I'm making my way through the box set while I pack up my apartment to move.  I'm in the early Moore's now.  I've seen most of the flicks at least once prior to getting the set, and I'm really surprised at how poor some of them are. 

My biggest takeaway from watching the movies is that Bond is an assassin.  He has 00 status because it's his job to go kill someone.  Any spying or investigation that takes place should be in trying to figure out who to kill.  Some of the later Conneries have really gotten away from this.

My perfect Bond film storyline is: "X showed up and did y, so we need you to go kill him."  Now along the way, it might turn out that x was just a fall guy and z is the person he's really after... Or maybe x is Bond's college roommate and they have all sorts of personal beef.  If a Bond film doesn't primarily follow that formula, though... It tends to fall flat with me.

-- Branco

I'm not a post guy AT ALL... But can you upgrade a video card via Thunderbolt enclosure?

- Branco

I was really confused by the fact that they made a movie about a traveler coming back in time to eliminate his future enemy while they're still a child, but it turns out that his biggest obstacle is the child's gun-toting, hard-as-nails mother... AND THEY EVEN NAMED HER SARAH!!!!!!!!!

- Branco

I didn't read this thread, but did anyone else go "HUH?!" when Batman leveled the batwing in front of the truck and machine gunned the SHIT out of the driver?  Didn't they have a funny quip about the no-gun rule like 30 seconds earlier?

- Branco

Yo.  This screen is no joke.

- Branco

Name on the site is EricBranco.  I haven't done anything yet.  I've been too busy working.

What does a week straight of handheld shooting count for?

- Branco

Nice.  I've been equally terrified of signing on as a producer for a company I've somewhat started.  Not because I'm worried about responsibility and whatnot, but more because I've never been on salary anywhere before.  I'm not sure if it's something I want to do at all...

- Branco

I'll be in San Diego the first week of Feb.  Thinking about making the pilgrimage north...

- Branco

Checked it out on iTunes.  It was awesome.  I'll grab a DVD soon... Maybe I can grab on in person in a couple weeks.

- Branco

I want to get my feature submitted to festivals this year, direct another feature this summer, and direct another feature next year.

That's as far as I've gotten.  It's tough for me to have a 5 year plan because things in this industry are so fickle.  There's nothing to work towards career-wise that I can actually take charge of.  It's also not a matter of trying to get somewhere that I'm not.  I already make my living doing what I've always wanted to do, it's just a matter of increasing the scale.

- Branco

I think everyone can agree that Liam Neeson's recent glut of work might just be a way keeping busy so he doesn't have time to think about his wife's death.

- Branco

I just sold the camera this was shot on.  Heh.

- Branco