Because the Bond character would still just be the Bond character . . .

I can dig it.

Bond is Bond. casting Elba wouldn’t have been a race swap for diversity’s sake. as you agreed, he would have crushed the role - regardless of race.

I find that is not altogether a bad thing. I like it. Showing a vibrant, dynamic color array can add to the storytelling by allowing for a less sterile or muted tone. Even Doctor Strange was more colorful than previous Marvel films. Also, the world is colorful, why not make film colorful, and these are based on…