shit, prime put up casino royale for free so we watched it again (eva green is in it!).
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shit, prime put up casino royale for free so we watched it again (eva green is in it!). but then we saw all the other daniel craig bonds are also up, so i guess it's nothing but bond movies for the next days, and then we probably have to continue with pierce brosnan bond, and then timothy dalton bond, as deep as prime allows us to go i guess. ugh. anyway, quantum of solace is next (rory kinnear has a role here, another penny dreadful actor; and david harbour from stranger things)
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shit, prime put up casino royale for free so we watched it again (eva green is in it!). but then we saw all the other daniel craig bonds are also up, so i guess it's nothing but bond movies for the next days, and then we probably have to continue with pierce brosnan bond, and then timothy dalton bond, as deep as prime allows us to go i guess. ugh. anyway, quantum of solace is next (rory kinnear has a role here, another penny dreadful actor; and david harbour from stranger things)
jeffrey wright from westworld was in casino royale and is also in QoS as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Leiter, and this time he gets a bit more to do than say two lines. nice continuity between the movies btw.
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jeffrey wright from westworld was in casino royale and is also in QoS as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Leiter, and this time he gets a bit more to do than say two lines. nice continuity between the movies btw.
the next one is skyfall, which i remember as my favorite because judi dench finally gets the screen time she deserves, and the "cabin in the woods" feel of the finale. the movie starts with M micromanaging bond's mission per teleconference. it ends badly.
this is the first craig bond with Q(uartermaster) in it. a millennial Q, played by ben whishaw (cloud atlas, paddington).
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the next one is skyfall, which i remember as my favorite because judi dench finally gets the screen time she deserves, and the "cabin in the woods" feel of the finale. the movie starts with M micromanaging bond's mission per teleconference. it ends badly.
this is the first craig bond with Q(uartermaster) in it. a millennial Q, played by ben whishaw (cloud atlas, paddington).
this is hands down the best shot in a james bond movie ever. javier bardem walks towards the camera, and talks and walks and talks... until he's suddenly right in front of you.
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this is hands down the best shot in a james bond movie ever. javier bardem walks towards the camera, and talks and walks and talks... until he's suddenly right in front of you.
the next one is Spectre, with christoph waltz, léa seydoux (death stranding) and dave bautista (GOTG).
one thing i like about bond movies is that you always get these little vignettes of vacation places nobody can afford to go to. this one opens strong with a fictional day of the dead parade in mexico city - as a one shot sequence.
fun fact: mexico city didn't actually do day of the dead parades until spectre - they liked the idea so much that the next year, they held one for real.
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the next one is Spectre, with christoph waltz, léa seydoux (death stranding) and dave bautista (GOTG).
one thing i like about bond movies is that you always get these little vignettes of vacation places nobody can afford to go to. this one opens strong with a fictional day of the dead parade in mexico city - as a one shot sequence.
fun fact: mexico city didn't actually do day of the dead parades until spectre - they liked the idea so much that the next year, they held one for real.
and we have arrived at the last craig bond: No Time to Die, the post-corona one. rami malek plays the baddie this time, and billie eilish sings the title track. i believe i have forgotten nearly everything about this one. it is the longest of the lot, with a run time of 2h43m.
all in all the series covers the advent of digital film quite nicely, with Skyfall digging deep into the new pipeline, and No Time To Die perfecting it to HDR UHD and great tonemapping.
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and we have arrived at the last craig bond: No Time to Die, the post-corona one. rami malek plays the baddie this time, and billie eilish sings the title track. i believe i have forgotten nearly everything about this one. it is the longest of the lot, with a run time of 2h43m.
all in all the series covers the advent of digital film quite nicely, with Skyfall digging deep into the new pipeline, and No Time To Die perfecting it to HDR UHD and great tonemapping.
moving on to brosnan bond! there are four movies, beginning with GoldenEye (1995). yes, no space between the golden and the eye. it's very computer! sean bean is in this one. it's probably not going to end well for sean bean. because he is sean bean. aaaand he's dead.
judi dench plays M even in this installment, which if you think about it is most odd. are these two parallel bond universes where M remains a constant?
title song by tina turner. great work.
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moving on to brosnan bond! there are four movies, beginning with GoldenEye (1995). yes, no space between the golden and the eye. it's very computer! sean bean is in this one. it's probably not going to end well for sean bean. because he is sean bean. aaaand he's dead.
judi dench plays M even in this installment, which if you think about it is most odd. are these two parallel bond universes where M remains a constant?
title song by tina turner. great work.
compared to craig's bond, brosnan's bond is an absolute cartoon character. i'll nickname him "pepe le pew pew"
bond's car is from the future. where other cars have a radio, this one has a fax machine.
in this movie, russians are the baddies. simple, time tried, and factually correct.
the, i wanna say, "villainesse" gets sexually aroused by killing people. who hasn't met one of those!
generally, the corny "porn comedy" feel of this movie is palpable. lady sarkeesian help us!
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compared to craig's bond, brosnan's bond is an absolute cartoon character. i'll nickname him "pepe le pew pew"
bond's car is from the future. where other cars have a radio, this one has a fax machine.
in this movie, russians are the baddies. simple, time tried, and factually correct.
the, i wanna say, "villainesse" gets sexually aroused by killing people. who hasn't met one of those!
generally, the corny "porn comedy" feel of this movie is palpable. lady sarkeesian help us!
judi dench calling bond out. in 1995
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judi dench calling bond out. in 1995
noticing about GoldenEye that it's very much filmed for blurry 4:3 TV conversion. that means packed readable close-ups, no elegant wide panavision shots as they were often common in the 70's, and as a result the general feeling is so pulpy and TV like. quite unbecoming and ugly.
compare this to No Time To Die from 2021 which absolutely banks on the fact that the target format is and will always be 4K widescreen.
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noticing about GoldenEye that it's very much filmed for blurry 4:3 TV conversion. that means packed readable close-ups, no elegant wide panavision shots as they were often common in the 70's, and as a result the general feeling is so pulpy and TV like. quite unbecoming and ugly.
compare this to No Time To Die from 2021 which absolutely banks on the fact that the target format is and will always be 4K widescreen.
back then he meant that in a good way. but now it sounds rather threatening.
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back then he meant that in a good way. but now it sounds rather threatening.
moving on to the next one, Tomorrow Never Dies (1997). teri hatcher (lois & clark) is in this one. and jonathan pryce (brazil, game of thrones). and michelle yeoh! i hope that means there will be kung fu.
apparently this time the baddies are... germans? no. just german goons. the guy in charge looks like vanilla ice and h.p. baxxter got into a transporter accident. the real villain is rupert murdock.
while the last one had CRTs, this is the first one with brand new plasma flatscreens.
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moving on to the next one, Tomorrow Never Dies (1997). teri hatcher (lois & clark) is in this one. and jonathan pryce (brazil, game of thrones). and michelle yeoh! i hope that means there will be kung fu.
apparently this time the baddies are... germans? no. just german goons. the guy in charge looks like vanilla ice and h.p. baxxter got into a transporter accident. the real villain is rupert murdock.
while the last one had CRTs, this is the first one with brand new plasma flatscreens.
no kung fu so far. what a bummer. and it's mostly set in hamburg. double bummer. in fact, there is so much talk that i'm thinking they were constrained for budget. this is almost a TV movie. okay it picks up the pace in the second half.
the best thing though is bond's BMW (intense product placement here) talking with a german accent. you read that right, the car speaks!
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no kung fu so far. what a bummer. and it's mostly set in hamburg. double bummer. in fact, there is so much talk that i'm thinking they were constrained for budget. this is almost a TV movie. okay it picks up the pace in the second half.
the best thing though is bond's BMW (intense product placement here) talking with a german accent. you read that right, the car speaks!
hahaha who keeps a blitz illu in their safe
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hahaha who keeps a blitz illu in their safe
kickass stunt work in the saigon sequence. definitely worth it for that one. and light traces of kung fu. michelle yeoh still criminally underutilized - ah. i spoke to soon. there it is! kung fu!
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kickass stunt work in the saigon sequence. definitely worth it for that one. and light traces of kung fu. michelle yeoh still criminally underutilized - ah. i spoke to soon. there it is! kung fu!
now we know who inspired angela merkel's wardrobe. M is for ... merkel.
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now we know who inspired angela merkel's wardrobe. M is for ... merkel.
this evening: The World Is Not Enough (1999). This is the first post-Matrix bond, but you don't notice it much, apart from the orchestra being backed by big beats, which already happens in the previous bond, so it's more 90's specific than Matrix-specific. I'm guessing the movies' production schedules overlapped, so one couldn't influence the other. But the next one is from 2002, where we should see the influence very clearly.
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this evening: The World Is Not Enough (1999). This is the first post-Matrix bond, but you don't notice it much, apart from the orchestra being backed by big beats, which already happens in the previous bond, so it's more 90's specific than Matrix-specific. I'm guessing the movies' production schedules overlapped, so one couldn't influence the other. But the next one is from 2002, where we should see the influence very clearly.
this is the last bond with desmond llewelyn as Q, who has been playing Q since 1963.
this is also the first brosnan bond that isn't a pro-4:3 TV movie mess and features plenty of beautiful wide shots, marking the widespread adoption of 16:9 screens.
Goldie is in this, the d&b artist who was together with björk.
once again, the baddie is russian: true and wholesome. but the script is incredibly sexist. absolutely awful.
but it has big saws mounted to helicopters. now i have seen everything.
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this is the last bond with desmond llewelyn as Q, who has been playing Q since 1963.
this is also the first brosnan bond that isn't a pro-4:3 TV movie mess and features plenty of beautiful wide shots, marking the widespread adoption of 16:9 screens.
Goldie is in this, the d&b artist who was together with björk.
once again, the baddie is russian: true and wholesome. but the script is incredibly sexist. absolutely awful.
but it has big saws mounted to helicopters. now i have seen everything.
ugh they demo a real garotte in this movie. 🤢
robbie coltrane (hagrid in HP) was in two bonds btw: this one and goldeneye.
the big beats have matured to cascading jungle beats. in fact, the soundtrack does most of the work (david arnold).
a millennium bug joke, and roll credits. thank god it's over.
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ugh they demo a real garotte in this movie. 🤢
robbie coltrane (hagrid in HP) was in two bonds btw: this one and goldeneye.
the big beats have matured to cascading jungle beats. in fact, the soundtrack does most of the work (david arnold).
a millennium bug joke, and roll credits. thank god it's over.
next one! Die Another Day (2002). by the same writers, and has an even lower IMDb score, so I don't expect much. at least it starts with jungle beats right away. and black ops on surfboards. because why not. we are in... north korea?
hale berry (catwoman) and rosamund pike (gone girl) are in this one. hale berry is going to wear a catsuit again. i can feel it. is that the matrix influence already?
checking and catwoman was made later. so this is the first time she would be in a catsuit.
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@demofox given that he survived covid, that near miss assassination attempt, and who knows what else, well, i feel it's best not to jinx it
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Everyone is talking about this. Its making me feel like it might happen soon.
But also, remember when he had covid really bad? He survived, which was pretty F'ed to be honest.
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Now we're talkin'. Manousos is not playing with these alien virus motherfuckers.
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All'inizio avevo scritto razza, ma era equivocabile (come tutto il resto in realtà )
Cosa è una razza se non una popolazione con tratti identificabili e riprodotti?
Ma poi c'è chi crede che i tratti siano davvero più importanti della popolazione, li crede dei totem da adorare, che la riproducibilità sia eterna, e che l'identificabilità sia infallibile, scolpita nella pietra e abbia un senso superiore, che non ci sia cambiamento e il cambiamento è tradimento
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Italia, Piemonte, Torino, Piazza Castello.
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Un malato va allontanato dalla comunitÃ
Se guarisce può tornarePuò essere che quel che guarisce è la comunitÃ
O è la comunità il maleIndividui possono portare caratteri evoluzionistici che permettono la sopravvivenza della popolazione
Anche se questi caratteri portano all'estinzione del singolo individuo a favore della popolazione
Ma anche, individui possono portare all'estinzione della popolazione per far sopravvivere sé stessi
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Quando Hal 9001 viene smantellato, ecco, quello siamo noi
