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Agreed.
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Pipe down, @Panchito.
Uh huh well I look forward to seeing you try
Charlize, absolutely. I've long wanted Beckinsale in there, too.
Better yet, If they don’t give it to “Chris” Nolan then you should start a go fund me and make your own bond film.
Agreed. No Trump/Putin references please.
James Bond is an entertainment medium. If you (people in general) want to enforce your worldview upon it and force it down other people's throats, then you maybe shouldn't be here at all. Bond deals with common threats as an in-fiction element. Not what the left sees as bad, or the right sees as threatening. The "better red than dead" fanatics and the "bomb Moscow right now" fanatics alike don't belong in this genre. Reserve your political discussions for elsewhere.
The thought of Bond going up against a rogue President is terrific conceptually. But you have to remember the reason he is President is due to people voting for him in the first place, the same people you hope buy a ticket.
There's a huge divide these days between young people and older people. Both the new Doctor Who and Star Wars franchises are perfect examples. They are both old franchises that have been given a new lick of paint in a socially-conscious era. Whilst people have loved them, there is a contingent of "true fans" from the good old days who are being distanced.
Everything is political these days, and arguably the Bond films have been made by liberals for years now. Fukunaga is no different. He's called himself an activist and made two "issues" films in Sin Nombre (which is v topical suddenly) and Beasts of No Nation.
I imagine politics will appear in Bond 25, after all SP was v pro-Snowden. But Eon won't let it overwhelm the story. The film will primarily be about Daniel Craig's Bond going through some other existential crisis - and it won't be him contemplating voting leave or remain.
Look at Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace Bond could of easily went up against al qadia or any other terroist organization but instead they went up against Quantum a ficticious organization. Hell Greene’s speech toward the end of Quantum points out an apolitical vibe that is more meta then in film
“We work with the left and the right.”
Don’t show me a rogue president show me a shadow organization playing the president for a fool and tricking him (or her) into believing false info. Don’t show me a bond film dealing with mass migration in Europe but a shadow organization using thst to its advantage in on way or another.
Again I would be more happy with a “remake” of Tomorrow Never Dies (as I truely believe the 24 hour news cycle does far more harm then good at least in America) then of Michael Moore’s 11/9 transposed into a bond film.
Things like Trump, Brexit, Poetin, ... are far too sensitive (today) to be just openly addressed in Bond 25. I really don't think it would be very wise to go there.
1) We usually don't take too kindly to filmmakers who try to settle personal scores in a mainstream film they expect millions around the globe to see. It's arrogant, pretentious and generally unpleasant.
2) Also, if they want us to talk and think about socio-political topics, like Michael Moore did with Fahrenheit 9/11, they should definitely not use a Bond film as a vessel for that. Bond films can be used to discuss personal conflicts, or--you know what?--nothing at all. There's nothing wrong with an old-fashioned bit of simple, straightforward fun without deeper layers of soul-seeking and emotional contemplation. In any case, Bond films do not offer the proper medium via which Twitter discussions about Trump and Brexit can be fed. Even Fleming, who enjoyed dragging history and politics into his stories, knew exactly when to surf a different wave for our enjoyment.
3) Lastly, when I watch a Bond film, I expect joy, fun, escapism. I want to run away from the burdens of this crazy world, from Average Joe twittering his rocks off about stuff he doesn't understand, from sub-humans like Trump and Farage, from disturbingly sensational newspaper headlines and foolish clickbait, ... I want to get a piece of the very thing that continues to make the Bond films unique, which is the very opposite of having my nose rubbed in this world's faeces.
Both would be suitable for the Craig era too, as they are closer to his age than Seydoux for example.
Very good post, I find myself agreeing very much. What we shouldn´t Forget however is the enormous potential for Inspiration a character like Trump offers, completely regardless of his political qualities. It would be absolutely possible to create a Bond villain on the template of Trump, without aping him or commenting in any way on him politically.