Loomis you may not think Adrian Paul is a genuine Bond candidate who has the right stuff and that is cool. First of all I have seen all the candidates get ripped harshly by some people. That is to be expected, everyone is different. I disagree strongly--he screams out Bond to me. Definitely a genuine candidate with a definite chance to be the next James Bond--consider the points below.
Is Adrian Paul a genuine candidate, does he have the right stuff to be a convincing Bond,
No.or is it just his fan club trying to promote him?
Yes. Just look at that recent poll of ours, flooded by Adrian Paul fans who joined CBn just to vote in it. Paul fans have even admitted on their own sites that they're pursuing a strategy of infiltration into Bond sites in order to promote their man.
Of course, Adrian Paul fans have just as much right to post here as anyone else, and it's hardly unthinkable that people who like Paul are also quite genuinely into Bond. I don't wish to sound nasty here, and I'm not trying to make Paul fans feel unwelcome, but they themselves have admitted what they're up to.
But it's not just Paul fans. Because of the "will he?/won't he?" surrounding Brosnan and BOND 21, it almost seems as though virtually every British actor under 50 is being touted as a potential Bond. Bloom, Butler, Firth, Jackman, Owen, Paul, and several others.... they've all been getting a lot of publicity of late thanks to the uncertainty over the future of the Bond franchise, even though there's really only one realistic candidate: Jackman.
With regards to the poll it was hardly "flooded" by Paul fans. I kept a close eye on it and there may have been 5 possible newbie Adrian Paul fanatics. The rest was from those that have already been here. Discount those five and Paul still wins a respectable majority from a site of Bond fanatics that for the most part are strong supporters of Pierce, Hugh or Clive. So that was an impressive result that suprised me and showed impressive respectability for Adrian Paul. The nation-wide Parade poll showed strong support in the USA beyond just Paul fanatics. And by the way the passion of certain Paul fans also speaks well of his appeal. Myself i'm a Bond nut first who saw Paul as a potential Bond and then grew to appreciate him. Like I said I would pick Paul first and Moomoo's boy Jackman a close second. And I could think of another dozen at least that can do Bond well.
And it is a fact that Adrian Paul was seriously considered Moomoo in 1994--it just wasn't just Pierce back then, he was just the most mentioned. Sam Neill, Paul and a few others I can't remember right now were in the hunt. Like Loomis I agree that the Adrian Paul fans are welcome and should be taken with a grain of salt like any other Pierce, Clive or Hugh fanatic--they all have a valid perspective on who should be Bond and have passion. There is no universal answer for Bond except for Connery!! Everything else is a mere opinion.
Edited by Seannery, 09 July 2004 - 08:15 PM.
