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James Bond needs a sidekicks spin-off.
Nov. 9th, 2015 07:44 pmThere are many franchises where I like the supporting cast more than the protagonist. This is becoming one of them.
While I miss Desmond Llewelyn, I love the geekiness of new Q. Froma Q perspective, this is a geeky tech guy in the department who has to cover up for an agent who he trusts absolutely (I presume genre savviness is part of his nerd credentials), while treading the tightrope of not letting M get wind of what he's up to while the lunatic dumps a multi-million pound prototype car in the Tiber. He goes out of his way to track down Bond in the alpine health resort - a place where he does a much better piece of spywork by actually fitting in when ordering a drink. Further spy skills are shown as he carefully evades the Spectre operatives without having to steal a plane cause millions of euros worth of damage and just draw attention to himself.
Moneypenny is still just a sidekick, although that is an upgrade from her role in previous films. She's clearly the person who actually keeps the department running.
I miss the previous M. Judi Dench was awesome. Latest M is pretty cool though.
It seems the only reason Bond knows he's right is because he's James Bond and he's always right. And we know he's going to win. He's James Bond. He always wins. He's really not the most interesting character.
While I miss Desmond Llewelyn, I love the geekiness of new Q. Froma Q perspective, this is a geeky tech guy in the department who has to cover up for an agent who he trusts absolutely (I presume genre savviness is part of his nerd credentials), while treading the tightrope of not letting M get wind of what he's up to while the lunatic dumps a multi-million pound prototype car in the Tiber. He goes out of his way to track down Bond in the alpine health resort - a place where he does a much better piece of spywork by actually fitting in when ordering a drink. Further spy skills are shown as he carefully evades the Spectre operatives without having to steal a plane cause millions of euros worth of damage and just draw attention to himself.
Moneypenny is still just a sidekick, although that is an upgrade from her role in previous films. She's clearly the person who actually keeps the department running.
I miss the previous M. Judi Dench was awesome. Latest M is pretty cool though.
It seems the only reason Bond knows he's right is because he's James Bond and he's always right. And we know he's going to win. He's James Bond. He always wins. He's really not the most interesting character.
