• nullptr@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    “Yeah we made the same shitty movie, but listen me now… Now the chArActER IZ A WoMEn!! Plz watch!!”

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      4 months ago

      Or an ace James Bond who isn’t distracted by tits and dicks and just does his fucking job. Still a raging alcoholic because ace tho.

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      4 months ago

      Including the villains, with equally cheesy name-based gags.

      “I see they don’t call you ‘blo’-feld for nothing ;)”

  • Tiral@lemmy.zip
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    4 months ago

    At first I was like “no” then I got to the second paragraph. I’d watch this for sure.

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    4 months ago

    Screw that, make Modesty Blaise

    • Is her own character, so wouldn’t get labeled “the female James Bond.”

    • Has a cooler back story than James Bond

    • Has a cool cast of supporting characters

    • Is canonically awesome at martial arts, but will use guns when pressed

    • Already has a bunch of books and comics to use as source material

    • Has at least as many sexual adventures as Bond

    • Has a long-time male partner with whom she is emphatically not in a romantic relationship or a Will-they-won’t-they situation

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      4 months ago

      This why not make new franchises instead of gender sealing a character. There are so many stories out there why tell he same ones just gender or race swapped. Tell new ones that feature the gender or race you want.

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        4 months ago

        It makes chuds annoyed. And that’s about as good a reason to do anything! I’m all for race and gender-swapped Bond!

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        4 months ago

        The reason why the industry regurgitates IP is because the general public and the industry are lazy as fuck.

        You could make a brand new super hero but it won’t be as popular as retelling the Batman origin story for the 30th time.

        Same goes for James Bond. I personally think if they want to continue that universe, and introduce a female spy as lead. Just create a new character, give her the number 005, and make the damn movie. I don’t want a 007 Jane Bond but I’m down with a 005 Jane Smithe. Retrofit some shit about James training her before he died. Put Craig in flashbacks or something, and go from there. Hell, you could even make it Moneypenny. In the universe they had a working relationship, she worked in the field with Bond in the previous movies, and maybe she is promoted to 005 after he died. The first movie could be her transition to spydom, learning the ropes, getting promoted, and stumbling into some super villain storyline - which isn’t fully resolved at the end for the next movie. I’d totally watch Naomie Harris as 005 kicking ass and taking names.

        Of course you know that won’t happen. They’ll do the bullshit they did in No Time to Die.

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    4 months ago

    Spoilers for 007 flick No Time To Die from 2021:

    !spoiler spoiler we find out the next 007 is exactly a seductive woman. The above concept could be written with the actress chosen for that film as the new 007 and it wouldn’t feel like a character change at all.!<

    Definitely a recommend if you’re a Bond fan and missed it during the pandemic.

  • Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca
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    4 months ago

    Since I’d be watching for all the scantily clad males she’d be seducing, I wouldn’t want her to be lesbian or there wouldn’t be any of those.

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      4 months ago

      She can swing both ways, like James. Nobody can convince me he hasn’t dabbled even if it’s not in the movies.

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      4 months ago

      Reading your comment gave me whiplash from the cultural difference of James Bond and a trendy word with 12 year olds from 5 years ago. Every generation will have words that are popular and a few of those are fine, anyone using the word “fire” like you have is absolutely not one of those, especially now when you couldn’t even blame it on trying to be trendy. It was always an excruciatingly “I’m 9 years old and trying to sound cool” word and you should feel really fucking ashamed for not realising that.