John Drake wrote:shaken not stirred wrote:John Drake wrote:Now that everyone has their hopes up .
What the hell is wrong with these people, he literally beeped on his fans and it's like they've just said more please, any other actor said what he said that they would be gone, screw it if/when I ever get another job I'll do what this guy says and I'm sure they'll open Me with welcome arms, bloody minion mentality.
I saw it in 2005. So many people said he wasn't Bond material and and then did an about turn as soon as he was cast. They just couldn't face being out in the cold. If Barbara had cast a cabbage as James Bond there would've been a parade of muppets on the forum declaring that a cabbage was obviously Ian Fleming's James Bond incarnate.
The worst one was a site called Dr Shatterhand's Garden (or something like that). He spent months telling us that Brosnan would be back or Cavill would be cast and that we should relax about Daniel Craig because someone who looked like that couldn't
possibly be James Bond. There is no way on earth he'll get the part. Guess what? As soon as they cast Craig old Dr Shatterhand fell into line and seemed to completely forget that he'd told us Daniel Craig was not Bond material . He
just couldn't face not being part of the pack anymore.
Another thing too, the MI6 forum, which bashes Brosnan all the time, was desperate for him to come back when the Casino Royale casting hoopla was playing out. As soon as Craig was cast Brozza suddenly became the worst Bond ever in the history of the universe. They'll stick up for DC until he's no longer Bond and then drop him like litter on the breeze to fawn over the next incumbent. If you have a view about something then express it at the time. Don't flip flop around to stay in with the herd.
True, sadly that's the herd mentality, I was never that keen with Smith as doctor who (but obviously he's liked and that's great, just didn't click with Me until Capaldi showed up recently) but some were keen to mock Capaldi the minute he came on just because he wasn't Smith, again Smith was ok but not doc who to Me but if you said that at the time on some places you'd be ripped apart but Capaldi was a big return to form for doc who (thankfully not against the actors before but the lovie dovie stuff had to go it's not doc who period).
Funny thing is on some sites and articles about what craig said recently a lot are saying how great Brosnan was and wish he could come back as like Connery and Moore he had the class and the rest.
I have nothing against anyone who is a fan of Craig as bond however what I do hate is that after that interview it's like a lot have forgiven him, if I saw an actor at a convention and they threatened to punch Me (as an earlier article stated) or swore at My friends or said being such and such was below Me I'd be really upset about it, it feels like the episode in the simpsons where they have a cult and the guy in charge drives past everyone covered in dirt by the guy and they're thankful for him doing that to them, if someone did that to Me I would think otherwise.
True I could imagine a cabbage being called Flemings bond if given a chance back then, to be bond you really have to look the part, have the presence, enjoy playing the character and really believe yourself to be him (much like Capaldi with doc who (who's almost like a modern Tom Baker now
).
Back on topic, if people want to continue praising an actor who couldn't care less then there really is no hope for some people, there are 1 or 2 celebrities I met once who seemed nice when you spoke to them once then very different the other time and couldn't really care less, but most part most celebrities I've met have been great people (met the borg queen, most of the red dwarf cast, the guy who played predator in the later films, most of the knightmare cast).
Yeah it's a real shame Brosnan didn't get one more chance to shine, dad wasn't his fault (first half was excellent, 2nd half felt like an entirely different movie with spy kids style cgi thrown in to one area (funny that people hate the tsunami surfing scene (which I agree was bad) but the parachute jumping scene in qos gets a free pass, same with bond running through a wall as if he was the incredible hulk, silva knowing exactly where a train would be in london (that was empty....in London....empty...does not compute), cgi komodos, a villain who relied on cobloodyincidences, took down m16 by hacking it (because q is now stupid and exploding pens are lame and like austin powers put silva in an easily escapable place).
Perhaps bond shoud've ended after Brosnan for 10 years before they went back and a reboot wasn't the right idea, I hate bourne and I didn't want that in a bond movie, that's what we have bourne for but I digress.