Quote from: John Cook on 12 September 2022, 06:09:57 PMI don't think so.  Tenet just had a Bond-like central character.  He didn't even have a name as I remember.  There have been dozens of films with 'secret-agent' Bond-like characters but there is only one Fleming creation. 

Some people might argue that  007 is inspired by OSS 117

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSS_117

Quote from: FierceKitty on 10 September 2022, 03:13:00 PMOn the subject of mixtures, I may just note that the most beautiful woman, and ditto man, I've ever seen were both half Italian.

I didn't know you were half Italian...

I wish....

Quote from: Ben Waterhouse on 13 September 2022, 10:04:32 AMI didn't know you were half Italian...

Don't be silly, Kitty doesn't do anything by halves!

One of the most beautiful women I've ever met was half Italian and half Japanese.

Her husband described her as having eyes of cornflower blue. Clear, light olive skin. Hair that could be strands of pure jet. At rest, the serenity of a geisha. In action, the passion of a Neapolitan fishwife ..... with a vocabulary to match!

Quote from: Ithoriel on 13 September 2022, 01:56:38 PMOne of the most beautiful women I've ever met was half Italian and half Japanese.

Her husband described her as having eyes of cornflower blue. Clear, light olive skin. Hair that could be strands of pure jet. At rest, the serenity of a geisha. In action, the passion of a Neapolitan fishwife ..... with a vocabulary to match!

Probably an Elf then 

Watched episode 4 this evening and again, enjoyed it very much. Not as slow as the previous one and some nice hints (to my mind at least) of the Dwarves delving too deep and 'releasing' the Balrog. Of course I could be completely wrong!

Dwarves; as Tolkien intended.

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Of critics.  (85% for House of the Dragon)

Of the audience - 39%        (85% for House of the Dragon)

3.0 out of 5 on AMAZON! Though of course, they did block reviews for a few days.

2.9 out of 10 on Metacritic (4.7 for House of the Dragon)

6.9 out of 10 on IMDB with 31% giving it a 10 and 23% a 1. (8.7 for House of the Dragon)



Think it's a bit disingenuous to show just the one critics' score. Reviews seem to be extreme - either very favourable or very poor. House of the Dragon is whupping it on a range of metrics.




Don't bother posting about review bombing. That would just be a bore.

Quote from: fsn on 10 September 2022, 05:50:01 PMI'm withdrawing from this thread. My point remains that if you like the show, enjoy it.

Wise words indeed.

Just watched episode 4 and agree with Steve.
I don't really care if great swaths of people don't like it or that many seem to desire that it fails. I like it.

Quote from: steve_holmes_11 on 16 September 2022, 08:35:03 PMDwarves; as Tolkien intended.

I always thought that was rather good

Who knew that Dwarf Metal was a thing?

Quote from: flamingpig0 on 16 September 2022, 10:57:09 PMWise words indeed.

Indeed, and it was my intention, but sometimes egregious assertions need to be countered.