Tag: Moonraker
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Character Witness: Moonraker’s double-take pigeon
COO! DID I JUST SEE WHAT I THINK I SAW?! COO! WAS THAT 007 IN A HOVERCRAFT GONDOLA IN ST. MARK’S SQUARE?! COO! I’D CALL IT IMPOSSIBLE, BUT I’M A PIGEON WHO JUST GOT A CAMEO IN A JAMES BOND… Read More →
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Bond’s Slate Kill Feels Straight Outta Bourne
Okay, it pains me to admit it, but Bond’s kill of Slate in Quantum Of Solace immediately reminded me of the close, chaotic violence of the Jason Bourne movies. The brutal intimate knife fight and that slowly expanding pool of… 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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Remakes are completely off the table, right?
Although I’d be curious to see Denis Villeneuve tackle a remake of Moonraker, I have a hard time believing a direct remake of any previous Bond film or even a faithful adaptation of a single Fleming novel is seriously under… Read More →
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Bond 26: Double-take pigeon’s triumphant return?
Dennis Villeneuve could pull off the funniest Bond cameo imaginable. Why not bring back the double-take pigeon from Moonraker for Bond 26? Yes, the scene was completely contrived, with the movie stopping to show everyone’s reaction to Bond commandeering a… Read More →
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How would Bond 26 space mission work?
With Denis Villeneuve attached to Bond 26, a return to the final frontier like Moonraker is at least an interesting possibility to consider. I’d trust Villeneuve to figure out the details, but the bigger question is what a modern James… Read More →
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Kill five hours in Rio, no samba
In Moonraker, Bond doesn’t hesitate to hit on Manuela when he arrives in Rio. It just so happens that his contact and assistance from Station VH is a stunningly attractive woman. Although she gets some memorable screentime, especially during her… Read More →
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And now you will pay the penalty
In The Spy Who Loved Me, Stromberg shows his ruthlessness when a secretary is caught selling his secrets to the highest bidder and ix sentenced to a swim with sharks. He seems to enjoy the spectacle, even inviting two men… Read More →
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Even in death, my munificence is boundless
No other Bond villain can match the sheer snobbery of Hugo Drax in Moonraker. A large part of it comes from his vocabulary, which hovers somewhere between eloquence and outright grandiloquence. Okay so I admit I looked up fancy words… Read More →
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It’s become distinctly chilly since Venice
This Bond quote from Moonraker is clever considering the circumstances, but doesn’t quite hold up under scrutiny. Bond and Dr. Goodhead have not interacted between Venice and Rio, so the remark feels more like a narrative shortcut rather than a… Read More →
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