Month: July 2026
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Where does Brian Michael Thompson live?
“B.M.T.? Flat 216.” “A or B?” “A.” “BMT216A. Got it.” (Overheard in a pub.) Read More →
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Mission Briefing: Operation Coral Viper
Commander Bond, your assignment begins the moment your aircraft touches down in Australia. Your first rendezvous is at the old lighthouse overlooking the turquoise harbor, where a local asset will identify herself by ordering three limes with her tequila. Avoid… Read More →
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Slippery Slope: The Domesticated James Bond
I recently came across a report claiming that Ian Fleming disliked dogs, which may help explain why James Bond never had a faithful four-legged companion. Which makes practical sense really, since a globe-trotting secret agent would hardly be an ideal… Read More →
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No wonder we couldn’t see it
In my opinion, GoldenEye‘s concealed satellite dish is a more convincing hidden crater base than the rocket launch facility in You Only Live Twice. A hijacked, hidden satellite installation simply has a much smaller physical footprint and seems like a… Read More →
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“A woman doesn’t need to play [Bond]”
Hannah Waddingham’s refreshingly direct response to the inevitable “female James Bond” question says more in one sentence than most drawn-out arguments on the topic. I also like her confidence in pointing out that women have “other things to do” rather… Read More →
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“Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.”
In From Russia With Love, Bond delivers this line with absolute confidence, as if he just referenced some groundbreaking nugget of English wisdom on the spot. It comes right after he sets fire to the gasoline barrels during the boat… Read More →
Filed Under: From Russia With Love -
You know the name/number
The GoldenEye marketing line is genius because it did a lot with very little. It introduced a new Bond in Pierce Brosnan without overselling the change, and reaffirmed that the audience knows James Bond, 007’s identity. For certain, it was… Read More →
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All our wantable agents have disappeared, sir.
Does Moneypenny’s response to Bond’s proposal of a female-proof secret agent reveal a bit more than intended? Even in a relatively straightforward exchange, the 1967 Casino Royale spoof finds a way to make a familiar Bond dynamic feel completely off-kilter.… Read More →
Filed Under: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service -
For the first and last time, remember?
One of the stranger little moments in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service comes when Marc-Ange Draco gives Bond his daughter’s hand in marriage. As Draco wishes Bond luck, he oddly adds the above line and attempts to put an apparent… Read More →
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He’s had enough. Run a tab.
Let’s not forget that James Bond had a proper barfight in Licence to Kill at the Bimini Barrelhead Bar. It’s not exactly the kind of elegant mission where Bond calmly orders a martini and outsmarts everyone in the room. Instead,… Read More →
Filed Under: Licence To Kill