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I saw a bit of GF on tv and remember seeing some woman covered in gold paint. I was like - meh. That all changed in 1995 ;)
That explains a lot! You youngun's. Don't know you're born!
Excuse me!! What gives you the right to make fun - seriously!. I've seen the rubbish you write on here and its getting tedious.
Oops, I read that wrong. Watching horror films at a young age, does not turn you into a psycho in adult life (as the news would have you believe), but it can affect your eyes. ;)
You to huh?
<font color=blue size=7> <b>M should never have been made a woman.</b></font>
Agreed. Bond's boss should've remained Admiral Sir Miles Messervy regardless of actor playing the role.
The problem is, Judi Dench is well-respected actor, and therefore she needs to be written in to a lot of scenes. I prefer when M, man or woman, has the one opening brief scene and THAT'S IT. Beyond that, the M character becomes this omniscient nagging presence in the film, as we've seen particularly in TWINE and QOS.
On another point, changing the M to a woman was an important step in bringing Bond out of the past. While I'm all for keeping with tradition and to source material, there needs to be some 'updating', so that the series doesn't grow tired. If they had kept with the status quo, there would have still been that "Old Gentleman's Club" post War feel, (which I do admire mind you), but that would have made the movies dated by the time of GE.
That being said, I think the time is right, where a male M could return for Bond24 (it's actually overdue in fact)
I hope she is not killed off? But obviously we will not know until we see the movie ofcourse? I hope its a case of a replacement M with a Moneypenny too at the very end of the movie with an unknown actress!
As for the next one we'll see. I have no specific requests when it comes to another M.
I don't get why people have a problem with the whole "sexist dinosaur" stuff. Yes she called Bond that but she also told him to "come back alive". Its not as if she didn't have respect for him.
That may be part of it, but I think what others are saying as well is that they dislike her being in the field at Bond's side so much. Bernard Lee ventured past his office, sure, but Dench's M is very much in the field. From GE to QoS thus far.
If I'm honest I haven't really had a problem with M going outside her office at times. Take TWINE for example, I don't mind the idea of her being involved in the story a bit more. What does annoy me a little though is how she treats Bond a bit like a child in the Craig films. I'm not going to get all urked about it, there's no point. It just gets a bit annoying though I can understand why some may think differently.
As for Dench, Is she getting to a point now where she's past her time? , Yes and No, on one hand she's still able and welcome to continue, still fitting in the role, but maybe then again the time is getting near when age is becoming a factor and maybe someone else should have a go. If someone had asked me back in '95 after Goldeneye if Dench would still be M in Bond 17 years later I would most likely have answered 'no', but she's continued in the part thus far, done a fine job and I hope to see her in Bond 24 if possible