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An AI predicted who will be the next James Bond

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  • JFoster
    2020-09-04 04:53:57 PM
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    Technology, I swear. It never fails to surprise and scare me at the same time. Now that Daniel Craig is having his swan song in the Bond role this summer, lots of speculation has gone on as to who will be the next Bond. I know I've written a few related threads here myself asking the same question, but this takes the cake. A new AI software firm called Largo has predicted who will be the next Bond by forecasting who could outperform Craig (who is the highest grossing Bond of all time btw).

    Largo created a "DNA footprint" of each actor which is comprised of over 1,000 on-screen character attributes. This is broken down by character type, story elements and cinematographic tones. The AI analyzed these attributes, including what the audience reaction would be by cross-comparing it all against historic films. It created a separate DNA footprint for Bond, and analyzed how it matched with the footprint of each actor. It then found that one actor had a 92.3% chance of surpassing Craig. And that actor was......... Henry Cavill.

    I'm not surprised. Looking at the guy, I could totally see him in the suit with the tiny gun. But I'm like, "dude, you've already been Superman, what more do you want!?"

    Anyhow, there you have it. Thoughts? Do you agree with the AI's choice, or is it mostly a novel idea?

  • Heisenberg
    2020-09-04 05:27:51 PM
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    Don't agree. How many people actually liked Cavill as Superman? I mean.. I did. :) But I think I was in the minority. No offense Henry, as I'm sure you'll read this, but I don't think you lack the charisma to be Bond. Rather see Idris Elba still. I know he is kinda old for it but he could make a good run of it and has the right mix of tough guy and sophistication and attitude. Makes sense to me.

  • CultureWizard
    2020-09-05 04:48:16 PM
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    Heisenberg Wrote:

    Don't agree. How many people actually liked Cavill as Superman? I mean.. I did. :) But I think I was in the minority. No offense Henry, as I'm sure you'll read this, but I don't think you lack the charisma to be Bond. Rather see Idris Elba still. I know he is kinda old for it but he could make a good run of it and has the right mix of tough guy and sophistication and attitude. Makes sense to me.

    I think Cavill is the perfect Batman. Man of Steel was a great movie. It's a shame the franchise got treated the way it did, but that's not Henry's fault.

    As for the Bond films, I couldn't be happier to see Daniel Craig leaving the franchise. Every single time I see him I can only think about him saying he hates playing the role. Although I must say, this new one looks like it's going to be a banger.

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