Brian Griffith
@qlippot.bsky.social
Fleeing the birdsite before it burns down.
Toss Bananaman into the mix and you've got it for me.
November 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Toss Bananaman into the mix and you've got it for me.
The differences between cinematic Bonds are always lampshaded to be the same character.
Which is to say, cast a butch lady and call her James Bond. If it's fun, do it. Some people will hate it, some will love it, but there's very little "true to the character" you need to adhere to.
Which is to say, cast a butch lady and call her James Bond. If it's fun, do it. Some people will hate it, some will love it, but there's very little "true to the character" you need to adhere to.
November 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The differences between cinematic Bonds are always lampshaded to be the same character.
Which is to say, cast a butch lady and call her James Bond. If it's fun, do it. Some people will hate it, some will love it, but there's very little "true to the character" you need to adhere to.
Which is to say, cast a butch lady and call her James Bond. If it's fun, do it. Some people will hate it, some will love it, but there's very little "true to the character" you need to adhere to.
Fleming objected to the very first adaptation. He objected to Connery! Connery didn't fit the classist and ethnic notions that, to Fleming, were load-bearing in Bond's characterization.
Until the money came in.
Until the money came in.
November 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Fleming objected to the very first adaptation. He objected to Connery! Connery didn't fit the classist and ethnic notions that, to Fleming, were load-bearing in Bond's characterization.
Until the money came in.
Until the money came in.
I think at this point, if you're dealing with cinematic Bond, you're dealing with a character of almost no fixed particulars.
Because they're not going to stop recasting him and reframing him into each era. There's money to be made, and he always has to be the coolest spy by the current standards.
Because they're not going to stop recasting him and reframing him into each era. There's money to be made, and he always has to be the coolest spy by the current standards.
November 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I think at this point, if you're dealing with cinematic Bond, you're dealing with a character of almost no fixed particulars.
Because they're not going to stop recasting him and reframing him into each era. There's money to be made, and he always has to be the coolest spy by the current standards.
Because they're not going to stop recasting him and reframing him into each era. There's money to be made, and he always has to be the coolest spy by the current standards.
Also that was literally the case in the last movie.
November 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Also that was literally the case in the last movie.
Yeah, if damaged notions meant you couldn't be a lawyer, we'd have a lot less lawyers.
November 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Yeah, if damaged notions meant you couldn't be a lawyer, we'd have a lot less lawyers.
I would hazard that the man has never actually had health insurance in his life. Like I'm not saying that for sake of hyperbole. Navigating healthcare is genuinely something even the low-grade fake-it-till-you-make-it sort of rich guy Trump is never has to deal with.
November 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I would hazard that the man has never actually had health insurance in his life. Like I'm not saying that for sake of hyperbole. Navigating healthcare is genuinely something even the low-grade fake-it-till-you-make-it sort of rich guy Trump is never has to deal with.
Like we survived Judi Dench being M for both the Brosnan era and half of the Craig era, even though the start of the Craig era was supposed to be his first mission as a 00, and her character death set up a guy who is clearly intended to be Connery era M.
Bond film continuity is SPAGHETTI.
Bond film continuity is SPAGHETTI.
November 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Like we survived Judi Dench being M for both the Brosnan era and half of the Craig era, even though the start of the Craig era was supposed to be his first mission as a 00, and her character death set up a guy who is clearly intended to be Connery era M.
Bond film continuity is SPAGHETTI.
Bond film continuity is SPAGHETTI.
And dismantling healthcare because he wishes the poor would just hurry up and die.
November 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
And dismantling healthcare because he wishes the poor would just hurry up and die.
And Bond continuity was just plain wacky before Craig. The idea that the movies are chronological/sequential was a very recent conceit.
November 11, 2025 at 1:04 PM
And Bond continuity was just plain wacky before Craig. The idea that the movies are chronological/sequential was a very recent conceit.
Yeah, like "I want to spend at least half my life paying off my home" is not a sentiment anyone has seriously voiced.
November 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Yeah, like "I want to spend at least half my life paying off my home" is not a sentiment anyone has seriously voiced.
honestly wouldn't mind being a more straightforward poop tube some days
November 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
honestly wouldn't mind being a more straightforward poop tube some days
The main thing that really shows you Trachtenberg knows what he's doing:
If you're gonna put The Company in something, THEY ARE THE BADDIES.
If you're gonna put The Company in something, THEY ARE THE BADDIES.
November 11, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The main thing that really shows you Trachtenberg knows what he's doing:
If you're gonna put The Company in something, THEY ARE THE BADDIES.
If you're gonna put The Company in something, THEY ARE THE BADDIES.
Bessent has a plan where you never have to pay rent or worry about food if you just indenture yourself to a rich family.
November 11, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Bessent has a plan where you never have to pay rent or worry about food if you just indenture yourself to a rich family.
Given the association with Philly, call it the Brotherly Shove.
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Given the association with Philly, call it the Brotherly Shove.
He's never had insurance. Insurance is what gives the poor and the middle class a chance to financially survive a disaster with their health or their property. Rich people pay cash.
November 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
He's never had insurance. Insurance is what gives the poor and the middle class a chance to financially survive a disaster with their health or their property. Rich people pay cash.
I tell ya, seeing Fantastic Four and Weapons one after another was a goddamn trip.
November 11, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I tell ya, seeing Fantastic Four and Weapons one after another was a goddamn trip.
It's worse than that.
It's Press Your Luck.
Big bucks, no whammies.
It's Press Your Luck.
Big bucks, no whammies.
November 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
It's worse than that.
It's Press Your Luck.
Big bucks, no whammies.
It's Press Your Luck.
Big bucks, no whammies.
Australia in particular seems to get the horns when it comes to GW pricing, and I've never figured out why.
November 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Australia in particular seems to get the horns when it comes to GW pricing, and I've never figured out why.
