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Ready to save the world again?
As much as I love GoldenEye and its excellent Trevelyan revenge plot, this line from 006 at the start always leaves me wanting to see one of their previous missions. It’s the word “again” that hints at a history of successful missions shared by Bond and 006, making their partnership… Read More →
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Actions speak louder than words
In Octopussy, Bond delivers this familiar saying to Magda while angling for a goodbye kiss. Once denied, it’s no skin off his back since he only pretends to be disappointed. He already knows she’s about to steal the fake Fabergé egg, complete with its hidden tracking device. It’s an instance… Read More →
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“James Bond Officially Replaces Daniel Craig” Wrong!
Here it is, everyone: the worst headline to emerge from the release of the 007 First Light video game. This atrocious (partial) headline from ScreenRant‘s Angharad Redden is not only clickbait, it’s flatly inaccurate. Daniel Craig has not been “officially replaced,” and voicing or providing a likeness for James Bond… Read More →
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“…brightest future could be in video games”
This recent Rolling Stone James Bond article by Christopher Cruz, complete with that headline, made me wince. To quote the Bond-adjacent Dr. Evil from Goldmember: “HOW ‘BOUT NO?!” James Bond video games always generate excitement because they fill a gap the movies cannot. For movie fans, that’s less a cause… Read More →
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There. Now let’s both play.
Bond’s behavior toward Pussy Galore in the Goldfinger barn scene has aged terribly and remains an infamously iconic and uncomfortable Bond moment. Along with the earlier “man talk <butt slap>” scene, it reinforces many of the misogynistic stereotypes that have long followed James Bond and particularly the Sean Connery era… Read More →
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Uninterested in Bond 26 Oddsmakers and Polymarket
As an excited Bond fan, it feels strange to say this, but I have little interest in what betting oddsmakers or Polymarket have to say about Bond 26 casting. Their predictions are increasingly treated as legitimate “news” by entertainment outlets, and I think that does more to dilute the conversation… Read More →
Filed Under: Bond 26