Cruise or Hanks?
Cruise
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- Cruise unanimously wins over Hanks. — Bill Simmons
Categories & segments
Sequel, Prequel, Limited Series, or All-Black Remake
Updated hacking and deeper 006 history
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- A GoldenEye remake with updated hacking/AI and deeper 006 history is proposed; recasting with another Bond actor is raised without a settled answer. — Bill Simmons
Best Hang / Worst Hang
Best: Moneypenny; worst: Boris
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- Moneypenny wins best hang and Boris worst hang.
Picking Nits
Natalya’s survival; tank capabilities; gunfire escapes; slow exit; 006’s fall; missile crash
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- Natalya repeatedly surviving destruction and reaching the city from Siberia are questioned. — Bill Simmons
- The tank chase is the preferred scene for two hosts, praised for escalation and destruction while its operation, speed and tight turns are nitpicked.
- Nitpicks include escaping many gunmen, Natalya surviving the explosion, tank capabilities, Bond’s slow exit, 006 surviving the fall and the missile/plane crash leaving the leads unharmed. — Bill Simmons
Is This Movie Better With…?
Zane Lowe interviewing Bond
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- Chris introduces Zane Lowe for Better With, imagining a reverent interview with Bond; the hosts enthusiastically endorse the impression and recall Lowe renting the Heat house. — Chris Ryan
Just One Oscar
Campbell; editing/effects; bungee stunt performer
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- One-Oscar choices are Campbell, editing/effects and the bungee stunt performer. — Chris Ryan
Probably Unanswerable Questions
Bond’s breakups; Xenia’s squeeze; Joe Don Baker’s name
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- Unanswerable questions ask how Bond leaves partners between films, with ghosting and interpretations of his male chemistry discussed as speculation. — Chris Ryan
- The physical plausibility of Xenia’s lethal squeeze is debated without verification. — Bill Simmons
- Joe Don Baker’s memorable name prompts proposed Don middle names and speculation about his name’s origin, followed by Wings Hauser.
What Piece of Memorabilia Would You Want From This Movie?
Nintendo 64 with GoldenEye; exploding pen; Aston Martin qualified
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- Memorabilia choices are a working Nintendo 64 with GoldenEye and the pen; an Aston Martin is considered, while another host initially wants nothing.
The Coach Finstock Award for Best Life Lesson
Governments change, lies remain; half of everything is luck
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- Life-lesson candidates are half of everything is luck and governments change but lies remain, with the latter strongly endorsed.
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- Double-feature choices are Moonraker and The Lawnmower Man, linked to Bond excess and Brosnan/virtual-world themes.
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- Brosnan receives the first choice. — Sean Fennessey
- The choice receives explicit agreement. — Sean Fennessey
- Another answer agrees on Brosnan while also making a case for the reinvigorated Bond franchise. — Sean Fennessey
Podcast choices
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- Pierce Brosnan
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- Pierce Brosnan
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- Pierce Brosnan
Producer review
Sillier and more enjoyable than expected
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- A first viewing follows experience only with the Daniel Craig Bond films and proves both better and worse than expected. — Craig Horlbeck
- Seeing Austin Powers first makes the original style being parodied feel odd. — Bill Simmons
- The whimsical gadgets contrast with the darker Craig era, but the attractive cast, travel, casinos and spectacle provide enjoyable escapism. — Bill Simmons
- The opening was restarted so Liz could join the viewing after the first twelve minutes. — Craig Horlbeck
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