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no_hypocrisy

(49,192 posts) Fri Dec 13, 2024, 08:04 PM Dec 13

Ian Fleming never imagined a character like Trump.

Where's James Bond when you need him?

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Ian Fleming never imagined a character like Trump. (Original Post) no_hypocrisy Dec 13 OP

It's not just Trump himself that is the problem. He is a typical fraud corrupt asshole JI7 Dec 13 #1

Ian Fleming's idea of an adversary for Bond is some type of diabolical genious. Intractable Dec 13 #2

The closest I can think of boonecreek Dec 13 #3

In the novel, Goldfinger was going to steal the gold! PJMcK Dec 13 #6

I'd forgotten about that. boonecreek Dec 14 #7

If he did BeerBarrelPolka Dec 13 #4

Fleming's Bond villains all had a goal, a purpose DFW Dec 13 #5

JI7

(90,877 posts)

1. It's not just Trump himself that is the problem. He is a typical fraud corrupt asshole

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Fri Dec 13, 2024, 08:13 PM

Dec 13

The problem is more that people give him a pass .

Intractable

(584 posts)

2. Ian Fleming's idea of an adversary for Bond is some type of diabolical genious.

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Fri Dec 13, 2024, 08:29 PM

Dec 13

Trump is a unique sort of villain. He's so stupid on the face of it, but able to manipulate his crowds.

Many people fall in line behind Trump because they are afraid of what his supporters will do to them.

boonecreek

(173 posts)

3. The closest I can think of

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Fri Dec 13, 2024, 09:07 PM

Dec 13

is Auric Goldfinger. Although, he never aspired to public office. He just wanted to hold the U.S. gold irradiate the U.S. gold depository.

PJMcK

(23,006 posts)

6. In the novel, Goldfinger was going to steal the gold!

Reply to boonecreek (Reply #3)

Fri Dec 13, 2024, 10:22 PM

Dec 13

The scriptwriters realized the absurdity of transporting the massive weight of the gold so they decided to set off a nuclear device. This was a kind of stupid idea because the explosion would not have irradiated the American gold. It would have incinerated it! The bomb was in the repository right next to the gold. The entire building and a few hundred yards around Fort Knox would have been annihilated in an atomic blast so the film's idea is also flawed.

Trump is not a mastermind. He's a cult leader.

He's also an idiot but that doesn't seem to matter.

boonecreek

(173 posts)

7. I'd forgotten about that.

Reply to PJMcK (Reply #6)

Sat Dec 14, 2024, 09:21 AM

Dec 14

I read the novel when I was in high school
about a hundred years ago. In the movie what
really held my attention was the Aston Martin.
Couldn't wait for Bond to use the ejection seat.
Also totally agree with your assessment of Trump.

BeerBarrelPolka

(1,439 posts)

4. If he did

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Fri Dec 13, 2024, 09:09 PM

Dec 13

The character's name would be Blohard

DFW

(56,891 posts)

5. Fleming's Bond villains all had a goal, a purpose

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Fri Dec 13, 2024, 09:23 PM

Dec 13

They were all out to either enrich themselves or accomplish something. They were never out for glory and adulation as their goal in and of itself.

Notice that Bond's villains were always agents or the heads of adversarial entities, be it national or private. Bond was always outnumbered by bad guys, but never to the tune of 76 million to one.

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