Author: tederick
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From A To Bond (Appendix A): Never Say Never Again
Which one is this? The renegade. Who’s who in this one? Connery (Bond); Fox (M); McCowen (Q); Salem (Moneypenny); Casey (Leiter). Where did you first encounter this one? On TV when I was growing up, probably aged 10 or 11. Who’s the bad guy, and what does he want? Klaus Maria Brandauer as Maximilian Largo,…
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Review: Skyfall
Indulge me for a moment, if you will; these habits are hard to break: Which one is this? The new one! Who’s who in this one? Craig (Bond); Dench (M); Whishaw (Q). Where did you first encounter this one? About three hours ago on the splendid IMAX screen at the Scotiabank Theatre. Who’s the bad…
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From A To Bond: You Only Live Twice
Which one is this? I think I’m turning Japanese. Who’s who in this one? Connery (Bond); Lee (M); Llewelyn (Q); Maxwell (Moneypenny). Where did you first encounter this one? On DVD, in 2000 or 2001. Who’s the bad guy, and what does he want? Blofeld reveals himself at last! In his first appearance as more…
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From A To Bond: The World Is Not Enough
Which one is this? Sophie Marceau with a gun. Who’s who in this one? Brosnan (Bond); Dench (M); Llewelyn and Cleese (Q and R); Bond (Moneypenny). Where did you first encounter this one? In theatres on opening day in 1999. Who’s the bad guy, and what does he want? You’d think it would be Robert…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “The Arsenal of Freedom”
“The name of my ship is the Lollipop. It’s just been commissioned; it’s a good ship.” Here’s an episode that set my 12-year-old heart thundering: “The Arsenal of Freedom,” a proper run-and-jump-and-rayguns show that also pressed the eternal near-romance of Captain Picard and Dr. Crusher into a confined space beneath a planet ruled by a…
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From A To Bond: A View To A Kill
Which one is this? Roger Moore’s last throw. Who’s who in this one? Moore (Bond); Brown (M); Llewelyn (Q); Maxwell (Moneypenny). Where did you first encounter this one? Me and my best friend became outright effing obsessed with this movie when it played on First Choice Superchannel when we were kids. Who’s the bad guy,…
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From A To Bond: Tomorrow Never Dies
Which one is this? The CNN one. Who’s who in this one? Brosnan (Bond); Dench (M); Llewelyn (Q); Bond (Moneypenny). Where did you first encounter this one? I never saw this in theatres in 1997 – I caught up with it months later on TV. Who’s the bad guy, and what does he want? Jonathan…
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From A To Bond: Thunderball
Which one is this? The scuba diving one. Who’s who in this one? Connery (Bond); Lee (M); Llewelyn (Q); Maxwell (Moneypenny); Van Nutter (Leiter). Where did you first encounter this one? On TV when I was a kid, maybe 9 or 10. Who’s the bad guy, and what does he want? Adolfo Celi as SPECTRE…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “Heart of Glory”
“I would rather die here than let the traitors of Kling pick the meat from my bones!” “Heart of Glory” is a very rich episode, and if it doesn’t ring entirely successful to me as a completed piece, it nonetheless delivers so much mythology for the series as a whole that it’s hard not to…
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From A To Bond: The Spy Who Loved Me
Which one is this? The one with the underwater car. Who’s who in this one? Moore (Bond); Lee (M); Llewelyn (Q); Maxwell (Moneypenny). Where did you first encounter this one? Actually, I first encountered this one in toy form, when my next door neighbour gave me Bond’s submersible Lotus Esprit with flip-out submarine fins. Then…