{"id":4160,"date":"2024-06-01T00:34:15","date_gmt":"2024-06-01T00:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielcraigisnotbond.com\/index\/?p=4160"},"modified":"2024-09-19T22:45:20","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T22:45:20","slug":"lazy-like-a-fox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielcraigisnotbond.com\/index\/blog\/2024\/06\/01\/lazy-like-a-fox\/","title":{"rendered":"Lazy Like A Fox?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It’s no secret I’ve been critical of EON Production’s lack of… well, production over the years. Not so much because I’m eager to see the newest travesty they’ll produce, but rather on an intellectual level. Five years between films when they used to be able to crank one out every two, especially absurd when you remember these films are all they do (recent non-007 flops excluded), you’d think this being their full time job, they’d have “all the time in the world” to think about where to take the series, it’s what Cubby did and why he was able to maintain the afore mentioned two year pace. Nearly six years since it was decided Dan Craig would unequivocally not be coming back (having your character eviscerated by cruse missiles will tend to do that) and EON has made zero progress. You can’t tell me resident scribblers Neal Purvis and Robert Wade were too busy doing nothing, to knit together the gauntest skeleton of a story for other hacks to come in and drape a paper thin skin over before another set of hacks attempt to flesh out this Frankenstein’s monster while they film.<\/p>\r\n

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The poster for Bond 26?<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

However, having said all that, I’m going to take a different tack today and actually posit a theoretical defense of the studio’s current<\/span> lack of traction. Perhaps they’ve been laying low, biding their time, maybe they’re playing lazy like a fox<\/em>.<\/p>\r\n

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Unapologetic cuteness pandering<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

For those of you unfamiliar, there is a term “crazy like a fox,” to wit someone acts foolish in order to cover for some very shrewd dealings, playing dumb to lull a mark into lowering their guard, you get the idea. Well, what if EON are sitting on their arches, twiddling their thumbs for a very real purpose?!<\/p>\r\n

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“EON Productions executive staff training”<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

One not need to look too hard at the current landscape of the film industry to see it is in an absolute state. Incessant labor disputes and extreme political agendas being pushed. Just look at where Star Wars is at this point. They’re much more concerned with the sexual orientation of the actors than bothering to tell a compelling story. The latest offering, produced by none other than Harvey Weinstein’s former personal assistant, features a set of “non-binary” twins immaculately conceived<\/span> by a communal coven of lesbian space witches!\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

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“Lo, and Kathleen Kennedy so loved the world she bestowed upon it her many they\/them!”\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

And now that very same assistant to a predator and destroyer of franchises has her eye set on Bond!:<\/p>\r\n