The return of the sexist, misogynist dinosaur.

I’m late, but I have a pretty good reason. (Well, I think so) We had Christmas parties galore yesterday, and I have the distinct impression I did the patented “Destroy Any Credibility Nick Had” tricks, but I can’t be sure – I don’t remember a lot of the night. What I DO know, is that I found myself in Sunshine at 3am, and worked my way home.

That was interesting.

But THURSDAY night, Thursday night was awesome. I had standing plans to go see “Casino Royale” with TWD, but as it is wont to do, Sickness intervened and waylaid our best-laid plans (no mice involved). So I extended the invite to Zeedar, who embraced it and broke land-speed records to reach the cinema in time. It was worth it though, boy was it worth it…

I’m a big Bond fan – have been since I saw my first Bond-in-cinema, “Goldeneye”. I own most all the film in some form or another, and if I’m stuck for something to watch, falling back on these is always a comforting move.

(weird Bond fact: there is an asteroid named after him: 9007 James Bond)

This movie really goes back to square one, it gives us Bond as he is becoming the character we know. He’s still insanely brave, skilled and suave, but he’s also really really cold, and not-that-great at being Bond yet. Very much like what was done with Batman Begins, we ended up with an origin story that gave us the bricks and mortar that the legend will then be built on. At the same time, both movies treated the mythic characters in a very realistic fashion, making the films more believable.

Still, it was an awesome film, and I decided to put together this new version of the poster:



(I was going to change all the bats into various Bond-ish objects, like the 007 logo, the logos from a deck of cards...but I'm lazy)


Q: Favourite Bond Movie? Goldeneye
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