LastSurvivor said:
However.. don't get me started on Bond becoming a woman... that's just silly. If you want to do that, just create a new 00 character who is a woman.
Because it's tangentially related, I'll engage...
Why is that silly? Obviously you couldn't call her "James Bond" so she'd be Jane Bond or something, but assuming everything else about her is the same other than her first name and that she's a woman, what's the big deal?
Honestly I don't know much more about Jame Bond than I do about Doctor Who, but he's a super spy and womanizer, right? A woman can do those things.
I know you said "just create a new 00 character who is a woman" but I don't see how making James Bond a woman is any different than doing that.