Reacting to My Old 'Tomorrow Never Dies' Review

[@LeonKokorev-qe6ls]

I love Calvins evolution from the edgy, foul mouthed reviewer to one of the friendliest people on this platform

[@theanonymouscritic1710]

He admitted that he was inspired by the Nostalgia Critic with his earlier reviews but yeah it’s great to see him mature and evolve his style.

[@jamesatkinsonja]

His videos are certainly a breath of fresh air given how negative and toxic film videos can be now a days.

[@sashaking1115]

@@jamesatkinsonjayes, what I like about Calvin is that he genuinely enjoys what he does, and doesn’t do it for views or to satisfy others. He’s very passionate

[@madeflowersgrow8988]

They’ve easily become my favorite person on youtube

[@alexlazzerly3677]

@@theanonymouscritic1710 He's so much better than Nostalgia Critic

[@glenaitken9403]

I love it when present Calvin corrects younger Calvin's mistakes with a tired head-shake and a roll of the eyes. 🤣🤣

[@davidjames579]

It's quite charming how older Calvin is reacting like a parent to young Calvin.

[@MrFacePeck]

In ten years: Reacting to my old “reacting to my old ‘Tomorrow Never Dies’ review”

[@colinrumford2265]

2:25 Lies/Dies. Literally, the plot of Terry Gilliam's Brazil 😂

[@MatthewHarkin]

I jokingly said “encurrrder” to myself at the exact same time you referenced it 👀🤣

[@flingymingy]

Man I love Tomorrow Never Dies. One of the Bond movies I just don’t get tired of, such a great entertaining movie. Does nothing terrible enough to make me dislike it.

[@metamoralia]

Looking forward to the future meta-meta series, 'Reacting to Reacting to My Old Reviews'

[@sashaking1115]

And also, ‘Reacting to Reacting to Reacting to my Old Videos’ 😂

[@JRS06]

The difference between your videos now and then is astonishing. Tomorrow Never dies is still awesome either way. Glad to see you knowledged the Lost Media Wiki page on your deleted old videos. I saw it ages back and wondered if there was any truth to it.

[@JamesBondTheory]

In the James Bond Archives book, it’s stated that Tomorrow Never Lies was the working title in a script revision of Tomorrow Never Dies. Great video :)

[@fSebastianRe]

Yeah true! I just read it

[@CallOfCutie69]

Calvin reacting to peak Calvin.

[@CallOfCutie69]

Tbh I can’t quite figure out why Calvin looks at his past self with such pained expression. Like 7:53, for example

[@CallOfCutie69]

8:38 I think in both reviews (old and recent) you make a point they beat him up for mingling with Carver’s wife, but instead it is clearly because Bond, in his usual manner, informs Carver that he knows about him interfering with GPS signal and throwing British ship off course. Hence the line during the beating: “You seem very concerned about Mr. Carver's business.”

[@davidjames579]

And the same goon follows with. "He wants to know why"

[@JackLeDoux_]

I love the “they’ll print anything these days” line

[@neilhenderson9805]

*Channeling my best Carver impersonation* : Delicious.

[@billkoenig1552]

Stayed tuned. There may be a podcast soon that discusses the first draft of the script.

[@CDubya.82]

Those reviews are not lost media to me. I have them. Downloaded them at the time. 😜

[@scottveatch1375]

Obviously the movie about a sinking ship you were thinking about was Deep Raising staring Bond Henchman, Famke Janssen.

[@davidjames579]

Lol. On a side note TND was filmed in the same water tank as Titanic, and in America was released on the same day.

[@chris_stokes]

The Tomorrow Never Lies rumour is probably also perpetuated by Pulp's song being called that. Of course it's likely that they just changed the title when it was rejected? Either way, having the song floating around likely only keeps the rumour going... Excellent video as always!

[@LeonKokorev-qe6ls]

That Pulp is a pretty bad David Bowie copycat, it really would have soured the film for me

[@jamesatkinsonja]

Pulp do have a song-'I Spy- on the previous years 'Mission Impossible' soundtrack album. Like a lot of 90's tie in albums, it's songs 'inspired by the film' so only a few actually show up in it.

[@jamesatkinsonja]

It's interesting as 'Radiohead' were able to release there demo as 'Spectre' but maybe Pulp would have met a copyright issue if they didn't change the title, hence picking something that sounds like the original but is different [like how a lot of 'parody' songs do] which might have started the rumour. Like you, I wondered if the title story was an 'urban myth' like a lot of Bond stories [I keep seeing 'That Shirley Bassey song should have been the theme for 'Quantum' when David Arnold confirmed it was written after the film was released for example].

[@davidjames579]

​. It's funny as I Spy is something of a parody of spy life. It probably would be a good summing up of Harry Palmer and one of Le Carre's anti heroes in talking about the mundane doings of a basic level surveillance officer. I like to think the person compiling the soundtrack album read the title and thought that'll do, without reading the lyrics.

[@davidjames579]

​. No Good About Goodbye is a strange one as the lyrics fit the film's story a lot better than Another Way To Die's.

[@adotgif]

Can we get a "Nobody Does It Better" in memoriam montage for "Nobody Does It Better" in memoriam montages?

[@Cyklopz007]

That will have to happen in the "Calvin revisits old revisiting old videos" video 10 years from now.

[@usernameinfo4therevenge]

In a publicity interview for TND (which is on KZbin) Pierce Brosnan talked about how he almost made an 'unofficial' Bond produced by Kevin McClory (yet again based on Thunderball), during the post LTK/pre GE time period. They had finance from Japan and were setting the thing up but legal issues stopped it from filming. I am slightly surprised EON were still happy to work with him after that.

[@jamesatkinsonja]

I was surprised to hear that too. I suppose Brosnan has a long term relationship with Eon [having first meet them on the set of FYEO] and given 'Goldeneye' had to be a hit to relaunch the series, getting the popular Brosnan possibly motived them to 'forget' about the incident [it had virtually no chance of being made as the later 'Warhead 2000' proved]. It's also interesting that Eon seemed cool with him talking about it while promoting there product but I'd love to hear more about it from Bronsnan and/or Eon. ['November Man' feels a bit like Brosnan's 'Never Say Never Again' in a fashion to me].

[@davidjames579]

​. I guess they weren't bothered by it as you say another McClory Bond film would never happen, they had Brosnan so they'd beaten McClory there, and it shows how much Pierce wanted to be Bond.

[@DafyddBrooks]

very good point as always@@davidjames579

[@DafyddBrooks]

Yeah i'll agree with you there. sorry to bring it up again, but i wonder if because Brosnan made 4 big movies with EON that when they let him go he kindly knew not to bash them or heavily critise them afterwards because of all the money and freind ship he made with them. And i think like you said the other week, Pierce may have gotten a pay out for not doing a 5th movie. I do wonder if this was SONY's desision and not Barbera and Michaels. know what i mean?@@jamesatkinsonja

[@jamesatkinsonja]

@@DafyddBrooks Pierce is certainly very professional about the split and he gave Craig support which was good of him. I do wonder if the 'Jinx' project was viewed as a bit of a 'test of concept' for a Bond reboot given the premise was an origin story and more down to earth [given it would have been lower budget than DAD and reacting to DAD backlash and changing trends] and even though that wasn't made, why not do it for Bond himself? I certainly could see the studio pushing Eon in that direction [Pierce said Barbara B was very apologetic and upset in the 'departure' conversation] instead of trying to react to changing trends with one more Brosnan film before rebooting later [and paying him the rumoured $20 million for Bond 21, he was on $16.5 million for DAD while Craig was paid $3.2 million for Casino which was lower than Hallie Berry's $4 million for DAD]. MGM certainly seemed to be 'interfering' in the Brosnan films as they were apparently behind the American actors+ musicians in those films although didn't seem to be as big a factor in the Craig films or at least commented on, certainly compared to Craig's suggestions [Craig 'Can my friend Ana De Arms have a cameo? Eon Sure!].

[@Benji568]

I remember watching this back in 2019 when I first discovered your channel and I laughed my arse off to your Brosnan film reviews!!! Some great comedy gold in this! God, I miss those vids!

[@madeflowersgrow8988]

Sniper wolf could really take some notes on how transformative reaction videos can really be

[@billkoenig1552]

As an aside, Roger Spottiswoode worked in an editorial capacity on The Getaway, directed by Sam Peckinpah. Spottiswood used some Peckinpah editing tricks (bits done in slow motion). Spottiswoode, I believe, references this on his commentary track on the home video release.

[@lorenzogranger1906]

Greatness amazing nostalgia old video Calvin Dyson nostalgia memories me watch your video back in the day review on tomorrow never dies greatness of amazing review 😎😎😍😍😍😍😊😊😊

[@philhopley4288]

I get the same adverts for the adult dummy thing! Also, the other random thing is a bike chain cleaner. Back on topic. Great video as always!

[@neilvarma]

Hahahaha both old and new Calvin reviews are fun in different ways

[@JTCurtisMusic]

I must say there were some jokes in this old review that had me laughing. Past Calvin definitely had the charisma I remember.

[@bev9708]

Ahhh you've come a long way Calvin!! I have such a soft spot for this one, like you say it's very "Bondy" and hits all the tropes well while giving us a little more on them at the same time, especially having Michele Yeoh as his equal!! Plus I saw it in Argentina while travelling, I'll never forget the publicity ... Mañana NUNCA Muere !! 😂

[@BenCol]

I know the 'dodgy fax' story was also rumoured to be how Donkey Kong got his strange name - that it was meant to be Monkey Kong but the D turned into an M due to said dodgy fax. That one has been disproved - it was just a bad grasp of English on Miyamoto's part. But maybe, in an alternate timeline somewhere, Rareware made a Tomorrow Never Lies video game that connects to Monkey Kong 64 and Dream: Land of Giants via fully functional Stop 'n Swop technology.

[@jamesatkinsonja]

That reminds me of Black Box's 1989 hit 'Ride on Time' when the song's lyric is 'Right on Time' which occurred due to the Italian producers limited English.

[@spencerkindra8822]

But does the fact that the title was taken from Tomorrow Never Knows disprove the "the ink in the fax machine ran" story? Because the producers could still have wanted to call the movie "Tomorrow Never Lies" originally because that title is already different from the song title. Then the ink ran and they said "You know what, Tomorrow Never Dies is a better title let's go with that instead."

[@davidjames579]

​. The song Voodoo Ray by A Guy Called Gerald was supposed to be called Voodoo Rage after a sample of that phrase appearing in the song. But the early electronic recorders memory couldn't hold that many characters when saving a title.

[@DafyddBrooks]

I love that track so thats music to my ears, thanks :)@@davidjames579

[@DafyddBrooks]

Rare making To morrow never dies sounds amazing :)

[@dcflake5645]

I was subbed to Calvin when he was 360p

[@alfonsobiggers2452]

I never forgot that gynecologist joke (I know it spells differently sometimes). Every time I re-watch either the film or that scene, I never fail to remember it and then proceed to have myself a perverse little chuckle.

[@BenCol]

The title 'Tomorrow Never Dies' was inspired by the Beatles song 'Tomorrow Never Knows', though, as anyone who's listened to the song without earmuffs will tell you, the title never appears in the song itself. Apparently the name was one of Ringo's nonsense phrases, just like with A Hard Day's Night. So if you're wondering why the title 'Tomorrow Never Dies' doesn't make any sense - it's because it was based on a different title that also doesn't make sense. It's just a long line of nonsense. But I wouldn't worry too much about it. Just turn off your mind, relax, and float downstream; Lay down all thoughts SURRENDER! to the void.

[@jamesatkinsonja]

'listened to the song without earmuff's'...I see what you did there! Using a Beatles inspired title is a cute move given 60's nostalgia was a big factor in the 'cool Britannia' fad at the time and ties into the decade the series started. The title certainly operates on a 'cool' factor without really meaning anything!

[@sashaking1115]

Wow I never knew that! That’s so interesting!

[@davidjames579]

You Only Live Twice was going to be called Grey Submarine until it was pointed out that M doesn't actually live in the submarine, it's just a temporary abode.

[@sashaking1115]

@@davidjames579 Grey Submarine! That would have been an interesting title

[@nessy9022]

Here's the interview when Ringo coined the phrase: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4CqZmd5gdF0eLcsi=bcVWeBRBqu5EZ_0Q

[@TheDukeofMadness]

TND was made when Teri Hatcher was still riding the Lois and Clark popularity wave. She was the "it" girl for a time. Jonathan Pryce strikes me as more of a Conrad Black/Robert Maxwell type. But the foreshadowing of Murdoch's move into the Chinese market was on point.

[@jamesatkinsonja]

As you say, Hatcher was a massive name in the USA at the time and MGM was trying to re-establish Bond in America so her casting made a lot of sense in 1997 as did getting Sheryl Crowe [who's was establish herself as a very popular artist in America] to do the title song. For my money, given Paris feels quite underwritten and isn't given much screen time, Hatcher did a good job.

[@danjonmills]

90s Teri Hatcher was the bomb. 😻

[@garybryant5946]

A Belated Happy Birthday Calvin 🍹🍷🥃

[@hosni4064]

In the Die Another Day novelization, Bond sees a Korean read the Korean edition of the Tomorrow newspaper, so that's a neat bit of continuity within the Brosnan era itself!

[@jamesatkinsonja]

That does fit given the big newspapers/media often survive and keep a core audience despite various scandals [Hence why 'News of the World' ceasing publication in 2011 after the phone hacking scandal was very unusual]. .

[@BigShotCritic]

The "tomorrow never lies" thing is IN the official documentary bonus feature - "Inside Tomorrow Never Dies". That confirms it, no?

[@CleopaOrthodox]

Give us all the old review videos they are great

[@davidjames579]

#ReleaseTheDysonCut

[@sashaking1115]

Yeah Calvin’s gonna react to all of them. I’m so excited

[@sashaking1115]

Great video, Calvin! Hope you had a great birthday yesterday. I watched Octopussy and then saw a tribute to Roger Moore and remembered it was his birthday- and yours! I enjoy visiting your Lost Media wiki pages. Unpopular opinion, but I don’t think you’re that wooden in your older videos. I think your passion and enthusiasm still shines through. And besides, you were in the beginning stages of your KZbin career, so you were still adjusting to it.

[@DabionFreedom]

Great new reaction video, Calvin. to your old & entertaining Tomorrow Never Dies review. its one of the best James Bond films & definitely one of my all time favourites. :)

[@Alfonzridesagain]

Tomorrow Never Dies is clearly a better title than 'Tomorrow never Lies', which would be a weirdly literal reference to the plot. The phrase 'Tomorrow Never Dies' is very Bond and even quite Fleming-esque in its mysterious and bombastic feel

[@robllewellyn4769]

Wonderful as ever from young Calvin. I must admit, I would have preferred kd langs song at the end, to be the actual theme. It's got bit of Shirley Bassey about it. You have said Calvin on a couple of the previous videos you would be doing The Man With The Golden Gun next. Is that coming soon, or are you saving it for the 50th anniversary next year. Either way, look forward to more young Calvin.

[@Flameku]

I was about to mention your ads from temu but hten you clarified that you havent looked those up lmao 😂

[@physmanir0]

Never been the first viewer to a KZbin video I didn’t make myself 🎉

[@raugust6786]

I watched this and ended up watching the actual movie! I agree. It's a perfect Bond film for a Sunday afternoon (I recall you mentioning that bout TMD in a video a while back)

[@Abcadeaz]

You gotta review Goldfinger 64. The spy who loved me 64 is coming out soon. Both unnoficial fan remakes, but they're so well done in the style of goldeneye I think it's definitely worth your time.

[@Visqo1]

I don't know why people hate on the bad guy. The actor looked like he was enjoying every minute of every word he would say. He looks like he is savoring his Lines haha. Love it

[@ukaszbarszcz7861]

I miss the long debates with David, any plans for something similar in near future?😀

[@JoeWritesThis]

Thought we were going to avoid the swear jar with this one, but nope! 😁

[@TyMarshall007]

you should to top 10 Underrated James Bond characters

[@Kate-lz7jq]

Im not even really a bond fan I just like the videos

[@Lumarooo]

You should become a fan its great 😂

[@Kate-lz7jq]

@@Lumarooo I like the formula but Daniel Craig lacked the charm, sexyness, humor from my perspective. Hoping for a good replacement

[@Kate-lz7jq]

@@Lumarooo I will become a fan tho this channel is so contagious :)

[@robertredfern5150]

Bring the Yorkshire accent back!

[@spencerkindra8822]

FER YORKSHIRE!!

[@captainz72100]

Another great video! Love these retrospect reviews of reviews 🤣. I agree with you completely I find it hard not to go for Octopussy or Tomorrow Never Dies when looking for a film. Although I do always watch for your eyes only too. Particularly love Conti's score. The 70s disco over the PTS... brilliant.

[@GreyHulk2156]

It's a bike chain cleaner. I get the same adverts.

[@SUK2293]

No Time to Lie

[@lekko2372]

Reacting to your old The Man with the Golden Gun review next? 😁

[@SPECTRE_Madman]

Calvin, I can’t find the video of which Bond is Objectively the best

[@jamesatkinsonja]

He said in a recent Q&A video [26th August 2023 at 29:50-31:00] he decided not to do it.

[@Lumarooo]

He said in his q and a he couldn’t figure out how to do it

[@joshslater2426]

12:55 Bond learnt Japanese at Cambridge, not Chinese. Both languages are slightly different, so the gag does half make sense.

[@davidjames579]

He got a First in Oriental Languages, so maybe that included Cantonese and/or Mandarin.

[@pczTV]

Well that’s an understatement. HUGE difference between the two languages. I speak Japanese (poorly) and can’t understand a word of Cantonese or mandarin. My wife speaks Cantonese and can’t understand any Japanese.

[@GarrettFrechette]

If Bond had a sidekick, that would be you.

[@lorenzogranger1906]

Greatness of my nostalgia memories of your video of favorite James bond movie adventure TND 18 James bond movie adventure entry tomorrow never dies your Old video tomorrow never dies Calvin Dyson one my favorite watch your video I have a lot of nostalgia with this I love this video same with The world is not enough your old video makes me praise pierce brosnan James bond movie adventure 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😎 amazing Calvin Dyson

[@NoirAngel921]

While I do enjoy the content you upload on a basis that fits your schedule, I was just wondering... When's your next indepth James Bond film review? 🥺👉👈

[@sashaking1115]

Hopefully in December or January

[@golrush007]

I enjoy seeing the appreciation for Jonathan Pryce in TND in these videos. I've always felt like an outlier for being a fan of his performance in this film. I usually see a lot of negativity when people comment on Carver.

[@sashaking1115]

Yeah Carver’s a terrific villain!!

[@jamesatkinsonja]

I think it goes too far in places [like that 'Kung fu' bit which should have been cut] but if you like OTT villains, Pryce is certainly having fun with the part.

[@AdAstra78]

By 'eck, keep forgetting your Yorkshire roots! Champion...

[@MartinKronstrom]

My guess is that Lost Media Wiki is owned by Elliot Carver and you will be paying for your insubordination for releasing the video. Get your Nokia/Taser ready mate.

[@davidjames579]

Outstanding

[@dtsdolby6594]

Tomorrow never dies; All my childhood. One of the top bond movies ever. 9/10

[@lifeschool]

To be fair, its just the mood. Sometimes a great Bond can feel flat, and sometimes a dull one can seem great. This is a good example. It's kind of sloggy in places, but it feels the most grounded since TLD. Before all the 'Ah Bond, James Bond' nonsense, and the other top 10 bond clichés were mocked in DAD.

[@renekauts8323]

TND(1997) has some very great stuff: Pre-title sequence, Bond & Q scene, Dr. Kaufman scene and of course: BMW 750iL car chase!!! *** Sadly, that last 3/3 is very boring/uninteresting! And as soon as Bond and Wai Lin board the Carver's stealth ship... OMG! One of the worst unglamorous endings in the franchise ever! So, overall a very average movie.........................

[@jamesatkinsonja]

Given the rushed production it's not surprising the last 3rd is pretty much action scenes as there wasn't the time to beef up the script. Bond+Wai Lin hooking up at the end feels pretty forced too. Agree it's pretty average.

[@FormulaManuel]

I still find it amazing that Tomorrow Never Dies gets so much love and I don't really understand why 😄 TND must be for me what From Russia With Love is for you

[@julianmhall]

Calvin I think the reason you come back to TND is Carver. Perhaps the best Bond movies have the best combination of Bond, Villian, and Bond girl. If that's true then yes.. TND is awesome :)

[@mieloso8255]

If you get the chance listen to Letter to Paris from the Tomorrow Never Dies game soundtrack

[@twilliamspro]

It doesn't seem right them Tossing away the ppk the way they did Its almost a passing moment

[@DafyddBrooks]

You know its extraordinary Calvin that 'Tomorrow never dies' has climbed up peoples list over the past few years because I was aware that a lot of people found it to be a fairly average movie back in the day. But now it seems to be very popular amongst people. Why is that do you think? Do you think people didn't realise what movie they had back in the day and potentially its a wake up call for EON on how to go about on the next movie?

[@jamesatkinsonja]

I'm guessing because of Michelle Yeoh's higher profile and the 'media' angle feeling more relevant [because of increased awareness] in the social media age than it did at the time. TND tended to be a film generally regarded as 'fine' compared to the beloved Goldeneye and the divisive TWINE and DAD so it probably fell though the cracks a little [and it came out against 'Titanic']. Personally I feel the film is very '1997' in style and tone so probably not that useful for Eon regarding Bond 26 tbh but people are free to disagree. I would say that for the general public Brosnan is only 'Goldeneye' [maybe due to the N64 game too]. Goldeneye was the 4th highest grossing film in the 60th anniversary re-releases but his other 3 were in the bottom 6.

[@jamesatkinsonja]

Amusingly even though Desperate Housewives was shown on channel 4, ITV tried to cash in on Teri Hatcher being in both that show and TND by showing the film as often as it could for a while!

[@DafyddBrooks]

@@jamesatkinsonja NO JAMES NO, TND is the best ever Bond movie in the entire wolrd and even David Zaritsky's thinks its the best aswell. You were meant to be on my side james, how could you. Tin the words of Stacey "JAAAMES, DON'T LEAVE ME, JAAAAMES"

[@DafyddBrooks]

No you are very right though, I think lots of people at the mo want things to go back the way they were but they cant. Especially since Kids today have grown up with Daniel Craig, they wont be too happy if the next movie doesnt have some resemblance to his era. after all not many people will have time to watch all the movies and will only see the high lights. Like you say ...Goldeneye will be remebered more for the better compared to the others and the N64 game helped tremendously on that one @@jamesatkinsonja

[@jamesatkinsonja]

@@DafyddBrooks Lol! I did forget to add they do a similar thing to the ending of TND with NTTD where Bond teams up with a female agent to storm the base [as oppose to the earlier movies where they would be more 'battle' sequences with several soldiers] although the Bond-Nomi dynamic is very different.

[@spencerkindra8822]

Your point in the original video about how you like Tomorrow Never Dies the same way you like Octopussy makes total sense because those movies share a lot of DNA. They're the most fun yet still quasi grounded movies of their respective actors. Then if you look at A View To A Kill and Die Another Day both movies are much more ridiculous.

[@whatamalike]

Awww Bieber cut Calvin 😅

[@aliinlondon]

*JOY*

[@jamesatkinsonja]

Michelle Yeoh has spoken very fondly about TND and Eon in recent interviews [such as with GQ and People], but has said that she struggled to get established in Hollywood afterwards, mostly due to ignorant producers [she said some assumed she didn't speak English or got her nationality wrong] but also as she wanted to avoid typecasting. It does make me wonder if this made her reluctant to return to Wai Lin either in a spin off or in the proposed 'Die Another Day' cameo-officially she was 'unavailable' which is sometimes used as a polite way of turning something down. That might be me reading into the comment wrongly, but if true while I'd have loved to see a Wai Lin return, given her varied career and success over the last 20 years [including her Oscar win], credit to her for sticking to her guns.

[@DafyddBrooks]

I can see her coming back as another character like a Bond villian or a leader of the Chinese spy service or something perhaps. It could be good of EON to take on the oppurtunity to do so seeing as see is mega popular again

[@zakariabekhada1667]

I like youre content but i hope if you made reviews of other genres in movies i think youre channel will grow more you have amazing knowledge in cinema !

[@jamesatkinsonja]

His Non-Bond reviews have covered a wide range of genres in fairness [he's done reviews of Zardoz and 'The Man Who would be king' for example] but agreed, he's very knowledgeable about films and is a you to listen to. He was also a member of the 'Diminishing returns' podcast for a time].

[@ConradSpoke]

Not half as bad as you think it is.

[@katrienbuekers8289]

I bond big fan i sub to you

[@calvindyson]

Thank you! I really do appreciate it!

[@raygorf735]

The smoking line at the start "filthy habit" has always bugged me. If Bond doesn't smoke because it's setting a bad example to the 1990s film going audience, just leave out the gag. I dunno, the guy didn't have to be smoking. He could have been repairing a plane or vehicle and Bond punches him.

[@SnabbKassa]

I don't think that's an adult dummy. Maybe somebody knows what it is? Those ads just randomly change every day. It's not based on the text.

[@johnk.2167]

Do "the Saint" tv show starring Roger Moore

[@michaelstaunton1632]

👍👍👍🎥

[@FreeFree-ur4zq]

Pryce is one of my least favorite villains and Hatcher is quite bad, but otherwise agree with many of young Calvin's observations 😊

[@jamesatkinsonja]

Rapper Pras [from the Fugees] 1998 song 'Blue Angels' references TND ['Tomorrow Never Dies when she reveals her eyes, Keep your eyes on the prize...'] which might be the closest we ever get to a James Bond rap song! [nothing against rap but it doesn't really fit with the series].

[@davidjames579]

Madonna sort of raps on Die Another Day. "Sigmund Freud analyse this".

[@samuelclark9569]

Stamper was crap henchman bullion and gabor were better henchmens

[@neiltaylor6645]

Didn’t you have any lights when you recorded your original videos 😂

[@ottot3221]

Is't a great review, still, but fails because it doesn't mention Daphne Deckers.

[@jamesatkinsonja]

In fairness she's an unknown in the UK [I only know who she is as Dutch Bond fan mentioned her in his review]. Similar to how Oliver Skeete's cameo in 'Die Another Day' wouldn't register for people outside the UK. A fun example-The people clamping the car in TWINE that Bond soaks were real life ''love to hate' car clampers from a UK reality TV show at the time so while UK audiences would find the gag even funner, international [and modern audiences as that show has faded into obscurity] probably assumed they were just extras.

[@bonghunezhou5051]

The hairstyle, the sound...yeah, it is understandable that Calvin would yank his 'old reaction video' of this (and others) from his channel. The theme of this film is arguably more relevant now than back then (e.g. Zuckerberg, Musk, James Murdock, and other lesser known megalomanical media barons).

[@jamesatkinsonja]

It's always been a relevant theme in media+ politics [Citizen Kane was about the media in the 40's] and real life [Rupert Murdock bought his first UK newspaper in 1969] but certainly with social media were much more aware of it now.

[@bonghunezhou5051]

12:39 This does not count as 'discrepancy', since the series has been REBOOTED (Bond did not marry Tracey, nor did he score in top tier of any "Oriental languages".

[@jamesatkinsonja]

The Connery-Brosnan series are implied to be the same continuity operating on 'comic book time'. Goldeneye was a 'soft reboot' in that the old continuity was implied to be still there but downplayed. In the next film TWINE, Bond is asked if he's lost someone close to him and he's implied to be thinking of Tracy. In contrast, Craig was a 'hard' reboot which ignored the earlier films.

[@bonghunezhou5051]

@@jamesatkinsonja GoldenEye states that Brosnan had been JB in *1986* - thus establishing that his Bond is set in a separate reality/timeline.

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​@@bonghunezhou5051Looking into it, the Raymond Benson's novelisation actually mentions the degree discrepancy saying Bond was lying back in YOLT and doesn't actually have the degree. Technically all the first 20 films happen to the same Bond [and the other characters re-cast like Felix and Moneypenny], but not in a linear timeline [so Goldeneye's pre-title sequence is technically set between 'View to a kill' and 'Living Daylights']. The writers of TWINE confirmed Brosnan's Bond was married to Tracy ['In Electra he thinks he's found Tracy, but he's actually found Blofeld'] and you have Brosnan interacting with Connery era gadgets as if he used them in 'Die Another Day'. It's a game but 'Everything or Nothing' also has Brosnan's Bond refer to 'View to a Kill' and tackle Jaws again. But despite all that the continuity of the first 20 Bond's was fairly loose and 'Goldeneye' was certainly a 'soft' reboot so if you want to see Brosnan as a separate timeline that's perfectly fine.

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The Q branch scene in Die Another Day where Bond is looking at gadgets from the earlier movies confirms that Brosnan is in fact playing the same Bond that Connery first played in Dr. No.

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@@spencerkindra8822 It is totally alright if _you_ wish to consider Pierce's films as part of the continuity that started with Sean's (timeline takes precedence over background props, IMHO).

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