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The box off ce bus ness can be cutthroat,
and that was part cularly true for 007 when
another contender wanted to enter the
market w th a non-off c al James Bond
mov e. In fact, th s r val f lm was scheduled
to be released just months after the proper
007 entry of the year had already taken
fl ght. It’s exactly the scenar o that
happened n 1983, as Roger Moore was on
the b g screen w th Octopussy n the
summer and Sean Connery learned to
Never Say Never Aga n n the fall. But wh ch
was the super or Bond of 1983?
Sude Naz HBAL
OCTOPUSSY VS. NEVER SAY NEVER AGAİN:
WHİCH WAS THE SUPERİOR BOND OF 1983?
That’s exactly what we’re about to d scuss
here today, as we’ll be look ng at the
h story of both James Bond f lms, and
crown ng one a w nner overall. But th s sn’t
go ng to just be a contest of numbers, as
th s argument s go ng to be we ghed the
same way that saw us evaluate T mothy
Dalton’s duology of Bond mov es. Let’s
jump back to the t me when two t tans of
esp onage went head to head, and see
wh ch James Bond comes out on top.
James Bond In 1983: By The Numbers
Look ng at sheer box off ce numbers,
Octopussy and Never Say Never Aga n
enjoyed nd v dual success rather n cely.
Prem er ng on June 6, 1983, Roger Moore’s
s xth James Bond adventure raked n $187.5
m ll on on a $27.5 m ll on budget. Look ng
back on ts rev ews upon n t al release,
Rotten Tomatoes has the f lm logged at a
42% freshness rat ng, w th the consensus
stat ng that wh le the act on was fun, the
rest of the Bond formula felt l ke t had run
ts course. Wh ch s funny, cons der ng the
ped gree of the compet t on. Rana YAL
SPİDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME RUMOR TEASES THE RETURN OF
A BELOVED MARVEL CHARACTER
as t approaches ts late 2021 release, but here’s one new p ece of nformat on we’re more
ncl ned to bel eve s happen ng. Jon Favreau s reportedly repr s ng Happy Hogan n the
upcom ng Sp der-Man f lm. Murphy’s Mult verse shared that t can “conf rm” the fan-favor te w ll
return to h s role that began n Iron Man for the Phase Four release. The actor/f lmmaker has
jo ned Tom Holland on every one of h s solo adventures so far, why wouldn’t he come back?
When last we caught up w th Happy Hogan n Sp der-Man: Far From Home, he was develop ng
feel ngs for Mar sa Tome ’s Aunt May. At the end of the 2019 mov e, the pa r sat down w th Tom
Holland’s Peter Parker to tell h m about the r relat onsh p, but there was a m scommun cat on.
Aunt May thought t was a “summer fl ng” wh lst Happy was ready to go all n. It left th ngs
pretty awkward for Happy, but there’s def n tely some room here for the character to cont nue,
espec ally s nce he’s no longer ass st ng the now late Iron Man.
There are a lot of rumors
Sp der-Man: Far From Home followed Peter Parker as he met a foe n Jake Gyllenhaal’s
Myster o, whom he defeated, but then Quent n Beck outed h s name as Sp der-Man. Now that
everyone knows the h gh schooler s an Avenger, so who knows how h s l fe w ll change. He
could certa nly use some ass stance from Happy Hogan, who helped Robert Downey Jr’s Tony
Stark nav gate fame after he outed h mself at the end of the f rst Iron Man mov e.
float ng around about who
could be jo n ng Tom
Holland and Zendaya on
the MCU’s th rd
standalone Sp dey f lm,
whether t be the return of
Tobey Magu re and
Andrew Garf eld’s vers ons
of the hero and other
mult verse ant cs. There’s a
lot of secrecy surround ng
Sp der-Man: No Way Home
Before we reach Sp der-Man: No Way Home, there are a lot of Marvel storyl nes to see f rst. We
st ll have one more ep sode of Falcon and the W nter Sold er, before Black W dow and Lok enter
the m x n July, and then Shang-Ch and the Legend of the Ten R ngs and Eternals h t theaters
th s fall. No Way Home s set to be released on December 17, and t w ll lead nto Doctor Strange
In The Mult verse Of Madness, wh ch comes n early 2022. Check out the full Marvel mov es
l neup here on C nemaBlend
Rana YAL
MİSSİON: IMPOSSİBLE 7 - AN UPDATED CAST LİST, INCLUDİNG TOM CRUİSE
Your m ss on, should you choose to
accept t, s to keep follow ng along
w th the M ss on: Imposs ble f lm
ser es. 25 years after the f rst M ss on:
Imposs ble mov e’s release, we’re
gear ng up to reun te w th Tom
Cru se’s Ethan Hunt for M ss on:
Imposs ble 7 n summer 2022.
Oftent mes the longer a franch se
goes, the less enjoyable t becomes,
but t’s qu te the oppos te n M ss on: Imposs ble’s case. Th s s a c nemat c saga that’s only
gotten better w th age. No plot deta ls for M ss on: Imposs ble 7 have been revealed yet,
although g ven that t’s shoot ng back-to-back w th M ss on: Imposs ble 8, one can surm se that
the two stor es w ll be closely ntertw ned. But what we lack n narrat ve nformat on we make
up for n cast ng knowledge, as M ss on: Imposs ble 7 has assembled an mpress ve l neup of
actors. Let’s go over who’s tak ng part n th s latest round of esp onage ant cs, start ng w th the
man at the front and center of th s f lm ser es.
Tom Cru se
Ser ously, t wouldn’t be a M ss on: Imposs ble mov e w thout Tom Cru se appear ng as Ethan
Hunt. Ok, maybe there w ll come a day where the franch se dec des to focus on a new
protagon st, but for now, Ethan rema ns the IMF agent w th the best track record for sav ng the
world. When we left off w th Ethan at the end of Fallout, he was recover ng from h s f ght w th
Henry Cav ll’s August Walker and b d one last goodbye to h s ex-w fe, Jul a Meade. It’s unclear
how much t me w ll have passed between Fallout and M ss on: Imposs ble 7, but clearly Ethan’s
healthy enough to be back out n the f eld. Needless to say Ethan’s been n a lot of dangerous
s tuat ons over the years, so t’ll be nterest ng to see how M ss on: Imposs ble 7 compares to h s
prev ous adventures.
Rana YAL
Popa Mate , H gh School of Arts V ctor G uleanu
Mumba Pol ce takes on fake news w th Avengers: Inf n ty War meme
Anyone who spends even a l ttle t me onl ne knows that Mumba Pol ce uses the r soc al
med a handles for shar ng v tal nformat on and adv sor es but n the most qu rky way
poss ble. In the r latest post they take on fake news. In an appeal to people to refra n from
shar ng unver f ed forwards that can alarm or harm others, the handle shared some adv ce.
But of course, they d d t n the r un que style. About an hour ago, the Mumba Pol ce used
an Avengers: Inf n ty War meme to dr ve home the message. “When asked to forward an
unver f ed message,” they tweeted. Accompany ng the post s a GIF from the f lm that shows
Black Panther say ng, “We don’t do that here.”
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