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Bond 24: Live And Let Die Remake With Idris Elba?
Whatculture ^ | March 27th, 2013

Posted on 04/03/2013 7:07:27 PM PDT by Perdogg

Names have already been thrown around regarding who might be replacing Daniel Craig as James Bond when his tenure eventually comes to an end – though that appears to be some way off – and one of those constantly brought up is Idris Elba, most famous for his fantastic performance as super-smart gangster Stringer Bell on The Wire. It has already been confirmed that Elba met with producer Barbara Brocolli to talk about taking on a Bond role, though perhaps not the one you’re thinking of.

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1 posted on 04/03/2013 7:07:27 PM PDT by Perdogg
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2 posted on 04/03/2013 7:08:23 PM PDT by Perdogg (Sen Ted Cruz, Sen Mike Lee, and Sen Rand Paul are my adoptive Senators)
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To: Perdogg

Why not Barack Hussein Obama as Bond? (You read it here first.)


3 posted on 04/03/2013 7:11:52 PM PDT by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: Perdogg
I thought Daniel Craig was a great Bond. Completely different from the stereotype...but grittier and more realistic.

Bonds role wasn't something that could be smooth...it was bloody and (to quote "M": "bloody cheeky")

4 posted on 04/03/2013 7:13:22 PM PDT by RoosterRedux (Get armed, practice in the use of your weapons, get physically fit, stay alert!)
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To: Perdogg
I don't know who I would like to play the next Bond, but I know who I would like to play the next M. Pierce Brosnan. This would completely explain why Bond can be a spy for generations, played by different people. James Bond is a code name, like 007.

It would be totally cool to have an introduction scene between Brosnan and a faceless new Bond, where he promotes him to a double zero and says, "You are Bond, James Bond."

James Bond, Introduction

5 posted on 04/03/2013 7:19:17 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: Perdogg

I know we’re supposed to be a color blind society, but please, give me a fraking break.


6 posted on 04/03/2013 7:20:09 PM PDT by EveningStar ("What color is the sky in your world?" -- Frasier Crane)
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To: Vince Ferrer

That’s a fan theory...that “James Bond” is simply a nom de guerre” and 007 is the number that goes with it.

It explains the whole James Bond franchise perfectly.


7 posted on 04/03/2013 7:22:26 PM PDT by AnAmericanAbroad (It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
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To: Perdogg

No disrespect to black people, but a black Bond will NOT work. A black Moneypenny I can understand, but the role of 007 has already been cast in stone as white going back to the first book.

It makes as much sense as a white Shaft remake. Anyone watch Kojak on TV when Ving Rhames played Kojak?? Yeah, thats what I though.

Bond was never a PC person, so keep the PC out of the films.


8 posted on 04/03/2013 7:24:03 PM PDT by ObozoMustGo2012
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To: Perdogg
Idris Elba

Why stop here...let's have a Muzzy Bond.

England, the once great Empire has gone soft (though I know that there are many in the UK Special Forces who have not gone soft).

What's next guys? Rise up and kick some arse. Raise a pint of ale and an AS50 for the cause.

9 posted on 04/03/2013 7:24:37 PM PDT by RoosterRedux (Get armed, practice in the use of your weapons, get physically fit, stay alert!)
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To: ObozoMustGo2012

Nevermind, i didnt read the whole article! :-S
Either way, i stay w/ my arguement that a black Bond would not fit.

A Live and Let Die remake would be great, but needs to be much darker than the original.


10 posted on 04/03/2013 7:28:23 PM PDT by ObozoMustGo2012
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To: ObozoMustGo2012
Having a black Bond would make it darker than the original.
11 posted on 04/03/2013 7:33:25 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: ObozoMustGo2012
A Live and Let Die remake would be great, but needs to be much darker than the original.

That sensitive comedian, Roger Moore, played Jane Bond in the original movie. After seeing Sean Connery and then seeing his replacement, it was quite a letdown.

Instead of retreading this James Bond stuff, they should have a spy or superhero who will fight Islamic imans and terrorists. That would really take guts for Hollywood or any other studio.

12 posted on 04/03/2013 7:36:10 PM PDT by Stepan12
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To: AnAmericanAbroad

Yes, and having Pierce Brosnan become M, explains where they go, they either retire, get promoted to a desk job, or die. They could even kill Craig’s Bond at the end of his last movie, so M can promote a new one.


13 posted on 04/03/2013 7:37:14 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: EveningStar

They already made Moneypenny black.


14 posted on 04/03/2013 7:38:20 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Jyotishi
Why not Barack Hussein Obama as Bond? (You read it here first.)

That's right! Let's have bathhouse Barry play James Bond. Maybe we can have a scene in the movie where he sodomizes CIA agent, Felix Leiter.

Gawd... you freepers slay me more than anyone with a license to kill.


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15 posted on 04/03/2013 7:40:28 PM PDT by Stepan12
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To: Vince Ferrer

Craig is making two more Bond movies and “M” is definitely going to be Ralph Fiennes... He got the nod at the end of Skyfall...


16 posted on 04/03/2013 7:59:32 PM PDT by Frank Sheed (The injustice of trendiness is nearly dualistic in its isomorphism.)
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To: Stepan12

Craig is a GAY Bond. In Sky Fall, the bad guy tries to seduce Bond and says “there’s a first time for everything”. Bond replies “who said it would be my first time?”


17 posted on 04/03/2013 8:41:58 PM PDT by MNDude (I survived the sequester!)
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To: Perdogg

LALD is one of my favorite Bond movies, and I don’t care what the Moore haters will say :)

Still, I can see it being redone well by the current team, even though I’d rather see more original stories. I’ll give it a watch, though, with one caveat: either keep the original McCartney theme, or get Sir Paul to remake it himself, because they won’t be able to top it.


18 posted on 04/03/2013 9:13:30 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: MNDude

Exactly, he said it as a question, not a statement, and he said it pretty mockingly. It pretty well disarmed the villain’s tactic of trying to intimidate Bond through some homosexual molestation, so I’d say it was simply a cheeky remark on Bond’s part, not some gay confession.

Not to mention, Craig’s character is the most hetero Bond since Connery, so reading it the other way doesn’t make much sense in context.


19 posted on 04/03/2013 9:18:17 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Perdogg

Daniel Craig is an awesome Bond. I stopped watching Bond films 20 years ago and he brought me back. Loved Craig in Layercake- highly recommended gritty London gangster flick. While you are at it, check out Sexy Beast. Ben Kingsley played the baddest villain ever.


20 posted on 04/03/2013 9:36:02 PM PDT by MattinNJ (It's over Johnny. The America you knew is gone. Denial serves no purpose.)
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