That would actually be a great Mel Brooks style comedy. I mean if they can have a song called Springtime for Hitler in The Producers they could do that
James Bond is a white man with black hair. That is his canonical appearance. All iterations that can't get that right simply aren't him. The last actor that we had who played him was Pierce Brosnan.
One TV executive told GB News: “I think the days of a white Bond are over. You could look to the recent casting of Doctor Who as a bellwether in that respect.
It is kind of amusing that they bring up Doctor Who, a beloved series destroyed by poor casting and woke decisions.
Probably the same people involved in destroying this franchise.
A series they fucked up so badly that they had to come running back to David Tennet in an attempt to try and save their sorry asses and retcon-but-not-really all their mistakes.
Nobody cares about these movies anymore anyway. James Bond as a concept made sense in the context of the cold war, they just turned into generic pointless action movies after that. Today I'm more offended by the ridiculous notion that MI6/CIA/etc agents are still portrayed as the "good guys" than by anything else they do to try to shit on the character.
I have not watched the last one just because they added another 007 that was a black woman, I will double not watch one where James Bond is a black woman.
I’m shocked! I’ve been meaning to buy the Fleming books anyway. I need to find the ones that haven’t been altered. Did anyone else write more Bond books? Bond is a guaranteed money maker. Or should be. I think Henry Cavill would be perfect for the role (unless he was doing an adaptation of Kingdom Come or an inspirational Superman story). Nerdrotic frequently says Cavill would’ve been a huge star in the 80s and 90s but can’t be today due to the obsession with no white leads.
I hope this turns off enough normies to make an impact
So I got the series name right, but conflated two things here:
You have Alex Rider, which is essentially Horowitz’s version of a young Bond with an original character, and then you have the “official” Young Bond series, of which the first is called Silverfin, which is by Charlie Higson…
And you have the Young Bond tv series linked by Triangle below, which predates both of those…
I don’t know about the TV series, as it’s before my time, but I will say that, IMHO, Alex Rider >> Young Bond (in the books). At least the first… Five or so, anyway!
They are officially out of Ian Flemming novels and just wearing the franchise as a skinsuit at this point. If James Bond is anything other than a White male Scotsman, the next Bond film will also be the last Bond film.
War (2019) shows the concept of a better Bond movie than what Hollywood has produced. It reminded me a lot of Face/Off, Metal Gear Solid and James Bond all rolled into one. I wouldn't doubt it if India took that concept and rolled with it for an actual franchise given how badly Hollywood is mismanaging franchises like 007.
Watched the trailer. Is a bit over the top for me to be a Bond movie (though the later installations also went that way...), but looks fun anyways. Especially as a fun spy movie.
Fien by me, skyfall was the last james bond movie, just like there was only 3 Indians Jones films. They never made a James bond after skyfall, they never made an Indiana Jones after the last crusade.
I didn't think the grounded take on Bond was all that bad. They could have done better than having Q be a soy-infused homosexual, maybe even casting John Cleese to bring the "R" bit from The World is Not Enough full circle, but I though the rest of the casting was good. The story wasn't too bad either, at least until No Time to Die. That movie felt like a deliberate "fuck you" to Bond fans.
Please please please have a Muhammad bin Bond, doesn’t drink, brings back women beating, and is full of diversity
But he has to have a catchphrase.
Allahu Akbar, things blow up in the background
Akbar, Allahu Akbar
That would actually be a great Mel Brooks style comedy. I mean if they can have a song called Springtime for Hitler in The Producers they could do that
"For England, James?"
"No, for the Caliphate!"
James Bond is a white man with black hair. That is his canonical appearance. All iterations that can't get that right simply aren't him. The last actor that we had who played him was Pierce Brosnan.
It is kind of amusing that they bring up Doctor Who, a beloved series destroyed by poor casting and woke decisions.
Probably the same people involved in destroying this franchise.
A series they fucked up so badly that they had to come running back to David Tennet in an attempt to try and save their sorry asses and retcon-but-not-really all their mistakes.
Don't think it worked, though.
Delusionals will still claim Dr. Who as some kind of victory.
The intent was the change, not the success or failure of the aftermath.
Nobody cares about these movies anymore anyway. James Bond as a concept made sense in the context of the cold war, they just turned into generic pointless action movies after that. Today I'm more offended by the ridiculous notion that MI6/CIA/etc agents are still portrayed as the "good guys" than by anything else they do to try to shit on the character.
I have not watched the last one just because they added another 007 that was a black woman, I will double not watch one where James Bond is a black woman.
Same. I'll likely go to my grave having never seen that abomination. The same will apply if they "diversify" Bond.
He's going to be a disabled black tranny midget with a Xanax problem and a blue haired liberal girlfriend
I’m shocked! I’ve been meaning to buy the Fleming books anyway. I need to find the ones that haven’t been altered. Did anyone else write more Bond books? Bond is a guaranteed money maker. Or should be. I think Henry Cavill would be perfect for the role (unless he was doing an adaptation of Kingdom Come or an inspirational Superman story). Nerdrotic frequently says Cavill would’ve been a huge star in the 80s and 90s but can’t be today due to the obsession with no white leads.
I hope this turns off enough normies to make an impact
Anthony Horowitz (of Alex Rider fame) wrote a bunch of “Young Bond” books, around a decade ago…
More YA than “adult”, and I wasn’t a huge fan of the one I read, but nonetheless, they do exist!
He’s an ok writer, if you like that sort of “adventure novel” style. They’re much, much less “sexy” than adult Bond, though, obviously…
https://web.archive.org/web/20230410074524/https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bond_Jr.
So I got the series name right, but conflated two things here:
You have Alex Rider, which is essentially Horowitz’s version of a young Bond with an original character, and then you have the “official” Young Bond series, of which the first is called Silverfin, which is by Charlie Higson…
And you have the Young Bond tv series linked by Triangle below, which predates both of those…
I don’t know about the TV series, as it’s before my time, but I will say that, IMHO, Alex Rider >> Young Bond (in the books). At least the first… Five or so, anyway!
Thanks for the clarification
They are officially out of Ian Flemming novels and just wearing the franchise as a skinsuit at this point. If James Bond is anything other than a White male Scotsman, the next Bond film will also be the last Bond film.
Could it be? Is it time for Bollywood Bond?
War (2019) shows the concept of a better Bond movie than what Hollywood has produced. It reminded me a lot of Face/Off, Metal Gear Solid and James Bond all rolled into one. I wouldn't doubt it if India took that concept and rolled with it for an actual franchise given how badly Hollywood is mismanaging franchises like 007.
Watched the trailer. Is a bit over the top for me to be a Bond movie (though the later installations also went that way...), but looks fun anyways. Especially as a fun spy movie.
Fien by me, skyfall was the last james bond movie, just like there was only 3 Indians Jones films. They never made a James bond after skyfall, they never made an Indiana Jones after the last crusade.
This guy doesn't actually appear to be affiliated with the Bond franchise at all: he's just talking out of his ass.
Doesn't mean he's wrong though.
00nigga
I've got a NAS that is full of 4k rips of all the good Bond movies. I dont need your modern 'reinterpretations'.
Once they took away his cool toys, he stopped being James Bond, anyway.
I didn't think the grounded take on Bond was all that bad. They could have done better than having Q be a soy-infused homosexual, maybe even casting John Cleese to bring the "R" bit from The World is Not Enough full circle, but I though the rest of the casting was good. The story wasn't too bad either, at least until No Time to Die. That movie felt like a deliberate "fuck you" to Bond fans.