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esterpacks · 4 months
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𝒑𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 !: by clicking on the source link, you’ll find #200 gifs of daniel craig in glass onion. all gifs were made by me from scratch, so please, do not claim as your own, repost or edit. like or reblog if you find this helpful. if you enjoy my work, consider supporting me on ko-fi!
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rikrgif · 2 years
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&&& CLICK THE SOURCE LINK to be directed towards 183 gifs of DANIEL CRAIG as ammunitions master JOE BANG in LOGAN LUCKY (2017). daniel was born in 1968 and is english.
setting: modern west virginia
contains: drinking/eating, fire, some violence, car crashes, prison, explosives.
please like and reblog if using.
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christinecagneys · 2 years
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by clicking the source, you will find a gif hunt of daniel craig in the girl with the dragon tattoo (#181 gifs). all of these were made by me from scratch. please like/reblog if you use them!
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pochunts · 1 year
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JANELLE MONÁE GIF PACK
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— ✰ on the page linked below in the SOURCE LINK, you will find ( FOUR HUNDRED ) hq gifs of JANELLE MONÁE sourced from her role as CASSANDRA ‘ANDI’ BRAND/HELEN BRAND in GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (2022). janelle is 37 but was 36 while filming this movie. she is of african-american ( unspecified ) descent, identifies as non-binary, and uses the pronouns they/them and her/she, so please cast accordingly. all gifs were cropped at 245x145 and were made from scratch by feifer for roleplaying purposes only. therefore, i am taking full credit for these. DO NOT: add these gifs to any other gif hunts, gif sets, edit, redistribute, claim as your own, use in real-life celebrity rps, smut rps or for smut writing. DO: please give this post a like or reblog if you found these useful or have any intention of using these.
gifs feature: Daniel Craig, Leslie Odom Jr., Kathryn Hahn, Dave Bautista, Kate Hudson, Madelyn Cline, Edward Norton.
warnings/triggers: Boxes, googles, boats, sand, being shot at, masks, water (in a glass jar and cup) mourge, bars, alcohol (hard kombucha, whiskey), courtrooms, motion sickness (boats), conversations/dialogues about murder (poisioning)/someone getting murdered, bushes/grass, neon lights, sharp objects (speargun), gun powder residue, smashing things (broken glass), fire.
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hqmutants · 1 year
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May I ask for more mw please?
many have been listed already but looking through the gif pack tags here is such a fun way to see new faces . adding to who i said before i'd love to see jade eshete , ayla channelle scott , im jinah , park minyoung , seo yeji , amber riley , greta onieogou , salma hayek , jung hyoyeon , damaris lewis , angela bassett , mozhan marno , jessica lucas , shin ryujin , samantha logan , jasmine tookes . antonia gentry , melissa mccarthy , members of twice , lauren ridloff , renee rapp , kaylee bryant , antje traue , alaqua cox , tati gabrielle , jodie turner smith , tao okamoto , kristin scott thomas , jennifer aniston , reese witherspoon , isla fisher , ruth gemmell , retta , jodie comer , emily blunt , meryl streep , sandra oh , hamish linklaker , jude law , isaiah mustafa , tenoch huerta , ismael cruz cordova , murakami  nijiro ,  danny sapani , jeremy pope , shin hakyung , gong jung ,  jay fernandez , andrew scott , selahattin pesari , tovino thomas , benjamin walker , daniel kaluuya , pedro pascal , oscar isaac , chaske spencer , danush , billy crudup , ncuti gatwa , james mcavoy , ee soohyuk , gil birmingham , matthew goode , idris elba , shahid kapoor , david tennant , arjun rampal , shah rukh khan , jeremy irons , brian michael smith , daveed diggs , lin manuel miranda , daniel craig , hiroomi tosaka , steven yeun , aj saudin and manu rios .
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fandelyon · 1 year
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Geek Markets roundup
Despite a thoroughly wet day, around 7000 people braved the less-than-perfect Canberra conditions to help make April’s Geek Markets a huge success. The pavilion was packed, with everyone keen to get their geek on and support local artists and vendors. A shout-out to everyone I met, particularly all my new subscribers: Anna, Sarah, Ruby, Lena, Emily, Ben, Craig, Daniel, Kelly, Americo, Amelia,…
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nicolemaiines · 4 years
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NEW GIF PACK ALERT: linked below you will find 106 gifs of daniel craig as benoit blanc in knives out that were made from scratch by me for @sterling-writes​. you’re welcome to edit, crop into gif icons or add to gif hunts as long as you give me credit by tagging me. please give this post a like or reblog if you use/save or find these gifs to be helpful in any way! if you enjoy my gifs, please consider tipping me on ko-fi! (info in gif pack link below)!
trigger warnings: scene of a fire, knives
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gif page link can be found here​​ or under daniel’s name on this blog!
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craigwatsongifs · 5 years
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Daniel Craig for Casino Royale 
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The New Agents Who upstaged.
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Meet Bond’s new allies in #NoTimeToDie: Agents Nomi (Lashana Lynch) and Paloma (Ana de Armas).
Lashana Lynch, as the agent who has replaced Bond in the 00 programs, is a potentially great character, and she is not alone...
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...the elegant rookie Ana de Armas, whose unique evening gown fight scene has such a light-hearted characterful.
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No Time to Die, and the latest 007 instalments are action-packed. Daniel Craig’s not disappointing you. Enjoy it!
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tasksweekly · 4 years
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[TASK 194: MONTSERRAT]
There’s a masterlist below compiled of over 130+ Montserratian faceclaims categorised by gender with their occupation and ethnicity denoted if there was a reliable source. If you want an extra challenge use random.org to pick a random number! Of course everything listed below are just suggestions and you can pick whichever faceclaim or whichever project you desire.
Any questions can be sent here and all tutorials have been linked below the cut for ease of access! REMEMBER to tag your resources with #TASKSWEEKLY and we will reblog them onto the main! This task can be tagged with whatever you want but if you want us to see it please be sure that our tag is the first five tags, @ mention us or send us a messaging linking us to your post!
THE TASK - scroll down for FC’s!
STEP 1: Decide on a FC you wish to create resources for! You can always do more than one but who are you starting with? There are links to masterlists you can use in order to find them and if you want help, just send us a message and we can pick one for you at random!
STEP 2: Pick what you want to create! You can obviously do more than one thing, but what do you want to start off with? Screencaps, RP icons, GIF packs, masterlists, PNG’s, fancasts, alternative FC’s - LITERALLY anything you desire!
STEP 3: Look back on tasks that we have created previously for tutorials on the thing you are creating unless you have whatever it is you are doing mastered - then of course feel free to just get on and do it. :)
STEP 4: Upload and tag with #TASKSWEEKLY! If you didn’t use your own screencaps/images make sure to credit where you got them from as we will not reblog packs which do not credit caps or original gifs from the original maker.
THINGS YOU CAN MAKE FOR THIS TASK -  examples are linked!
Stumped for ideas? Maybe make a masterlist or graphic of your favourite faceclaims. A masterlist of names. Plot ideas or screencaps from a music video preformed by an artist. Masterlist of quotes and lyrics that can be used for starters, thread titles or tags. Guides on culture and customs.
Screencaps
RP icons [of all sizes]
Gif Pack [maybe gif icons if you wish]
PNG packs
Manips
Dash Icons
Character Aesthetics
PSD’s
XCF’s
Graphic Templates - can be chara header, promo, border or background PSD’s!
FC Masterlists - underused, with resources, without resources!
FC Help - could be related, family templates, alternatives.
Written Guides.
and whatever else you can think of / make!
MASTERLIST!
F:
Maizie Williams (1951) Afro-Montserratian - singer and model
Michelle Gomez (1966) Montserratian [Portuguese] / Scottish - actress.
Diane Parish (1969) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Dominiquais - actress.
Heidi D'Amelio (1972) Montserratian [Irish, French], Kaskaskia, Haitian [Cajun, French], Basque, Breton, Italian, Swiss, German, French, Spanish, Irish, English - instagrammer (heididamelio).
Angela Yee (1976) Afro-Montserratian / Cantonese Chinese - actress, model, tv personality, and radio personality.
Pippa Bennett-Warner (1988) Afro-Montserratian - actress.
Dixie D'Amelio (2001) Montserratian [Irish, French], Kaskaskia, Haitian [Cajun, French], Basque, Breton, Italian, Swiss, German, French, Spanish, Irish, English / Italian - tiktoker (dixiedamelio) and dancer.
Charli D’Amelio (2004) Montserratian [Irish, French], Kaskaskia, Haitian [Cajun, French], Basque, Breton, Italian, Swiss, German, French, Spanish, Irish, English / Italian - tiktoker (charlidamelio) and dancer.
Emari Dyer (?) Afro-Montserratian - model (instagram: westindiandolly)
Gabrielle Graham (?) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Jamaican - actress, singer, and dancer.
Samorezworld (?) Afro-Montserratian, Afro-Haitian - youtuber. 
Sharissa Ryan (?) Afro-Montserratian - model, Miss Montserrat 2014-2015, and Miss Jaycees Caribbean Queen 2015.
F - Athletes:
Rechelle Meade (?) Afro-Montserratian - sprinter.
M:
Q-Tip / Kamaal Ibn John Fareed (1970) Afro-Montserratian / African-American [including Bissau-Guinean] - actor, DJ, rapper, singer, bassist, guitarist, keyboardist, drummer, and producer.
Wil Wheaton (1972) Montserratian, Portuguese Jewish, Dutch Jewish, Irish, Welsh, French, Dutch, German, English - actor, tv personality, blogger, and writer.
David Jordan (1985) Afro-Montserratian / Bengali Indian - singer-songwriter.
Kadiff Kirwan (1989) Afro-Montserratian - actor.
Layton Williams (1994) Afro-Montserratian, Afro-Jamaican / English - actor, singer, and dancer.
M - Athletes:
William Duberry (1944) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.
Alford Corriette (1948) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.
Fred Sowerby (1948) Afro-Montserratian - hurdler.
Jim Allen (1951) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.
Austin White (1959) Montserratian - cricketer.
Fitzroy Buffonge (1960) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.
Livingstone Bramble (1960) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Kittian - boxer.
Kenny Dyer (1964) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Mark Stephney (1965) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.
Cecil Lake (1965) Montserratian - footballer.
David Lane (1965) Montserratian - cricketer.
Ottley Laborde (1967) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Ruel Fox (1968) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Paul Furlong (1968) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Richard Dyer (1968) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Keith Piper (1969) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.
Daren Sweeney (1970) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.
Trevor Semper (1970) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.
Lesroy Weekes (1971) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.
Davon Williams (1972) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.
Lesroy Irish (1972) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.
Elton Williams (1973) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Guyanese - footballer.
Peter Phyll (1974) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Michael Duberry (1975) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Bruce Dyer (1975) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Junior Mendes (1976) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Wayne Dyer (1977) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Stanford Jarrett (1977) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Alex Daley (1977) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Clifford Joseph (1978) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
McPherson Meade (1979) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.
Zhaun Sweeney (1979) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.
Darren Tuitt (1980) Afro-Montserratian - sprinter.
Jaylee Hodgson (1980) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Delroy Facey (1980) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Grenadian - footballer.
Kurt Joyce (1980) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Simon Peddie (1980 or 1981) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Matt Piper (1981) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Vladimir Farrell (1981) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Sean Howson (1981) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Lloyd Dyer (1982) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Olsen Murrain (1982) Montserratian - cricketer.
Dorian Harper (1982) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Nesta Piper (1982) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.
Marlon Campbell (1983) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Brian Stephney (1983) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.
Shane Greenaway (1983) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Dean Morgan (1983) Afro-Montserratian / English - footballer.
Solomon Henry (1983) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Calvin Petrie (1984) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Ellis Remy (1984) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Jaafar Munroe (1984) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Lionel Baker (1984) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Andrew Julius (1984) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Jermaine Sweeney (1984) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Darryl Roach (1984) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Rowan Taylor (1984) Montserratian - footballer.
Alexander Bramble (1984) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Nathan Pond (1985) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Kelvin Ponde (1985) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Micah Hilton (1985) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Spencer Weir-Daley (1985) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Big E / Ettore Ewen (1986) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Jamaican - wrestler and powerlifter.
Anthony Griffith (1986) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Bradley Woods-Garness (1986) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Dolston Tuit (1986) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.
Michael Henry (1986) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Benjamin Manning (1986) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Leovan O'Garro (1987) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Corrin Brooks-Meade (1988) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Shabazz Baidoo (1988) Afro-Montserratian / Ghanaian - footballer.
Michael Williams (1988) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Craig Braham-Barrett (1988) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Jamaican - footballer.
Adrian Clifton (1989) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Dean Mason (1989) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
P. K. Subban (1989) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Jamaican - ice hockey player.
Nyron Dyer (1989) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Jaison Peters (1989) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.
Lyle Taylor (1990) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Quinton Boatswain (1990) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Julian Wade (1990) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Dominiquais - footballer.
Omari Allen (1990) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.
Marvin Farrell (1990) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Alex Dyer (1990) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Massiah McDonald (1990 or 1991) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Shernyl Burns (1991) Afro-Montserratian - sprinter and cricketer.
Matthew Whichelow (1991) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
James Comley (1991) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Nic Taylor (1991) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Dale Lee (1991) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Ellary White (1991) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Ronsford Beaton (1992) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.
Kendall Allen (1992) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Lester Ryan (1993) Afro-Montserratian - sprinter.
Malcolm Subban (1993) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Jamaican - ice hockey player.
Donervon Daniels (1993) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Julius Morris (1994) Afro-Montserratian - sprinter.
Terrell Miller (1994) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Jamal Willer (1994) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Brandon Comley (1995) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Jordan Subban (1995) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Jamaican - ice hockey player.
Clifford Newby-Harris (1995) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Darnell Furlong (1995) Afro-Montserratian / English - footballer.
Jamie Allen (1995) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Dajour Buffonge (1996) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Antiguan - footballer.
Matty Willock (1996) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Joey Taylor (1997) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
DJ Buffonge (1998) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Antiguan - footballer.
Chris Willock (1998) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Joe Willock (1999) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Marshall Willock (2000) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Danny Facey (?) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Grenadian - footballer.
Michael Bramble (?) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Vendol Moore (?) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.
Lennox Cooper (?) Montserratian - footballer.
Oris Fergus (?) Montserratian - cricketer.
Non-Binary:
Billy Dee Williams (1937) Afro-Montserratian / African-American - Genderfluid (He/Him/His, She/Her/Her’s) - actor, singer, and artist.
Problematic:
Tesfaye Bramble (1980) Afro-Montserratian - footballer. - Convicted of rape.
Titus Bramble (1981) Afro-Montserratian - footballer. - Accused of rape.
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slamsams-blog · 4 years
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Goldeneye - #24WeeksofBond
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24 Weeks of Bond continues this week with Goldeneye.  Ask anybody who grew up with an N64 what their favorite Bond movie is.  I’d be willing to bet 9 out of 10 of those people will tell you this film.  I grew up with an N64, I knew the Goldeneye video game before I even knew it was a Bond Movie.  The Goldeneye N64 game was my introduction to James Bond.  Today, i feel like shouting from the mountain tops...I can now confidently say, that Goldeneye is my favorite Bond movie.  
Besides the incredible amount of nostalgia playing multi-player Goldeneye in the basement of my best friends house almost every day after school - this movie is gritty, dark, witty, complex, and full of “punch you in the gut intensity”.  Sean Bean plays 006, and it is the ultimate villain.  Who would be a bigger adversary to Bond, then Bond himself?  That’s how close 006 compares to 007.  This film is as close to Bond vs. Bond that we will ever see.  We also have the overtly sexual psychopath in Xenia Onotopp (Famke Janssen) and Boris Grishenko (Alan Cumming) a high level computer programmer and overall sleazy creep who uses “boobs” as his passwords.
It’s hard to top this cast of characters.  It doesn’t end with the bad guys either, we have our seductive Natalya Simonova, who isn’t the obvious “sex appeal” pick, which is nice.  When we first see her, she has a wool sweater on,  a “Karen” hair cut, and a voice lower than mine - but she gets her shit done and nobody is going to tell her no.  I love seeing Natalya boss Bond around, one of my favorite Bond girls for sure.  We also are introduced to the new M, Judi Dench.  Of course, with any new boss, there is chatter within the work force and M finds herself over hearing some of it.  I do wish we had some moment where M proves her trust, but it’s all well and good in the end because she’s Judi Dench, the best M ever...with all due respect to Bernard Lee of course.
This movie starts hot, with Bond bungee jumping off a giant dam in Russia.  He then infiltrates their military base where he meets up with his pal, 006 Alec Trevelyan.  We see them tackling this mission together, but Alec finds himself in trouble.  Bond decides to improv, and adjusts the timers to 3 minutes instead of 6 - but Alec gets killed despite following orders.  Bond is now pissed.  He manages to escape by driving off a cliff to catch a falling airplane.  
This is probably the most eye-rolling part of this movie.  I can suspend my disbelief more than most (I’m a pro wrestling fan), but this is just non-sense.  He manages to catch up to the nose diving airplane, get in, buckle up, adjust the rear view mirror, throw on some AC/DC for the road, and escape.  We see the bombs going off, Bond has completed this mystery mission. We never really find out what the mission was for.  I guess just to introduce us to Oromov and Trevelyan who will become key figures later on.
We come back from an intoxicating rendition of “Goldeneye” sung by Tina Turner, and we are now 9 years into the future.  Think of all the potential movies we missed out on in those 9 years!  We see Bond in Monaco being evaluated  where he meets a crazy speed demon who turns out to be Xenia.  Bond later goes to a casino where he find Xenia there and starts to realize that something troubling is brewing.  After further digging, he finds out she has a connection to the Janus Group - a crime syndicate who has an unknown leader.  Not really sure what Bond is doing in Monaco. Was he on holiday? Was he sent there for something in particular?
ANYWAY (thanks mom), Xenia ends up killing an admiral with her apparent titanium alloy thighs during a hot night and steals a “Tiger” helicopter that can withstand any sort of electro magnetic blast.  Bond doesn’t get to it in time, and the helicopter takes off.  Now Bond is really curious...and pissed. General Oromov from the opening and Xenia set off one of the Goldeneye satellites which trigger an electro magnetic pulse, destroying every type of computer generated device.  They then enlist the help of Boris, who had just hacked into the FBI security system all nonchalantly before having a cig.
The Goldeneye destroys the area and Oromov tries to cover it up by blaming it on British separatists.  But doesn’t realize that Natalya had survived the blast.  Bond now wants to meet thee Janus, and goes to see a russian mafia don who Bond has had history with and gets a meeting set up.  This is when we find out that Janus is actually Bond’s ole mate, Alec Trevelyan.  Bond is stunned and shaken.  9 years after he saw his death, here he is. Trevelyan notes that he didn’t account Bond improving and setting the timers for 3 minutes which burned half his face, and broke his heart. “007s loyalty is always to the mission...never to his friends”. Tear.
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The plan is to set off another Goldeneye in London, creating a financial meltdown, putting England back into the stone age.  But now Bond has entered the fray, and is keen on throwing a wrench into the plans.  He does so...with a tank.  In one of the more entertaining chase scenes in Bond history, we see Bond chasing down Oromov with a bloody tank.  Destroying everything in his path, and finding time to adjust his tie in the process.  Man I love this scene.  Oromov is also another great character. Played by Gottfried John, Oromov is a desperate, corrupt General - trying to put on a front as head of Russia’s space division, but also keep Janus’ plans in tact.  With flask in hand, and sweating profusely, he has to tell Janus that Bond escaped.
(Seinfeld reference alert)
Bond saves Natalya from the bad guys, yadda yadda yadda, SATELLITE FIGHT SCENE!!  Bond comes to blows with 006 on the second base where another Goldeneye detonator is being held.  This fight is so brutal and hard hitting that it really feels like Bond is fighting Bond.  These two, once friends, now bitter enemies.  Just watching this fight hurts.  And just when we think Bond is at a dead end, he kicks a lever for the ladder and drops all the way down to the tiniest platform on the bottom of the satellite, leaving himself with no room for error.  The fight continues on this tiny platform where we eventually see Bond kick Trevelyan off and grab his foot for a final farewell.
I don’t necessarily have a fear of heights, but I do have a fear of falling.  What happens next always leaves me with the feeling of my stomach being sucked up into my throat.  Bond has Trevelyan by the foot as he dangles thousands of feet in the air.  Alec finally looks up and says “For England, James”, then Bond says “STFU” and lets him go.  I get shivers just thinking about it.
Oh, did I mention this score??? The music that plays throughout this scene is heart pounding and really gets me going. There’s nothing like incredibly written fight music and Goldeneye has the cream of the crop.
There is just so much to love with “Goldeneye”.  But unfortunately for Pierce Brosnan, this movie will be his first and his best.  Goldeneye was such a tremendous success coming off a 6 year hiatus after “Licence To Kill”, that all Brosnan’s next films suffered because of it.  This film was so good because it was dark, had an unforgettable cast, and had a TOUCH of humor.  That scene where Bond goes to see Valentine is really all the humor you need - how about that Minnie Driver cameo? After this, I guess the writers went all in on the humor bit of it because the rest of the Brosnan catalog can be little more cartoony and goofy.  While I did enjoy “Tomorrow Never Dies” - it just does not compare to “Goldeneye”.
Pierce Brosnan is the perfect Bond for this era and this film in particular.  I just cannot imagine and older Timothy Dalton doing this film justice.  Goldeneye ushered in a new style of James Bond.  This film would be a taste of what was to come with the future Daniel Craig movies, and it provided an opportunity for a new generation of young, teenage movie goers to hop on board the Bond Band Wagon with the N64 video game.  It got me, that’s for sure.  This was the first Bond film I ever saw, and I’m proud to say that it is my favorite Bond movie ever.
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That’s it for me this week, let me know what you thought and why it was your favorite Bond movie ever!
Reviews from Friends:
My Mom:
I watched with your dad and two of your brothers. It was a very intense and exciting film. Brosnan is so good. But it was pretty complicated and as is typical, I have a hard time keeping up with it all. That is why I loved the simplicity of last weeks choice. Lol. Because I’m old. The characters were great and I loved the feisty females
Jeremy Tillema:
Greatest bond movie produces greatest first person shooter on the greatest gaming console of all time. I said it.
Jake Benrud:
Great review Sam, and I’m with you on this one. This is a fantastic Bond movie and one of my favorites, if not my favorite. I think I have seen this movie more times than any other (I think Casino Royale might be second). I’m pretty sure I had the VHS, and I think you and I watched it numerous times. (I think Joanna was getting sick of me quoting the movie when we were watching it since I knew all the lines.) This is the movie that really got me into Bond movies. The action, the plot, the twists all made this an excellent and entertaining installment in the Bond series. Makes me want to fire back up that ‘64 and get the rumble packs out!
Tyler Dahlgren
I have been following along to these and have been giving them the Facebook like, but haven’t been commenting or watching along because honestly I could probably recite every Bond moving verbatim from start to finish. My earliest childhood memories (way, way earlier than any kid has a business being exposed to Bond) are of sitting with my Grandpa in his recliner while he munched popcorn and watched Bond. For better or for worse they are like a comfort food for me.
I say all of that to say this. Goldeneye is my favorite. I still remember watching it for the first time with Mark Kulig. We played the game and watched the movie more times than you’d think possible. The double cross, resurrection storyline. The characters. The cast is stacked. It all adds up so well and revived the franchise from some abysmal showings. I love this movie.
24 Weeks of Bond will return next Monday with - 
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
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— ✰ on the page linked below in the SOURCE LINK, you will find ( EIGHTY-THREE ) hq gifs of JESSICA HENWICK sourced from her role as PEG in GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (2022). jessica is 30 but was 29-30 while filming this movie. she is of singporean-chinese ( teochew ) & white ( english ) descent, so please cast her accordingly. all gifs were cropped at 245x145 and were made from scratch by feifer for roleplaying purposes only. therefore, i am taking full credit for these. DO NOT: add these gifs to any other gif hunts, gif sets, edit, redistribute, claim as your own, use in real-life celebrity rps, smut rps or for smut writing. DO: please give this post a like or reblog if you found these useful or have any intention of using these.
gifs feature: Dave Bautista, Kate Hudson, Leslie Odom Jr., Kathryn Hahn, Daniel Craig, Madelyn Cline.
warnings/triggers: Dialogue/conversations surrounding use of ethnic slurs, masks (one gif), hugging, vaping, pointy objects (switchblades), alcohol/visuals of bottles, under the influence, witness to murder, dead bodies, searching a corpse, shattering objects (glass).
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Die Another Day - #24WeeksofBond
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24 Weeks of Bond hits the low point this week with Pierce Brosnan’s swan song as 007 in “Die Another Day”.  Oh man, there is just so much to say and unpack about this movie, it’s hard to put into summary every which way this film fails to deliver.  This film came at a cross-roads for film goers who still loved Bond, but were starting to grow a little tired of the hokey-ness and sleaze of James Bond and were wanting something a little rougher.  “The Bourne Identity” had come out just a few months prior to high praise for it’s hard hitting, intense, stripped-down style...it was fresh.  A few months later “Die Another Day” comes out with an older Pierce Brosnan, some god awful writing and cartoonish cinematography.  Change needed to happen, and this movie would mark the end of the sex puns, over the top gadgets, and far fetched scenarios.
Listen, I LOVE Bond.  I really have a hard time saying a Bond movie is bad...but this movie. is. bad.  This is a tale of two films. The first half is an action packed drama that is gritty, and dark and the second half is like watching a Joel Schumacher Batman film (the one where Batman has nipples).  The plot is also a rip off of “Diamonds Are Forever” and constantly goes for the cheap pop - bringing out all the old gadgets and familiar looking scenes for the 40th anniversary of Bond.  There is just so much trash talk to shell out here, but let’s start with the good stuff.
Die Another Day actually starts out quite promising and delivers a thrilling pre-title sequence with Bond infiltrating a North Korean Army base where he has stolen the clothing of a man trading African Conflict Diamonds for some weapons with a Colonel of the North Korean military and his stooge Zao.  Bond is eventually found out but manages to escape the firing squad to chase down Colonel Moon on a HOVERCRAFT!  Pretty neat.  Colonel Moon eventually runs out of road and takes a fall appearing to be slain, but Bond is caught again by Moon’s dad and for the next 14 months, Bond will be held prisoner and tortured.
I always liked how they utilized the title sequence to take us through Bond’s captivity (even though we are forced to listen to Madonna’s over produced and just flat out weird song...what’s the deal with the random “Sigmund Freud” lyric?).  Though the song is hard on the ear drums, it does a great job in providing an aura of despair and pain in the torture aspect of the title sequence...maybe because the song is torture?
We come back from Madonna, and Jesus Bond is now being traded for Zao who has diamonds permanently implanted in his face from Bond’s intrusion.  This makes Bond angry and makes him question why MI6 would give Zao up.  M is also pissed about it, it appears that there is someone who is playing MI6 for fools.  M is so mad that she essentially burns Bond and relieves him of his 00 status, but this doesn’t stop Bond from forcing himself into cardiac arrest to escape and find out who is behind all of this.
See?  Starts out great!  If only they can keep this momentum going...(spoiler alert: they can’t)
Another positive about this movie is a great fencing scene with Bond and Gustav Graves (Toby Stephans).  I've just always been tickled by how much this scene escalates from a little game of fencing to an all out sword fight.  It is one of the few highlights of the film, complete with a cameo made by Madonna...something I’m sure she negotiated to sign on for the Bond theme.  Get that payday, Madonna!
Well thats about all the positive I can muster for this film.  It’s time to take the gloves off.  Die Another Day’s wheels start to come loose when Bond is in Cuba looking for Zao...during this time, he meets Jinx (Halle Berry), and the dialogue that will unfold, sounds like the writer brought in his perverted nephew, who is just out of high school, looking to write a scene to get his friends to laugh when they watch it in his parents basement.  Halle Berry is the victim of poor writing, and possibly poor directing, yes, but she also tries WAY too hard to be a cool, witty, and deadly agent.  I’ll give Berry the benefit of the doubt to an extent, but I really think she just over acted here.
On top of that - Brosnan and Berry have absolutely ZERO chemistry.  Brosnan is no spring chicken anymore, so we are supposed to believe a woman like Halle Berry would welcome the advances from a bird watcher in his mid-50′s who says Mojito really weird?  Come on.  And the obvious dick jokes and creepiness from Bond who is foaming at the mouth, desperate for sex after being tortured for over a year makes this scene so uncomfortable to watch.
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But we later come to find out that Jinx is more than just a reincarnation of Honey Ryder from Dr. No...she is also a secret agent that seems to never take anything seriously and in the face of death by laser, still has time for jokes.  We find out Zao is trying to do gene-therapy treatment to change his identity to someone else.  Much like Colonel Moon had done, turning himself into the man we will come to know as Gustav Graves.  The adrenaline filled, publicity junky, billionaire with an eye for diamonds.
Speaking of over acting, Toby Stephans puts out a good effort with the Gustav Graves character but he is just so over the top with his “evil” looks that there is no denying that he is indeed the villain.  Some of the best villains in cinema and television are villains that get you to like them.  They play to your emotions, let you in on their dark secrets, give you a smile and a laugh, maybe even make you connect with them in a twisted way...but Graves lets you know by his nostril flares and angry glares, that you couldn’t possibly like him if you tried.
Graves invites Bond to his party in Iceland, (isn’t Greenland the icy one?). This is when the movie goes off the rails completely, the second half of the film that looks like the props, sets, and lighting design were borrowed from the Power Rangers.  This ridiculous ice palace accompanied by the super ridiculous revelation of the “Icarus” - a satellite made out of diamonds (exactly like Diamonds are Forever) is just so off-putting. The Icarus shoots a beam as powerful as the sun and can also be used as a freakin sun beam death laser from the sky.  Yes, you heard that right.  At one point Bond is involved in a chase where he is being tailed by a sun beam death laser from the sky.  This leads to the most cringe worthy scene in all of Bond...Bond escapes by CGI surfing.
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I’ve said before, one of the aspects of the Bond films that makes the series so successful is the heavy emphasis on real stunts.  REAL STUNTS.  Director Lee Tamahori thought it would be fun to amp up the CGI because he thought that CGI was the future of the Bond franchise, oh was he sorely mistaken. He also thought it would be a good idea to insert a bunch of slow motion shots throughout the movie, they were going for the ‘Matrix effect’ but it did not play well.  It’s choppy and pixilated and just ruins any momentum they managed to build up - it just ends up being annoying. 
If that wasn’t bad enough, Q Branch comes out to “Jump the Shark” by delivering an invisible car.  Really?  This is just another example of the theme of this film taking everything one step too far.  But maybe you could argue that that is what we needed in order to know what our threshold as a Bond audience is.  You could say that maybe Die Another Day was the most important film in the canon for that reason.  Maybe Die Another Day was the sacrificial lamb to fall on it’s own sword to prevent us from going in that direction again, maybe...this movie SAVED THE BOND FRANCHISE??
Eh, Now I’m just devil’s advocating myself.  This is thee worst Bond movie of all time and anyone who says differently has no idea what they are talking about, or are just trying to be ‘Ironic’, or whatever.  This film ends with Gustav Graves becoming an electrifying super-shredder villain whose design was probably stolen from the Mega-Man video games.  The final battle taking place on a plane that is crashing due to a window being knocked out and is also being destroyed by the Sun Beam death laser from the sky.  In other words...more CGI.
And to top it all off, we end on another uncomfortable scene with Bond and Jinx again, spitting out blatant toilet humor dialogue making us think that they are getting busy, but it turns out Bond is just putting diamonds in her belly button (which she really wants to leave in for some reason).  Traditionally, a Bond movie would end with some witty pun being the last bit of dialogue you would hear before credits, but this...I still can’t figure out how this left the writer’s table. 
Bond: “I'm still not quite sure how good you are.”
Jinx: “I’m sooo good...”
Bond: “Especially when you’re bad.”
huh??  It’s not even a pun, it just doesn’t make sense.
Honestly, you can tell Brosnan is thinking “who the hell wrote this shit?” while he is delivering that final line.  sigh.  The good news is that we can only go up from here!  This would be Brosnan’s final performance as James Bond, even though he publicly announced he was going to do another one.  Didn’t quite work out that way, the film studio eventually phased him out, leaving Brosnan at curbside.  Probably for the best, Brosnan was great for that time, but the pressure was on for change.  And change we would get - with Daniel Craig.
That’s all for me tonight, let me know why you hated this movie!
Reviews from Friends:
Tyler Dahlgren
See I like Toby’s Graves. That guy plays despicable well (Black Sails anyone?). It’s the redeeming part of the movie for me. That and the car. I love the Aston Martins, let’s stick to those.
Andrew Albertsen
I think the whole movie should’ve just been about Bond’s incarceration and torture and eventual escape.
My Mom
Sam you don’t mention Rosemund Pike in your review. I thought she made an outstanding ice queen. This had its moments and I do love Pierce Brosnan as Bond but this film was way too long and too much continuous action. A person tunes out.
Jake Benrud
The end of an era. All the gadgets and the over the top villains complete with "diamond face" and a genetically modified psychopath with daddy issues. I don't understand why he needed to drive his car in the ice palace in the first place. Also, that was an epic dive by Halle Berry.
24 Weeks of Bond will return next Monday with - 
Quantum of Solace
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[TASK 086: MĀORI]
There’s a masterlist below compiled of over 120+ Māori faceclaims categorised by gender with their occupation and iwi denoted if there was a reliable source. If you want an extra challenge use random.org to pick a random number! Of course everything listed below are just suggestions and you can pick whichever character or whichever project you desire.
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THE TASK - scroll down for FC’s!
STEP 1: Decide on a FC you wish to create resources for! You can always do more than one but who are you starting with? There are links to masterlists you can use in order to find them and if you want help, just send us a message and we can pick one for you at random!
STEP 2: Pick what you want to create! You can obviously do more than one thing, but what do you want to start off with? Screencaps, RP icons, GIF packs, masterlists, PNG’s, fancasts, alternative FC’s - LITERALLY anything you desire!
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Screencaps
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MASTERLIST!
F:
Kiri Te Kanawa (1944) Maori / Unspecified European - singer.
Mahia Blackmore (1949) Maori - singer and guitarist.
Whirimako Black (1961) Te Whakatōhea Maori, Ngāi Tūhoe Maori, Ngāti Tūwharetoa Maori, Ngāti Ranginui Maori - actress and singer-songwriter.
Moana / Moana Maniapoto / Moana Maniapoto-Jackson (1961) Maori - singer-songwriter and filmmaker.
Rena Owen (1962) Maori, some Welsh / Danish, French, English - actress, director, producer, and writer.
Vaitiare Hirshon-Asars / Vaitiare Bandera (1964) Tahitian, Maori Cook Islander, German, English, French - actress.
Emma Paki (1968) Ngāti Manuhiri Maori - singer-songwriter.
Boh Runga (1969 or 1970) Ngāti Kahungunu Maori / Chinese Malaysian - singer-songwriter.
Rachel House (1971) Ngāti Mutunga Maori, Ngāi Tahu, Unspecified European - actress.
Nancy Brunning (1971) Ngāti Raukawa Maori, Ngāi Tūhoe Maori - actress and director.
Deborah Mailman (1972) Bidjara, Te Arawa Maori, Ngāti Porou Maori - actress and singer.
Megan Gale (1975) 1/4 Maori, 3/4 English - actress and model.
Simone Kessell (1975) Maori, Unspecified Other - actress.
Keala Settle (1975) Ngāti Kahungunu Maori, Ngāi Tahu Maori, Rangitāne o Wairau Maori, Ngāti Raukawa Maori / British - actress and singer.
Bic Runga / Briolette Kah Bic Runga (1976) Ngāti Kahungunu Maori / Chinese Malaysian - singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer.
Chanel Cole (1977) Maori - musician.
Jade MacRae (1979) Maori, English - singer.
Anika Moa (1980) Ngāpuhi Maori, Te Aupōuri Maori, Unspecified European - singer, guitarist, keyboardist, and percussionist.
Jaime Passier-Armstrong (1981) Maori, Dutch - actress.
Mahara McKay (1981) Maori / Swiss - model, DJ, and producer.
Ria Hall (1882/1983) Maori - singer and presenter.
Kristy Brooks (1983) Ngati Haua / French - actress.
Maisey Rika (1983) Ngāti Awa Maori, Tūhoe Maori, Te Arawa Maori, Te Whānau-a-Apanui Maori,
Pania Rose (1984) Maori / Dutch - model.
Ricki-Lee / Ricki-Lee Coulter (1985) Ngāi Tahu Maori, possibly other - singer-songwriter, tv presenter, and radio presenter.
Katy Steele (1985) Maori / Russian, Belarusian - singer-songwriter and guitarist.
Jodi Anasta (1985) Maori / Unspecified - actress and model.
Lizzie Marvelly (1989) Te Arawa Maori - singer-songwriter and journalist.
Keisha Castle-Hughes (1990) Maori / English - actress.
Mali-Koa Hood (1991) Maori / Scottish - singer-songwriter and fashion blogger.
Jessica Clarke (1992) Maori, Russian - model.
Cody Yerkovich (1992) Maori, Croatian, German - Miss New Zealand 2010.
Sasha Lane (1995) Maori, Unspecified European / African-American - actress.
Courtney Eaton (1996) Maori Cook Islander, Chinese / English - actress and model.
Talea Tatupu (2000 or 2001) Maori / Samoan - model.
Marie Te Hapuku (?) Ngāti Te Whatuiāpiti Maori - singer.
Bridgette Allen (?) Maori - singer.
Marcella Edgecombe-Craig (?) Maori, Irish - actress.
Ngatapa Black (?) Tuhoe Maori, Ngāti Tūwharetoa Maori, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui Maori - singer.
Makaira Berry (?) Maori - singer.
Te Awhina Kaiwai-Wanikau (?) Maori - singer.
Miria Flavell (?) Maori - Youtuber.
Kirsten Te Rito (?) Ngāti Kahungunu Maori, Ngāti Rongomaiwahine Maori / English - singer-songwriter.
Makeda Soper-Wirangi (?) Maori - model.
Ora Barlow (?) Te Whānau-ā-Apanui Maori / English - singer-songwriter, guitarist, percussionist, and ukulele player.
Rikitia Holloway (?) Maori - model.
Mere Arihi Pipi Takoko (?) Maori - actress and singer.
Kali Joyce (?) Te Arawa Maori, Tainui Maori, Nga Puhi Maori - model.
Rhys Carter-Coleman (?) Ngati Hine Maori, Nga Puhi Maori - model.
Shanice Whiley (?) Ngati Hine Maori - model.
Ngakiri Kershaw (?) Maori - musician (The Trio Gang).
Renee Rangikataua (?) Maori - musician (The Trio Gang).
Cian White (?) Maori - actress.
Honey Tahuri-Whakatope (?) Ngāti Kahungunu Maori, Ngāti Haua Maori, Ngāti Whātua Maori, Tūhoe Maori - musician (NRG Rising).
Benita Tahuri (?) Ngāti Kahungunu Maori, Tūhoe Maori - musician (NRG Rising).
Anahera-Pono Tahuri-Whakatope (?) Ngāti Kahungunu Maori, Ngāti Haua Maori, Ngāti Whātua Maori, Tūhoe Maori - musician (NRG Rising).
Miriama Smith (?) Maori - actress and presenter.
Elena Higgins (?) Maori, Samoan - musician (Indigie Femme).
M:
Eddie Low (1943) Maori - musician.
George Henare (1945) Ngāti Porou Maori, Ngāti Hine Maori - actor.
Deane Waretini (1946) Ngāti Whakaue Maori, Tūhourangi Maori - singer.
John Rowles (1947) Maori / Unspecified European - singer.
Frankie Stevens (1950) Maori / Scottish - singer and reality tv judge.
Jim Moriarty (1953) Ngāti Toa Maori, Ngāti Koata Maori, Ngāti Kahungunu Maori, Ngāti Pākehā Maori - actor and director.
Temuera Morrison (1960) Ngāti Maniapoto Maori, Scottish, Irish, English - actor.
Jon Stevens (1961) Maori / Scottish - singer.
Cliff Curtis (1968) Te Arawa Maori, Ngāti Hauiti Maori - actor.
Lawrence Makoare (1968) Ngāti Whātua Maori - actor.
iOTA / Sean Hape (1968) Maori / English - singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor.
Manu Bennett (1969) Ngāti Kahungunu Maori, Te Arawa Maori, Irish / Scottish, English - actor.
Antonio Te Maioha (1970) Ngāpuhi Maori, Waikato Maori / Unspecified - actor.
Blair Strang (1972) Maori / Unspecified European - actor.
Julian Arahanga (1972) Ngāti Rangi Maori, Te Atihaunui a Pāpārangi Maori, Estonian, possibly other - actor and director.
Jemaine Clement (1974) Maori / French, Irish, German, English - actor, singer, multi-instrumentalist, comedian, director, and writer.
Che Fu / Che Ness (1974) Maori / Niuean - rapper-songwriter, singer, and producer.
Taika Waititi / Taika Cohen (1975) Te Whānau-ā-Apanui Maori, distant French / Russian Jewish - actor, comedian, director, and writer.
Callan Mulvey (1975) 1/4 Maori, 3/4 Scottish - actor.
Tammy Davis (1975) Ngāti Rangi Maori, Te Atihaunui a Pāpārangi Maori - actor.
Chong Nee / Matakite John Chong Nee (1975) Maori, Samoan, Chinese, British - singer-songwriter and producer.
Tiki Taane (1976) Maori - musician.
Ben Lummis / Isileli Junior Brown (1978) Ngāti Porou Maori - singer.
Horomona Horo (1978) Maori - musician (Waiora).
Mana The Polynesian Warrior / The Wild Samoan / Nikora Mana Tuhakaraina (1978) Ngāti Hauā Maori, Samoan - actor and wrestler.
Benjamin Mitchell (1979) Tainui Maori - actor.
Luke Steele (1979) Maori / Russian, Belarusian - singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassist, pianist, and synthesizer.
Jay’ed / Jade Goto (1981) Maori, Samoan / Japanese - singer-songwriter.
Te Kohe Tuhaka (1982) Ngāti Porou Maori, Ngāi Tuhoe Maori - actor.
Daniel Logan (1987) Maori - actor.
Pana Hema Taylor (1989) Maori - actor.
Stan Walker (1990) Ngāti Tūwharetoa Maori, Ngāi Tūhoe Maori - singer, guitarist, actor, and tv personality.
Tai Hara (1990) Maori / Japanese - actor and presenter.
William Singe / Will / Willy / Willy Will / Liam Singe (1992) Maori / Scottish, possibly other - singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassist, pianist, youtuber, and producer.
Jayde Kanon / Cameron Jesse King (1992) Maori, unspecified Hawaiian - actor.
Jordi Webber (1994) Te Arawa Maori, Ngāti Pikiao Maori, Ngāti Raukawa Maori, Te Āti Awa Maori - actor and singer.
Alex Aiono (1996) Maori, Samoan / Danish, English, German, Scottish, Irish, Swiss, Welsh - singer.
Calum Hood (1996) Maori / Scottish - singer and bassist.
Tikirau Hathaway (1997) Tuhoe Maori - actor.
James Rolleston (1997) Te Whakatōhea Maori, Ngāi Te Rangi Maori, Ngāti Whakaue Maori, Ngāti Porou Maori, Ngāi Tūhoe Maori, Tainui Maori - actor.
Kirk Torrance (?) Maori - actor, playwright, and swimmer.
Andy Stankovich (?) Maori, Croatian - singer.
Kevin Taumata (?) Maori - actor.
Rangimoana Taylor (?) Te Whānau-ā-Apanui Maori, Ngāti Ruanui Maori, Ngāti Porou Maori, Taranaki Maori, Unspecified European - actor, director, and storyteller.
Hori Ahipene (?) Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti Maori, Ngāti Raukawa Maori, Ngāti Kahungunu Maori - actor and director.
Scott Cotter (?) Tainui Maori, Ngāpuhi Maori - actor.
Korey Atama (?) Maori - musician (Waiora).
Joshua Henare Rogers (?) Maori - musician (Waiora).
Rob Kipa-Williams (?) Maori, Irish, Scottish - actor.
Jayden Daniels (?) Maori - actor.
Jared De' Har (?) Maori, French - actor.
Thibul Nettle (?) Maori, Yamatji, Bibulman, Unspecified Native American, Italian, Irish - actor.
Doug Brooks (?) Maori, European - actor and writer.
Jeremy Hill (?) Maori, Norwegian - actor.
Bobby Tau (?) Ngapuhi Maori - actor.
Lewis de Jong (?) Maori - musician (Alien Weaponry)
Henry de Jong (?) Maori - musician (Alien Weaponry)
Ethan Trembath (?) Maori - musician (Alien Weaponry)
Konan Snow (?) Maori - model.
Te Manava Syme-Buchanan (?) Maori - model.
Jerome Flood (?) Ngati Kahungungu Maori - model.
Jayden Flood (?) Ngati Kahungungu Maori - model.
Kimba Tipene-Riki (?) Maori - model.
Problematic:
Russell Crowe (1964) Welsh, English, Scottish, Irish, 1/8 Maori, 1/16 Norwegian, 1/16 Swedish, 1/32 German, possibly distant Italian - actor, musician, producer, and director - Helped cover for Harvey Weinstein as well as has been charged with assault and accused of rape himself.
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The World Is Not Enough - #24WeeksofBond
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Only two more films to go in my 24 Weeks of Bond marathon and already we are just a few months away from the big release of “No Time To Die” (so I hope).  This week we are capping off Pierce Brosnan’s career with “The World Is Not Enough” the film that got its title from the Bond family crest motto.  It is always rather funny now going all the way back to “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” when Bond goes to learn all he can about genealogy and they throw Bond’s family crest at him with the phrase The World is Not Enough on it - Just a little easter egg for all of you new found Bond lovers that have been following this journey.  The year was 1999, Marilyn Manson was the hottest act in music, Stone Cold Steve Austin was in his prime, and Star Wars was coming back...things were getting heavy, gritty, and Bond started to get a little lost.
This was my first time seeing this movie in a really long time and I forgot just how dark is was intended to be.  Things have gotten really personal with M and Bond.  This is the first time that M had a major role in the plot.  Every year before, M is just handing out the orders, sending Bond on a plane to some exotic location and interrupting Bond and Moneypenny’s game of temptation.  Not this time.  M is now involved after one of her beloved friends dies in an explosion in MI6.  There is quite a lot to unpack with this plot, so forgive me if I don’t get to everything.  Let me try to summarize this plot in one paragraph...
Elektra King (Sophie Marceau) had been kidnapped by a terrorist named Renard (Robert Carlyle).  Elektra develops Stockholm syndrome and falls in love with her captor, they then scheme a plot to kill her father after M’s strategy of using her as bait failed to play out, and steal a nuclear bomb to be used to destroy the city of Istanbul in order for oil to be redirected to a giant oil pipeline that is owned by the company that Elektra now owns after her father’s death.  All while making the whole thing look like an accident so Elektra can get by with the millions of dollars and total power over the oil industry.  I think that’s all!  I did it!
There is so much going on in this movie where it takes a few views to really put all the pieces together.  However, I do like the dark and personal direction they were taking it.  Something tells me that if they had saved this plot for “Quantum Of Solace” and Daniel Craig’s acting chops, it would’ve been a fantastic movie.  Unfortunately Brosnan, while excellent in his own right, just can’t pull off a script of this weight.  Pierce is great with the everyday Bond mission films, but when things start getting a little emotional or edgy, that’s when I start to lose him.
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One key element to this film is that it sadly marks the end of Desmond Llewelyn’s career as Q.  Shortly after this film’s release Desmond would pass away in a tragic car accident.  Desmond’s contribution to the Bond series in indescribable.  He was the face of the Bond gadgets that made the films so much fun over the years.  Although he had only been used in a few scenes here and there in each movie, his long term impact would be incredibly significant.  Llewelyn’s tenure spanned the first 5 Bond’s, first appearing all the way back to From Russia With Love.  It’s a streak of films with a character played by one actor that can’t be measured up to and the Bond series will live on in his honor.  Thank you Desmond Llewelyn for everything!
Llewelyn was retiring anyways, so they wrote John Cleese in as his replacement which was such a smart choice.  Although the Q character had become comical over time - John Cleese was brought in from Monty Python to carry the comical Q flag into the future.  Unfortunately for Cleese, they went in a different direction after Die Another Day.  On top of the well known John Cleese coming in, we were also force fed Denise Richards as Christmas Jones...ugh eye roll.  
Denise was a pretty obvious sex appeal choice here as that was starting to become the trend.  Casting a well known actress as the leading Bond girl starting with Terri Hatcher, then Denise Richards, and finally Halle Berry.  The character Christmas Jones was written for one reason, and one reason only...for the final line of the film where Bond says...(and I can’t even type this out without gagging)...”I thought Christmas only comes once a year”.  Yeah, they went there.  While watching this movie in the Theatres I was starting to get the feeling that Bond was getting a little too over the top with the one liners and the sex puns.  I didn’t know it then, as I was watching the film sitting in the aisle because the place was packed, but I was ready for something different.  I thought we deserved better.  Then Die Another Day came out, and I for sure knew it then.
The World is Not Enough sparked the beginning of the end for Brosnan.  He came out guns a blazing with Goldeneye and had a solid second outing with Tomorrow Never Dies, but The World is Not Enough was starting to feel like campy Brosnan is not enough.
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This movie has it perks though.  The pre-title sequence is the longest pre-title sequence in the franchise’s history, and is packed with exciting action which includes a high speed boat chase with Bond doing triple barrels and adjusting his tie under water.  It’s in this pre-title sequence we see the beginning chain of events taking place that set up the rest of the film.  One of those key events is when Bond jumps off the boat and grabs onto the rope thats attached to the hot air balloon that is holding the woman Bond is chasing.  Bond tries to tell her that he can help her but she says “Not from him” and shoot the gas can, triggering Bond to just let go, dislocating his shoulder from the impact.  Pretty exciting stuff for just the opening.
Sophie Marcou is also excellent in this film.  She plays the victim so brilliantly that you are legit shocked at the reveal of her being the one who set everything up. Again, it’s the bad guys & gals that make you like them are that are the best villains.  Elektra ranks for me as one of the best Bond villains just because you don’t, or don’t want to, suspect it.  Bond is also becoming increasingly infatuated with her which makes the story even more deep.
But to me, this could’ve been a great film, but it was just too bogged down with the complication of the plot, the hokey character traits (Renard being immune to pain), the weird saw copter, and the blatant use of over sexualization in the Christmas Jones character.  Also, Denise Richards is just kind of bad.  There’s hints of sarcasm with her character giving her a bit of a rough around the edges feel, but overall it just comes off as bad acting.
There is much to like about this film, however, there is also much to dislike - I want to like this movie, I really do, but my typing fingers are saying otherwise.  But that’s it for me - what did YOU think?
Reviews from Friends:
Tyler Dahlgren
I didn’t have a problem with Brosnan in this one. I mean he didn’t write the dialog. And I think he does fine with the edgier/emotional parts. He has to go a good chunk of the movie playing off Richards who is an absolute anchor dragging every scene to the dark abysmal depths. I think she’s honestly just that bad. It was after this one that Pierce started talking he was done. Can’t imagine why.
24 Weeks of Bond returns, for the last time, next Monday with - 
Moonraker
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