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#277 - James Bond Will Return (Patreon)

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2021-10-18 03:25:34
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2024-06

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In some ways, no movie franchise is as responsive to trends and fads as the James Bond series. And in other ways, no franchise is more stubbornly resistant to change. We discuss how the latest entry, NO TIME TO DIE (2021), positions itself in the zeitgeist. PLUS: the Dave Chappelle discourse.

"He's Really Had a Substantial Amount of Time to Die" by Osita Nwanevu - https://www.gawker.com/culture/hes-really-had-a-substantial-amount-of-time-to-die

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Gareth Lyons

I think the evil plot must have been focus grouped into being confusing for the reasons you stated about public attitudes toward secret gov agencies. They couldn't have him target the virus to kill all the secret agents because the sympathy isn't there. They implied that it might be a racial purity thing but couldn't make it overt because Bond had to save the day and there's a weird white saviour thing especially if there's a black 007 who kinda looks inferior in contrast. They couldn't make it a population thing because I think they were worried about comparisons to Avengers. Think they just kept it vague and settled with "Ah pick whatever you're feeling. As long as we have a contrived reason for him to be literally emotionally and physically unavailable to every woman in his life."

Gareth Lyons

My favourite bit was when he turned around to say to Felix "We really should stop meeting like this!" as if he'd just thought of it and it was such a good one he had to stop what he was doing to say it. Then gets blown up before he can. That was brilliant.

Tony Mines
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That whole thing landed so weird in the context of Covid. Can you *imagine* if it had actually come out in October 2020 or whenever? Would have seemed so tasteless. Late into 2021 it was just like, 'why are you explaining epidimiology to we the audience, like we don't all know?'