The James Bond Complex

It's another Bond recording day. we discuss the Lego Aston Martin, Casting calls and Edgar's idea for the next 007 actor.

Hello, dear listeners! This week, hosts Mathieu and Edgar take a leave of absence from the bowels of MI6 for a little detour to Gotham City to meet with the Caped Crusader. After dropping countless little Bat-nuggets throughout the show since our launch, we felt it was finally time to record an episode on Batman, another great interest of ours. Where did our love for the character and his world begin? Why do we like him so much? Which Batmobile is the coolest (pointless question; it’s the one from the 1960s television series)? Plus, a mini-marathon of reviews and personal memories from each of the Batman films since Tim Burton’s 1989 classic. It’s not who we were are underneath, but what we do that defines us, and this week we do Batman hard!

Hello dear listeners! Sound the alarm: May Day, May Day, May Day! That’s right, this week it’s back to the glorious silver screen for a discussion about Sir Roger Moore’s 1985 swan song, A View To a Kill. Sporting a disreputable reputation, the hosts try to fathom if said unenviable image is actually warranted or not. Does Roger’s pure charm and wit suffice to keep the iceberg sub afloat? Can Grace Jones’ style and panache make the film interesting enough? Does Christopher Walken’s intuitive improvisation help the story at all? Has The James Bond Complex finally met its match?!? Well, suffice to say we were a little restless but got off eventually.

We went on a local assignment at the Palais des Congrès for the 2018 Montreal comic-con. We discuss our experience at this pop-culture event!

We close the book of "For your Eyes Only" with "Risico" & "The Hildebrandt Rarity".

Including "From a View to a Kill", "For Your Eyes Only", "Quantum of Solace", "Risico" and "The Hildebrand Rarity", this short story collection was based on scripts written for a proposed James Bond tv show.

Hello dear listeners. There was a time, long before many of us were even born, when James Bond was the Star Wars of its day, with tie-in products galore for the men, the women, and the children. There was something for everyone. Well, Mathieu and Edgar are bringing those days back, at least for one week, with a spin-off of Monopoly called Monopoquote, the basis of which is, what else, quotes from the movies (we figured we should go easy on ourselves and go for probably the only thing we’re consistent with) How does one play Monopoquote? Listen to the episode and find out!

Welcome back, dear listeners! Things get very serious this week as Mathieu and Edgar tackle what many perceive to be the single most iconic film in the entire franchise, 1964’s Goldfinger! No matter, for the hosts are not the least bit intimidated by the task at hand. How could they with so many extraordinary things to talk about: how to hack golf, what accent Bond’s caddie speaks with, Pussy Galore’s symbolic wardrobe, why Goldfinger’s gold had to extracted from the late Mr. Solo at all, and who each host would rather date: Tilly or Jill? There’s no funny business here at the James Bond Complex because we never joke about our work.

Bond 25 is on it's way. Mark Strong is rumored to be involved. Lego James Bond sets ?!? Oh and also Olear Brown James Bond swimming shorts!

Hello dear listeners! The temperature has gone up, the sun is out, and school is out. That means it’s time for a little bit of summer reading. Mathieu and Edgar oblige this week by delving into Ian Fleming’s Goldfinger from 1959. The hosts really, really hope you like long winded descriptions of the intricacies of golf more than they do. Like, really hope a lot. No? Hmm, then perhaps some fine feline cuisine, a little bit of Korean BBQ? Yes, that should hit the spot, as should a drive through the French countryside, a couple of frisky lesbians, and the most ludicrous heist scheme ever concocted. Enjoy the sun’s Midas touch!