XPost: alt.startrek, alt.tv.star-trek, alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise   
   XPost: rec.arts.startrek.current   
   From: rgorman@block.net   
      
   On Sat, 13 Jan 2007 18:39:31 +1300, Anybody   
    wrote:   
      
      
   >> Okay, I reread my words before hitting the send key and it sounds as   
   >> if I'm being deliberately obtuse.  I'm not, I just never really   
   >> thought about it with the possible exception of George Lazenby's   
   >> throwaway line from "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" -- "This never   
   >> happened to that other fellow."  Great line, that.   
   >   
   >But, other than re=using the name, they aren't all the same character -   
   >one has a Scottish accent for a start. If you pretend that each is   
   >actually a different person being give the "agent name" of James Bond,   
   >then those differences make a lot more sense.   
      
   And all you are left with the incredible stupidity of naming multiple   
   men "James Bond" just so everyone will know he's a spy.  At least with   
   Sukeban Deka, they wanted to exploit the original Asamiya's gangsta   
   reputation so that the bad guys would all want to recruit her into   
   their organisation.  Incidentally, that very idea was the heart of the   
   mockery in the original Casino Royale.   
      
      
   >> >The general public aren't the ones that keep a franchise going.   
   >>   
   >> I see where you are coming from with this but I am not convinced. Just   
   >> about anything produced these days by a major company such as   
   >> Paramount must appeal to a large audience, particularly with the big   
   >> money being spent of special effect films.   
   >   
   >If an existing franchise no longer appeals to a "big enough" audience,   
   >then you simply don't make it any more.   
      
   If you're stupid and don't want to make money.   
      
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