Time For 007

James Bond movie musings. 007 words, 007 sentences. Twice daily at 10:07 AM/PM UTC.
You Only Live Twice (1967)

This organization does not tolerate failure…go!

Blofeld’s patience wears thin with Osato and Helga Brandt’s failure to stop Bond in You Only Live Twice – to the point where he literally sends Brandt to the fishes (piranhas).  Osato is lucky – he definitely thought he was fish food!  I also like the shriek annoyance in Blofeld’s voice in his next directive – KILL BOND, NOW!

On This Day…

All other August 31st posts

August 31, 2026 – 10:07 PM UTC

One of Bond’s most impressive qualities as a secret agent is his ability to adapt to whatever environment he finds himself in. Whether he’s skiing through the Alps, aboard a speeding train, scuba diving underwater or even spacewalking, Bond has a knack for turning his surroundings into potential tools for survival. It’s even more satisfying…

August 31, 2026 – 10:07 AM UTC

With rumors swirling that Jack Lowden is a heavy favorite to become the next James Bond, what if those rumors are actually a clever bit of misdirection and Lowden instead turns up in Bond 26 as MI5 operative River Cartwright from Slow Horses? As I’ve mentioned previously, I’ve always wondered why Bond’s MI6 world rarely…

August 31, 2025 – 10:07 AM UTC

Moonraker has one of the most brutal deaths in the Bond series, and it involves dogs.  After firing Corinne Dufour for essentially (albeit mistakenly, really) helping Bond snoop around his study, Drax sicks his two Dobermans after her.  For some odd reason, Corinne doesn’t hop in the golf cart she arrived in to escape, but…