re: #297 Dr Lizardo

If a woman or a black man were cast as the new James Bond, it would confirm the long-standing fan theory that “James Bond/007” is an interchangeable cover identity and agent number. When an agent retires or is KIA, then that name and number is given to another elite agent.

IIRC, they kinda did partially confirm that recently, when another agent was assigned the 007 number.

That sounds like a reasonable avenue to re-invent and update the series.

I’m not particularly attached to any of the actors playing the role. But I do wonder what is given up when the backstory of a single character with a personal history is given up for a replaceable ‘cog’.

Iirc, some other series tried this. I was not paying much attention at the time, but I seem to remember some discussion on the pro’s and con’s.