tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post3240208394448561106..comments2024-03-27T23:28:20.274-04:00Comments on Face to Face: Spectre: A two-and-a-half-hour music video cycle (not bad)agnostichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-50236708167804407172015-12-04T23:59:28.304-05:002015-12-04T23:59:28.304-05:00I remember when Belluci was practically the hottes...I remember when Belluci was practically the hottest woman on the planet. It almost seems strange thinking of her as being old now, though I haven't seen any of her movies from this decade (the most recent would be Don't Look Back, wherein the anonymous Italian dancer rather than her or Sophie Marceau was most attention-grabbing). I decided to check wikipedia, and Belluci is between 3 or 4 years older than Craig, so possibly the first Bond girl to be older than the actor playing Bond (I'm relatively ignorant of the series) but certainly the oldest Bond girl in the series.<br /><br />You've written about cat vs dog owners before, and I recently read about Nielsen tracking differences between them. Direct access to the data is for subscribers, but <a href="http://www.vulture.com/2015/12/wealthy-love-modern-family-other-tv-trivia.html" rel="nofollow">Vulture notes</a> that Empire is popular with dog but not cat owners, while the reverse is true for American Horror Story. Since Empire is a more popular show overall, this could just mean that dog-owners are more typical of the population.TGGPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11017651009634767649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-16880392799581537102015-12-04T14:54:44.726-05:002015-12-04T14:54:44.726-05:00The young babe didn't have a fabulously glamor...The young babe didn't have a fabulously glamorous apartment to get him in the mood.<br /><br />Still can't get over their writing James Bond as the gay eunuch of a man-hating lesbo.agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-19878932309103610622015-12-04T14:00:14.474-05:002015-12-04T14:00:14.474-05:00More interesting than the plot of the movie itself...More interesting than the plot of the movie itself is the subtext of why James Bond turns down a hot young chick in the teaser scene but then practically devours 900-year-old Monica Bellucci ten minutes laterBumbling Americanhttp://twitter.com/BumblingUSAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-85972224468773509522015-12-02T10:23:33.998-05:002015-12-02T10:23:33.998-05:00@Feryl:
We are on the same page on most of this, ...@Feryl:<br /><br />We are on the same page on most of this, but I can see where you're coming from---I was at your point once too. I think what converted me was Kevin McDonald and his research and writings. I would suggest reading his site:<br /><br />http://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/<br /><br />McDonald is an academic who marched with the Eskimos in the 1960s, but then started to notice how all the left wing movements were led/funded/protected by a majority of Eskimos. He studied their characterizations in history and at present and came to the conclusions that Eskimos have a natural hostility to any dominant gentile culture, and thus try to upset it or cause social upheaval, and that this hostility is not "evil" but merely a way Eskimos protect/support group interests. <br /><br />You can't run from generalizations by cherry picking exceptions. In fact, these exceptions prove the rule; you notice them because they are out of place, like a black against affirmative action. Milus <br /><br />I'm not condemning Eskimos for watching out for their own group interests, but I am condemning them for doing so by severely harming good societies and good gentiles by destroying peace and promoting discord. I'm hoping (as many have done) that the creation of Israel as a "safe space" for Eskimos might lessen this impact, since the major reason Eskimos seek destabilization of a gentile culture is because Eskimos are/were never the majority in that culture, and so felt a fear that the culture might turn on them. Since Israel is a total-Eskimo culture, it could serve to draw the destructive Eskimos there and make them feel secure and thus stop societal destruction. Unfortunately, that has not occurred as of yet. <br /><br />Now Eskimos, in these movements, have always convinced the fringes of the dominant gentile culture to join in--the mentally diseased, the uber-wealthy elites with god complexes, the other ethnic minorities that can be stirred up. But the fact that they lead these movements, and have consistently lead them and made up the vanguard and the loudest people in these movements cannot be denied when you study them historically.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-5429229539520130722015-12-01T21:13:03.567-05:002015-12-01T21:13:03.567-05:00Can we get an 80's style action movie (which i...Can we get an 80's style action movie (which is earnest rather than smirking) with Schwarzie, Willis, or Stallone rescuing his grandson from a ring of scumbag Hollywood pedos? Ideally, with maximum carnage of actually gay actors portraying the perps.<br /><br />Stallone's last Rambo movie did portray the south Asian villain as a pedo.<br /><br />Frankenstein - apparently, there is a limit to just how much abnormality Americans will swallow (oops, poor choice of words).<br /><br />Do the David Geffen's of the Hollywood cesspool realize the Faustian bargain they've made? They sense the public becoming more tolerant of weirdos, so they start to dangle greater and greater prizes in front of homos and trannies. Get on the casting couch. "We'll get ya started with a smart agent, a sham girl friend, a battalion of lawyers and publicists to nag, manipulate, threaten, and cajoe the whole system into making you look witty, dashing, and 'family friendly'. But please don't post screeds on Twitter about how people in Kansas are retarded, we don't want your contempt for normal people too obvious. We know that many people born over the last 30-40 odd years have ill-conceived notions regarding propriety and social graces, but we'll try to fix that."<br /><br />Yet, what if the public just won't accept most of these actors? "Gee, I might have to miss out on weekly blowjobs from Ryan Reynolds if his movies keep tanking".Ferylnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-24317311213560514622015-12-01T20:52:06.562-05:002015-12-01T20:52:06.562-05:00Whores guy - You're sweeping generational char...Whores guy - You're sweeping generational character under the rug. Boomer Jew John Milius (co-creator of Dirty Harry) felt much more passionately about street violence and how to combat it than Silent gentile Eastwood ever did. Eastwood did his action movies so as to finance the more genteel stuff that he was really interested in.<br /><br />Silent Gen Jews, like Silent gentiles, were the main force that unleashed the wave of gnarly, blasphemous, quirky, irreverent movies in the late 60's and 70's. Boomer teens lapped this stuff up at the time, but by the 80's aging Boomers were embarrassed by the disco era. They began railing against less than decent entertainment (heavy metal, porn, etc.) while also forming a distinctly conservative and no-nonsense column that questioned the liberal excesses of the 70's which were overseen by Silents (like Roe V Wade, lowering of the drinking age, radical civil rights agendas, etc.)<br /><br />The Jews are of course of a distinct character (I want them out as much as you) but they also are influenced by generation. Silents of all stripes are the ones who got us into this current mess. Boomers are just too selfish and hotheaded to get more done, unfortunately.Ferylnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-62563301874599221792015-12-01T20:21:38.398-05:002015-12-01T20:21:38.398-05:00p.s. don't forget the theme of those 70s dysto...p.s. don't forget the theme of those 70s dystopian movies and Dirty Harry films was "we can't stop this crime wave, it happens"---all to absolve blacks of their hand in the tremendous crime rampant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-28155232788630424422015-12-01T20:19:56.546-05:002015-12-01T20:19:56.546-05:00@Feryl:
You're cherry picking. Yes, there hav...@Feryl:<br /><br />You're cherry picking. Yes, there have always been assimilated Eskimos or others proud of Middle America, but, as Kevin McDonald has pointed out, the majority of Eskimos are hostile to traditional Middle America ethics. The same disdain Eskimos have historically had for all un-citified rustics. The vanguard of the left is always majority Eskimo.<br /><br />Hollywood has long had the after-school special picture to tsk-tsk white gentiles with moral lectures. In the post-Hays era, these after-school specials were combined with a lot more sleaze and were much more vituperative. Hollywood awards season is about rewarding the most left-friendly movie, and has been for years. And now they try to shove such themes into blockbusters as well (do you think the black trooper in Star Wars: The Diversity Saga is there because he was the best actor for the job?)<br /><br />If you think Hollywood is purely profit based, then the awards season wouldn't exist. Nor would these messages. The Eskimos have a hatred of Middle America, and it shows in there recurring attacks and themes. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-23652707084547840942015-12-01T20:02:28.673-05:002015-12-01T20:02:28.673-05:00With that long of a gay orgy among more or less th...With that long of a gay orgy among more or less the entire cast & crew, you can bet all of them were high on meth etc for a good portion of the filming.<br /><br />I can't imagine you get very good acting from a bunch of queers high on meth and still bruising from last night's poz injection. But what do I know? I'm still living in Some Previous Year.agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-73874376834223660012015-12-01T19:56:52.537-05:002015-12-01T19:56:52.537-05:00"His recent Frankenstein movie is tanking ter..."His recent Frankenstein movie is tanking terribly (like, historically bad)"<br /><br />Victor Frankenstein must have the gayest cast & crew ever. Daniel Radcliffe is barely closeted. Andrew Scott is out. James McAvoy has gayface and a whooshy 'do on Google Images... and looking totally straight embracing and caressing Michael Fassbender, and being kissed by him (anyone on the X-Men movies is suspect based on being birds of a feather with Bryan Singer):<br /><br />https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/57/9e/d8/579ed87ebd9b73838c42d8e8d868cfd2.jpg<br /><br />http://images5.fanpop.com/image/photos/31200000/McFassy-Cheek-Kiss-james-mcavoy-and-michael-fassbender-31285421-500-522.jpg<br /><br />Freddie Fox has major gayface and whoosh 'do.<br /><br />Mark Gatiss is out.<br /><br />Callum Turner is a barely closeted twink with a cartoon pompadour.<br /><br />Daniel Mays has gayface and a whoosh.<br /><br />Screenwriter Max Landis (Jewish nepotism) has major gayface and an avalanche of gay whoosh hair:<br /><br />http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/rI.DxpIz7DRWnKF1wTACOg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztxPTg1O3c9NjUw/http://globalfinance.zenfs.com/en_us/Finance/US_AFTP_SILICONALLEY_H_LIVE/American_Ultra_screenwriter_goes_on-d70952eef61479d0f42bea1f31e3f46a<br /><br />Director Paul McGuigan has flaming gayface, thick gay nerd glasses, and as faux hawk-y / whooshy of a hairdo as a baldo can have.<br /><br />Producer John Davis has dead-eyed gayface.<br /><br />How could it ever have bombed with audiences? It's 2015, and bigots are still afraid of a $40 million excuse for a four-month fag orgy centering on Harry Potter.agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-88798514166779310742015-12-01T18:37:22.485-05:002015-12-01T18:37:22.485-05:00Fuck I don't know. It's tapered down to a ...Fuck I don't know. It's tapered down to a 0 by my ears because I wear safety glasses at work and I leave enough on top to comb. I just thought it looked good. Now internet says it's a lavender triangle on my head.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-82706685295010945082015-12-01T17:25:32.168-05:002015-12-01T17:25:32.168-05:00Poor Danny Radcliffe. I guess being an pint sized ...Poor Danny Radcliffe. I guess being an pint sized English Millennial queer is just not too good for one's career opportunities. His last several movies have been awful, and the public (even today's addled viewers) has absolutely no desire to see him mincing around in a non-Harry Potter movie. His recent Frankenstein movie is tanking terribly (like, historically bad) And even the Harry Potter movies were D.O.A. to anyone born before 1986.<br /><br />That Whoosh hair is really, really, really, gay. Just like how Aaron Rodgers is really, really, really straight. To claim otherwise is being willfully ignorant. Queers wear the most exaggerated version of it because number 1, even when grown out or well coiffed it still isn't that long (queers have always shied away from substantial amounts of hair, whether it's a 70's bowl cut style, in 80's mullet style, or a 90's in the eyes slightly style). Secondly, they delusionally think they are making some kind of statement about how "bold" they are. Yeah, right. Why not wear a longer style, if you want to stand out?<br /><br />Queers never stand out in a cool or mature way. Straight guys experiment with their look to get more respect from friends or attract girls. Which also can lead to wearing jewelry. But homos are caught in this odd netherworld where they want to be "trendy" and "impressive"yet can't do certain things so they usually end up stopping short of actually achieving a good look.<br /><br />Millennial fags obviously are even more hard-up than Boomer or Gen X fags. 80's culture taught people that it was cool to be tough and mature looking. So even some gays managed to look reasonable back then. But decades of dorky post early 90's culture have really done a number on Millennials, gay or otherwise.Ferylnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-18369029381242428882015-12-01T16:59:46.016-05:002015-12-01T16:59:46.016-05:00"After commies destroyed the Hays Code system..."After commies destroyed the Hays Code system, Eskimos were free to attack Middle American values. Hence all of a sudden "communists" stopped being the bad guys in James Bond and suddenly became private, white billionaires bent on profit/destroying the world. We got more skin flicks, swearing, and gore in movies to titillate audiences into not noticing the movies were worse and to advance lefty social causes. "<br /><br />No need to be coy with "Eskimos". Jews like John Milius and Steven Spielberg were behind stuff like Dirty Harry, which was red meat to blue collar regular Americans in the 70's and 80's.<br /><br />By the 80's, Stallone, Van Damme, Schwarzenegger, and Chuck Norris were blasting through (sometimes dark skinned) commie hordes, serial killers, and drug dealers. Perhaps not necessarily wholesome, but certainly not at all left wing. <br /><br />Hollywood gives the public what they want. <br /><br />Also, the music of the 40's-early 60's is absolutely dreadful. I've tried watching movies from back then, and the constant bombast (or dull austerity) of the music scores dates the movies badly.<br /><br />People act like the synths and electric guitars used in very late 70's/80's movies give them a headache, but I find them to much more effective at setting an exciting mood than the clumsy orchestral stuff of the mid-century.<br /><br />Warriors (1979) Intro - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYebjH9fts0<br /><br />Note also how effective nightime outdoor photography is at establishing mood. Photography was much brighter and uniform (e.g., boring) in the 40's-early 60's.Ferylnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-29708442829563697592015-12-01T16:45:38.461-05:002015-12-01T16:45:38.461-05:00The mid century had a lot of melodramatic, dull, k...The mid century had a lot of melodramatic, dull, kiddified slop as well. Many of the lead actors were closeted. <br /><br />Swearing saw a noticeable uptick in the 90's. The record for number of F words was initially set by Scarface ('83), which few other 80's movies attempted to match. Then around 1990 a number of "gritty" mobster and "urban" movies started to come out which featured vulgar hoodlums. This profanity began to spread to other genres in the 90's and early 2000's. It's declined a bit in movies (which have been sanitized for Millennials) but the borderline nihilistic tone of many scripted TV shows offsets this.<br /><br />Entertainment coaresend in the late 60's and 70's because middle aged Silents wanted to prove how "cool" they were after being ignored and repressed in the 40's-early 60's. Silents in particular have made a lot of movies about criminals, outlaws, rebels, and weirdos. After all, when Silents came of age in the late 30's-50's they were never actually menaced or harmed by psychos.<br /><br />Boomers tend to make movies that are very moralistic. Boomers began to make attempts in the 80's to clean up the cynicism and moral ambiguity that dominated 70's entertainment. Even in the 70's, Boomers like Stallone and Spielberg were making movies that championed heroism and defending one's family.<br /><br />Now the fact that the Boomers themselves were often scoundrels makes no difference. They still love good Vs. evil themes. Keep in mind also that the Boomers were teens or kids when crime began rising in the 60's. Thus, why Boomers like Steve Sailer insist on draconion anti-crime laws and stiff sentencing. As long as a given Boomer manages to avoid being arrested, why should they care that drastic anti-crime policies needlessly destroy the lives of so many?<br /><br />The police and courts make everything a living hell for anyone who happens to run afoul of the law. The most minor mistake or negligence can result in the loss of one's job, one's spouse, one's children, one's home, and one's freedom. And of course, getting competent legal representation is generally a headache if you aren't rich.<br /><br />Once you get out of the slammer, you typically have to deal with all kinds of restrictions (with harsh penalties for disobedience) and getting a job or place to stay can be impossible with a record.Ferylnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-77197234005860329122015-12-01T15:17:01.529-05:002015-12-01T15:17:01.529-05:00@TGGP:
What is the relevance of the Hays Code?
D...@TGGP:<br /><br /><i>What is the relevance of the Hays Code?</i><br /><br />During the Hays Code era, traditional Catholic, conservative protestant, and Middle America values were protected from Eskimo attacks. Screeners would keep films from attacking the U.S./patriotism, keep casual sex restricted, and all-in-all impose a "family values or boycott" system on the vast majority of Hollywood productions.<br /><br />Furthermore, these screeners were no dummies, but astute film buffs; they often banned or complained about films just on the basis of suggestion/symbolism which Hollywood Eskimos tried to slip past them. They were akin to PhD's in Art History employed by the Vatican to make sure the art sponsored by the church was up to Catholic dogma: they really did see subtle clues and hints in films/TV that most of the public might miss but still promoted degeneracy. <br /><br />And blaming Middle American values for evil was verboten. Communists in the Hays Code era--especially post WW2--were often the bad guys. Law -and-order morality was supported by the art. And the vaunted blacklist--basically, commie traitors to the U.S.---kept the truly degenerate filmmakers from overloading the industry with filth.<br /><br />Unsurprisingly, the period of the Hays Code coincided with the Golden Age of Hollywood: the period where there was a vast number of high quality pictures made that not only sold well to the public but were also technically brilliant and hold up well today. Turner Classic Movies (TCM) might as well be called the "Hays Code Channel", as the majority of its programming is from this era, with only occasional forays into 1920s-silent films and post-Hays Code "classics". <br /><br />After commies destroyed the Hays Code system, Eskimos were free to attack Middle American values. Hence all of a sudden "communists" stopped being the bad guys in James Bond and suddenly became private, white billionaires bent on profit/destroying the world. We got more skin flicks, swearing, and gore in movies to titillate audiences into not noticing the movies were worse and to advance lefty social causes. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-69451925552468471092015-12-01T15:14:52.706-05:002015-12-01T15:14:52.706-05:00"Gay buttsex is just a variation on man-woman..."Gay buttsex is just a variation on man-woman buttsex, which is trending in porn nowadays. Man-woman buttsex has existed for a long time. So there's nothing very gay about one man getting stuffed up the butt by another man."agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-47440444161736339432015-12-01T15:12:13.430-05:002015-12-01T15:12:13.430-05:00"Taper haircuts have been around for a long t..."Taper haircuts have been around for a long time."<br /><br />But not cartoonishly over-stylized, not as high-contrast, not flamingly attention-whoring -- and not paired with a waxed body like Bond has during the intro credits.<br /><br />Anyone who has lived in a metro area with a decent-sized gay population knows that the gay whoosh hair-do is unique to the gays.<br /><br />Either you don't have a very whoosh-y hair-do and you don't live around any gays to know what the gay whoosh looks like, or you're unwittingly sporting a homosexual hairstyle and trying to rationalize how not gay it is just cuz it vaguely resembles something a normal man might have worn sometime in the past.agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-90856779768903938892015-12-01T14:22:37.538-05:002015-12-01T14:22:37.538-05:00It's a variation of a taper haircut that's...It's a variation of a taper haircut that's trendy right now. Taper haircuts have been around for a long time. Unless barber shops are secret bath houses I think you're reading way too much into fag trend-hopping.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-83994273656920482822015-12-01T12:44:40.205-05:002015-12-01T12:44:40.205-05:00Read again: shaved on sides and back, strong sidew...Read again: shaved on sides and back, strong sideways whoosh on top. Could be short instead of shaved on sides and back, if they're trying not to stand out so flamingly.<br /><br />Google images: undercut hair (the technical name for the gay whoosh). As shown here:<br /><br />http://www.mens-hairstylists.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Undercut-Hairstyle-Men-For-Fine-Hair.jpg<br /><br />100% homo hair-do.agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-60864039838145369782015-12-01T06:44:58.259-05:002015-12-01T06:44:58.259-05:00You are literally the only one who thinks shorter ...You are literally the only one who thinks shorter on the sides, longer on top is gay signaling instead of a standard haircut.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-2730959458379940422015-12-01T03:05:09.025-05:002015-12-01T03:05:09.025-05:00"All the fans need is minor service check ins..."All the fans need is minor service check ins (the Martinis, the funny-named chicks, the easy getting laid, the casinos, the high class rolling, the walther pkk, tongue-in-cheek jokes with Moneypenny, fucking with Q, "Bond, James Bond", etc.)"<br /><br />That's what turns me off -- these cargo cult references don't create any continuity throughout the franchise. The only constant is spy going on an exotic adventure, meets women, gets out of a tough situation against the villain, etc. -- that could be any action/thriller with a spy protagonist.<br /><br />What's supposed to unify and distinguish the Bond movies is Bond, the persona. But his character changes with every actor who plays him, often in contradictory ways -- womanizer or closeted homo, smoker or anti-tobacco evangelist, unflappable or struggling to keep it together, etc.<br /><br />I'm sure some of the ones I haven't seen are decent, but there's no reason to sift through those spy movies as opposed to other spy movies.<br /><br />I suspect I'd like the Connery ones the most because the plots would've made more sense (Cold War / Great Compression backdrop). Still, I've never heard people hail them as among the great movies, whether arty or prole, other than hardcore Bond franchise fans.agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-2415463985363364122015-12-01T01:27:32.240-05:002015-12-01T01:27:32.240-05:00"I don't know, it looks like a pretty nor..."I don't know, it looks like a pretty normal men's haircut. About as plain as they come. Walk into a Kansas Applebees on a Thursday night and you'll see dozens like it."<br /><br />Anything with shaved sides and back, and a strong sideways top looks gay whoosh-y in today's world. Especially when the guy sporting it doesn't wear a flannel shirt and a camo ballcap, but instead waxes his whole body.agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-51156985623724257932015-12-01T00:15:38.259-05:002015-12-01T00:15:38.259-05:00What is the relevance of the Hays Code?What is the relevance of the Hays Code?TGGPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11017651009634767649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-51661466337585037472015-11-30T22:57:09.400-05:002015-11-30T22:57:09.400-05:00@TGGP:
Interesting you mention international conf...@TGGP:<br /><br /><i>Interesting you mention international conflict, since "S.P.E.C.T.R.E" was made up by the film franchise because they were too cowardly to use Fleming's S.M.E.R.S.H as Soviet villainous organization. </i><br /><br />A constant Eskimo-Hollywood theme post-Hays Code has been that the real enemies are billionaire right wing white gentile men in the U.S., and not the Soviets/Arabs/ Blacks who ostensibly are the most logical suspects of the crime in question. Since the Eskimos view Middle America as its greatest enemy, any film they make makes sure that Middle America/Middle American Values are the "true" culprit.<br /><br />The use of SPECTRE over SMERSH was part of this---SPECTRE merely wants money, and sets rivals against each other profit. So the cold war is really caused by greedy capitalists(!). <br /><br />That, and when the SPECTRE was invented, the Eskimos and other loyal leftists in the U.S. still harbored hopes about the Soviets building a paradise--heck, Kim Philby had just defected to the USSR the same year the first Bond came out. So protecting the USSR from criticism or being the "bad" guys in the movies was about political propaganda. Note that the Soviets still get such protection today (note the outcry when the last, horrible Indiana Jones film changed the bad guys from the Nazis to the Soviets), despite the fact that the Soviet crimes dwarf the Nazis. This is pure politics, post-Hays, rearing its ugly head. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-79124083668117214712015-11-30T22:45:22.887-05:002015-11-30T22:45:22.887-05:00My favorite part of watching the Bond films is how...My favorite part of watching the Bond films is how the movies merely follow the contemporary-popular action movie feel of their times. Thus, the 1960s Bond looks like a 1960s police/spy action thriller, but the 1970s Bond looks like a weird 70's action movie (often combined with scifi movies of the time), the 80s Bonds try to be 80s-action movie-esque, the Brosnon-90s Bond films are action-thrillers in the vein of the Fugitive meets Demolition Man, and the "reboot" 2000s Bonds are attempts at <i>Batman Begins</i> + <i>Bourne</i>-superman +grittiness.<br /><br /> Bond movies are merely big-budget studio schlock combined with the fact that there is no over-arching hand guiding them or treating them as "art" or anything more than fun schlock (Cubby Broccoli, the long time producer, might have had some sort of steadying hand during his time, but not much). All the fans need is minor service check ins (the Martinis, the funny-named chicks, the easy getting laid, the casinos, the high class rolling, the walther pkk, tongue-in-cheek jokes with Moneypenny, fucking with Q, "Bond, James Bond", etc.)<br /><br />This makes them vastly different from other schlock fest-sequel fests. Horror movie sequels that try to be arty or deviate from the original too much get universally booed (Look at <i>Halloween III</i> or the attempted reboot of <i>Nightmare on Elm Street</i>). When <i>Die Hard</i> gave up the trope of off-duty-cop-artifically-trapped-in-a-geographic-area-and-has-to-save-marriage, the series fell off the cliff (I'm talking about Die Hards 4 and 5). And just imagine the backlash if someone came out with <i>The Incredibles 2</i> done in anime-style. <br /><br />But Bond can get away with changing it's style so long as those check ins occur, so it merely various the action sequences/cinematography to match the action movies popular at the time. So Bond movies are actually good time capsules of what <i>other </i> movies look like when that particular Bond was shot.<br /><br />Anyway, the first 2/3 of <i>Skyfall</i> were good, minus the huge gay-innuendo scene with Bond and Javier, which all the queens were raving about and really was disturbing. The last 1/3 of the movie---the sequence in Scotland---was just laughable unbelievable, even for a Bond film. Secret agent + 1 old woman + 1 old man defend Bond's ancesteral home against a company of mercenaries? And just how did Javier get a military-style helicopter to attack rural Scotland? Too many obvious Fridge Moments. <br /><br />I liked <i>Casino Royale</i> because it managed to hide its Fridge Moments well, except that the film should have been the only "reboot" film; instead, it was the first of a trilogy of the reboot of the series (Casino Royale + Quantum of Solace + Skyfall), which was a drag, since you're not watching Bond films for character development, but that's exactly what they were. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com