I wouldnt go for a female James Bond, or a black one, for the same reason I wouldn't go for a white Shaft or a non-Asian kung fu expert; it's one of the dumbest debates in Cinema today, the race or sex revisionism. A good movie starts with good writing. Unlike other characters, the Doctor was written with the possibility easily left open to becoming a woman, which is fine. Now....if the fact that being a woman brings absolutely nothing to bear on it being a good movie, its a waste of them. Instead, you know, of concentrating on CREATING (now there's a long forgotten word) a new movie or series that might, in the end, be MORE successful than James Bond will. After 60+ years, it really is getting stale.
Im still waiting for the kickass spy girl movie that wins Emmys for being more original than Bond, instead of half arsed revisionist crap that no one will remember 3 years after release, except as a hatenod (Ghostbusters, anyone?)
That's what I'm thinking right now;that people forgot what creating actually means anymore.
I'm still bitter Star Wars and Blade Runner sequels exist at all. I nearly gouged my eyes out when I heard we'll get an Indy 5 and with the talks of a recast, there's another childhood souvenir I'll have to chuck in the garbage, as if he's the only 40's character fighting against Nazis Hollywood can make movies about... You can tell Stephen Cannell passed away, he was real talented at creating originality from simple concepts. A Team, 21 Jump Street, Hunter, Greatest American Hero, Rockford Files...funny how remakes of his stuff are all we get instead of new writers trying to out-write him...
