007 just got woke

[William Lemmerhirt]

Jesus, you poor soul. What a crap introduction to a great character. Moonraker has to be the very worst Bond movie, and there have been some stinkers.

LOL!
Indeed. In retrospect, it is super campy, and just plain horrible. But as @panteragstk mentioned, as a kid it was pretty cool. As I got older I discovered how awesome JB was/is.

 

[William Lemmerhirt]

This is true. For the most part fans are just accused of being toxic misogynist racists if the movie fails.

Right? It’s like you can’t think a movie sucks JUST BECAUSE IT SUCKS!!!!! you must be be racist, you must hate women, or you must hate the environment or whatever. Can’t be $hitty acting, or casting, or having a terrible soundtrack etc. Like Jesse eisenberg as lex luthor? Sometimes Hollywood sucks. Sometimes not so much.

 

[William Lemmerhirt]

That's one possibility but I wouldn't be surprised if we find out that James/Jamie Bond has always been a well disguised woman living as a man.

Now THAT would be the ultimate wokeness. I would have to have an equipment burning in my driveway.

 

[Trell]

When I was a kid, any new release of a James Bond was a big thing, and for me it was in the Moore/Dalton era. For me the best Bond movies are those having Craig as 007 along with the darker mood.

 

[Trell]

Now THAT would be the ultimate wokeness. I would have to have an equipment burning in my driveway.

Can we watch? I suggest that you start with your speakers as they contain wood and should make a great starter fire. If that fails, there is always gasoline

 

[William Lemmerhirt]

Can we watch? I suggest that you start with your speakers as they contain wood and should make a great starter fire. If that fails, there is always gasoline

Yep. Monkey coffins contain a LOT of mdf! I’ll probably save my AVR for a couple days and use it as a pillow since I haven’t had it that long. I could use a second anchor for my boat though. Hmmm......

 

[shadyJ]

I am aware of that. I take it you haven't seen the movie "Atomic Blonde". If you did, then you would have gotten the reference.

I've seen Atomic Blonde.

 

[davidscott]

Sean Connery vs Robert Shaw. How can you beat that combo "old man"?

 

[mtrycrafts]

They've said over the years that 007 is just a code name assigned to the agents so I guess the new agent being a black woman makes sense. ...

Then how do you explain all the 007 agents are James Bond? Especially when Skyfall where the Bond family was buried?

 

[shadyJ]

Then how do you explain all the 007 agents are James Bond? Especially when Skyfall where the Bond family was buried?

The James Bond movies are all just different takes on the same character. 007 has just historically been Bond's agent number.

 

[panteragstk]

Then how do you explain all the 007 agents are James Bond? Especially when Skyfall where the Bond family was buried?

I dunno. I didn't come up with it. Also not caught up on all the movies.

 

[ryanosaur]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/00_Agent

 

[mtrycrafts]

The James Bond movies are all just different takes on the same character. 007 has just historically been Bond's agent number.

Well, that is my understanding as well. So, how can they use a female in that role unless she is not named Bond?

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

There is running joke in Hollywood that if an actor wants to play 007, he will never get it.
I guess that Mrs. Lynch wanted to have nothing to do with Bond movies

 

[panteragstk]

Well, that is my understanding as well. So, how can they use a female in that role unless she is not named Bond?

That part is weird. Changing genders and race is a big stretch. One is fine, but both just seems like they're trying to make people happy.

The worst part is that this lady could be a fantastic actress and that would be totally undermined by all this crap surrounding the decision to make her the next bond.

Would be nice if people could audition for a part and whoever the best person for the part is gets it. None of this gender/race bull. All of this is stupid.

 

[shadyJ]

I don't get what is so confusing for you guys: they are not changing James Bond into a woman. They simply have another character using the 007 agent number since Bond had retired. James Bond and 007 are not literally synonymous. They simply re-assign agent numbers as the service members come and go.

 

[gene]

I don't get what is so confusing for you guys: they are not changing James Bond into a woman. They simply have another character using the 007 agent number since Bond had retired. James Bond and 007 are not literally synonymous. They simply re-assign agent numbers as the service members come and go.

It just would have been so much easier if they would have retired the #007 and given her #069 instead

 

[gene]

Just saw that a black woman, Lashana Lynch will be the new 007. Seriously, they couldn’t give her a different number? What. The. Actual. Fukk...
Can’t wait for Matthew McConaughey to play Malcom-X. Or Wonder Woman...

Nothing tops the cringe factor more than this though:

 

[sholling]

I don't get what is so confusing for you guys: they are not changing James Bond into a woman. They simply have another character using the 007 agent number since Bond had retired. James Bond and 007 are not literally synonymous. They simply re-assign agent numbers as the service members come and go.

Then why refer to the movie as the latest installment in the "James Bond" series? Instead of destroying a reliable money making franchise in the name of PC and social justice they'd have been one heck of a lot smarter to make the female lead version (Mary Sue Bond? ) a spin-off series. Sort of a lighter and higher quality PG-13 version of Atomic Blonde that might actually work IF they avoid having to live up to comparisons to Sean Connery. As it is I expect it to be nearly as successful as the Ghostbusters remake.

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

Then why refer to the movie as the latest installment in the "James Bond" series? Instead of destroying a reliable money making franchise in the name of PC and social justice they'd have been one heck of a lot smarter to make the female lead version (Mary Sue Bond? ) a spin-off series. Sort of a lighter and higher quality PG-13 version of Atomic Blonde that might actually work IF they avoid having to live up to comparisons to Sean Connery. As it is I expect it to be nearly as successful as the Ghostbusters remake.

I'd take Jane Bond as well