I voted. You may be able to determine who I voted for by careful examination of the results...
On Aug 3, 3:22 pm, Edward Crosby <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, you never know. I think it depends on the demographic. Most kids > these days will be more likely to vote for Daniel Craig while most of the > old timers will be more likely to vote on Sean Connery. But then you have > the child of the 70's and 80's who may vote for Roger Moore. So, hopefully, > if there is a lot of traffic on the poll we may get a surprise. > > ---------------------------------------- > Have a Better One, > Edward Crosbyhttp://about.me/edwardcrosby > > > > On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 3:00 PM, Shag <[email protected]> wrote: > > Voted and tweeted. However, I can't see how Sean Connery is going to > > lose. Maybe take Sean out of the running and ask, who is your SECOND > > favorite Bond. Just a suggestion. > > > Shag > > > On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 1:33 PM, Edward Crosby <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> I've created a live poll for your picks. Vote and forward to your > >> favorite outlet (i.e. family, friend, Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, etc.) > > >>http://strawpoll.me/1691 > > >> ---------------------------------------- > >> Have a Better One, > >> Edward Crosby > >>http://about.me/edwardcrosby > > >> On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 3:11 PM, Jason Service <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>> I see what you are saying, and the literary James Bond was indeed a > >>> (reserve) Commander in the Royal Navy and i think he was a commando during > >>> WWII, so if we advance that to 'present day' then the Daniel Craig James > >>> was likely a Royal Marine, SBS or SAS operator (equivilent to our Green > >>> Berets or Navy SEALs) so, a fair amount of 'wear and tear' isn't outside > >>> the relm of possibility. > > >>> On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 1:38 PM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]>wrote: > > >>>> I don't think that Craig is "too rough" to be handsome -- my friend > >>>> Frosty freaking loves him -- just that the point Jenn and I were > >>>> discussing > >>>> is that he looks a little rough for this early in his career. At this > >>>> point, though he has been through some rough shit, heh! > > >>>> On Thursday, August 2, 2012 9:39:33 AM UTC-4, Serv wrote: > > >>>>> i think that still is too dark to be the "pinnacle scene" for Daniel > >>>>> Craig's Bond. While some folks here have said DC is a little too...rough > >>>>> looking, i know a lot of other women who MELT for him and if you can't > >>>>> see > >>>>> his face very well, it isn't a winner. Just my 2 cents as to why Shag is > >>>>> yet again wrong. :) > > >>>>> On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 12:03 AM, Shag <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>>>> Like others, I didn't care for Quantum of Solice, but that wasn't > >>>>>> Daniel Craig's fault. That was the script. > > >>>>>> Tonight I saw the Skyfall trailer on the front of Dark Knight Rises > >>>>>> IMAX. Supposedly it was an IMAX exclusive, but I'm sure it's made it > >>>>>> to > >>>>>> the web by now. I gotta say this trailer really got me excited! Not > >>>>>> since > >>>>>> the first Goldeneye trailer have I been so interested by a Bond movie > >>>>>> trailer. This movie has all the ingredients to make it great, the > >>>>>> question > >>>>>> is can they combine the ingredients correctly. > > >>>>>> One of those ingredients was a really memorable shot of Bond. If > >>>>>> they can make this movie good, the scene below will forever be > >>>>>> remembered > >>>>>> as the iconic Daniel Craig Bond (not this exact pose, but this scene). > >>>>>>http://static2.**businessinsider.com/image/** > >>>>>> 5017e840ecad042c42000001/**james-bond-skyfall-daniel-**craig.jpg<http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/5017e840ecad042c42000001/jam...> > > >>>>>> Shag > > >>>>>> On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 10:00 AM, Luke Jaconetti > >>>>>> <[email protected]>wrote: > > >>>>>>> Jenn, I don't think that that is a shallow comment at all. For a > >>>>>>> guy who is ostensibly just getting started, he looks like he has been > >>>>>>> out > >>>>>>> in the field for years. About the only way that I can rectify it is > >>>>>>> that > >>>>>>> while he is new to the 00 game, I am pretty sure he is still an > >>>>>>> officer > >>>>>>> (maybe not a Commander like he is in the books, but I am assuming > >>>>>>> some sort > >>>>>>> of officer) in the Royal Navy, meaning that he had to have handled > >>>>>>> some > >>>>>>> hairy situations to get noticed by MI6 in the first place. > > >>>>>>> Although I will say that from a physical standpoint, Craig may be > >>>>>>> the only one of the actors to really possess what Fleming called > >>>>>>> Bond's > >>>>>>> "cruel jaw." In line with Serv's comment about his "viscious > >>>>>>> determination," I can totally buy Craig's Bond as a man on a mission > >>>>>>> just > >>>>>>> from the set of his jawline and his piercing stare. He's the kind of > >>>>>>> agent > >>>>>>> who is called upon to (as M says in the novel Moonraker) "put a > >>>>>>> broadside" > >>>>>>> into someone. > > >>>>>>> On Wednesday, August 1, 2012 8:51:03 AM UTC-4, Jenn wrote: > > >>>>>>>> The thing about Craig's Bond, for me, and I realize this is could > >>>>>>>> come across as a bit shallow, was that he seemed too hardened and > >>>>>>>> weathered > >>>>>>>> (both physically--there's the shallow bit--and emotionally) to be > >>>>>>>> fresh to > >>>>>>>> the 00 system. While I realize that there is a certain amount of > >>>>>>>> ordeal to > >>>>>>>> go through to even earn 00 status, he still struck me as too hard > >>>>>>>> for what > >>>>>>>> was, essentially, a reboot of the series. > > >>>>>>>> That said, I really did enjoy Casino Royale, but I also enjoyed > >>>>>>>> Brosnan as Bond, so Craig was a reluctant enjoyment. > > >>>>>>>> But no one can hold a candle to Connery. > > >>>>>>>> On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 8:35 AM, Edward Crosby > >>>>>>>> <[email protected]>wrote: > > >>>>>>>>> That is the one thing I think I enjoyed most about that trailer > >>>>>>>>> was the introduction of Q. Especially when Q started talking about > >>>>>>>>> the > >>>>>>>>> Walther PPK. I got a little tingly down there. > >>>>>>>>> I think Luke hit it on the head when he described Craig in the > >>>>>>>>> Bond movies, that he, at times (most of the time in my book) > >>>>>>>>> doesn't even > >>>>>>>>> seem like James Bond but just a typical action hero. And that is > >>>>>>>>> why I call > >>>>>>>>> his movies just typical action movies. I remember watching Casino > >>>>>>>>> Royale > >>>>>>>>> for the first time and not realizing I was watching a James Bond > >>>>>>>>> movie. > >>>>>>>>> They could have just called the character Jim Bondman for all I > >>>>>>>>> cared. > >>>>>>>>> Again, hopefully this movie will surprise me and I change my view > >>>>>>>>> on these new Bond films. > > >>>>>>>>> ------------------------------****---------- > >>>>>>>>> Have a Better One, > >>>>>>>>> Edward Crosby > >>>>>>>>>http://about.me/edwardcrosby > > >>>>>>>>> On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 8:16 AM, Jason Service > >>>>>>>>> <[email protected]>wrote: > > >>>>>>>>>> And i am just the opposite...the silly gadgets are such a goofy > >>>>>>>>>> crutch. > > >>>>>>>>>> The Daniel Craig Bond is a more realistic character. In Casino > >>>>>>>>>> Royale James Bond is new to the 00 ranks and hasn't put in the > >>>>>>>>>> time, he > >>>>>>>>>> still needs to be refined, as this line in the movie (delivered by > >>>>>>>>>> M) > >>>>>>>>>> illustrates "Bond, this may be too much for a blunt instrument > >>>>>>>>>> to > >>>>>>>>>> understand......but arrogance and self-awareness seldom go hand in > >>>>>>>>>> hand" . > >>>>>>>>>> However, what Bond does show in Casino Royale and Quantum is > >>>>>>>>>> vicious > >>>>>>>>>> determination. When he wants "it" he gets/takes it regardless of > >>>>>>>>>> what is in > >>>>>>>>>> his way. After Casino and Quantum, we are starting to see that > >>>>>>>>>> Bond is > >>>>>>>>>> developing more of his 'all-around' skills and now we introduce the > >>>>>>>>>> Quartermaster, or Q...and now we see the full fledged Bond persona > >>>>>>>>>> begin to > >>>>>>>>>> take off. > > >>>>>>>>>> Read more athttp://www.hark.com/clips/**hkgm** > >>>>>>>>>> nhzdyr-this-may-be-too-**much-**for-a-blunt-instrument-**to-** > >>>>>>>>>> understand#**6JwEu4dQ4R6BD7tO.99<http://www.hark.com/clips/hkgmnhzdyr-this-may-be-too-much-for-a-blunt...> > > >>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 7:58 AM, Edward Crosby <[email protected] > >>>>>>>>>> > wrote: > > >>>>>>>>>>> Meh. > >>>>>>>>>>> Just hope it's better than Quantum of Solace. I like Daniel > >>>>>>>>>>> Craig but I just haven't been able to grasp him as James Bond. > > >>>>>>>>>>> List of favorite James Bonds: > > >>>>>>>>>>> Sean Connery > >>>>>>>>>>> Pierce Bronsnan > >>>>>>>>>>> George Lazenby (wish he had done more) > >>>>>>>>>>> Roger Moore > >>>>>>>>>>> Daniel Craig > > >>>>>>>>>>> And, no, I did not forget Timothy Dalton. I never bothered with > >>>>>>>>>>> his movies so I won't vote. The reasoning behind my favoring of > >>>>>>>>>>> the classic > >>>>>>>>>>> actors is because I am old school James Bond fan. Although Casino > >>>>>>>>>>> Royale > >>>>>>>>>>> was a pretty decent movie and pretty damn close to the book, it > >>>>>>>>>>> was just a > >>>>>>>>>>> simple action movie with not a lot of flair like the old James > >>>>>>>>>>> Bond movies. > >>>>>>>>>>> Give me gadgets, damnit! > >>>>>>>>>>> What's your list of favorites? > > >>>>>>>>>>> ------------------------------****---------- > >>>>>>>>>>> Have a Better One, > >>>>>>>>>>> Edward Crosby > >>>>>>>>>>>http://about.me/edwardcrosby > > >>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 7:17 AM, Serv <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>>>>>>>>>>http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/**2**012/07/31/new-skyfall-** > >>>>>>>>>>>> trailer-**whats-the-verdict/<http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/31/new-skyfall-trailer-whats-the...> > > >>>>>>>>>>>> That looks pretty good! > > >>>>>>>>>>>> -- > >>>>>>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the > >>>>>>>>>>>> Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. > >>>>>>>>>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit > >>>>>>>>>>>>https://groups.google.com/d/**ms**g/theuniquegeek/-/** > > ... > > read more »- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. 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