Tag: The Spy Who Loved Me
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Most curious product placement? Tabasco hot sauce
Few instances of product placement in the Bond series are as oddly memorable as Tabasco hot sauce. It appears in both The Man with the Golden Gun and The Spy Who Loved Me, each time in the hands of the… Read More →
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Well, tell him to pull out. Immediately!
In The Spy Who Loved Me, when M learns from Moneypenny that Bond is on mission in Austria, he delivers this line in a moment of surprisingly overt innuendo. The gag lands not simply because of the double entendre, but… Read More →
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Character Spotlight: Milton Reid as Sandor
Playing second fiddle to an iconic henchman like Jaws in The Spy Who Loved Me is a nearly impossible assignment, and Milton Reid’s Sandor ultimately illustrates why. Introduced as a physically imposing enforcer tasked with assisting Jaws in eliminating Bond,… Read More →
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I’m sorry. I cannot answer that question.
Fekkesh’s assistant Felicca in The Spy Who Loved Me has remarkably limited screen time, yet the movie attempts to give her a complete character arc within mere minutes. It may be one of the fastest pivots of any Bond girl:… Read More →
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Flashing the Union Jack is obviously unwise
Sure, it made for an iconic moment when Bond parachuted into frame beneath it in The Spy Who Loved Me, but let’s be honest, advertising your national allegiance mid-mission is hardly the move of a stealth operative. It looks brilliant… Read More →
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You’re gonna get me court-martialed!
There’s something about Bond’s insistence to get back to Atlantis in The Spy Who Loved Me to rescue Triple X that just makes me laugh. What is it, you ask? Well it’s the juxtaposition of his urgency and professionalism in… Read More →
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How about a nightcap on the company?
Bond asks Anya Amasova to join him for a late-night drink on the train in The Spy Who Loved Me, but is quickly rejected. Swing and a miss…ouch! Read More →
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Actually sir, it is in Sardinia
The pairing of a British spy and Soviet agent for a mission in The Spy Who Loved Me wouldn’t have happened without this subtle jab/correction from Anya Amasova. As the two heads of intelligence debriefed evidence pointing to Karl Stromberg… Read More →
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CANCEL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS REPROGRAMME MISSILE ONE ONLY
What an epic fax (“print-put transmission unit”) from Bond on the Liparus to the two submarines! Bond goes nuclear and destroys both in The Spy Who Loved Me, saving the world from fallout. Epic double kill! Read More →
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I stole the blueprints of this car
Quite the admission from Triple X in The Spy Who Loved Me. She masterfully deploys an underwater explosive while sitting shotgun next to Bond in the Q-assigned Lotus Esprit as if it were her own. A two spy love affair… Read More →
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