Siobhán McElduff
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Siobhán McElduff
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1st gen Irish (Donegal/Sligo) settler and academic in Canada. Author of obscure academic books and slightly less obscure OERs on Roman culture. Translator of, and far too fond of Cicero. She/her nó sí/í

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I am impressed that they entirely ignore the spike in racist violence in the 1990s (including the death of Stephen Lawrence), the riots of 2011, and the entire Windrush scandal...
November 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
After watching the complete lack of recoil on any ship carried ballista, I settled in to watch Paul Mescal get tortured emotionally, knowing that this was a quality watch. There was no way they were observing any rules after that.
November 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I think they should just not explain. Have him turn up in London perfectly fine and no one comment on it at all.
November 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Complaining that he was blown up as an issue when you've gone with the plot I saw is like complaining about sharks in the Colosseum in Gladiator 2 (Sandals of Revenge) when they break the basic laws of physics in the first five minutes.
November 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
If they throw in quantum computing on top, you're getting top tier madness.
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Though given that they included nanobots, there's a possible out... No one knows what they do so you can just have him walk out a different person. With the same personality, of course.
November 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
He ages very well thanks to the murder.
November 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Nanobots! NANOBOTS. I always like a good nanobot plot. They're cinema magic at its finest.
November 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I'm sorry I missed it. It sounds amazing - and to think I thought they had gotten too dour.
November 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
There's nanobots in the last one. Am sure they could reconstitute him in some way!
November 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Having now read the plot of his last film, I'd say they could do anything they want as clearly they have in the past. I do like the bionic eye though. That's a classic.
November 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Even if I had known, my assumption would be that it wasn't going to stick because, well, it's Bond. You don't blow up a spy with manpain that good all at once.
November 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Someone at my workplace had an image up that was over 30 years old. Not even a good one, either.
November 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Someone should tell them that book reviews exist for a reason...
November 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM