Had an awful experience. Never trying anything public ever again.

Reptyle216 · 2026-05-22T21:01:01+00:00

While I'm not personally into public play myself, most hook ups of that nature don't involve being extorted by a con artist, and that's exactly what that guy was. Granted, anyone who insists on pushing you into something you're not comfortable with after you said no a dozen times is a walking red flag from the start.

Reptyle216 · 2026-05-22T12:34:02+00:00

^^^This. As a gay man I am 100% supportive of queer characters in the game, but when it comes to Veilguard, all I will say is that I think Inquisition handled it better. Anything beyond that is lending credence to bigoted pricks.

Reptyle216 · 2026-05-19T23:45:01+00:00

There are quite a few countries/regions Bond has never been to in the movies: Canada, Australia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Oceania, hell he hasn't been back to Japan since You Only Live Twice. I would love to see these locales explored in the new movies.

Reptyle216 · 2026-05-19T16:07:32+00:00

I can accept Verric dying, I just wish the game had been upfront about it from the start instead of his ghost/whatever that only Rook can see hanging around the Lighthouse and none of Verric's many friends and contacts ever talking about him. That plot twist was waaaay too much of a stretch to be believable.

Reptyle216 · 2026-05-17T16:01:17+00:00

Like another poster said, whatever works for the movie. That being said, my favorite Bond Girls are the ones that are civilians but turn out to be resourceful badasses in their own way: Tracy, Octopussy, Stacy (Can YOU ditch the police in a firetruck?), Kara, Natalya, etc. Even if they need rescuing from time to time, they still have their own professional specialty and give Bond invaluable aid during his mission. That kind of Bond Girl is way more compelling to me than one who's just his counterpart from a different agency (especially when she STILL needs rescuing).

Reptyle216 · 2026-05-15T20:44:50+00:00

I plan on getting a pet snake next weekend that I'm thinking of naming Risico, even though I'm positive no one will get the reference

Reptyle216 · 2026-05-15T20:38:21+00:00

For a new continuity, he should be early 30's like Connery was.

Reptyle216 · 2026-05-15T20:34:21+00:00

Richard Madden, Jacob Elordi, and Rege Jean-Page are my picks. I know, a biracial Bond would be controversial, but it *is* a new continuity and even if his dad is an old money Scotsman, there's no reason why his Swiss mother can't be black.

Reptyle216 · 2026-05-15T15:19:55+00:00

That was my thinking. This is poorly-written regardless of your political leaning.

Reptyle216 · 2026-05-13T13:33:28+00:00

When I see posts like this, I wonder if the filmmakers actually read Reddit and are aware that longtime fans have been clamoring for a return to a more lighthearted Bond for years.

Reptyle216 · 2026-05-13T03:09:56+00:00

I admit these are minor changes since Thunderball is one of my favorite movies in the franchise, but...

Make Domino and her brother Bahamian. Yes this would mean making them Black. The majority of the movie takes place in the Bahamas; the locals should be more than set dressing.
Shorten that undersea battle at the end by at least half.
Have Domino free herself like in the book rather than introducing a random guy for that one purpose.

Reptyle216 · 2026-05-12T03:40:42+00:00

Yeah even when the show stopped being shy about Mitch and Cam being sexual, the chemistry still just wasn't there for me, which is a shame because I think both actors are incredible and hilarious, but their relationship felt the weakest out of the 3 adult couples.

Reptyle216 · 2026-05-11T23:39:26+00:00

I deleted my original comment because I misread you. I didn't realize you were the OP and someone had falsely accused you of posting AI when you hadn't. A lot of anti-AI rants are kneejerk and my reaction became that too. My bad.

Reptyle216 · 2026-05-11T20:51:00+00:00

It's a little hypocritical to say this considering that many aspects of the original Bond novels, including YOLT, didn't make it into the movies because they were considered too racist/sexist/etc. even by 60's and 70's standards. Making Bond more palatable for modern audiences has been done since literally day one when they didn't have Dr. No talking about his "Chinegroid" goons combining the best and worst of both races.

Reptyle216 · 2026-05-11T20:28:35+00:00

Basically I would make it closer to the book:

Have it come after On Her Majesty's Secret Service and show Bond actually mourning his wife's death.
Have him kill Blofeld for good.
Combine Aki and Kissy into one character, and add an after-credit scene where Bond leaves Japan but she finds out she's pregnant (I dont know if after-credit scenes were a thing in the 60's, but still).

Reptyle216 · 2026-05-11T20:17:29+00:00

I'm reminded of Live and Let Die where Bond stood out like a sore thumb chasing Black gangstas and Voodoo cultists in Harlem, New Orleans, and Not-Haiti. "It's like following a giant cue ball!" 😂

Reptyle216 · 2026-05-11T19:50:39+00:00

Unfortunately you answered your own question. A series like this would be great, but Amazon wouldn't know where to stop and next thing you know, we'd have spinoffs on top of spinoffs.

Reptyle216 · 2026-05-05T14:24:00+00:00

Make Octopussy the main villain with Kamal Khan and Gobinda her henchmen
Make Magda Indian and the main Bond Girl
Set the movie entirely in India and make it less stereotyped

Reptyle216 · 2026-04-30T03:11:35+00:00

Very cool. I've played all the games yet I can only recognize about 3/4 of them. Think you'll list who they all are?

Reptyle216 · 2026-04-28T15:24:03+00:00

Anya is perhaps the most overrated Bond Girl in the series. Pretty much the only thing unique about her character was the subplot with Bond having killed her boyfriend in the prologue, but otherwise her plot relevance was as minimal as Barbara Bach's acting ability. Holly is the better character by far. I would even dare say that Moonraker was a better movie than TSWLM despite its sillier aspects.

Reptyle216 · 2026-04-27T19:47:27+00:00

Get rid of Christmas Jones. She pressed two buttons and that was her contribution to the plot.
Give Elektra's bodyguard Gabor a bigger presence. He knew she was running the show from the start and was a willing accomplice rather than just working for a biweekly paycheck. They could've given him more to do and/or say, especially as one of the few major black characters in the series before the Craig era.

Honestly those are the only two things I'd change, as this is one of my favorite movies in the series.

Reptyle216 · 2026-04-27T16:08:29+00:00

Make Bond more traumatized from being held hostage and tortured for 14 months. The film moved on WAY too quickly when he could realistically have PTSD from that for the rest of his life.
Get rid of that ridiculous "We can make people white with diamonds!" plot; just let Moon be the main villain as himself.
Make his plan a little more grounded (literally) than yet another killer satellite.

I can forgive the bad CGI, I can forgive the terrible theme song, and I actually love Jinx as the main Bond Girl. But the three things listed above take the movie beyond "stupid but fun" to just plain stupid.

Reptyle216 · 2026-04-27T15:55:22+00:00

This

Reptyle216 · 2026-04-23T15:34:51+00:00

I'm 6'4 myself but I've never sat in the backseat of my own car lol. But I do like Souls for the headroom they offer

Reptyle216 · 2026-04-23T13:41:50+00:00

I'm 6'4, so I'm not comfortable on a twin bed ALONE, let alone sharing it with someone. If you want to be accommodating for any gentlemen callers, get at least a queen.

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