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.

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Engywuck@lemmy.zip · 43 pts · 264d (2 replies)

You don't even need a movie for that.

TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 264d

If you turn on the news, you'll usually get a tragedy or a comedy depending on which way the wind is blowing.

SARGE@startrek.website · 1 pts · 264d
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ohulancutash@feddit.uk · 24 pts · 264d

They were very careful not to even depict the Soviets as the bad guys, so I think you may have the wrong film series.

slazer2au@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 264d (7 replies)

We did in The Living Daylights and Diamonds are Forever.

JoMiran@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 264d (6 replies)

Don't forget Tomorow Never Dies.

slazer2au@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 264d (5 replies)

He was North Korean though.

Wrong one

JoMiran@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 264d (4 replies)

That's Die Another Day

slazer2au@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 264d (3 replies)

Your right. I need more drinks.

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 263d (1 reply)

Are you saying you get smarter as you drink? Or that you need a drink to forget your embarassment?

slazer2au@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 263d

....... Yes...

hakunawazo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 261d

Shaken, not stirred I suppose.

OldGrayDog@lemmynsfw.com · 12 pts · 264d

Not like everything is perfect in the UK, you guys are trying to out do the US in government evil doings.

UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 264d (2 replies)

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

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 263d (1 reply)

Most Bond villains are just eccentric billionaires using Sci-Fi technologies to become trillionaires through commodity speculation.

You just described Elon Musk.

UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 263d

😏

Geobloke@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 263d

Well, it'll be interesting to see how The Boys finale turns out

Lembot_0006@programming.dev · 3 pts · 264d (3 replies)

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.

givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 264d (2 replies)

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

Davel23@fedia.io · 5 pts · 264d (1 reply)

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

Damage@feddit.it · 3 pts · 263d

And there's another (real!) American fighting them

Lorfan@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 264d

the us is the bad guy