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I have always held out hope for a Bond Reunion movie, where the idea that James Bond is as much of an assigned title as 007. So you start with a new Bond being shown the ropes by his soon to be retired predecessor - except that someone is killing off all the past Bonds! So mentor and mentee have to travel the world to track down the assassin and save the remaining Bonds. Along the way, you see what has become of the Bonds of yesteryear. Connery lives a simple life in a simple town (that also happens to be populated exclusively by ex-spies and soldiers), Moore has replaced Octopussy as the head of a floating pleasure palace, Dalton is a grizzled and bitter red herring who is missing limbs thanks to his service, Brosnan is a minister in the agency and is being groomed to be the next M, and Craig is about to be drummed out of the service and obviously objects to being made to train his own replacement.

The villain, of course, is Lazenby, out to fulfill the promise he made to himself when his wife was murdered in front of him. After climbing out of his depression, he’s spent years assembling his plan for vengeance, eventually usurping command of SMERSH following the fall of the Iron Curtain.

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"Brienne’s story is an adaptation of a traditionally male narrative, one that usually sidelines or victimises female characters. She swears fealty to a woman, as male knights swear to their liege lord, because she respects that woman’s strength, her bravery and her kindness. She goes on a quest to save the beautiful maiden, but not to marry her or benefit from the quest in any way, but to return her to her mother. Because she cares for Catelyn, and because it is the right thing to do. It is a story of a woman, rescuing a woman, for the sake of another woman. It is a rare story where the mother, the young girl and the shieldmaiden are all given equal weight and worth. Brienne, despite taking on many stereotypically male traits, is not “one of the boys” or in any way dismissive of her gender as a group. She does not fit into the role that society has assigned for her, but she does not disparage those who do. She uses her strength and her skill to respect and help other women in ways that most men in Westeros would never even think to attempt, because she understands, more than any other knight, that women are truly worth something as individuals."