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Beating the Barren Bond Blues
Another day, another post lamenting how difficult it has become to be a James Bond fan. Instead of updates on movie casting or any updates at all, we get nothing. Well, aside from a reality TV contest nobody wanted (007: Road to a Million) and a video game nobody asked… Read More →
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This is crazy! You’re a double-0.
Miranda Frost’s hesitation about sleeping with Bond in Die Another Day briefly suggests caution, yet the moment is clearly part of her calculated deception. Bond dismisses the concern as “just a number,” unaware that Frost’s betrayal has been in motion from the very beginning. I actually enjoy her storyline as… Read More →
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The animals went in two by two
Bond shows off his intuition with this clever line that reveals how quickly Bond understands Hugo Drax’s plan in Moonraker. Seeing the paired passengers aboard the shuttle immediately evokes the story of Noah’s Ark and Drax’s disturbing vision of repopulating Earth with his chosen elite in a “new dynasty.” For… Read More →
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Your orders were to kill that sniper!
The verbal confrontation between Bond and Saunders in The Living Daylights remains one of the movie’s most effective character moments, not only because the title of the movie is recited. It places two seasoned intelligence officers in direct opposition, each convinced of their own judgment. Saunders projects irritation and smug… Read More →
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Steven Knight praises Fleming Bond books: “Underrated”
It’s always good to see Bond writers going back to the source material in Ian Fleming’s Bond novels. As I’ve said before on this site, it’s one thing to mimic a book entirely into a movie (which I’d be against), but totally another thing to draw inspiration from Fleming. I… Read More →
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Bond 26 title should be mission name
We know nothing about Bond 26 yet, which makes it the perfect time to throw around some possible titles: The Golden Viper – the name of a new criminal organization with a catchy name The Black Sapphire Affair – similar to GoldenEye, about an all-important object (jewelry heist anyone?) The… Read More →
Filed Under: Bond 26