Word: conquests
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...think the non-cynical answer is that the idea of competition makes whatever is being finally obtained all the more valuable. In a world where we no longer have to fight for anything, the closest we get to that primitive sense of sheer conquest must be that of the auction room, where total strangers battle it out for a piece of the spoils. And I think too that that quality of auctions makes memorabilia an especially popular source for auctions...
...think the non-cynical answer is that the idea of competition makes whatever is being finally obtained all the more valuable. In a world where we no longer have to fight for anything, the closest we get to that primitive sense of sheer conquest must be that of the auction room, where total strangers battle it out for a piece of the spoils. And I think too that that quality of auctions makes memorabilia an especially popular source for auctions...
...certain segment of the Harvard population will not be making the conquest trip to New Haven...
...nifty special effects and attractive women. Pierce Brosnan well champions Bond's character in the face of the hoopla; his sardonic smirking and other unruffled debonair mannerisms are spot on, plus, he looks astoundingly good in dinner-wear. Sophie Marceau is quite passable as the requisite mysteriously alluring Bond conquest, and although Denise Richards really can't act, she's rather easy on the eyes. There are atrocious puns galore, some of which are kind of funny, some of which I wish I could unhear. John Cleese puts in a far-too-brief appearance as R, Q's new assistant...
Through the course of the evening, some end up in romantic liaisons, others not so romantic, and others remain on the sidelines of sexual play. It details how, in their conquest of a hookup, some encounters go right, and how some result in terrible tragedy--the most noticeable being the date rape of Sara (Tara Reid)--but from there simply degenerates into melodrama. Body Shots attempts to impress upon the audience their social commentary of sex in the '90s, and by the end it is a tiring cacophony of discordant themes...