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To be worthy of being a Bond villain, you have to be incredibly evil. It has household names like Scaramanga, Goldfinger, Blofeld and the British Film Institute.

OK, that last one is a bit of a surprise. The BFI is a 'cultural charity' and 'Britain's leading film and video organization'. So you'd think they'd be doing their best to protect Bond, one of Britain's most famous fictional characters. It's right up there with Sherlock Holmes, Harry Potter, and Winnie the Pooh.

But while these three are politically acceptable, Potter author JK Rowling has now been canceled because she has a Bond-like mindset and agrees that women are… women. But Bond, James Bond, as he often says, well, he's a different story. So the BFI inserted trigger warnings before Bond movies.

The British Film Institute has given trigger warnings to multiple classic James Bond films ahead of their upcoming showings in theaters. (Getty Images)

Here's the message you'll receive if you wait in line to see the world's #1 spy.

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“Many of these films contain language, images and other content that reflect views that were prevalent at the time, but which may still cause offense today (as they did then). Please note: Titles are included here for historical, cultural or aesthetic reasons, and these views are in no way endorsed by the BFI or its partners.”

Goldfinger and You Only Live Twice are the two Bond films the magazine will feature as the BFI celebrates 50 years of soundtrack author John Barry.

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Never Say Never Again (1983), starring Sean Connery as James Bond and co-starring Kim Basinger and Barbara Carrera. (Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images)

Now, the BFI's movie buffs are happy to trade on Bond's popularity. The title of the film series is “John Barry: Soundtracking Bond and Beyond''. Barry had a great career, but he honestly has no idea what he's like. So the BFI marketed the series as “Spies, Swingers and Shadows was the first encounter of Britain's greatest soundtrack writer John Barry in his career”.

Oh, he did Bond, “The Ipcress File,'' “Midnight Cowboy,'' so that's awesome. But they're not so great that the BFI (no, it doesn't stand for Big Freakin' Idiots, but it should be) doesn't try to disown them. “These titles are published here for historical, cultural or aesthetic reasons and these views are in no way endorsed by the BFI or its partners.”

However, the BFI was not completed. If you dig into the film's description, there are even more criticisms.

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Pierce Brosnan played James Bond in GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, and The World Is Not Enough. (MGM)

“Goldfinger” is described as “a cartoonish sexiness that really matches the loud, swinging soundtrack.” And “You Only Live Twice” has been described as “containing outdated racial stereotypes.” I mean, tickets will be on sale for £16, but you'll have to be either a sex fanatic or a racist if you want to see them.

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Well, that's marketing!

I think James Bond's “trigger warning” means he was about to shoot someone. No, our man 007 is pissing off the jawless wonders of the BFI simply because he reflects the views prevalent in his time. Oh, that's scary.

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Roger Moore played Bond in 1973's Live and Let Die, co-starring Yaphet Kotto. (FilmPublicityArchive/United Archives via Getty Images)

We all know Bond. The movie franchise alone has earned him more than $7 billion, with up to 27 movies in production. (Only 25 of his films are official.) Our stars are played by some of Hollywood's bravest men, including Sean Connery, Roger Moore, and Daniel Craig, to name a few.

To the 12 people on Earth who don't know who he is, Bond is a globe-trotting superspy and, according to Rotten Tomatoes, “a genuine villain that women aspire to and men idolize in vain.” It is said that He's also a patriot who risks life and limb to stop the bad guys and make the world safe for Marxist idiots like the BFI.

Our protagonist likes to “shake, not stir” his martinis, and the women also like to drink martinis in any way that looks good. The list of Bond girls is just as impressive as the actors who played the title role, including Ursula Andress, Diana Rigg, Jane Seymour, Halle Berry, and Eva Green. (According to one study, the number of bonds is about 60.)

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Daniel Craig and his daughter Ella Loudon attend the world premiere of 'No Time to Die' at the Royal Albert Hall on September 28, 2021 in London. (Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images for EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Universal Pictures)

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In other words, Bond is a relic from a time when men were men and women liked it that way. When Bond rose to stardom, espionage was all the rage. It was the height of the Cold War, and we imagined Cold War warriors to be brave, courageous, and good-looking, with lives filled with sex, alcohol, and smoking.

Now all of this is frowned upon by the film elite, who seem to see Bond as a tool of the patriarchy and such nonsense.

Actress Jenny Hanley, who starred in the Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service, called the BFI's nonsense “insulting” and “babysitting”. But the movie quacks are adamant about censorship.

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The BFI should remember that Bond always wins over villains. (Getty Images)

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Tina McFarling, head of strategic communications at the BFI, said: “We have a responsibility to preserve films as close to their period accuracy as possible, even if they contain language or depictions that we categorically reject. On the other hand, we are also responsible for the screening method.” We deliver them to our audience. ”

McFarling and the rest of the BFI's Wally (British slang for fool) should remember that Bond always wins over the villain. And it rarely ends well for the bad guys.

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