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FIRST & FINAL SOLO SHOTS OF EACH JAMES BOND Dr. No (1962) Diamonds Are Forever (1971) On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) Live and Let Die (1973) View to a Kill (1985) The Living Daylights (1987) Licence to Kill (1989) GoldenEye (1995) Die Another Day (2002) Casino Royale (2006) No Time to Die (2021)

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Love is about small touches💖

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I feel like krennic isn’t talked about enough, he’s one of my fav imperials - he’s the model, template imperial officer. Conniving, insecure, and prideful but also efficient, cunning and decisive : both pathetic and threatening depending on if you’re above him or below him, showing what results an ambitious imperial is incentivized to carve out but also how quickly they fall apart because of the toxicity and backstabbing inherent to the empire

and his portrayal is done very well ofc, and as a model officer sets the tone for the dramatic and flamboyant

if you want a great krennic story, check out the very very underrated novel by one of my fav Star Wars authors James Luceno, STAR WARS CATALYST

seriously catalyst is so good, split between Krennic and Galen across republic to empire I’ll have to make a post gushing about it

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The bad batch Season 3 Episode 8

Omega teching meditation to Crosshair. Truly a pure moment.

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Star Wars: The Bad Batch 3.09 The Harbinger

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I never gave up on you, did I?

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Just breathe

Episode 8 of Star Wars: The Bad Batch is now available on Disney plus.

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What I’m listening to:

What I actually hear:

*Thunder clasps* I have come home, Master. This is no longer your home. And I’m no longer your master. Oh, yes, you have a new favorite. So, where is this Po? *chuckles* Did I scared him off? This battle is between you and me. So, that is how it’s going to be. That is how it must be. *growls* *fighting grunts* *breaks palace doors* I rotted in jail for 20 YEARS because of your weakness! Obeying your master is not weakness! You knew I was the Dragon Warrior! You always knew. But when Oogway said otherwise, what did you do? What did you do? Nothing! You were not meant to be the Dragon Warrior! That was not my fault! Not your fault?! Who filled my head with dreams?! Who droved me to train until my bones cracked?! WHO DENIED ME MY DESTINY?!! *fighting grunts* *growls* *blade hits the ground* It was never my decision to make! *snarls* …It is now. *grunting and fighting sounds* Give. Me. The scroll. I would rather die. *Oogway’s staff breaks* *more grunting and fighting sounds* *roof cracks* thunder clasps* *Tai Lung shouting* *Shifu hits the ground* *Tai Lung growls in slow motion* All I ever did, I did to make you proud! Tell me how proud you are, Shifu! Tell me! TELL ME!!! *punches* (…)*Shifu recovers* I have— I have always been proud of you. *sighs* From the first moment, I’ve been… proud of you. And it was my pride… that blinded me. I loved you too much to see what you were becoming. What I… was turning you into. I’m s… I’m sorry. (…) *snarls* I don’t want your apology. I want my scroll! What? WHERE IS IT?! Dragon Warrior has taken the scroll halfway across China by now. *strains* You will never see that scroll, Tai Lung. *claws unsheathe* Never. *strains* Never. HEY! *breathes heavily* Stairs. Who are you? Buddy, I am the Dragon Warrior. You? *chuckles* Him? He’s a panda. You’re a panda. What are you gonna do, big guy? Sit on me? Don’t tempt me, haha. No. I’m gonna use this. Haha! You want it? Come and get it.

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Oh, I'm much worse.

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STAR WARS: THE BAD BATCH | 3.07 EXTRACTION

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Kung Fu Panda 4 Review

Ok, I saw the movie yesterday and I have some thoughts. I think the film is good, but no where near the level of the first two. It's more like the third tonally. But tbf, nothing can top the second film in my opinion. KFP 2 really stepped up in its depth both in terms of its villain and message. The fourth film is very much the opposite. It's also very predictable and you can easily figure out what was gonna happen pretty early on.

What I liked: the animation is still gorgeous. Seriously, there were some very visually pleasing shots. The character models all looked great and I thought it was cool how the villain still has scales when she transforms. The music is also really nice and fun to listen to. The voice acting was also good and I thought Awkafina did a good job (major step up from Scuttle).

Po's dads were also really fun when on screen. It's nice to see them bond over Po and they do work well off of each other. They were the best part of the film, animation aside. The villain is also pretty cool with her abilities. We will talk about her more in a bit. And I did like Zhen and I'm looking forward to see what they do with her in the future. She's energetic and I did like her design.

What I didn't like: too. much. comedy. Ok look, I know this is an animated film for kids, but what made the first three films (particularly the second one) so good is that the balanced the jokes with depth. This film does have some messages, but it's intercut with so many jokes during dialogue that it takes away from it. They really needed to let this film breathe and have more serious moments to just talk and let things sink in. The villain brought back the old villains and stole their abilities (this was in trailer so not really spoiler). Why don't they do more with that? There is so much untapped potential here.

And that's my other big issue with the film: so much potential. Some of the ideas in this film are really, really good, but they only scratch the surface with it. I wanted to know more about the villain. I wanted to see our fave villains interact more. I wanted to see the villain use her powers more. But we don't get that; we only get the bare minimum. In simpler terms, there's no big "wow!" moment that the other films had.

Spoilers below (tread carefully)

Why did they bring the villains back if they were going to do almost nothing with them? The climax of the film was the Chameleon stealing the villains' abilities and fighting Po but we pretty much saw that in the trailer. Tai Lung gets to do some stuff, but I wanted more. Half of his lines were jokes anyway and I didn't vibe with it. Why did they bring him back if he was just gonna comment on things? I don't remember our favorite snow leopard being this comical. He did quip, but there was still a hardened edge to him. Idk. Maybe he got therapy in the spirit realm. Shen and Kai get crumbs, but again, they could've done so much more. And wasn't Kai destroyed completely?

With Shen and Tai Lung, I would've wanted to see more. I'm glad Tai Lung did finally come to respect Po and it does make sense. But Shen? The last time we saw him he rejected Po's help. Unless he too got the same spirit realm therapy Tai Lung did, him bowing to Po does feel very OOC. Nitpicking further, why was Shen brought back anyway? The Chameleon presumably doesn't know who Po is and Shen isn't a kung fu master. With the exception of the fanservice route, this choice only makes sense if the Chameleon was aware of Shen's actions in Gongmen and thought his level of evil would fit her vibe.

Nitpicking aside, there was so much opportunity for Po to confront his villains again and have a deep, serious moment with them. Whether either side likes it or not, they're reunited for a short amount of time. Why not capitalize on this great opportunity?

Speaking of the villain, so much untapped potential. Her design is great, her abilities are really cool, and Viola Davis does a good job voicing her. So why doesn't she get to do more? Imagine a really cool fight sequence where Po confronts her, but she shifts so much that it begins to mess with his head. Or she transforms into the older villains and Po is caught off guard? Instead, we get half the climax spoiled for us in the trailer. What was really cool about the other three was that we got multiple fight scenes with them to showcase their abilities. Thus, the final battle dialed it up to an 11 and we got a truly epic finale. Here, it feels like there should've been more, but there wasn't. Even her backstory feels lacking. It's there... but only surface level. Even Shen, arguably the cruelest of them all, had nuance and depth.

Also, why couldn't we get more of the Furious Five outside of a glorified cameo? Tigress and Po friendship is truly amazing.

As much as the jokes miss, there are some good bits. Shifu trying to deal with Po's shenanigans always crack me up. I also like the bit where Po tries to meditate and his thoughts get in the way. Because hey guess what, that's what my head is like and it's really freaking hard to quiet it down. So, there's that. I just wish the writers didn't feel like they had to insert jokes in almost every line of dialogue, you know? Li and Ping dad adventures are great except half the lines are jokes about how worried they are for Po or how not tough they are. Why not have a deeper conversation? I think it would make everything feel more natural.

I also wish Po himself was a tad more mature. I'm not expecting Shifu or Tigress levels of seriousness, but I felt that he kinda was a bit too childish. Po is one of those characters who loves to have fun, but knows when he has to be serious. However, he also likes to lighten things up with comedy. In this movie, it felt like he only really leaned into the comedy side of things. He had his moments, but I'll be honest, I really missed the "the only thing that matters is what you choose to be now" levels of dialogue. The proverb joke got old real fast, ok?

Grace Randolph from Beyond the Trailer described this movie as episodic and I can see it. The story bits are very segmented between the villain, heroes, and Po's dads. The flow and pacing of this film really needed to be upgraded.

Ok, that's all I got for now. I'm sure I'll think of something else to say (aside from encouraging everyone to rewatch KFP 2 because I'll never get enough of that film).

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This is the story of a master and two of his apprentices, both of which were destined for greatness, but who ultimately chose different paths from each other. This is their journey as kung fu warriors.

I do not own any of the material used in this video. All rights go to Dreamworks and Valley Of Wolves.

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and… who knows? there just might be hope for us yet.

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I'm older than you are, little brother.

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STAR WARS: THE BAD BATCH | 3.05 THE RETURN

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See? They always work it out.