OK...This is getting ridiculous. Ladies...I get that you want equality (when it works in your favor)...but JANET BOND??? Really? Give me a fucking break!!!
No...don't pull that shit with me and roll your eyes...I am all for equal rights, equal pay...but enough with the "not enough women in leading roles" sympathy trip. Its old and I have run out of sympathy for you. And before you bash my head in...READ first my explanation as to why I feel this way.
First off...if there aren't enough roles out there promoting women in leading roles we need to look at the movies being produced, the companies producing them and the people writing them. It ALL starts there with the script. Get creative...write a script...lets see you do something about it instead of mere whining.
Next...Janet Bond??? Really??? Guaranteed to fail.
It was a role first brought out in the 50's. It was written FOR a man. And for over 60 YEARS it has been a man. It wasn't written for a woman. Plain and simple. The action scenes wont support a woman in this role. James Bond takes a shit kicking. Like Angelina Jolie is gonna take down Bautista in a one on one fist fight. It isn't realistic.
Conan was remade with Jason Momoa instead of Arnie. Now this remake was a great movie. Its only problem was that they called it Conan the Barbarian. Now that automatically opened the movie up to criticisms of the original starring Arnie. They didn't have to do that. The movie was good enough on its own. But now comes under negative reviews because of a comparison to the original.
Same here. Make up a new series. Written with a woman as lead. A new name. So it is judged on its own merits not bitterly attacked and judged based on 60 years of men only in the role. It isn't fair and it will fail and everyone will be going what's wrong with the world?
When you think of 007...you think of a man...James Bond. Not Janet Bond. It will always be that way. If it was to be a woman, a woman should have been introduced into that role right away, not after 60 years and fighting age old stereotypes.
Im sorry...Janet Bond will fail miserably. If a woman is to have a chance at breaking stereotypes in movie roles, she doesn't need to be fighting 60+ years of role bias and gender conditioning. Write a whole new script...a whole new series. Let it sink or swim on its own merits without the hinderance of the past to drag it down. Bring out something original.
Or is that the REAL problem...Hollywood has no originality left?
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