Posted on 09/15/2019 11:53:52 AM PDT by L.A.Justice
Though millions around the world continue to enjoy the James Bond films, some believe that Ian Fleming's famous, womanizing MI6 agent has not aged well. A number of people, including former Bond actor Pierce Brosnan, believe that it is time for the franchise to introduce a female James Bond to reflect the fact that times have changed. Of course, not everyone agrees.
Valerie Leon starred as a Bond girl twice: once in 1977's The Spy Who Loved Me with Roger Moore and again in 1983's Never Say Never Again with Sean Connery. She recently appeared on Good Morning Britain to argue against the idea of a female James Bond.
"The world has gone mad!" Leon began, "I'm dressed in black. I'm in mourning that we're here to talk about Bond being a woman." She then went on to explain why she believes that Bond should remain a man, arguing, "He was conceived as a man, that is how Ian Fleming saw him. He's been successful all these years -- we don't want to see him as a woman!"
As host Piers Morgan described how he believed audiences perceived the famous fictional spy, Leon agreed that he is simply a form of escapism, adding, "He's a fantasy... So many men have wanted to be Bond and women have wanted to be with Bond." She then seemed to question the possibility that a female Bond could succeed, asking, "How can people fantasize about a woman as Bond... men aren't going to go for a woman who's a killer and assassin." Finally, Leon argued, "Why would the producers change something that's been so successful for 57 years?"
While Morgan and Leon both argued that 007 could never be a woman, recent reports have revealed that the role of 007 will be going to a woman in the upcoming No Time to Die, which features Daniel Craig's final appearance as the British spy. Captain Marvel actor Lashana Lynch will be taking over as 007 at the beginning of the film in what should be a pivotal moment. To be clear: she won't be James Bond, but it's a step closer.
James Bond was created by Ian Fleming in 1953 as an amalgam of all the agents and soldiers that Fleming had encountered during his service in World War II. The novels and numerous film adaptations did a lot to shape the spy genre. However, the ideals on which Bond was based no longer reflects modern day views.
NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN (1983) is a fine Bond film. Alec Baldwin's ex-wife is in it also.
Are they replacing M1 with ME2?
This will sell about as many tickets as the all woman ghost busters.
These films are self limiting.
The real “feminist” approach would be to make your own unique and successful franchise instead of hijacking someone else’s.
Whew... she was hot hot hot.
“NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN”
I said “Never Again” after Bond went gay in that earlier movie. Then, having ‘Pierce’ be totally for gun grabbing didn’t help either.
Who ever heard of a woman called James?
Don’t worry.
There will still be Bond girls, even if Bond is a woman.
thank you so much for this photograph. My eyeballs, and my brain shall be forever more damaged for having seen it! LMAO
Maybe the root cause is fan fiction, especially "slash" fan fiction (look it up). What we seem to have is SJW Fanbois and Fangrrls being entrusted with canon instead of dwelling in the corners of media convention dealers' rooms. They may want to explore what it would be like for Kirk and Spock to be homosexual lovers or for Thor to be a woman, but the rest of us want to pass on those notions.
You can give a woman the code number of 007, but she won't be James Bond. I pay my hard-earned cash to watch James Bond--not Modesty Blaise portrayed as a black lesbian.
Jamie.
I say Do It. Let it flop. Then they can shut up about it.
Possible new film names:
1.1 Dr. Yes Yes Yes wait I was raped
1.2 From Amazon with Love
1.3 Goldsocket
1.4 Thunderhole
1.5 Spa Royale
1.6 You Only Change Minds when you want
1.7 On Her Majesty’s Double Secret Cooperation
1.8 Diamonds Are Forever but You’re Not
1.9 Live and ooh Shiny
1.10 The Woman with the Golden Hairspray
1.11 The Lesbian Spy Who Loved Me
1.12 Moonraper
1.13 Flaunt if You’ve Got it
1.14 Octofeelings
1.15 Never Means Never
1.16 A Viewpoint to Kill
1.17 The Living NightLife
1.18 Licence to Whine
.19 GoldenMouth
1.20 Tomorrow Dies
1.21 The Galaxy Is Not Enough
1.22 Die Some Way Again Some Day
1.23 DaySpa Royale
1.24 Quantum of Manic Extremes
1.25 Emotionfall
1.26 Feminine Spectre
The original Bond character was a product of the Cold War and a kind of British contempt for the corrupt messiness of the third world and exotic foreign locations. Through it all Bond maintained the British “cool” and a perfect blend of cultural savvy and moral superiority that justified killing in the name of maintaining world order.
Over time this persona was eroded by the writers under pressure from feminists and politically correct critics to soften his misogyny and faith in the triumph of empire over global evil.
There have been many successful female spies and assassins in the action movie genre but Bond can no more be portrayed by a woman than Sherlock Holmes or Rooster Cogburn.
The real “feminist” approach would be to make your own unique and successful franchise instead of hijacking someone else’s.
Exactly. come up with some woman superhero/superspy with her own storylines, her own back story, etc. rather than take over 007.
All they will do, is see the James Bond franchise dissolve if they insist on force feeding a woman into the role.
HA!
“...time for the franchise to introduce a female James Bond to reflect the fact that times have changed..”
Times have changed....but reality hasn’t.
Nonsense! It only reflects Hollyweird's circus of queers views.
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