Let's not forget that Swartzwelder stuck around for a while

I've said it twice in this thread now but Dalton is the best Bond & not just because I'm a contrarian. He feels the most true-to life spy and the most true to the books, for my money.

Dalton is the best Bond for my money because I believe him as a good-looking, charming but cruel Etonian spy. A lot of the other Bonds are too sexy-actor and Craig is too 'blunt enforcer'.

My first was Octopussy on VHS. The one with clowns and alligators.

I didn't realise he was going to say 'far easier' until I rewatched as an adult

My dream is a high-budget Netflix/BBC animation.

It should be animated. Solves the FX budget/cast ageing issues I reckon.

I completely agree. I quite like the tournament idea, but it seems like the most contrived concept of the whole series ie 'this year's Annual Threat is…a needlessly dangerous contest!'. And the film is just solidly competent but stylistically really generic, not a 'wondrous' kids' movie like the first two, arty like…

Yep. It would've been fantastic in the Great Hall. Cut all music. Everyone watching is silent. Have him crumple at the end, no more than the mortal human he always wanted to be. Flying around the castle and then melting in the courtyard just doesn't work for me.

Hmmm…very few of the child actors really 'shone' either by the end, they're a bit wooden compared to the British thespians, but that's to be expected I suppose!

I don't like the term 'Mary Sue' because it has gender implications, but Rey was certainly good at everything in a way that leaves very little room for growth…when she was teaching Han about the Falcon after she bossed it on first flight I thought 'hmmm'

Rogue One was ass

' They could have just shut the fuck up about the movie. But they refused. They returned to every single comment section, unprompted, and always extremely defensive. Sharing their opinion about this reboot of an 80's comedy was more important to them than not being labeled a misogynist. And that is why I have no…

It begins.

Would it then go back to: Sir Ian, Sir Ian, Sir Ian? Sorry, I'm new to this

But power is often contextual. I've certainly been 'womansplained' to in some of my hobbies/jobs (how could this straight man know what looks good?) to a level that's been frustrating, although I agree it's probably nowhere near as prevalent or damaging. I don't know how helpful it is to assume that all condescension…

I know I've got it easier in many ways as a hetero white guy, but even as someone sympathetic to feminism the term makes me switch off because a few times I've gone into conversations with an open mind looking for debate/not trying to be condescending and had the term pretty lazily thrown at me, and I've seen it used…

There are men who adopt that conversational tone with men too though, is that still mansplanation?

Not really, it now describes either condescension coming from a man (whether gendered or not) or indeed on occasion; any attempted explanation coming from a man

'pretentious rich white dude literary writers'