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James Bond.

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letmebetheone · 23/10/2026 18:57

At the end of the last Bond film he was killed, blown to smithereens with no chance of survival.

So how can there be a new James Bond?

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BirdLandedonmyHead · 23/10/2026 18:59

Because he just resets.
Each Bond doesnt remember the orevious Bonds

NoteyMcNoteface · 23/10/2026 18:59

Same reason that he’s about 150 years old and has had about 15 different heads.

MrsMoastyToasty · 23/10/2026 19:17

It's a job title, not a person.

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Iloveshihtzus · 23/10/2026 19:18

NoteyMcNoteface · 23/10/2026 18:59

Same reason that he’s about 150 years old and has had about 15 different heads.

You win the internet today😂

letmebetheone · 23/10/2026 19:19

BirdLandedonmyHead · 23/10/2026 18:59

Because he just resets.
Each Bond doesnt remember the orevious Bonds

But each actor is playing the same character which is James Bond. Even though they were all playing the character there was a thread tunning through the films about his back story and childhood.

The character died. Its trivial but its bugging me. I need to get out more!

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KnickerlessParsons · 23/10/2026 19:21

Maybe he didn’t die.

EmeraldRoulette · 23/10/2026 19:24

letmebetheone · 23/10/2026 19:19

But each actor is playing the same character which is James Bond. Even though they were all playing the character there was a thread tunning through the films about his back story and childhood.

The character died. Its trivial but its bugging me. I need to get out more!

Well, the same thing happened to Sherlock Holmes…. although admittedly Arthur Conan Doyle didn’t originally plan to bring him back.

Sherararara · 23/10/2026 19:27

letmebetheone · 23/10/2026 19:19

But each actor is playing the same character which is James Bond. Even though they were all playing the character there was a thread tunning through the films about his back story and childhood.

The character died. Its trivial but its bugging me. I need to get out more!

I think you really do need to get out more.
It really isn’t that difficult to understand.

DarkForces · 23/10/2026 19:29

I think of James Bond like a pervy dr who. operation mincemeat portrayed the author perfectly 😂

saveforthat · 23/10/2026 19:31

I'm with you op. I originally thought it would be portrayed as his daughter being the new 007 but now I know it's definitely going to be a male actor, I think there is going to be some story about how he got out of that alive.

BirdLandedonmyHead · 23/10/2026 19:31

letmebetheone · 23/10/2026 19:19

But each actor is playing the same character which is James Bond. Even though they were all playing the character there was a thread tunning through the films about his back story and childhood.

The character died. Its trivial but its bugging me. I need to get out more!

He forgets his dead wife!

allthemind · 23/10/2026 19:32

THANKYOU! OP

I agree with you, it doesnt make sense.

BeardySchnauzer · 23/10/2026 19:35

each actor has portrayed Bond differently though. They’re very much not a continuation of each other.

I would imagine the daughter won’t be mentioned again

would it help to see it as a multiverse and each bond is in a different one 🤣

Jibbee · 23/10/2026 19:37

Maybe they will go back in time

Happysnappydays · 23/10/2026 19:37

Either they are sort of prequel stories, or he miraculously survived

allthemind · 23/10/2026 19:47

I can maybe come to peace with the multiverse idea .... the one that was played by SC, RM, TD, DC is definitely dead though!

BeardySchnauzer · 23/10/2026 19:53

I mean it’s not unusual for long running franchises to reimagine their hero

not sure I ever imagined bond with sticky out ears though

although you know you are old when the actors in the running are all younger than you

DreamingOfGeneHunt · 23/10/2026 19:55

I always thought James Bond was a code name. So they all had their own name but were all known as "James Bond."

BeardySchnauzer · 23/10/2026 19:56

DreamingOfGeneHunt · 23/10/2026 19:55

I always thought James Bond was a code name. So they all had their own name but were all known as "James Bond."

Well he’s always been very happy to tell people his name which I always thought was odd for a supposedly secret agent

AuroraBloom · 23/10/2026 19:58

Maybe he will die another day.

MadMAGA · 23/10/2026 19:58

Same reason that there are about 10 versions of the Spiderman film. It's just different director / cast / studios' ideas of what James Bond would be like, not a running story.

FabulousWealthyTart · 23/10/2026 20:09

I think it's a code name like M,who miraculously turned into Dame Judi Dench.

TinyBlueDent · 23/10/2026 20:19

007 is the code name. James Bond was one person.

Agree about Spiderman, Superman, Batman - the story just gets rebooted.

Bananalanacake · 23/10/2026 20:28

Because James Bond is a spook name, a fake name given to a spy. I was really annoyed in Skyfall when he visited his father's grave and the name on the headstone was Bond, his dad wouldn't have that surname would he? Should have been a Scottish one beginning with Mac or Mc.

ErrolTheDragon · 23/10/2026 20:28

FabulousWealthyTart · 23/10/2026 20:09

I think it's a code name like M,who miraculously turned into Dame Judi Dench.

And Q, also Felix.