who saw this coming…?

Not I, of course… 

Apparently, I am not the only one up in arms about the choice of Daniel Craig for the new 007.  Cannot say I blame them, all things considered…  Even in that picture, he simply is not Bond.  Sure, he is holding a silenced Walther, sure he is wearing a bow-tie tux, sure he is trying his damnest to look bad-ass… but… hell, I could do that, and believe you me, I would make a bad Bond.  Maybe not as bad as Mr. Craig, but close. 

The Anti-Craig / Craig-Not-Bond site is not the best-designed piece of internet real-estate I have seen in my life, but it gets its point across – People are not happy with both the firing of Pierce Brosnan (though, admittedly, he was getting old), nor with the choice of Craig for the replacement… and they are willing to give up Bond entirely until someone listens.  I am not exactly sure if I am willing to give up the entire franchise in general…  I was a Bond addict from the first movie of that storyline I saw – Moonraker, but if it will help get the point across, I might. 

If nothing else, they have a nifty little comparison of all of the Bonds of history, from Connery up to this new twit, so take a look at that and go from there.  Considering the current pool of male actors, there were so very many better choices they could have made…  Maybe they will start listening.  Or maybe they will just shoot the Bond franchise in its proverbial (and very stylish) feet. 

Knowing Hollywood, I am voting the latter.