Comment by Molitor5901
2 days ago
Some modernization but I agree that it is very strong with a single coherent vision of the character. Bond does not and should be a woman, or transgender or any other twist to modernize. It can do that with supporting characters, and in how Bond interacts with them. Making a stark change to the main character would cause too much discontinuity with fans, and people who have know Bond as a specific archetype for a very, very long time.
We should think of new characters to fit modern ideas, not changing old out of simplicity; or latching onto the gravy train.
I doubt that any of the options you've given would have been likely or be any more likely under new management – as you said, that modernisation can happen and is happening already through other characters.
What I could absolutely see happening is a teenage Bond YA fiction style thing, which would dilute the character. Or alternatively, a TV show, which would dilute the brand.