rshowerthoughts·Showerthoughtsbyramble81 If the Bond franchise hadn't been sold to Amazon, it was possible we could have seen a movie with the US as the bad guy.View original on lemmy.zip174Comments21Reply
TranquilTurbulence replylemmy.zipIf you turn on the news, you'll usually get a tragedy or a comedy depending on which way the wind is blowing.5Reply
oohulancutash feddit.ukThey were very careful not to even depict the Soviets as the bad guys, so I think you may have the wrong film series.24Reply
LLost_My_Mind replylemmy.world1Hide 1 replyAre you saying you get smarter as you drink? Or that you need a drink to forget your embarassment?3Reply
OldGrayDog lemmynsfw.comNot like everything is perfect in the UK, you guys are trying to out do the US in government evil doings.12Reply
UnderpantsWeevil lemmy.world2Hide 2 repliesMost Bond villains are just eccentric billionaires using Sci-Fi technologies to become trillionaires through commodity speculation. That's what Jaime Diamon and Warren Buffett have been doing for the last fifty years. If you can't read that as "US are bad guys" that's on you, brother5Reply
LLost_My_Mind replylemmy.world1Hide 1 reply Most Bond villains are just eccentric billionaires using Sci-Fi technologies to become trillionaires through commodity speculation. You just described Elon Musk.6Reply
LLembot_0006 programming.dev3Hide 3 repliesNobody stops anyone from making a movie with the USA as a "bad guy". I'm sure N.Korea makes them annually. And many other countries too.3Reply
ggivesomefucks replylemmy.world2Hide 2 repliesThere's lot of American movies where the American government is the bad guys... The thing with cops and military, is they only cooperate with production if they're the good guys. So it saves money on props like vehicles, uniforms, advisors, etc. But still, loads of shows and movies still have the American government as the baddies13Reply
DDavel23 replyfedia.io1Hide 1 replyIt's rare that the government as a whole is depicted as evil and the "bad guy". It's usually rogue elements within the government like a corrupt senator or one specific agency5Reply
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You don't even need a movie for that.
If you turn on the news, you'll usually get a tragedy or a comedy depending on which way the wind is blowing.
They were very careful not to even depict the Soviets as the bad guys, so I think you may have the wrong film series.
We did in The Living Daylights and Diamonds are Forever.
Don't forget Tomorow Never Dies.
He was North Korean though.Wrong one
That's Die Another Day
Your right. I need more drinks.
Are you saying you get smarter as you drink? Or that you need a drink to forget your embarassment?
....... Yes...
Shaken, not stirred I suppose.
Not like everything is perfect in the UK, you guys are trying to out do the US in government evil doings.
Most Bond villains are just eccentric billionaires using Sci-Fi technologies to become trillionaires through commodity speculation.
That's what Jaime Diamon and Warren Buffett have been doing for the last fifty years.
If you can't read that as "US are bad guys" that's on you, brother
You just described Elon Musk.
😏
Well, it'll be interesting to see how The Boys finale turns out
Nobody stops anyone from making a movie with the USA as a "bad guy".
I'm sure N.Korea makes them annually. And many other countries too.
There's lot of American movies where the American government is the bad guys...
The thing with cops and military, is they only cooperate with production if they're the good guys.
So it saves money on props like vehicles, uniforms, advisors, etc.
But still, loads of shows and movies still have the American government as the baddies
It's rare that the government as a whole is depicted as evil and the "bad guy". It's usually rogue elements within the government like a corrupt senator or one specific agency
And there's another (real!) American fighting them
the us is the bad guy