Comments on: Lois Maxwell, Actress: 1927-2007 http://livingincinema.com/2007/09/30/lois-maxwell-1927-2007/ Movie reviews, news and opinion Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:47:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Craig Kennedy http://livingincinema.com/2007/09/30/lois-maxwell-1927-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-439 Craig Kennedy Sun, 30 Sep 2007 23:55:00 +0000 http://livingincinema.com/?p=259#comment-439 I think one of the keys to the enduring success of the franchise is that they've never been afraid to do whatever it takes to remain relevant. It's bad for the purists, but the franchise didn't become the biggest money maker ever just by catering to the Bond nerds like me. I'm not saying it's right, I'm just saying. I think one of the keys to the enduring success of the franchise is that they’ve never been afraid to do whatever it takes to remain relevant. It’s bad for the purists, but the franchise didn’t become the biggest money maker ever just by catering to the Bond nerds like me.

I’m not saying it’s right, I’m just saying.

]]> By: joel http://livingincinema.com/2007/09/30/lois-maxwell-1927-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-438 joel Sun, 30 Sep 2007 16:47:46 +0000 http://livingincinema.com/?p=259#comment-438 It's telling that the only Sean Connery impression I've ever been able to do any justice to whatsoever is him slurring out the words "Mish Money-penny". OK, that and Darrel Hammond's "I'll take The-Rapists for 500, Trebeck." One of my biggest disappointments with the Bond franchise as a teen was when the original Moneypenny was replaced by some fembot model. Hell, I don't even think they gave her any lines. It was a sign that they had not only given up on the franchise's remaining winning aspects, but that they were flailing to come up with something fresh to save it. Sad. It's too bad they couldn't find some way to have cast her in some small part of the revamped Casino Royale, maybe as Eva Green's mother or something. The original Moneypenny belongs in this new version of the franchise. It’s telling that the only Sean Connery impression I’ve ever been able to do any justice to whatsoever is him slurring out the words “Mish Money-penny”. OK, that and Darrel Hammond’s “I’ll take The-Rapists for 500, Trebeck.”

One of my biggest disappointments with the Bond franchise as a teen was when the original Moneypenny was replaced by some fembot model. Hell, I don’t even think they gave her any lines. It was a sign that they had not only given up on the franchise’s remaining winning aspects, but that they were flailing to come up with something fresh to save it. Sad.

It’s too bad they couldn’t find some way to have cast her in some small part of the revamped Casino Royale, maybe as Eva Green’s mother or something. The original Moneypenny belongs in this new version of the franchise.

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