pg 2

go UK!

-ZiP!-

12/22/2005 3:37:38 PM

i still stand by

Quote :

"for the most part; borders and nationalities are all imaginary in the end"

12/22/2005 3:40:46 PM

Britney Spears bond girl...as long as she gets back into tip top shape. I'm talking "Slave 4 U" body...


Jessica Simpson is annoying as hell....

anybody but her please

12/22/2005 10:35:08 PM

is he the dude who played the captain in Kong?

12/22/2005 11:01:25 PM

^^i dont like either of them for a bond girl. while obviously lots of people would say they are hot enough to be bond girls, they are both people i can stand to see acting in any form

12/26/2005 5:29:22 PM

I can't wait for the next movie. Im watching A View to Kill on Spike now. Roger Moore is still my favorite.

12/26/2005 6:54:22 PM

I think its about time they gave up on the Bond movies.

You can only do that sort of thing so many times

12/27/2005 10:07:08 AM

:cough:

Land Before Time

12/27/2005 11:03:33 AM

[Edited on January 17, 2006 at 12:59 AM. Reason : Vesper Lynd]

[Edited on January 17, 2006 at 1:01 AM. Reason : Rose Byrne aka Brad Pitt's love slave in Troy]

1/17/2006 12:55:38 AM

they both are ?'s for me

what are they?

1/17/2006 12:57:58 AM

no one likes the new Bond girl?

or no one saw the thread?

1/17/2006 12:47:36 PM

where did you hear this? i saw on mi6.co.uk that she was screentesting...

1/17/2006 12:56:47 PM

she'll be confirmed thrusday or friday

1/17/2006 1:00:29 PM

she'd get it

1/17/2006 1:27:03 PM

Saw a rumor yesterday about Thandie Newton as a possible Bond girl...they're outta their minds if they choose Jessica Simpson or Britney Spears over her

1/17/2006 1:29:01 PM

Wow, she looks hot in those pictures. I thouth she looked like shit in Troy.

1/17/2006 1:40:16 PM

Look.

A bond girl isn't supposed to be super smart. Halle Berry sucked ass as a bond girl.

Put Jessica Simpson in, give her 2 lines, and call it a day.

If she doesn't say a god damn word we'll all be happy.

1/17/2006 1:57:51 PM

Jessica Simpson cannot play Vesper Lynd

she just can't

it'd be more of a mockery than Denise Richards playing a nuclear scientist

[Edited on January 17, 2006 at 2:03 PM. Reason : this movie will and has to be different]

1/17/2006 2:02:30 PM

Quote :

"Wales, Scotland, and England were all distinct countries/kingdoms for hundreds of years, and still have very distinct accents and cultures, although that is something that is beyond most Americans."

Quote :

"It is the same idea, but England, Ireland, and Wales were individual countries for longer then Texas has been known to exist by the white man."

Actually that would depend on what you mean by individual countries. In terms of existing as individual states. While the English monarchy dates to the 10th century its cohesion and borders have shifted throughout that period, including notably partial conquests of both Wales and Ireland dating from not long after Norman conquest. Wales was rarely more than a group of principalities that only really united to stop the conquests or the "English", Wales as a whole has been part of England since the 13th century and never existed as a separate entity before that as the unification was only really the north and western parts that hadn't been conquered.

In terms of existing as individual nations the picture is even muckier, but your suggestion of accents differentiating them is difficult as accents change dramatically even within the regions of the British Isles you describe. In terms of distinct languages, Welsh for instance had nearly died off after WWII with only a few hundred speaker but since went through a recovery for a number of reasons. English itself is a hybrid of French, German, and Latin based languages which speaks volumes for the trouble of suggesting a stable national identity.

Also you could consider that the conception of modern nation states didn't really take hold until the 17th century at which time both Ireland and Wales were ruled by the English.

Speaking in cultural terms, I would argue that first there are distinct cultural difference between regions of the US, indeed considering the number of influences from different cultures and the sheer size of our country, its slightly mind boggling to suggest that it would be more homogeneous than a nation roughly the size of Wisconsin. Secondly,culture is something that is constructed through a variety of factors. But considering that the UK is geographically more consolidated and has existed as a single unit for longer than the US it seems doubly odd to suggest that the cultural differces in the UK are anything but "imagined".

You might try looking at Benedict Anderson's Imagined Communities for a start, its relatively short, cogent, and compelling.

However saying that these things are imagined, or constructed is not to suggest that they are not a potent part of the everyday world so I wouldn't quite dismiss them as meaningless.


It sucks that Q won't be in it, but as he (or Bond's reliance on gadgets) didn't appear until thunderball, that's at least being true to the source material, for whatever thats worth.

If Jessica Simpson or Britney in this movie it will guarantee my not seeing it until its on cable.

[Edited on January 17, 2006 at 2:46 PM. Reason : ...]

[Edited on January 17, 2006 at 2:47 PM. Reason : ...]

1/17/2006 2:45:07 PM

words

1/17/2006 3:48:29 PM

I will watch Bond no matter who the girl is. If they look good what the hell does it matter?

1/17/2006 3:54:24 PM

the girl in this movie is very important

it's one of the things they CANNOT mess up

if you've read the novel you know why




though i do think she's a little young...if she was about 3-5 years older she'd be perfect as far as looks go


the other problem with her character will probably be that they incorporated parts of her character in the last few movies so some people might see is as redundant...which is a shame because, let's face it, the brosnan movies were cheesier than they should have been

[Edited on January 17, 2006 at 6:33 PM. Reason : asfd]

1/17/2006 6:27:14 PM

eva green's the new bond girl

only so-so

2/17/2006 11:21:20 AM

2/17/2006 12:05:07 PM

she is one weird cat too

i'm not sure she fits the traditional mold of the bond girl either, but maybe that's the point

sort of reminds me of sophie marceau from world is not enough

2/17/2006 12:16:15 PM

The whole Bond franchise needed to be re-invented.
I like the idea they are using releative unknown talent.

2/17/2006 2:11:22 PM

when i see that picture
all i can think is

WHAT I NEED IS A GOOD DEFENSE

and other fiona apple lyrics

2/17/2006 2:30:25 PM

Is this movie going to be true to the Casino Royale novel?

This would be a very different Bond movie, indeed.

I saw that Rachel McAdams even was being considered for the role. I haven't seen this chick before.

2/17/2006 6:08:51 PM

i wish it woulda been rachel mcadams

talented and superhot, what else do you need?

2/17/2006 6:10:44 PM

fuck americans

2/17/2006 6:37:49 PM

they made felix leiter african-american

that's gonna take a while to sink in

2/17/2006 11:19:56 PM

well

have you seen syriana?

homeboy is a chameleon
you forget things like "black" or "white"

2/17/2006 11:25:43 PM

he was black in never say never again...

although technically not a "real" bond film

2/17/2006 11:27:09 PM

Eva Green is ungodly hot.

Her + Daniel Craig = a bond movie I -MIGHT- actually watch.

2/17/2006 11:31:13 PM

One summer during college, I went to france and had a summer of sex with eva green.

2/18/2006 12:16:09 AM

that won't no gramma, it was a grocery bag

2/18/2006 12:23:54 AM

Quote :

"Craig's Teeth Knocked Out New James Bond star Daniel Craig was left toothless and bleeding when a fight scene for upcoming movie Casino Royale went horribly wrong. The British actor, who was shooting in Prague, Czech Republic, had his London-based dentist flown out to fix caps onto his broken teeth. Craig now has to sport gum shields during action scenes for protection. An insider says, "Daniel was filming with some minor actors when he got hit in the face. He was reeling from a heavy blow and staggered back holding his face. He put his hand to his mouth but the blood started to seep through his fingers - it was horrible." "

2/20/2006 9:09:31 AM

they debuted a first look of the new DBS, looks great

2/20/2006 10:16:49 PM

im hoping this bond with have personality querks that go along with his face

2/20/2006 10:18:29 PM

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060222/ap_on_en_mo/bond_protest

NEW YORK - They're shaken, stirred and just plain angry. And several months late with their response. A group of James Bond fans have launched a Web site, http://www.craignotbond.com, to protest British actor Daniel Craig replacing Pierce Brosnan in the 007 film franchise, and boycott the upcoming Bond movie "Casino Royale."

The fair-haired Craig, whose recent screen credits include "Munich" and "The Jacket," was tapped last October to play the secret-agent icon.

"EON Productions angered fans around the world when they fired Pierce Brosnan at the height of his popularity as Bond," said a statement on the site. "To add insult to injury, EON cast a short, blond, odd-looking Daniel Craig in the role of Bond."

"Craig, described by The New York Times as having a 'pale, flattened face and large, fleshy ears' is a terrible choice for Bond. If EON Productions and Sony Pictures will not accept they've made a big mistake, then Bond fans promise to boycott Casino Royale!"

Calls by The Associated Press to EON Productions and a representative for Craig were not immediately returned on Tuesday.

Brosnan stepped into the shoes of dashing predecessors Sean Connery and Roger Moore to play a blue-eyed, dark-haired Bond in "Tomorrow Never Dies," "The World Is Not Enough" and "Die Another Day."

In its statement, the Web site claimed EON did not want to pay for Brosnan or other high-profile actors Hugh Jackman and Clive Owen as replacements.

http://www.craignotbond.com

2/22/2006 7:22:11 AM

Did Bond have the Bentley in Casino Royale? I thought the Aston Martin made its debut in the Goldfinger novel.

I mean, if they are going to cut out Q and Moneypenny...

2/22/2006 7:58:46 AM

his hair is fairly dark in the previous pictures... i think he can pull it off

2/22/2006 8:20:27 AM

it was a Bentley in the book

i guess they're not going "back in time" so much as they're starting over in the present time

2/22/2006 5:20:21 PM

why does everyone hate daniel craig

dude is the mad note ok

2/22/2006 5:39:05 PM

its all in the title of the thread man

2/22/2006 6:15:20 PM

i rememeber this thread from back in the day

The Next JAMES BOND...a scottish bodybuilder????

2/22/2006 6:16:58 PM

That's better than:

"The Next James Bond...an Australian Car Salesman?"

[Edited on February 22, 2006 at 6:23 PM. Reason : George Lazenby for those that don't get it.]

2/22/2006 6:22:41 PM

James Bond as a series is dumb because they make the best movies after they either throw out the old actors or the old ones leave

then the best movies aren't the best anymore because they have someone who isn't recognized as James Bond

OHMSS would have been golden with Connery

The Dalton flicks blew b/c it was the 80s and people just gave up caring. I personally liked Dalton, he shoulda had at least one more movie...

This is the movie Brosnan wanted to make...instead he got one decent movie, and three sub-par, cheesy, formulated films

2/22/2006 7:57:03 PM

well

if pierce REALLY wanted to make the movie
he would have taken craig-money

[Edited on February 22, 2006 at 8:01 PM. Reason : paycuts for a blockbuster movie? I DON'T THINK SO!]

2/22/2006 8:01:05 PM

I thought Brosnan was essentially booted from the franchise in a bitch move by production.

?

2/22/2006 8:20:53 PM