Tag: Never Say Never Again
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Never Say Urine Specimen Again
From the infamous urine specimen fight onward, Never Say Never Again well, never, quite regains its footing. The gag feels oddly desperate for a Bond movie, especially one already fighting an uphill battle as an unofficial entry in the series.… Read More →
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The Tears of Allah. Sweet, like money.
Although I can appreciate some of Maximilian Largo’s eccentricities in Never Say Never Again, he has some lines like the one above that leave much to be desired. While overlooking the beautiful Tears of Allah site, Largo takes a sip… Read More →
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Bond 26: Kite dancing in a hurricane?
To borrow Mr. White’s vivid phrasing from Spectre, the state of Bond 26 feels precarious at best. The usual speculation over casting has been amplified by a deeper uncertainty, with Amazon now steering the franchise and the longest gap between… Read More →
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You’re marvelously well-equipped
James Bond and Fatima Blush throw sexual innuendos at each other when they first meet in Never Say Never Again and eventually sleep together on a scuba diving boat. This line and a few others like it are perfect examples… Read More →
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From here, the world comes to me
Maximillian Largo in Never Say Never Again is one of my highlights of this unofficial James Bond movie, mostly because of Klaus Maria Brandauer’s breezy but meticulous character. I’d argue that his calm but forceful portrayal makes him a formidable… Read More →
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There was this girl in Philadelphia…
Fatima Blush in Never Say Never Again stands out as one of the most unhinged female antagonists of any Bond movie. The character is written as flamboyantly unstable with an extravagant wardrobe and erratic behavior signaling a dangerous, unbalanced woman.… Read More →
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The Navy XT-7B: Top Secret Trash
In the final act of Never Say Never Again, Bond casually asks the submarine captain about the Navy’s top secret XT-7B platforms, claiming to have read about them in a “Russian translation” of one of his service manuals. Even by… Read More →
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Yes, but my martini is still dry
Aside from this admittedly sharp line in Never Say Never Again, the introductory encounter between Fatima Blush and James Bond veers into unmistakably cringe territory. The scene asks the audience to accept that two people can forge a meaningful flirtation… Read More →
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Your brother’s dead. Keep dancing.
It’s a strikingly cold line from Never Say Never Again, and one that at least initially feels unnecessarily harsh. Delivering such devastating news mid-tango is, in hindsight, a questionable tactical choice on Bond’s part, especially with Largo observing them from… Read More →
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He used our emergency code “Tango Zebra”
In Never Say Never Again, Bond orchestrates a clever diversion to transmit his emergency code, “Tango Zebra,” from Max Largo’s yacht. His calculated move to kiss Domino to provoke Largo and infiltrate the command center was vintage Bond the secret… Read More →
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