I recall OHMMS having an almost porn-like plot, with Bond essentially failing his mission because he's sleeping with all the women at the mountain retreat. I always felt that Lazenby was the best fighter amongst the Bonds, up until Craig; I believe he had some martial arts training which might explain it.

I rewatched Quantum of Solace recently and it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it was. In fact, it has probably my third favourite Bond girl of them all (with Michelle Yeoh and Barbara Bach - spot the common theme amongst these!) and has a few great action sequences (possibly too many actually).

To my mind, all the Bond films have something of value. There's none that I actively dislike, just a few that I don't like quite so much. Even Die Another Day features a great first act.

I wonder if much of the dressing and posing of women on comics covers (because internal art tends to be a lot less provocative) isn't done just because it's a shorthand for femininity. What I mean by this is that rather than an intentional effort to draw a woman as a sex object, the artist may simply draw the character as a figure with over-emphasised female features (akin to adding 2 circles on a stick figure to make it female) and putting her in what is perceived to be a feminine pose, or rather a non-masculine one. Artists then end up relying on these features and don't truly ever develop a skill for drawing female characters with the same expressive range, such that an alluring character translates into 'larger lips' or strong willed becomes 'longer hair'. Beauty especially just becomes idealised, and it's a short step from idealised to sexism. I bet if many artists changed the stances of their females to more natural looking ones, they'd just look masculine. And with close-ups of faces, I bet if the women weren't drawn with long hair and Julia Roberts lips, we'd have trouble telling that they were female.

Just a random thought of the moment, but if you had a face hugger replica (as made by avant1963), wouldn't a part of you not put it on your face because you know, just in case?

Thanks to those who referred to "How Did This Get Made?" I've just listened to a few episodes and have been really enjoying the podcast.

I second the recommendation for Dan Carlin's Hardcore History, the Genghis Khan and Roman Republic series especially (if you're a history buff).

Whilst there is a problem with sexism in the comics media, they picked quite possibly the worst example of it with that Avengers art.

LoL! Perfect reaction.

I'm of the opinion that the drama of a story is evident in what is happening, so the overuse of capitalisation to force emotional responses from the reader is off-putting and slightly condescending. Scripts shouldn't need laugh tracks.

So that's my initial reaction, but I'm also surprised at how crude the prose is. It's not as bad, though, as Rodriguez's unproduced early draft of Predators (the one with Dutch), which was written as if an 8-year-old on a sugar rush was dictating it.

But fun fact, I've already spotted a few lines of dialogue even in this draft that would have immediately improved the flow and logic of the film had they been shot (or left in the cut of the film) - someone actually registering what Shaw has gone through in the medical bay for instance.

LoL, great find Dorkman, bout sums it up.

I liked that alot, great job and congrats to everyone involved. And as Ewing pointed out, the sound quality was really good.

What did you guys shoot on?

I have that feeling with LOTR, same as Eddie mentioned in the episode, which is compounded by the exaggeration of their flaws by repeated viewings. I've also watched Mallrats way too many times.

It's why I'm reticent to watch Avengers again, which leads to:

13. Nostalgia, you might rewatch a film that you loved when you were younger, in a different state of mind, or you associate the viewing with happiness, but come away feeling lukewarm or even cold, such that you end up swinging the entire way to the opposite position on the spectrum - as evidenced by the talk of Chasing Amy in the episode.

I thought LA Confidential was one of the best films I'd ever seen coming out of the cinema, only to find years later that it was actually pretty average. I remember feeling so crestfallen.

I could forgive them for going off-book, but not for those awful CGI zombie hordes running around.