I’m sure this is the point to the anonymous Disney suit, but if only the movie’s target audience suddenly had a couple months free time they might use to watch something like this.

We’re really going to overlook something else with clear tails that was much more culturally resonant at the time it came out?

Flawed, not bad. We should regard it about the same as the New Beetle, another retro econocar cobbled together from parts bin stuff with some quality issues (although the PT Cruiser is at least more practical than the Neon it was based off of, while the Beetle is less useful than a Golf unless you’re prone to wearing…

“Between copy-paste Nazi villains whose means and motivations are muddy”

Well, they had to leave a slot open for colossal talent Shawn Levy and his beloved classic Free Guy, a movie that absolutely wasn't just predominantly coasting on Ryan Reynolds's appeal. Nope, in 50 years, we'll be talking about it in similar terms to Citizen Kane and The Godfather.

That’s kind of what sent me down that thought train, although Jag people seem to insist that there were pretty substantial revisions to the S-Type as part of the mid-life refresh from around the same time the R launched, so it might be harder than you’d think (which, shame if that’s the case).

Pedantically, John Cleese was also in The World is Not Enough as Q’s assistant, setting him up to take over the role for Die Another Day.

It’s all been downhill since they dropped great names like Exciter and Phazer.

I believe it’s been settled that James Bond is a Timelord, and is not beholden to your ideas of race and gender, and every decade or so looks and acts a little different. The universe will not implode if his skin’s a little darker for a stint.

I don’t wish ill on Edward Packard, but it’ll be a small failure of the universe if his death isn’t the result of a benign, safe choice.

A310? Four seats? I don’t care about the brand-diluting SUVs, offer it in orange and make it look like a road-going TGV, and I’m interested.

He’s clearly willing to play a bunch of doofuses, and is presumably decent to work with, both of which will go a long way to keeping you busy.

I’ll cosign on the diesel Jeep - I worked as an auto show rep for a couple years in the period between the WK and WK2 diesels being available, and a ton of people were adamant they’d go out and buy a diesel Jeep if only it were available, having no idea that in the prior decade they missed the option for a diesel WK…

I know you could get turbo FWD DSM’s, but I think they’re much more thought of as AWD, and the FWD-only 3rd/4th gens are heaping sacks of meh.

I went to the DS first, but definitely a Citroen.

As a sub-$10k classic, the Mark VIII is pretty appealing - MN12 might have been a financial disaster for Ford, but a big comfortable coupe that targeted the 6-series and is built from reasonably attainable parts is neat! But part of the appeal is that basically no one else wants them so they’re cheap. Now, at $60k,…

I think the problem is they got a Lincoln sponsored by Little Caesars and KMart. If they at least got Dominos and Target they might’ve got themselves a solid maybe.

If you’ve been around long enough to make a point of it, you should remember that enthusiasts are entirely capable of getting down with slightly pricy FWD Hondas.

I could also see in that case some combination of less litigious times, spending enough time in non-competing markets (setting precedent about the naming being acceptable), and just that a Bentley being named Continental didn’t harm Lincoln’s Continental.

A sub-660cc powered K-car just sounds like a Red Green outtake,