At what point did the franchise become so embarrassed of itself?

>>85525909

After Austin Powers came out and took the piss out of every Bond/spy movie trope there is, that's why Casino Royale is the way it is.

>>85525940
Austin Powers isn't the first time something has taken the piss out of the Bond films. Each Bond film is a product of its time and takes inspiration from what's happening elsewhere or popular.

>>85525940
Go to bed Craig

>>85526093


https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/interview-daniel-craig-interview-foreshadows-bond-24

>How much of 'Skyfall' was a reaction to 'Quantum of Solace' or 'Casino Royale'?

>I am very, very keen that you can't make films in a reactionary way. You can't do it! There has been a lot of talk, from the beginning from 'Casino' into 'Quantum' because everyone has gone, "Where's the 'Bondness'? Where's all the old stuff?" I was given this chance by Barbara and Michael, which is the first of the books, and the conceit is we began again, but I couldn't come in and pretend to be James Bond, because everyone knows Bond as Pierce or Roger or Timothy or Sean. I couldn't come in and go, "Hmm, Martini," or whatever. It's not who I am, and how I kind of approach things.

>The truth of it is that I always had this plan in my head is that we got to make them and begin them again and bring all that back in, but it had to happen the way it did. I can't see it happening any other way. We had to destroy the myth because Mike Myers fucked us - I am a huge Mike Myers fan, so don't get me wrong - but he kind of fucked us; made it impossible to do the gags. What I am proudest of in Skyfall is the lightness of touch we've been able to bring to back into it but not lose the drama and the action.

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>>85525909

>>85526191
>I couldn't come in and pretend to be James Bond
yes you can they pay you to do just that

>>85525909
Diamonds are forever

>"I had advice that James Bond was over anyway," Lazenby told The Guardian. "It was Sean Connery's gig and, being in the '60s, it was love, not war. You know, hippy time. And I bought into that.

>"They also said there's a guy called Clint Eastwood doing movies in Italy, getting 500 grand a month, for doing a western. They said, you could do that. So I didn't feel like I was losing the million dollars."