And the next 007 is..

[IAmZlatan]

Hang on. Read the article.

She isn’t taking over the role of Bond, she’s taking his 007 code name.

The Sun article literally says, Bond is still James Bond.

Stop getting in the way of misplaced outraged

 

[Frijj]

Stop getting in the way of misplaced outraged

I just know this thread is going to be full of the usual suspects so getting in early

 

[chunkyshanhawk53]

this is gonna be class

 

[Rubberglove]

Thundernoballs

 

[West_Winger]

Who actually gives a fuck

Generally men with inferiority complexes.

this is gonna be class

All those men who can beat Serena Williams at tennis can try their hand at this now.

 

[chunkyshanhawk53]

Has anyone referred to Fleming’s intention for the character yet?

 

[Smartin]

Her name is Bond, Jillian Bond, licence to park where she wants.

 

[super noodles]

Effectively there’s very little difference between this situation and the one with Halle Berry then?

Do you mean Halle Bailey? The new little mermaid. Which might be the funniest thing actual adults have ever got upset about.

 

[zwartekat]

 

[Frijj]

Has anyone referred to Fleming’s intention for the character yet?

NO BLACK PEOPLE IN SCOTLAND

 

[chunkyshanhawk53]

Image is quite possibly the single most important element of the Bond character, more than pretty much any other character in popular fiction. For Spiderman or Iron Man it's more about what the character does, so it doesn't matter what colour they are or what hair they have, but with Bond it's about who he is, what he looks like, where he comes from, how he dresses, what he drinks, what he drives etc etc. It's a very image focussed-character (which is why it's the most successful product placement franchise in history). Fleming went into great detail about it.

 

[West_Winger]

NO BLACK PEOPLE IN SCOTLAND

Chapter 5 of Live and Let Die is particularly progressive in that respect.

 

[a1970man]

I’m offended it doesn’t satisfy any of the 2sLGBTQQIA++ criteria.

 

[SAFCOldie]

Hang on. Read the article.

She isn’t taking over the role of Bond, she’s taking his 007 code name.

The Sun article literally says, Bond is still James Bond.

So they'll only stolen him of half is identity

 

[butcher]

worked well for ghostbusters so cant see what could go wrong here

 

[Lukas73]

What next....female Jesus?

 

[Frijj]

So they'll only stolen him of half is identity

Well, Bond wasn’t always 007. He doesn’t own the code name. They don’t retire it like a football shirt when the previous holder dies or retires after long service.

 

[Barnacle Boy]

As long as that plank of wood Idris Elba gets nowhere near a Bond film they can do what they want

 

[butcher]

Hang on. Read the article.

She isn’t taking over the role of Bond, she’s taking his 007 code name.

The Sun article literally says, Bond is still James Bond.

is that because james is a mans name, would of been a bit daft having a lass called james

 

[Be Here Now]

Jane Bond