James Bond

[noseall]

Having had a Scot and an Irishman play him, does it matter??!!!.

It does yes in the same way you wouldn't want Gandhi played by Vinnie Jones.

 

[JBR]

What about a gay James Bond or a gay/ black/muslim/ female/ who can't speak English properly James Bond, that would tick all the boxes.

Whoever it is, they'd surely have to be in a wheelchair as well.

(Sorry, nothing against disabled people; only against the politically correct.)

 

[mark vincent]

What about a gay James Bond or a gay/ black/muslim/ female/ who can't speak English properly James Bond, that would tick all the boxes.

Whoever it is, they'd surely have to be in a wheelchair as well.

(Sorry, nothing against disabled people; only against the politically correct.)

Or Jeremy Clarkson, he's looking for job a moment.

 

[ladylola]

What about a gay James Bond .

Given that Bond girls are such an integral part of the films if we had a female Bond then surely she would have to be gay because as we know Bond always cops off with at least one of the girls.
As to him being black , then it really shouldn't matter but saying that seeing Felix Lieter change colour really stuck in my mind as lazy continuity even if it was in two different films.
Anyway I much prefer Harry Palmer.

 

[CylonRaider]

Or an American playing Robin Hood ?

Doh!

God was awesome though !!

 

[Belboz]

As to him being black , then it really shouldn't matter but saying that seeing Felix Lieter change colour really stuck in my mind as lazy continuity even if it was in two different films.
Anyway I much prefer Harry Palmer.

My original post was about the growing trend of getting further and further away from the original character - whether that be real or fictional.

Poetic licence is fine but I deplore the increasing habit of taking it to the nth degree...

Real or fictional - how far do we alter the person's character (that goes for everything - colour, sexual orientation etc etc.) and, more importantly, WHY??

B

 

[Dextraneous]

Real or fictional - how far do we alter the person's character (that goes for everything - colour, sexual orientation etc etc.) and, more importantly, WHY??

B

Misplaced concept of progress?

 

[Micilin]

Jack Reacher, notable for his huge size....played by Tom Cruise.

Or our old favourite, the Enigma machine being captured by......

 

[Dextraneous]

Jack Reacher, notable for his huge size....played by Tom Cruise.

Or our old favourite, the Enigma machine being captured by......

Worst castings ive ever seen include Ken Stott as Rebus, and David Tennant as anything whatsoever he touches.

 

[ladylola]

As to him being black , then it really shouldn't matter but saying that seeing Felix Lieter change colour really stuck in my mind as lazy continuity even if it was in two different films.
Anyway I much prefer Harry Palmer.

My original post was about the growing trend of getting further and further away from the original character - whether that be real or fictional.

Poetic licence is fine but I deplore the increasing habit of taking it to the nth degree...

Real or fictional - how far do we alter the person's character (that goes for everything - colour, sexual orientation etc etc.) and, more importantly, WHY??

B

Yes understand where you are coming from , it's basically the same as people saying the film is nowhere near as good as the book.

 

[Micilin]

Jack Reacher, notable for his huge size....played by Tom Cruise.

Or our old favourite, the Enigma machine being captured by......

Worst castings ive ever seen include Ken Stott as Rebus, and David Tennant as anything whatsoever he touches.

I thought Stott was just like Rebus! , it just shows the power of the imagination when reading.

 

[RNReindeer]

Jack Reacher, notable for his huge size....played by Tom Cruise.

Or our old favourite, the Enigma machine being captured by......

Worst castings ive ever seen include Ken Stott as Rebus, and David Tennant as anything whatsoever he touches.

I thought Stott was just like Rebus! , it just shows the power of the imagination when reading.

Interesting that Rebus's TV character has been mentioned because according to Ian Rankin, he purposefully avoided seeing any of the TV programmes so as not to be influenced by the TV portrayal of the Rebus character.
Whereas Bernard Cornwell wrote additional books to explain and accommodate the TV portrayal of Sharpe by Sean Bean. Later books were written with Sean Bean's portrayal in mind.

 

[wobs]

Real or fictional - how far do we alter the person's character (that goes for everything - colour, sexual orientation etc etc.) and, more importantly, WHY??

B

Misplaced concept of progress?

^This

 

[JBR]

My original post was about the growing trend of getting further and further away from the original character - whether that be real or fictional.

Poetic licence is fine but I deplore the increasing habit of taking it to the nth degree...

Real or fictional - how far do we alter the person's character (that goes for everything - colour, sexual orientation etc etc.) and, more importantly, WHY??

B

All part of the great diversity experiment.

 

[longdogs]

Having had a Scot and an Irishman play him, does it matter??!!!

For me Roger Moore was Bond, for no other reason ( eg acting) than he was the one playing him in the Cinema when I was a lad.

Me too. Although I realise he probably wasn't the best of actors, he was Bond at the time.

Do you remember the gasps from all the kids in the cinema when this happened:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzA5R9aSFCI&feature=player_detailpage#t=77