Papirini
@papirini
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 2:57 PM
[news][racism][james bond] James Bond novel writer says Idris Elba is "too street" to play 007 u m
Yensia
@crysiana
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 2:58 PM
Is "too street" the new "urban"?
Back on Gunpla
@AshBlaze
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:00 PM
rolls eyes
Yensia
@crysiana
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:00 PM
So the guy says that he meant he would have prefered Adrian Lester but...yeah that.
Back on Gunpla
@AshBlaze
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:00 PM
Quite honestly? I run with the idea that the name "James Bond" and his 007 moniker is nothing more than a title. Anyone can be James!
Papirini
@papirini
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:00 PM
Note how the guy tries to backpedal and then also mentions a actor who also plays a street role
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@lluosogrwydd
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:01 PM
I don't give a fuck about James Bond but Idris Elba is rad as hell
Yensia
@crysiana
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:01 PM
I wondered if he'd babble something about RP and Elba's accent but he didn't even try.
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@rag_doll_witch
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:01 PM
I don't know is that's better or worse than the guy who said Elba "wasn't English enough"
Yensia
@crysiana
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:02 PM
...is...is London no longer a part of England?
Papirini
@papirini
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:02 PM
No no, there are just no black people in London
Papirini
@papirini
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:02 PM
Or Indian people for that matter!
Yensia
@crysiana
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:02 PM
Clearly.
Papirini
@papirini
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:02 PM
Ben Kingsley can attest to that, being a white man himself
Cookie Politics
@rag_doll_witch
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:02 PM
right? and even better, one of the Bonds is from Australia
Cookie Politics
@rag_doll_witch
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:03 PM
which is very much not England
Papirini
@papirini
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:03 PM
Poppycock Viva la Commonwealth!
Cookie Politics
@rag_doll_witch
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:04 PM
that sort of argument makes us English xD
Cookie Politics
@rag_doll_witch
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:05 PM
and I don't think the UK want's the US back
Papirini
@papirini
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:06 PM
No no, Australia is part of the CoW
Papirini
@papirini
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:06 PM
The US isn't
Cookie Politics
@rag_doll_witch
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:10 PM
....admittedly, Australian politics is not my specialty
Papirini
@papirini
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:10 PM
Yeah, the US was never part of the Commonwealth of Nations
Thicken Nugget
@penguinfaery
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:15 PM
Ugh guy how could you think this would go over as anything like a lead brick???
Thicken Nugget
@penguinfaery
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:16 PM
I do agree that Idris Elba isn't really a great Bond choice (Though he'd knock it out of the park)
Gwiggs
@McGwiggles
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:16 PM
well obviously he said it without thinking.
Gwiggs
@McGwiggles
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:17 PM
which is how most racists get outted, incidentally.
Thicken Nugget
@penguinfaery
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:17 PM
He is just...there are other black actors (or other minority) that would be way better. Pop culture/fandom has just stuck on him
Thicken Nugget
@penguinfaery
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:18 PM
But like...street? Really dude? Even if it wasn't racist it's also not true
Thicken Nugget
@penguinfaery
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:18 PM
(And tbh he is no more or less intense then Craig, which is my issue with him too)
ArgentBast
@argentbast
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:21 PM
But the UK never has racists, everyone knows all the races are in the US :U
ArgentBast
@argentbast
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:21 PM
/gets out
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@featherine
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:29 PM
IDris Elba would be wonderful in the role (Sorry, I mis-read the first time).
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@featherine
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:29 PM
But honestly, fuck that novelist and his racist bullshit.
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@featherine
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:30 PM
I really hope he does play James Bon, though.
birthday snake
@swirlix
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:30 PM
,,,
birthday snake
@swirlix
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:30 PM
you take one look at Idris Elba and tell me what about him is "street"
birthday snake
@swirlix
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:30 PM
seriously
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@featherine
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:30 PM
I know, right? He's such a gentleman.
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@featherine
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:31 PM
It's like, just be honest, dude. You're a racist.
birthday snake
@swirlix
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:31 PM
HE'S DAPPER AS FUCK IS WHAT HE IS
birthday snake
@swirlix
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:31 PM
THIS DUDE IS A FUCKIN RACIST
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@featherine
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:31 PM
dapper and gorgeous
Papirini
@papirini
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:32 PM
I personally see Idris as a better Doctor than a Bond, myself, but seriously
birthday snake
@swirlix
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:32 PM
IDK he seems more like a dad type to me but that's because I forever associate him as stacker pentecost
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@featherine
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:32 PM
both. Let's have both
birthday snake
@swirlix
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:32 PM
oh man Elba as the Doctor would be grant
birthday snake
@swirlix
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:32 PM
*grand
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@featherine
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:33 PM
/fans self
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@lluosogrwydd
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:33 PM
Oh MAN yeah
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@featherine
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:34 PM
Craig is way more of a "street" Bond, imo.
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@featherine
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:34 PM
Idris would be suave af
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@featherine
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:37 PM
Seriously! I love Craig's Bond, but there's honestly no denying that he's ruthless.
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@featherine
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:37 PM
I can see Idris Elba as a more gentlemanly Bond. Maybe Pierce Brosnan-ish?
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@featherine
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:39 PM
(without the chauvinism present in Brosnan's Bond, methinks)
Yensia
@crysiana
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:41 PM
(I would like them to keep the bi/pansexuality aspect of Craig's Bond but I don't expect it.)
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@featherine
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:41 PM
(I would love that. Bi/pan MoC are often ignored in the media.)
Yensia
@crysiana
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:46 PM
(Even with Craig they only glossed it in one line so)
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@featherine
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:46 PM
(yyyyep.)
birthday snake
@swirlix
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 3:47 PM
I would adore that
Yensia
@crysiana
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 4:08 PM
Ehhh, maybe?
Yensia
@crysiana
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 4:09 PM
When the guy was creeping on Bond in Skyfall, bond said something to the effect of "what makes you think it will be my first time (with a man)"
Yensia
@crysiana
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 4:10 PM
This could also obviously be read as bravado on Bond's part and not an indication of actual experience, I choose to take it as a bi/pan declaration because I GD WELL CAN.
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@obiisama
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 6:33 PM
dude, i'd love that
sailor bii
@obiisama
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 6:33 PM
also, i'd love elba as bond
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