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Hot take: 007 franchise was overrated proto-capeshit foisted on boomers
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Date: April 8th, 2022 9:55 AM Author: scarlet hairraiser parlor I say this as a lifelong fan. Now that I'm older, I realize that maybe 4 or 5 of them are somewhat great, and the majority are very mediocre movies
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Date: April 8th, 2022 9:55 AM Author: Olive Wonderful Indian Lodge I think this is pretty well known at this point. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5078908&forum_id=2/#44301714) |
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Date: April 8th, 2022 9:59 AM Author: Odious Selfie Stag Film They were just supposed to be fun movies, not as self-serious as capeshit movies. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5078908&forum_id=2/#44301736) |
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Date: April 8th, 2022 10:00 AM Author: scarlet hairraiser parlor They varied, as does capeshit, but I hear you (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5078908&forum_id=2/#44301746) |
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Date: April 8th, 2022 10:00 AM Author: Swashbuckling impertinent partner I learned a lot about gender relations from the rooftop pool scene in goldfinger (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5078908&forum_id=2/#44301742) |
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Date: April 8th, 2022 10:41 AM Author: chestnut senate At least they had some restraint.
No Moneypenny movie or Q origin story in some Bond cinematic univer$e |
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Date: April 8th, 2022 10:46 AM Author: Odious Selfie Stag Film This will probably happen (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5078908&forum_id=2/#44301991) |
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Date: April 8th, 2022 10:58 AM Author: Duck-like corner (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5078908&forum_id=2/#44302057) |
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Date: April 8th, 2022 12:28 PM Author: Zippy piazza roommate (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5078908&forum_id=2/#44302572) |
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Date: April 8th, 2022 1:13 PM Author: twisted apoplectic generalized bond fuck (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5078908&forum_id=2/#44302916) |
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Date: April 8th, 2022 1:14 PM Author: Olive Wonderful Indian Lodge (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5078908&forum_id=2/#44302923) |
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Date: April 8th, 2022 10:50 AM Author: Bull headed masturbator You can reduce any hero quest movie to capeshit, really.
But the big difference is that 007 did everything he did without super powers. He was an ordinary athletic guy who kicked ass and fucked beautiful women. It was achievable for guys, there was nothing different about him except his job.
Far cry from idolizing a hero who has super powers |
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Date: August 15th, 2025 9:14 PM Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK IIRC Roger Moore skied while shooting a machine gun (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5078908&forum_id=2/#49189031) |
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Date: April 8th, 2022 10:56 AM Author: Duck-like corner much more creative than capeshit. better villains and settings. more sex appeal, but still projected class (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5078908&forum_id=2/#44302047) |
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Date: April 8th, 2022 10:57 AM Author: cerebral prole (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5078908&forum_id=2/#44302052) |
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Date: April 8th, 2022 10:58 AM Author: Adventurous legend hissy fit it's transparent middle aged boomer fantasy. but i miss the days when the leading man could fuck and suck with impunity. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5078908&forum_id=2/#44302059) |
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Date: April 8th, 2022 11:12 AM Author: Mind-boggling Persian What about Mission Impossible (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5078908&forum_id=2/#44302128) |
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Date: April 8th, 2022 11:53 AM Author: Azure Fat Ankles its wish fulfillment. similar in ways to Entourage - imagine if you were a rich A lister. Imagine if you were a cool spy with unlimited access to money, cars, women. Nothing wrong with that at all. Problem is they tried to turn it into an event that occurs every 4-5 years. Its just not that deep, nor should it be. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5078908&forum_id=2/#44302335) |
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Date: April 8th, 2022 11:55 AM Author: scarlet hairraiser parlor It was actually better when they cranked them out like clockwork ever two years in the 70s and 80s. Slowing the pace down causes undeserved hype to build (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5078908&forum_id=2/#44302353) |
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Date: April 8th, 2022 11:58 AM Author: Azure Fat Ankles (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5078908&forum_id=2/#44302378) |
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Date: April 8th, 2022 12:00 PM Author: Duck-like corner (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5078908&forum_id=2/#44302394) |
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Date: April 8th, 2022 12:01 PM Author: Adventurous legend hissy fit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5078908&forum_id=2/#44302401) |
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Date: April 8th, 2022 12:27 PM Author: Odious Selfie Stag Film (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5078908&forum_id=2/#44302564) |
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Date: April 8th, 2022 1:14 PM Author: Olive Wonderful Indian Lodge (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5078908&forum_id=2/#44302922) |
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Date: April 8th, 2022 1:20 PM Author: Amethyst puppy temple (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5078908&forum_id=2/#44302974) |
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Date: August 15th, 2025 8:01 PM Author: guy doing uninteresting things online (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5078908&forum_id=2/#49188915) |
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Date: August 15th, 2025 8:07 PM Author: cowshit I don't think anyone even holds it in all that high of regard. Millennials like Brosnan because of Goldeneye. I think since the game was so awesome that seeing the gunbarrel sequence brings all of us involuntary joy and allows us to forgive a Film being boring and shit. Anyway Film-wise it's almost like Star Wars in that the "original trilogy" holds up the best of any of them. I've never met any boomers who are huge fans and love Sean Connery or something. Remember, these Films weren't on video, they just existed for a month and then disappeared. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5078908&forum_id=2/#49188923) |
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Date: August 15th, 2025 8:08 PM Author: .....;;,,.........;.;.;.;.,;,;,;.;.;,; By the 70s and 80s the mediocrity of the franchise was the primary framework in real time for all pop culture discussion of 007. The whole point was the Cold War. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5078908&forum_id=2/#49188925) |
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Date: August 15th, 2025 8:11 PM Author: cowshit why do they say it was all about the cold war when he doesn't really go up against actual Russians that often? seems like a liberal artist take. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5078908&forum_id=2/#49188931) |
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Date: August 15th, 2025 8:30 PM Author: .....;;,,.........;.;.;.;.,;,;,;.;.;,; 1) you are pretty stupid overall and a terrible curator, see eg: https://jamesbond.fandom.com/wiki/Cold_War#:~:text=Novels,to%20all%20out%20nuclear%20war.
2) the movies back off the direct Russian villian stuff after the early ones because they realize any foreign accent plus a spy with a dry cool wit and Superman capabilities and competence was all that was needed to provide the most comfortable escapism in times when people earnestly contemplated and schools ran drills to prepare for the possibility of a nuclear war. |
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Date: August 15th, 2025 8:41 PM Author: cowshit that's just a thing that boomers say happened that probably stopped by like 1969. Also most of the Films are adaptations of Books. They just don't have a lot of Russian villains outside of SMERSH. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5078908&forum_id=2/#49188983) |