Amazon disarms James Bond

[UltraBudgie]

guise guise we did it they backed off!

Late last week, MI6 revealed the new key art being used by Amazon Prime for the James Bond films and how the streamer had used clunky Photoshop and AI tools to remove any guns from the actor's poses. The four worst offending examples went viral on social media.

Perhaps feeling shame for the terrible botch job on the artwork, not to mention the idea in the first place, Amazon Prime has now reinstated the previous key art across its streaming service. None of these icons has guns in them either, but they have achieved this simply by cropping the main photo.

https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles...rt?id=5392

well okay they just cropped the artwork instead of editing it haha!

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anyone remember this nintendo classic?

[Owlwatcher]

With Britain's government as it is James Bond would be a villain nowadays anyway.

[DBCowboy]

Someone must have mansplained how bad it would be for Amazon.

 

[UltraBudgie]

Someone must have mansplained how bad it would be for Amazon.

 

I prefer to think that a sense of decency and propriety grabbed them by the Octopussy.

[DBCowboy]

I prefer to think that a sense of decency and propriety grabbed them by the Octopussy.

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[Wild Bill]

Only Roger movie I hated. Not as bad as Connery's Diamonds Are Forever, but pretty bad.

Lol it is the tongue in cheek piss takes in some of those movies TSK that is funny , You have to wonder at the timing of diamonds are forever and when the moon landings were happening  , films took a while to come to cinema back then in the pre digital age.

The writers in the Daniel Craig era  films  knew their stuff , especially about Alister Crowley in Skyfall  and how there are tunnels from Boleskine house to the cemetery nearby , ps Dolly had braces lol . 


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspirat...James_Bond

[Oldcarpy2]

Roger Moore for me - think about the name!

David Niven?

[Maxmars]

Ian Flemming's contribution to the entire genre with his worked forged many attempts at mimicry.

Some more successful than others.  The tale speaks of a time... and a self-portrait of that time.

No matter which actor's performance... each sees something different coming out of the mold.

Not better or worse than the other... but too different, too "the same?"  Who's to say?

Connery set the bar... (sometimes a dubious honor - I think "not so," in this case.)

But is current "popularity" the metric?

[sahgwa]

Other possible changes, from ChatGPT:

Dr. No → Dr. Consent
From Russia With Love → From Russia, With Mutual Respect
Goldfinger → Sustainable Energy Enthusiast
You Only Live Twice → You Only Self-Actualize Once
Live and Let Die → Live and Let Thrive
The Man with the Golden Gun → The Person with the Ethically Sourced Tool
The Spy Who Loved Me → The Spy Who Respected My Boundaries
Moonraker → Space Exploration Partner
A View to a Kill → A View to a Constructive Dialogue
Tomorrow Never Dies → Tomorrow Always Listens
The World Is Not Enough → The World Is More Than Enough
Die Another Day → Heal Another Day
Casino Royale → Casino Fair-Trade Collective
Quantum of Solace → Quantum of Solidarity
Skyfall → Climatefall Awareness Initiative
Spectre → Structural Inequality
No Time to Die → Plenty of Time for Self-Care

Sounds like the guidebook to a mental asylum yoga retreat  written by someone on antipsychotics.

[Raptured]

This entire thing blows my mind

Yet, we still have...

GTA
COD games
"you name it" zombie games
on and on

Trust me...the dicks that are causing issues because of having guns aren't doing it because they watched Bond movies