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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Rewatch: “Our Man Bashir”
“Our Man Bashir” Written by Bob Gillan and Ronald D. Moore Directed by Winrich KolbeSeason 4, Episode 9 Production episode 40514-482 Original air date: November 27, 1995 Stardate: unknown Station log:...
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Can We Have These Gorgeous Book-Inspired Benches?
Hoo boy, we are jealoooouuuus. Staring today and running through September 15th, London is getting a set of 50 book-inspired benches designed by local artists. It’s all from Books about Town, and we...
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“He Wanted Us To Catch Him!” Let’s Retire this Villain Cliché
I was just settling into the whole Khan versus Enterprise plot of Star Trek Into Darkness when something started to seem overly familiar to me about the way the story was developing. And I don’t mean...
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In an Alternate Universe, Pierce Brosnan Was Tim Burton’s Batman
You think Pierce Brosnan, you think 1990s-to-early-2000s Bond, James Bond. But did you know that he almost helmed a very different franchise with a B-named character? During his Reddit AMA yesterday,...
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Stephen Hawking Thinks He Would Make a Great Bond Villain
Professor Stephen Hawking has already gamely played various versions of himself on Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Simpsons, and The Big Bang Theory, but it turns out the theoretical physicist and...
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Bond 24’s Title and Cast AnnouncedSherlock’s Moriarty to Play the Villain!
Bond fans have been waiting on pins and needles to hear about the next film, directed by Sam Mendes. Now we have a name, a cast, and a villain! And they all give pretty clear hints about what we can...
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James Bond is a Kite Dancing in a Hurricane in the First Spectre Trailer
When Skyfall director Sam Mendes began talking about returning to the world of James Bond for the franchise’s 24th film—which we now know is Spectre—he said that it would act as a thematic, but not...
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Daniel Craig Will Play a Stormtrooper in Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Simon Pegg let slip a fun little cameo coming up in Star Wars: Episode VII. It turns out, James Bond will be one of the many faceless stormtroopers we witness in the upcoming film. We accept this gift...
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Christoph Waltz is the Author of Bond’s Pain in the New Spectre Trailer
Bond’s gone rogue! He’s finished! So now he needs to disappear! But not before protecting the daughter of an assassin! And, y’know, figuring out why he is the link between all the members of shadowy...
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Get Ready to Love Mark Gatiss
“Can we just sit here and watch this Spider-Man cartoon?” Mark Gatiss smiles slyly but it’s not clear if he’s completely kidding. We’re sitting on a couch in The Museum of the Moving Image in Queens,...
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This Gorgeous Star Wars Opening Sequence Was Done in the Style of James Bond
For his senior thesis at SVA, Kurt Rauffer decided to combine two things he enjoyed–Star Wars and James Bond. Or, specifically, the style of James Bond opening sequences (minus the nude women), and The...
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Mark Gatiss Responds to “Sherlock Bond” Critic in Rhyming Verse
At The Guardian, critic Ralph Jones has taken exception with what he perceives as Sherlock‘s slow transformation of its protagonist from brainy to brawny—starting in season 3 but also exemplified in...
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If Fox is Doing The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Then This Should Be...
While the 2003 film seemed to prove beyond doubt that adapting Alan Moore’s The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen was a bad idea, rumor has it that Fox is attempting to adapt it for television. Chances...
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Indiana Jones is Not James Bond
The now-famous story goes that George Lucas and Steven Spielberg were on vacation in 1977: Spielberg had come off the recent success of Close Encounters and Lucas was running from Star Wars, which he...
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Casting Idris Elba as James Bond Would Change the Character in the Best Way
It’s been over ten years since Casino Royale and the debut of Daniel Craig as James Bond, which means we’re overdue for a new 007. The British tabloid the Daily Star published a rumor that Bond...
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Miles Morales Is Not Peter Parker: Why New Characters Don’t Solve the Problem...
In response to my recent article stating why Idris Elba playing James Bond would improve the character, some asked why anyone needs established characters to be portrayed with greater diversity. Why...
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Now That Sam Mendes is Returning to James Bond: A Skyfall 2 Wish List
Last week, defying expectations, Academy Award-winning director Sam Mendes confirmed that James Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson want him back for the franchise, and they’re...
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6 Genre Fiction Icons Who Hung Out with the Muppets
Does the entire canon of the Muppets fall into the genre of science fiction? When you consider the various alternate universes the Muppets seem to inhabit, the answer might be yes. If meta-fiction is...
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Why Skyfall Part Deux Might Really Become Thunderball: Reloaded
If you tell strangers in a bar that Kim Basinger was in a James Bond film, most will be shocked, and not just because after three rum and cokes you’re randomly talking about Kim Basinger. (Again!)...
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How Goldfinger Bound Sci-Fi to James Bond
When Q (Desmond Llewelyn) tells James Bond (Sean Connery) about his new car being equipped with an ejector seat, Bond is incredulous. “Ejector sh-eat! You’re joking!” Q isn’t, and 1964’s Goldfinger...
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5 More Crossovers that Make as Much Sense as Jump Street/MIB
Everyone’s very excited about the leaked Sony e-mails featuring foul language, cinematic events that never were, and occasionally the bagel preferences of Andrew Garfield. Aside from the brutal news...
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7 Bizarre James Bond/Star Wars Connections
So, Daniel Craig is going to play a stormtrooper in Star Wars: Episode VII. Pretty weird, right? Nope. The world of secret agent 007 and that galaxy far, far away is more tangled up than you might have...
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Five Super Villain Schemes So Crazy They Might Just Be Crazy
In the first Austin Powers film, Doctor Evil’s demand of one million dollars comes across as hilariously absurd, not only because he doesn’t understand economic inflation, but because we’re all used to...
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The Spy Who Loved Clichés: Why Spectre Stumbles
In “Four Benches,” a play by Ethan Coen (of the Coen brothers) a worn-out British secret agent character bemoans that he can’t stand the “abstract concepts” his organization deals in because he’s left...
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Genre Fiction Can’t Stop Destroying Venice For Some Reason
When we talk about cities that major catastrophes always seem to gravitate toward, it’s New York, right? New York City, entertainment’s favorite home to heap destruction onto. The Big Apple (thought no...
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5 Questions About the New 007 and the Future of the Bond Franchise
The news has been keeping a weather eye on the latest James Bond film (currently only known as Bond 25), leading to a sizable leak and subsequent announcement over the weekend that could shake the...
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Hot Girl Summer Is Over, Long Live Hot Nerd Fall
Hot Girl Summer was a blast, but now as the air cools and the leaves turn, we’re tipping our collective chapeaux to Megan Thee Stallion and looking forward to a glorious new season: HOT NERD FALL. (Or...
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James Bond Meets the New 007 and a Mysterious Villain in the First No Time To...
As promised, the first No Time To Die trailer is here, at last. And it looks like quite the finale to Daniel Craig’s tenure as Bond. This time around, Bond has retired from active service, and he...
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No Time to Die Trailer Makes a Retired James Bond Look Good
While a normal retiree may spend their days playing shuffleboard and kicking their feet up, retired secret agent James Bond spends his shooting down waves of enemies and punching people in the face....
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Final Trailer for No Time To Die Promises an Epic Finale for Daniel Craig’s...
Daniel Craig’s final outing as James Bond, No Time To Die, is due to hit theaters in just over a month here in the US. Given the rescheduling that the entirety of this fall’s film slate has undergone,...
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