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007 – the Daniel Craig years 4: Spectre
Ah, Spectre. I have a lot of memories about that old Macintosh game, playing it at school during free time. You control a tank in what looks like an early VR environment, with solid coloured walls, and enemy tanks that … Continue reading →
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007 – the Daniel Craig years 2: Quantum of Solace
Quantum Of Solace, Daniel Craig’s second outing as Bond, has three unique features for the franchise. One, according to a 2012 study by the University of Otago in New Zealand, Quantum of Solace is the most violent film in the … Continue reading →
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007 – the Daniel Craig years 1: Casino Royale
I talked a lot about Die Another Day’s failures in my previous post, but there’s one major thing I didn’t mention at the time. While that movie chased early 2000’s action movie trends of being stylish, over the top and … Continue reading →
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007 – the Pierce Brosnan years 4: Die Another Day
One would hope that when a movie franchise reaches both its 40th anniversary and its 20th film at the same time, they’d want to do their best to create the greatest entry in the franchise’s history. Yet Die Another Day, … Continue reading →
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007 – the Pierce Brosnan years 3: The World Is Not Enough
My earliest memory of The World Is Not Enough was seeing the TV trailer years ago. That might have actually been my earliest direct exposure to the Bond franchise. It’s the 19th movie in the franchise, the third of Pierce … Continue reading →
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007 – the Pierce Brosnan years 2: Tomorrow Never Dies
Tomorrow Never Dies, the 17th James Bond movie and second starring Pierce Brosnan, happens to be the only Brosnan Bond movie that didn’t open at #1 at the box office. That’s not to say it didn’t do well – it … Continue reading →
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007 – the Pierce Brosnan years 1: Goldeneye
Pierce Brosnan portrayed the famous British spy around the time I discovered the series, so it’s hard for me not to think of Brosnan as Bond at times. In fact, of the three major steps in my discovery of James … Continue reading →
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007 – the Roger Moore years 6: Octopussy
This is a weird one, and not just because of this movie’s name. I first saw this movie as a teenager, when I was first discovering Bond. That same summer, one of the few channels we got on our antenna … Continue reading →
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007 – In-Between Movies 2: The Living Daylights
After most of the Roger Moore movies went heavy in the camp direction for the Bond series, The Living Daylights brings the franchise closer to its thriller roots. The story in The Living Daylights involves government hired assassins, deceptions, fake … Continue reading →
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