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Fairly big. She’s in the movie from practically the start to the end. After Brad Pitt she’s probably the second most important character.
Putin would never dare drop a nuclear bomb. Only country that ever has in wartime is USA (with the backing of Britain and France), so all this chad Putin talk is nonsense. He’s an old, crazy fool who’s trying to build a legacy before the reaper comes for him.
You don’t leave an entire blockade in place to prevent just a handful of people from getting to the planet. In all likelihood it probably wouldn’t even work that well anyway against a small ship, and then the ground would be virtually defenceless to attack from the people of Naboo. The Trade Federation only had a limited number of droids to rely on.
You’re missing the point. They outright KNEW no outside forces would come because Sidious had control of the Senate. He tells them this.
Fair enough, yes. I personally think the large majority of your criticisms are valid, and yet I still enjoy watching The Phantom Menace. I think because it doesn’t take itself too seriously. Yet it knows not to go too far and descend into outright farcical stuff.
Nostalgia plays a big part as well, I’ll admit. But I still think TPM has the spirit of Star Wars more than The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker does (The Force Awakens worked for me).
Well that’s another question. To be honest it doesn’t make sense to me to keep it in place once the invasion was successful. Its purpose had been served and they needed all their troops on the ground in order to maintain control and stop the greatest threat (which was from within on Naboo itself).
Outside forces intervening on a large scale was never going to happen, because Sidious had control of the Senate and the Trade Federation trusted him to keep it that way.
“Is the planet secure?” Palpatine.
“We have complete control of the planet now.” Nute Gunray.
Pretty sure that’s the exact dialogue. It’s a small scene that takes place directly before Qui-Gon and the others go back to Naboo.
Just want to point out that 8 isn’t a plot hole. They specifically point out that there’s only one ship on their scope. The droid command ship. The blockade was no longer in place because they’d successfully took over control of the planet.
I’d…actually be okay with this. Sounds fun. Has a Paper Mario vibe about it.
Although, yes, I do recognise your point.
It’s an interesting theory but factually doesn’t make sense. Certain events that occur in the previous 20 Bond films don’t seem like the kind of things you’d put in a story, especially if those events never actually happened (Bond loving and marrying a woman called Tracy, Felix being mangled by a shark and having his wife get killed, etc).
Also, why describe him differently? The first five Bond’s (aside from Moore’s, I guess) all had dark hair and were taller than Craig.
It may seem like nitpicking, but when I think about it there’s a lot of reasons why this doesn’t work for me. For instance, why set some of the stories so far in the past? Although I do prefer it to the “James Bond is a codename” theory.
Best compliment I can give you is that if there ever was an attempt to bring all 25 films into a single continuity, this theory is the only way they could do it. I just don’t think it holds up to close analysis.
She’s the new 007 but only until the end of the movie where she gives the number back to Bond.
I’m indifferent about it. It doesn’t impact on the plot in any way. I mean, if Q’s boyfriend was a major character who gets kidnapped to blackmail Q or some shit, then I’d get your point, but as it is it’s completely irrelevant. Yes, perhaps it is a case of box ticking, but so long as it doesn’t impact the plot I don’t care.
It’s literally one line (“he’s coming for dinner), that’s it. Hardly beating over the head with the fact Q is gay. Also, this version of Q has never stated his sexuality before and the actor who plays him is gay in real life, so if anything I always suspected this version of Q was gay,
A lot of people miss the point here. He couldn’t just avoid them because whoever he touched (even the briefest touch) would also then become a threat to his family. That’s literally how Blofeld died, because Bond touched Madeleine and then Blofeld. So eventually, no matter what, it would have caught up with his loved ones. It may have taken months/years but it would eventually get to them. The only way would be for Madeleine and her daughter to live in complete, total solitude. But that’s hardly fair on them.
Bond’s body had become a weapon against his family and that’s why he threw the towel in. I didn’t like the ending AT ALL, by the way. I’m merely explaining why “waiting for a cure” wasn’t an option.
The actual character is what ultimately matters, and Nomi (the new 007) is an interesting character who clashes well with Bond and ultimately grows to respect him to such a degree she gives up her 00 status for him.
If she’d been portrayed as superior to Bond or having zero respect for him, etc, and her just making jabs at him and him not jabbing back, then I’d agree with you. But that isn’t the case and if you’d seen the film you’d understand. If your only problem is her ethnicity I don’t get it.
Ultimately the proof is, as they say, in the pudding. Regardless of how the marketing seemed, the movie itself is not “woke”. Although, I guess if you’re looking for things you could interpret it to be woke. For instance (Spoiler), Q is confirmed to be gay in this movie. Is that woke in your opinion? Not to me. To me woke is when you’re being basically lectured by a movie or they’re deliberately undermining well established characters like Bond. None of that happens here. It all feels organic and natural. Nothing felt forced or out of place.
I’m aware of that but the other Bond’s were all in the same continuity. Craig was the first reboot and only Judi Dench was carried over from the old Bond continuity. So I think for the most part they will distance themselves from the Craig era.
It’s hardly woke when you see it in action, though. It’s only natural that they would replace 007 and give his number to someone place. Yes she’s a black woman. So what? If she was portrayed as being superior to Bond you’d have a point but she isn’t.
They snipe at each other, really. For the most part the movie isn’t “woke”. Bond is front and centre throughout and, ultimately, the movie kinda beats you over the head with the fact that there can only be one 007, really. Bond himself. Even the new 007 acknowledges this (although she doesn’t particularly care for the number either way).
It was a clever PR stunt to get people talking about the film. That’s what I think. I don’t see how it’s a “Bond film for the Me Too era”. I think all that was just to get people talking about the film.
It is a spoiler, yes, but you really shouldn’t be on a this movie’s page if you don’t want spoilers.