best thing I've seen in the news all day

[threeplusfire]

"" Daniel Craig is urging movie bosses to revolutionize the James Bond franchise by including a gay scene involving the superspy in the follow-up to Casino Royale.

The heart-throb actor has also reportedly told studio chiefs he is prepared to film a full frontal nude scene to please both his male and female admirers.

He says, "Why not? I think in this day and age, fans would have accepted it."

"I mean, look at (British TV series) Doctor Who - that has had gay scenes in it and no one blinks an eye." ""

Oh Mr. Craig, I knew I loved you. You are charming. Predictably, there's all sorts of homophobic nastiness floating around on the net in response. All sorts of things that I won't bother repeating here except to say that if you're so threatened by the idea of a gay Bond, you need to go jump in a lake.

I really, really need a James Bond icon.

Comments

[rm.livejournal.com]

An ability to express your reasoning on the subject, assuming there is some, would make an infinitely more compelling case, both against a queer James Bond and for your lack of homophobia.

[radiumhead.livejournal.com]

I hate it when they take a classic, established character and do something totally ridiculous and out of character for him, to try and "update" him, or make him politically correct, or more accesible, or whatever.James Bond is not GAY.He's not a WOMAN.He doesn't break dance, or skateboard.He's not into RAP.
Making him gay (or even having him experiment with it)-is totally absurd.
Happy? Does that make enough sense for you?

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Alright, how on earth do you get to the idea that this somehow makes Bond a woman? That's kind of absurd. Bond's never skateboarded because none of his stories were written in an era when people skateboarded. No one's ever made an effort to write a Bond story set in the world we have now.

I have to say, your virulence on this subject takes me aback somewhat. You read my journal, so ostensibly you realize I'm a person who identifies as a bisexual and who feels more like a male than a female, and just generally has a complicated gender and sexual identity. Does it not cross your mind that your comments in my journal to me and to my friends come off as a bit hostile and off putting?