i dont want to comment any more on the dismaying sad fracas that occured over all this ..and i dont mean real bond fans trying to outrun their fears, doubts..i mean puerile, pathetic, immature unfunny, weak-minded homophobic, sociopathic dweeb wretches, saddo windowlickers who live online. i'm savouring Craigs silencing of these pricks. There are a few trolls left online and i'm sure the odd person will feel the need to creepily attack Craig personally in future..but i think film fans and normal and young people are hyped for this film, excited about this new Bond. there are many who will withhold judgement and i really hope they like it.
I was only a partial Bond fan who hated the last few Brosnan movies so much that i just didnt give a damn anymore.. DCs casting instantly made me sit up, ignited images of classic Bond in my mind - i was excited.. i'd never felt this kind of instantaneous buzz from a piece of news ( maybe batman begins )- DC and CR. It felt so right. I knew it in my gut. So when i discovered nervous Bond fans i was a little disheartened but knew the excitement would build as filming began and DC could prove himself. I prayed Craig would rock, for a year, i hoped the stupid tabloidy stuff would die down - i just found it so predictable and sad becasue he was a brave choice,a great choice, and a nice guy. However when i read the venomous bullying lameness from some quarters i became sort of mortally pissed off.. i had to fight these people. I had to say how much i believed in Craig. How much i admired him and respected him. That was why i joined this site.. not to fanboy out on Bond, but to show my belief and support for Daniel Craig. Im no film geek or web person. But he reinstilled a feel for Bond in me. I read all the books. He came alive again after years of being tediously cynically, meaninglessly represented on film. I am so happy right now - for him, for all of us. For all the negativity, worry and bad press - i think something extraordinary has happened. I think we have something so special with DC and the new Bond direction. Im thrilled with it. Its got its edge back, its swagger, its cool. Thats why rebirths have to be brave..all or nothing - nothing less than a return to greatness will do. I think DCs resolve to go beyond himself,and for the filmmakers to do that as well , has given this picture extra fire, extra energy. the anklebiting little freaks of CnB and the schoolboys on the web who write their pathetic tragic one-liners has just fuelled Bond and its filmakers. Who are these pussies anyway? - its why big productions are careful in their interactions with the net. its why studios ignore certain people and trust their instincts, as professionals and people who love and make films - because there is a acidic ignorance and bad-mindedness around in the media, and the web lets it too close for comfort sometimes. I think craig has dealt with it a bit too much in the press recently - its time to move on.
films are not the media..they are escapist, almost magical entertainment - especially bond no matter how real - i think films belong in this realm of the unreal, out of reach..the web seems to seek sometimes to bring everything down to its level, to disseminate to the point of no return.. fans almost eat up what they love. I like EONS slight distance - its the best way. but they have classily kept us up to date..to get enough of a feel for the filming and production. About the venom of CnB type people - I think the web's democracy goes to some peoples heads.. everyone should be able to speak freely, but there is a lack of responsibility for what is said that makes the value of that comment decrease. people cant hang themselves with their own rope in quite the same way they do in real life - they merely say their bit and slink off again. Thats all well and good but it certainly creates a fraglie community of opinion - easily stirred - a mass of information whos value is often hard to discern. thats why well run sites like this are a blessing. but bad news, bad press, bad mouthing - it all spirals frighteningly quickly online. more so that good news, hype etc.. it exists to regurgitate and parasitically break down everything. this can be hard to deal with sometimes.. you seek out what you are intersted in ( bond ) then are drawn into arguments, emotions that arent quite real. u cant be sure. when you turn off the computer u find a complete stranger has messed with your head!! its like a ouija board! anyway i digress..
i just get a good feeling now, like a fight has been won. the film is made..now everyone can make up their own minds. these forums will no longer resemble a roomful of people shouting at eachother in the dark. hopefully their can be some harmony, some making up - after the bloodbath of bond fans in the last year.
I think it does have asense of occasion - just this morning several people at my work have talked about the reviews..about how cool craig is. but despite all this i think CR will be a succes if it is a great film.. box office might take a hit - but thats what happens when you reintroduce quality into something. 2 weeks to go!!!
Edited by stone cold, 07 November 2006 - 01:34 PM.
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