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Problem is, as I hear it, Austin Powers kind of ruined "spy comedy" for anyone else beetnemesis Send a noteboard - 09/01/2015 09:22:53 PM

As I hear it, the reason they took another tack with the Daniel Craig movies is because if they tried to do it the "standard" way, with a quippy Q and exploding pens, it would have been as ridiculous as Austin Powers but without the self awareness.

At least back then- it's been so long since an AP movie, it might be able to be done once more. I doubt it, though- the genre has evolved.

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