In Licence To Kill (1989) as Bond investigates Leiter’s shark attack at Milton Krest’s warehouse, 007 tosses a security guard into a fish food drawer to a seemingly horrifying death. “Food for the fish food.”
This scene has a particular significance for me, as it’s the earliest memory I have of watching a James Bond movie in my life. I can distinctly remember this scene during a live ABC or NBC broadcast of this movie in the early 1990s. I also distinctly remembering the pity I felt for the security guard, banished to die by tiny bites in a claustrophobic drawerful of menacing-looking fish food.
At the same time, I can remember wiggling and eventually pulling a tooth out of my mouth. I was six or seven years old.
The sign for the Le Cercle club, where we first meet James Bond in Dr. No (1962)
I’m not sure you could dream of a more perfect way to introduce the world to secret agent James Bond, 007. From the start, an indirect request at a club entrance for James Bond, and a casual discreet walk through the casino until we end up in a seemingly high intensity baccarat game. The sexual tension is obvious and the facial expressions are memorable. We owe Trench, Sylvia Trench a debt of gratitude for teaching Bond, James Bond how to properly introduce himself in future movies. It truly is a scene all other James Bond movies would be well advised to replicate.
James Bond (Roger Moore) and Q (Desmond Llewelyn) load the Identigraph 3D generated image system in For Your Eyes Only (1981)
Q Branch’s Identigraph machine from For Your Eyes Only (1981) has been updated with the latest in AI technology to perform as a chatbot. Ask it anything related to the world of James Bond!
Query: Create a poem about James Bond’s love for martinis.
Q enters your query into the Identigraph in For Your Eyes Only (1981)
A martini, shaken not stirred,
A drink that Bond, forever preferred.
A symbol of his suave and style,
A drink that always made him smile.With a twist of lemon, or a pearl of olive,
Bond’s martini, always had a certain finesse.
A sip, a taste, and a subtle nod,
Bond’s love for martinis, always in the spotlight.Whether in a casino, or in a spy chase,
Bond’s martini, always in the right place.
A drink of class, a drink of grace,
Bond’s martini, a love story without a trace.So let us raise a glass, to Bond and his martini,
A love story, that will forever be mini.
A drink that defined a spy, a legend,
A drink that will forever, be remembered.
Answers generated by ChatGPT. 🙂
