They didn’t. They bought rights to limited appendices.

They’ve been offered stupid money ever since Saltzman sold his half to UA in the 70s.

It was in certain shots of most scenes. The ones where the height was most obvious.

It’s Warner Music, not Warner Bros.

? They handled it as if it were a member of their family. It was their father’s legacy. Many of the key creatives and technicians are the kids of those there at the beginning, learning their trade over decades and handling it with the same dedication. A true cottage industry.

Blofeld was just an enterprising employment creator lynched by woke fake news…

Was anyone wondering why? It’s a licence to kill print money.

It should also be pointed out that Germany saying anything at all about foreign military intervention is a big deal, given their longstanding policy against it.

Although the US has spent more on bangs than Europe, which has spent on bangs but also helmets and armour and transport.

Brexit wasn’t left/right wing. Eurosceptics on both sides. I’d also point out France where right-wing populism ultimately lost out despite an increase in protest votes.

There’s also a greater tradition of public service broadcasting, meaning politicians are more rigorously interrogated than in the highly commercial, partisan American system.

The EU and EC are somewhat stabilising influences too. An EU member government simply wouldn’t be allowed to do some of the stuff Trump is doing.

Public opinion? Whose? Europe’s, who look down on rampant American capitalism and Trump? Africa’s, who have just been screwed by Trump and Musk? The Middle-East, who have been screwed by America for decades? Asia, who are waiting to hear what China says?

Pity SpaceX doesn’t believe it has to obey the law, and thinks it can just buy land and dump waste on it.

When you let anyone make a “TV channel” even when they don’t have a legal team.