Bond, ranked and mildly unhinged
Close calls, rescues and destroyed villain lairs from the James Bond films. Goldfinger, Largo and Sanchez all had 007 at their mercy and picked a laser, a shark pool or a grinder over a bullet. Blofeld’s volcano and the other lairs that exploded, sank or melted get their blame assigned. And when Bond walked into trouble he couldn’t get out of, Bond girls like Tracy and Vesper pulled him out.
The posters tend to put Bond in front with the gun. The films themselves are less sure who is protecting whom, and more than a few of his narrow escapes were someone else’s doing. So here are seven times a Bond girl saved his life. We ranked the moments, not the women: how immediate the … Read more
A Bond villain’s lair has a shorter life expectancy than the henchmen inside it. Sooner or later it explodes, sinks or melts, and we would like to know who is paying. So we ran the insurance claims. Each lair below gets a fault split between the owner, Bond and anyone else who showed up with … Read more
Every Bond villain owns a gun. Most own several hundred, plus a private army, a lair and a large man whose entire job is holding one. And yet, again and again, they get 007 alone and helpless and decide the moment calls for a laser, a shark or a three course dinner. Across the 25 … Read more