Day: February 11, 2026
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The souffle can’t wait
Kamal Khan in Octopussy is a deliberate blend of Bond villain archetypes. He displays a cultivated elegance at dinner with Bond and Magda with this comment on the souffle and is obsessed with rare antiquities. This echoes other refined villains… Read More →
Filed Under: Octopussy -
Bond’s Golden Gun Anders violence is inappropriate
Roger Moore’s equivalent of Sean Connery’s infamous misogynistic “man talk” <butt slap> moment arrives in The Man With the Golden Gun, and it’s arguably worse. For some reason, Bond decides that physical coercion and not suave interrogation is necessary for… Read More →
Filed Under: The Man With The Golden Gun