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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Frostmarrow" data-source="post: 100944" data-attributes="member: 1122">For sure, James Bond is more epic than famous?I swiped this off of Microsoft's Encarta OnlineEpic, long narrative poem, majestic both in theme and style. Epics deal with legendary or historical events of national or universal significance, involving action of broad sweep and grandeur. Most epics deal with the exploits of a single individual, thereby giving unity to the composition. Typically, an epic involves the introduction of supernatural forces that shape the action, conflict in the form of battles or other physical combat, and certain stylistic conventions: an invocation to the Muse, a formal statement of the theme, long lists of the protagonists involved, and set speeches couched in elevated language. Commonplace details of everyday life may appear, but they serve as background for the story, and are described in the same lofty style as the rest of the poem.To me this is very James Bond-esque. James Bond's quests are always about saving the western world. There are lots of fights, explosions and gadgets. The gadgets represent the super-natural. A satellite in the sky threatens the world just as much as Zeus's thunderbolt. Moneypenny is JB's muse. M makes the formal statement of the theme. There are lots of stylistic conventions in James Bond's world ranging from his favorite drink, his way of introducing himself to the villains final speech and revelation of the masterplan.Come to think of it; this makes Indiana Jones an epic level hero aswell.But if you think epic level is a measure of hit points, than JB has lots of that too. Remember Bond fleeing from the St Petersburg archives being chased by scores of Russian soldiers armed with AK47s? If you don't, then just let me tell you that Bond makes it out of there alive. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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