Ron Moore and the new alchemists can KMA. If the movie was a stock, I’d sell it short like a landslide.

Can’t wait till BSG returns.

Can’t wait to see what his new films will be.

And can’t wait till May 2009!

This Bond of the film CR is clearly not seasoned or professional (and IMO it just ain’t even Bond at all), so it is easy to see why casting younger would have been smarter. Anybody who has read John Pearson’s superb ‘biography of 007′ will probably draw the same conclusions (Pearson’s book is practically like an extra Fleming novel, but in a lot of ways, even better than most. It has been out of print for decades, but was republished this year in the US supposedly,) as it has Bond involved with intelligence work in his teens, and having ‘fits of temper’ like those in CR when he is 16, not decades later.”

I have some issues with that. Pearson’s “biography” may be an entertaining read, but is hardly a concrete source. Perhaps the people behind Casino Royale wanted Bond’s backstory to be a little more plausible (if you can use that term in application to a Bond film). From what I recall, the novel, “Casino Royale” lists Bond as a former Commander in the Royal Navy. That rank usually requires about 10 years of service in most cases, and there have not been any teenage “officers” in any Western military organization (aside from 1944-45 Nazi Germany) since the First World War. Those factors would place Bond at an age of 32 (at a minimum) when he entered training for MI-6, if it is to be believable at all. The filmmakers may not maintain continuity with the fictional biography you mention as a source, but their backstory makes alot more sense to this former United States Marine officer than Mr. Pearson’s version does.

The bottom line is, you are certainly entitled to your opinion of the “Bond reboot”, but like millions of other fans across the globe, I was thoroughly entertained…and look forward to the next one for the first time in awhile.

On another note, I think you are 100% correct about Rick Berman. I don’t think he even liked TOS.

#96—Excellent point, and I also agree with Moore. I think TNG’s overreliance on technobabble problem solving and lack of frontier romanticism was one of the reasons I enjoyed it much less (along with my obviously more advanced age when it aired, as compared to TOS).

Thanks! ;)

I completely agree with him. It’s one of the things I really like about TOS. I miss it when I watch TNG episodes.

This Bond of the film CR is clearly not seasoned or professional (and IMO it just ain’t even Bond at all), so it is easy to see why casting younger would have been smarter. Anybody who has read John Pearson’s superb ‘biography of 007′ will probably draw the same conclusions (Pearson’s book is practically like an extra Fleming novel, but in a lot of ways, even better than most. It has been out of print for decades, but was republished this year in the US supposedly,) as it has Bond involved with intelligence work in his teens, and having ‘fits of temper’ like those in CR when he is 16, not decades later.

#94
If you look at Berman’s comments about people in togas from TOS and how ridiculous it was (I supposed I shouldn’t talk about “planet of the diapers’/JUSTICE from season 1 TNG, should I?), it is clear he couldn’t come close to looking at TOS objectively. I think of him as Bob Justman without any of the integrity or creativity, so he had the ability to make the show run, just not in any way I appreciated (outside of hiring Piller.)

I may be a conspiracy theorist here, but I can’t help but think that Berman pushed for this so hard because of his disdain for TOS (and to elevate TNG over it in his mind any way). If Roddenberry had been alive, he would have ever allowed this. I think he understood the immortal mythic hero concept better than anyone.