Feb 1
Ancient Sumerian commented on Is My Landlord Being Honest Here?.
Let me add my voices to the chorus of "sue the fuckers".
Jan 19
Ancient Sumerian commented on "Gun advocates want to create a society governed by fear.".
Meta: count me among those starting to get really annoyed by the phrase "required reading". Please find some other phrase.
Dec 12, 2012
Ancient Sumerian commented on It's Time for Organized Labor to Build Their Own Media.
@7, did you just ignore where Goldy specifically said, "And I don't mean a propagandistic rag." Or did you read it, but you don't believe him for some reason?
Nov 29, 2012
Ancient Sumerian commented on The Super Rich Were Astonished that Obama Won.
Thanks for this pointer, Charles.
Nov 23, 2012
Ancient Sumerian commented on Republicans Overcome with Bush Frenzy.
...The nomination is Bush's, if he wants it. (Hell, the 2008 nomination was Bush's, if he wanted it....
I think you mean the 2012 nomination?
I think you mean the 2012 nomination?
Nov 14, 2012
Ancient Sumerian commented on Spoiled Rotten: Skyfall.
I like the "only steal what you can carry" line.
@5, "I'm not entirely sure I saw a Bond 007 film" that was my and Mrs. Ancient Sumerian's take, as well. Seemed like a slightly different genre. Not bad, just not quite it.
Paul:
And Craig's Bond movies are pretty much using up all of the 'this time...it's personal' plots, ensuring that whoever the next Bond is won't be able to dig back into the character's past or plumb the depths of grief without a direct comparison to Craig.
I don't find this convincing. The series isn't big on continuity: recasting Bond; recasting M; recasting everyone; Bond is the same person but at different points in history. None of that makes any sense at all (except under @1's theory). So I don't think they're going to be too beholden to this particular incarnation. I mean really, there is serious interwebz discussion about casting Idris Elba as the next Bond: is anyone going to believe that he grew up in the Scottish highlands? That such a recasting is even imaginable by Bond fans means that no one takes the continuity as seriously as you imply.
And you could have made a similar argument that Connery's Bond used up all the "I will destroy the whole world" plots, and therefore that whoever the next Bond is will inevitably be compared to Connery. Which Moore was, but so what?
As to the idea that "There's no backward left to explore in James Bond," just upthread someone mentioned Bond's time in the Navy.
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@5, "I'm not entirely sure I saw a Bond 007 film" that was my and Mrs. Ancient Sumerian's take, as well. Seemed like a slightly different genre. Not bad, just not quite it.
Paul:
And Craig's Bond movies are pretty much using up all of the 'this time...it's personal' plots, ensuring that whoever the next Bond is won't be able to dig back into the character's past or plumb the depths of grief without a direct comparison to Craig.
I don't find this convincing. The series isn't big on continuity: recasting Bond; recasting M; recasting everyone; Bond is the same person but at different points in history. None of that makes any sense at all (except under @1's theory). So I don't think they're going to be too beholden to this particular incarnation. I mean really, there is serious interwebz discussion about casting Idris Elba as the next Bond: is anyone going to believe that he grew up in the Scottish highlands? That such a recasting is even imaginable by Bond fans means that no one takes the continuity as seriously as you imply.
And you could have made a similar argument that Connery's Bond used up all the "I will destroy the whole world" plots, and therefore that whoever the next Bond is will inevitably be compared to Connery. Which Moore was, but so what?
As to the idea that "There's no backward left to explore in James Bond," just upthread someone mentioned Bond's time in the Navy.
Nov 13, 2012
Ancient Sumerian commented on What Should Be the Next Big Goal for Washington Liberals?.
But I want more than one of these! In particular, I want a state income tax dedicated to funding single-payer healthcare and education.
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