Bond Scenes that Couldn't Be Made Now Because of Poli Cor

Makeshift Python wrote:

Gravity's Silhouette wrote:

SONY got a bit of grief for the construction scene in CASINO ROYALE; it was considered "racist" by some critics who thought Bond showed insensitivity towards the black workers by ruthlessly pursuing the bomber at all costs, even if it meant crashing through a work site without any regard for the safety of others.

First I heard of this, who were these critics?

I don't recall any names off hand. I'll see if I can dig up some old reviews. But I remember at the time the film came out there was at least one, maybe two, different mainstream, large media publications that, when they reviewed the film, made specific mention of the construction chase scene and, I'm paraphrasing, suggested 'it came dangerously close to racism' that Bond trampled through it in a bulldozer with careless abandon. I'm not talking about fringe publications or outlets because I wouldn't have wasted my time reading those reviews.

Sounds like some fool from the LA Times or Washington Post. And even Roger Ebert has been known to dabble in the barmy race-pushing waters.

Pretty much anything J.W Pepper said.

Sorry Drax, I was supposed to reply to your post, but ended up editing it...:(

Khamran Shah's exasperated 'Women!' as Kara gallops off after Bond's plane in TLD.

"Egyptian builders..."

"That should keep you in curry for a few weeks"

"Man talk"

"A Woman?", from when Bond meets Holly Goodhead in MR.

EDIT: This has been said already. Never mind then.

Drax wrote:

Pretty much anything J.W Pepper said.

Yup, like:

"What? Ha'en't any of you poor bastards ne'er seen a goddamn airplane befoh?"

"Moneypenny, next time I see you, I'll put you across my knee."

Sexual harassment and violence against women in one fell swoop. Better put Bond in a dress.

FieldsMan wrote:

Drax wrote:

Pretty much anything J.W Pepper said.

Yup, like:

"What? Ha'en't any of you poor bastards ne'er seen a goddamn airplane befoh?"

The two of mine that you erased were "little brown pointy heads!" and "swamp fulla black Russians".

Bond forcing himself on Pat Fearing in TB probably wouldn't go over too well these days either. Which is a shame, really. There aren't enough good role models in the world anymore.

Drax wrote:

FieldsMan wrote:

Drax wrote:

Pretty much anything J.W Pepper said.

Yup, like:

"What? Ha'en't any of you poor bastards ne'er seen a goddamn airplane befoh?"

The two of mine that you erased were "little brown pointy heads!" and "swamp fulla black Russians".

Not to mention the scene where Jdubya frisks Adam and says, "I'm guessin' this ain't exactly your first time at this kinda thing."

Racial profiling and "stereotyping," dontchaknow.

Perilagu Khan wrote:

Drax wrote:

FieldsMan wrote:

Drax wrote:

Pretty much anything J.W Pepper said.

Yup, like:

"What? Ha'en't any of you poor bastards ne'er seen a goddamn airplane befoh?"

The two of mine that you erased were "little brown pointy heads!" and "swamp fulla black Russians".

Not to mention the scene where Jdubya frisks Adam and says, "I'm guessin' this ain't exactly your first time at this kinda thing."

Racial profiling and "stereotyping," dontchaknow.

haha actually I think the word he used was "debut" and his delivery of it has always amused me.

"Chigroes - Chinese Negroes"

Perilagu Khan wrote:

Sometimes I think the safest course of action is to simply not have any blacks in your films because you can never utilize them in a manner that some high-placed moonbat won't label "racist." .

In complete agreement. You can't offend that which you do not have in your film. There's no chance of stereotyping black viewers if you don't have any black actors or actresses in your movies. It simplifies everything, really.

I disagree with the person who said "Anything said by JW Pepper". I think he's probably the one character who would still be allowed in a James Bond film, because he's Southern, white, and male, so obviously he's a racist, and probably an homophobe, xenophobe, and Islamophobe as well.

Gravity's Silhouette wrote:

Perilagu Khan wrote:

Sometimes I think the safest course of action is to simply not have any blacks in your films because you can never utilize them in a manner that some high-placed moonbat won't label "racist." .

In complete agreement. You can't offend that which you do not have in your film. There's no chance of stereotyping black viewers if you don't have any black actors or actresses in your movies. It simplifies everything, really.

Then they'd be called "racist" for not hiring any black actors and stuntmen to appear in their films.

Prince Kamal Khan wrote:

Gravity's Silhouette wrote:

Perilagu Khan wrote:

Sometimes I think the safest course of action is to simply not have any blacks in your films because you can never utilize them in a manner that some high-placed moonbat won't label "racist." .

In complete agreement. You can't offend that which you do not have in your film. There's no chance of stereotyping black viewers if you don't have any black actors or actresses in your movies. It simplifies everything, really.

Then they'd be called "racist" for not hiring any black actors and stuntmen to appear in their films.

So? And? I've learned that you're never going to satisfy a group of people who constantly whing on and on and on about everything being racist and discriminatory....Hallmark greeting cards are now racist....referring to accounting and financial "black holes" is racist....referring to "black ice" on the highways during winter time is now racist. At some point you just have to give up on those people, move along, accept that you're never going to win any arguments with them, accept that you're already being called a racist when you do try and include them, and just quit worrying about appeasing people who are never, ever, ever going to agree with you. And I'm mostly referring to hard-left-leaning black leaders who earn a living by fomenting racial animosity, but my principles can apply to any type of minority group (including conservatives who whine about the liberal media, such as Newt Gingrich).

TMWTGG in which Bond deals with the little Thai boy selling the hand-crafted elephants

'Bloody tourist!'

SF shocked me by breaching at least two PC protocols:

1. An apparently gay and not particularly sympathetic villain.
2. Severine smoking.

Now that's what I call progress.

Gravity's Silhouette wrote:

Prince Kamal Khan wrote:

Gravity's Silhouette wrote:

Perilagu Khan wrote:

Sometimes I think the safest course of action is to simply not have any blacks in your films because you can never utilize them in a manner that some high-placed moonbat won't label "racist." .

In complete agreement. You can't offend that which you do not have in your film. There's no chance of stereotyping black viewers if you don't have any black actors or actresses in your movies. It simplifies everything, really.

Then they'd be called "racist" for not hiring any black actors and stuntmen to appear in their films.

So? And? I've learned that you're never going to satisfy a group of people who constantly whing on and on and on about everything being racist and discriminatory....Hallmark greeting cards are now racist....referring to accounting and financial "black holes" is racist....referring to "black ice" on the highways during winter time is now racist. At some point you just have to give up on those people, move along, accept that you're never going to win any arguments with them, accept that you're already being called a racist when you do try and include them, and just quit worrying about appeasing people who are never, ever, ever going to agree with you. And I'm mostly referring to hard-left-leaning black leaders who earn a living by fomenting racial animosity, but my principles can apply to any type of minority group (including conservatives who whine about the liberal media, such as Newt Gingrich).

Wait for it...Black Friday is soon to be verboten.

Chuckled at something I saw earlier today - 'Black Friday, during which people trample over each other at sales exactly one day after being thankful for what they already have'.

Blunt Instrument wrote:

Chuckled at something I saw earlier today - 'Black Friday, during which people trample over each other at sales exactly one day after being thankful for what they already have'.

Yes, it's not pretty. And some stores are even intruding on Thanksgiving Day by introducing their Black Friday deals on that day. Bastards.