http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/idris-elba-is-too-street-to-play-007-says-james-bond-author-10480532.html

Author Anthony Horowitz has waded in on the casting of James Bond after Daniel Craig exits the franchise, saying he does not think bookies' favourite Idris Elba is right for the part, though he insists “it’s not a colour issue”.

"For me, Idris Elba is a bit too rough to play the part. It's not a colour issue. I think he is probably a bit too "street" for Bond. Is it a question of being suave? Yeah,” he told The Daily Mail.

Horowitz, who is currently writing the next James Bond novel ‘Trigger Mortis’ (side note: how Alan Partridge is that title) also revealed that he disliked Sam Mendes’ widely-acclaimed Skyfall movie, picking apart its plot.
VOICES: IDRIS ELBA SHOULDN'T PLAY BOND, BUT NOT BECAUSE HE'S 'TOO STREET' - IT'S BENEATH HIM

He thought Daniel Craig was “terrific”, enjoyed Casino Royale’s “gritty” style, but thought Skyfall made Bond seem “weak” (though many saw this as a good thing narrative-wise).

"Quantum of Solace just went wrong. Skyfall is my least favourite. I know it is heresy to say so, but it is the one Bond film I have never liked,” he said.

“Bond is weak in it. He has doubts. That's not Bond.

"Secondly, the villain wins. The villain sets out to kill M. The film finishes with the villain killing M. So why have I watched it?

"And if you have to protect the head of MI6 from a madman, do you take her to a Scottish farmhouse with no weapons? And tell your bad guy where you are, so he will arrive with six people to kill her? … It's that sort of thing that made me angry."

The next James Bond film Spectre will begin 007’s origin story, and hits cinemas on 6 November, 2015.


http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/idris-elba-shouldnt-be-james-bond-but-not-because-hes-too-street--the-role-is-beneath-him-10481049.html

Rumours that Idris Elba will be taking over from Daniel Craig as the next James Bond have been rumbling for months now, seemingly out of nowhere, and spurred on by many’s desire to see a black man in the role for the first time. I can see where people are coming from, but why bother to try and make a progressive step in a fundamentally troglodytic franchise?
Current 007 author Anthony Horowitz stunned the internet this morning by declaring Elba “too rough” and “a bit too street” for the role, and, racist undertones aside (which his “it’s not a colour issue” qualifier don’t excuse), his claim is manifestly untrue.

Elba has shown extraordinary range in his career thus far, and given he so delicately played the looming, guarded, inscrutable character that was Stringer Bell in The Wire, I daresay he could handle a pun-spewing, fairly one-dimensional spy.

In fairness, Skyfall was a good movie (making up for the train wreck that was Quantum of Solace) and director Sam Mendes should be commended for managing to build such a compelling story out of such limited blocks.

Describing Bond as “f*cking lonely” and a misogynist, Daniel Craig hinted as much in a recent Esquire interview.

“The world has changed. I am certainly not that [sexist and misogynistic] person. But he is, and so what does that mean? It means you cast great actresses and make the parts as good as you can for the women in the movies.”

'Make it as good as you can, given the stale and out-of-date premise', seemed to be the take away, and while Elba previously told fans he was “glad [they] think I’ve got a shot” he might be wise to avoid the franchise and work on something more original. After all, he described working on the similarly money-orientated Avengers series as “torture”.

Their caste system has gone out of hand once again.

But all of them can conduct psychotherapy, right?

Do courts of law and insurance claims recognize diagnoses made by non-psychiatrists?

I suggest something with rice

Shoes

Dont show it

I am wondering...

Who are licensed to diagnose and prescribe treatment for psych / mental illnesses?

And whose are recognized legally and by insurances?

It could be worse !

That was too much chit chat for me to handle...


Seriously tho, it depends on the approach whether i respond to them or not. I don't really use profiles to make that decision.

And dolphins...

That is true

Stay for dinner, gossip and shopping

To infinity and beyond!

I'd let one of them take me out..

Post your pictures

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/09/01/map-there-are-10-world-heritage-sites-in-iraq-and-syria-nine-are-in-danger/

Map: there are 10 world heritage sites in Iraq and Syria. Nine of them are in danger.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/08/31/satellite-images-show-temple-bel-in-syria-destroyed-un-says/?intcmp=hplnws


Satellite images show Temple of Bel in Syria destroyed, UN says

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/second-man-to-walk-on-the-moon-is-working-on-master-plan-for-mars/2015/08/31/b5195fb8-4d8a-11e5-bfb9-9736d04fc8e4_story.html

Buzz Aldrin joins university, forming ‘master plan’ for Mars

Buzz Aldrin is teaming up with the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne to develop “a master plan” for colonizing Mars within 25 years. The second man to walk on the moon took part Thursday in a signing ceremony at the university, less than an hour’s drive from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The Buzz Aldrin Space Institute is set to open this fall.

The 85-year-old Aldrin, who followed Neil Armstrong onto the moon’s surface on July 20, 1969, will serve as a research professor of aeronautics as well as a senior faculty adviser for the institute.

He said he hopes his “master plan” is accepted by NASA and the country, with international input. NASA already is working on the spacecraft and rockets to get astronauts to Mars by the mid-2030s.

Aldrin is pushing for a Mars settlement by approximately 2040. More specifically, he’s shooting for 2039, the 70th anniversary of his own Apollo 11 moon landing, although he admits the schedule is “adjustable.”

He envisions using Mars’s moons, Phobos and Deimos, as steppingstones for astronauts. He said he dislikes the label “one-way” for describing missions to the Red Planet, instead imagining tours of duty that last 10 years.

“The Pilgrims on the Mayflower came here to live and stay. They didn’t wait around Plymouth Rock for the return trip, and neither will people building up a population and a settlement” on Mars, he said.

Aldrin recently settled in nearby Satellite Beach, right on the Atlantic Ocean, after moving from California. He told reporters he considers it “a terminal assignment,” using Air Force jargon.

“I’ve traded earthquakes and fires for hurricanes by coming to Florida,” he said.

The news conference made reference to Aldrin’s recent celebrity pursuits.

Florida Tech’s executive vice president, T. Dwayne McCay, greeted Aldrin by noting, “Everyone knows what Buzz Aldrin is most famous for, and that is being a contestant on ‘Dancing with the Stars.’ ”

“ ‘Big Bang Theory,’ ” Aldrin corrected him.

Aldrin — who has a doctorate in astronautics from MIT — joins two other space veterans on the Florida Tech faculty: former shuttle astronauts Winston Scott and Sam Durrance.

Alone, i stand in the shifting of days
A remnant of passing times and lore.
Your fiery shades of purple haze
Come nigh to entice me once more.

Join my silent soliloquey, my friend
Let the sun set upon our wizened walls.
Tomorrow shall come when the night ends,
And I remain as you journey once more.

Follow up topic : Google says 40% of men get the other 40% of men.

Tommy,

You read it as though it was a solemn prayer. A tribute to an everlasting wonderment that you beheld.

Your voice was not what i expected. It is very gratifying to be able to put a sound to the words you convey.

Cheers,

PT