The latest James Bond movie, Spectre, got 20 million dollars in incentives from Mexico in return for changing key parts of the film.

- The villain, a female killer named Sciarra, could not be a Mexican.

Since villains can't be Mexican, do you think they could be Guatemalan instead?  Or is that too "next door"?  Or how about an evil American assassin who slips across the border into Mexico, refuses to learn Spanish, votes in Mexican elections, and lives on welfare and drug deals between assassinations?

- The assassination target, written originally as the mayor of Mexico City, must be changed to be an international official.

I guess they don't want to give their own citizens any ideas, right?

- Mexican police should be replaced by a “special force.”

What kind of "special force" should Mexico have?  From a science fiction perspective, which do you think would be more believable: an elite Mexican police force with exoskeletons, advanced weaponry, and advanced nanotechnology, or an elite Mexican police force that doesn't take bribes?

- In the movie, Senator Marco Rubio no longer supports amnesty for illegal aliens.

Ha ha, just kidding! Just want to see if you're still paying attention!

You know, this sort of thing happens all the time.  Plots are changed if they would offend China, for example.  But somehow you never see plots changed that make Christians or Jews villains, or routinely cast American businesses as evil.

Taxanalysts also quotes correspondence between studio executives suggesting they could get an additional $6 million from Mexico if the film features “modern” aspects of Mexico City, like its skyline …

Do you think they can make Mexico City look good if cameras don't film below an altitude of 50 feet?

… and adds shots of the country’s colorful Day of the Dead festivities.

Wouldn't it be easier to simply get some footage from the local news in Tijuana?

The website quotes Amy Pascal, then chair of Sony’s motion picture group, as writing that the studio should insist that the filmmakers “add whatever travelogue footage we need in Mexico to get the extra money.”

Although the report did not identify the Mexican officials purportedly involved in the deal, the Mexican government -- once known for its slick handling of PR -- has been struggling to repair its image after a string of atrocities and mass killings attributed to authorities as well as corruption scandals.

All they need is a good James Bond movie to fix things.  We should ask them to film the next James Bond movie here; it can solve our problems, too.  Film scenes of a border under control with Mexico, of people producing IDs when they vote, of Congress passing a balanced budget and a government that follows the Constitution.  Then they can market it as a fantasy movie, because what they will have filmed will be as plausible as Hobbits and Klingons.

Pedro Gonzales is the editor of Newsmachete.com, the conservative news site.