FFS what is it with some people?

Bond isn't just any character, he is an iconic white character with a back story that has existed for decades.
Anyone would think that people were suggesting a picketing of films starring black actors to demand their roles are played by white people.

That's easy Einstein.
It should be representative.

I haven't said that anyone is being racist because there is little point in ever doing so. If someone says "I want this character to be white because I'm white" it's a very specific thing to say and up to others how they view that.

In saying that I personally wouldn't rule out a black Bond, but am happy either way, I'm not somehow attempting to deprive white men of masculine male role models. In any case, that assumes that a white man needs a white role model, and black specifically needs black and so on. I believe that while it's useful for people to see others 'like them' do well, most people usually and thankfully view themselves in a less linear way than 'I'm this race, that gender' and so model themselves on a variety of people they admire.

I never said that no non-white actor has ever made money. However, you have said - repeatedly in these pages - that you want Bond to be white, because you're white. If you can't see what's wrong with that logic, then I can't help. you.

We don't do possession; we do defense and attack. Everything else is just wa**ing with a football.

Someone wanting Bond to be white is not racist. I have said that a Bond set in his original era of the 1950s would be white because that would be historically accurate. You have said that you want Bond to be white because you're white; that's racist.

We don't do possession; we do defense and attack. Everything else is just wa**ing with a football.

No it isn't, as expressed, it's preference.

I think you are conflating preference with racism. They are two separate ideas.

You would have to actually know the guy to accuse him of that.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

They just did Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" in Central Park in New York. They updated it to be - not about ancient Romans - but about a modern day saviour/strongman leader who wears ties that are too long, too much self-tanner and has too much hair swirled around on his head.

You could remake, for example, "The Color Purple" but set it in ISIS-controlled Syria and still maintain the core story of violence towards and suppression of a young girl.

You can remake anything into anything - more often than not to a lesser end. So, if you portray Bond as a modern figure in the modern era - as the current Bond is - the character can played by anyone as long as you stay true to what makes the character work, not the superficial look.

We don't do possession; we do defense and attack. Everything else is just wa**ing with a football.

I identify with a White character because I'm white.
If you can't see that that is a perfectly normal human condition then I can't help you.
As I have previously said. Bond is not just any old character. He is a cinematic icon. I have no desire to see him change colour and why would I? There are plenty of other characters played very well by Black actors and I'm sure there will be many more.

Edited by Hrolf The Ganger (18 Jul 2017 8.05pm)

What if that white man was a Russian, or French, or Norwegian, or American. Did you identify with the German bomber pilots in "Battle of Britain"? They're white; very much so in fact.

Did you object to when the Craig-Bond movies took a white character - Felix Leiter - that had been written as white and always played by a white man - and turned him black?

Edited by Ray in Houston (18 Jul 2017 8.10pm)

We don't do possession; we do defense and attack. Everything else is just wa**ing with a football.

I moved to a whole nother country. Where are you?

We don't do possession; we do defense and attack. Everything else is just wa**ing with a football.