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The idea that he’s incredibly incompetent is revisionist. These movies aren’t deconstruction, and shouldn’t be. The fun is when he’s able to get out of tough si
by rejectedandsad 5y ago
The idea that he’s incredibly incompetent is revisionist. These movies aren’t deconstruction, and shouldn’t be. The fun is when he’s able to get out of tough situations in the spur of the moment (my favorites, like Goldfinger and For Your Eyes Only show him in credible danger several times). Interestingly, this is something the Mission Impossible series did perfectly in their last movie, better than almost all Bond movies.
With that said, I really don’t think anybody is actually threatened by Bond being a white man. Like, people have lives to live.
- jhbadger 5y agoAlthough one thing that is true of the movies that is lampooned in the spy parody show "Archer", is that Bond doesn't seem to understand how to be a secret agent. Secret agents shouldn't go around drawing attention to themselves the way that Bond (and his parody Sterling Archer) do. And they certainly shouldn't go around introducing themselves using their real names!
- rejectedandsad 5y agoThe fact that he’s known seems to be inconsistent throughout the movies. Tiffany Case apparently knew who he was but not what he looked like, but a lot of other people had to look him up after giving his real name. He also does have a cover in some films, like St John Smythe in A View to a Kill