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Post by EnriqueH on Sept 26, 2013 22:11:50 GMT -5
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Post by Melv on Sept 26, 2013 22:17:33 GMT -5
I'm pretty certain I put it in one of the Batman+Superman/Ben Affleck threads.
Either way, it's a perfect idea if possible.
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Post by EnriqueH on Sept 26, 2013 22:19:54 GMT -5
Shit, I must've accidentally overlooked it.
It's a pretty big deal if true, particularly for this board. Lots of Dalton fans here.
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Post by Melv on Sept 26, 2013 22:25:46 GMT -5
If they're going to replace Michael Caine, they might as well do it with James Bond.
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Post by Jor-L5150 on Sept 26, 2013 23:43:08 GMT -5
Yeah- its not a new rumor, but it would be cool.
I'm for it.
Ebrique- did you ever see "looney tunes back in action" ?
Late 90s/early 2000s. Brandon frazier and the looney tunes characters. Dalton has a cameo in a spoof of james bond. Its pretty cool.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2013 4:35:51 GMT -5
Fuck yes, Dalton as Alfred. My favorite Bond and the President of the Time Lords? Who else? I always liked the version of Alfred in which he was a bad ass mercenary.
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Post by Kirok on Sept 27, 2013 8:00:16 GMT -5
I heard this rumor a while ago too. Awesome casting if true. It'll serve Alfred's relatively new military/special forces background well. Just for goodness sake have him with a mustache this time. I don't know what's up with these movie Alfreds not having mustaches but it needs to stop. At least Charles Napier had one...
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Post by atp on Sept 27, 2013 8:06:40 GMT -5
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Post by Kirok on Sept 27, 2013 8:16:39 GMT -5
With that hair he'd certainly look better if he were bald...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2013 21:08:24 GMT -5
I noticed it in Hot Fuzz. He was beginning to Picardize.
I would fucking LOVE it if he was Alfred. Ohhh man. That'd be awesome.
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Post by EnriqueH on Sept 28, 2013 6:42:51 GMT -5
Yeah- its not a new rumor, but it would be cool. I'm for it. Ebrique- did you ever see "looney tunes back in action" ? Late 90s/early 2000s. Brandon frazier and the looney tunes characters. Dalton has a cameo in a spoof of james bond. Its pretty cool. Yeah I heard about that. I'll have to check it out. Most times, Dalton is the best thing in the film: Hot Fuzz, Rocketeer, Flash Gordon. He was tr best thing in all those movies. |
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Post by Scissorpuppy on Sept 28, 2013 10:04:59 GMT -5
I've always noticed a similarity between Dalton and Stewart, perhaps both being trained theater actors had something to do with it.
It's nice to see Dalton has opened up to genre roles over the past decade, although I wish he would have embraced that more in the early 90's, maybe he did but perhaps The Rocketeer flopping closed some doors for him. To think of all the roles he could have had during his prime, from what I understand he was offered various roles during his Bond days, but turned them all down to focus on theater work. That was his choice, and one that I suppose made him happy. But he lost a chance to be a leading man and in turn probably one hurt his popularity as Bond as well, from the looks of things by 1992/93 he was only being offered tv roles.
Brosnan took the ball and ran with it as Bond, he went from doing bond-lite tv movies to starring in hollywood films after Goldeneye (Although his turn in Mrs Doubtfire probably opened the door for a potential career in comedies if Bond had not come along), Daniel Craig also really has grabbed ahold of the offers since
becoming Bond. But it seems the only films that are big hits for him are the Bond series, his films since Casino Royale have been under performers or films that did good/great but failed compared to production costs.
Dalton as Alfred would be great, but actually I don't know if I would want an Alfred who I think could kick Batman's ass. Dalton looks like he would destroy Affleck. I'd rather Dalton had a meaty Villain role, in either a DC or Marvel film.
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Post by EnriqueH on Sept 28, 2013 11:48:54 GMT -5
I too wish I'd seen more of Dalton over the years, especially in mainstream roles.
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Post by ye5man on Sept 30, 2013 7:31:00 GMT -5
He seemed to have taken the "Reeve path" - small roles and stage, instead of commercial projects to help prop up awareness. Be good to see him in bigger films. I am all for him as Alfred.
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Post by Metallo on Sept 30, 2013 10:29:02 GMT -5
If Alfred is a more militaristic spy type like in Beware the Batman Dalton would be perfect. Itd be the kind of SMART different casting these films need much like Marvel has done. I'd really love to see him in a Marvel film though. The sky's the limit over there as far as interesting characters.
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Post by crazy_asian_man on Sept 30, 2013 18:47:02 GMT -5
 Aside: I wonder if Michael Caine was pissed at Bale for ruining his chances of collecting another paycheck as Alfred.... 
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2013 4:37:47 GMT -5
Bruce Wayne
Targeting me won't get their money back. I knew the mob wouldn't go down without a fight, but this is different. They crossed the line.
Alfred Pennyworth
You crossed the line first, sir. You squeezed them, you hammered them to the point of desperation. And in their desperation, they turned to a man they didn't fully understand.
Bruce Wayne
Criminals aren't complicated, Alfred. Just have to figure out what he's after.
Alfred Pennyworth
With respect, Master Wayne, perhaps this is a man that you don't fully understand, either. A long time ago, I was in Burma. My friends and I were working for the local government. They were trying to buy the loyalty of tribal leaders by bribing them with precious stones. But their caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a bandit. So, we went looking for the stones. But in six months, we never met anybody who traded with him. One day, I saw a child playing with a ruby the size of a tangerine. The bandit had been throwing them away.
Bruce Wayne
So why steal them?
Alfred Pennyworth
Sorry, Master Wayne, section 26, paragraph 5. Need-to-know. Sure you understand.
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Post by ye5man on Oct 1, 2013 6:07:18 GMT -5
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Post by atp on Oct 1, 2013 11:09:06 GMT -5
Lol!
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Post by Jimbo on Oct 1, 2013 21:30:35 GMT -5
I too wish I'd seen more of Dalton over the years, especially in mainstream roles. Isn't that one of your criticisms of Keaton? He wasn't in many big movies, therefore he sucked? |
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Post by EnriqueH on Oct 1, 2013 21:51:14 GMT -5
When you're a great Bond, you don't have to do shit.
When you're a shitty Batman, you better do something.
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Post by Jimbo on Oct 1, 2013 22:07:12 GMT -5
When you're a great Bond, you don't have to do shit. When you're a shitty Batman, you better do something. |
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Post by EnriqueH on Oct 1, 2013 22:22:07 GMT -5
Keaton sucked and his career was a failure and now, for his big comeback, he's going to be in another failure.
Fitting.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2013 23:07:14 GMT -5
When you're a great Bond, you don't have to do shit. When you're a shitty Batman, you better do something. Clooney has turned in some fine films since B&R, as actor, director, and producer. I'd say he's made up for it. Val Kilmer? Well, his best role—Doc Holliday—was pre-BF. |
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Post by atp on Oct 2, 2013 1:00:01 GMT -5
Enrique is part of the Dalton Only People.
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