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Discussion in 'Pop Culture Board' started by Diogenes The Cynic, Oct 19, 2009.

  1. Czechvodkabaron

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    I am not against female actresses, but Bond has always been male. If they wanted to do something with a female lead, why not try something original there are other double 0's.
     
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    Maybe somebody just wanted to ruin another film franchise. It’s the hot new thing these days.
     
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    This prequel looks a lot better than the sequel. That thing was hot garbage.

     
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    How does this ruin the franchise? Are they making it so you can’t watch the other movies you enjoy?
     
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    You didn't enjoy the "Ghostbusters" reboot then?
     
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    The character is Ian Fleming’s James Bond. The franchise is built around that character: a steely, revenge-bent, womanizing, card-counting, globetrotting spy. The series was never intended to be anything but about James Bond.

    Also, after five and a half decades of success all of the sudden the ingredients need to be shaken up? For what purpose, exactly? It’s a super-successful series with a huge fan base that was just fine with it kept in tune with Fleming’s series.

    To me it’s a dumb progressive stunt that cheapens the franchise. Fuck it, this is worse than Moonraker.
     
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    Nobody did. It’s was straight-up bad and unoriginal filmmaking from A to Z.
     
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    Or as I referred to it ( to the delight of our then younger teenaged sons ) a "steaming pile of shit".

    The reboot thing has got to stop. It's done well so rarely and there's plenty of good stories waiting to be told.
     
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    Shoehorning in SJW themes without respect for decent writing has produced some terrible dreck in the past 5 years. On top of ignoring the storytelling to virtue signal they also are just using this as a marketing buzz technique, Hollywood, like Gillette, don't give a fuck in real terms about sexism or racism or what ever ism. It's purely a number strategy to gain more eyeballs/clicks to their product. Plus they can use it as a a convenient scapegoat when the movie under preforms. It's just anonymous internet trolls that torpedoed the ratings and box office figures!
     
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    ...when in fact it’s all of us pricks who have the nerve to demand quality content for our money. I have no issue with paying to go see a movie, but shit is shit. I’m not going to watch shitty movies even if they’re free.
     
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    The most retarded thing I saw recently is the director of the new Terminator said online troll misogynist can’t handle movies with strong female leads. A stunning lack of awareness.
     
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    Because the creator of The Terminator never knew how to make a movie with a strong female lead that appealed to a large audience. Game over, man. Game over.
     
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    I hope this a) is funny and b) pisses a lot of people off.

     
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    Holy shit that looks funny.
     
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    She’s going to be playing an agent with the 007 call sign, not James Bond. Craig’s Bond is still the lead. I have no problem with this.
     
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    Since when isn't 007 james bond? There are of other double 0's out there.
     
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    Can they call her DD7? Ya know, like the boobies.
     
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    Man... it's almost as if nobody read the fucking article...

    So, I also don't see what the big deal is about this.
     
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    Because black female.