The James Bond Complex

We take a moment to celebrate our one year anniversary and talk about all things Bond as production of Bond 25 is just on the horizon!

Bonjour cher auditoire! 

Bienvenue à l'épisode inaugural de "Mission Déclassifiée", notre podcast James Bond dans la langue de Molière, ou plutôt de Michael Lonsdale, Eva Green, et Sophie Marceau parmi d'autres!

Quoi de mieux pour débuter cette nouvelle aventure avec notre agent secret préféré que de revenir en arrière et discuter de sa première aventure sur grand écran, "James Bond contre Dr. No". Les animateurs Edgar et Mathieu sont accompagnés par un ami proche de ce dernier, Guillaume, invité à l'émission. 

Ah la Jamaïque! Quel beau pays digne de 007 et d'Ian Fleming, avec ses belles plages, ses belles dames, ses assassins aveugles, ses roches infectées de résidu nucléaire, et ses dragons. Pardon, vous avez dit "dragons'? Impossible, voyons! Tout le monde sait que les dragons n'existent pas. Nous sommes même prêts à mettre nos mains au feu pour le démontrer. Euh....

Mettez-vous à l'aise, prenez une bière Red Stripe, et prenez des vacances durant quelques heures en Jamaîque avec nous et James comme notre guide!

Hello dear listeners!

We knew we could understand what happens in this movie! *CLAPS* We told you! *Claps* Weeeee told you! 

Ahem. 

Yes, this week Mathieu and Edgar conclude their review of 1987’s film adaptation The Living Daylights. With the same brimming confidence Koskov demonstrates when assuming that 007 will assassinate Pushkin, the hosts make heads and tails of this movie’s plot. Hold on, Bond doesn’t actually end up killing Pushkin…Umm, anyways, with virtually the film’s entire second half to discuss, there is plenty of material to wade through. We try on our best Goofy imitations, rejoice in watching a film from the good old days when the Ruskies were clearly the bad guys, appreciate a solid, manly bromance, and learn that live organs can hide just about anything provided its sufficiently vomit-inducing. 

Sit back, opium pipes at the ready, relax and enjoy the conclusion to our TLD film review. You won’t want to miss this performance! 

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Whatever The James Bond Complex chats about, excitement follows.

Whenever it’s time to talk Bond, there’s always adventure.

Podcasting on the edge.

That’s right, it’s time once again to talk about a movie. This week and for the first ever on the show, we review a (real) Timothy Dalton adventure, 1987’s The Living Daylights. No more funny business, enough with the winks and the pastiche. Even so, Mathieu and Edgar still manage to have a pretty good time reviewing the film, so much in fact that in the post-recording editing process they deemed to better make it a two parter. With a piercing, killer gaze they go through the picture like a finely toothed comb, delving into its bountiful qualities. Just how lovely is that girl with the cello? Can an anal-retentive, pencil pushing MI6 contact really be a cool dude? How many accents can a villainous assassin impersonate? There’s a lot to discuss before this film is, how to say, “put away.”

Grab some cake and pig flavoured borscht (yum!), wash it down with high-calcium milk, and enjoy the ride.*

*Not all features are automatically included. Extras optional (JBC ltd. 2019).

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A tremendously important, teardrop worthy chapter in the podcast’s history comes to an end. That’s right, this week we hit the books to discuss, for the very last time, an Ian Fleming written James Bond volume, Octopussy and The Living Daylights, published posthumously.  There are several reasons why this episode proves bittersweet. First, and most obviously, the hosts won’t be reviewing anymore Fleming Bond! Second, this new collection of short stories, the second Fleming wrote after For Your Eyes Only, is comparatively short, forcing the hosts to spend as much time as they can on it, which isn’t that much ultimately. Third, hmm, third…is it really that good at all? Might Fleming has possibly left us with a wet noodle? 

Get some scrambled eggs ready, some black coffee, and tag along one more time as we delve into the OG’s version of James Bond 007! 

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Who exactly would be interested in yet another weekly episode of The James Bond Podcast you ask? Why, adoring listeners, personal friends, desperate 007 fans trying to get through the doldrums of January! Yes, it’s back to the silver screen this week with a review of 1974’s The Man With the Golden Gun. What happens when the filmmakers pit Christopher Lee, one of the most legendary screen villain actors, against the suave and impeccably cool James Bond 007? Well, the hosts don’t quite agree on the results in fact. A little bit too much cheekiness? Too much clumsiness on the part of Mary Goodnight? Too much J.W. Pepper? Wait, what’s he doing here anyways?!

In any event, a new episode of The James Bond Complex is always a joyous occasion, so bottom’s up!

Happy New Year, dear listeners!

Since our last recording in early December, the temperature has continued to drop here at Station MC, giving 2019 a cold reception. This prompted us to ask WWFD (What Would Fleming Do?)? Well, he’d go to Jamaica for the winter season and spend time writing new Bond story. Great idea! That’s right, it’s back to the books this week with the oft-maligned Man With the Golden Gun, the penultimate Fleming adventure. More poignantly, it’s a return to the greatest place on Earth, Jamaica, our 3rd visit in 13 books. This time the eclectic subjects concern the table manners of crows, sexy women with poor dental hygiene, the many ways to tell whether you’re gay or straight, how to best dine on snake, and so much more. 

The novel might require a bit more polish, but The James Bond Complex is best consumed au naturel.Latest episode of The James Bond Complex

Start 2019 with us at the James Bond Complex as we discuss the gorgeous (and sometimes not so gorgeous) poster artwork used to promote the 24 James Bond films. Happy New Year!

 Check out our latest Bond Debriefing in which Mathieu and Edgar discuss the recent "Bond 25" news, Casino Royale Secret Cinema, Skyfall in Concert, and other nuggets of 00 news.  

Merry Christmas, dear listeners! 

Yes, that most wonderful time of year is upon us once again, when the families get together, the office Christmas parties are bustling, the gift shopping leaves us with no more Moneypenny, and yet still all we can think is James Bond. The holiday season is a time for reflection and sharing, and this week on the show Mathieu and Edgar do a little bit of both. For reflection, a trio of questions are asked: what gifts do we want under the tree for the 25th, what do we wish 2019 has in store for the world of 007, and what we hope happens in Bond 25. For sharing, the hosts invited other podcasters suffering from the James Bond Complex to answer those questions too. Many responded with audio messages: Podcasters Royale, The Bond Experience, Don Zuiderman from The 00 Files, our man in the field Jason Kim, and more! It’s like the greatest greatest hits compilation. From The James Bond Complex to the listeners, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! 

*Please donate a portion of your time to these other stellar podcasts and platforms that dedicate themselves to 007…just remember to come back to us! And tell them who sent you! 

The Oddjob Pod (https://twitter.com/OddjobPod) 

Don Zuiderman (https://twitter.com/donzuiderman) and The 00 Files (https://twitter.com/the00files) 

The Words Are Not Enough (https://twitter.com/TWANEpod) 

The James Bond Dossier (https://twitter.com/007dossier) 

Podcasters Royale (https://twitter.com/podroyale007) 

David Zaritsky at The Bond Experience (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheBondExperience) 

Jarrod Alberich (https://twitter.com/yardsaleartist) from OHMS Podcast: MI6 Rookie Agents (https://twitter.com/OHMSPod)

Jason Kim, international man of mystery (https://www.instagram.com/jasxon88/)