# We have a new James Bond **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 12, 2005, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-new-james-bond/325838 "2005-10-12T02:46:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-new-james-bond/325838/21 "2005-10-12T15:51:29Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Yeah, Woody Allen wasn’t English, either. Nobody complained about him playing Bond. Actually, didn’t he play Jimmy Bond not James Bond? A minor point but a separation none-the-less. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-new-james-bond/325838/22 "2005-10-12T15:56:16Z")
I’d STILL nominate [Colin Salmon](Colin Salmon) as Bond. Course, I ALSO think Gina Torres would make a great Wonder Woman… ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-new-james-bond/325838/23 "2005-10-12T16:00:09Z")
I stopped watching the Bond movies when Connery left and then enjoyed watching the last couple with my son. I think if they dump Brosnan I will give the rest of them a miss. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-new-james-bond/325838/24 "2005-10-12T16:08:09Z")
Well, heck, they should dig up Hoagy Carmichael. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-new-james-bond/325838/25 "2005-10-12T16:12:12Z")
A young Hoagy Carmichael. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-new-james-bond/325838/26 "2005-10-12T16:15:42Z")
From the few movies I’ve seen with him (he’s probably best known as Paul Newman’s son in **Road to Perdition** ), Craig seems more in the hardened Timothy Dalton school of Bond (rougher, more serious, less fashion platey) than the Moore/Brosnan school. Craig’s profile should increase dramatically this winter since he’s featured in Spielberg’s new historical drama **Munich**. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-new-james-bond/325838/27 "2005-10-12T16:16:30Z")
I think he’ll be fine, but don’t be surprised if his take on Bond resembles that of Timothy Dalton (not flippant like Moore; more grounded and serious, even grim). Craig played a fine Ted Hughes in **Sylvia** – very dark, brooding, sexy, callously amoral at times, and with a commanding intelligence (as befits a future British Poet Laureate). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-new-james-bond/325838/28 "2005-10-12T16:18:18Z")
Heh heh, sounds like **Archive Guy** & yrs truly are on the same wavelength. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-new-james-bond/325838/29 "2005-10-12T16:34:20Z")
He looks like he could mop the floor with Pierce Brosnan, as could my infirmed aunt. It’ll be nice to have a tough, believable Bond again. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-new-james-bond/325838/30 "2005-10-12T16:53:30Z")
Never heard of this guy before, but he looks like he could play the part. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-new-james-bond/325838/31 "2005-10-13T01:56:54Z")
Then again, there’s the obscure actor playing a very Bond-like guy in a cheesy commercial for a preventative hangover cure. Suave Bond-type guy: check! In a tux? Check! Menaced by some shadowy skating assassin types on an ice rink, and saved in an improbable and cartoonish fashion? Check! With a theme that’s a transparent rip-off of John Barry? Of course… The Broccoli people really can’t put an end to this crap soon enough. “The action is cease… cease and desist.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-new-james-bond/325838.md?page=1)