I’m so use to Roger Moore’s tongue and cheek humor that I sometimes forget that he was always an insightful and well read scholar of life but this interview of Roger Moore has help me appreciate him that much Moore… See Below Because of his successful television shows, in particular the long-lasting series The Saint, Roger …
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Meet The New Q
Many fans were disappointed when the popular Q character was not brought back for the last two James Bond films starring Daniel Craig. It was mentioned that Bond was taking a new direction by becoming more grittier and less reliant on MI6 gadgets. Fortunately for Q fans, time changes everything. Now it seems the financial …
The Return Of Q Branch
Bond: Ejector seat, your joking? Q: I never joke about my work 007! Where would 007 be without Q? “If it hadn’t been for Q Branch, you’d have been dead long ago” quoted Q in License To Kill. Q frequently refers to Bond as “007”, rather than by his name. Despite the great annoyance Bond …
The Return Of Miss Moneypenny
Naomie Harris has signed on as the new Moneypenny according to the British newspaper The Guardian for the soon to be named James Bond 23 movie. Best known as the mysterious Tia Dalma in the Pirates of Caribbean franchise, Micheal Mann’s 2006 Miami Vice and the horror film 28 Days Later. Missing in the first two …
Max Zorin – Ahead Of His Time
No longer considering himself a KGB operative when he oversaw the execution of a Soviet spy who attempted to sabotage his oil well, Zorin becomes self employed. Winning horse races with ease by activating illegal horse steroids by means of implanted microchips, forms a plan to destroy his only competition in Silicon Valley by triggering …
Most Successful James Bond
Pierce Brosnan. A combination of Sean Connery toughness and Roger Moore charm. Brosnan raised the bar for what it meant to be James Bond. Salary wise, his contracts with the Bond franchise was more lucrative than the previous four Bond actors combined as well as the new Bond, Daniel Craig to date. Pierce is also …
Death To Spies
2008 Casino Royale replaced the MI6 nemesis S.M.E.R.S.H. with the fictional criminal organization Quantum to better reflect an updated Bond world. What most casual fans of everything Bond didn’t realize is that S.M.E.R.S.H. was actually based on Smersh, the Soviet counter-spy agency with a fantastic history of catching spies and disrupting and aiding like-minded governments …
Eva Green “Is” Vesper in Casino Royale
Vesper Lynd: [introducing herself to Bond] I’m the money. James Bond: Every penny of it In the novel, the character explains that she was born on a “dark and stormy” night, and her parents named her “Vesper” after the Latin word meaning evening to commemorate the night. Fleming created a cocktail recipe in the novel that Bond names …
The Many Lives of Miss Moneypenny
Lois Maxwel, the actress who played Miss Moneypenny for most of the James Bond films was also a race car driver, Golden Globe winner, Canadian Army Corps volunteer and classmate of Roger Moore way before she played the famous secretary of MI6 Section Chief M and Bond’s flirtatious admirer on the big screen. In her …
Anthony Hopkins In James Bond 23
Rumors are circulating that Anthony Hopkins has been tapped to play a villain in the upcoming Bond 23 movie and may become a recurring role for Bond 24. The gossip in Hollywood is that the producers of the upcoming Bond flick only want to invest in Hopkins appearance if he can play in both upcoming …