Why isn't Bond good enough...

Ammo08Ammo08 Missouri, USAPosts: 387MI6 Agent
in General James Bond Chat
....to run MI6? It seems to me that you would want an experienced field agent to be running things...
"I don't know if the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or imbeciles who mean it."-Mark Twain
'Just because nobody complains doesn't mean all parachutes are perfect.'- Benny Hill (1924-1992)

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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,524Chief of Staff
    He never reaches the age that would take him out of field work.
  • Brosnan_fanBrosnan_fan Sydney, AustraliaPosts: 521MI6 Agent
    I somehow get the feeling he has a bit of disdain for the bureaucratic side of his work.... :D
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,175MI6 Agent
    If he was head of MI6 Bond would have full control of the expense account .... :o
  • PeppermillPeppermill DelftPosts: 2,860MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    He never reaches the age that would take him out of field work.

    Well.... Roger Moore might have been the exeption :))
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  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    The hiring policy would quickly degenerate as "best person for the job" would become "most nubile young lady in the immediate vicinity ..." :))
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,524Chief of Staff
    Peppermill wrote:
    Barbel wrote:
    He never reaches the age that would take him out of field work.

    Well.... Roger Moore might have been the exeption :))

    Not to mention David Niven- who DOES take over!
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    Flemings Bond would hate the tedious Paper Work -{
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  • David SchofieldDavid Schofield EnglandPosts: 1,528MI6 Agent
    Gardner was punting Bond in that direction with Micro Globe One and the imminent retirement of Messervy-M.

    Also had Bond looking set to marry again.

    Like a lot of things, Gardner lost his nerve on both. Though one wonders if there might have been a bit of arm twisting from Glidrose with an eye to the future.... ;)
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    I believe that Gardner did have one more Novel planned after COLD.
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  • Gassy ManGassy Man USAPosts: 2,972MI6 Agent
    M is an administrator while Bond is a technician. Promoting a technician into an administrative position often does not work -- just because someone can do the work doesn't mean they have the temperament to be management. The Bond films have shown consistently that Bond does not have a fondness for regulations that get in the way of getting the job done. That wouldn't make him a very good administrator. In addition, as the Judi Dench films do a good job of showing, the administrator has to deal with much more than just drafting assignments . . .he or she must also be a disciplinarian, budget miser, political animal, and mindful tactician.
  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    Gassy Man wrote:
    In addition, as the Judi Dench films do a good job of showing, the administrator has to deal with much more than just drafting assignments . . .he or she must also be a disciplinarian, budget miser, political animal, and mindful tactician.

    Exactly! None of which seems to be Bond's forte! :))
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  • Ammo08Ammo08 Missouri, USAPosts: 387MI6 Agent
    I think it would have made a good story arch with Bond suddenly realizing what his antics did to others and maybe having to supervise someone even crazier than him..

    One thing I loved about Judi Dench's M was that she not only called him down about things, she pointed out what his actions did to others.
    "I don't know if the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or imbeciles who mean it."-Mark Twain
    'Just because nobody complains doesn't mean all parachutes are perfect.'- Benny Hill (1924-1992)
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    Blackleiter wrote:
    Gassy Man wrote:
    In addition, as the Judi Dench films do a good job of showing, the administrator has to deal with much more than just drafting assignments . . .he or she must also be a disciplinarian, budget miser, political animal, and mindful tactician.

    Exactly! None of which seems to be Bond's forte! :))
    I feel that Bond CAN do any and all of that at will. As a chameleon in the spy world, he could be a dishwasher at Wimpy or the CEO of a major international company. For a mission.
    The thing is, heading MI6 would be, like, a sort of PERMANENT thing. To Bond, there IS no permanence.
    Bond is a sports car to be driven hard, not parked in a garage.
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  • superadosuperado Regent's Park West (CaliforniaPosts: 2,654MI6 Agent
    I don't agree with the mindset that the ultimate expression of honor or fulfillment is a character's is their promotion to some utmost status or position, like Tom Clancy's main character, President Jack Ryan and in the Bond universe, it's more typically calls for a Bond actor or Bond himself getting knighted (the thought didn't appeal to Bond).
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