tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17000342.post1492776918296818179..comments2023-11-02T15:20:39.076+00:00Comments on John Soanes (Archived Blog): This Said, I Am Painfully Aware There's A Paucity Of Decent Roles For Non-White And/Or Non-Male Actors In Many Films And TV ProgrammesJohn Soaneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10412988669030237101noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17000342.post-71778764633542280282008-05-28T17:24:00.000+01:002008-05-28T17:24:00.000+01:00What in 'Actually Do Say Never Again' ?What in 'Actually Do Say Never Again' ?The Factoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16159557094701371600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17000342.post-23932845851618810252008-05-28T16:16:00.000+01:002008-05-28T16:16:00.000+01:00Mind you, his last performance as Bond was not one...Mind you, his last performance as Bond was not one I'd want to see repeated (and no, I don't mean as John Patrick Mason)...<BR/>JJohn Soaneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10412988669030237101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17000342.post-57219161206022611072008-05-28T07:47:00.000+01:002008-05-28T07:47:00.000+01:00That's an interesting idea, but I doubt that Eon w...That's an interesting idea, but I doubt that Eon would allow it, as they are making so much cash out of the series as it is. Anyway, Connery is apparently enjoying retirement too much. Good luck to him, but I do miss him.The Factoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16159557094701371600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17000342.post-59291103812258686282008-05-27T23:46:00.000+01:002008-05-27T23:46:00.000+01:00I could not agree more. Tokenism for tokenism's sa...I could not agree more. Tokenism for tokenism's sake just throws people's paranoia about racism, sexism and any other -isms into sharp relief. Far better to develop strong female, gay, disabled, black etc. characters that are non-derivative.<BR/><BR/>As an aside, I do recall reading a proposal about 15 years ago to do a film with all of the previous Bonds (Connery, Moore et al) appearing in it. The idea was that the name 'James Bond' and '007' was a codename/identity owned by M and his/her people and passed from spy to spy as indeed the epithets 'M' and 'Q' have been. The plot revolved around the current Bond (I think it was Dalton then) uncovering a plot to assassinate all previous Bonds. Nice idea ... and it would allow for a black Bond of course. Shame it never happened. And probably never will now. If Sean Connery passed up Indiana Jones 4, you can be pretty sure he'd pass up a Bond.Stevyn Colganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06152745065245344159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17000342.post-41264810459974308242008-05-27T21:10:00.000+01:002008-05-27T21:10:00.000+01:00If you make Bond a woman, it isn't really Bond any...If you make Bond a woman, it isn't really Bond any more, which is a paradox isn't it ?The Factoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16159557094701371600noreply@blogger.com