I like the way Agent XXX/Anya Amasova (Barbara Bach) was introduced in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977). Instead of showing the agent on a mission, in the thick of it, they use the bait-and-switch strategy to make the audience think that the USSR’s “best agent,” according to General Gogol (Walter Gotell), is not much different from James Bond: a man on a mission, bedding a beauty and ready to answer their country’s call.
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- Goldenrant #005: No Time To Die sucked
To start things off, I called it two years ago: No Time To Die is going to suck Fair warning…
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Originally published on October 21st, 2019. All signs point to a No Time To Die dud. I hope I’m wrong.…
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Global interest and plausibility of a complex criminal conspiracy is peaking. Daily, the drip drip drip of information between Russia…
- Goldenrant #002: Tomorrow Never Dies is underrated
There, I said it. And yes, it is better than Pierce Brosnan’s first outing as 007 in GoldenEye (1995). *…
- Goldenrant #001: History & Frequency
The Daniel Craig introspective James Bond should be over. We know where he came from. We know how he got…
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