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I’ve got to say I don’t get the woke concern with this (and several other things). Don’t forget, plenty of fans were up in arms about Craig when he was announced as the new Bond - “he’s too
Blonde, he’s not tall enough, he’s not a leading man, he’s nothing like Connery”. All these concerns were proven to be unfounded.

The only thing I think should be out of bounds is gender and nationality - James Bond should be a man. An English man. But, he can easily be an ethnicity other than white or a sexuality other than straight. Isn’t James Bond meant to represent the crème of the British Navy and armed services? Do people really think there’s only straight white guys in the military?
I don't think ethnic background matters much when you look at the ethnic diversity that is the reality of modern Britain, but the character should be British, and not with a yank accent. Change is inevitable, but the changes should be subtle, for instance hanging to Gay would be a bit much but If he was bi then you're just revealing another here to hidden part of the character, in fact bi would probably be advantageous in a secret agent.
So if Bond suddenly went went from being a white hetro bloke to a black queer woman then that is too much change at once. If they switch gender then so long as that's the only change they make at the time that's fine, indeed she could be one of his many no doubt illegitimate daughters. but one change at a time! The challenge is finding the right person for the job.
Actually if the story line did change to his daughter then maybe she could be mixed race, and qureer, but I think that is probably to much too soon, but if the daughter's character was to develop over the next few installments, she could go from we we percieve as mixed race hetro to bi and finally displaying a lezzo preference as the movies progress through the franchise.
So long as the Aston Martin isn't dumped in favour of a bloody Tesla! It's not the car it's who and what it represents.

But it's not my money behind it, so what do I care!
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I’ve got to say I don’t get the woke concern with this (and several other things). Don’t forget, plenty of fans were up in arms about Craig when he was announced as the new Bond - “he’s too
Blonde, he’s not tall enough, he’s not a leading man, he’s nothing like Connery”. All these concerns were proven to be unfounded.

The only thing I think should be out of bounds is gender and nationality - James Bond should be a man. An English man. But, he can easily be an ethnicity other than white or a sexuality other than straight. Isn’t James Bond meant to represent the crème of the British Navy and armed services? Do people really think there’s only straight white guys in the military?
I’m fine with any nationality but Bond has to be British, male, and in shape.
 
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The problem is they killed off Bond. He's dead as fried chicken. Going to need more than a priest and a voodoo doctor to raise his corpse. But if they're going to resurrect him, first and foremost, it needs to be a well written story. Doesn't matter what color, etc. he is, if it's a weak character, it will flop. If it's written for a modern audience, it's going to flop. It was always a simple recipe for success, bad guys trying to take over the world and Bond stopped them.

The problem and fear is if Amazon does to James Bond what they did to Lord of the Rings, it's going to s*&# and unwatchable and drive the franchise totally into the ground. Hope I'm proved wrong but don't like the outlook. .

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The problem is they killed off Bond.
Not sure why this is a problem. Are we supposed to believe in some sort of continuity since the start of the films? That would make no sense at all, because Bond would be very old by now if that was what people were after.

Keep in mind that Craig’s first movie starts with him getting his 00 designation, so they certainly have already rebooted it from that point on.

From here they can do whatever they want with it…
 
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. . .

From here they can do whatever they want with it…
That's what I'm thinking. I mean, I might have my preferences, but he's dead. They can make "Bond" whatever they want. Black, white, green, whatever. Probably should stay English, though. I do think it's incredibly dumb to call the main character James Bond or Jaime Bond or even just the last name Bond. The link should be the 007 number which I'd assume they'd reuse and the weight of that given its history and stuff in the agency.

What's clear, the Omega link is gone, for sure. I doubt the watch will be anything special. Probably just some digital CGI'd thing or maybe Amazon will contract special Bond watches to sell on their website for an extraordinary markup.
 
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maybe Amazon will contract special Bond watches to sell on their website for an extraordinary markup.
They wouldn’t dare copy Omega.
 
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The link should be the 007 number which I'd assume they'd reuse and the weight of that given its history and stuff in the agency.
They already did that…
 
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That's what I'm thinking. I mean, I might have my preferences, but he's dead. They can make "Bond" whatever they want. Black, white, green, whatever. Probably should stay English, though. I do think it's incredibly dumb to call the main character James Bond or Jaime Bond or even just the last name Bond. The link should be the 007 number which I'd assume they'd reuse and the weight of that given its history and stuff in the agency.

What's clear, the Omega link is gone, for sure. I doubt the watch will be anything special. Probably just some digital CGI'd thing or maybe Amazon will contract special Bond watches to sell on their website for an extraordinary markup.
Of course they can do whatever they want, and audiences will either buy it or not. But as you say, we all have our view of who Bond needs to be, even in a hard reboot. You may only see him/she/they as English, and have that as the sole defining characteristic of 007. I bet you want them to be athletic too. I'm glad someone brought that up.

Anyways we all have our idea of who Bond is. The fact that Daniel Craig was complained about initially should tell you most don't see Bond as anything outside male, straight, athletic, good looking, and English accent. If they try to go outside tha t box, I don't think it will work, but who knows.
 
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Are the Amazon movies going to be shown in cinemas or just streaming? Movies are usualy made for the biggest maskeds, and the two biggest economies are the US and China, so they would probably make a Bond movie that sells in both cinemas and streaming and in every major marked, so no controversial changes maybe?
 
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