Tag: GoldenEye
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James Bond. Charming, sophisticated secret agent.
Valentin Zukovsky always seems to have a quick-witted comment or some way of measuring himself against 007. As their relationship developed across GoldenEye and The World Is Not Enough, Zukovsky enjoyed revisiting their history, occasionally with a pointed reminder that… Read More →
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I unapologetically capitalize all Bond title words
It’s such a force of habit at this point that I’ve been doing it for so long. Ever since I watched my first Bond movie, GoldenEye, and fell down the 007 rabbit hole, I’ve developed certain capitalization habits that I… Read More →
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What else do you call your bottom?
In GoldenEye, Natalya Simonova understandably suspects something more suggestive when Boris Grishenko offers his rather cheeky password riddle, “What I sit on but I don’t take with me?” There are certainly plenty of alternative answers involving one’s backside, but Bond… Read More →
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Bondvertisements: License to Sell
Although product placement has long existed in James Bond movies, from automobile partnerships to Bond’s watches and even the British Airways billboard in Moonraker, its commercial footprint has become far more noticeable in the modern era. Some examples feel natural… Read More →
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Filthy habit
As I’ve mentioned before, Tomorrow Never Dies is my favorite Pierce Brosnan Bond movie. It opens with a terrific pre-title sequence as Bond races to escape an arms bazaar housing stolen nuclear warheads, providing a worthy follow-up to GoldenEye‘s dam… 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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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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Who’s strangling the cat?
Following up on the previous post, this is a perfect example of Bond and Zukovsky’s entertaining dynamic in GoldenEye. While Bond questions Zukovsky, his mistress Irina is performing karaoke of Tammy Wynette’s “Stand By Your Man” with a rather loud… Read More →
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Shaken, but not stirred…hahaha!
In GoldenEye, Valentin Zukovsky mocks Bond for his custom drink order. Judging by his laugh and his encouragement of his own men to join in, it seems that Bond’s specific preference is already well known among certain criminal circles. That… Read More →
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Ready to save the world again?
As much as I love GoldenEye and its excellent Trevelyan revenge plot, this line from 006 at the start always leaves me wanting to see one of their previous missions. It’s the word “again” that hints at a history of… Read More →
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