Unused Licence Revoked (Licence to Kill, 1989) poster by Bob Peak

The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) dir. Lewis Gilbert

Today in 1962, shooting begins on DR. NO, the first James Bond film. #JamesBond #OnThisDay

The real reason you couldn’t make Airplane! today is that it’s a parody of a type of movie that doesn’t exist anymore in part because Airplane! made fun of it so hard

The 70s-style disaster film was already dying but Airplane becoming, by far, more known, more watched, and more liked than any real example of the genre even though it was the most popular type of movie right up until Star Wars is one of the most magnificent examples of Weird Al-ing something

The jester mocking the court advisor so deftly, the curse on the king breaks because His Majesty realizes that guy does suck.

To quote Daniel Craig: “We had to destroy the myth because Mike Myers fucked us.”

One unbelievable fact I learned looking for that quote: the Austin Powers sequels outgrossed both of the last two Pierce Brosnan James Bond movies.

Man those Brosnan Bond movies are such a weird transitional moment in pop culture. People tend to analyze that by going “well the Brosnan Bond films were Bond trying to figure things out after the Cold War ended, Craig is post-9/11 Bond” when the actual dividing line is the start of the Austin Powers Era of History

Jane Seymour and Roger Moore in LIVE AND LET DIE

Jane Seymour in LIVE AND LET DIE