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Yeah they might be good mates in real life but on screen it feels so forced, especially compared to Connery and Maxwell, Brosnan and Bond (the two best Bond/MP pairings imo). To be fair though she wouldn't be doing her job if she didn't big up the film and her part in it.
I think she's one of the best actresses working, so I've been really disappointed when it comes to her as Moneypenny. Just isn't working which is a shame.
I think the character is kind of redundant but if we're going to be swinging the axe at the scooby gang surely Tanner should be first to the chopping block. Moneypenny could easily do the exposition and the following M around as well as flirting with Bond.
Sorry to disappoint any Harris haters but she's going nowhere.
A black woman in a franchise about a white, male, Eton educated, government assassin perpetuating Britain's disgusting imperialism across the globe is worth more than her weight in box ticking gold.
In this particular instance I'm happy to get on board with the multiethnic feminazis and agree that if someone is for the axe let Rory be the fall guy.
Yes, the character is black now, and once they go black they never go back.
Same with anyone who has a problem with Rey being female. The original trilogy has maybe 2 female English speaking roles.
Leia and mon mothma. Oh and the slave girl who gets eaten by the rancor for not dancing on demand.
Half the world is female. It's about time they got a fairer deal in film.
just having a little fun... an indirect way of taking the piss out of all of us.
You can just tell Craig doesn't find her attractive at all and is faking it. It's painful.
I saw CR last night and it's night and day when he's interacting with Green.
But I'm also of the mind we never needed to bring MP into this era (nor Q).
I'm not quite sure I follow your logic here. What is the link to Bond going to Eton that makes you react in such a way?
The implication is that someone who had a problem with Moneypenny being black wouldn't need to go and f-bomb themselves to the same extent if Bond had gone to Brixton comp?
Isn't it tiring sitting on your sanctimonious high horse all day desperately hunting for something to be offended about?
Eva Green and Craig on the other hand... Never have I felt as strong for a Bond Girl, if at all I felt for any of them (discounting Tracy, her death upsets me) as I felt for Vesper. Green was born for that part.
Well firstly my response isn't directed entirely at you - I have read opinions over the years about Harris being cast *purely/mainly* because she was black.
Secondly I'm not offended. I have no idea why you would think that. I'm guessing you're trying to undermine my post by going down the Farage/trump route of assuming anyone who has an opinion is either a Leftie, a snowflake or someone who takes offence. I don't take offence to anything really. I just have opinions which I share in public. Thanks.
You actually said you were happy to side with the 'multi ethnic feminazis.' Which iniusates you think that's what a Harris supporter is.
But, what you're insinuating here by your previous post is that people can be damned for disliking the idea of making Bond female just for the sake of diversity, while you would encourage it, am I right?
No I think the idea of a female bond is ridiculous.
Who are these people?
The ones who like Harris?
The ones who employed Harris?
The one who maintain Harris?
rory kinear is (quite rightly) derided on here for being a nobody in the role of tanner. But there are no criticisms or arguments made for him based on his gender or skin colour. Maybe eon like him. Maybe he signed a multi picture contract. Maybe he's cheap(!). Maybe Harris is all those things but she gets different assumptions made for her.
No one tries that line with Caroline Bliss's 'performances' - now she really was the worst moneypenny. Dear god!
I believe in fair play. However I'm not partial to affirmative action for the sake of it. Best person for the job is my motto, while recognizing that it's more difficult for minorities in general and therefore the selection process should ensure that they get a fair shake.
I don't believe that a film necessarily needs to reflect the ethnic diversity of a nation for example, but am not against change either.
I didn't want MP back in this time line.... Lois Maxwell will never be matched, both with her time in history (where secretaries sat behind desks), and the men and scripts she was working from. These scripts barely asked her to step outside of the office (it made sense in OHMSS and LALD; it DID NOT make sense in AVTAK).
In so far as what they give her, I do rate Harris as second to Maxwell....
You can also find on the forum that everybody puts Caroline Bliss down as a weak Moneypenny mainly because of her performance, and not because of her gender identity. Madeleine Swann isn't celebrated here, either, whereas Vesper Lynd is. You're creating melodrama out of nowhere.