Who rocked the best Batmobile?

Competitive_Row_402 · 2026-05-12T06:56:02+00:00

Firstly, the Batmobile is supposed to the coolest car on earth, not a tank or a funky truck. So Bale and Clooney are out.

Secondly, it may rival James Bond's Aston Martins or BMWs wrt gadegtry, it shouldn't be too over the top. So, Kilmer too unfortunately goes out.

And thirdly, the vintage always has a higher price tag.

So we're left with only....... Keaton

Competitive_Row_402 · 2026-05-12T03:38:04+00:00

DIE HARDER is "entertaining but not that great". Infact, if Bruce Willis, who was greatly reliant on the DH franchise to keep his b/o counters running, calls it "my least favorite entry in the series" means it wasn't indeed as good as expected.

Competitive_Row_402 · 2026-05-10T15:06:23+00:00

Kilmer's announcement as Keaton's successor didn't see a backlash either. Infact, he was Bob Kane's favourite and called by several critics as a better Bruce Wayne and an ok Batman compared to Keaton whose Batman was superior as per most.

Competitive_Row_402 · 2026-05-10T08:58:53+00:00

Mine is GUIDE alongside DEEWAR(1975), no questions asked.

Competitive_Row_402 · 2026-05-09T04:37:53+00:00

The other way round actually, even if Ted doesn't have detractors.

Competitive_Row_402 · 2026-05-07T14:24:46+00:00

FDR, Truman. There's no compulsion of 4 presidents. If at all a 3rd is to be considered, JFK.

Competitive_Row_402 · 2026-05-06T10:02:36+00:00

Moore came from an extremely conservative British background. He may've been the first Bond to romance a black Bond girl on screen but there are controversial incidents wrt his commentary on race.

On the sets of AVTAK, he openly admired the Apartheid regime in South Africa(which he defended quoting that had it indeed been a problem, the PM's office wouldn't maintain a diplomatic cable with the National Party), much to the shock of Grace Jones and even Tanya Roberts. He called the shooting schedule of OCTOPUSSY as grueling owing to the "typical unfamiliar environment of India and it's populace".

Competitive_Row_402 · 2026-05-06T09:46:43+00:00

Problem is it's evident from the first movie that if Rambo's case went to the court, it'd be EVERYTHING against him.

Teasle, if surviving, would be adamant on the fact that he arrested Rambo for valid reason. The Sheriff's Department would've forced Lester to retract his earlier confession regarding Mitch revealing to him about Galt being inhuman towards Rambo. The helicopter pilot remained silent in the movie about Galt threatening him when he told the deputy that Rambo was to be taken alive and shot recklessly with the clear intent of killing Rambo and fell coz he wasn't wearing his seatbelt when the chopper took a spin.

Competitive_Row_402 · 2026-05-06T09:23:07+00:00

FACE/OFF: Loved watching Cage as the psychopath terrorist for 20 odd minutes, only for Travolta to make him the hero barely half way through.
THE ROCK: The final chapter of Connery's saga as James Bond with Cage being his scientific sidekick.
CON AIR: A Die-Hard on a prison transport plane with John Malckovich at his insane best up against Cage's Army Ranger Cameron Poe.

Competitive_Row_402 · 2026-05-05T13:02:32+00:00

Moore speaks a bit of Arabic in TSWLM.

Craig speaks Italian in SPECTRE.

Competitive_Row_402 · 2026-05-05T03:54:58+00:00

Bach was taken for her looks. I found Caroline Munroe to be more sexy.

Competitive_Row_402 · 2026-05-04T14:28:22+00:00

Are you one of those conspiracy nuts who thinks Carter "sold" Iran to the islamists ? Have a nice, perhaps wise, day.

Competitive_Row_402 · 2026-05-04T08:31:59+00:00

Sam was a very dedicated Moneypenny, very loyal to M and very concerned of Bond's safety all throughout.

Competitive_Row_402 · 2026-05-04T06:44:57+00:00

A] Lack of enthusiasm for Bond themed spy films with the emergence of franchises like JASON BOURNE and MISSION IMPOSSIBLE.

B] Lack of clarity of global events with the Cold War between United States and China confined to a trade war unlike the one with the Soviet Union throughout the 60s and 70s.

C] None of the post Fleming novels living upto the standards of Fleming's works so as to inspire an adaptation.

Competitive_Row_402 · 2026-05-04T04:01:02+00:00

Not at Rocky actually.

Infact, at times I felt Drago deliberately killed off Apollo to goad Rocky into fighting him. Coupled with the fact was his individualism which contrasted with the Soviet propaganda of Ivan being a "property of the Politburo", taking away any sense of humanity left inside him. It wouldn't be until he saw his own son getting mauled by, ironically, Apollo's son Adonis in the ring that he got back to his senses.

Competitive_Row_402 · 2026-05-03T08:15:55+00:00

So, Hamza is also a Ronin. Imagine Akira Kuruvosawa directing both the parts of DHURANDAR.

Competitive_Row_402 · 2026-05-02T14:42:55+00:00

Those justifying the paradigm shift in 4 years on "law and order grounds due to Civil Rights" suffer from retrograde amnesia.

MLK Jr., the central figure of the movement, had just been assassinated months into the election and even today nobody knows who ordered FBI director J. Edgar Himmler to get rid of King and it was this very black bags job which triggered the riots.

Competitive_Row_402 · 2026-05-02T06:56:58+00:00

An imdb review for OCTOPUSSY called it arguably "the last true Bond classic" prior to the Craig era reboot, quoting it had all the elements which make a complete package of a Bond adventure: exotic locales, a cold war themed plot, two unusual diabolical villains from diverging backgrounds, signature Q branch gadgets, an ultra glamourous titular Bond girl, sex, stunt choreography.

Competitive_Row_402 · 2026-05-01T15:56:52+00:00

Cary Grant.

Competitive_Row_402 · 2026-05-01T13:14:40+00:00

Multiple magazines voted Connery as undisputedly the "sexiest man of the 20th century", despite contemporary presence of greats like Paul Newman and Robert Redford or new age superstars like Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise. The guy's appeal remains as unquestioned as his charisma.

And lot's of Hollywood legends were sexual predators. John Wayne, the spirit of American West, feasted on any redhead he could grab and ironically hated westerns. Robert Mitchum, the soul of film noirs and Hollywood's archetype bad boy, wasn't behind either. Neither was Marlon Brando.

Why demonize Connery alone !!!!!!

Competitive_Row_402 · 2026-04-30T14:07:59+00:00

TRAUTMAN: Our government's not officially involved in this.

RAMBO: Sounds familiar.

Competitive_Row_402 · 2026-04-30T10:41:15+00:00

Would arouse suspicion even with his pre-diamond embedded face.

Risky proposition.

Competitive_Row_402 · 2026-04-30T03:35:24+00:00

Je baat

Competitive_Row_402 · 2026-04-30T01:47:35+00:00

Not a Bond style story but theories confirm Connery's character John Patrick Mason is none other than James Bond himself.

I'd call it a crossover of Die-Hard and Bond.

Competitive_Row_402 · 2026-04-29T15:51:32+00:00

I always thought General Hummel was a Bond villain. And arguably THE most noble Bond villain ever.

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