Apple Inks Deal for Spy Romance Film Starring Idris Elba

[m4mario]

I'm not sure why the race of James Bond is at all important. I do agree that changing the other things you mention would make for an entirely different character; especially for the film character, who is notoriously a "playa". But the original James Bond character was rooted in the 1950s and 1960s; and he has been updated greatly over time to make him more contemporary. If a new Bond film is going to be a period piece set in 1960, then fine; keep him as Fleming envisioned. But if the film is set in 2020, there's no reason for Bond not to be a contemporary character as well. Is there something intrinsic to the current version of the Bond film character that makes him specifically White?

Going by that logic a Chinese man could be James Bond, it’s just that it will look odd. Nothing wrong with it. Just that different races have different cultures and way of speaking English. It will just look odd to the character. James Bond’s knowledge of fine liquor, clothing, smooth talk and charm is very naturally English. Other cultures have their own version of it. But if you change the race or even the country of James Bond, it will look out of place. For example, even a white American James Bond, IMO will look very different to the character. James Bond has to be White European. That’s the character and I prefer it that way. But i may be wrong, I could not imagine Will Smith as genie and he knocked it out of the park.

 

[markrath]

I’ve had Apple TV+ for about a month now and so far everything I’ve watched has been good.

But I won’t be paying when my trial is up based on the pure hell that is having to go through the Apple TV app and their painfully muddled Up Next queue.

Really, can they make it any harder to watch stuff?

I can’t agree more! I have Hulu, Netflix, Disney+ and Apple TV+. I thought the point of the Apple TV app was to have all of MY content in one place. It has all of EVERYONE’s stuff. HBO, Showtime, Prime Video, etc. I would like to set the Apple TV app to only show the things I subscribe to. I don’t know how many times I’ve found something interesting that I can’t watch because it’s a service I don’t subscribe to. And yes the Next Up cue is just . . . I don’t know.

 

[CthuluLemon]

Apple does seem to be able to quickly sign up high quality talent. I've been really fearful Apple TV+ would fail on the limited library, but if they can keep up the pace while maintaining the number of quality creators they are signing, they have a real shot! Also, the cash reserves don't hurt, lol. They can stay the course even if it means incurring massive costs in the way other streaming services can't.