And overt racism is repugnant.
And to what overt racism are you referring?
Bond was a spy who worked exclusively in the 50s and 60s yet we somehow managed to move him into 2016 without it being an issue.
That is because the film series was rebooted in 2006. They have decided to bring the entire franchise - with minimal alterations - into the present.
That's the beauty of fiction -- you can move characters to different time periods, change their gender, race, sexuality.
You can do so. However, you run the risk of alienating your target audience - if they are familiar with or are fans of the source material. I have seen it being trialled in various genres of the years, with a mixture of outcomes. Some people don't mind it being done - and some people do.
Even send them to space to fight a man with metal teeth if you want.
Yes - and MOONRAKER is held in very low regard by both the general public and James Bond fans - myself included.
Source material must always adapt otherwise it dies.
Everything should have a beginning, a middle and an end. That does not necessarily mean that it dies and is heard from no more, but that it simply has its time.
Better to go out in style with some dignity, rather than to continue on and one, gradually becoming more distorted, more unrecognizable and a virtual parody of your original version. Some of the most successful TV series in recent years have learned this lesson. THE WEST WING and MAD MEN are good examples of this.
Was Moneypenny black in the books? Did it remotely matter?
No - and nor did she and Bond ever socialize in such familiar or intimate terms. Felix Leiter was not black or Hisapanic. He was a Texan with straw coloured hair. And after he was fed to a shark, he had an artificial arm and leg. The arm ended in a steel hook. René Mathis did not end up dead and abandoned in a dumpster like a rag doll.
I personally do not like any of these developments, because they are stark contradictions to the source material. However, simply because they have taken place is no reason to meekly accept any further contradictions without comment.
