SpartanN92
Banned
What would REALLY make a statement is if Bond took that bloody tampon and shoved it up his ass then looked at the camera and said “Men can have periods too!”
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The Wokest 007 Ever
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SuperGooey
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Hm. Well, if this is true, Craig's Bond career peaked with his first film. Casino Royale was the only one that felt tailored for him, while the others were awkwardly trying to recapture the magic of older Bond films, Spectre being the worst offender (and my least favorite film in the franchise).
I'm really not sure where there series can go from here, but whatever happens, the films need a more constant tone. The series has fluctuated from more grounded spy thrillers to silly, gadget-riddled romps. Skyfall and Spectre seems like they didn't know what they fuck they wanted to be, and given how the Bond series can't keep up with the better action films of today (like John Wick), maybe the producers think going "woke" is the best solution.
I think the answer is to go with a simple spy thriller. A day in the life of Bond where he doesn't go rogue, isn't trying to save the world, but just needs to collect intel and assassinate someone--perhaps treat it like a cat-and-mouse game between him and the villain. Build up an interesting dynamic, have some great action scenes that show Bond's resourcefulness, and have hints of Bond's character (like his alcoholic side?) without making the story about Bond himself. Keep it about the mission.
I'm really not sure where there series can go from here, but whatever happens, the films need a more constant tone. The series has fluctuated from more grounded spy thrillers to silly, gadget-riddled romps. Skyfall and Spectre seems like they didn't know what they fuck they wanted to be, and given how the Bond series can't keep up with the better action films of today (like John Wick), maybe the producers think going "woke" is the best solution.
I think the answer is to go with a simple spy thriller. A day in the life of Bond where he doesn't go rogue, isn't trying to save the world, but just needs to collect intel and assassinate someone--perhaps treat it like a cat-and-mouse game between him and the villain. Build up an interesting dynamic, have some great action scenes that show Bond's resourcefulness, and have hints of Bond's character (like his alcoholic side?) without making the story about Bond himself. Keep it about the mission.
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MaestroMike
Gold Member
Lol ok do they want to appeal to guys or girls ??? It's really hard to appeal to both. lotta girls don't give a sh!t about action and lotta guys don't give a sh!t about lifetime movies for a reason and what happens is neither side is going to leave the theater fully satisfied and won't re-watch again whereas if the film was for men theres a higher chance they'll rewatch it in the future and low chance for women and if it was for women, theres a higher chance they will re-watch it and a lower chance for men. but at least one side comes out satisfied and have their viewing needs met. give one side the whole steak or nothing at all. u cant please everybody
Halo is Back
Member
007 is overrated anyways
KingGhidorah
Banned
There should be a woke-meter movie reviews, some one please start one, so I can check how woke the movies are before wasting my money on them
-Arcadia-
Banned
It really is a shame.
He got smacked with
-A writer’s strike destroying the second movie
-Studio financial troubles killing a third for years
-A complete dropping of the ball by creatives in Spectre, just when Skyfall had revived things
-Social justice now making a literal mockery out of his final bow in the role.
In the end, we only really got two good movies out of his time, Casino Royale, and the not perfect, but still awesome Skyfall.
Not too bad a deal, given the former is a legend, and the latter was loved as well, but it’s a far cry from the amazing optimism everyone felt for the future when the Casino Royale end credits rolled.
Shizumapower
Member
Constant Flux
Member
Another franchise ruined by the wokeness. Jesus, is there nothing out there exempt from this bullshit?!
Constant Flux
Member
ROMhack
Member
As a talking point, don't you think it'd be better to have a Female James Bond rather than shift the idea to Male Bond being 'out of fashion'?
My reason for saying this is that seems crazy to destroy one of the characteristics people like about Bond. Sure it might reflect his shallowness (can we argue that??) but it's clearly part of his charismatic charm and why a lot of people watch the movies. Without it there's not a whole heap to him as a person - nobody watches Bond for the action alone!
My reason for saying this is that seems crazy to destroy one of the characteristics people like about Bond. Sure it might reflect his shallowness (can we argue that??) but it's clearly part of his charismatic charm and why a lot of people watch the movies. Without it there's not a whole heap to him as a person - nobody watches Bond for the action alone!
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nkarafo
Member
I would too. But i'm a broke nobody who has to work 50 hours/week just to barely get by.
I'm sure Craig is filthy rich enough already so he can afford keeping his dignity.
GymWolf
Member
Why is voldemort crushing his phone?
KingGhidorah
Banned
It's gonna be fun to mock these woke movies when they flop, like in The Terminator thread. SW:ROS is next in line
quickwhips
Member
There are other agents no one is stopping them from making awoke agent movie in the james bond universe. Dont change the original characters to fit your views.
Starlight Lotice
Member
And it came to be...that all Bond Villians would be killed by Menstruation Bombs...
So woke...
Codswallop_
Neophyte
LMFAO at that line about tampons in a Bond film. Woke as fuck.
ExpandKong
Banned
Hey writers, here’s an idea. What if there’s like, a backboard on the garbage can and 007 tosses the tampon in and it gets a cool blood splatter effect, then Bond says “Nice one Kobe” and then 007 immediately turns and shoots him in the face for 1) comparing her to a male instead of one of the WNBA’s many superstars 2) comparing her to a RAAAAAPIST and 3) something about racism because she’s black and it’s a basketball reference.
Pay me later Hollywood.
Pay me later Hollywood.
Gp1
Member
Anyone with common sense think that way. Only the writers want to kill or replace bond with a pc version
Meanwhile, Tom Cruise MI is sailing unopposed in the genre by don't giving a fuck about this and simply delivering good movies
zeioIIDX
Member
For fuck's sake. We KNOW women menstruate and use pads and other sanitary products. Why would we need to see that? Especially in a Bond film? Are they worried we wouldn't be able to tell that she's a "real woman" unless they explicitly show her popping a breast pump off her nipple and storing breast milk in the fridge, tossing a bloody tampon into the trash, or having her gyno exam interrupted by a call from MI6 to warn of a nuclear threat? We get it, you're a woman. If you're gonna take up the 007 mantle, can you just give us a 007 film and spare us the irrelevant "Here's stuff that women do that men don't/can't do." garbage? She doesn't need to prove she's a woman, she needs to prove she is capable of being 007.
Christopher
Member
Honestly I’m glad they are honest and tell us up front so I don’t have to see this garbage.
Again like someone said why not create new franchises to sell your messages to?
Again like someone said why not create new franchises to sell your messages to?
brap
Banned
If by watchable you mean the movie will play on a screen and people will look at it then yes it will be watchable.
Nymphae
Banned
I'm just a sucker for Bond films, I enjoy every single one of them on some level. I'm not quite at the point where I'm taking a stand against the franchise like I am with Star Wars lol. We'll see how this goes.
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SpartanN92
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Noboru Wataya
Banned
Throwing out the tampon like...
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Gp1
Member
Throwing out the tampon like...
That's how its done!
#metoo era bond will use a taser and pepper spray too? A walter ppk is too old fashion and violent.
#Phonepunk#
Banned
LOL i love how this posh British bitch keeps getting brought up as evidence of diverse casting. she's just a rich stuck up daughter of a stock trader. no idea why people keep touting her as some progressive thing.
Lionel Richie
Member
NO, I MEAN MRS. BOND YOU DUMB ROASTIE LMAO!
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Insane Metal
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ExpandKong
Banned
If they were so smart why did they never show us their tampons huh?
I can see this scene coming up between women discussing how to drive home female issues, but that scene had better be IMMEDIATELY followed by Q giving her a techno-norplant and saying "this will stop that problem RIGHT NOW and we'll NEVER mention it again!".
But really, a super spy doesnt know how to cycle her BC to cut out periods????
Nor do I blame his wife for not taking his name. He probably has to kill assassins hiding in the house on a daily basis, ala Jack Slater in "Last Action Hero"!
But really, a super spy doesnt know how to cycle her BC to cut out periods????
Nor do I blame his wife for not taking his name. He probably has to kill assassins hiding in the house on a daily basis, ala Jack Slater in "Last Action Hero"!
Berserking Guts
Member
They got to Bond too, huh. Nothing is sacred.
Super Mario
Banned
Just get it over with already. Make Bond a black transgender woman who saves us from Russia
You mean from "Trumps America", right?
cryptoadam
Banned
The reason they don't go full woke is because they know that the primary audience for these movies is still men. So they need men to go see the movies, but if they soy it up enough they think they can guilt us into watching these movies lest we be labeled toxic and misgynoist. But Ghostbuster and Dark Fate have shown it doesn't work.