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Author Topic: Pierce Brosnan no longer "Bonded" Robert Harrison Expert Film Handler Posts: 239 From: Harwood Heights, Illinois, USA Registered: Jun 2005 posted 08-18-2005 08:29 PM                     I thought this was an old story, but here it is again today on CNN. Pierce Brosnan has been told to not report for duty for the upcoming "Casino Royale" 007 film. No replacement has been named as of yet. I took it upon myself to interview the actors who have portrayed Bond in the past to see what they think of doing "Royale" again. You might recall that the original version was a spoof done by another production company that had the rights to that one Fleming novel (back then). And, before THAT, it was done on live television. SEAN CONNERY: "You know, I promised myself that I would kill the next areshole who asked me about those fucking Bond pictures!" ROGER MOORE: "How come nobody ever asks me about 'Spice World?' Oh, well, to answer your question, I don't think watching Bond play cards for two hours could be very exciting, would it? They'll probably stray from the novel and have the casino be a front for a maniacal billionaire bent on destroying the world. It worked in MY day." TOMOTHY DALTON: "Personally, I don't think anyone could ever top the original TV version with Barry Nelson as 'Card Sense' Jimmy Bond. Why don't they remake that shitty 'View To A Kill,' instead?" GEORGE LAZENBY: "Oh, I can't wait to see how they film the scene where Le Chiffre has Bond tied up naked to a chair with no bottom and bangs his balls with a carpet beater!" PIERCE BROSNAN: "You know, I don't really care now what they do. Me? I'm moving on to a NEW series...of Thomas Crown pictures." Brosnan will reportedly do a sequel to his remake of "The Thomas Crown Affair" which will also be a remake of "Topkapi," hence the title, "The Topkapi Affair." Of course, the "interviews" are fake, but the item about "The Topkapi Affair" I read of in Boxoffice Magazine a while back. [ 08-18-2005, 09:34 PM: Message edited by: Robert Harrison ]  |  IP: Logged Mike Heenan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1896 From: Scottsdale, AZ, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 08-18-2005 08:41 PM                     Ummm yeah, but the thing is that months ago he was in contention.... then it was Clive Owen, Julian McMahon, or Roger Moore's son, then it was possibly Bronsnan again, then it was... ahh well who cares till they announce it!  |  IP: Logged William Hooper Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1879 From: Mobile, AL USA Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-19-2005 01:31 AM                        OMG THEY'RE TRYING TO RE-MAKE 'CASINO ROYALE'? HERESY! What's next, re-making Casablanca, Citizen Kane, or Un Chien Andalou? There is only ONE James Bond, and it is David Niven, Peter Sellers, Dahlia Lavi, Terence Cooper, & Woody Allen. There is only ONE Le Chiffre, & it is either Peter Lorre or Orson Welles.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 08-19-2005 05:33 AM                     Yeah, but what ARE you going to do when you can't think up ANY new stories? They talk about all these "lost" films (due to nitrate deterioration or just plain lost)...why not remake those? Then they will seem like fresh new ideas  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-19-2005 10:20 AM                     remake nitrate films hmmm maybe some of these crap sequals should be made on nitrate so they can get lost  |  IP: Logged Ken Layton Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1452 From: Olympia, Wash. USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 08-19-2005 10:53 AM                     The Bond series has run out of steam. It's time to re-issue the early Bonds like Dr. No and Golfinger.  |  IP: Logged John Walsh Film God Posts: 2490 From: Connecticut, USA, Earth, Milky Way Registered: Oct 1999 posted 08-19-2005 11:48 AM                     Let me see if I've got this right: Someone comes to you and says, "We want you to be James Bond in movies. The spy, not the projector technician. We'll give you 8-15 million US$ for each picture. You only have to work for about 3 months, every 3-4 years or so. Except for that, you can go after all the 'high-brow' acting jobs you want." So what do you do? Work a few pictures, then say "I'm tired of this; It's ruining my career. Blah, blah." Shit, give me the job if you don't want it. With a little help from digital effects, I'm sure I could be a handsome, thin, athletic English star.... Well, maybe a lot of help....!  |  IP: Logged Don Furr Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 509 From: Sun City, Ca USA Registered: Nov 2002 posted 08-19-2005 11:49 AM                     Every time I turned on AMC this week there was a different Bond movie showing. I couldn't get past the commercials  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-19-2005 01:34 PM                        quote: Ken Layton The Bond series has run out of steam. It's time to re-issue the early Bonds like Dr. No and Golfinger. Out of steam? Not at the ticket window: The most recent Bond was the highest-grossing in the series so far.  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Jorgenson Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1002 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: Feb 2005 posted 08-19-2005 02:06 PM                        quote: John Walsh So what do you do? Work a few pictures, then say "I'm tired of this; It's ruining my career. Blah, blah." Are you talking about Brosnan? In the new Entertainment Weekly he is interviewed about it, he certainly didn't say anything like that, in fact it sounded like he would've liked to have continued with the series.  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 08-19-2005 03:50 PM                        Brosnan didn't quit. He's being dumped.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-19-2005 08:50 PM                     I Won't miss him!  |  IP: Logged Steve Scott Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1300 From: Minneapolis, MN Registered: Sep 2000 posted 08-20-2005 10:43 AM                     An article or criticism I read while I was a Bond nut summed it up best, stating Connery was the most suave and authentic; Lazenby, too brief; Moore, too giddy; Dalton, too severe; and Brosnan, too slight. After the last two Bond films, I've questioned the value of going any further with the series. James Bond lacks definition, nowadays amongst our slough of action films, aside from a few recycled nuances and story archetypes. So much of Bond was centered on his chauvanistic charm in the 60's. The cold war helped preserve the series by allowing it the reality of crazy plots from villans half a world away (or in Switzwerland). James Bond really isn't equipped to fight Jihaad militants, shoe bombers and the like (I wonder if any soldiers think they're heading into "Octopussy" when they ship out?). I think it was the literary background that originally set Bond apart from other secret agents and production spies of the day. Now that the public at large doesn't receive their action stories from books, the Bond franchise (content and character-wise) resembles a fish flapping about on scorching, dry land. It's just not the old boy's place in the world of "Transporter 2."  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 08-20-2005 05:51 PM                        I hear that Pierce Brosnan doesn't even flush his own toilet.  |  IP: Logged Robert Harrison Expert Film Handler Posts: 239 From: Harwood Heights, Illinois, USA Registered: Jun 2005 posted 08-20-2005 06:14 PM                     I can verify that, Joe. I live next door to Pierce and I never hear him flush his toilet. It must really stink in there.  |  IP: Logged

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