"The name is Bond. Moneygrubbing Bond."

[Shockeye]

I have a small man-crush on Alan Davies and wouldn't mind seeing him get the role.

[stray]

Rowan Atkinson, Alan Davies?

I may as well throw Eddie Izzard in the mix:

[Signe]

I LOVE Alan Davies!  I'm a big fan of Jonathan Creek.  Anyone notice that the magician from that show was Giles from Buffy?  Alan Davies as James Bond?  Ooh... I don't know about that, Shockeye.  I don't know if he can be quite classy enough.  By the way, I was joking about Rowan Atkinson being 007... I just love the rumour, though.

A lot of people have the look... most of the ones mentioned here seem like they'd be good at it.  Clive Owen sounds good to me and Connery could surely do it... I mean, never say never again, right?  Just 20 years later... again.  Eddie Izzard is wonderful and is probably a good enough actor to actually pull it off.  (though James Bond never struck me as being very demanding as far as acting goes)

[Shockeye]

Giles wasn't arrogant enough to be the magician. I liked the guy they replaced him with.

Alan probably can't pull off James Bond, but I wanted an excuse to post his picture.

[Signe]

Giles wasn't arrogant enough to be the magician. I liked the guy they replaced him with.

Alan probably can't pull off James Bond, but I wanted an excuse to post his picture.

You are such a fanboi!  One of the things I've always loved about you is your tendancy towards shades of pink.  Needless to say, it's a very manly shade of pink.  Needless to say.   

[Shockeye]

My pink only goes so far. I refuse to watch "Gilmore Girls".

[SirBruce]

I would think Eddie Izzard could actually pull off being Bond, but I was less-than-impressed by his work in Shadow of the Vampire.  Then again, he was playing a bad actor in the movie, so perhaps he was acting badly on purpose.

Bruce

[stray]

I just posted a picture of a transvestite (albeit an "executive" transvetite). How I managed to avoid being called a "shade of pink", I'll never know (not that I would want to be called such though).

[Shockeye]

I just posted a picture of a transvestite (albeit an "executive" transvetite). How I managed to avoid being called a "shade of pink", I'll never know (not that I would want to be called such though).

But Eddie is known for comedy, not just for dressing up. Unlike RuPaul.

If you'd posted a picture of RuPaul then you could've been called various things. Eddie Izzard, not so much.

[eldaec]

Fuck you Orlando Bloom, for pussifying one of the greatest and oldest epics in human history.

Troy was plenty ruined by any number of things before Mr Bloom.

It isn't going to be anyone that famous anyhow - it'll be someone in at least their late thirties who is happy to tie their entire career to Bond, now that they know they are never going to be *really* famous any other way. Colin Salmon  should be a real contender; I suspect Jack Davenport would be a good pick, but won't get it because he's now throughly typecast; I'd be interested to see Christopher Ecclestone try the role, but only if he can dump the mancunian accent. If you want an outsider, try Richard Roxburgh, Austrailian is close enough to British for noone to mind much, and he's demonstrated an ability to play British a number of times.

Whoever it is, I'll be very surprised if it's anyone better known than one of those I listed above.

EDIT: Oh, and if Davenport, Ecclestone, and Roxburgh don't get it, they'd all make decent Bond villians at some point.

[Signe]

I think Stray is rather pink.  I like that so many of you are in touch with your feminine side.  Some of you could use some work, though.  My own husband, Righ, and Haemish seem completely hopeless, for example.  Righ will cuddle... but only in a very deep voice.  Schild does try to be a wee bit pink, but fails miserably.  I love him for trying, however. 

[stray]

"Rather" pink? 

[Signe]

Sorry... I meant a wee bit pink, not rather pink with emphasis on rather.  A little pink is nice.  No pink at all is slightly scary.

[stray]

Nah I'm just kidding. Emphasis on "rather" is probably closer to the truth. More than I care to admit. I'm a boyfriend and girlfriend all at once (Hmm...Did I just say that? I mean it in the most "normal" way possible...Not in the Eddie Izzard sense  ).

[schild]

My pink only goes so far. I refuse to watch "Gilmore Girls".

This, coming from the guy that owns Sledgehammer on DVD.

[Signe]

Hey!  I love Peter Gabriel!

[Righ]

Rhys Ifans should be the next James Bond.

[Shockeye]

No, this Sledge Hammer!

[Paelos]

Signe should do a pink list of all the posters.

[Shockeye]

Rhys Ifans should be the next James Bond.

While he was wonderful in "Notting Hill" and "The Replacements", he's just too lanky to be Bond.

[schild]

Now, did you have to go and kill this thread by posting that image? I was ok with them thinking it was something else.

[SirBruce]

The series had its moments.  It's interesting to contrast the characters in the Pilot with how the actual series turned out.

When they found out they were cancelled, they actually blew up the world in nuclear war at the end of Season Two.  No half-measures with this show!

Bruce

[Signe]

I've never even heard of that Sledgehammer! 

Sorry.

[Margalis]

I used to love that show! Wasn't there one where the main character got made into some sort of boom-box robot or something like that?

[Llava]

I remember watching that with my parents.  I seem to recall one episode in which he tackles a vampire.

[Margalis]

Wouldn't he also fall down the stairs all the time?

[Signe]

That show sounds like "Get Smart!"  I love that show.  They used to have repeats all the time but I haven't seen any in ages.  I don't know why very, very silly spy spoofs appeal to me... I suppose it's some sort of character flaw.  I thought the Austin Powers films were outrageously funny, too.

[SirBruce]

Instead of a spy spoof, it was a cop spoof.  Sledge Hammer was more like Dirty Harry meets Police Squad.  It wasn't nearly as funny, though.

Bruce

[Signe]

I thought I should mention that season four of Jonathan Creek started last Monday on BBC America.  Just in case someone didn't know....

[Shockeye]

Nip/Tuck star may squeeze into Bond role

Staff and agencies
Friday February 25, 2005
 
Julian McMahon, the Australian-born star of US cable hit Nip/Tuck who will play Doctor Doom in the big screen version of Fantastic Four this summer, is the latest actor to stake his claim to the James Bond role.

McMahon says 007 producers told him the race to succeed Pierce Brosnan was between him and one other person. Franchise producers are expected to announce later this year who will become the next incarnation of the British superspy.

Clive Owen is regarded the frontrunner and has seen his stock rise in recent months with a Golden Globe win and an Academy Award nomination for Closer.

Other performers who have been associated with the role include Ewan McGregor, Stuart Townsend, Colin Farrell and Robbie Williams.

Martin Campbell will direct the 21st Bond instalment and told reporters this week the story will focus on the character's early days as a secret agent and will be grittier than previous outings, featuring a scene where Bond is threatened with castration by an enemy.

[schild]

I will now log my 57th vote for Clive Owen as James Bond.

The guy from Nip/Tuck is too goddamn sleazy.

[Shockeye]

I will now log my 57th vote for Clive Owen as James Bond.

The guy from Nip/Tuck is too goddamn sleazy.

That and he's going to ruin Dr. Doom.

I did like him on "Charmed". He fit that role pretty well and he was completely useless on "Profiler".

[Big Gulp]

It really doesn't matter, Jason Bourne is the new James Bond.

It's basically just a mixture of Day of the Jackal mixed with the Bond movies to begin with.  And it's so much more gratifying than Bond because it's smarter, grittier, and while thrilling, still technically still within the realm of believability.

[Signe]

Isn't Jason Bourne a fictional character?

[schild]

James Bond is too. All he's saying is that Jason Bourne is the new James Bond as red is the new yellow. Or whatever.