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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 →
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Whatever you’re after trust me, I’ll deliver
k.d. lang’s Surrender from Tomorrow Never Dies remains one of my favorite non-theme Bond songs. I’ve always interpreted this lyric, along with the one that follows, “You’ll relish the world that I create,” through the perspective of Elliot Carver and his obsession with power through manufactured events and manipulated headlines.… Read More →
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007 First Light released, Bond 26 distant
As I’ve said before, the hype around the 007 First Light video game has only made me more stubborn about Bond 26‘s seemingly endless delay. The game looks great from what I’ve seen online, but let’s be honest, a video game is just not the same as a Bond movie.… Read More →