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I don't think Bond 25 will do anything other than that, but i agree that the MeToo movement is so big that it definitly will have some sort of impact on the next movie.
For me the most important part is that you don't change the character of Bond.
He is a romantic sexist, conflicted in a way. You need a bit of both. But his mysoginy and douchyness has to show. I think the writers will only try to balance it out by showing more of his romantic side, like with Madeleine Swan, which unfortunately backfired in that particular case.
Either the rein him in (dull) or show that he is conflicted with modern values (Goldeneye tried this). Either way, I cant see him having a shower as with SF. Amazing how quickly things change.
The GE way should work,especially with a more experienced Bond.
If that happens again, you might as well call it a day and end the franchise.
Goldeneye was a good example of how you could do it properly.
Openly calling him sexist, showing that it is 'not ok' socially, but keep him that way anyway, and show that he does not care. Like Craig himself said he is "stuck in his ways".
In my opinion Bond should have never been a hero to look up to in the first place.
Going all the way back to Fleming who never wrote him as a hero or role model.
Bond enters Moneypennys office, there is a plate of cookies on her desk. Bond, without thinking, reaches over and goes to take one. Moneypenny slaps the back of his hand.
Moneypenny "Keep your hands to yourself!"
Bond "Where have I heard that before?"
And that makes a nod to modern times and we move on.
I can see that playing out in my mind, Bond looking up at her suspicoulsy while saying that line.
I like it.
I think so too. It's all about not overstepping someones boundaries.
Having Bond in a situation where the woman says clearly No to him and he keeps off of her.
They did that with Madeleine as well, who repeatedly told him to p*** off, until Hinx slapped all sense out of her :))
And, unlike David Byrne with his album, I respect and admire John Mc for refusing to apologise. Serena ranked around 700? "You cannot be serious!"
I suppose I could live that. The GE stuff was rather irksome but didn't last long.
But I fear we'll probably end up with a Bond girl equal and probably one who is a 00.
This forced Victoria s Secret to apologize for fashion colonialism.
It looks like Taylor Swift. Suits her.
But apparently over 400 British Isis Jihadis are let back in the country after fighting in Syria. The good old UK has got it's priorities well in order I see....
Straight in at number 2 on my fittest far right list:
1. Marion Le Pen - Would even make Corbyn think twice.
2. Lauren Southern - Never heard of her till now but definitely would.
3. Alessandra Mussloini - Back in the day - not now.
4. Eva Braun - Again back in the day.
5. Sarah Palin - Reckon she was probably half decent when she was in her 20s. Just don't start piping up about creationism love.
6. Marine Le Pen - Seen better days but French so would know what she was doing
7. Katie Hopkins - Again when she was younger she might have been alright. And looks like she goes like a train.
8. Mrs Thatcher - Can't argue with her leadership qualities but never a looker.
I don't think so, mate!
Judas Priest! You sound like Jeremy Corbyn! :(
That's why she's bottom old son! I hope you don't think I am so shallow that I would compile a list that solely ranks women on mere shagability? That would be extremely distasteful in a post #metoo world and in the PC thread to boot.
It's all about their views and Maggie just doesn't cut the mustard against some of these hardliners.
I was tempted to put Elena Ceaușescu in there but as they were communist I guess she doesn't technically count, despite the atrocities.
Also she's got a face like a motorway pile up.
Communists and fascists are two sides of the one coin I would say. They have more in common than either side would care to admit.
Politically correct is a term from the Soviet Union, of course.
That's ironic as the Soviet Union was far from correct about politics! ;)
And neither are Sweden, Germany or Britain. So the irony gets multiplied.
Cue the outrage out of nowhere.
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/teenage-girl-fat-shamed-bakery-woman-response-viral-cupcakes-vega-blossom-indiana-facebook-a8289601.html
I love this śtory because you can spin it so many ways
1) Depressed woman Refused to be cowed by rude person trying to fat shame her
2) Fat woman bought all the cakes from the bakery, denying everyone else in the queue from buying a cake, and justified herself claiming someone in the queue was rude
3) Fat greedy woman buys all the cakes, denying everyone else in the queue, because she took offence at someone who may have had Asperger syndrome
But should we as a society, with all the obesity issues, really celebrate fat people buying lots of cake?
It's that one bit of this PC nonsense that really irritates me after a while: being obese and having an unhealthy lifestyle is suddenly something that's promoted. Why? Are we really so obsessed with not hurting other's feelings that we applaud an unhealthy lifestyle for something that it isn't? Don't see the same thing happening with cigarettes or alcohol.
They had better start making The Simpsons a lot more realistic and less carricatured.
In a way, instead of neutering him, I think playing that side of him up could work. He's always really been an anti hero anyway. He kills people, smokes and drinks excessively, sleeps around and is generally pretty sexist.
So I don't know how likely this is but instead of toning that down I wouldn't mind if they lowered the budget and went all out with it. Make him a guy who you're not necessarily meant to like or agree with but who gets things done. I think this could really work with an older Bond actor because he could be weary about the world he's living in. A Bond who grumbles when he's not allowed to smoke, who's shockingly inappropriate to the women he meets but they can't help being attracted to him anyway, who's high functioning alcoholism is seen as more of a vice than something classy and fancy. That kind of thing. Could lead to some funny, shock value kind of moments. They've touched on this a bit in some ways but don't think they've ever really gone all out with it.
Whenever this comes up I keep thinking of Gene Hunt. Hilariously not PC but it works. That might also be because he has the modern Sam Tyler to bounce off though.
He wasn't though. He was racist, sexist and homophobic. But they used the shock value of that for comedy and had Sam there to call him out so it worked.
With Sam's help. I really don't think that the point of the show was "weren't the 70s great before things were all PC". What was great about Life On Mars is that they brilliantly showed the ugly side of the 'good old days', through the cases and through Gene's own character flaws. But him and Sam sort of balanced eachother out and learnt from eachother.
Which now that I write it out to be fair doesn't seem like it'd work for Bond. He doesn't need someone guiding him and balancing him out. He just needs to carry on being Bond without being interfered with. Still, it was ten years ago now but I think Gene Hunt shows that people can accept even the most over the top unPC characters as heroes. In fact I think the film could pick up some press as a defiant response to people who want Bond neutered if they revelled in his vices and dark side a bit, went full on anti-hero. They'd just have to lower the budget.