tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504827047542759744.post7127609745277632322..comments2024-02-09T06:08:18.431-05:00Comments on Blam's Blog: What Lies BeneathBlamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504827047542759744.post-69817248765524515452013-03-01T16:15:14.467-05:002013-03-01T16:15:14.467-05:00Thanks, guys... Sorry not to have said so sooner! ...<br>Thanks, guys... Sorry not to have said so sooner! My interview with old friend-thru-comics and 007 scholar Alan J. Porter is now up <a href="http://bit.ly/YEI89y" rel="nofollow">at <i>Forces of Geek</i></a>, covering much of the same ground through dialogue rather than monologue. 8^)<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504827047542759744.post-74091086240002681872013-02-27T12:20:49.031-05:002013-02-27T12:20:49.031-05:00Excellent write-up!
I think I enjoyed the film, ...Excellent write-up! <br /><br />I think I enjoyed the film, and Bardem's Silva, a bit more than you. I found myself captivated by Silva (though I'm a sucker for "fallen agent" characters), and though his overall plan was highly preposterous in hindsight (if the goal was just to kill M, he could have done that without getting captured...), none of the plotholes became apparent to me until well after I'd left the theater; in the moment, it absolutely sucked me in.<br /><br />I also thought the entire film was absolutely gorgeous, one of the year's best shot, and that Deakins's work is more than worthy of its Oscar nomination. <br /><br />I'm with you and Arben on Bond continuity. Generally, I try not to give it much thought, but being a comic book geek, that's hard. I found the fact that this movie both affirmed the general idea of Bond being a title handed down to different agents (by bringing in "new" Ms and Qs and Moneypennys) while also so clearly refuting that idea (by establishing that Craig's Bond IS Bond) both interesting and confounding. I'm still not entirely sure what to make of it. Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504827047542759744.post-85593362174455804342013-02-20T17:28:14.720-05:002013-02-20T17:28:14.720-05:00Excellent piece, Brian. Very nice.Excellent piece, Brian. Very nice.Tonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504827047542759744.post-3072017242871704462013-02-20T13:22:59.911-05:002013-02-20T13:22:59.911-05:00I'm with you on how confounding the Bond conti...I'm with you on how confounding the Bond continuity is — one assumes, intentionally.<br /><br />As you know, I have the same generational references too. Pierce Brosnan was indeed a kind of Roger Moore revisited, and while I don't want to see any invisible cars zooming around I wouldn't mind a modern-day take on some of the cool gadgetry of yesteryear. I got weirded out during the prologue of <i>Skyfall</i> by Bond, Eve, and M communicating through earpieces because the Daniel Craig era has been, like you say, so comparatively real-world, until I realized that the technology they were using <i>was</i> real-world. You can't have Bond operating without the stuff that <i>CSI</i> and the actual CIA (or presumably MI6) has, I guess. I look forward to where things go from here.<br /><br />Great piece, Blam! Arbenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366836660775218956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504827047542759744.post-73355816581869090352013-02-20T11:43:57.057-05:002013-02-20T11:43:57.057-05:00Nice retrospective of the movie and the franchise....Nice retrospective of the movie and the franchise.<br /><br />I liked what seems to foreshadow an ensemble series shaping up, with the series regulars taking more of an active role in the future. Both the new M and Moneypenny have field experience and the new Q can fill the computer and information role back at the office.<br /><br />No more lone wolf.Buddy Lortiehttp://amazingstoriesmag.com/author/alortie4/noreply@blogger.com