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[Qwerty]

Welcome to the CBn Forums, Dalton's Wendy!

[Dalton's Wendy]

Welcome to the CBn Forums, Dalton's Wendy!

Thank you, QWERTY, Darling!

I have a long, long, LONG way to go to catch up to you, though!

[Dalton's Wendy]

[quote name='Bon-san' date='11 October 2005 - 23:02']
[quote name='Slaezenger' date='11 October 2005 - 20:56'][quote name='Harmsway' date='12 October 2005 - 00:20']Here's a pic of Craig
looking positively Bondian,
with darker hair.

[/quote]


Ummm . . . BON-SAN: Has my friend BONDIAN, of James Bond & Beyond, seen this allegation of yours?

More to the point: have his solicitors?

[Bondian]

LOL. He looks nothing like me...lucky for him.

Welcome to CBn Dalton's Wendy...haven't I been saying that this IS the ultimate James Bond site.

It's not long now until we REALLY know who the next 'boy' will be.

Cheers,


Ian

[quote name='Dalton's Wendy' date='13 October 2005 - 03:24']
[quote name='Bon-san' date='11 October 2005 - 23:02']
[quote name='Slaezenger' date='11 October 2005 - 20:56'][quote name='Harmsway' date='12 October 2005 - 00:20']Here's a pic of Craig
looking positively Bondian,
with darker hair.

[/quote]


Ummm . . . BON-SAN: Has my friend BONDIAN, of James Bond & Beyond, seen this allegation of yours?

More to the point: have his solicitors?

[/quote]

[Dalton's Wendy]

LOL. He looks nothing like me...lucky for him. 

Welcome to CBn Dalton's Wendy...haven't I been saying that this IS the ultimate James Bond site. 

It's not long now until we REALLY know who the next 'boy' will be. 

Cheers,
Ian

Thank you, Bondian, Darling!

It's always nice to be appreciated!

Perhaps you're lucky that you don't look like him!

(Yes . . . it unquestionably is the ultimate James Bond site, but it is also a bit intimidating.)

[B5Erik]

I've got a feeling that if it is Craig then the box office numbers for Casino Royale will be disappointing. He just doesn't have the appeal to bring in a broad audience.

Sure, we could get a GREAT Bond movie, and he may be a great actor in the role, but I just don't think that general audiences will accept him as James Bond.

The worst part (for me, anyway) would be the possibility that EON and Sony don't blame Craig, but the grittier, more down to earth style and go way over the top again like in DAD. Of course they'd need a new actor to play Bond in that kind of movie, but if CR is a disappointment then you just might see that.

Honestly, I hope it all works out, but I have some serious doubts about Craig's ability to take Bond back over $150 Million in the U.S. again. My prediction, at this VERY early date, is that a Craig led Bond movie takes in $90 - $125 Million at the box office in the U.S. and just over $275 worldwide.

Just my gut feeling right now.

[Dalton's Wendy]

Boy he's ugly ...

He is so ugly, that, in the Oxford International Dictionary (unabridged edition)(2,536 pages), right next to the word UGLY, is a picture of Daniel Craig!

[Bondian]

Thank you, Bondian, Darling!

It's always nice to be appreciated!

Ah. You're welcome, Darling.

Perhaps you're lucky that you don't look like him!

LOL Well, I'm considerably older than him, and judging by some of the pic's that I had taken tonight. I feel like his Grandfather. LOL

(Yes . . . it unquestionably is the ultimate James Bond site, but it is also a bit intimidating.)

It's bound to be my Dear. JB&B's only the size of a flea compared to the size of this awesome site.

I think when Daniel's been got at by waredrobe and the hair stylist he'll look more ( I must change my username LOL ) Bondian.

[Loeffelholz]

[quote name='Dalton's Wendy' date='13 October 2005 - 02:24']
[quote name='Bon-san' date='11 October 2005 - 23:02']
[quote name='Slaezenger' date='11 October 2005 - 20:56'][quote name='Harmsway' date='12 October 2005 - 00:20']Here's a pic of Craig
looking positively Bondian,
with darker hair.

[/quote]


Ummm . . . BON-SAN: Has my friend BONDIAN, of James Bond & Beyond, seen this allegation of yours?

More to the point: have his solicitors?

[/quote]

That's the best shot of him I've seen. He's not my choice, not by a long shot. But at least they're still making Bond movies.

[bondphan]

If I want to watch a good gritty movie with an ugly star I will stay home and save my money and watch an old Humphrey Bogart movie on AMC.

[Dalton's Wendy]

[quote name='Bondian' date='12 October 2005 - 22:45']
[quote name='Dalton's Wendy' date='13 October 2005 - 03:38']Thank you, Bondian, Darling!

I think when Daniel's been got at by waredrobe and the hair stylist he'll look more ( I must change my username LOL ) Bondian.

[/quote]

How about Tax-Free Municipal Bondian?

Just a suggestion . . .

[Dalton's Wendy]

If I want to watch a good gritty movie with an ugly star I will stay home and save my money and watch an old Humphrey Bogart movie on AMC.

Wording suggestion:

"An old movie starring Humphrey Bogart . . ."

Edited by Dalton's Wendy, 13 October 2005 - 05:56 AM.

[Loeffelholz]

I think when Daniel's been got at by waredrobe and the hair stylist he'll look more ( I must change my username LOL ) Bondian. 

Those people are gonna EARN their money.

[Dalton's Wendy]

[quote name='Loeffelholz' date='12 October 2005 - 23:22'][quote name='Dalton's Wendy' date='13 October 2005 - 03:14']I think when Daniel's been got at by waredrobe and the hair stylist he'll look more ( I must change my username LOL ) Bondian.

Edited by Dalton's Wendy, 13 October 2005 - 06:32 AM.

[Loeffelholz]

LOL Wendy!

[Dalton's Wendy]

LOL Wendy! 

It wasa good one, wasn't it?

And -- true!

[Binyamin]

Well it seems Craig is poised to become Bond #6.... thought I'd make a teaser poster to featuring the man himself:

Let me know what you think.

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[Bond Bug]

Good work Biny.

[Alessandra]

[quote name='Mister Asterix' date='12 October 2005 - 22:38'][quote name='Alessandra' date='12 October 2005 - 15:42']Errr.. it seems like another 46,000 or so people agree with Sean C and myself... (and besides it isn't only a handful of people or Sean and myself stating we don't like Craig as Bond).

here is the link to the poll which was cited above in the forum, and nobody gave a link for. It's a poll of TODAY on msnbc.. so BIG news website.

http://www.msnbc.msn..._newBond_050427

let's say that, to put it mildly, Craig doesn't exactly get the highest number of votes.
The proportion is this: Brosnan and Jackman get 24,000 and 22,000 each. Craig gets 1,600.
Numbers speak for themselves.

[/quote]

[mra]I think your misinterpreting votes for people. How many times did you vote on that poll?

And let me say thank God that it seems Baba and Mickey don

[Alessandra]

Boy he's ugly ...

He is so ugly, that, in the Oxford International Dictionary (unabridged edition)(2,536 pages), right next to the word UGLY, is a picture of Daniel Craig!

ROTFL Wendy!
lol... very good one.
I do agree..
And welcome, although much more illustrious members than myself have already welcomed you!

[Pal]

It's pretty bad when the Bond girl is almost bigger than Bond.

[marktmurphy]

Here's a quick attempt I just ran up. What do you reckon?

[Agent 76]

good work on that!

[Binyamin]

Thanks for the comments... I couldn't sleep so here are two other Craig posters:

Let me know what you think.

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[lorna99]

Craig on Her Majesty's Secret Service?

by Josh Grossberg
Oct 12, 2005, 4:30 PM PT

You might recognize Daniel Craig as the other man in breathless tabloid accounts of the Jude Law-Sienna Miller relationship meltdown. Pretty soon, though, you might know him for his big-screen martini preference--as in: shaken, not stirred Craig could be officially introduced as the new Bond, James Bond on Friday at a press conferece scheduled by franchise masterminds Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson.

As of now, however, Broccoli and Wilson's Eon Productions, has declined to comment on the casting, as has Craig's London-based agent. Sony-owned MGM, which distributes the 007 pictures, said no decision has been made yet.

Craig's name has been mentioned before, but he was one of several actors said to be in the running. The short list was said to have included his purported nemesis Law and the early favorite, Clive Owen, as well as Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom, Ewan McGregor, Hugh Jackman, Eric Bana and Croatian ER hunk Goran Visnijc.

Just three weeks ago, Craig downplayed any shot at the role. In Washington, D.C., filming the Invasion of the Body Snatchers remake The Visiting with Nicole Kidman, he told AP Radio that he'd be "very happy" once the new Bond was announced so people wouldn't stop pestering him about it. However, he wouldn't say if he'd gotten the part.

Per the latest spate of reports, Craig recently met with Broccoli about donning the tuxedo and was also spotted in London bookstores asking about a first edition of author Ian Fleming's first Bond caper, 1953's Casino Royale, upon which the next 007 movie is based.

Some accounts have suggested that Broccoli, the daughter of original Bond producer, Albert "Cubby" Broccoli, wanted Craig for the role over Casino Royale director Martin Campbell's first choice, 22-year-old Henry Cavill, whose biggest film is 2002's The Count of Monte Cristo.

Craig, 37, is perhaps best known to American audiences for his lead role in the high-octane 2004 crime thriller Layer Cake. He also appeared as Angelina Jolie's rival in 2001's Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Tom Hanks' tormentor in 2002's Road to Perdition and a mental patient opposite Adrien Brody and Keira Knightley in this year's The Jacket. Bond or not, Craig will become a much more familiar face to moviegoers later this year as he and Bana are set to star in Steven Spielberg's terrorism drama, Munich, due out in December.

Meanwhile, the script for the new Bond film is being tweaked by writer-director Paul Haggis. At last month's Toronto Film Festival, he said Casino Royale will take Bond back to basics, eschewing spectacular special effects for a more character-driven, plot-oriented spy thriller, in the vein of the early Sean Connery films.

"We're trying to reinvent Bond. He's 28," Haggis told reporters. "It's very difficult to think of new ways of blowing things up. It's the journey that's the thing--finding a new journey for the character."
If Craig earns the license to kill, he'll be the sixth actor to essay the role, following in the footsteps of Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton and Brosnan.

Because of the search for a leading man has dragged on, the film was pushed back from its original release date of Nov. 18 to late next year. Filming is slated to begin in the Bahamas in January.

Meanwhile, Daily Variety reports that Sony rival Warner Bros. is going forward with a biopic on Fleming. The film will focus on the author's experiences womanizing and hatching spy schemes against the Soviet Union as a member of England's Foreign Office--a job that informed his Bond novels.

http://www.eonline.c...1,17562,00.html

Edited by lorna99, 13 October 2005 - 01:28 PM.

[Mister Asterix]

If I want to watch a good gritty movie with an ugly star I will stay home and save my money and watch an old Humphrey Bogart movie on AMC.

Interesting that you find both Bogart and Craig ugly. Bogart was quite the sex symbol in his day.

[SecretAgentFan]

Because of the search for a leading man has dragged on, the film was pushed back from its original release date of Nov. 18 to late next year. Filming is slated to begin in the Bahamas in January.
http://www.eonline.c...1,17562,00.html

Pushed back from its original release date of Nov.18 to late next year?

Does anyone know about that?

[Turn]

Because of the search for a leading man has dragged on, the film was pushed back from its original release date of Nov. 18 to late next year. Filming is slated to begin in the Bahamas in January.
http://www.eonline.c...1,17562,00.html

Pushed back from its original release date of Nov.18 to late next year?

Does anyone know about that?

Nov. 18 seems pretty late to me. It's probably still targeted for around there unless pushed back a month or so, like TND was.

[Alessandra]

If I want to watch a good gritty movie with an ugly star I will stay home and save my money and watch an old Humphrey Bogart movie on AMC.

Interesting that you find both Bogart and Craig ugly. Bogart was quite the sex symbol in his day.

Sorry, you watch Sabrina (my favourite movie of all times. The original I mean, with Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart and William Holden), and you clearly see who is the sex symbol (Holden) and who instead is the down-to-earth guy that you've got to take because he's more reliable and not a womanizer or sex symbol. (Bogart).
My grandma, a great lover of movies, has always said about Bogart "there's something about him that makes it impossible to not like him. Despite the fact he's ugly." This because we were quarreling about Sabrina and I was protesting that in real world Audrey couldn't possibly choose Bogart over Holden!
in fact, in real life, Audrey Hepburn was in love with William Holden, and hated Bogart to the point she would refuse to do a lot of kissing scenes with him!
I'd say, pretty explanatory.
And err.. Craig is not Bogart. Not by far.

[bondphan]

If I want to watch a good gritty movie with an ugly star I will stay home and save my money and watch an old Humphrey Bogart movie on AMC.

Interesting that you find both Bogart and Craig ugly. Bogart was quite the sex symbol in his day.

When I think of Humphrey Bogart I think of a seasoned wisened veteran of life and he looked like he'd been through the wringer. He evidently knew better than to try to play a 28 year old rookie. I admit I may be forgetting some of his earlier movies, but in the ones I remember he knew the ropes. He certainly is not a sex symbol to me but I still enjoyed his movies. Craig is no sex symbol to me either and I may enjoy some of his movies too. But not Bond. Bond is supposed to be THE fantasy perfect male sex symbol. No way.