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Roger "Should Have Been Acting In 'Carry On' Films With His Camp Innuendo Style" Moore? (OK, so that was about the size of it).Swedishguy said:Roger Moore Action! (OK, that was a lame joke...)
Roger "Should Have Been Acting In 'Carry On' Films With His Camp Innuendo Style" Moore? (OK, so that was about the size of it).Swedishguy said:Roger Moore Action! (OK, that was a lame joke...)
Indeed. Next thing you know, they'll be cracking "dumbsoul_warrior said:have none of you notice that bond is now BLOND
what were they thinking?
i have serious doubts he would be able to transverse that threshold.
Dude, you are so right. They already have...Bozo Erectus said:You think thats bad? Wait till they make Bond a woman. It'll happen, you can count on it.
*Ignores Rambu's Jedi Mind tricks*Rambuchan said:*cough*
Lazenby? On Her Majesty's Secret Service?
*cough*
Happy now?
Thats a dame, not a broadRambuchan said:Dude, you are so right. They already have...
Furry muff. I'm not one to nitpick.Bozo Erectus said:Thats a dame, not a broadAnyone who scoffs at the suggestion should go talk to poor Starbuck.
Considering the number of writers who've tried, and generally failed, to do plummy Bridget Jones one better, it only makes sense that Fielding should take a vacation from the genre she spawned and seek (sort of) greener pastures.
Her new inspiration? Think Ian Fleming.
Fielding's ridiculous, delicious, wildly improbable plot goes something like this: freelance journalist Olivia Joules ("as in the unit of kinetic energy"), formerly Rachel Pixley (her whole family got run over when she was 14), gets bumped from the Sunday Times's international coverage down to the style pages thanks to the titular imagination (e.g., a story about a "cloud of giant, fanged locusts pancaking down on Ethiopia"). In between ducking twittering PR reps and airheaded blondes at a Miami face cream launch party, she uncovers what looks like an al-Qaeda plot, headed by a dreamy Osama bin Laden look-alike, who is either (1) a terrorist, (2) an international playboy, (3) a serial killer or (4) all of the above. Languid, mysterious Pierre Feramo returns Olivia's interest, and thus begins an around-the-world adventure that has plucky Olivia eventually recruited by MI6.
In addition to the fun spy gear (e.g., Chloé shades fitted with a nerve-agent dagger) there are kidnappings, bomb plots and scuba-diving disasters. Olivia is slim, confident and accomplished; ostensibly, she's "painstakingly erased all womanly urges to question her shape, looks, role in life," etc. But she still has her bumbling Jonesian moments, and though she may not need a man, she'll get one in the end. What's wrong with the book: two-dimensional characters, dangling plot threads, the questionable taste of al-Qaeda bombings in an escapist, comic spy novel. What's right: girl-power punch, page-turning brio and a new heroine to root for.
Publishers Weekly Review on Amazon
I just hope they have the decency and wait till I'm dead.Bozo Erectus said:A spoof I dont mind, Olivia Joules and 'girl power' I have no problem with. Its Jane Bond, Agent 007 I have a problem with. I just hope they have the decency to wait till Connery is dead.
Hey thats a good thread idea. Hmm...How about Kate Beckinsale? Nahh, too girly. It would have to be a woman thats hot, but still butch enough that you can believe her kicking ass. Might be best to go with an unknown.Rambuchan said:I just hope they have the decency and wait till I'm dead.
But.....let's just say they do have a "Jane Bond, Agent 007".....who would be the best actress to play the part?
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Dig up Connery's body, extract his DNA, replace his Y with a copy of his X, and you'll produce the only woman who can ever come close to playing a She-Bond.Rambuchan said:I just hope they have the decency and wait till I'm dead.
But.....let's just say they do have a "Jane Bond, Agent 007".....who would be the best actress to play the part?
Post pics if you need to folks![]()
Bozo Erectus said:Hey thats a good thread idea. Hmm...How about Kate Beckinsale? Nahh, too girly. It would have to be a woman thats hot, but still butch enough that you can believe her kicking ass. Might be best to go with an unknown.
A Leigh Girl it is!Ingvina Freyr said:The character Jane Bond would be...
...beating up people and occasionally be beaten up,
...addicted to gambling,
...addicted to alcohol,
...sleeping with hundreds of men...
You are so right.soul warrior said:here is BOND. JAMES BOND.
You mean Jennifer Jason Leigh?PrinceOfLeigh said:A Leigh Girl it is!