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I've seen a lot of people claim that Bond dying at the end of NTTD ruins the franchise and makes it impossible to go on as, yk, he died. To argue that, most people say that Bond's continuity says that it's aways the same guy, and that people wont buy when a new guy picks up the role and we get on track.

I saw a journalist on twitter today saying that NTTD was a franchise killer because killing Bond off meant that there was no way to recoup it, much like killing of all the Skywalkers in Star Wars. Here's a link to the thread: https://x.com/SCWKorsgaard/status/2107676414338081164

However, that is just dumb. I find it very hard to believe fans and the General Audience will care, be confused or wonder how come Bond is alive since he blew up in the last movie. It just doesnt make sense. For me, there hasnt been an strong timeline and continuity between actors and movies, purely because of a timeline and age issue:

How come Bond be the same guy if he is in his 30s from the 60s through the 2000s? It just doesnt make sense. Sure, there are references from other movies and Craig's movies work as a reboot timeline, but I dont think there will be a problem, purely because Bond is always recast and the fact that now he will be in his 30s, not his 50s.

What do you think?

I love movies about the behind the scenes or that, in some capacity, deal with it: Blackberry, Moneyball, Wolf of Wall Street, The Post, All the President's Men... IDK why but seeing people in offices discussing things is something that I really like. Blackberry is the most recent example I can think of that I watched and I loved it

Any reccomendations?

When Endgame was released, there was not only an 11 year hype of build-up into the MCU but also a 1 year hype from Infinity War, where the audience was left with nothing but the fact that half of the heroes we loved were gone and that the Avengers, for the first time, lost. Everyone went into the theater wanting to know exactly how they were gona defeat Thanos and bring everyone back.

So, to start the movie with the heroes going after the villain, learning that he destroyed the only thing that could fix the situation, then killing him and timejumping to 5 years into the future to show us, for 40 minutes, how everyone was coping with defeat and carrying on was... really bold. They lost, and there was nothing that they could do but just pick themselves up and keep living.

No one was expecting that, everyone wanted to see epic fights, battles and powers, but what we got was maybe one of the best character moments in the whole MCU, if not the best. Even when the time-travel plot is moving along, there's still character development: Thor and Iron Man scenes

I've played fifa for all my life and stopped after fifa 22 since I lost the spark, but the game was on sale on steam, so i bought it and now I want to start a career mode that I can dedicate myself to it and enjoy it, but I'm struggling with picking the right team to do so. I would love some suggestions for medium and small-sized teams for a new carreer.

The Odyssey is probably top-5 most talked about/hyped movies coming out this year. While we all know it's Nolan, all-star cast, he's coming off of Oppenheimer(almost 1B dollars), unfortunately the movie has been taken with some controversy and, while projections indicate that it will open on Oppenheimer levels on the low-end and 100M+ on the high end, I wonder how it will do.

Today I saw a post that said that the last trailer had like 50K likes and 150K dislikes. While I KNOW that trailer views, dislikes and likes, and online discourse don't translate at all to real life, I wonder if this time around, it will have an impact on The Odyssey's perfomances, because I would very much like that this is a hit and helps this year's BO with a huge boost, and it would suck for this to flop because of grifters and such.

So, with all of this taking into account, what fo you think? Can The Odyssey reach Oppenheimer leves or close? Or it will underpeform?

I mean maybe my favorite part of Bond as a characther is that he constantly has a punchline FOR EVERYTHING in any given situation. However, after watching all the movies, there are some of those that stand out:

1."Yes, considerably" - Craig in CR's prologue

2. "They'll print anything these days" - Brosnan in TND

3.“Sorry about that. That last hand…nearly killed me.” - Craig in CR

4."I think he got the point." — Connery After throwing a harpoon in Thunderball.

5. "Oh he blew a fuse" - Connery in Goldfinger

6."He got the boot" - Dalton in TLD

7."All Those Feathers and he still can't fly" - Moore in TSWLM

But the one that stands above all is in Goldfinger's beggining: After Bond kills the henchman in his room electrocuting him in the bathtub, the way he says "Shocking." while putting his blazer on is just killer. I've watched that scene 1000 times and everytime I laugh

the naked version of let it be and all the others songs on the album are great and paint a different picture of what those songs means (across the universe and the long and winding road are so much better in their naked versions), but the version of Let It Be that is in the album just hits me harder than the naked one and most songs ever

From the guitar solo to the end, things are just “too much” on the track, there is a lot going on: orchestra, the guitar licks, drums, piano, everything is so loud and yet, for me, it just feels as your soul being overwhelmed with the sense of peace, that things are gonna be fine and accepting that, well, you should “let it be”

Got the game in Early Acess but, due to work and college, could only play the prologue and watch the credits and, let me say, if Villeneuve wants to just copy and paste that into Bond 26 I wouldn't complain: It's so beautiful, exotic, action driven, funny banter and one liners and thrilling, just the way a bond opener should be: get you right into the adventure(even the gunbarrel fading into the cutscene!)

Also, the transition from the camp exploding to the song and main titles is just chef's kiss. I was thrilled while playing and the title sequence just gave me even more chills. So far, so good.

Here in Brazil, this movie is having an insane run. I planned to go with some friends on OW, sunday, at 9pm, didn't book tickets early because I thought "No one goes to the movies late sunday night, everyone's got work monday morning". However, when I checked my Cinema Chain app, the room was starting to get packed and, for gut feeling, I bought the tickets and that was the right call, as my screening sold out before the movie.

During this week, I've come across many friends who are not used to going to the movies saying they went to watch it and loved it, and all talked about how their screenings were packed. Also, two college friends had to go last night because when they tried to go on last sunday's night, the room was already packed( the session they went to was packed as well). I checked how some of today's screenings are doing, and oh boy, they're doing well. Impressive considering it's competition with Michael, DWP2 and Mandalorian.

21 yo, grew up watching Bond movies and, after NOTD, I was afraid that 007 would just fade away and become less of the cultural giant it always has been and, with all the years that went by with no news on Bond 26, that feeling kept growing but, in the last year or so, this has completely changed.

The game 007 First Light seems to be highly antecipated and all the trailers and gameplay footage gets a lot of traction and talking points, and I'm really happy to get to play now a new Bond game which seems to do justice to the epic scale of Bond stories. But with Bond 26, from the announcement that Vileneuve will direct it(high-profile and aclaimed filmmaker) and the repercussion of the announcement and, recently, with the news that casting had begun for the new actor, I've seen so many posts, comments about it that it does make me smile that Bond is still relevant.

I can't wait to play the game, go through my first new casting announcement and to watch the new movie. It's just because Bond is so important to me, glad to see that the world still cars about the most well-knowned spy there is.

"Rocky" was released in 76. My dad went to watch it way back in 1976 and, a couple of days ago, I was talking to him and he told me something curious: In the movie, Rocky is just an ordinary man, who has a normal job, who goes through your usual underdog story and the movie is well written to the point where you can relate to him and, by the end, you're rooting for him against Apollo Creed. The fact that he is not a superchampion, a famous fighter and all, just a guy who trained really hard and has his own personal struggles help on this.

But funny enough, when the movie was released in Brazil( where i'm from), the Movie got a subtitle added to it: Rocky - Um Lutador, which translates to Rocky - A Fighter. My dad told me that, when they saw the trailers and the title, that " A fighter" implied exactly what the movie tells you: He ain't THE fighter, he's just a normal mundane worker, you can relate to him just by the title of the movie. Sure, "Rocky - The Fighter" can sound more cinematic and epic, but "A Fighter" captures the spirit of the movie