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@Denbigh , @Tuck91 's revulsion was simply revolting to anyone with half a brain. Period.
If true giving Nomi OO7 status they have IMO set her up to be either a villain or she will be killed or both.
I believe you’re correct. Surely EON must know having someone other than Bond as 007 by the film’s end is just wrong. I have to say I’m very disappointed by some of the hateful comments I’ve read around lately (mainly other sites than here). Some people really are genuinely ugly about it.
Tried to skim thru comments to find: a) news ... and b) sanity
So basically yeah this sums it up nicely.
I'm all in for Bond 25. Looking forward to the trailer very much.
Not concerned about anything, honestly. Roll on, Cary and crew. B-)
I have not read much to be honest, I don't tend to go on social media. And I skipped 150 comments since I last looked on this thread (this thread fills up with comments quick)
I am quietly confident we will get a good film, though I hope DC does leave after Bond 25 I am close to done with all his films having a connected if badly connected in some cases narrative arc. I don't think they will repeat the DC experiment with the next Bond. [-O<
James Bond, Agent 007, has been retired for 5 years.
New agent will take over 007 assassin number. That's it-- that's all this means.
What Is. The. Big Deal??
This is still a Bond film and Daniel Craig will be the leading actor, playing the leading role.
This is a wrinkle of freshness that EoN (backed by their big distributor, Universal) throw at this community, and some go bonkers.
These "some", of course, would love the predictability of PTS; Credit Song; M's briefing; Q's briefing... and so on... perfectly clocked in at 2 hours to 2 hours and 10 minutes... with the "oh James" at the end...
But this predicability was killing the franchise in the 80s...
The Brosnan era got more lazy as it went along...
The Craig era may not be to all tastes, but each film has kept things fresh, but rooted in the mythology of James Bond.
If you don't like what you're hearing, then don't put your good money into something you don't believe in. You don't like this era? Or perhaps you did up til certain films? So just stop and get B25 on VOD. Simple as that.
But, sneaking suspicion dictates that most of the negative commentaries will see B25 at least two times, if not more, before it leaves the cinema.
I agree.
Honestly, the big deal is that people are still racist/sexist.
Replace Lynch with Aidan Turner as the new 007 and we wouldn't see the reaction we have today.
IMDB has added the cast member Andrew G. Ogleby as MI6 Worker (Uncredited) :)
Yes. Many don’t even bother to read the articles. Not to mention, most people seem to be on an extreme side of either racist/sexist or SJW/PC rather than looking at it in any objective sense.
Now I’m not saying they’re right or wrong but most don’t want any one other than Bond to be 007.
+1
I have seen a lot of ugly, hateful comments still. Just depends on the individual. I want Bond - a white man as created by Fleming - to be 007. But in theory the experiment may work, as long as it’s done well and Bond is 007 by the end again.
Dismissing all arguments as racist and sexist is the tactic of a mental midget. Shame on you.
Yes. This 'Lynch is the new 007' gimmick and how it is handled is really a non-issue compared to how they will handle the return of the big brother Blofeld. That's the thing I'm worried about the most.
In an interview for Deadline in 2015, Sam Mendes said EON will try doing something different with every new film, so we better stop hoping we'll get an old-fashioned 'Bond on a mission' story. I'm not sure I'm liking that, I was kinda hoping to see such a film again, but that's not going to happen any time soon. Not even when a new actor takes over.
Bond temporarily losing his code number could be nothing compared to what awaits us in the years to come.
I will always prefer the Connery films, but let's be honest - making films like that is impossible in the 21st century, so experimenting may be the best thing going forward.
I just hope Bond's past won't play the part after Craig's departure.
That's definitely not encouraging news.
@peter What happens to Bond and the 007 number like the franchise just will really have an identity crisis whether for or against. Things can change but some things need to stay the same or you get a mess. Let's have Bond killed off M gone Q gone and just have Naomi do solo missions by herself and call the Noami or whatever her character name is and call it James Bond 007.
This very well could be isolated to Craig’s Bond.
The next incarnation, timeline, will be complete detached from this series of events.
I hope so
I too am ready to stop dwelling on Bond's past. I'm totally for giving him dimension as a character, but to connect the villain to his history in any way is when it starts getting too contrived and I hope Spectre is the last time we see something like that. You can develop him through the events over the course of the film like Casino Royale did.
As for Nomi being 007. Well first of all I'm trepidatious about it's legitimacy, it's from the DailyMail and it isn't Baz. Second, I'm in a wait and see approach, because I can see good conflict and repartee coming from it, but I'm worried it's not going to have the effect they want it to have on the skeptics who think Bond movies are a relic and Bond needs to be played by a woman or POC. I've already read some say this is EON working their way around those criticisms. Let's just say it's gonna be a tricky thing to pull off, because as I've brought up before, it's not gonna be a great look if she is given this designation and then has to hand it over, especially if it's because she messes up on the job like Moneypenny did in SF. An even better question: why get all this chatter started (if it is indeed an intended official thing), if she's just a one and done Bond girl? Again, I don't see the skeptics falling for that.
+1
Just gonna leave this here.