{"id":2069651,"date":"2025-10-05T01:09:56","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T01:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2069651"},"modified":"2025-10-05T01:09:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T01:09:56","slug":"amazon-finally-made-james-bond-woke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/amazon-finally-made-james-bond-woke\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Finally Made James Bond Woke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Since Daniel Craig stepped down from the role, there has been much speculation (and more than a little fear) that the next James Bond would be \u201cwoke,\u201d recast as a Black man or a woman. After Amazon dropped a cool $1 billion for full creative control over the franchise, most assumed they wouldn\u2019t rock the boat by changing things too much.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Now, Amazon has made 007 woke in the most unexpected way: by Photoshopping his classic movie covers on Prime Video to remove the guns.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\"><strong>Ruining An Iconic Movie Poster<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">If you don\u2019t already know, Bond almost always has a gun in his hand in his classic movie posters and subsequent home media covers. This tradition goes back to <em>Dr. No<\/em>, which had <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.giantfreakinrobot.com\/topic\/sean-connery\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sean Connery;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Sean Connery<\/a> in a polo, arms folded, and a gun nestled comfortably in his hand. Look the movie up on Prime, though, and you\u2019ll notice the gun has been digitally removed and the trigger finger altered to look like he is simply folding his arms in a casual manner.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">If <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.giantfreakinrobot.com\/topic\/amazon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Amazon;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Amazon<\/a> had only changed the <em>Dr. No<\/em> cover, this would have been bad enough. The iconic film poster <strong>perfectly<\/strong> summed up Connery\u2019s secret agent: he is smooth, sexy, and secretly dangerous, all at once. This Photoshopped cover makes him seem less like an action hero and more like a bored member of your local golf club striking a pose in the nearest mirror (For England? No, for the Gram, James).<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\"><strong>It Just Keeps Getting Worse<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Amazon just kept going and badly Photoshopped more old <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.giantfreakinrobot.com\/topic\/james-bond\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:James Bond;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">James Bond<\/a> covers, each a bit uglier (and somehow even stupider) than the last. While the newer Bond film <em>Spectre<\/em> simply had the gun cropped out, many images were <strong>severely<\/strong> changed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"632\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/6amICDDKsScLKoyr5V9Obw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY3NDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/giant_freakin_robot_articles_628\/809fdfbae0011fdfc4e488ede33d4e23\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In <em>Octopussy<\/em>, Roger Moore\u2019s gun was removed, and his other hand has a weird kung-fu grip, making it look like he\u2019s about to judo chop an invisible foe.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"619\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/WKFM9tPSOK5uI7XOVoejVA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY2MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/giant_freakin_robot_articles_628\/96dcde3cae0fb3b003da7d59546adf5f\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">And in <em>Moonraker<\/em>, Moore is wearing a gold suit (the original was silver) and is now missing his laser gun, which was previously our biggest hint that this movie sends 007 to space.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"638\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/uMNE6ATqAZqFezMMbo9lmw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY4MTtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/giant_freakin_robot_articles_628\/40d9aa15f361cedaa1377f6360aae144\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Amazon also did beloved Bond <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.giantfreakinrobot.com\/topic\/pierce-brosnan-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Pierce Brosnan;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Pierce Brosnan<\/a> excessively dirty: the gun has been removed from the <em>Goldeneye<\/em> cover, making the debonair secret agent look like he doesn\u2019t know what to do with his hands. <em>Tomorrow Never Dies<\/em> is even worse, with Brosnan\u2019s expression changed to a weird smirk, a bit like he\u2019s got one of the catchier songs from <em>Mamma Mia!<\/em> stuck in his head.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/RWc1KpgT21hr11Ug22M6ZQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/giant_freakin_robot_articles_628\/2291594927d2e01420f0c0f363af90eb\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But that\u2019s still better than Moore in <em>A View To a Kill<\/em> and Connery in <em>Thunderball<\/em>, both of whose images have been changed so much from the originals that the covers now look like, as Bond might describe it, \u201cslop, AI slop.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/C77uRPoHV7W.9f3Py6Ep8Q--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/giant_freakin_robot_articles_628\/1ffde5daf3ea50993f9391a3b6edc989\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\"><strong>Amazon Has No Idea What They\u2019re Doing<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As a lifelong Bond fan, I simply have <strong>no idea<\/strong> what Amazon is doing here. This franchise\u2019s main character always posed with a gun on the posters precisely because this is his main weapon, and anyone familiar with these movies knows you can expect Bond to shoot a small army of henchmen in each film. Why, then, does Amazon want to pretend that guns aren\u2019t part and parcel of the whole 007 package?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The standard assumption among fans is that Amazon is trying to make Bond \u201cwoke\u201d by removing his gun from all these covers. But this won\u2019t fool anyone familiar with the films, and it\u2019s likely to just annoy off anyone watching this franchise for the first time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Wouldn\u2019t anyone who hates guns enough to approve this decision just get annoyed when they accidentally click on one of these gun-heavy films, presumably because they were expecting a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.giantfreakinrobot.com\/ent\/best-romantic-comedies.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:romantic comedy;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">romantic comedy<\/a> instead of an action-packed spy thriller?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Frankly, all of this bodes very ill for whatever future James Bond movies or (God help us) spinoff TV series Amazon creates. Everyone\u2019s fears that they might make Bond woke seem valid in light of Prime Video Photoshopping one classic cover after another to whitewash these movies of even the <strong>appearance<\/strong> of violence. The character no longer has to \u201cdie another day:\u201d in the eyes of fans annoyed at this clumsy attempt at censorship, James Bond is already dead.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since Daniel Craig stepped down from the role, there has been much speculation (and more than a little fear) that the next James Bond would be \u201cwoke,\u201d recast as a Black man or a woman. After Amazon dropped a cool $1 billion for full creative control over the franchise, most assumed they wouldn\u2019t rock the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2069652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[23763,387499,315031,349841,320000],"class_list":["post-2069651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-amazon","tag-bond-pierce-brosnan","tag-james-bond","tag-roger-moore","tag-sean-connery"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Amazon-Finally-Made-James-Bond-Woke.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2069651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2069651"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2069651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2069653,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2069651\/revisions\/2069653"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2069652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2069651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2069651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2069651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}