Genre – Action
Movie Total Runtime – 2 Hours 5 Minutes
Spoilers – Yes
My first instinct was “Of course I watched all the Classic Bond films, I own the box set, I have for years.” And I’m one who actually enjoys the Roger Moore run, surely I watched this one. The more I thought about it though, there were a number where I could not identify a plot or villain, and this is a series known for larger than life villains. So any where I even doubted whether I’d seen it went on the list. After the previous installment, it was a relief to have something where I didn’t have to force myself to keep watching. It was interrupted only by poor timing of my first viewing.
I seriously doubt there are any who would read this who don’t know the formula for Classic Bond, or the character. Indeed, I expect a lot of arguing and posturing over whose run was better. You’re all wrong.
The biggest problems this film had were some dated special effects (to be expected), a few headscratching plot points, and a lack of chemistry between the leads. Though the datedness of the special effects is primarily limited to one technique – the rear projection scenes. The miniatures work, the set dressing, the pyrotechnics, the stunts, all well done, but whenever a rear projection shot shows up, I get 1960s Batman vibes and it feels like a parody until the shot changes to something else. The perfect example shows up in an early sequence. After we’ve established that something is hunting both English and Soviet missile submarines, we cut over to where Bond is romancing who I assume is an East German agent, as she calls in the Soviet hit team on him. This prompts a ski chase through the Alps. The chase portion and the stunt performers are very believable, and you know real people really did those stunts. But every so often it cut to a shot of Moore desperately trying to pretend to ski while an Alpine vista is projected on a screen behind him. It doesn’t fit in and could have been edited out without losing a thing. Fortunately, most of the time this was not used.
Somewhere around this time we get introduced to the villain of the piece. It takes a while before we learn his name is Stroburg, so I kept calling him Nemo. His submersible seabase and desire to build a new civilization under water didn’t shake that nickname. He has an honest to goodness shark tank into which he drops a leaker (selling info to both the Brits and Soviets) as a message to his two scientists, who he blows up shortly thereafter anyway. In light of his ultimate plan, there really was zero point in blowing up the scientists other than to prove he’s evil – as though dropping a woman in a shark tank were not enough. What is his plan? Start a nuclear war to clean off the surface and continue civilization underwater. He already had the submarines at this point. The scientists wouldn’t know his ultimate aim and wouldn’t start revealing anything until after it was too late. Plus, the twenty million dollars he paid them would be rendered worthless once the bombs fell. So why waste the helicopter and pilot blowing them up?
Whatever. Nemo sends Jaws and bald henchman to recover the data leaked by the shark victim. Jaws is a character I know more from the short-lived James Bond Jr cartoon that aired during some programming block when I was a kid. I do believe this movie was his first appearance. So, Jaws, 007, and Soviet Agent xXx (no relation to Vin Diesel or Ice Cube) converge on Cairo in search of the microfilm. We get another headscratcher where Bond arrives by camel from the desert. Cairo is on the Nile, and is reachable by air, boat, automobile, or train. To arrive by camel from the desert you have to go out of your way to leave civilization, ride out into the Sahara, then come back.
I expect that the filmmakers didn’t think the viewer knew or cared about the details of Egypt, as their casting of Egyptians didn’t seem to extend to Egyptians or even Arabs. We had an obvious Englishman, and someone who looked way too Turkish. The Englishman dressed like a Bedouin, and was only in the movie so that they could have a harem scene inside a tent, as his only plot function was to give Bond the name of the Turk, who he could have just as readily gotten from M instead. When first trying to find the Turk, bald henchman catches up to Bond and we get a fight sequence which inspired me to note “They spent more on sets than fight choreography.” It was an embarrassing fight which ended the bald henchman.
I have to give more kudos to the crew for selecting their filming locations and preparing their sets. They are all thematically distinct and well-executed. I just wish the hand-to-hand choreography was punched up a bit. We’re talking Shatner-esque at times.
xXx was first to reach the Turk, though Bond and Jaws are not far behind. The Turk flees into a tomb where he is bitten to death by Jaws, Bond and Jaws have an embarrassing fight, and a convenient notebook in the dead man’s pocket identifies the next person of interest. Next person of interest is plotwise indistinguishable from the Turk as once again the three converge, Jaws bites the man to death, and the plot advances, because this time Jaws got the microfilm. 007 and xXx pile into the back of Jaws van as he drives off into the desert for the next setpiece. Knowing the others are obligated to follow the MacGuffin, Jaws uses his offscreen teleportation skills to get the literal drop on Bond and tries to bite him to death. Given that he is both bigger, and shown to possess super-strength, I asked why he wasn’t using those abilities to his advantage. I concluded that he must be Romanian. This would also explain the bloodlessness of his previous biting kills. The way he goes for the neck really sells it. I’m keeping that as head canon.
Anyway, 007 and xXx steal back the microfilm by dropping a stone building on Jaws, and after some more exhibitions of super-strength escape to the Nile and take a boat back to Cairo. On the way, Bond proves he is a complete idiot about women by letting xXx get the drop on him and escape with the MacGuffin. This doesn’t make much of a difference as soon they are ordered to work together to stop Nemo.
The next section of the movie has a couple of headscratchers closely packed together. First, they travel from Cairo to Sardinia… by Train. Admittedly there is a shot of them getting off a boat after the train sequence, but no indication of why there was a rail leg to the trip other than to have a scene where Jaws ambushes them from xXx’s closet and gets given the ‘No Ticket’ defenestration treatment. The train sequence was plotwise supposed to be a key moment in the romantic involvement between the spies, but Moore and the female lead have no chemistry. I didn’t buy any of the attraction. Early on it could be played off as customary attempted manipulation of each other, but around here we’re supposed to believe it becomes something more.
On Sardinia, they use fake identities to go visit Nemo on his seabase. The only purpose of the sequence being to introduce the mothership in the form of a model on a side table. Rather than deal with them while they are on the seabase, Nemo lets them leave and orders Jaws to kill them once they are on the shore. It’s not going to be any bigger mystery whodunnit if you wait, I’m thinking Nemo’s not the most strategic planner.
On shore, 007 and xXx go for a drive in the Q-Special car for a chase on cliffside roads with two hit teams and a helicopter. The car turns into a submarine and they get into another fight with underwater assets from the seabase. This whole sequence serves no purpose beyond filling out the action quota. The action itself was fine, but it could have been cut with no impact to the plot. They find no new information and no character arcs are forwarded. We do find that Jaws is likely indestructible, walking away from a crash which is implied to have killed everyone else in the car with him. Be careful around those Romanians.
Somewhere between the train sequence and the car chase, I noted that there was markedly less music used in action scenes than in current day convention.
Another kudos to the crew – the seabase model work and the composite shots with the people and vehicles around it were seamless. Rationally, I knew it was a model, but it was a well-executed model and virtually blended in perfectly.
007 and xXx borrow an American attack submarine to go visit the mothership, which disables the American sub the same way it had the English and Soviet subs before swallowing it. Conveniently, despite the plan only requiring two missile subs, the mothership as three berths in its hold, and the American crew is captured. When 007 and xXx are found among the crew, Nemo orders xXx brought to him and changed into an obligatorily skimpy outfit. The last part is not in dialog, but for the rest of the movie, the actress is showing notably more skin. Rather than shooting Bond, he is ordered placed with the other prisoners, allowing him to escape en route and start wreaking havoc aboard the mothership.
Freeing the submarine crews, they capture the armory and wage war on the mothership crew. During this extended firefight, Bond actually runs out of ammunition. It isn’t even a narrative tension “oh no, I’m out of bullets” as a sailor just hands him another magazine. I noticed it because it was so unusual for such a moment to be included. There wasn’t even dialog drawing attention to it.
To break into the last fortified hardpoint on the mothership, Bond opts to borrow the conventional explosive charge from one of the nuclear warheads lying around. The removal scene was another moment of contrived tension. In the movie warhead design, the detonator must not touch the housing around the detonator, or it will go off, and that housing is magnetized. I’m not going to argue the tech, even though there is a lot wrong there. But two things stood out – first, shortly after this statement is made, the two are clearly touching; second, this detonator is larger than a football, and the gap between it and the housing at least a quarter inch. Everyone in that room is wearing jackets of some canvas-like material which could easily be fitted into that gap to make sure the two do not contact. But, tension is called for, so Bond must remove the detonator without detonating.
Mothership captain pulls the “You’re too late, the submarines are in position to fire!” but the teletype was left logged in and the subs were given new targets, blowing each other up. For whatever reason, the mothership decides “I’m gonna blow up too” and small blasts start tearing it apart. All three crews clowncar the American sub, torpedo their way out, and go “time to get Nemo at the seabase.”
Around that time, we learn that Nemo named his seabase ‘Atlantis’. I’m not going to call it that.
Bond jetskis over to the seabase where we discover that apparently Nemo has completely run out of nameless henchpeople, as it is virtually abandoned except for Nemo, Jaws, xXx and Bond. After failing to shark tank Bond, Nemo finally decides to just shoot him, fails, and is shot in return. Bond then gets another fight with Jaws, dropping him in the shark tank after shooting him in the metal mouth proved fruitless. Why shoot the one spot you know is armored? Jaws bites the shark and drains it of blood, the submarine torpedoes the seabase, 007 and xXx take a posh escape pod out of there while Jaws has to swim for Sardinia.
The acting was not fantastic. There was only one scene where I thought I was watching actual people. It was a hotel scene just before they left for the mothership where xXx confronts Bond about whether he killed the spy who loved her in Austria. He did, and she promises to kill him. In that exchange, you do get some inkling of humanity from the characters and the indication that the performers could have done more elsewhere, but for whatever reason it didn’t materialize.
I give “The Spy Who Loved Me” a rating of ‘Cheesy Popcorn’. That is – it’s fun but falls apart under scrutiny. You already know if you like classic Bond or not, so my recommendation doesn’t really matter.
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The powers that be – This is the most recent scheduled post of the set I’ve submitted. Is the issue on my side, or is the scheduler otherwise occupied?
I’ve only seen bits and pieces of a few Bond movies, but can’t recall that I’ve ever watched any beginning to end. (Is Goldfinger the one that involves breaking into Fort Knox?) Even so, something tells me that presenting even a faintly plausible plot lacking large holes and “Seriously??” moments is very far down the priority list.
For the record, and with my admittedly limited experience with the series, I’ll cast my vote for Connery as the quintessential Bond.
Yes, it is.
“Atcher” episodes have less plot holes than Bond movies.
Still the opening sequences were grand back then.
Most of the movies, especially the earlier ones, have more plot holes than a chunk of floating pumice. But considering the target audience was pre-pubescent boys who in earlier days consumed comic books and Amazing magazine by the boatload, trying to give the movies a sense of plausibility to go with the thrills, chills, babes, and crazy doo-hickey technology was always going to be a hopeless cause.
I wonder whether Connery made Bond or Bond made Connery. Certainly in his long acting career he was never able to really escape Fleming’s character after playing it so many times.
Perhaps it’s because I’ve not seen the Bond movies in their entirety, but that’s not my impression of Connery. My favorite movie of his is Hunt for Red October.* (One may quibble over whether his was a starring or supporting role, I suppose.) I will happily watch that movie again any time it comes on TV, and I suppose I should just go ahead and buy the Blu-Ray. Second favorite: Name of the Rose.
*Fun too-local fact: a couple of on-air personalities at the local classic rock station in the ’90s had a recurring call-in quiz segment called Stoner Trivia. Contestants were required to respond to the clue in the form of a question, preceded by “Dude,” as in, “Dude, what is…?” If you didn’t know the actual answer, the always-correct all-purpose answer was, “Dude, what is Hunt for Red October?”
I really like The Anderson Tapes and The (First) Great Train Robbery.
And there’s always The Man Who Would Be King.
The book had rather salacious parts that were fun for teenaged Hobbit.
Also, “Jaws” = “unwatchable”
I couldn’t get through Fleming’s writing style.
UnCiv: registration for the next match is open on Practiscore.
I am in squad 4.
Since there were so few people signed up for Squad 4 I picked that one.
I signed up under optics since I finally got all the right screws for the Shadow 2. I’ll probably zero it on the 4th (unless the range is closed for the holiday??)
Closing a gun range in Independence Day? Are you mad?
Yes.
Of course I am.
Let me know if/when you’re going. I’ll bring the grips.
Also, bring an extra box of ammo and perform the Shadow 2 drill:
Load the chamber. Manually lower the hammer. Fire two shots. Lower the hammer and fire two shots.
Repeat until you stop NDing and both of your shots land in the same place.
I plan on trying for 9-10am.
NA is speaking from painful personal experience here.
My shots will never land in the same place. Ever.
The reason the FX look dated is because there was no gaffer credited. Any movie without a gaffer has these kind of issues.
And the best run was George Lazenby.
Does he really have a “Run” of one installment?
He is on the list, I haven’t seen that one.
I just played Thunderball pinball last night. I don’t know if the Roger Moore series has been turned into pinball yet.
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Wait – That looks like an arcade.
FAAAAKE!
Of course it’s an arcade! That’s where I was! They had the new Black Knight Pinball too.
Unpossible!
Arcades went out of business decades ago.
They actually got a lot better.
https://cidercade.com/arlington/
That looks amazing. Doubt there is anything like it within 100 miles of me.
God damnit, I thought that was in Arlington, Virginia for a minute…
Unpossible!
It is real.
That looks like a lot of fun R. J.
Match is over! In 20 minutes I can’t be disqualified, even if I moon the Match Director.
Big match. Over 500 shooters, mostly not in my division. My bad second day hurt my standing, I will probably receive a concealed carry belt as a prize.
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There is no guarantee the belt will fit.
I think I haven’t seen this one since 1977. They never show it on cable, unlike most of the rest.
Heh. I saw this in the theater, right after Star Wars, maybe? Dunno, I was six.
Yeah, I was eight but I vaguely remember bros and I walking to the Loews nearby to see it.
A Glibs review of Spy Who Loved Me that fails to directly comment on the movie franchise twitting another movie visual joke of Richard Kiel as Jaws killing a shark by biting it? This classic film, perfect in every way (or at least in every scene in which Barbara Bach appears scantily clad) came out just two years after Jaws in case there is any doubt that Kiel’s character is anything other than making fun of Spielberg’s shark.
Sorry, but I was never part of the obsession with fish films.
That’s a very fishy comment!
It would tip the scales…
He’s not their chum.
I think you need to get a new Trouter for your system, UCS.
I was told this would be a Western.
Jaws is a character I know more from the short-lived James Bond Jr cartoon
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The best thing about the Bond movies were the heaviest. That is all.
Heavies. Stupid spell check.
I was thinking that’s what you meant.
I’m not a fan of the “evil madman wants to destroy the world for reasons” Bond movies (i.e., this one, Moonraker, I’m sure there’s others I’m forgetting). They’re even sillier than normal Bond movies.
As for the Roger Moore movies, I’d go with For Your Eyes Only as the best, followed by Man With the Golden Gun. Octopussy is alright IIRC, but I haven’t watched it in a while. Never really liked View to a Kill. Haven’t watched Live and Let Die in ages.
I like “Live and Let Die”, trying to remember if there was a reason why.
The boat chase, cheesy sheriff, and young Jane Seymour.
I wasn’t even sure what movie that boat chase was in.
Naw, it was the villains, they were fun.
The only things I remember about it are the guy getting a compressed air cartridge shoved down his throat and exploding, which was the silliest death in any Bond movie, and it had the 7-Up guy in full voodoo garb.
Octopussy is my favorite if only because time and place. HBO or whatever played it on repeat in my early teens.
There are a handful of movies that HBO had on daily rotation during the summer when my brother and I were at full latch key. I know those like the back of my hand when they pop up. Evil Under the Sun is another one.
OMG yes. I love that movie so much.
Watching Diana Rigg, Maggie Smith, and Roddy McDowell trying to out-camp each other is worth the price of admission.
lol They were all like that.
“evil madman wants to destroy the world for reasons
The Incredibles is the best Bond movie ever made.
(With honorable mention to Deadpool because Ryan Reynolds.)
Evil madmen are de rigueur in superhero movies, too. If you’re an evil madman, you’ll always find work in Hollywood.
Why not both?
When they were trying to infiltrate the villain’s lair, the movie had a very definite Bond vibe.
Good grief I can’t stand that guy. And I haven’t seen him anywhere except all those annoying phone commercials.
Jeebus the US men are both getting the short end of the stick and sucking hard against Costa Rica.
The ref gives a yellow card against Costa Rica for an obvious red-card offense and then some idiot kid misses the penalty kick. JFC.
On the bright side, Canada lost.
I wonder if we lose to Costa Rica or Guatemala.
Aloysius had a thought the other day, that any ‘new’ Bond flick should be set during the Cold War. I love it. A return to the ’60s-70s would be a lot of fun if done well. A fun way to add classic, sneaky spycraft and plenty of opps for set pieces in the Alps, Russia, wherever.
A twist in series trajectory: Go for a legit, suspenseful Bond caper. Pins and needles for most the flick, all building up to said set pieces, as well sexy times and plenty of ’em!
Roger Moore’s flicks kinda suck, IIRC, but I am also certain that I don’t, indeed, remember ’em properly. Moore’s a pussy, so that’s a big problem.
We have settled it many times here already. The best Bond is the Bond you grew up with.
But I agree – it’s a Cold War franchise. World politics just isn’t sexy anymore.
“From Russia with Love” has always been my favorite.
They should film Colonel Sun in its entirety (pieces of Amis’ novel have shown up in various Bond films) and have the main heavy played by an actor resembling Chairman Xi. Communist Chinese, Nazis, grand conspiracies, and beautiful women, what’s not to like?
In The Chairman, Gregory Peck plays ping pong with Chairman Mao.
Unfortunately, the movie doesn’t seem to be on free streaming anywhere.
Moore was the 2nd best bond and the third best Maverick, not to shabby for a “pussy”
Moore was the worst Bond. He was not believable as an assassin or a womanizer, so all his films ended up as cartoons.
One doesn’t want ones assassin to be believable as an assassin, kind of defeats the purpose of being a clandestine killer.
What ES just said. Timothy Dalton’s two weren’t great, but he wasn’t a bad Bond. (Small dude, tho.) Christopher Walken and Grace Jones were also fun.
I ‘grew up’ with Connery at home, and GoldenEye came out when I was 8. That flick may need a rewatch to pry it from nostalgia for the game, but I ‘member it being pretty fun. Tomorrow Never Dies isn’t great, but the premise is solid, and Martin Price fun as a media mogul creating a war to spark ratings for his networks. Good German henchman, IIRC.
Craig’s iteration of Bond is the strongest, IMO, at least in Casino Royale, also the best … post ~1965 flick. I’ve never seen any of the Lazenby one.
Evan will not like my review of Quantum of Solace…
Timothy Dalton was maybe the second-best Bond, but The Living Daylights was unquestionably the best Bond movie.
Quantum of Solance was the best Craig Bond movie, which might not be a high bar exactly…
I saw one of the Craig movies – no idea which one, to be honest. Just doesn’t cut it for me.
It’s not what I want in a Bond movie. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
If you’re impatient and don’t want to wait for the full review, I can sum up my opinion of Quantum of Solace in a quote from that.
I’d be interested to know why. QoS was brilliant compared to everything that came after, and frankly puts up a pretty good fight against Casino Royale. I’ve never understood why it gets so much hate.
Because it gave me a headache from the camerawork, short edits, and impossible to watch action scenes.
It was not hyperbolic to say that the pain was physical.
Different horses for different courses, I suppose. The short edits and fast action scenes are what I thought QoS did very well. The intro, especially, belongs in the cinematic car chase hall of fame.
You’re trolling, right? I literally could not tell who was who, who was in what car, what was going on, nor anything else of value. It was one of the worst chase scenes I’ve seen, and being the Start of the movie with no context made me ill-disposed to everything that followed.
Not trolling even slightly. I didn’t have any trouble telling who was who.
I’m probably in the UCS camp here. What is he is describing has been plaguing pretty much all film and television for the last couple decades.
It’s a big part of why most recent stuff is unwatchable.
There hasn’t been enough old-school Cold War intrigue. The Americans didn’t even come close to tapping out that well.
Reminder: if you would like to be included with all the cool kids in the upcoming What are We Reading post email your reviews, criticisms, and or synopsis to whatarewereading25@proton.me pronto.
Just sent you a submission.
“Given that he is both bigger, and shown to possess super-strength, I asked why he wasn’t using those abilities to his advantage. I concluded that he must be Romanian.”
@Pie, to the courtesy phone, Pie, to the white courtesy phone.
I fell out of a Port-a-Potty.
I felt shame.
Must have been a heck of a party.
***TO BE FAAAIIIRRR***
They set them right on the edge of the curb. There was an extra 5 inch step down I was not expecting.
You’re kinda shorting yourself. You fell OUT. Ya didn’t fall *in.* That shit saw you, thought you looked too nice, so they chucked ya. They couldn’t have *your* shit, the classiest, interfering with *their* shit. Of all places to get thrown out of, a porty ain’t the worst.
“Ever notice how all your shit is STUFF, and all their stuff is shit?!”
Servicing rich guys in Dubai?
Oof.
Teds wins.
This was a lot of fun, and got several legit laughs outta me. On this topic, we’re two horses in harness.
The Bond Film Teams *did* do such a good job with sets, settings and atmosphere. Great locations and plenty of goodies for the audience, especially contemporaneously, who never got to see such places. And, yeah, the stunt work was exceptional for the time, particularly the ski-off-cliff and parachute away shit. Outstanding. Pity fight choreography was kinda non-existent back then.
If I had super-strength AND magic metal teeth, *and* was 7-foot-somethin’, I’d just go wookie and rip my enemies’ fucking arms off. Those bastards. I’d also rip the gills off the shark, rather than going for the ironic kill. I got shit ta do. No time to stay ‘in character.’ Fuck. My kill is, too! Pikers.
… I’m a little sad nobody commented on my Romanian head canon.
Is non-canonical Romanian head when she spits?
I’m late to your post, but I noticed it.
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Hank Scorpio knew how to take care of Bond.
lol
“No, Mister Bond. I expect you to die, and to be a very cheap funeral…Oh, no. I’m not falling for that trick again.” *gunfire*
That is – it’s fun but falls apart under scrutiny.
You wrecked it.
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So sorry…
OT: James May drives a TR-6 with Jay Leno
I wanted one of those so bad before I had a drivers license.
I always like the TR7 and the Stag. Then again, I’m a Sunbeam Tiger fan, too.
I had a TR7. Fun to drive.
2 words- Lucas Electric.
Shocking!
It was, however, not fun to own.
What isn’t too love about a Tiger: 289 in a tiny car, basically a poor mans Cobra.
The TR8 is where they finally got it right, and stuffed a 3.5 V8 in it. Not cheap to find one now.
Sounds like a bad day in Couer d’Alene. Someone set a brush fire and then shot the responding fire crew.
Stake that fucker out in front of the fire. Two Battalion Chiefs dead and the sniper has dropped several cops. They don’t know how many people are down, or if there’s more than one shooter.
This is Ruby Ridge country. There’s some speculation that this might be the guy from Washington that killed his three kids.
Set a back fire on him.
I used to ride my dirt bike on the trails in that area of Cda
That population is very different than Ruby Ridge.
I think the 48 hour rule applies.
There’s still a large number of backwood preppers in the area, even though CdL itself has gone blue and gentile.
And I dearly hope it’s not a disgruntled, local firefighter.
No use in speculating. Canfield mountain is a heavy use recreation area. Lots of single and double track trails linking into forest roads which go all the way to Kellogg or Clark Fork.
Absolutely horrible regardless of who did it or their motive. I hope the pick is captured or killed.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Firefighters were ambushed by sniper fire while responding to a blaze in a northern Idaho mountain community Sunday, killing at least two people and unleashing barrages of gunfire over several hours in an attack the governor called a “heinous” assault.
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Fuck. 48-hours begin? Why does my first thought go to ‘Firefighters are like ICE so I’m gonna kill ’em ‘n send a message?’ Huh!
Never much for the Bond movies. Not sure why. I did like Roger Moore’s turn as the Bond-like Seymour Goldfarb in the first Cannonball Run.
My favorite Bond song is You Only Live Twice; gives a very much 70’s Supermarket vibe.
The movie…eh. I think it’s the one where the woman who kept pushing him away finally gets pressed against the glass and banged. Kind of rapey, in my opinion. The next scene has him giving her a back massage, so that makes it okay.
In terms of physical appearance, Remington Steele was the closest to the novels, but in terms of misanthropic apathy, Craig fits the novel Bond better than the other actors I’ve seen.
That doesn’t mean Craig is the best Bond. Movie Bond and novel Bond are different people.
Novel Bond was kind of a loser. He didn’t really do anything except get beat up.
When it comes to Bond, Casino Royale with David Niven. That is all.
Tell me about tachyon fields.
That information is above your security clearance, citizen.
Roger Moore used Static Guard Spray to remove those clingy tachyon fields from his polyester slacks while filming Bond movies.
It’s a long story. I’d have to start at the beginning.
*ahem*
In the beginning, the earth was void…
Void?
Voidoids!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRB-TrbGwlo&list=RDPRB-TrbGwlo&start_radio=1
+ Huon radiation
I tried, but the comment posted before the site existed.
Obligatory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbNwSqw-cfE
I’m a bit disappointed more attention wasn’t paid to Barbara Bach. She is a smoke show.
Are you saying Ringo got lucky?
Yes. Yes, I am.
Aruk alunda Lana. Lana alunda Atuk? Definitely Ringo’s best work.
Blame the internet.
I am jaded by easy access to visual representations of the female form.
You mean “Barbara (((Bachman)))”.
I’d really like to chant “one of us’ but her mother was Catholic and she was raised Catholic.
Barbara Bouchet > Barbara Bach.
Mornin’, gliblets. First pick round begins, and a good Observational Eye on for fun today.
Up ‘n atom!
☕️😉
Today’s ‘Friday’ and Thurs is payday. Strongly approve.
Free Diddy!
Wakey, wakey Glibstars!
😁🌠🇺🇸
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT3cERVRoQo
🎶🎶
So, the first tiny flower buds have appeared amongst the new leaves on my pepper plant.
They’re a long way away from blooming, let alone fruiting, but it’s progress 😀👍
🌱😁
Does the talking to plants helps them grow thing work on peppers? Does spicy language translate to heat in the peppers?
🤷♂️
Are you suggesting I let my plants listen to porn?
🤯
Don’t kink-shame Jarflax.
👏😃🥳🌱
Glibs meet-up?
https://www.fox29.com/news/philly-school-safety-officer-shot-near-dave-busters-after-road-rage-incident-police
Don’t go to Philly, it’s a third world country.
Give Philly to New Jersey. It’s a win-win situation.
Pennsylvania’s Baltimore
https://www.altoonamirror.com/znewsletter-sunday/2025/06/fireworks-firms-grapple-with-tariffs-2/
Stock up on fireworks!
Morning all! Got some tomahawk ribeyes to grill Saturday (birthday eve). 15 y/o Traeger decides that morning “hey, now would be a good morning for the auger motor to seize up”. Best wife ever says “let’s go get another one.”
2 hours later, we headed to Academy and came back with a new one. Like a spaceship compared to a tall ship.
Steaks done by 1400, meat coma. Yesterday we verified with a 2″ thick NY strip. All is well in the world.
Happy belated birthday!
Thank you! Mrs. Fingers let me have a complete do-nothing day other than grilling. Watched videos of a guy scratch-building a screen accurate R2-D2.
Happy Belated Birthday, Donny3F! And good morning to you, Ted’S., NA, Sean, Stinky, U, (((Jarfy, and EfE!
Thank you!
Morning, GT. How goes it?
Happy Post-Birthday to Donny.
It goes OK so far, though I stayed up way too late last night, wanting to see how the incident in Idaho turned out. I guess I’m ready to go back to work today after my week+ vacation.
How are you?
Well, I think I’ve wrangled my sleep schedule back to something reasonable.
I am in the office today, got confirmation that I have been approved to continue my 50% telecommuting schedule for another year, so I’ll be remote again tomorrow (Today was a regularly scheduled office day, so it’s not like I was stuck here pending paperwork)
I did sign up for the Action Pistol practice session this evening, which leaves me half an hour between when I expect to arrive at my house and when I need to get back out the door to make it on time. I didn’t get the range cart repacked with .45 stuff, and the 9mm still needs the optic zeroed. So I guess I’ll have to hustle when I get to the house to change everything over.
Good news re: the sleep and telecommuting schedules! 🙂👍
Good luck getting home (hope traffic is light!) and to the range on time, but be careful, of course!
🚗🚕🚙🚐🚚🚛🤞
*Opens Glib Hymnal to page 8
Happy birthday, whippersnapper!
It’s better than being too close to the inconsiderate fisherfolk – the snapper whipper.
I can’t believe all of you are so wrong.
True Lies is the best Bond film.
Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is the best Bond movie.
True Lies, legit, in my Top 10. Action, a bad husband spy romance, Jamie Lee gets DAMN sexy, only funny Tom Arnold, nothing serious. Just good popcorn fun.
*insert appropriate hyphen.
Thankee. Back to work.
Die Hard is the best bond film. None of the movies you guys keep naming even have any bonds!
Criterion collection Godzilla films from the fun era.
https://a.co/d/ftnLXyy
Below it is a listing for Shaw Brothers films, showing volumes 5 & 6.