucked with...especially just for the sake of destroying some phantasmagorical, perceived White Power character foundation for Great Justice. |
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Posted: 12/22/2014 7:55:30 PM EDT
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Decisions, decisions......
Should we pick Sheldon Cooper or RuPaul to be the next COL James Braddock ? |
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Posted: 12/22/2014 7:56:53 PM EDT
[#32]
In before Teh Ghey Bond
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Posted: 12/22/2014 8:10:16 PM EDT
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I'd love to see a white Shaft. C'mere, I got summin for ya. |
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Posted: 12/22/2014 8:19:56 PM EDT
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Ever read the books? Thirteen of them written about Bond.
I know he's too old these days, but if you read the books, by the original author, the description in the books is Sean Connery. |
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Posted: 12/22/2014 8:21:21 PM EDT
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Craig has been the best actor for Bond so far. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Jason Statham FTW! Disagree. He kicks butt and I like his movies but I can't see him pulling off the smoothness of Bond. Also he's the Transporter and does very similar type movies. Any Bond movie would seem like one of those rather than a Bond flick. this what is wrong with Daniel Craig? Craig has been the best actor for Bond so far. I am going to pretend I didn't read this. |
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Posted: 12/22/2014 8:28:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Look, I had no problem with them making M a woman, putting a Brit of color on the staff, etc, etc, but I draw the line on Bond... I second whomever said Gerard Butler...he'd be awesome. |
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Posted: 12/22/2014 8:30:35 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Does seem to be a lower than epic fail. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Aimless let us down with this thread. He should have included a poll. Does seem to be a lower than epic fail. |
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Posted: 12/22/2014 8:31:14 PM EDT
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The guy from 300? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Look, I had no problem with them making M a woman, putting a Brit of color on the staff, etc, etc, but I draw the line on Bond... I second whomever said Gerard Butler...he'd be awesome. Yep, Leonidas himself... |
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Posted: 12/22/2014 8:31:51 PM EDT
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Jason Statham FTW! Disagree. He kicks butt and I like his movies but I can't see him pulling off the smoothness of Bond. Also he's the Transporter and does very similar type movies. Any Bond movie would seem like one of those rather than a Bond flick. this what is wrong with Daniel Craig? Craig has been the best actor for Bond so far. I am going to pretend I didn't read this. What? The craig bond would beat up and mount the previous cheeseballs. At the very least he looks like he's had weapons training. The other's look like their SAS time was spent as deck hand on Cappin Stabbin's sodomy schooner or would that fall under the SBS |
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Posted: 12/22/2014 8:34:09 PM EDT
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Anyone would be better than the current one. I'd give him a chance.
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Posted: 12/22/2014 8:36:45 PM EDT
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Jason Statham FTW! Disagree. He kicks butt and I like his movies but I can't see him pulling off the smoothness of Bond. Also he's the Transporter and does very similar type movies. Any Bond movie would seem like one of those rather than a Bond flick. this what is wrong with Daniel Craig? Craig has been the best actor for Bond so far. I am going to pretend I didn't read this. Me too. Sean Connery FTFMW |
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Posted: 12/22/2014 8:44:00 PM EDT
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Dude is one of the best actors working these days. I think he'd nail it. Bond is about attitude, not skin color. What would kill Bond is an American actor. I think he would make a good Bond. I even said so in another thread.  * I would also expect that the real MI6 has people of all races working for it, depending on where they need to blend in.
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Posted: 12/22/2014 8:46:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yep, Leonidas himself... Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Look, I had no problem with them making M a woman, putting a Brit of color on the staff, etc, etc, but I draw the line on Bond... I second whomever said Gerard Butler...he'd be awesome. Yep, Leonidas himself... |
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Posted: 12/22/2014 8:46:09 PM EDT
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I think he would make a good Bond. I even said so in another thread. * I would also expect that the real MI6 has people of all races working for it, depending on where they need to blend in.
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Dude is one of the best actors working these days. I think he'd nail it. Bond is about attitude, not skin color. What would kill Bond is an American actor. I think he would make a good Bond. I even said so in another thread. * I would also expect that the real MI6 has people of all races working for it, depending on where they need to blend in.
*http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/1691439_Is_Benedict_Cumberbatch_the_most_menacing_man_ever_.html&page=1 I'm sure they do. James Bond is a fictional character who is white and had always been white. Why change it? |
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Posted: 12/22/2014 8:52:01 PM EDT
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Odd choice I saw him in the movie about the White House, some death race 2000 knock off and in some movie with the girl from friends, he seems to have peeked in 300 Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Look, I had no problem with them making M a woman, putting a Brit of color on the staff, etc, etc, but I draw the line on Bond... I second whomever said Gerard Butler...he'd be awesome. Yep, Leonidas himself... Olympus Has Fallen, and PS I Love You for your first and last ones. He's actually a great actor. Played the Phantom in Phantom of The Opera, he was great in Machine Gun Preacher, I liked Gamer, and Law Abiding Citizen was excellent. Also Coriolanus directed by Ralph Fiennes Funny side note, he's already been in a Bond movie 
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Posted: 12/22/2014 8:52:10 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/22/2014 8:59:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: yes and yes Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I think he'd be a great Bond. I also think Clive Owen would make a good Bond. |
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Posted: 12/22/2014 8:59:58 PM EDT
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Aimless has 18 more post to go to hit and pass 159K
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Posted: 12/22/2014 9:00:54 PM EDT
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I'm sure they do. James Bond is a fictional character who is white and had always been white. Why change it? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Dude is one of the best actors working these days. I think he'd nail it. Bond is about attitude, not skin color. What would kill Bond is an American actor. I think he would make a good Bond. I even said so in another thread. * I would also expect that the real MI6 has people of all races working for it, depending on where they need to blend in.
*http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/1691439_Is_Benedict_Cumberbatch_the_most_menacing_man_ever_.html&page=1 I'm sure they do. James Bond is a fictional character who is white and had always been white. Why change it? But how important is whiteness to the character? Obviously he has to be British, well trained, quick witted and charismatic as fuck but I really don't think skin tone is vital to the character aside from details from the book. It wouldn't make sense if Idris had a thick southern accent, horrible facial scaring or was the size of Shaq. Idris is a smooth brit who can whoop some ass and pull tail like a special needs kid at a petting zoo. All day long. |
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Posted: 12/22/2014 9:01:32 PM EDT
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The way to do it is the last scene of the new movie, they just change to him in the last shot. No announcement, no fanfare till after release. Bam!
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