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There are two kinds of people--those for whom a 30-minute lecture on coelocanths makes them irrepressibly horny and those who find such lectures so off-putting that they ghost the lecturer
November 14, 2025 at 5:18 AM
There are two kinds of people--those for whom a 30-minute lecture on coelocanths makes them irrepressibly horny and those who find such lectures so off-putting that they ghost the lecturer
Blink and you'll miss it, but there's a doctor wearing the Bond family crest on his lapel during the presentation at the Royal College. This is almost certainly Arminius Bond, grandfather of James's grandfather Campion. Give it three or four more films and I think they'll get there
November 12, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Blink and you'll miss it, but there's a doctor wearing the Bond family crest on his lapel during the presentation at the Royal College. This is almost certainly Arminius Bond, grandfather of James's grandfather Campion. Give it three or four more films and I think they'll get there
Surely you're not referring to the guy from hit sitcom THE GOLDEN PALACE
November 12, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Surely you're not referring to the guy from hit sitcom THE GOLDEN PALACE
Given how often this problem is solved in other franchises or just hand-waved, the hand-wringing over a series as fantastical and immune to serious continuity as Bond is quietly amusing
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Given how often this problem is solved in other franchises or just hand-waved, the hand-wringing over a series as fantastical and immune to serious continuity as Bond is quietly amusing
So you either reboot it (which is easy for a new audience to understand, they have seen this over and over with serialized IP) or you just return to the old sliding scale with a 35-year-old Bond who, like season 37 Homer Simpson, has managed to cram decades of life into a handful of few years
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 AM
So you either reboot it (which is easy for a new audience to understand, they have seen this over and over with serialized IP) or you just return to the old sliding scale with a 35-year-old Bond who, like season 37 Homer Simpson, has managed to cram decades of life into a handful of few years
If these circumstances are not enough, a character who exists in the Connery-Moore continuity--Blofeld--appears in the Craig series. The circumstances distinct and almost certainly incompatible with the earlier continuity, even aside from how often he seemingly returned from the dead
November 12, 2025 at 4:16 AM
If these circumstances are not enough, a character who exists in the Connery-Moore continuity--Blofeld--appears in the Craig series. The circumstances distinct and almost certainly incompatible with the earlier continuity, even aside from how often he seemingly returned from the dead
But Craig arrives at the start of his 007 career. He literally cannot have had even analogous experiences to those of the other iterations. He is, definitively, a reboot
November 12, 2025 at 4:15 AM
But Craig arrives at the start of his 007 career. He literally cannot have had even analogous experiences to those of the other iterations. He is, definitively, a reboot
The same might be true of the Brosnan iteration, who arrives fully formed with all of the standard traits, with the timescale slid forward another 8 years or (or, perhaps, he merely had era-appropriate adventures comparable to THUNDERBALL, LIVE AND LET DIE, etc)
November 12, 2025 at 4:13 AM
The same might be true of the Brosnan iteration, who arrives fully formed with all of the standard traits, with the timescale slid forward another 8 years or (or, perhaps, he merely had era-appropriate adventures comparable to THUNDERBALL, LIVE AND LET DIE, etc)
Similarly, the Dalton Bond may have faced Goldfinger in his past, but not literally 21 years before the events of THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS. All those adventures would be compressed to fit in the career of a Bond who's about 40 in 1987, not 60
November 12, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Similarly, the Dalton Bond may have faced Goldfinger in his past, but not literally 21 years before the events of THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS. All those adventures would be compressed to fit in the career of a Bond who's about 40 in 1987, not 60
The Peter Parker appearing in 2025 comics experienced the death of Gwen Stacy as originally published in 1973, but that Peter is about 29, so you assume that Gwen's death occurred 8 or 9 years ago, not 52
November 12, 2025 at 4:10 AM
The Peter Parker appearing in 2025 comics experienced the death of Gwen Stacy as originally published in 1973, but that Peter is about 29, so you assume that Gwen's death occurred 8 or 9 years ago, not 52
This means that the original film Bond is pushing 60 by the mid-80s. When he next appears in THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS as Timothy Dalton, he's obviously much younger. The Dalton films are probably meant to be read as existing within the same sort of "sliding timescale" used by Marvel Comics
November 12, 2025 at 4:08 AM
This means that the original film Bond is pushing 60 by the mid-80s. When he next appears in THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS as Timothy Dalton, he's obviously much younger. The Dalton films are probably meant to be read as existing within the same sort of "sliding timescale" used by Marvel Comics
And because Roger Moore is slightly older than Sean Connery, there's no inexplicable shift in age (just in appearance and sense of humor)
November 12, 2025 at 4:04 AM
And because Roger Moore is slightly older than Sean Connery, there's no inexplicable shift in age (just in appearance and sense of humor)
My partner and I rewatched the whole series a couple years ago, so I have thoughts on this. Connery, Lazenby, and Moore are meant to be the same guy. The writers aren't that serious about it, but both Connery and Moore specifically react to the events of ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
November 12, 2025 at 4:03 AM
My partner and I rewatched the whole series a couple years ago, so I have thoughts on this. Connery, Lazenby, and Moore are meant to be the same guy. The writers aren't that serious about it, but both Connery and Moore specifically react to the events of ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
Man, the combination of sociopathic mother and psychologically illiterate father here is very depressing
November 11, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Man, the combination of sociopathic mother and psychologically illiterate father here is very depressing
They're letting him do almost anything he wants, and the one boundary they've implied is "don't break the economy, please" and he has immediately gone straight to "break the economy." He's three years old
November 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
They're letting him do almost anything he wants, and the one boundary they've implied is "don't break the economy, please" and he has immediately gone straight to "break the economy." He's three years old
Same but in Tennessee. Evangelical, even
November 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Same but in Tennessee. Evangelical, even
I know what you're doing. And I can't have it
November 4, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I know what you're doing. And I can't have it
Yes, but if no one consistently meets that standard, maybe (a) the brief standard-meeting eras are the real blips, and/or (b) maybe it shouldn't be the standard?
(Fulmer met it for 9 of 12 season pre-05 ... I think that run is the blip and UT's true baseline is more like the Majors or Huepel eras)
(Fulmer met it for 9 of 12 season pre-05 ... I think that run is the blip and UT's true baseline is more like the Majors or Huepel eras)
November 3, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Yes, but if no one consistently meets that standard, maybe (a) the brief standard-meeting eras are the real blips, and/or (b) maybe it shouldn't be the standard?
(Fulmer met it for 9 of 12 season pre-05 ... I think that run is the blip and UT's true baseline is more like the Majors or Huepel eras)
(Fulmer met it for 9 of 12 season pre-05 ... I think that run is the blip and UT's true baseline is more like the Majors or Huepel eras)
"Three-plus losses per season is not the standard in this program. It never has been and never will be, regardless of what the decade-and-change preceding Heupel’s arrival suggested. That was a blip."
Since Neyland retired, only 1 coach has met that standard half the time over his tenure (Dickey)
Since Neyland retired, only 1 coach has met that standard half the time over his tenure (Dickey)
November 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"Three-plus losses per season is not the standard in this program. It never has been and never will be, regardless of what the decade-and-change preceding Heupel’s arrival suggested. That was a blip."
Since Neyland retired, only 1 coach has met that standard half the time over his tenure (Dickey)
Since Neyland retired, only 1 coach has met that standard half the time over his tenure (Dickey)
Sorry for the mutual feed deep dive, but this one baffles me after 20-25 years of pop culture shoving bearded special operators in my face
October 28, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Sorry for the mutual feed deep dive, but this one baffles me after 20-25 years of pop culture shoving bearded special operators in my face
He's normal to them, and the most obvious opportunity to create a contrast was Joe Biden, who was almost invisible by presidential standards and certainly compared to Trump's media presence since 2015. It's just different flavors of sundowning grandpas for a decade now
October 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
He's normal to them, and the most obvious opportunity to create a contrast was Joe Biden, who was almost invisible by presidential standards and certainly compared to Trump's media presence since 2015. It's just different flavors of sundowning grandpas for a decade now