If ever you wanted to see how different generations operate, take a look at these two pictures of actors (Sean Connery in 1964, and Thomas Brodie-Sangster in 2024) both taken when they were 34 years old.
The 1964 man played James Bond, effortlessly. The 2024 man couldn’t play Bond if he tried.
People in general today seem younger than people of my parent’s generation at the same age, but this particular example is kind of misleading. These two are very different physical types. Compare Brodie-Sangster to someone physically more similar, Mickey Rooney at the same age (Bridges at Toko-Ri). There is still a difference in apparent age, but not nearly so stark.
Remakes, new people playing old characters in revivals, animated versions, and many times (but not all) sequels are terrible.
Remember Total Recall with Arnold? Well there was a remake with different actors and it was bad.
Remember Red Dawn with Patrick Swayze and the Russians were invading the US during the Cold War era? There is a remake with new actors about North Korea invading the US. Absolute dog shit that sucks harder than a Hoover.
The holly wierd liberals need to leave the classics alone. They hold up and they stand the test of time.
A very telling comparison is to look at pictures of people at baseball games from the 1950s and 1960s verus today. The people were dressed far better back then than now. People dress like bums out in public.
As far as the actors, pfft. When the entertainment news comes across my desk, I frequently wonder who the hell this person is. Even when they list the celebrity’s film roles, albums or hit songs, I’m still left wondering who they are.
In general, people today are immature slobs.
Couple years ago my wife and I were eating a lunch in a fast food joint.
In came a group of 6 construction workers, filthy, boots covered in mud, tracking it all over the place, what a mess.
50 years earlier I worked in concrete construction in south Florida and we were filthy animals by noon.
When we sat down to lunch it came from a small cooler we brought from home.
It never would have occurred to us to contaminate a commercial establishment with our filthy asses.
It depends on who you pick. Certainly the trend is on the negative side, but there are plenty of young people who know how to dress and act.
Connery looks like a man. That boy looks like a boy.
That boy looks like a disgruntled les-be-an.
Connery served in the Royal Navy; I doubt Sangster has served so much as a glass of water.
Rough living ages folks early.
He grew up poor; mom was a cleaning lady and dad was a factory worker.
Heavy smoker. Heavy drinker. No sunscreen.
I’m 50 and he looked older at 34 than I do today.
Sean Connery in Dr No with Ursula Andras was my favorite Bond movie. Ursula was definitely the first 10.