Time For 007

James Bond movie musings. 007 words, 007 sentences. Twice daily at 10:07 AM/PM UTC.
Live And Let Die (1973)

Character Witness: Sheriff J.W. Pepper

Now I don’t know who this James Bond fella thinks he is, but he sure knows how to tear up a Louisiana bayou. I’d just pulled over a regular Ben-Hur doing 95 minimum when boats started jumping roads and wrecking cars and everybody generally acting like fools. Then that Englishman sends his speedboat sailing right over my head and leaves one of them other boats to plant itself in my patrol car!

I commandeered what I could, called for my brother-in-law Billy-Bob and his fast boat, and figured we’d finally put a stop to this nonsense, but instead, Bond kept flying through the swamp while my boys and I wound up looking like we didn’t know a bayou from a bathtub. And when I finally caught up with that man, that DOOMSDAY MACHINE, I found out he wasn’t some reckless English joyrider but a secret agent.

A secret agent, huh? Well, whose side is he on?!

On This Day…

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August 17, 2026 – 10:07 AM UTC

The “Smert Spionam” (“Death to Spies”) campaign in The Living Daylights was one aspect of its complicated plot that I thought had more traction than some of the other storylines. Although it was ultimately a ruse orchestrated by Georgi Koskov, Timothy Dalton’s ability to wear his emotions on his sleeve makes the threat of a…

August 17, 2025 – 10:07 PM UTC

And it’s kinda not even close.  There’s just some innocence about the movies that keep me coming back to them and comparing them to modern Bond movies.  Sure, they set the standard, but they were also blissfully unaware (rightly so) of their future cultural impact which allowed them to keep things simple and not overcomplicated. …

August 17, 2025 – 10:07 AM UTC

“It does, but I’m being trained to ignore it.” Casino Royale (1967) spoofed James Bond so hard their agent Cooper’s mission training was to resist the charms of women.  Including physically throwing them to the ground upon flirtations. Also, everyone in MI6 is known as James Bond, 007.  The movie is so bizarre!