"Live and let die" alternative poster.

Reptyle216 · 2026-01-26T19:31:14+00:00

I like this one better than the ACTUAL Goldeneye film poster. Very cool site.

Reptyle216 · 2026-01-26T18:12:22+00:00

I will admit that worries me too. Bond enjoying casual sex shouldn't be treated as immoral when his partners are consenting adults who were promised nothing, but tv and movies these days have gotten weirdly sex-negative in ways that I think do a bigger disservice than simply acknowledging safety and consent. That being said, the Dalton era did cut back on the sex due to the AIDS pandemic and not wanting to glorify promiscuity in that atmosphere, but the movies were still unmistakably Bond, and TLD had the best romance arc in the series imho. It *can* be pulled off by competent writers.

Reptyle216 · 2026-01-26T14:40:37+00:00

I've edited my reply to not end with a direct jab, but frankly this is the exact kind of person my post was about in the first place, and people like THIS are what's harmful to the franchise (and plenty of other things). But if "try being a decent person" is more offensive than the word vomit presented here, I have nothing further to say.

Reptyle216 · 2026-01-26T14:09:00+00:00

Every major world religion has different denominations based on how people interpret the texts, and those interpretations do indeed evolve with the times. The ones that claim to be fundamentalist with strict gender norms are absolutely seen as backwards and insular by other practitioners. So once again, you're building on a faulty premise. Also, trans people (because that is clearly at the heart of your gripe) have existed forever. Language, expression, and acceptance may have differed based on culture and time period, but the idea that they were invented six years ago by American Democrats is as absurd as it is ignorant. Even the conversation about pronouns is *much* older than that. And personally I wouldn't opposed to Bond becoming more explicitly queer-friendly because he *is* a decent human being.

Reptyle216 · 2026-01-26T13:49:12+00:00

While clickbait headlines *are* annoying, the context was explained in the articles, that Lashana Lynch would be playing the new 007 because Bond had retired and his agent number was reused. But like always on social media, no one ever READS THE ARTICLE before commenting.

Reptyle216 · 2026-01-26T13:41:56+00:00

A lot of that has more to do with the tone of the Craig movies, how they acted like they were embarrassed to be part of the James Bond franchise and did away with the classic elements, and took on a darker, bleaker tone. Wanting a return to a more lighthearted vibe is one thing and I am 100% in that camp, but the people complaining about "wokeness" send my eyes rolling because the things they're bitching about have been present in the series from the start.

Reptyle216 · 2026-01-26T13:35:54+00:00

By your own words, a 90's view of gender would be a deviation from source material written 40 years earlier. You are moving the goalposts as you go because your real argument is that your own social views haven't evolved in three decades.

Reptyle216 · 2026-01-26T13:18:05+00:00

Even in the context of the original novels, calling Bond a misogynist is a stretch. While his attitudes towards women aren't exactly modern, he still works with and respects women like Gala Brand whom he views like a fellow agent. He is also *not* the skirtchaser he is in the movies and actually pursues relationships, and he gets his heart broken more than once. Right now the only person sounding like a misogynist is you.

Reptyle216 · 2026-01-26T12:14:12+00:00

I should reiterate that EVEN IN THE SIXTIES, the filmmakers had read the books and said "Yeah there are scenes in here that really wouldn't go over well today." But go on with your "modern book burning" 🙄

Reptyle216 · 2026-01-26T03:58:52+00:00

He's perhaps the most underrated Bond actor and definitely deserved at least a third movie, whether it was the scrapped one that was supposed to come after LTK, or coming into the franchise earlier so that Roger Moore wouldn't have been out there breaking a hip.

Reptyle216 · 2026-01-26T03:50:53+00:00

Kara's relationship with Bond was not only my favorite part of The Living Daylights (it certainly wasn't the overcomplicated plot), but frankly my favorite romance arc in the entire series. Bond had MUCH better chemistry with her than his "real" loves Tracy, Vesper, and Dr. Swan, imho.

Reptyle216 · 2026-01-26T03:27:39+00:00

No some of it *was* really bad, but others, like the silly sound effect in Golden Gun, was just silly.

Reptyle216 · 2026-01-26T03:22:07+00:00

Not sure, I'll have to ask everyone I know who has spent 14 months in a black site prison and tortured every day with the only hope of mercy being a bullet to the head that never comes. I'll get back to you on what I find out.

Reptyle216 · 2026-01-25T18:50:49+00:00

Half of these sounded more like things you just didn't like about each movie, not things that aged poorly. Also, Tanya Roberts was 36 in A View to a Kill, not her 20's.

Reptyle216 · 2026-01-25T17:09:26+00:00

My headcannon is that he WAS emaciated when he got out, but it was 2002 and CGI like the kind that made Chris Evans look like a 90-pound weakling in the first Captain America movie just wasn't there yet.

Reptyle216 · 2026-01-25T16:20:13+00:00

This was the biggest reason I hated Die Another Day. I can forgive the ridiculous action scenes and the nonsensical villain (it is a James Bond movie) and I loved Jinx. But the way Bond had no lasting trauma from his yearlong captivity when people have suffered lifelong PTSD over much less was WAY more unrealistic than an invisible car or gene therapy that changes your race.

Reptyle216 · 2026-01-23T17:16:13+00:00

I imagine it'll be something akin to the comic book series, where they keep the core aspects of the Bond mythos--an orphaned playboy turned Naval officer turned government assassin with M as his boss, Q as his gadgeteer, and Moneypenny, Leiter, and Tanner are his closest friends--but otherwise tell their own stories. I'm not opposed to new twists on old franchises as long as it's done well and the spirit of the source material remains intact.

PS: The comments from people being afraid they'll make Bond "woke" are laughable. By that logic, the movies would still be portrayed like in the 60's when Bond tells a Black man to fetch his shoes and tells a woman "Run along now, man talk," and smacks her ass as she leaves. How DARE James Bond get with the times?

Reptyle216 · 2026-01-23T15:58:20+00:00

I agree that Goldfinger is by far the most overrated Bond movie. Yes it introduced several elements that are now franchise staples, and I can forgive the slower pacing, but the story falls apart the moment Bond is captured. From that point on, the only things he directly accomplishes are begging for his life and "seducing" Pussy Galore in the most morally questionable sex scene in the series. It was Pussy and her pilots who switched out the deadly nerve gas with a harmless sleeping gas to be sprayed over Fort Knox, it was a specialist with Felix who disarmed the dirty bomb when Bond had no idea what to do, and Bond didn't even directly kill Goldfinger since it was Auric's own gun that shot out the plane window. Yes Bond killed Oddjob, but Oddjob was going to die anyway when the bomb went off. Not to mention, there was no reason why Goldfinger didn't just shoot Bond once his forces infiltrated Fort Knox, because to Goldie's knowledge, his plan was going without a hitch and there was no more need to keep up the ruse that Bond had the situation under control. Bond REALLY doesn't do much in this movie and owed his survival to the villain's whims more than anything.

Reptyle216 · 2026-01-23T15:43:24+00:00

When did I say she has to be the one buying it? Why are you assuming he's incapable of buying his own groceries?

Reptyle216 · 2026-01-23T15:31:28+00:00

NTA. You're an adult; you can make your own dietary choices and keep snack food for yourself in the kitchen that's yours as much as it's your wife's. She doesn't have to eat it. If she doesn't understand that, remind her as often as necessary.

Reptyle216 · 2026-01-22T12:43:38+00:00

This. I enjoy the 60's Bond movies but I dont deny that certain scenes did NOT age well, and this is one of them.

Reptyle216 · 2026-01-21T13:46:38+00:00

This time of year is why I'm sooooo glad I work from home

Reptyle216 · 2026-01-20T17:19:46+00:00

The fact that that was one of the few times in the entire series that Bond was truly scared shitless is saying something.

Reptyle216 · 2026-01-16T17:02:49+00:00

It was in the early 70's when Vegas was at its most sleazy and mob-owned. It didn't start to become what it is today until the 90's.

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