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Not exactly a massive revaluation but I hope they're bold enough to be different.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I believe it was more the success of the Bourne movies that set the tone of the Craig era.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

definitely that too, but the franchise owners and Craig have called out austin powers as a catalyst in the past.

[The pivot] had to happen the way it did. I can't see it happening any other way. We had to destroy the myth because Mike Myers fucked us - I am a huge Mike Myers fan, so don't get me wrong - but he kind of fucked us; made it impossible to do the gags.
-- Daniel Craig, 2012