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geebsThe new trailer for the latest Splinter Cell looks pretty cool (changed link to higher quality one). Is it wrong to like the later Bond movies over the early ones because the violence is more stylized? I mean, Connery is cool and all, but my favorite Bond is Brosnan. Though I did like the action in the Craig ones better. So, I would rank them Brosnan > Craig > Connery > Moore > Dalton > Lazenby.
Maybe its from watching too much Bourne and 24 and what have you, but for me to consider an action-spy movie good, yes, it does have to have a good plot, but I also want well choreographed CQB. I wanna see fancy joint locks and weapon disarms and wot-not. You know, real innovation when it comes to taking another person out.
That's why I still like 24, the stories can get ludicrous at times, but the action is always nice. And while I appreciate the cons on Leverage, I do enjoy watching Eliot fight. Not that I'm all about violence when it comes to the genre. In fact, I definitely applaud Michael when he comes up with clever ways of neutralizing the opposition without even laying a hand on them or firing a shot.
Oh, and I totally forgot my original reason for posting about Splinter Cell, that its totally distracting that they made Fisher's voice Michael Ironsides. I like hear it and think, "That's Michael Ironsides!" So I think old balding dude, which doesn't fit with what Fisher looks like, so it kinda takes me out of it because there's that disconnect between what he looks like and what he should sound like (or rather not sound like)
And is it me, or is Christina Hendricks' rack huge?!.
Maybe its from watching too much Bourne and 24 and what have you, but for me to consider an action-spy movie good, yes, it does have to have a good plot, but I also want well choreographed CQB. I wanna see fancy joint locks and weapon disarms and wot-not. You know, real innovation when it comes to taking another person out.
That's why I still like 24, the stories can get ludicrous at times, but the action is always nice. And while I appreciate the cons on Leverage, I do enjoy watching Eliot fight. Not that I'm all about violence when it comes to the genre. In fact, I definitely applaud Michael when he comes up with clever ways of neutralizing the opposition without even laying a hand on them or firing a shot.
Oh, and I totally forgot my original reason for posting about Splinter Cell, that its totally distracting that they made Fisher's voice Michael Ironsides. I like hear it and think, "That's Michael Ironsides!" So I think old balding dude, which doesn't fit with what Fisher looks like, so it kinda takes me out of it because there's that disconnect between what he looks like and what he should sound like (or rather not sound like)
And is it me, or is Christina Hendricks' rack huge?!.
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Date: 2010-02-19 01:02 am (UTC)But then again, I'm not really sure how much action there is cause
Rupert Penry-Jones is hot!I don't really pay attention to that sort of thing. Plus... I'm sure it doesn't have the same budget as an American tv show. Plus aren't hand guns banned in the UK??? They do show up at times, though. Anyway, it's been dubbed Britain's 24, so...no subject
Date: 2010-02-19 06:01 am (UTC)Oh no you didn't. You didn't just rank Dalton over Lazenby. Everyone knows that Dalton is the worst Bond ever.
His nemesis in License to Kill was Wayne Newton. WAYNE NEWTON!
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Date: 2010-02-19 12:56 pm (UTC)(I've never actually seen the Lazenby one, so I admit my ranking could be erroneous.)