the spy who loved me

Bond fans are weary too, 007.

Goldenrant #001: History & Frequency

Bond fans are weary too, 007.

Bond fans are weary too, 007.

The Daniel Craig introspective James Bond should be over. We know where he came from. We know how he got here. Now let’s have a true, formulaic James Bond movie in the Craig era.

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Richard Kiel as Jaws in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

Which Jaws smile is best?

Richard Kiel as Jaws smiles in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

Richard Kiel as Jaws smiles in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

OR

Richard Kiel as Jaws smiles in Moonraker (1979)

Richard Kiel as Jaws smiles in Moonraker (1979)

The end credits of The Spy Who Loved Me says that For Your Eyes Only is the next movie

But what about Moonraker?

The end credits of The Spy Who Loved Me says that For Your Eyes Only is the next movie

The end credits of The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) says that For Your Eyes Only (1981) is the next movie

Eon Productions jumped the gun!

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Karl Stromberg (Curt Jurgens) cancels his $20 million transaction in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

Their funeral was at sea

Karl Stromberg (Curt Jurgens) shows his ruthlessness in this scene from The Spy Who Loved Me (1977). Although short, I enjoy it because it shows a side of Stromberg that he technically could have avoided revealing.

He didn’t need to be the one to push the button to blow up the helicopter with Professor Markowitz and Dr. Beckman. His minions could’ve done it. He didn’t need to see the video of it either, but he chose to.

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Stromberg blows up the helicopter with Professor Markowitz and Dr. Beckman in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

Boom Button Sync

Stromberg blows up the helicopter with Professor Markowitz and Dr. Beckman on board in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

Stromberg blows up the helicopter with Professor Markowitz and Dr. Beckman on board in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

Stromberg’s button push helicopter explosion from The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) is so satisfying. Maybe it’s the vintage plastic buttons he uses on his control panel. Or the perfectly timed, in-sync explosion that is perfectly edited when he pushes the button. Or the secondary button that illuminates on the upper-right hand side when it happens. Likely, it’s a combination of all three. I could endlessly watch this GIF loop!

Karl Stromberg's sub-eating ship "eats" in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

Liparus NOM NOM

Karl Stromberg's sub-eating ship Liparus "eats" in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

Karl Stromberg’s sub-eating ship Liparus “eats” in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

Every James Bond Movie Title Animation

Kurt Jurgens as Karl Stromberg in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

“Hmmm…what else should we put on the table?”

Kurt Jurgens as Karl Stromberg in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

“I dunno…Tabasco??” *shrugs* “Sounds good.”

Kurt Jurgens as Karl Stromberg in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

Roger Moore as James Bond in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

“Where’s Fekkesh?” “Pyramids.” *thwap* “AHHHHHHHHHHH!”

Roger Moore as James Bond in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

The submarine tracking system from The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

Good God

The submarine tracking system from The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)“Commander, this tracing means that the Russians can track our nuclear submarines underwater and sink them.”

From The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)