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Amazon removes Bond movie poster guns… *facepalm*
This might be the most spectacularly ill-advised idea I’ve encountered in the Bond universe in quite some time. A potential Jinx spin-off from Die Another Day is the only thing that comes close in sheer absurdity. Honestly, what were they thinking? This isn’t thoughtful censorship, it’s censorship for sport. Boo! Read More →
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What’s this loaded with? Rock salt.
Now you tell me! It’s the ultimate “wait… what?” moment of Roger Moore’s Bond era in A View to a Kill, when Bond boldly commandeers Stacy Sutton’s gun only to discover it has all the firepower of a cap gun. Remarkably, he faces this revelation with unnerving composure, as if… Read More →
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For England, James? No, for me.
It was an exquisitely poetic conclusion for Trevelyan in GoldenEye. It was a finale so perfectly ironic it might as well have been choreographed by karma itself. Bond, ever the vengeance connoisseur, must have felt a deep sense of vindication. Although it still boggles the mind how Trevelyan could have… Read More →
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Take it easy, oh oh seven.
I’m pretty sure Red Grant in From Russia With Love is the only character who ever calls James Bond by his agent number quite like this. Was he trying to get under 007’s perfectly tailored skin? Or was he just being an exceptionally smug smart-aleck? Read More →
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We need another late 80s Bond movie!
And no, not just for Timothy Dalton as James Bond, but for the fresh approach to the gadgets at the time. They were technologically advanced without feeling unrealistic and the absence of the Internet gave the world a more grounded, tangible quality. A return to Ian Fleming’s original vision of… Read More →
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DAF: Bond takes transatlantic cruise home
The final scene of Diamonds Are Forever takes place aboard a cruise ship as Bond sails back to the UK, which doesn’t seem like the best security protocol. Nothing says “secret agent” like sunbathing on the Lido deck after foiling a nuclear plot. But hey, I guess MI6 figures the… Read More →
Filed Under: Diamonds Are Forever