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   Polychrome :blabcat: (polychrome@poly.cybre.city)'s status on Monday, 12-Jun-2023 04:52:22 JST Polychrome :blabcat:
   I never actually liked James Bond movies for their stories, but I always did like everything else - the stylish aesthetics, villain designs and general tropes.
   
   Like the whole idea of a secret volcano HQ or evil moon base with weird gimmick henchmen and a faceless supervillain petting a cat, that's great stuff and it definitely informed the design of bigger than life villains in media for years to come.
   
   Also the music is great and it got a stuffy yet quirky British inventor who's probably really named Q but is pretending that its his code name (that's my head canon).
   
   It's funny how the only thing I'm not a big fan of is James Bond himself :blobcatshrug: But these movies created a winning set of tropes that can be ported to other stories that can take their own stab at it, so in the end we all benefit from these movies existing.
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     Polychrome :blabcat: (polychrome@poly.cybre.city)'s status on Monday, 12-Jun-2023 18:51:39 JST Polychrome :blabcat:

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     • bitzero
     @bitzero it'd be funny to have a villain nearly succeed because they kept Bond distracted with another. smaller conspiracy and a sufficient amount of martinis
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     bitzero (bitzero@fosstodon.org)'s status on Monday, 12-Jun-2023 18:51:40 JST bitzero

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     @Polychrome I always thought that Bond is simply a mcguffin for all the things that happen around him and to him.

     In almost any 007 movie the simplest way to deal with Bond is to let him drink martinis and chase bondgirls somewhere far from the actual place where you’re trying to conquer or destroy the world.

     He’s not so smart to understand that something’s happening, until Moneypenny calls him.