Ah! The old Yellow Peril makes me want Tarantino again, to film Bond vs Fu Manchu, the crossover for the ages!
I think Bond v Mega-corporations might struggle to get made, though it would be an excellent idea, because the franchise is now part owned by one of the biggest corporations on earth. Bond infiltrating Amazon as a humble worker might bring an element of Dickensian pathos to the series. I
kind of agree about China, because although they are an actual threat, it becomes impossible to make, especially as I say, how powerful China is now as a market. They’re be terrified to upset them. But also, I suppose, they’ve done that, during the Cold War, and done it well. The old super villain idea, the nervous-tick nutjob with a secret island under the ocean, loaded with atom bombs, has possibly also become a little tired, so Bond going into the bland, faceless, legal world of giant corporations would have the benefit of being both current, and also edgy too, if it showed the nefarious influence of social media, but with consequences that aren’t merely esoteric, or psychological, but involving some global meltdown that serves only the well-heeled elite quite well…
