The James Bond Complex

Hello dear listeners! This week’s episode has been teased more than once over the past couple of months. We kept a tight lid on things, but the time has finally come to cut the seal and open a very confidential dossier. We are joined with MI6 Confidential Magazine contributor @paperback_film (on Twitter, whom you met during Bond Debriefing # 4) to discuss the secrets of what would have been Timothy Dalton’s 4th 007 adventure. Yes, his FOURTH! If you want to find out more, then it’s best to listen to this week’s episode as our contact from America spills the beans on tons, and we mean tons of information on an alternate history of James Bond and Timothy Dalton’s place within the franchise. Call it a reunion with what could have been…a Reunion With Death!

Hello dear listeners. What do you get when you mix together a film star that no longer wants to be on set, a character split into two different characters because an actress threatened to commit suicide, a haphazard script penned by a writer that works on children’s stories, and a plot influenced by the 1960s space race? The result probably looks a lot like this week’s subject matter. Mathieu and Edgar return to the silver screen for a discussion about 1967’s You Only Live Twice film “adaptation.’ As M warns 007 at the start “This is the big one!” In fact, the movie is so big and vast it almost blows up in its own face, but the hosts, with their undying love for Bond, found quite enough they enjoyed about it just the same. So get your sake ready (at the current temperature of 98.4F) and join in on the fun.

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Hello dear listeners! For centuries people have endeavoured to build public attractions for almost every possible human interest like music, visual arts, architecture, parades, food, Disney…EXCEPT DEATH! Yes, that’s right, it’s back to books this week as Mathieu and Edgar bask in the glory of Fleming’s You Only Live Twice, featuring what must be Ernst Stavro Blofeld’s zaniest plot yet, the Garden of Death. Of course, the novel offers so much more than just that. Over the course of the discussion we cover how awesome it is to be a kamikaze pilot, the respectability of whore houses, the usefulness of getting your business partners as drunk as humanly possible, and the delicacy that is kobe beef. So get your tea leaves ready and discover early 1960s Japan with us.

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You only live twice. Once when you are born, and once when you discover The James Bond Complex.

Some talks about Bond 25, Stuff Matt bought recently and a few little announcements!

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We're back this week with Part 2 of our OHMSS film review. We woke up here in Montreal just a few days ago, and would you imagine that there are already a few snowflakes falling during the cold, early mornings. How fitting, therefore, that we should discuss the portion of the film involving the ultimate ski chase, an avalanche, and a cozy 'pop pop' session at the farm during a snow storm. Christmas is on the way, and OHMSS is the film that keeps on giving, so sit tight, grab a martini, and enjoy the show! You'll love our podcast FOREVER...FOREVER...forever...

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It's getting cold here in Montreal, and Mathieu and Edgar have just returned from a specialized allergy clinic the Swiss Alps where they hoped the Count de Bleauchamp would cure them of their aversion to winter. Alas, it was not meant to be...That's right, it's back to the silver screen this week with a discussion of On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Part 1 that is!

The movie is so big and holds such an important place in the franchise's lore that the two hosts just couldn't stop talking about it. Controversy abounds when it comes to this film, but Matt and Edgar hope to make it through unscathed. So snuggle up by the fireplace where the ladies look twice as beautiful and the bezants can stay warm. They' re convinced you'll love the episode. They know it. They feel it in their blood!

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This week, Mathieu and Edgar take the locomotive to a far off, exotic destination, fend off Spectre assassins, knife throwing twins, steel-jawed assailants, and make sure to order white wine with our fish. Yes, we have a bit of a different episode this week, as we recorded in the train on our way to Toronto for the Casino Royale in concert event from a couple weeks ago. We discuss all the sequences that happen in, on top of, and underneath locomotives throughout the series. Get comfortable with a little night cap (on the company) and enjoy the ride. Just make sure to check if anybody’s hiding in the closet first!

Hello, dear listeners! We’re back this week in more ways than one. First, we’re back with a new episode. Second, we’re back from a weekend in Toronto, Canada where we attended the (at the moment) only North American stop for Casino Royale in Concert. Third, friend of the show and world traveller Jason Kim returns to the show, as he spent a few days in ‘The 6’ with us. On Saturday Oct 13th we sat down in a busy café to record our thoughts about the show we had witnessed the night before. Although we can’t play the concert for you, we hope the episode will be like music to your ears.

Hello dear listeners. Do you know your family history like the back of your own hand? Do you at least know the family history of your mortal enemy? Well, it’s time start flexing those genealogist muscles because Mathieu and Edgar head up the Swiss Alps to catch Blofeld. That’s right, it’s back to the books with a discussion about Ian Fleming’s On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. More importantly, this is the book in which our dear Bond falls in love with the woman of his dreams! We also get to revisit Ernst Stavro Blofeld face to face, only he looks and sounds nothing like Blofeld, but trust Fleming, it’s definitely Blofeld, but also not at all. Wedding bells, Christmas time stories with M, Manchurian candidates, avalanches, and yet another old toad of a woman, this one’s a belter, so get you ski gear ready!