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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jeremy Ackerman-Yost" data-source="post: 1116842" data-attributes="member: 4720">Well, there's two reasons for that which have nothing to do with "freshness."First, most action heroes in movies over the last 20 years have been skewing to duplicate Bond.  Second, what was really unique about Bond in the first place?  Not that much, really.1) Neat gadgets.  Now ubiquitous not only in movies but in real life.  2) He had a lot of sex and a demonstrable lack of respect for women.  Technically, they could continue to do this, but it's more or less universally regarded as poor taste nowadays, to say the least.  Don't get me wrong.  I like old Bond movies, but they are a product of a bygone time.  The gadgets don't have the punch they used to, and women are regarded as fully functional human beings nowadays instead of just window-dressing.  The inherent misogyny of Bond has to be downgraded not just for the audience, but to better reflect reality.  Heck, I would have made the case for that 20 years ago if I'd had the means to articulate it.  Before puberty kicked in, I used to wonder why Bond always wanted to hang around girls that were either useless or outright problematic.  Then I hit puberty and understood him completely.  Then I grew up and began to wonder again why any human being would waste so much time and energy on partners who weren't in any way, shape, or form his equal.  It's easy to imagine his life as incredibly unfulfilling.Anyway, before I ramble further about the psychology of Bond, suffice it to say that what it boils down to is that old school Bond movies just really don't play well nowadays.  Some college students I know have gone so far as to call them "archaic."</blockquote>

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