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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Whizbang Dustyboots" data-source="post: 9597145" data-attributes="member: 11760">I think it's probably more useful to look at the two ongoing espionage franchises they're managing now:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Mr. & Ms. Smith is an arty, post-modern take on James Bond (and the Mr. & Mrs. Smith movie) that has its thrills, but is mostly about these two people moving through a mysterious and dangerous world and how that impacts them as a couple. There are definitely some cool ideas that could be mirrored in Bond, but it's ultimately an extremely cool show about marriage.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Citadel is a multi-language global TV franchise where, in theory, every major market will have their own stars in a local language version of an MCU-style story about two warring super-spy agencies. They've released three such shows now, I believe. And they're all ... fine. They definitely feel like a show created by a marketing committee. But the content that they have is very much Bond crossed with Bourne, which is what you'd probably expect from the marketing department. </li> </ul>I think the real danger for an Amazon-run Bond: The marketers would do lots of tests and surveys and spit out something they think will get the customers engaged, rather than find someone with a vision (like Donald Glover with the Smiths show) and create something interesting but which risks not engaging four quadrants of viewers.Hopefully, someone smart will look at Citadel and send the marketing committee back to their cubicles to work on more Prime Day ads and find a creative person with an exciting vision for the next era of James Bond instead.</blockquote>

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