Spy Briefing PowerPoint Syndrome

A few days ago, I posted about M’s speech to Bond in GoldenEye . Go watch that again: at a certain point, she quickly presses some buttons to reveal a TV and a ….PowerPoint (?) about General Orumov. This is what I call “ spy briefing room PowerPoint syndrome .” No matter what happens, someone always has these presentations ready to go. It’s is a trope in spy movies that has always fascinated me.…