As long as James Bond is a white, British male. You can't change the character after all this time, just for the sake of changing it. If they want to make someone else "007," fine, since someone will get the license Bond retires or gets killed.
I think that’s the a good tact to take. Let’s not pretend that Bond as a character hasn’t changed over the decades.
A good approach is how Machine Games approached Indiana Jones. The older movies, especially Temple, have some really uncomfortable scenes with women and Asian people. So they opted instead to portray Indy as we remember him, which is a gruff everyman who respects cultures and people and hates facists.
Bond can be done the same way right
Your comment changed Brocolli from a ‘she’ to a ‘he’ though… So maybe you don’t mind so much after all?
I think a gay black British man would do very well. The original Bond, both in the books and the older movies, despite the misogyny apparent of the time, also broke a lot of stereotypes for sex and licentiousness. Pushing those boundaries has been key to Bond for a long time. Why not a gay black man then, to hold to the same spirit.
Good lord, yes. Temple of Doom received criticism for its racist depiction of India even when it came out in 1984; it's downright uncomfortable to watch today.
But I’m not sure how they will pull it off at all.
The original Bond was stereotypical of how women were treated, for Queen and Country. The Daniel Craig reboot made Bond have a soul and conscience, and more depth in character. This was also aided by more time having passed and the world’s theater changed accordingly.
Where can go that won’t be a repeat of what Daniel Craig did? Go in the past or future?
I could see this working broadly without triggering the neo-cons sensibilities about whatever they call "wokeness" but being able to explore cultural acceptance, horrors of new technology, etc.
Why not just repeat Craig style? It would still be entertaining and I'd be happy without anything "new".
I'd have liked to see that but I think it's probably too late now, he is only four years younger than Craig.
Sure, he may not have visited Britain often in his later years, but that was for tax reasons and doesn't change where he was born.
Are you perhaps confusing British with English?
Ireland too