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[homerjbond]

I thought he's the spy who was kidnapped and his son is Brendan Frasier...

[Xenobia]

I never thought I would say this....so everyone brace yourselves. I am about to defend Tim Dalton.

Dalton has a son who is just at the age to start watching Looney Tunes cartoons. Of course, young Master Dalton is years away from being able to watch the rest of his father's films, so maybe Tim wanted to make a film where he could sit with his son and say "Look! There's Daddy!" and that's something they could share together.

BTW...can someone give me a direct link to the trailer? I couldn't download it.

-- Xenobia

[Turn]

Just goes to show what a varied career the guy has had. Shakespeare, period dramas, westerns, campy Mae West movies, Bond and now Looney Tunes.

[Mourning Becomes Electra]

campy Mae West movies

That's just about the most benign description I've ever read of the mind bogglingly LOL horror-fest-- you can't turn away although you know you should-- abomination that is Sextette.

Xenobia, www.jurrasicpunk.com doesn't have the trailer up for download yet but they most likley soon will.

And yes Dalton is playing Brendan's missing spy father. Hopefully the film is more Roger Rabbit than Monkeybone and it should be with Dante at the helm. As for taking different roles that why they're actors, so they can play different kinds of roles, and it's also a job that pays very nicely. Nothing "sad" about it.

[Robinson]

Originally posted by Mourning Becomes Electra


That's just about the most benign description I've ever read of the mind bogglingly LOL horror-fest-- you can't turn away although you know you should-- abomination that is Sextette.  

You know what?! I'm gonna start a thread naming every BOMB and/or straight-to-cable flick every Bond actor's been in & we can then expand the list to include the cheezy flicks most "A-list" actors have been in.

This should be fun!

[Xenobia]

Robinson:

Don't you know some things are just better left unsaid? ;-)

Entangled anyone?

-- Xen

[Tarl_Cabot]

I hear you Limies pay extremely high taxes; he lives here and is probably double taxed so he must not have tons of money. So Dalton is working below his RADA credentials to pay his bills and support his family...good for him! Remember Pierce in Mrs. Doubtfire? Glad Dalton is showing the world who thinks he has no sense of humour that they are wrong.

[Mourning Becomes Electra]

Originally posted by Xenobia
Robinson:

Don't you know some things are just better left unsaid?  ;-)

Entangled anyone?

-- Xen

Xen, I've told you Entangled while one of the worst films ever made Sextette trumps it in every conceivable way, and in some inconceivable ones. It's just THAT horrifying. I bet Dalton still wakes up in a cold sweat with images of an almost mummified Mae West playing his wife as they share a duet of "Love Will Keep Us Together"! But it's the PERFECT film to pop in at a party and watch while you get plastered.

Oh and I believe Dalton lives in the US year round, and has for many years, so he shouldn't be paying UK taxes.

[brendan007]

Originally posted by Righty007
I can't believe Dalton went from James Bond to Looney Tunes, thats sad.

with a quick stop in The Beautician And The Beast . wat a great career this serious actor has had since messing up a bond film

[TonicBH]

Well, as someone once said, "You'll make some gems, and make some clunkers. You can't do a think about it, though."

[MrDraco]

Looney tunes..He could do it....Hey get me two 40s and a couple of honeys..

[Robinson]

I saw the trailer yesterday prior to seeing "Finding Nemo." Dalton's the straight man in this one. Captured and held hostage by Steve Martin and forced to hit himself repeatedly in the head!

The true joy of this trailer is the appearance of a character with the coolest name in the Looney Tunes family...

"Nasty Canasta"

They've got my ten dollars already!

[Robinson]

Originally posted by brendan007


with a quick stop in The Beautician And The Beast . wat a great career this serious actor has had since messing up a bond film

The land of Lazenby speaks.

[Jaelle]

I've been lurking here for awhile and I just wanted to speak up on this particular thread regarding Dalton's post-Bond career. I think it would be better to do a little digging into an actor's career before making judgments. The truth is that Timothy Dalton has worked fairly steadily since his last Bond film, far more steadily than most actors. A lot of well-known actors would love to have the amount of steady work he's had. In the early 90s he put in brilliant performance, critically acclaimed, in the UK TV production of "Framed" (written by Lynda LaPlante, who did the PRIME SUSPECT series with Helen Mirren). One LA critic called it a "star-turning performance." In 2000 he was in the original Showtime film POSSESSED which got very good reviews and got a lot of attention at various international film festivals. He's fantastic in it. In the late 80s he was also in The Informant, another original Showtime film, in which he played a ruthless loyalist police officer dealing with a terrorist informer in Northern Ireland. Again, reviews of his work in this film (which was also viewed favorably at film festivals) were terrific. He's done a couple of very strong independent films like Hawks and the King's Whore. He's also done silly TV miniseries work just for the money.

Dalton has worked far more than Moore ever did after he left Bond. (I'm not bashing Moore). Also, the fact that he became a father for the first time in his life five years ago has (according to interviews) changed his life entirely, which is why he's slowed down lately.

Yes, Sextette was abominable, as was Brenda Starr. He has stated time and again that he did American TV work in the 80s so he could afford stage work in the UK in (where they pay you a pittance). His first thing to do after TLD was to go right back to the stage with Vanessa Redgrave in the highly successful run of O'Neill's "A Touch of the Poet."

He's done a lot of junk, he's also done a lot of wonderful work. I certainly wish he'd made better choices, and had better luck. This is the same actor, after all, whom the Times of London put in the same category as Hopkins, McKellen and Gambon.

[Xenobia]

I finally watched the trailer....

Tim Dalton never looked so good. ;-)

-- Xen

[Robinson]

Originally posted by Xenobia
I finally watched the trailer....

Tim Dalton never looked so good.  ;-)

-- Xen

I've got two words for you. "Beautician and the Beast!":D

[Cabainus]

That's 4 words!

[ray t]

i took my 7 1/2 year old to see Spy Kids 3-D and Freaky Friday (a girly girl comedy) and lo-and-behold there was a trailer (starting off to the strains of a modified version of the james bond theme) for the new LOO (an upside down 007) NIE TUNES flick staring buggs bunny, daffy duck and that chap who plays lead in the Mummy flicks.

the premise revolves around a mad megalomaniac out for world domination a-la james bond style.

and there he is: tim doing a comedic turn... all grey haired, attached to some wierd contraption, repeatedly slapping himself silly in the forehead, no dialogue...just a ridiculous look across his face.

my thoughts:

either he is going to be brilliant in the 'cameo'...or, what has his career come to...

any whooo, lets not be too judgemental before witnessing the comleted product.

no doubt i will be checking it out on a saturday afternoon when it first comes out.

[License To Kill]

His career has come to an end, thats what happened.

[TonicBH]

Now now. This might not be his best job (keep in mind, in this film he isn't one of the title roles), but I wouldn't just say flat out "His career has come to an end."

No person's film career ever comes to an end... unless they want to or they die, whichever comes first.

[Dr.Carl Mortner]

These do seem like some odd choices for an actor of Dalton's calibre, however. Keep in mind that Timothy Dalton was a very respected actor long before Bond - it's almost enough to make you wonder whether it was the Bond role itself that killed his career (look how long it took for Connery to get a decent role after Bond).

[ray t]

ya know....he was mesmerizingly outstaning in that u.s. network tv miniseries a couple of years ago where he played (i believe) the roman emperor julius caesar in "Cleopatra".

talk about presence and talent...

another thing: trailers can (CAN) be very misleading...even bond trailers (especially early teaser trailers) have shots or dialogue that never make the final cut.

so there is that...

as i said: wait and see...

[Jaelle]

I've seen the trailer and absolutely hate it. The principal reason that I hate it is that Tim is extremely comfortable financially -- he could retire right now and live very well, and raise his kid in style. Bond fans who diss him think he does this stuff because he needs the money, he really doesn't. He may *want* the money, but he doesn't need it. He's been very comfortable since the 80s when he started making millions starring in all those miniseries. (And I do mean *very comfortable*). He profitted enormously out of Scarlett and Cleopatra. He's a millionnaire, literally. Actually, he was on his way to becoming a millionnaire in the 70s with all those big profile films he made. He had the luxury of turning down lots of offers. Today he has the luxury of just doing an occasional film with a good script and a strong character for him to play and relaxing for a year or two, like with his last two Showtime projects. But THIS?! I'll be going into the film with gritting teeth, hoping against hope that his cameo is actually a pretty decent one.

[ray t]

Originally posted by Jaelle
I've seen the trailer and absolutely hate it.  The principal reason that I hate it is that Tim is extremely comfortable financially -- he could retire right now and live very well, and raise his kid in style.  ....

I'll be going into the film with gritting teeth, hoping against hope that his cameo is actually a pretty decent one.

Jaelle, my dear, u make known an interesting fact. that he has a "kid".

well, perhaps he did the loonie tune movie as a "gift" (if u will) for his child.

cud be a valid reason. how old is timothy's kid, Jaelle?

[Jaelle]

Originally posted by ray t
Jaelle, my dear, u make known an interesting fact. that he has a "kid".
well, perhaps he did the loonie tune movie as a "gift" (if u will) for his child.
cud be a valid reason. how old is timothy's kid, Jaelle?

Well, that could be the reason, who knows. Anyway, yes, after years of having a string of romances (one of them with Barbara Broccoli) he finally settled down with a beautiful Russian model half his age in the mid-90s (he was 50, she was 25). His son Alexander was born in 1997, so he's 6.

[ray t]

Originally posted by Jaelle


Well, that could be the reason, who knows.  Anyway, yes, after years of having a string of romances (one of them with Barbara Broccoli) he finally settled down with a beautiful Russian model half his age in the mid-90s (he was 50, she was 25).  His son Alexander was born in 1997, so he's 6.

6 year old boy....there's your answer. the perfect age for watcing road runner blowing up wile e cyotie and buggs causing havoc for daffy and megalomaniac bad boys

as for a russian girl half his age: well done for the old bastard...i guess he really traded up from good 'ole whoopie goldberg, eh?

[Jaelle]

Originally posted by ray t
6 year old boy....there's your answer. the perfect age for watcing road runner blowing up wile e cayote and buggs causing havoc for daffy and megalomaniac bad boys

Oh I suppose.... (trying not to grumble...)

as for a russian girl half his age: well done for the old bastard...i guess he really traded up from good 'ole whoopie goldberg, eh?[/B]

Oh Tim always favored models. The British tabloids always had photos of him with the latest model he conquered. As for Whoopie, she manages to attract so many of these handsome caucasian actors. Danson, Langella, there were a couple of other famous names there after Tim.

[ray t]

Originally posted by Jaelle


 Oh Tim always favored models.....  As for Whoopie, she manages to attract so many of these handsome caucasian actors.  

not to be too unkind (may be even the contrary) perhaps he was attracted to certain animalistic qualities that transcended her physical appearence:D

*** bad boy ray gets out the shield for fear of the feminists /minority groups preparing yet another attack on this pollitically incorrect canadian ***

[Jaelle]

Originally posted by ray t
not to be too unkind (may be even the contrary) perhaps he was attracted to certain animalistic qualities that transcended her physical appearence:D

[homerjbond]

Someone help me out, wasn't he chasing Talisa Soto when they were filming LTK and got turned down?

Yes, he's probably doing Looney Tunes for his kid...Sylvester Stallone said in an interview that he did Spy Kids 3-d because of his kids...

Timothy has made other cinematic "hiccups"...anyone remember The Beautician and the Beast?