The James Bond Complex

The James Bond Complex

By Edgar Chaput, Matt Auclair, Jason Kim And Emery CormierComedy
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The James Bond Complex episodes

  • Marketing the Bond Brand with David Zaritsky - Part 1

    Hello dear listeners,

    It feels like it's been ages since we've discussed any products on the 007 store, or a new poster or trailer in a Debriefing episode. Those were the days, weren't they? Days when we basked in the glory or saw our tails sag in shame at how the Bond brand was being marketed. 

    Well those days are back...at least for two weeks. Matt and Edgar are joined by the number one person in the Bond fan community to talk about, among many other things, marketing James Bond. Yes, David Zaritsky from The Bond Experience joins the fray this week for Part 1 of Marketing the Bond Brand. 

    To be perfectly honest, and as you'll soon discover, David does far more than join the fray. His professional vocation is all about marketing, and coupled with his unshakable love for all things 007, he is a force to be reckoned with!

    The entire conversation spanned 3 hours (!) so we split this bad boy into two. This week we discuss the marketing campaigns behind the films Dr. No, Thunderball, On Her Majesty's Sevret Service, and Moonraker.

    So sit back, relax, and enjoy this week's enlightening conversation about how 007 sells out-uh sells itself. Remember, there's no such thing as bad publicity!


    David Zaritsky can be found on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/user/TheBondExperience

    He can also be found on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/thebondexperience/

    1 hr 11 min
  • James Bond and Moonraker - Christopher Wood's novelization
    Hello dear listeners!
    What value do novelizations have? How good can they be given that they are, after all, but the book equivalent of their filmic counterpart? Oh, heady stuff on this week’s episode of the show, as Matt and Edgar are back with a return to the world of Christopher Wood’s James Bond.
    As some listeners may recall last summer we sat down to read and discuss Wood’s Spy Who Loved Me novelization and it generated some rather interesting remarks and commentary. Well, Wood wasn’t done with the universe of Bond just yet, as he was brought back 2 years later to pen the novelization of James Bond – A Star Wars Sto- uh, Moonraker.
    Was this book as engaging and unique as its predecessor? The boys make their call by getting through all sorts of high brow topics like: Draxites, the return of squeaky and creaky gadgets, the soft reboot of Hugo Drax, squishy floating brain matter making for terrific reading material for 9-year olds, JBR to the rescue, and women who still shake hours after having amazing sex with James Bond.
    So sit back, relax, pick up your dusty copy of James Bond and Moonraker that’s practically falling apart and join us for a spacewalk.
    53 min
  • The Mutant Detour: X2: X-Men United (2003)
    Hello dear listeners!
    We fear that the battle for mutant and humankind is far from over. While last week’s discussion of 2000’s X-Men film had Matt, Edgar, and the listeners enter the Xhilirating, Xciting and Xtraordinary world of mutants, it only laid the groundwork for more to come.
    Yes, we’re back this week with more mutant madness, this time discussing the immediate sequel, X2: X-Men United from 2003, also directed by Bryan Singer. No controversy there! While last week wet our appetite with a buffet of talking points, X2 proves just as efficient at sparking conversations.
    Among the legion of philosophical nuggets of gold listeners shall regale in: Huge Jacked Man, singing the movie’s main theme, feral roars while attacking: buffoonish or not?, flying the X-Men minivan, the relationship between Kurt Wagner and Orouroramorou, Bryan Singer as Colossus and vice versa, getting stabbed by a blade of lust, and drive-by reviews of two other classics: X-Men Origins Wolverine and Dark Phoenix (which we haven’t seen but who cares).
    So sit back, grab a bear from the fridge, get Iceman to blow it fresh (ooh!) and check out this latest episode of The James Bond Complex. We swear to god we’ll be talking about 007 again soon!
    1 hr 45 min
  • The Mutant Detour: X-men (2000)

    Hello brothers and sisters!

    Today is a great day for the mutant cause. Here on this episode we will discuss the first cinematic adapation of the foolish group of so-called "super-heroes" called The X-men. The director, Bryan Singer and his recent legal troubles, the making of the 2000 film and it's legacy. The nature of the comics, the costumes, make-up tribulations and legacy of this film and it's association to the 007 franchise.

    Remember.

    Trust a few. Fear the rest.

    1 hr 21 min
  • Dynamite Comics' James Bond - Black Box by Benjamin Percy & Rapha Lobosco
    Hello dear listeners. In this adventure. James Bond teams up with a rogue assassin to take on a madman that assembled all of the world's most powerful leaders secrets in a black box computer. The country that gets this machine could become the dominant power for ecades to come... Plus Bond is being hunted down by a hulking brute with a fetish for death masks.
    1 hr
  • "Mission: Impossible" Detour - The 60s TV show with guest Bill Koenig Part 2

    Hello dear listeners,

    We’re back this week to continue our very special Detour mission, a deep dive into the Mission: Impossible 60s tv show with special agent Bill Koenig from the Spy Command blog.

    There was simply too much suspense, too much action, too many twists and turns, too many masks for the conversation to be limited to a single episode, and so here we go with Part 2.

    And there’s no question that when Bill is on the show, no stone is left unturned. If you thought we couldn’t come up with any more topics to dissect with unfathomable minutia, get ready for: quality directing flourishes, sustaining tension over 2-part episodes (how “meta”!), the spy craze of the 60s being the comic book movie domination of its time, Emmy glory for M:I, Mad Magazine and Get Smart parodies, and a bold new technology by which people rolling in their graves serve as perpetual motion energy sources (just listen to the show).

    So sit back, relax, play the tape and make sure to open the window when the message self-destructs and produces that annoying little bit of thick smoke. Really bad for one’s health.

    1 hr 12 min
  • "Mission: Impossible" Detour - The 60s TV show with guest Bill Koenig Part 1

    Hello dear listeners,

    When we prepare our content, we like to think that our listeners should expect the unexpected. To expect…the impossible!

    The debate, perhaps annoyingly so, that has been raging in recent years is which film franchise is serving the masses better: James Bond or Mission: Impossible? The podcast answers: why can’t we love both?

    While Matt and Edgar will inevitably go through the adventures of Ethan Hunt soon enough, they figured to go back and start with the franchise’s original incarnation, the 1960s television show. Of course, if they’re talking about a spy show from the 60s, that can only mean one thing: guidance from special agent Bill Koenig from The Spy Command blog!

    There’s so much to talk about, this is only Part 1 of the mission. Among the topics: the thrilling subject of actors contract negotiations, being locked out one’s own studio lot as a producer, the links that bond M:I and Star Trek, muscle acting, remaking episodes of the same series, the 80s tv show revival, kitty cat heists, and so much more.

    So sit back, relax, mould your mask to perfection while listening to Part 1 of our Mission: Impossible 60s tv show Detour.

    1 hr 5 min
  • Licence To Kill Starring Timothy Dalton (Part Two)

    Hello dear listeners.

    Welcome to the Republic Of Isthmus! 

    Some of the sights you can expect to see; the beautiful Casino De Isthmus where you can play a high-stakes game of Blackjack , the El Presidente' Hotel and it's  beautiful hornate elevator, Professor Joe Butcher's Olympatec Meditation Institute, and the beautiful Paso del Diablo.

    Just stay away from the  exploding  cocaine filled tankers!

    We are finishing our discussion of 1989's Licence To Kill!


    1 hr 46 min
  • Licence To Kill Starring Timothy Dalton (Part 0ne)

    Hello dear listeners, We begin 2021 with the second and last Timothy Dalton  film, 1989's Licence To Kill.  

    A film that to this day still is controversial and generates passionate discussions in the circle of Bond fans. Is 007's miami vice inspired tale of drugs, revenge and broken loyalties on of the franchise better entries or a uninspired  Lethal Weapon rip-off?

    You'll have to listen to this episode (and next one) to find out!

    And be sure to remember...    If you get on his bad side, your number is up.

    1 hr 44 min
  • Bondian discovery: IR$ graphic novel
    *This episode was recored in September 2020
    Hello dear listeners!
    Oh boy that week between Christmas and New Year's is always a bit of a challenge, isn't it? A massive holiday in the rear view mirror and another one just days away. We all ate and drank to our hearts content, business won't really resume as normal until after Jan 1st, plus we were editing like mad to get that 2-part Christmas Special done.
    Oof. 
    We kind of feel like coasting this week, no? What to release, what to release?...Oh, what about that episode we did in September about a French-language comic book from Belgian-American graphic novel writer Stephen Desberg and illustrator Bernard Vrancken? Yeah, the one about a James Bond-esque character named Larry B. Max but is like if 007 worked for the I.R.S. instead of MI6 and uncovered unlawful money dealings committed by heinous people like Nazis? Yeah, that one's been done and ready to go for 2 months but we never knew when to release it. 
    Good enough.
    So sit back, relax, and enjoy a relatively brief discussion about a special comic book series from Europe with some intense, unmistakable Bond vibes. Think of it as ending 2020 on a discovery...or started 2021 with a discovery, depending on when you listen to this. 
    Just for the love of god remember to pay your taxes!
    39 min

About The James Bond Complex

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The James Bond Complex is hosted by Edgar Chaput, Mathieu Auclair, Jason Kim and the Intrepid Emery Cormier. From Fleming to the films and everything in between. Ooh!