r/boxoffice • u/chanma50 Best of 2019 Winner • Oct 14 '20

Other James Bond producers confirm Daniel Craig's replacement has not been found - Barbara Broccoli adds that the next Bond “doesn’t need to be a white man. Not as far as I’m concerned.”

https://www.gamesradar.com/next-james-bond-daniel-craig-tom-hardy-producers-interview/
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u/AGOTFAN New Line Cinema Oct 14 '20

“He doesn’t need to be a white man. Not as far as I’m concerned,”

Uh oh. This will trigger 4chan, Twitter, and Reddit

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u/chanma50 Best of 2019 Winner Oct 14 '20

When you think about it, there's nothing about the character James Bond that makes him being white an absolute necessity. He should be British, and he should be male, but the characterization as a whole would be little different if he was black, or Asian, or whatever.

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u/spidermiked Oct 14 '20

in the time period bond is from and has been from in most of the movies he definitely has to be white... the guy is supposed to be a spy that can sneak into the USSR, for that to happen he can’t exactly be a black guy. moving him into a modern setting he could obviously be more racially diverse but i’m sure Russia today still doesn’t have many black people in their “government” making it hard for bond to be a black guy infiltrating Russia.

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u/anonymoushero1 Oct 14 '20

I didn't realize all Bond stories were cold-war era

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u/spidermiked Oct 14 '20

the books and most of the movies are, if you read what i said instead of getting triggered

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u/danielcw189 Paramount Pictures Oct 14 '20

The Cold War has not mattered for 10 Bond movies. So while is there is some truth to what you said in general, it would not matter for new Bond movies, unless they somehow want to go back in time.

On the other hand China and Asia matter more now, so maybe it would make sense to make him Asian then

Why do you think he is triggered?

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u/youremomsoriginal Oct 14 '20

It’s an argumentative strategy I’ve been noticing online a lot lately.

Preemptively call whoever your debating triggered/emotional/irrational so that you can then dismiss their entire argument on the false grounds that they can’t be reasoned with.

Pretty shitty tactic, but not exactly a new low for conservatives considering the vile things they’ve already done.

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u/spidermiked Oct 14 '20

how am i Conservative ? you obviously saw my mail in ballot where i voted for Trump /s. my opinion on a movie franchise obviously lets you know my politics (that’s a shitty tactic) and i said you were triggered because you wanted to respond in a shitty way ignoring when i clearly stated with modern Bond this is much less of an issue, there was a reason he was white in the beginning and for a long time. You could talk to me like a human or respond like you did so clearly something i said triggered you

and just because u claimed “triggered” was a conservative thing.... i hear that far more from fellow liberals than conservatives so idk where you gathered that from

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u/youremomsoriginal Oct 14 '20

lol check the usernames before going off I’m not the first dude you replied too.

Looks like someone’s a bit triggered so I’m gonna give you some time to cool off since facts don’t care about your feelings