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Producer Barbara Broccoli has spoken of reflecting the #MeToo movement, and you feel the winds of change in Nomi (Lashana Lynch): a confident young agent who wants Bond off the mission, not least because, with Bond’s retirement, she inherited his ‘007’ agent designation.
That’s right! As No Time to Die opens, the new 007 is a woman.
The real question is, will she still have the codename when the credits roll?
“And as for Bond’s backroom staff, you can set your laser watch by dad-bod action-hero and intelligence chief M (Ralph Fiennes), PA-on-steroids Eve Moneypenny (Naomie Harris) and fastidious knitwear-aficionado and MI6 gadget-master Q (Ben Whishaw).”
It's like every time I start to get nervous about it being released, they send me a sign that everything is gonna be alright lol
Yes. Just got my second shot a few days ago.
Same. And then I get nervous again haha
It's already been revealed pretty much Nomi and none of the female main cast will die in NTTD so probably not. Probs will give it back after she comes to know Bond and sees him in a friendly way
I'm luke-warm on the idea of big-budget action films being released for streaming. This doesn't mean I am averse to Netflix and Prime being the home for films, just not certain kinds of films. I saw Mank and Nomadland on TV and I don't think I lost anything in the process. But those films are very different from a Bond film, as many would agree.
I agree. There's a thousand ways the film ends — but I can't imagine it is a "Skyfall" where's he's in M's office going back into the blue yonder. I'm fairly certain Bond/Nomi is a sort of "passing of the torch" sort of thing, for both of them, as the film and their relationship dynamic progresses. Can't wait!
From a while back, it seems that there could have been a magazine article discussing it, not to mention a plethora of promotional material with Nomi named as 003.
I could imagine the dialogue being something like:
Bond: “Are you a double 0?”
Nomi: “Seven”.
Bond: (shocked face)
Also have a feeling they will leave the 007 designation ambiguous at the end.
Yeah I can’t see it ending on him returning to MI6. He’s left.
If below is the official plot synopsis, I don't understand how Nomi can be 007, when they literally refer to Bond as 007:
I don't think Nomi is ever 007. I think they've just been playing off of it for the hype train.
Although using 007 is weird anyway because he's not 007 anymore, so it might be just be being used in the synopsis in terms of iconography, or whoever wrote the synopsis isn't someone so tied to production that they'd make sure to make the distinction - as even if Nomi is 007 for this movie, James Bond will still be "007" (again in terms of iconography not in context of the film). If that makes sense.
There's two 007's really. The brand and the codename.
Yeah, I'd bet actual money her introduction scene will be some variation of M asking for 007, and then the camera revealing that it's her, not Bond.
Nomi is the new 007. Action in Cuba, etc.
Bond visit M and M wants Bond back in active service. Bond agree and get's his code number back.
Nomi now a double O something else
007 and Nomi goes after Safin on his island.
This is a likely scenario. I still can't fathom a 007 film in which James Bond is not 007. That is the brand. LOL
Nomi is 007. There are interviews and international trailers that prove it. Bond has resigned and after 3 years she took his codename.
On a personal note, I don’t see them giving the iconic codename to a black woman for 2 hours and then giving it back to Bond just because he comes back after voluntarily retirement, but that’s my opinion.
Let’s al remember that Bond in YOLT went on a mission with a different codename, he wasn’t 007, and we know how much the third act takes inspiration from the YOLT novel. There’s even the garden of death. So it wouldn’t be that apocryphal having JB on a mission without its iconic 007 status, especially since this one is gonna be his most personal mission ever.
1.It is not HIS codename. As with the weapons, vehicles, etc., they belong to MI 6. The numbers -- like guns and cars -- are assigned. Once a double-0 dies -- or, retires, though it is a die-on-the-job-sort-of-job their number goes to someone else. Or, if the agent is re-assigned -- as was Bond in the novel YOLT, they get a new identification number. Bond got 7777 in YOLT.
2.As for "giving the iconic codename to a black woman" -- wouldn't your statement apply regardless of the person to whom the number was assigned ? In other words -- even if another white guy got the number after Bond's retirement, wouldn't your point apply the same ? Indeed.
3.Great observations re: the garden of death, etc. It seems Safin and his lair are a mix or a mash of Dr. No in DN, and of Blofeld in YOLT...but wait ! Also with Blofeld in OHMSS becauuuuuuuse:
A.The worldwide distribution of whatever kickapoo killer juice Safin is making is a bit reminiscent of the worldwide distribution in OHMSS of bacteriological warfare agents.
B.In OHMSS Blofeld and Irma Bunt mess with Bond's sweetheart and their relationship...by, you know, shooting said sweetie. In NTTD it appears Safin messes with Bond's relationship with the beloved Dr. Swann, in the course of a long, long term "play", starting in her childhood. It appears she won't die -- come on, we went through that not long ago in CR, just 4 stories back (in the books, there were 10 books in between [and more stories, since one of the books collected several stories]).
I'm sure some of these similarities noted are just instances of me over-reaching.
No such thing as over-reaching! If you feel some sort of connection or inspiration, that feeling means something.