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Hey everybody, and welcome to Seriesly, where we take franchises way too seriously.

Seriesly is an online review show created by Rick Desilets that focuses on examining popular film franchises one entry at a time, to see their evolution over time. The show was announced on The D-Pad's YouTube channel May 29, 2015, and revealed with the first video that it would begin by exploring the James Bond franchise. Seriesly is credited as a Two-Bit Pictures production.

Seriesly can be watched on The D-Pad's YouTube channel here.

Reviews:

• Dr. No (feat. Casino Royale (1954))
• From Russia with Love
• Goldfinger (feat. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. 1964)
• Thunderball

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Provides examples of:

• Affectionate Parody: Every review begins with a parody of the infamous Bond Gun Barrel.
• Big-Lipped Alligator Moment: What Rick considers Bond's missing hat in Thunderball. He stops just short of invoking it by name.
• Caustic Critic: Rick was not a fan of Thunderball, especially after hailing Goldfinger as a nearly perfect Bond film that could compete with films today.
• Cliffhanger: The Thunderball review ends with The Reveal that Ben is suing Rick.
  • Left Hanging: More than two and a half months have passed since Thunderball, with no sign of You Only Live Twice beyond "soon".
• Cover Version: Episode outros starting with From Russia with Love feature members of the The D-Pad team performing (usually) parodies of the films' theme songs.
  • From Russia with Love: C/J performs a karaoke-style version of the theme.
  • Goldfinger: Ben performs the theme in the style of Fred Schneider of The B-52s.
  • Thunderball: Full Heart Laser Sword performs a cover of Johnny Cash's "Thunderball" theme, ending with the final line of Tom Jones's version.
• Mood Whiplash: There is a distinct tonal shift between the reviews of Goldfinger and Thunderball.
• Moral Event Horizon: What Rick considers the Rape Portrayed as Redemption subplot of Goldfinger. He's too disgusted to even talk about the Unfortunate Implications of Bond's hypothesis that he "must have appealed to [Pussy Galore's] maternal instincts" to cause her Heel–Face Turn.
• Official Couple: The From Russia with Love review is set against Rick and co-reviewer Sarah's actual second anniversary.
• One-Word Title
• Portmantitle: The show's title is a Portmanteau of "series" and "seriously". This had to be explained to the show's first commenter.
• The Reveal: The one suing Rick for failing to give proper credit... is Ben.
• Running Gag: After watching the Climax! version of Casino Royale, Rick falls asleep at even the mention of baccarat.
  • M's office is constantly full of pot smoke after Moneypenny describes their efforts in Dr. No as "burning the air between here and Jamaica".
• The Stoner: M, of all people.
• Wham Line: "I'm being sued by Ben?!"