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Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

What’s Aged the Worst?

Old Bond parody references; late-90s two-character camera trickery; FemBots' 1960s references

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  • Late-90s camera trickery could not convincingly put two characters played by one actor in the same scene, flagged as an aged-worst item.
  • Bond references from the Donald Pleasence era may be lost on viewers under 35, as the producer's reaction suggested, whereas in 1997 they were still fresh.
  • The Bond parody and the FemBots rely on remembering the 1960s.
  • Austin's harassment of Vanessa could be taken the wrong way, but many say the film aged well there because he does not sleep with her when she is drunk.
  • Robert Wagner is flagged as coming up in the aged-worst discussion.