Linked List: July 11, 2013

Thursday, 11 July 2013

Explaining the Apple E-Book Price-Fixing Suit ★

If you read only one take on yesterday’s e-book price-fixing lawsuit judgment, make it Adam Engst’s. Comprehensive explanation of the entire saga.

Skyfall: The Abridged Script ★

The Editing Room:

JUDI DENCH: So are we bringing Goldfinger back into continuity now? Because that would open quite the can of worms, if the can were 200 miles wide, and the worms were Velociraptors.

DANIEL CRAIG: And over here is my parents’ grave, so everyone who keeps insisting James Bond is just a codename can officially GO FUCK THEMSELVES.

ALBERT FINNEY (arriving): Er, hi. This role was supposed to be Connery’s, but he told the producers to gargle walrus balls and so instead, it’s me. Sorry.

The Prodigal Guide: The Three Things Wrong With ‘Skyfall’ ★

The Prodigal Fool:

Think about it — Bond is given three missions during the course of Skyfall and he cocks each one of them up in turn.

Everything Wrong With ‘Skyfall’ in 4 Minutes or Less ★

Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed Skyfall very much, but it really was a crap plot. Imagine how much better it could have been if Silva’s plot had actually been brilliant.

Sam Mendes Returning to Direct Bond 24 ★

But it won’t hit theaters until late 2015. Would love to see a smarter plot this time; certain inanities were Skyfall’s only flaw. Stylistically and characteristically, it was nearly perfect — a well-directed, well-acted, cinematographically gorgeous Bond movie about a rather crap plot riddled with profound logical holes.

I’m not asking for realism; I’m just asking for sense. A little more Casino Royale is all it would take.