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Darmik posted...

Well he gave you Die Another Day. People didn't like that. If Bond continues to be a forever franchise it can't just be the same thing. Look at how Terminator is doing for example.

Terminator had too many cooks and too many dogs trying to mark their territory. Everybody wanted to make the next T2 or take the series in the next new direction; even if it meant killing off characters, ruining characters, or deliberately undoing what others had started. By the time we got to Dark Fate, it was already too late.

Based on what?

How inspired the scenes of grittiness and drama are compared to the scenes of action or the more cartoonish moments.

Quantum of Solace was a bad film, but there was still purpose and drive in the scenes with dealing criticism of American foreign policy and Bond's dark "what he doesn't know won't hurt him" morality.

Meanwhile, when asked to write for a villain who can't feel pain or an adversary who wants to become Bond, there's virtually no material or motivation.

Again it's literally just what is popular with movie audiences. Look at any James Bond movie and it's a reflection of action movies of that decade.

The Man With the Golden Gun had a martial arts scene because martial arts movies were popular. Bond went to space because Star Wars was popular. I get it. He chases trends sometimes.

But there's more to the character than just chasing trends. It's a deliberate creative decision to make him gritty; an independent one. If Bond were chasing trends in Spectre, he'd have acted like Chris Pratt.