The Bond franchise is one of the most successful in pop culture. The film franchise celebrates its 60th anniversary this year, spanning 25 official films and three unofficial films. They span a wide spectrum in quality, story, and tone and the franchise has been able to adapt to changing tastes and a changing political situation. […]
Tag: Harry Saltzman
Bondathon: The Man with the Golden Gun
The Man with the Golden Gun is one of the most infamous films in the Bond series. It was nearly a franchise killer and ended Harry Saltzman’s relationship with the franchise. Yet The Man with the Golden Gun was still able to provide some iconic Bond moments and imaginary. MI6 is sent a golden bullet with 007 engraved on it. The […]
Bondathon: Live and Let Die
1973’s marked the start of a new era for the Bond franchise with Roger Moore taking over the Bond role. Three British agents have been killed in the space of 24 hours whilst investigating a Caribbean dictator and a New York drug lord. M assigns Bond the mission to investigate what happened and carry on with their […]
Bondathon: Diamonds Are Forever
The seventh film in the official Bond series saw the return of Sean Connery in the role that made him famous. It was a final official Bond adventure for the Scot. After finding and killing Blofeld, M assigns Bond on a mission to investigate a diamond smuggling ring where the people on the smuggling chain are getting […]
Bondathon: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Following three bombastic adventures with Goldfinger, Thunderball, and You Only Live Twice, the Bond series returned to a more grounded adventure with 1969’s On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. James Bond had been searching Blofeld for two years but has not come up with any results. With the case running cold Bond gets an offer from Marc-Ange Draco (Gabriele Ferzetti), […]
Bondathon: You Only Live Twice
After the detour with the parody version of Casino Royale, Bondathon returns to the main series with the iconic if excessive Japanese-set adventure You Only Live Twice. The USA and USSR are on the brink of war after an American spacecraft disappears. The Americans blame the Soviets but MI6 believes the real culprit is in Japan and […]
Bondathon: Goldfinger
Goldfinger is often considered one of the quintessential Bond films. It’s a film that’s held as the gold standard of Bond films and was the highest-grossing film in the series until Skyfall. After a successful mission in Latin America James Bond gets to relax at Miami Beach. Whilst he was on holiday Bond gets his new assignment, investigate the gold-obsessed madman […]