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The Tomorrow Never Dies opening title card

Goldenrant #002: Tomorrow Never Dies is underrated

The Tomorrow Never Dies opening title card

The Tomorrow Never Dies opening title card

There, I said it. And yes, it is better than Pierce Brosnan’s first outing as 007 in GoldenEye (1995). * GASP *

Hear me out:

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Mr. Big (Yaphet Kotto) shows his frustration with James Bond in Live And Let Die (1973)

Bond must die

I like this quick quote from Mr. Big (Yaphet Kotto) in Live And Let Die (1973) – short and sweet, to the point. “Any cost. Any. Bond must die.” It sums up his desperation and desire to kill Bond. I think most of Bond’s foes would agree with the sentiment.

Mr. Big (Yaphet Kotto) shows his frustration with James Bond in Live And Let Die (1973)

Mr. Big (Yaphet Kotto) shows his frustration with James Bond in Live And Let Die (1973)

The Roger Moore silhouette projected on a woman's back in the title sequence of Octopussy (1983)

The Roger Moore Silhouette

The Roger Moore silhouette projected on a woman's back in the title sequence of Octopussy (1983)

The Roger Moore silhouette projected on a woman’s back in the title sequence of Octopussy (1983)

Iconic! So much so that they used it in the opening title sequence!

Eve Moneypenny (Naomie Harris) shaves James Bond (Daniel Craig) with a straight razor in Skyfall (2012)

Zero Point Zero

Eve Moneypenny (Naomie Harris) shaves James Bond (Daniel Craig) with a straight razor in Skyfall (2012)

Eve Moneypenny (Naomie Harris) shaves James Bond (Daniel Craig) with a straight razor in Skyfall (2012)

…the amount of sexual tension between Moneypenny and 007 after this tryst in Shanghai in Skyfall (2012).

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The title card from Moonraker (1979)

Moonraker – Production costs out of this world!

The title card from Moonraker (1979)

The title card from Moonraker (1979)

The beginning of the end credits for Moonraker references an out-of-this-world filming location!

The beginning of the end credits for Moonraker references an out-of-this-world filming location!

Moonraker was literally filmed in space! (note the exclamation point used for emphasis)

It must have cost a fortune for filming…perhaps Drax assisted with production costs? A quick Google shows it’s possible to use private space agencies to go intergalactic at ~$200,000 per flight, or around $60,000 in 1979 dollars. Although no such agency existed back then…

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James Bond (Roger Moore) shows a wide-eyed sarcastic face in A View to a Kill (1985)

007 wasn’t shy with Moneypenny about his activities in Siberia aboard the glacier sub…