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    Is the gentleman spy a thing of the past?

    That is the classic Bond guy of course -- educated, charming, witty, a connaisseur, but also sexist. Though the latter might not be a core part, rather a result of the genesis/success of Bond style guys during a time when a real man was still, hm, da man. Or something.

    However, the gentleman spy seems to have died out. The recent Craig/Bond movies were all more realistic (or ermm "realistic"), more "dark" - but IMO overall less fun. Maybe it was time to replace old Bond character with something new, but now Bond seems to be just another action dude. Which is kinda boring, isn't it? I mean more "realism" works well for Bourne movies, but that was never what Bond was all about....

    Wondering what they do with the next relaunch, if they just go on the same way after Craig I don't think I'm interested...at least more humour pls!

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    There's always the supremely ridiculous Kingsman movies where "manners maketh man."
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      Lorizael speaks true ... the Kingsman is the James Bond of the 2010s
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        Rumor says that there might be a shebond - if that should happen, then what about the bond babes ?
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            Do you honestly think there ever were gentlemen spies?
            Ian Fleming came from a "good family". When war broke out his mother found a safe position in naval intelligence for him. He spent the war thinking up clever gadgets for agents and coming up with innovative ideas to improve naval intelligence gathering, but he was never a field agent. That was the British idea of a gentleman spy, a well borne officer sending agents into harms way.
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              Kingsmen - seen the 1st, that was fun. Didn't watch the 2nd.

              Originally posted by Dr Strangelove View Post
              Do you honestly think there ever were gentlemen spies?
              Like, in reality? We're talking movies. In reality there were probably as much gentlemen spies as chivalric nobles in the middle ages

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