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Brenda

(2,142 posts)
9. James Bond plot Die Another Day 2002
Mon Jul 13, 2026, 05:33 PM
Yesterday
At his ice palace in Iceland, Graves unveils a new orbital mirror satellite, Icarus, which is able to focus solar energy on a small area and provide year-round sunshine for agriculture. Frost seduces Bond, and Jinx infiltrates Graves's command centre but is captured by Graves and Zao. Bond rescues her and discovers that Graves is Colonel Moon, who has used gene therapy to change his appearance and amassed his fortune through conflict diamonds, using them as cover. Bond confronts Graves, but Frost arrives to reveal herself as the traitor who betrayed him in North Korea, forcing Bond to escape from Graves's facility. He returns in his Vanquish to rescue Jinx, who has been recaptured in the palace. As Graves uses Icarus to melt the ice palace, Zao pursues Bond into the palace using his Jaguar XKR. Bond kills Zao by shooting an ice chandelier, which falls onto him and revives a nearly drowned Jinx in a hot pool.


Tell me again how the tech bro/billionaire/crooks running our government now are NOT aliens terraforming Earth?

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This sounds like a bad idea, unforeseen consequences and all... wcmagumba Yesterday #1
Very bad Idea. Darkness is necessary to many plants, animals and yes even humans to survive and grow. efhmc Yesterday #7
It sounds like a way to make people work around the clock. yardwork 22 hrs ago #21
This has been proposed for many many years (maybe not proposed but speculated to in many Sci-Fi books. SWBTATTReg Yesterday #2
More light pollution! Yesssss! Trueblue Texan 19 hrs ago #35
Not to mention it's principal use will probably be as a tool of war Ponietz Yesterday #3
Aryan Light Beams? erronis Yesterday #8
They'll figure that part out later FakeNoose 22 hrs ago #17
Reflect Orbital receives funding from the Air Force Ponietz 22 hrs ago #20
I think it is a precursor to 'orbital billboards' Seinan Sensei 20 hrs ago #32
Knowing this isn't a cynical comment grieves me Ponietz 12 hrs ago #47
No need to worry about animals (and plants) that need night to sleep, hunt, live. erronis Yesterday #4
It's absolutely insane. highplainsdem Yesterday #6
There goes the circadian rhythms of most living things Marie Marie 21 hrs ago #25
This Bayard 18 hrs ago #41
Sounds somewhat innocuous but sdfernando Yesterday #5
The "extending workdays" idea is a bit concerning SSJVegeta 9 hrs ago #53
James Bond plot Die Another Day 2002 Brenda Yesterday #9
Have these people never heard of LAMPS? Qutzupalotl Yesterday #10
Oh, FFS! Plants', animals' health which we do rely on in obvious, and not obvious ways! electric_blue68 23 hrs ago #11
What will happen is they will spend millions over a few years. There will be a lot of planning and Srkdqltr 23 hrs ago #12
They're emptying the US Treasury as fast as they can FakeNoose 22 hrs ago #18
Yes they are. Srkdqltr 20 hrs ago #33
This "great idea" should be reviewed through the National Evironmental Policy Act (NEPA). waterwatcher123 23 hrs ago #13
Manly alpha men like in this administration have no concern about girly things like the environment LymphocyteLover 10 hrs ago #50
Probably - but they do it at their own peril (the planet does not care about ideology - it will survive without us). waterwatcher123 2 hrs ago #56
Manly alpha men like in this administration don't care about girly things like long-term consequences LymphocyteLover 1 hr ago #57
Geostationary high-altitude balloons would be cheaper and more servicable. They're already in fairly wide use. eppur_se_muova 22 hrs ago #14
This is one of those "Just because you CAN do something, doesn't mean you should". Snarkoleptic 22 hrs ago #15
What? Could? Go? Wrong? Charlie Chapulin 22 hrs ago #16
The absolute insanity... GiqueCee 22 hrs ago #19
Sounds horrible but the math looks silly truthisfreedom 21 hrs ago #22
Exactly. It's an incredibly stupid idea that will never work. paleotn 21 hrs ago #27
Unless they all shatter. The conceptual warning behind the movie Gravity is becoming a reality, and the universe cheers Cheezoholic 19 hrs ago #36
It says "film mirror" truthisfreedom 16 hrs ago #45
How disruptive is it when people get sent up to the Land of the Midnight Sun? NBachers 21 hrs ago #23
I can't help but feel this is a very, very bad idea.... slightlv 21 hrs ago #24
Stupid and going nowhere. paleotn 21 hrs ago #26
Why on God's green earth would we want to do this? PatrickforB 20 hrs ago #28
Republicans LOVE the uneducated and mistreated WorseDayEver 20 hrs ago #31
I know I don't want sunshine Faux pas 20 hrs ago #29
Republican bullshit.. If it makes $$$ in short term is all they care about, long term unimportant WorseDayEver 20 hrs ago #30
I have a dream of beaming microwaves from outer space onto Mar-A-Lago struggle4progress 19 hrs ago #34
I'm not too worried. The extraterrestrials will probably Ilsa 19 hrs ago #37
Thinking back to when I lived in a very rurual, remote part of Montana and mercury-vapor yard lamps Attilatheblond 19 hrs ago #38
Sure. Why not. progressoid 18 hrs ago #39
Ooo! LudwigPastorius 18 hrs ago #40
Have they asked the rest of the Earth if they want 24 hour days sarisataka 18 hrs ago #42
Lets see if we can fuck up our natural environment big time. patphil 16 hrs ago #43
Let's surround the CEOs house with searchlights, see how he likes it. Bobstandard 16 hrs ago #44
Let's heat up Earth some more. colorado_ufo 14 hrs ago #46
My only question is; "how much did this startup donate to Donnie Dipshit and Retrumplicans" and maxrandb 11 hrs ago #48
Psst....it's not just light purr-rat beauty 11 hrs ago #49
This might be one of the dumbest things to shoot into space yet. Good lord. Anything for a buck. Vinca 10 hrs ago #51
Why is it in the fcc's jurisdiction in the first place SSJVegeta 9 hrs ago #52
60,000 of them! Where are they going to put them? Grins 6 hrs ago #54
WTF oasis 3 hrs ago #55
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