Once it dripped from my nose for a bit, I was terrified that I had a concussion or something

But capitalism turns into crony capitalism very easily due to human nature.

The monks had to eat pine cones and drink poisonous lacquer sap for at least two years to be able to self-mummify. It's basically religious suicide. Ask A Mortician has a great video about this if you're interested in learning more.

... without being too restricted by the character's personality as outlined by the previous movies.
So yeah in principle I agree, I just don't really see how James Bond of all things became the point of contention. That guy was played by so many different actors and his personality also changes with each movie apart from the few very basic traits. So I think it would be quite easy in this case to just say it's a code name and make a movie with a female protagonist.
Then again, I guess that would kind of ruin the point of James Bond which has always been oriented towards straight male audiences, I mean some of the old movies are just straight up sexist so I guess making this a progressive franchise wouldn't really sit well with the audience. (2/2)

Lol thanks, I hate it when people just blindly down vote without giving their opinion, it doesn't help the discussion at all.
I suppose you're right. I too am tired of all these remakes that have been popping up lately so some fresh franchises would be welcome. I just feel like this is a situation where you can't really win – either you remake a character, that gets people pissed. Or you make a new one with the same archetype and genre, that will get you accused of copying another franchise. The second one I think is especially perilous to do because if you're an indie filmmaker using the same archetype and concepts as a big franchise owned by a big company, there might be lawsuits coming at your head. And we know how trigger-happy some companies are with lawsuits... I suppose the best solution is to make a spin-off with different characters in the same universe, that way you get the publicity that comes with a big name and you get to use your ideas... (1/2)

Doubt it.
I googled it and only found this meme reposted on a bunch of websites.

Ha! That comment is gold.
(But yeah James Bond is indeed an asshole in general. Not to mention the straight up rapey stuff from the earlier movies)

lol

@xvarnah I agree that it's better to make a new character than just cash in on an existing franchise, BUT I feel like people who say they want to remake superheroes and famous male characters into female characters may have a point in that most of these characters were created at a time when strong women weren't really a thing (unless they were fighting fucktoys) and those characters already have a well established franchise behind them, so it's a lot harder for new female characters to get popular because they don't have an existing franchise behind them and also might get accused for trying to rip off these existing male characters.

No fuk you

You're welcome, though for anyone who isn't a fundamentalist nut this wouldn't be a compliment.

Some people are just afraid of periods I guess
Also that Satan is hot, damn

The apologetics are strong with this one.

1: It's an old Jewish story that didn't make it into the biblical canon for reasons specified above
2: Read the story. Adam tried to rape Lilith. Just because it was in the brief moment before the servers went up doesn't mean it's not a bannable offense, only if the admin wasn't such a dick.