007 last appeared in 2021’s No Time To Die, starring Daniel Craig, but Jeff Bezos now has creative control.
This is peak society right here. Everyone’s view is interesting.
Most people don’t care about it Bond stays male or (let’s face it white). However, and I’m in this boat, we do think there should be more women and PoC in movies.
Hollywood heard that and said “OKAY THEY WANT A BLACK WOMAN TO PLAY BOND”.
To which most of us were like, way to miss the meaning, bond is already an established character. Maybe if you’re picking a new role make them a woman or PoC?
And then moronic conservatives are incapable of seeing nuance so they think “LIBBRALLS ARE TRYING TO CHANGE MY JAMES BOND”
Which we all collectively eyerolled and said no go back to your corner.
But studios now think it’s some justified thing that Bond will stay white and male. Congrats. You idiots. We’ve come full circle.
The thing is, Bond isn’t an established character. They’ve been recast so many times that fan theories exist that they’re a Timelord (another “established character” that got people uppity when suggesting the same kinds of changes, though thankfully we’ve crossed that particular Rubicon, albeit roughly). Change is part of the character at this point, and extending that beyond the cis, white, and (problematically) hetero confines of its past provides greater opportunity for growth and improvement rather than languishing in a character that first hit screens 60 years ago and was penned even further back, with all the baggage that came with that.
I was worried they were going to make statements about hiring directors with a vision. Phew.
Was a transgender arc ever on the table?
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Conflating genital torture with gender affirming care isn’t a good look for you.
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No, but 007 was a woman in no time to die, so this statement also implies it’ll be a reboot that’s not canon with the Craig era.
This is just pandering to right wing extremists (ie mainstream conservatism).
It’s like if, say, Unilever bought out a company and then released a statement saying “Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs will stay free of woke mRNA vaccine”
