In You Only Live Twice, Bond and Kissy Suzuki stand slack-jawed as 007 realizes the caldera lake isn’t water at all. It’s metal, and retractable to boot, and one of production designer Ken Adam’s masterpieces. The volcano lair remains one of the crown jewels of Bond set design, and I’m not sure an equally impressive and timeless set could be conjured up these days.
October 26, 2025 – 10:07 PM UTC
In Never Say Never Again, the fleeting exchange between Fatima Blush and Max Largo at his barcade-casino is equal parts unsettling and oddly flirtatious. There’s clearly some history there, as each line drips with twisted chemistry and titillates the other. Sadism seems to be their love language.