Golly, now this is a fool’s errand, isn’t it? I mean, why would I even try to jump in the pool of determining what makes a successful film adaptation of a book? Or which is better and which one isn’t? One item is an extremely successful author’s original vision of the story and the other …
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The 25 Or However Many Days Of 007 DAY 26(?!): He’s Gonna Save The World At Casino Royale, Eventually.
Just when I thought I was done and could walk away, it pulled me back in. Welcome to all of you who have made it this far! After meticulous fact checking, hours of painstaking research, and figuratively thousands of miles travelled in order to come to the truth, I have discovered that yes, there is one …
The 25 Or However Many Days of 007 DAY 25: Because “From The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics With Love” Was Too Long Of A Title
Before starting off today, let me be amongst those that wish for a very Merry Christmas to you and yours and everyone in between as well! Hard to believe that 25 days have passed since I started this venture and for those of you that have stuck with me, it has been a study in the …
The 25 Or However Many Days of 007 DAY 24: If We Have All The Time In The World, Then Why Do We Have All These Clocks?
First off, let me offer a wonderful Christmas message to all via the tinsel strewn landscape from the James Bond world! Either through completely dumb luck or fortuitous planning or both or neither, I’ve managed to bring the only Christmas-themed James Bond film in at number two on today of all days! Gosh, are we really at …
The 25 Or However Many Days of 007 DAY 22: “Living’s In The Way We Die”? What Does That Even Mean?
And here we go again! Yet another excursion to the planet of 007 is being had today! We are nearing the end of the journey that started several hundred years ago, give or take an hour or two. It has been a bumpy ride and I’m sure that most of you have forgotten the trials …
The 25 Or However Many Days of 007 DAY 21: Ian Fleming’s Jamaican Home? Really, That’s Your Title?
Well, here we are yet again to stroll into the park of James Bond and enjoy another lovely day. The birds are singing, the sun is shining, the leaves are blowing gently in the breeze. Ahh…oh, sorry! What now? I was miles away. Anyway, thank you to all the wonderful readers as well as those …
The 25 Or However Many Days of 007 DAY 17: Revoked: To Have Voked Again
Well, omigollygosh! Here we are yet again to be human sponges, absorbing as much of James Bond as we possibly can! 17 movies into this hackneyed and unoriginal project already? At this point, we should be getting to the creamier of the crop as we mosey along. And after a world in which we’ve experienced …
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The 25 Or However Many Days of 007 DAY 14: Yesterday Died Two Days Ago
The best thing about this peach cobbler recipe is that your guests will never suspect that instead of peaches, you used…oh, sorry! Didn’t see you come in! Yes, in order to apply my bottomless wisdom in many and varied arenas, I have taken to giving my favorite made-up on the fly, never tested recipes. But …
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The 25 Or However Many Days of 007 DAY 12: You Only Live And Let Die Twice Another Day
Well, here we are: the sort of halfway point in this mad quest to write something relatively new every single day about every single Bond movie in order from worst to best. I know many have given up their lives in order for me to reach this point. I have no idea why they would do something …
The 25 Or However Many Days of 007 DAY 11: The Leap From Quantum
Once again, thanks and greetings from the most fragrant blog in the world! We’ve come a long way haven’t we? I know the pressure has been enormous for all concerned. But we keep on climbing up the ladder and with each rung we place underfoot, we manage to arise out of the morass and into …
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