You know, it's been awhile since I've
actually sat down to watch a Bond film. Enough of awhile that I've
forgotten which ones are good and which ones aren't so much. The
last, and most recent, one I've seen was the Daniel Craig version of
Casino Royale, when it was in the second-run theater where I live.
That's been quite a few years ago, now, and I'd intended to go see
Skyfall as well, but missed it for a few reasons.
But for as little time I've had for
Bond movies the last few years, they've actually had something of an
impact on my life. When I was a kid, I spent perhaps too much time
watching them on television in the summer and other times when school
was out. There were several times a year when at least one network
would run them marathon style over a few days. I think my favorites
were always the Sean Connery ones, but there are a few exceptions out
there.
One of those is Moonraker, one of the
Roger Moore entries. It's basically set in the space age of the late
1970s, 1979 specifically, I believe, as a wealthy and more than a
little crazy scientist with a plan to remake the world to his idea by
having the best and the brightest hide out on a secret space station
while he set a plan to destroy the rest of humanity in motion. Part
of that plan involved stealing a fictional prototype of the space
shuttle, then yet to make their first official launch. The title
comes from what the shuttles were called in the movie, Project
Moonraker.
I bring this one up specifically
because there are times when the theme makes something of an ear worm
of itself. The last time I can easily recall is when I was going to
finish off my Text Play of Final Fantasy 4, the end of which had a
similar theme to the Bond movie. In this case, it's because there
are a few Internet personalities that I've not heard from in awhile.
One is a Let's Player I follow on
YouTube, HCBailly.
I bring him up first because when he was last active, he was in the
middle of another LP of Final Fantasy 4. Sure, he's done one for
just about every version of the game out there, but I daresay the
man's a bigger fan of the game than I am, which is saying something.
But it's been a good month now without so much as a word. I can
accept that it's probably none of my business. It's just that it is
kind of odd when someone with as big a following as Mr. Bailly seems
to just drop off the Web.
Another Let's Player I follow and am a
little worried about is County
Line Gaming's GalufBlackMage.
The good news is that I at least have some idea where Galuf is. The
bad news is that he's been in the hospital with some rather serious
health issues since about Thanksgiving, which is enough for me to
know. I have some idea of what that's like, as I've had some that
could have killed me when I was much younger, had they not been
caught and dealt with in time. Some more good news is that he's at
least doing well enough to be on Twitter a little bit. That's a
positive sign, anyway.
So, anyway, if the two gamers in
question happen to read this, here are my messages:
- I'm glad to see your health seems to be improving, Galuf. I'm sure I'm not your only fan who's worried.
- Gotta say, HCBailly, I'm kinda worried about you. It's always a little weird to see somebody just vanish like this, ya know?
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