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Ultimately, the bell tolls for everyone, and it may now be tolling for the suavest man ever to hit the big screen. That’s right: we may have seen the last of Agent 007. The James Bond series is currently tangled up in red tape that woke executives have spooled out, and the dashing, unflappable, impeccably dressed, outrageously smooth special agent may finally have reached the end of the line. As we prepare to attend his wake and say some word of sympathy to Miss Moneypenny, however, the real question is this: how has he lasted this long?
Fox News reported Saturday that “the next installment in the ‘James Bond’ franchise is still in development limbo due to a rift between the series’ main producer and its new owners, Amazon.” It seems that “longtime Bond producer Barbara Broccoli and Amazon — which bought MGM studios in 2021 — are in an ‘ugly stalemate’ over decisions about the future of the franchise.” If you suspect that this “ugly stalemate” has to be over whether this dashing, upper-crust, womanizing agent for the forces of good is going to be turned into a woke shadow of his former self, you’re right on the money.
During a recent meeting to discuss Bond’s fate, one Amazon executive laid it on the line, saying: “I have to be honest, I don’t think James Bond is a hero.” Of course. How could he be? Think about all the ways in which Bond is not a hero from the standpoint of a grim, humorless, doctrinaire leftist. Bond, in all his incarnations from Sean Connery to Daniel Craig, has been white. And that’s just the beginning of his sins.
He is most decidedly not gay. He doesn’t believe in body positivity. He is not trans: for all his interest in women, clearly has no interest in becoming one. He is just the opposite of a whining victim: he is a joyful rogue who doesn’t take himself too seriously but always comes out on top. He drinks alcohol, with no concern about the burden he may one day be on the healthcare system.
Bond has access to sophisticated gadgetry that gets him out of any number of tight scrapes, but he is also an endless fount of ingenuity, showing repeatedly that he is able to get out of the most difficult situations solely by means of his wit and whatever implements may be at hand. To the horror of leftists everywhere, he doesn’t need any government assistance. Yet he is not anti-government; in fact, he is in the employ of the British government, which has a history of colonialism, instead of working on behalf of the oppressed brown peoples of the world.
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Transmaster says
What can we expect from an outfit that pinched the billion Dollar turd called; The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Somehow, the only Bond I ever liked were the Roger Moore ones. Even the Sean Connery ones failed to impress me, much less the Remington Steels or any subsequent actors
Rudy Stephen says
Totally agree. Roger Moore made me love James Bond.
Troybeam says
Roger Moore sucked at being James Bond!
Daniel Craig was great, George Lazenby was good to. The issue I keep reading about is they want a woman to play Bond, nope…never ever a woman.
James Bond is an English white male, the books must be followed.
somehistory says
I never watched any Bond movies. I did see Roger Moore as “The Saint” which was basically the same format as Bond. Rich, handsome Brit who went about being a ladies’ man, rescuing them and everyone knew who he was, etc.
One thing: movies are meant to be escapism for the person who leads what is an ordinary life…often boring with the sameness of each day, following almost exactly the day before….to experience vicariously, excitement, travel, doing things the ordinary person doesn’t dare try.
To make this character change suddenly….become a person with dark pigmented skin, female or pretends to be, etc…..will not work for the person who wishes to escape his boring sameness.
After all, we are all **experiencing** the so-called “woke” trans lies, pigment is more important than integrity, character, knowledge and abilities; mozlums are never wrong, Christians are never right, etc.
Movies are meant to take the viewer out of what he sees, hears and experiences every day to places he will never go, things he will never do or even see done. To give a sigh, a laugh, a tear, or ‘wish I could’ and to forget the outside world for a couple of hours.
If Bond doesn’t survive the Amazon, it will be as if the giant river with its crocs and piranha have gobbled him up.
And it will be because the Amazon creeps can’t dream, imagine or create something of their own. They must “steal, kill and destroy.”
James Lincoln says
somehistory says,
“I did see Roger Moore as “The Saint” which was basically the same format as Bond.”
Yes.
“The Saint” was, in my opinion, excellent. And Roger Moore played the part perfectly.
My wife and I are currently watching the entire series…
somehistory says
thank you, James.
I occasionally watch him on Tubi.com (a fox offering). I have enjoyed many a second and third time around.
Wellington says
If given the opportunity, the Left will ruin James Bond because the Left ruins everything when it can (I can’t think of a single exception). And for the record, Sean Connery was EASILY the best James Bond. When I think of old Britain at its best (sadly, almost gone now) two characters come to mind above all, one historical and the other fictional, i.e., Winston Churchill and Sean Connery as James Bond.
James Lincoln says
Yes, Wellington.
Sean Connery was the very best James Bond – and I would put Roger Moore at a close second.
For me, the very best James Bond movie was the very first Dr. No (1962) with the drop-dead gorgeous Honey Ryder (Ursula Andress).
I’ve dreamed about collecting shells with “Honey” – and bathing in Jamaica’s Dunn’s River Falls.
No overdone special-effects – just great acting.
Beenthere Donethat says
Not only will the new James Bond take Dr. Evil’s girlfriend to bed, he’s going to take Dr. Evil to bed too!
Kittiekhatt50 says
I idolised Sean Connery as James Bond, the only other who gained that prestigious award, in my opinion, is Daniel Craig..I cannot begin to imagine a trans, non-white person, or just plain 100% female, white or otherwise, playing this character..its totally absurd, abhorrent and quite honestly stupid to even contemplate that..if that means that there will be no more Bond movies, then R.I.P..you will be sorely missed..
John Galt III says
There are still all the Sean Connery Bond movies and they are the best!!!
(6) movies and $29 million cost to make ALL of them and they grossed $500 million.
They are classics and always will be so Amazon, go make BOND a trans, Asian/African, one legged Zombie for all I care. Screw you and Disney.
B says
I wish someone would make a satire movie of James Bond getting out of his toughest situation yet! The woke studios who really want not only to kill him – but destroy the very idea of him!
I’d pay to see it.
WCM says
Did you miss “Casino Royal” (Peter Sellers, Woody Allen, Ursula Andress, David Niven, et al)? That was a good one, way back in 1967.
Andrew Blackadder says
Its rather strange that certain people wish to change the heroes and icons of European Heritage into something akin to African Heritage when Negroes have so many of their own icons and heroes to deal with and have no need to change Caucasian heroes and icons.. Right ?.
Can Brad Pitt play the King of the Zulus just as Denzel Washington played the King of The Scots as King Lear ?.