Kristatos wrote:Is this Bond as he might appear if Goldfinger's laser had been stopped just a few seconds later?
Guess that's another idea they have, and you shouldn't be saying it out loud, next movie is going to be about exactly what you said.

They're out of ideas completely and anything recycled will do... of course adjusted so that it does NOT feature the actual James Bond, so this is the perfect occasion. To keep on going with CR and QoS and not display Bond.
I am absolutely in favor of women's rights and equality (when it's not overdone, I don't much tolerate extremists one way or another) but I think a man dressed in drag, ESPECIALLY if it is James Bond is NOTHING that does anyone any favors. It's a stupid stunt, and on top of it, it's a stunt that uses a character that should NEVER be used this way, no matter what. James Bond is not supposed to be in drag to promote women's rights: he can do so by showing he will protect them AND favor their presence at the highest levels in his organization (after all M IS a woman now, and they can play around with that). He can show how independent and strong the Bond girls were and how many of them helped him save the world. He certainly doesn't need to be in drag to prove an equality point, that's NOT who James Bond is, the end. Not to mention... Craig CANNOT pull this off. Had it been another actor, maybe it would have been more humorous... this has no humor at all so it ends up just insulting the character of James Bond and frankly, doing absolutely nothing to help women. The ways I indicated above would have been far more coherent and organic ways of having Bond stand up for women's rights.

about the fanboys sites. Well the two places that shan't be named are both EON shill sites, but CBn in particular. I'm not surprised that's the place where the reaction is more positive: CBn cuts out ANYONE who disagrees and they are the ones who first and foremost promote ANYTHING related to Craig's Bond. The fanboys are totally irrational and immature in the other site, so being way younger too, they are bound to have extreme reactions, positive or in this case (shocking) negative.
Bottomline anyway is this is PATHETIC. That is what it is. Pathetic from the marketing point of view, because it means Barbara Broccoli is a really narrow-minded, stupid woman when it comes to promoting women's rights too, and pathetic because trying to get publicity with something like this is BEYOND sad.
I don't mind Craig and Dench making a commercial about womens rights I have a problem with James Bond and M being used to make essentially a political point. Roger Moore would not have done it.
As I said, I don't mind it either if it is done properly. And properly means, no drag for starters. Sure as hell Sir Roger wouldn't have done it. AND, Cubby would never have asked him to in the first place.