Surprise surprise but I disagree with several of his points. First off I think the whole “Bond is irrelevant” thing has nothing to do with “wokeness” or anything - it’s just a standard movie plot concept. “The old hero has to go back to to his job and finds everything has supposedly become better and left him behind” is something that has been done countless times, and at the end it turns out the old guy learns a bit from the new ones and they in turn learn that he isn’t quite so irrelevant and still has stuff to teach. There’s a perfectly valid argument for that being a tired and overdone trope and to criticise the writing in that sense is completely reasonable, but to blame “wokeness” for it is silly and to assume the eventual message of the film is “Bond is irrelevant” even more so.
I feel fairly similarly about his point with Bond’s replacement as well. There are at least obvious degrees of feminism in that aspect, which I think is justified given that in most of the other Bond films women are generally just presented as expendable, interchangeable and only really there for eye candy. There might be an argument for a bit of that in films, but I think the sheer extent of the “Bond Girl” trope means that the problematic parts of it should really be addressed. However, the part is disagree with is the idea that the film is trying to show she is better than him. It’s another standard movie convention. “Old Guy comes in and is partnered with new one. New one bad mouths them a bit, and does a couple of things that suggests they are possibly better. New one gets into trouble, old one saves them. Both realise they each have something to teach one another and win the day as equals”. You could argue it’s been done to death, and I find it hard to believe that the author couldn’t see that plot coming a mile off. My concern is that (based on the trailer), they have the new character behave like such an arsehole that either the comeuppance won’t feel enough, or it will be so excessive that it will end up being counterproductive and the moral ends up being “stupid feminist, leave it to the old sexist guy”. If they didn’t play up her arseholeishness as much, it would be far easier to present them as equals without making either of them seem bad, and end with the perfectly healthy moral that women can be more than just eye candy from the new agent (which would be more of the franchise acknowledging that rather than actually preaching it to Bond or the audience; he himself I don’t think has actually been depicted as particularly sexist), and that just became something is old doesn’t mean it’s obsolete from Bond himself. As it is though, although I’m pretty sure that will be the intended morals, whether they actually pull it off is a different matter.
However, possibly my biggest gripe with him is the fact he tries to make an entire point about Bond supposedly not responding to some of the new agent’s taunts. It’s a trailer for goodness sake! They clearly aren’t going to show the exact way every scene plays out - absolutely no part of it suggests there isn’t a comeback coming. Even if there isn’t, it is perfectly possible for Bond to later shut her down with his skills, and besides, not including his witty responses gives the audience the whole “*gasp* she called him obsolete! What’s he going to do about that!? I must watch the film to find out!”. If this was a review of the entire film he could have more of a point, but as it is it’s a bit silly.
