The plot is basically:

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Lab leak virus used by Russian scientist and evil Egyptian man (I guess) to do white genocide (literally, but it's only mentioned in a couple second graphic and one sentence from the Russian) from Soviet communist bunker. Thwarted by James Bond and British government violating international law, also saving Bond's girlfriend and blue-eyed (this is mentioned a bunch) blonde haired aryan daughter.

  • blobjim [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Yeah good point. The lab stuff was definitely added in later. The whole DNA-targeter trope has been around for a long time as I saw pointed out by I think Yasha Levine. So it was probably a pretty generic story without much real world connection until they made it a virus lab-leak dealio. But the plot otherwise is still basically Metal Gear Solid 5.

    • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      I don't even think they were doing a lab leak theory thing. As you said DNA triggered nanobots is just something you'd expect a Bond villain to do, and breaking into virology lab and making it a virus is basically just a marketing gimmick. It's about what you'd expect when an industry offloads creative decisions to spreadsheets and focus groups.