Amazon Hamfistedly Removed the Guns From Prime’s James Bond Movie Posters
Garth Franklin, writing at Dark Horizons:Amazon has quietly walked back new James Bond thumbnail artwork on
its Prime Video service following controversy over digital
alterations to the original art. As reported here yesterday,
the art was unveiled on the weekend to coincide with James Bond
Day celebrations on Sunday.Bond fans quickly noticed that the artwork had undergone some
amateur photoshopping, which either cropped or airbrushed out
his signature Walther PPK gun from the original image in a
variety of ways.The results were widely derided on social media; films like Dr.
No and Goldeneye appeared to have Bond making a rude gesture,
while others like A View to a Kill elongated Roger Moore’s arms
well past the point of any human.The updated ones just kinda suck. Amazon’s original “new” posters were downright hilariously bad. This bodes poorly for the Bond franchise’s future.