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News Daniel Craig signs up for Bond 25, Christopher Nolan in talks to direct

cardinal biggles said:
Yikes. There's a bullet I'm glad we dodged. The men who have played Bond over the years have largely been drama-free (at least during their tenure) apart from Lazenby's prima donna-ish behavior and foolhardy decision to quit after OHMSS.
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Yeah, as much as I love Oliver Reed the actor, Oliver Reed the person was...difficult to put it mildly.
 
The Nth Doctor said:
Yeah, as much as I love Oliver Reed the actor, Oliver Reed the person was...difficult to put it mildly.
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He certainly had the physicality for the role.

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The timelessness of the character is arguable. James Bond can also be seen as a personification of anachronistic imperialism and jingoism, as well as "a sexist, misogynist dinosaur, a relic of the Cold War."
And I say this as a long-time Bond fan.

Kor
 
Kor said:
The timelessness of the character is arguable. James Bond can also be seen as a personification of anachronistic imperialism and jingoism, as well as "a sexist, misogynist dinosaur, a relic of the Cold War."
And I say this as a long-time Bond fan.

Kor
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Wouldn't the character being played by a POC, say one from a former British colony, be a way of erasing a bit of that history?
 
Kor said:
The timelessness of the character is arguable. James Bond can also be seen as a personification of anachronistic imperialism and jingoism, as well as "a sexist, misogynist dinosaur, a relic of the Cold War."
And I say this as a long-time Bond fan.
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Therapod dinosaurs adapted to the changing world around them and gradually evolved into birds, so perhaps this sexist, misogynist dinosaur can adapt beyond his Cold War origins to survive in a new world and become something more. I would think the ornithologist James Bond got his name from would appreciate the analogy.
 
Locutus of Bored said:
Therapod dinosaurs adapted to the changing world around them and gradually evolved into birds, so perhaps this sexist, misogynist dinosaur can adapt beyond his Cold War origins to survive in a new world and become something more.
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I'd argue that we were seeing Bond become less sexist and misogynistic during the Brosnan years, but then they totally reversed course and you see Craig's Bond exhibit a level of sadism towards women (particularly in Casino Royale and Skyfall) that rivals some of the cringiest moments from the early films.
 
James Bond is a government controlled saboteur, assassin, and terrorist. For every woman he's used and discarded, he's ruthlessly killed a dozen men. I expect nothing else from him. He's a functional sociopath who has no need for human connections or emotional contact, other than for the thrill of the hunt. To argue that he is a misogynist is to ignore his manipulation, sadism, and murder of men as though that's all ok.

That said, I have fun watching the Craig Bond movies. That doesn't mean I aspire to being a misanthrope.
 
Kor said:
The timelessness of the character is arguable. James Bond can also be seen as a personification of anachronistic imperialism and jingoism, as well as "a sexist, misogynist dinosaur, a relic of the Cold War."
And I say this as a long-time Bond fan.

Kor
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Didn't M say this in one of the movies?
 
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