No arguments here.

The JURASSIC WORLD scenario was a little different. That was "let's criticize shitty sequels while indulging in shitty sequel schlock!" This is more like "this is the world that sprang from the OT".

To be fair, that trailer had a lot of images where many things were going on.

It seems like it's going to be a movie that's at the very least respectful of what's come before. Unlike, say, the Prequels, where Lucas seemed almost determined to flush the good name of the franchise down the toilet.

There's an argument to be made that the first AVENGERS movie is the best movie at creating those fist pump moments since the OT.

I mean, that part is totally amazing.

It's great because it's the movie tipping the hat to his practically inevitable return at the end.

I think they're going an interesting way with it. The movie almost seems to be acknowledging that following up on the originals in a truly unique way is virtually impossible because of fan expectations, so it's going back and making that a theme of the movie. Hence, the stories being told and the villain being a Darth…

I think you can rest easy and watch it. This trailer doesn't spoil much in terms of plot.

Two things in particular:

I continued my Bondathon with the Timothy Dalton era.

The best thing by far about the Moore era was how they always ended with M and company catching Bond in the middle of one of his sexual escapades. Led to so many great one-liners.

It's really the only Bond movie of its era to actually try to tell a story about people, rather than simply be escapist fun. There's a depth to its characters that is lacking in almost every other movie in the series.

I don't really think my low rankings of Moore's movies have as much to do with him as with the movies he was in. THE SPY WHO LOVED ME was the only one that really got back to classic Connery-era stuff. Even his better entries were always kind of campy (FOR YOUR EYES ONLY was a more grounded Bond movie, but it has a…

BLUE VELVET was a good place to start. It introduces you to his weirdness while giving enough of a coherent narrative to latch onto so you don't get lost. A good next step would be TWIN PEAKS (the first season and a half anyway), then do MULHOLLAND DRIVE. It's absolutely Lynch's masterpiece and his most must-see film.…

It is not "lighter stuff". A lot of the most interesting moments of the movie come from the Coens' lighter sensibility leaking in through McCarthy's cold nihilism, though.

Walken blasting people with a machine gun was literally his only good scene in the movie. It's the one time a little Walken creeped out of the boring performance the movie he was in made him give the rest of the time.

I continued my Bond marathon with closing out the Roger Moore era.

I own the BOND 50 box set that came out around the release of SKYFALL.

You are correct. From what I've heard, it's the anti-MOONRAKER. Should be interesting to contrast. I tend to enjoy the most stripped-down Bonds the best.