No im totally following your argument I just think opposite. Hardcore fans would entertain the idea breifly but the general population not so much. Pretty simple, your argument isn't really complex at all you just have an issue with disagreement it seems.
It's not an issue with disagreement, I've stated the point very clearly. I even presented you with a question to that point and you answered in agreement with myself. Here was the question: Would you stop watching Bond movies if the character was black? You stated that not only would you still watch a black bond, you would watch a Greek one too.
You then argue that other people would not do what you would do because they actually care even less about the characters.
Surely you see the flaw in an argument that says that people who care less than you will actually care more than you when making their decision about something?
Not unless you want to ruin the franchise I'm afraid.
It's not ruined if you continue to go see it.
Not ethnically Scottish, no.
So...still Scottish then. Adding "ethnically" doesn't change anything, it's as empty a semantical point as you can muster. But to satisfy you, let's just say black Bond had an ethnically Scottish great-grandfather.
When Flemming creates Bond he was modelled after himself and a singer from that time. When Connery was cast as Bond he changed the story so that he would be an ethnic Scott. The look of Bond has been the same until Craig was cast. The writer himself set the bar and then Connery raised it a little. So the story has changed according to the creators wishes but not really the look.
Again, fictional character created by dead guy who no longer owns that rights to that character. They already changed the look, as you noted.
Your argument is full of contradictions. Craig changed the look. The reboot changed the backstory to some degree. They have made movies for which there are no books, including one involving that blond guy who doesn't look like Fleming's Bond.
Nothing about Bond has escaped change.
No one is claiming it cannot be put on screen. The I'm claiming it would cease to be Bond.
I'm pointing out that a fictional character cannot cease to be a fictional character just because some people get deep in their feels when things change.
The Human Torch did not cease being the Human Torch just because he was played by a black guy in a movie. The Last Airbender did not cease to be the Last Airbender because the cast became white.
The franchise is dependent on the character we all know and love and he's white. The look we associate him with will be ruined if we dramatically change his appearance.
So making him black "ruins" him? How dare you!?!?!?!
Kidding.
The look you associate him with would change. But for people who are new to the character, they would never know a different look. Fast forward 50 years and they would start complaining if society tried to turn him back to white.
Which is really the problem with arguments like yours, that people seem to forget that these fictional characters aren't theirs. Every generation is free to reinvent them as they wish. But as one generation grows old and static in their way of thinking, they fight against the next generation putting their own stamp on things.
