The spy who trigger warned me: Viewers told classic James Bond films could ’cause offence’ to modern audiences

by nimobo

25 comments

  1. I would rather have a warning than any changes or restricting their access.

  3. This seems fine to me. Keep the content the same but acknowledge that there’s some stuff in there that’s unsavory. I love the bond movies, but up until probably the Dalton era there’s usually at least one moment per movie that you just have to move past if you want to enjoy it in a modern context.

    I can have humor about some of this stuff because it’s so over the top and inappropriate that it kind of becomes ridiculous, but that’s also easier to say as someone who isn’t directly affected by things like racism, sexism, and sexual assault. I don’t see why it’s a bad thing to have a quick statement at the start saying, “if those are things you deal with a lot in real life and don’t want to deal with in your down time, this may not be for you.”

  4. A lot of old films have content warnings. This is just lbc making mountains out of molehills.

  5. Best not to read the books, then.

    “And now he knew that the conquest of her body, because of the central privacy in her, would have the sweet tang of rape.”

  6. Honestly i think it’s irresponsible not to warn people about how racist “Live and Let Die” is before they watch it

  7. I have read a couple of the books, the movies are tame compared to them.

  8. “Warning: Roger Moore is old enough to be the female lead’s grandfather.”

  9. I want a trigger warning if the movie is lame and boring.

  10. If you sit down to watch a 60 year old movie and don’t expect it to be dated and have some problematic content, that’s truly on you

  11. Some people need to hear the words “grow a fucking spine!”

  13. You guys know pg, pg-13, and R are all trigger warnings right?

  14. People acting like trigger warnings are for sensitive zoomers and not like, people with trauma

  15. Don’t read the trashy books – not only are they incredibly disappointing, but they are way worse than the movies in terms of racism sexism

  16. Good. Preserve the past but give context and warnings alongside it. This is progress.

  17. The biggest offense was the car jump slide whistle. Thanks Roger Moore.

  19. As long as they don’t edit the films I’m all for a little warning at the beginning of it.

  20. Nothing wrong with having a contextual explanation before a film so people are aware of what might be in store. I don’t think they need to edit the material, as other people have mentioned, because the media was a product of its timeline.

    Not really any different than how my high school freshman English teacher provided contextual insight and warning about the content in Huckleberry Finn when we had to read it in class. This was back in 1984.

    We had some excellent group discussions in class during this reading, especially since the high school I attended was about 50/50 white and African American.

    There are ways to approach things without going extreme one way or another, IMHO.

  21. Christ how soft can we get. Just don’t watch the movie or something

  25. Rather, see a warning, then the whole movie be changed around with the content in question completely cut out.

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