There’s something about Bond’s insistence to get back to Atlantis in The Spy Who Loved Me to rescue Triple X that just makes me laugh.
What is it, you ask? Well it’s the juxtaposition of his urgency and professionalism in his request to the American Navy captain to hold off blowing up Atlantis for an hour (fine, 40 minutes!) versus the captain’s rather humorous response above. Moreover, the other juxtaposition of Bond’s absolute dorky jetski ride to Atlantis while the legendary James Bond theme plays in the background. I guess a jetski in the late 1970s would elicit some oohs and ahhs, but Bond driving it in his full naval attire and his pants hiked up in formalwear just ain’t it!

