- cross-posted to:
- movies@lemm.ee
- cross-posted to:
- movies@lemm.ee
007 last appeared in 2021’s No Time To Die, starring Daniel Craig, but Jeff Bezos now has creative control.
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.
I care. I loved Bond since Dr. No, and I want him British, male, white, sophisticated, adventurous and throwing around one liners after a kill.
If anyone wants something else, develop a new character.
I’m tired of this, I don’t want a white Shaft, a female Shakespeare or nonsense like that. Instead may I propose Oceans 8? New characters, free to do whatever you want. In that movie it worked great, and everyone is happy.
Cause “separate but equal” has always been a great solution.
I think you missed the point. On both of our comments.
No, I get it. It’s been repeated ad nauseum for decades at this point, so it’s hard to miss.
“The monolith of white characters in media is problematic, sure, but don’t change any of them. That would be ‘wrong’ and ‘ruin’ them for all the white people that like them the way they are. Make your own characters and keep them separate. That way nothing gets ruined, yeah?”
Or, in short:
“Diversity is OK, but only if it doesn’t touch ‘my’ media.”
Look I don’t exactly care myself, so you’re not arguing with me. But I see what people are saying and like it or not they have a point, and the backlash that’s happening is not exactly unpredictable. You don’t make a whole lot of allies by saying “I refuse to understand your point of view and you’re wrong for thinking it”
I do understand it and they are wrong. They don’t “have a point”. They just don’t like the idea of not being the defacto archetype and lash out at anything suggesting change, pretending to offer “reasonable” alternatives as if that’s not just perpetuating the same problems. Like I said, it isn’t anything new.