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thenewgreen  ·  4260 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: British heroes: The doctor and the spy | The Economist

    Hilariously enough, Earth-215476 appears to be "Home reality of a superheroic version of Sesame Street". Bless 'em.
Heroe(s)? There is more than one sesame street hero? Super-Grover is going to be pissed if he finds out.

RE the Bond theory, it would have seemed an odd theory that "Bond" was a title and not a character until the most recent one. Bond has never been a muscular fella. He's always been more of an "out-smart-ya" pretty boy that could throw a good punch but not much else. Now he's a bad ass. Maybe it is just a title. Nah.





StJohn  ·  4260 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Hah, once you start down that rabbit-hole it will never stop! But would you have described Connery as a pretty-boy? Brosnan, sure, but Connery was reasonably rugged and well-built. Also, Roger Moore went to space in Moonraker. Give the man some credit!

PS, nobody has yet discovered Super Big Bird's secret identity, but he has a devil of a time changing costume in phone booths.

thenewgreen  ·  4260 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Craig looks much different than any other Bond. I think he's a great Bond, one of the best but definitely out of the mold.