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This is entirely inspired by a post I only half remember that I saw once and promptly lost. Alas.
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#tumblr butchered the quality again >:(#this is technically the first time I've drawn May and Coulson tee hee#(also for context a flat head can be a sign that you weren't held as a baby ASDFGHJKL)#my art#Daisy tag#agents of shield#daisy johnson#jemma simmons#leo fitz
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The path we walked will blaze forever.
Team Present || Team Future || All Teams
"We will carry the wishes of those who came before us, and use their legacy to guide the way of those who come next." —River
"Past mistakes pave the way for growth. Don't let it burden you, but it's a part of us whether we like it or not." —Dust
"The past is full of beautiful stories that deserve to be heard and information that can't be lost to time. Everything was meaningful to someone once." —Kenny
"Even if it's hard, even if it's painful, we need to remember our pasts. Those we've lost would want to be remembered, wouldn't they?" —Seafoam
#oc names left to right: river dust kenny seafoam#splatoon#splatoon 3#grand fest splatoon#grand festival#splatoon grand festival#splatoon fanart#splatoon oc#splatoon art#team past#splatoon 3 grand fest#splat3#splatfest#inkling#octoling#agent 3#captain 3#splatoon captain 3#splatoon agent 3#raining art#raining ocs#splatoon ocs#raining ocs: splatoon#iiiii dont want to tag all of them so im jsut gonna tag team names lmao#raining ocs: new squidbeak splatoon#raining ocs: team daybreak#raining ocs: team atlas#GUESS WE DOING SPLATOON AGAIN#SPLATOON HYPERFIXATION IS BACK FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY GET IT WHILE IT LASTS!!!!!!!!! ONCE ITS GONE ITS GONE!!!!!!!!!#ft my hc that you are technically allowed to wear like jackets n stuff with the splatfest tee you just
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"We cannot afford to be so soft with them." "They are babies! That is exactly why we should be soft!" "These creatures are--" "These ''creatures'' are my sons! And you will not treat them like science experiments! They are children! And they deserve to be children!" "And here I thought the Battle Nexus would have made you stronger..." "You're a fool if you think it hasn't, Bishop."
he's not Splinter in this AU, but Yoshi loves his little turtle sons with all his heart anyway shout-out to "Little Scraps of Wisdom" by clandestineClairvoyant, whose Yoshi i'm borrowing a lot of traits from
anyway here's another one for @tmnt-event-blog's bingo!
#as if i could leave out agent bishop my beloathed tee hee#things go wildly differently in this au than they do in canon#but we haven't gotten to the juicy stuff yet#rottmnt#tmnt holiday bingo#peppermint lane board#sage writes turtles#choosing hope au
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particularly fond of this lychee
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Frye during the recent Splatfest announcement: “I’ll leave the world-saving stuff to the experts.”
The experts in question:
#splatoon#my art#artists on tumblr#from top to bottom:#Samuel (Captain 3)#Coral (Agent 4)#Lila (Agent 8)#Biscuit (Little Buddy/Smallfry)#Nixie (New Agent 3)#yeah for this upcoming splatfest I imagine my versions of the agents to all be on Team Save the Day#so instead of drawing them in Splatfest tees#I drew them in their hero suits (or what I can imagine them wearing as hero gear in 8’s case)#and with orange tentacles to represent that team#same ol vs bucket list vs save the day#team save the day#my ocs i guess
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Emmmm... I'm cooking up my agent reference thingys 😘
I've only got eight's digitalized for now (I work real slow) I'm cooking! Trust me!
I've got three different universes, aau, bau, and maybe cau (very creative naming)
Okey I'm going to go return to the dirt ☝
#splatoon#yapping#im sorry if you can't read my hand writing#tee hee#agent 8#agent eight#splatoon 2#splatoon 3#idk#i never know how to tag stuff#agent 24#kinda#meow#im actually quite proud of these#yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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Stef Diggs and Ja’Marr unfollowed each other! I saw on a bills fan account that Stef had unfollowed Josh. It’s weird because he still follows Tee. ☹️ I will miss his comments and Ja’Marr posts
huh, i guess he maybe took the "best bromance" thing too seriously!
but really, that is interesting, anon.... i wonder what on earth could have caused that?? (the unfollowing of ja'marr more so than the unfollowing of josh lol) stef and ja'marr always seemed like they were friendly if not super close?
when i look at stef, i do see that he follows fewer than 100 people now. so i guess it's reasonable that ja'marr might not have made the cut if he wanted to downsize. and who knows? maybe he just likes tee better lol
#weird weird weird#it's obvious futile to read too much into social media stuff of course#maybe he wants to keep following tee cuz he knows he'll be a free agent soon and is interested to follow that storyline?#maybe he doesn't wanna follow ja'marr because he (at the moment) seems to be pretty secure where he's at and stef doesn't wanna see that lo#verrrrrry interesting#(disclaimer that i'm sure ja'marr and stef are still cool regardless of insta follows)#(but man it is fun to imagine what on earth they /could/ have fought about when i don't think they even regularly hang out?)
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Haha I did finish it in time! Happy estar guars day to those who celebrate! 🤪💣💥💀
47. crave
There is nothing fun about planet hunting. Dozens of crews were given vague coordinates and possible sectors where their query could be hiding, and they were all set to figure out where it was. Some would compete and make bets (and, curiously enough, part of them would always land in the Alliance’s pockets, especially if the credits piled up and rivalries began to form). What started as a mission ended in a spectacle. Some of the participants never returned but if the location was found Command didn't complain much.
However, there was no profit if those credits begot grudges and someone began stalking and taking down Alliance ships in the same places they wished to explore.
And so a different kind of hunter was set loose. One that would search for hidden bases and secret refueling stations these dissidents could have set in nondescript planetoids with the objective of unsettling them enough to think twice before continuing.
Or they could outright kill them, take what they had, and let their bases become a dust trail in space.
Both solutions could be justified when the only ones who left those sequestered places were of the same mind.
And so when the need arose once more, plans needed to be made, each more effort and cost efficient than the last. In the beginning six teams were sent, then three, then two, lately only one. Still, the usual commanders needed to be informed.
“And with any luck, team Blue will deal with these laserbrained idiots and we’ll all be together again in less than a fortnight.” Risha Drayen’s voice echoes across the conference hall and people take it as her way to announce the meeting is over. She was known for disliking more formal parting words.
Diokos can easily hide his relief at the news that his team wasn’t chosen this time and approaches Blessaire, the leader of team Blue. She’s already reading the new information that had just been stored in her datapad but stops when she sees him approach.
“I have to bring a squad of no less than ten soldiers with my team, half of each faction, so everyone is pleased.” She sounds relaxed, even if her hand holds the datapad apprehensively. “The only good part is that I get to pick the ship.”
“Ten? I could do it with half that number.”
“Hey, didn’t you hear me? I have to.” Blessaire shrugs, but her mouth turns into a sharp grin. “I could do it all by myself if they’d let me.”
“You’d be fifteen in total.” He lowers his voice to ask. “So who gets to be angry this time around?”
“No one. I have to bring Vaylin. She is a permanent member of my team now.”
“Ah.”
“Yes. Ah.” It’s her turn to mock, now that he started it.
“Stop.”
His weak protest makes her giggle and she returns to her reading.
“It makes these situations easier, for now. At least one person in each of our teams isn’t marked as soundly supporting a side.” She glances at the entrance of the conference room, through where most of the attendants had already left. “That could change soon, but don’t tell anyone I said so.”
“Easier, you say.” Diokos frowns at that, “As if there weren’t plenty of reasons for why those two should stay in a gray area.”
“Just as many reasons to convince them to pick a side.” Her voice takes a more hurried tone. “In the most agreeable terms possible, if it were possible.”
“How could they find it agree–” Diokos starts, but the Battlemaster interrupts him, waving in his direction as she moves to his side. To him, she just walked past his left and then she was out of his sight, as if she had never been here, yet she probably allowed him to notice her as she walked away. To others, she must have disappeared completely, imperceptible to their senses and gone from their memory.
When he turns, he sees why she did that.
Vaylin and Arcann had just entered the room, awkwardly shuffling as the wary glances of those who were left fell on them, then returned to what required their attention. Vaylin’s gaze pierces him for a moment, as if she expected him to act against her, but it ends when she elbows her brother hard enough to make him flinch. With a few glances and nods, their postures change and Vaylin leaves the room in a rush while Arcann looks more secure of himself as he walks towards him.
Every time he looks at them, Diokos wonders what it would be like to share a bond like that from the beginning of his life. Even when everyone hates or fears them, those two could lean on each other and be confident that someone would be there to back them up, no matter how awkward or dangerous things would get. It made him jealous and angry at himself. No sith needed those types of bonds, especially if they required so many open shows of familiarity. But then again, those weren’t the most peculiar actions the siblings had done that shocked the Alliance members.
They used to kneel when they had reached some meters away from Diokos and Blessaire. Vaylin came close to raging in the brief time they reached the floor and some said she would hit her brother later that day, almost violently. Arcann, on the other hand, was clearly beaming behind his mask the first (and only) time they made their reverence in perfect unison.
Nemore’xiel had told him it was the exact same distance Valkorion’s twin sons kept when they knelt in front of him. Diokos didn’t know how the cipher got that information, but if he had a credit for every time he wondered that he would be richer than any planet hunter alive. He knew even less about how he should react to the act. With shame, perhaps? Annoyance would not cover what he felt.
Soon enough though, someone ordered them to stop. Blessaire had told him Vaylin’s mood had improved much after that little ritual was forgotten, so the one who came up with it became more than obvious.
He shouldn’t act too surprised if one of these days, when they were alone in some reconnaissance mission or the aftermath of a battle, Arcann knelt to report for no reason. As if he needed any more proof that Diokos was in fact never possessed by his father, or anyone else for that matter.
He wishes ardently that the fallen emperor wouldn’t do it now. Not after everyone is holding their breath, expecting something bad to happen between them. He wore his armor impeccably, as if he were still ruling the galaxy from his throne. His prosthetic arm had improved even further after he joined the Alliance, modified so the plates were shaped differently, like sharpened yet refined blades to keep others away, a symbol of a warrior going to battle. Diokos heard he had another one, for more casual settings, but there would be no reason for him to see it. Arcann’s mask had stayed the same, repaired to perfection after all the damage it had received when Diokos had defeated him.
The Wrath realizes he is also wearing the armor he used to defeat the emperor all those months ago.
And once Arcann reaches him, he doesn’t kneel.
“I heard there was an opportunity for us to go out this time, my lord.” Arcann says almost melodically, as if he wanted to get on his good graces as fast as possible. “There was, but team Blue was chosen at the last minute.” Diokos answers plainly. “Ah.” Something fades from his voice, as if he was reacting to bad news. “So Vaylin was right to hunt down Battlemaster Thul.”
Hunt down…
“Yes, meanwhile Team Red will have an open schedule for the next two weeks.” Diokos stares at him, waiting for his reaction. “Any thoughts on what to do with that time?”
Arcann scoffs at that.
“Really? They’ll quickly think of a way to send me on a mission to the other side of the galaxy, and they’ll hope it lasts just as long as my sister’s just they can do it again. And again. And again.” Arcann waves his hand distractedly, but he stares at Diokos with much more intensity than he does. “But you already knew that, didn’t you?”
“I wished to know what you preferred. That is all.”
Arcann’s shoulders slump, and yet his only visible eye widens at the offer.
“Very well, if you would intercede for me with Command I would very much like to go to… Nar Shaddaa.”
Diokos makes an inhuman effort to not roll his eyes, but he can’t manage to stop the temperature from dropping a few degrees. The other groups of people look warily at them and some, mostly imperial personnel, immediately take it as their cue to leave.
“I don’t even know why I–”
“If. You. Would. Let. Me. Explain. My lord.” Frustration flares in Arcann’s voice but by the end he is pleading. “During our imprisonment, Vaylin and I had a most unique perspective in some plans of the larger players of the Outer Rim and we wished to see if we could use that information.”
Diokos can tell he practiced this pitch, but he can’t figure out why he’s selling it to him.
“For the benefit of the Alliance, of course.” Arcann adds rapidly, for once letting his eye leave the wrath’s face.
“Of course.” Diokos repeats sardonically. “One thing: you speak of Vaylin. Shouldn’t she be here for this outing of yours? What will she think when she learns you’re planning to do this behind her back?”
He didn’t need to add that last part and the guilt swarms for a moment. Diokos had been told many times to avoid causing a rift between his new allies but his bitterness won at the last moment. He can only feast on Arcann's conflicted feelings while he pauses to think.
“Have they ever let me go on a mission with my sister? You know the answer is no. Now think of how likely it would be if they knew we came up with it together.”
Completely impossible, with good reason.
“Therefore, we decided if one of us saw the opportunity to do it then we should take it, even if alone.”
“She let you tell me?”
“Of course, I trust her and she trusts me.” Diokos decides to pointedly ignore that even if the temperature drops further, uncomfortable even to other force users. By now everyone had already left and it is just a matter of when this encounter would be reported.
“Did you hide this information from Command on purpose?”
“I didn’t hide anything. They know. They have just chosen not to act.” The frustration comes up again. He’s not used to being questioned like this. “I want you to convince them… I need you to convince them.” He corrects, self awareness kicking in.
“Careful, emperor…” Diokos lowers his tone even if it’s not necessary. “Tell me, now, why did you choose me?”
Arcann’s posture shifts, as if he had finally said something right. He approaches him as if he was about to tell him a secret.
“I would choose no one else. You know exactly how we should deal with these people. Only you and I are capable of giving them what they deserve.” The Wrath thinks back to Arcann’s falling flagship, when the haze of combat disappeared and Arcann had fallen to his knees. Everything around them was on fire. He watches Arcann’s eye darken from a pale yellow that could be confused with green until it looks almost red at the borders.
“You and I? Just the two of us?” He sees it now. The fallen emperor wants vengeance. He wants ruin upon the ones that hurt him and his sister, yet Diokos’ brain grips to the same old fear.
Betrayal.
“Yes.”
He gets his answer, thick with a feeling Diokos can’t identify. Anticipation, or awe, maybe. It’s clear Arcann’s mind is far away already, despite the pervasive surroundings the Wrath shaped just for him.
“Now tell me, what will happen when we land into that pit filled with your enemies? What will you do, Arcann?”
“I will protect you, or I will let you take the lead. Whichever you prefer. Other people would just slow us down.” Arcann pauses, his expression unreadable with his mask. It’s similar to how he looked when he had perfected his reverence, but not quite.
And yet, reality soon hits him and his next words sound almost disenchanted. “We will investigate, we’ll find the perpetrators, we’ll get results… We’ll return.”
“You want to return? This is not an attempt to escape then?” Diokos crooks his head, wishing he was discerning enough to understand what else Arcann wanted out of this.
Arcann stares at him, perplexed by his question.
“Escape? From you?”
Without warning his prosthetic arm reaches for Diokos and the sith stops him, fast like a reflex, just a few inches away from his face. That is completely unexpected, enough to leave the Wrath speechless. Another display of power he can’t understand from Arcann. It’s even more confusing when the fallen emperor doesn’t get the message, and he starts to fight Diokos’ telepathy with his own, his left arm insisting on staying on track, as if he craved to touch him.
Diokos doesn't want to crush his prosthesis' fingers, he knows how difficult it is for the former emperor to find repairs. His mind falters and Arcann’s hand gets closer. Everyone has told him so many times to not start fights and here he is, in a room colder than an ice planet, glaring daggers at someone he should fight side by side.
But why is he trying to do this now?
So he stops pushing him away, not knowing what would come next.
Arcann in turn falls back completely, staring at his metallic hand with wonder.
“Unthinkable.”
The sith doesn’t know what to answer to that so he sinks in his shock, waiting for his old enemy to choose when to restart the conversation.
“I apologize, you… I got distracted” Arcann’s eyes are just as dark, even if he seems less tense, decidedly ignoring their confrontation. “I beg that you think of my proposal and tell me your answer some time soon. Thank you for listening to me.”
That last part sounds memorized and practiced, but his voice betrays his words.
He bows slowly and deeply.
“My lord.” And with that he makes his leave.
Diokos glowers as he exits the conference room, not knowing what to think or how to act. He’s stuck in his frustration and his confusion and the walls creak as he lets his discomfort show. He wonders if that’s what it feels to be truly blindsided with the clumsiest provocations.
“What… was that?” A perplexed voice startles him, saying just what he thinks. Blessaire appears right next to him, as if she had never left.
“I… don’t know.” He answers, and he feels like he could blush if he felt healthier.
“Did you finally give him the go?” she murmurs, her voice tinted with something like apprehension.
“I will think about it. There must be something worth looking at if he wants to return to Nar Shaddaa, but I don’t know if I will be capable of noticing it. Or maybe he’s just looking for petty revenge.”
“Oh. I didn’t mean it like–” Her eyes widen and quickly move to a corner of the room, avoiding the sight of him. “Never mind. That could be good. For him.”
“Not so for me.” He sighs. Her gaze returns to his face at the sound of that.
“You’re right. This wouldn’t be good for you, especially if he’s becoming so bold. Keep that in mind.”
She gently lays her hand in his arm and Diokos is shocked by how warm it is. The feeling clashes with the freezing room which he made worse with his temper. He can’t help himself and puts his hand over hers, gripping her as if she could slip away any second.
“But I will not worry, because I trust you.” And with that he lets go of his temper, and allows the warmth to return.
#context: blessaire is my jedi knight and battlemaster#nemore'xiel is my imperial agent#a/rcann and v/aylin spent some time captured by the hutt cartel bc they left s/enya after voss and a/rcann was still fucking beaten up#and well. v/aylin isn't the best caretaker. tee hee#otp: no nature no nurture never again#oc: diokos#written words
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tha squid sisters r tha only thang keepin us togetha in these tryin times
#mo.txt#//btw evo tee and mo are supposed to be neo agent 3 and little (big) buddy in my brain but i wont send asks on other blogs abt it#//unless theyre fine w it ofc
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i need to stop having Regular Adult Expenses so i have the disposable income to commission someone with better fashion sense than me to design outfits for my characters and then draw them in those outfits and maybe make some of those outfits a little slutty as a treat
#ragsycon exclusive#the real reason why i never draw emily: she has good taste in clothes and i don't#mark wears mostly jeans tees and flannel shirts which are all articles of clothing that already exist in my closet#agent hill has the stereotypical government agent getup which is easy#fishwoman doesn't have any clothes#although if she were a human she'd wear basketball shorts & a sports bra & nothing else
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the thing about loki 2021 is that its really fuckin good but not in any of the ways that the loki comics are really fuckin good. and the loki comics are better. go read the loki comics.
#except vote loki u can pretend that one doesnt exist#and also pretend that god who fell to earth went on as long as it should have (i.e. more than five FUCKING issues)#lily dot tee ex tee#marvel#loki#thor#<- oh also the thor comics are just better than the films that one's much simpler#the only way i can think of loki 2021 being similar to stuff like aoa or jim is ideas about free will but it approaches that whole thing#from a completely different angle. its not a story about stories its a story about choics#which is also fascinating and i wanna watch it again at some point but i have no TIME#but also yeah the best thing that loki 2021 did was convince me to finally read loki aoa (which sparked my thor comics phase which i have#still not left)#also sylki was good actually. fuck you <3#the only bad things loki 2021 did was not make sylvie CANON trans and use kid loki and original loki as costumes#without any respect for the characters themselves#which makes sense because the mcu would not be able to speedrun the entire 2007-2015 character arc in one series#which proves my point that yall should read agent of asgard. now.#616#mcu
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My dear girl, there are some things that just aren't done, such as drinking Dom Perignon '53 above the temperature of 38 degrees Fahrenheit. That's just as bad as listening to The Beatles without earmuffs!” A blog inspired by the music world of James Bond Part 2 My Top 3 Favourite Bond films
Introduction
Hello and welcome to the 2nd chapter of the extended version of a blog that looked at James Bonds musical taste over the last 60 years.
Part 2 of this blog covers some of the James Bond music I love the most this part of the blog was inspired by an article I read on Yahoo news which covered James Bond music taste over the years.
After reading this article on the Yahoo news website I decided to write my own blog about what I thought about James Bond musical taste this is what I wrote feel free to disagree with me.
My Word is my Bond Roger Moore is James Bond
First of all I want to talk about a James Bond film that meant a lot to me as a child that film was Live and let Die from 1973. Roger Moores debut as James Bond was based on the 1954 novel by Ian Fleming Screenrant published an article which ranked all 14 of Fleming James Bond novels Live and let Die landed at number 7 in their list this is what they said about the book
Live and Let Die had the tough job of following Fleming's excellent debut, Casino Royale. Though it doesn't quite rise to the challenge, there are still plenty of things to like about the 1954 book. The plot sees Bond on the trail of Mr Big, a SMERSH agent and practitioner of voodoo. For this reason, Live and Let Die is one of Fleming's darker, grittier, and more violent works. Though the novel isn't lacking in intrigue or stakes, it ultimately doesn't pack the same kind of emotional or exhilarating punch as its predecessor.
As for the film Live and Let Die It was one of the first Bond films I saw and it also marked the debut of Roger Moore as James Bond. I saw a lot of Roger Moore’s James Bond growing as a child of the 1980s as a result I think that’s why I liked him more than any of the others.
The film website Screenrant recently published an article called How all 6 James Bond actors compare to the Ian Fleming Iconic Book spy they said this about Roger Moores Bond
Roger Moore’s take on Bond was infamously campy, with the screen veteran leaning into the character’s smarmy charm and all but abandoning his dark side. This was a significant departure from the Bond of Fleming’s novels, but as Moore’s movies sent Bond to space and on a Blaxploitation-inspired adventure, it became clear that the franchise was taking the lead character of the book series in a new direction. Fittingly, Moore also didn't look much like Fleming’s description of Bond. In the novels, Bond’s physical appearance was canonically compared to singer Hoagy Carmichael, a sharp-faced crooner whose severe brand of good looks didn't resemble Moore’s round-faced, smiley persona at all.
James Bond is a bit like Dr who another great passion of mine is that you end up liking the Bond you watched most and for me that's Roger Moore.
For me Live and let Die is a great film and I am not saying just as a fan it has a great a mix of action and comedy which the James Bond franchise had been heading towards starting with the previous film Diamonds are for Forever.
Not only is the film well written by Tom Mankiewicz it also features a great trio of villains in the shape of Mr Big/Dr Kananga Tee Hee and Baron Samedi. I mention these as two of the 3 villians from live and Let Die namely Mr Big Dr Kananga and Baron Samedi featured in the Collider film website article the 10 most underated Bond villans, Mr Big Dr Kananga landed on the chart at number 6 and Barron Samedi was number 4 .
6 Dr. Kananga / Mr. Big — 'Live and Let Die' (1973)
As the owner of the fictional Caribbean island San Monique with a strong pull in the UN who also happens to be a major American crime lord under the alias Mr. Big, Dr. Kananga (Yaphet Kotto) is one of Bond’s most ruthless enemies. Using his political immunities to his advantage, he plans to flood the U.S. drug market with two tons of heroin in a bid to increase the number of addicts while running rival dealers out of business.
The double life he leads sees Kananga sometimes present as an unflustered politician and, at other times, as a ruthless, cold-blooded criminal. No matter which guise he presented, the villain was always a commanding presence and remains one of the few characters to cut off 007 mid-introduction.
4 Baron Samedi — 'Live and Let Die' (1973)
While many Bond villains have flaunted an improbable survivalist instinct, none have been so death-defying as to be labeled supernatural, that is none except for Baron Samedi (Geoffrey Holder). The second underrated antagonist to come from Live and Let Die, Samedi presents as Kananga’s theatrical henchman and, steeped in voodoo mysticism, makes for a striking figure.
Able to outwit 007 with clay figures of himself, Samedi seemed a goner when Bond heaved him into a coffin full of snakes. However, the villain reappears in the final shot of the film, laughing maniacally at the camera and seemingly proving his bold claims of immortality.
He also rated highly in another Bond article by the Screenrant.com website this one rated James Bond villians by their magic powers Baron Samedi landed at number 8 in their list for using cult magic
Roger Moore's first outing as 007, Live and Let Die, is a unique entry in the series. Inspired by the Blaxploitation movement of the time, the film focuses on Bond going up against a drug empire that uses "voodoo" magic to stop anyone who gets in their way. Baron Samedi is the Voodoo priest at the center of this organization. He uses his occult magic to perform sacrifices and curses. While many aspects of Samedi's character, and much of the film, can be seen as culturally insensitive, his design and presence give the film a uniquely dark and haunting atmosphere, that sets Live and Let Die apart from the other Moore Bond films.
Tee Hee played by american actor Julius Harris also landed on the same list at number 7 for his robotic arm but if I was being critical of the writers of the article I wouldn’t call a Robotic arm a magic power.
While most of Live and Let Die is radically different from any other James Bond movie, Tee Hee fits right in among the pantheon of Bond villains. Tee Hee's right arm was bitten off by a crocodile and was replaced with a robotic arm. The robotic arm, as well as Julius Harris' fantastic performance, make Tee Hee a real threat to Bond, and their final fight on the train is one of the most tense scenes in the film.
The film also features a strong Bond girl Solitaire played by Jane Seymour in her first film role.
In another Bond article on their website called the Best Bond girls 16 Badass women who redifined the franchise. Solitaire as played By Jane Seymour landed at number 7 in their chart. This is what they had to say about Jane Seymour’s performance.
7 Solitaire – ‘Live and Let Die’ (1973)
The first of Roger Moore’s Bond films is viewed as one of his best, with the story’s embracing of paranormal elements one of its most engaging aspects. The major beneficiary of this commitment was Jane Seymour’s Solitaire, a powerful psychic working for Dr. Kananga.
She lends the film many of its more remarkable qualities, from its dabbling in voodoo magic and superstition to the villain’s ability to pre-determine Bond’s actions. While the scene in which she and Bond make love is prefaced by a glaringly problematic ploy from 007, it does little to tarnish her impact as one of the most unique and engrossing Bond women, as well as one of the most book-accurate characters from the films.
On the production side of the film Live and let Die is nicely directored by Guy Hamilton, who gets some excellent performances out of everyone involved in the film. and the action sequences in the film are also nicely handled at the flying school and the boat chase in the film being a really good example and these were highlighted in The Yard Barker website article the 25 best Set peice sequences from the Bond films in which they made these comments
Director Guy Hamilton makes ample, inventive use of his Louisiana locations with this wild speedboat chase that finds Bond evading Kananga’s henchmen by hopping, skipping, and jumping every obstacle in his way. This sequence introduces redneck Sheriff J.W. Pepper (Clifton James), who single-handedly sets the cartoonish tone for Roger Moore’s 007 run going forward. It’s funny, thrilling, and far more entertaining than anything in its wretched predecessor, “Diamonds Are Forever”.
Live and let die also includes one of the best gadgets in the Roger Moore era the watch which had at the touch of a button featured a high intesenty magnet as well as mini chain saw.
The film is also unique for it being the only Bond film one not to feature Desmond Lewelyn as Q as was unavailable at the time as he was doing a promotional tour for Diamonds are Forever in the United States.
The Music
One can not talk about Live and let Die with talking about the music indeed this is what this blog is all about. Live and let Die by Paul McCartney and Wings is one of the best Bond songs ever The What Culture included it as the Best moment of the film on their website here are there comments:
18. Live And Let Die - THAT Theme Song
In some ways, it's a bit unfair to name a theme song as the greatest part of what is actually a really fun, unique entry into the series but then again, when the song in question is Paul McCartney's Live and Let Die, it inevitably overshadows the rest of the movie.
Live and Let Die is a charismatic, captivating and stunningly cool slice of pop-rock heaven that has become, quite arguably, the most iconic and recognizable Bond theme of them all. It's easily one of the highlights of Sir Paul McCartney's post-Beatles career, and it still stands tall and mighty as one of the finest Bond theme songs ever.
It's a damn shame it lost the Best Original Song Oscar to Barbara Streisand's 'The Way we Were', a song that isn't nearly as good as this one, but that certainly doesn't take away from this song's classic status.
Roger Moore's first outing as Bond is largely successful, and definitely one of the better entries in this rather hit-or-miss era of the franchise, but in the decades since it has undeniably been overshadowed by the song.
Upon release, "Live and Let Die" was the most successful Bond theme up to that point, reaching No. 1 on two of the three major US charts (though it only reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100) and No. 9 on the UK Singles Chart.[2][3] The song also received positive reviews from music critics and continues to be praised as one of McCartney's best songs. It became the first Bond theme song to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song, but ultimately lost the award to Barbra Streisand's "The Way We Were". It won the Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) at the 16th Annual Grammy Awards in 1974
The soundtrack of the 1973 film has been re issued twice with aditional music first in 2003 with 7 new tracks added.La La records an American record label reissued the Live and Let die Soundtrack by George Martin in January 2023 as a double album CD release this new version included Just under 14 mins of new material with new sleave notes by author Jon Burlingame and sharp art design by Dan Goldwasser.
to watch a trailer for Live and let Die Click here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTzsm9-XWQo&list=PL17vqAEJv6CUxmeZBk3JGDLBbcPEd4CDp&index=6
The theme song to Live and Let die recently topped a Radio Times poll for the Best James Bond Theme of all time to celebrate 70 years since Casino Royale was first published you can read about the Poll here https://www.radiotimes.com/movies/live-and-let-die-best-james-bond-theme-song-bond-at-70-exclusive-newsupdate/
Spy Who loved me a rather differant Bond Novel
the Spy Who Loved Me is the ninth novel and tenth book in Ian Fleming's James Bond series, first published by Jonathan Cape on 16 April 1962. It is the shortest and most sexually explicit of Fleming's novels, as well as a clear departure from previous Bond novels in that the story is told in the first person by a young Canadian woman, Vivienne Michel. Bond himself does not appear until two-thirds of the way through the book. Fleming wrote a prologue to the novel giving Michel credit as a co-author.
Due to the reactions by critics and fans, Fleming was not happy with the book and attempted to suppress elements of it where he could: he blocked a paperback edition in the United Kingdom and only gave permission for the title to be used when he sold the film rights to Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli, rather than any aspects of the plot. However, the character of Jaws is loosely based on one of the characters in the book and a British paperback edition was published after his death
Undoubtedly the James Bond film that differs the most from its literary counterpart, The Spy Who Loved Me bears almost no resemblance to Fleming's original work. Though this might seem dismissive of the film's makers, there's a good reason why the movie made so many alterations. The original 1962 novel is widely regarded as the worst in the series. Not only did it garner terrible reviews at the time of its publication, but even Fleming himself was embarrassed by it, so much so that he refused to sell the rights to the novel's plot, only its title.
When it came to adapting The Spy Who Loved Me for the screen, Bond producers Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli had to start from scratch. This proved to be a good thing, however. The book employs an unconventional structure that doesn't see Bond himself showing up until two-thirds of the way through. Additionally, it is all told from the perspective of a young Canadian woman. The movie abandons this in favor of a more traditional James Bond story.
The 1977 film does, however, retain one aspect of the novel; Jaws. A man of huge stature and strength, Jaws gets his name from the fact that he has a set of metal teeth. The film version of the character, who also makes an appearance in Moonraker, is one of the best James Bond henchmen of all time. In the novel, he's called Horror, but his main traits are the same. By shedding every aspect of Fleming's book except for Jaws, The Spy Who Loved Me turned the worst James Bond novel into the best 007 film.
Screenrant added this to say about the book the Spy who loved me when they ranked all 14 of the James Bond books Spy came in at the bottom of their list
With The Spy Who Loved Me, Fleming chose to stray from the formula he had established in his nine previous Bond novels. Unfortunately, this decision didn't pay off. A contained story told from the perspective of a young Canadian woman, the novel doesn't feature Bond himself until two-thirds of the way in. Needless to say, Fleming, who wasn't exactly known for his progressive views towards women, struggled to write convincingly for a female protagonist. It's messy, odd, and at times cringe-inducing. At least the film version of The Spy Who Loved Me improved on the book.
Nobody does it Better the Spy who loved me
Perharps it comes as no surprise but my 2nd favourite bond song is another one from the Roger Moore era of the James Bond Franchise from the 1977 film the spy who loved me titled Nobody does it Better.
Spy is classed as one of the Best of the Bond films ever made Roger Moore has also said it was his favourite of the 7 Bond films his made.
The Music
Composed by Marvin Hamlisch with lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager, the song was produced by Richard Perry and performed by Carly Simon. It was the first Bond theme song to be titled differently from the name of the film since Dr. No (1962), although the phrase "the spy who loved me" is included in the lyrics. The song was released as a single from the film's soundtrack album, and became a major worldwide hit.
Among the most successful Bond themes, the song spent three weeks at No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100, kept out of the top spot by Debby Boone's "You Light Up My Life". It hit No. 1 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart, where it stayed for seven weeks,[1] becoming the No. 1 Adult Contemporary hit of 1977.[2] The song was certified Gold by the RIAA, signifying sales of one million copies in the US.[3] It also reached No. 7 on the UK Singles Chart, and was certified Silver by the BPI.[4][5] The song received Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Original Song in 1978, losing both to "You Light Up My Life" from the 1977 film of the same title. At the 20th Annual Grammy Awards held in 1978, "Nobody Does It Better" received a nomination for Song of the Year, and Simon was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
But what of the film itself ?
Roger Moore is quite right its his best Bond film by a country Mile the 3 year gap between this film and the Man with the Golden Gun seems to have brought out the best in Mr Bond. one again the script is well written with a good mix of action and comedy and is well directored by Lewis Gilbert its very well shot and the performances in the film are excellent .
The What Culture website made the action sequences in the Spy who loved me there best moments of the film this is what they had to say:
After The Man with the Golden Gun underperformed both critically and commercially, some felt that the series had run its course. As such, Eon threw everything into making The Spy Who Loved Me the most epic, action-packed extravaganza possible.
The Yard Barker website also highlighted the action scenes with the pre title sequence and the the tanker sequence drawing high priase when they were included in their 25 best set peice sequences in the Bond films article landing at numbers 19 and 17 in their chart these are their comments
The pre title sequence
But James, I need you.” “So does England.” A more brightly lit, less frenetic variation on the ski chase from “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service”, does feature some nifty, ski-bound shots through tight, icy corridors, and concludes with Bond sailing off the end of a cliff. As his skis fall away and he plummets to his seeming death, a Union Jack parachute flutters out of his backpack. Cue Carly Simon with the best Bond theme of ‘em all!
The Pre title sequence from the Spy who Loved me was also included in the Screenrant James Bond article the 10 Greatest James Bond scenes ranked from worst to best with the ski chase landing at number 6 in their list this is what they had to say:
Roger Moore’s time as James Bond is divisive, but even viewers who laugh at the likes of Moonraker and A View to a Kill would be hard-pressed to deny the appeal of The Spy Who Loved Me. An in-name-only adaptation of the novel of the same name, The Spy Who Loved Me began with a goofy but undeniably impressive and striking downhill ski chase. As Moore’s 007 dispatches a series of henchmen while navigating the slopes, all mere moments after kissing his latest duplicitous love interest goodbye, The Spy Who Loved Me proves that the franchise’s campiest elements remain iconic.
Tanker shootout the Spy who l loved me
This is a pretty standard-issue gunfight save for the location: a massive tanker that can dock multiple submarines. It’s an outsized finale in a set so massive that Stanley Kubrick was consulted as to its lighting. Director John Glen orchestrates the mayhem skillfully enough, but the real fun is in watching loads of extras run around and fall off this gargantuan, waterlogged set.
What Makes the Spy who loved me so good ?
Well, since The Spy Who Loved Me is a staggering, intoxicatingly fun all-you-can-eat buffet of mad, gloriously insane action sequences that more or less saved the entire series, it's safe to say that's a definite 'Yes'.
From the legendary opening ski jump, to the infectiously fun underwater car chase to the jaw-dropping, wondrously epic finale, The Spy Who Loved Me offers up thrill after thrill after thrill all the way through its lengthy run-time.
Not only is this a glorious roller coaster of a movie, but it's also the occasion when the Bond series really got OTT action absolutely right. The film smartly balances out the bigger set-pieces with smaller ones, and even though the film consistently swings for the fences, it just about toes the line and never becomes too stupid to take seriously.
It's a shame most of the rest of the Roger Moore era failed to do OTT action this well, put it that way. In particular, this movie's immediate successor could've taken notes from it...
The Villains in the film are also very good Curt Jurgens is very good as Stromberg who brings with him a nice type of quite menace to the role.
Stromberg was number 8 in the 10 most underated James Bond Villian list on the Collider Website that had this to say about Kurt Jurgens turn as Stomberg in The Spy who loved me.
The vast majority of the franchise’s underrated villains have been great characters who appeared in otherwise forgotten movies. Given that The Spy Who Loved Me is widely regarded as the best of Roger Moore’s Bond films, Karl Stromberg (Curt Jurgens) presents as something of an anomaly.
The character had the perfect amount of camp to excel as a Moore-era Bond villain, as he was a wealthy Swedish entrepreneur who plotted to eradicate human life and start a new civilization under the sea. Whether he was overshadowed by the debut of Jaws (Richard Kiel) or simply lost among 007’s antagonistic plot with Anya Amasova (Barbara Bach), Stromberg seems to be the most forgotten element of the film despite being a brilliant, nefarious villain.
Did you know that the great Stanley Kubrick helped with the lighting of the Villians massive underwater sea back to find out more click here https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-james-bond-movie-that-stanley-kubrick-helped-to-make/
Jaws The Bond Villian not the Great White Shark
Richard Kiel very good as the steel toothed Jaws I am glad he came back for Moonraker just 2 years later.
Talking about Richard Kiel he was also included in Screen Rants list titled top 10 James Bond Movie villians with magic powers he landed in the chart at Number 6 due to those matalic teeth of his here are their comments
One of the most creative and famous bad guys in the Bond Pantheon, Jaws gets his name from the metallic teeth in his mouth that can bite through anything. He is a tall and intimidating foe, who has had several run-ins with 007. Richard Kiel first appeared as the character in The Spy who Loved Me, and was so popular that he was brought back for the sequel, Moonraker, where he not only received a redemption arc, but also a love interest. Jaws stand out not only because of his abilities but also as one of the few Bond bad guys to get an arch over multiple films. Jaws has remained a staple of the franchise ever since, appearing in several video games.
Richard Kiel’s Jaws was also included in a Screenrants article Every James Bond most Iconic Villian ranked in this article they commented
The larger-than-life nature of Roger Moore’s Bond films meant that Moore’s 007 had plenty of great villains. Live and Let Die’s Mr. Big is a spot-on homage to the villains of blaxploitation movies. A View to a Kill’s Max Zorin is delightfully eccentric (too eccentric, according to some). Christopher Lee gave a compelling turn as Francisco Scaramanga, the title character in The Man with the Golden Gun, essentially characterized as the anti-James Bond. Like Bond, he’s a sharpshooting, cold-blooded killer, but unlike Bond, he’s not on the right side of justice. They’re all fantastic villains – especially Scaramanga – but none of them are Moore’s most iconic villain.
Moore is the only Bond actor whose most iconic villain is a henchman who stole the show from their employer. Jaws, the metal-toothed menace played by Richard Kiel, proved to be so popular among fans that he was brought back for a second movie, which is unheard of for henchmen. After working for Karl Stromberg in The Spy Who Loved Me (and taking a bite out of his shark), Jaws reappeared on the staff of Hugo Drax’s space station in Moonraker. A huge, hulking henchman with metal teeth was perfect for the Moore movies; he suits the films’ quirky, tongue-in-cheek comedic sensibility, but he’s also genuinely intimidating.
Barbara Bach is also excellent as the Russian spy known as Triple XXX and is more than a match for James Bond on the Collider film website in their the Best Bond girls Triple XXx was number 6 on their countdown they had this to say about the Russian secret services best spy.
Anya Amasova, aka Agent XXX – ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’ (1977)
While her aforementioned competition is compelling, Barbara Bach’s KGB operative Anya Amasova is convincingly the best Bond Girl to come from Moore’s era. The pair had a palpable tension as they were forced to work together to investigate missing submarines from Russia and Britain while, at the same time, trying to outwit each other.
The film handled the relationship dynamic rather well, especially through the first half where Amasova is shown to be Bond’s intellectual equal as their spy rivalry transpires. The raising of the stakes when Amasova vows revenge on 007 for killing her lover imbued the second half of the film with a dramatic tension which elevated Anya to be one of the best-balanced Bond female characters of the franchise.
Q Branch
The film also featured one of the best cars 007 has ever had in the Lotus Espirt the car made the the top 3 in Den of the Geeks top 10 list of James Bond gadgets here is what they had to say about that special car.
3. Lotus Esprit S1 Submarine Car
Just like the watches, another signature of the James Bond series is influenced by the cars that he drives. There are a small range of British manufacturers that follow 007 around on screen, including Aston Martin and Bentley. But one of Bond’s most iconic rides can’t be found on store floors in quite the same configuration. For The Spy Who Loved Me vehicle, the production turned to a custom-built British-made Lotus Esprit S1, a classic and classy, genuine model which was nicknamed Wet Nellie.
Bond can’t go driving a regular Lotus though. With the spy requiring transport that would submerge him beneath the waves, Roger Moore’s Bond utilized the on-board technology of the Esprit S1 to transform the car into a submarine. It was a gadgetry display that continued to keep the magic of the movies alive!
During a major chase scene through the streets of Costa Smeralda, the car leap from the edge of a peer into the sea. Inside the car, the dashboard flipped to signify the change in functionality. The wheels fold in, and a radar system is engaged, which is consequently used to fire a missile at the pursuing helicopter. The sequence personifies the action-packed spectacle of Bond and the otherworldly kit he uses while on the job.
The Yard Barker website also had this to say about the lotus Esprit Submarine sequence when it featured in their article the 25 best Set peice sequences from the Bond films
This sequence caused a splash in 1977 with its Lotus Esprit that converts into a submarine, and, well, it’s a pretty impressive piece of gadget showmanship. The car has to do more than simply drive underwater, so a submersible appears out of nowhere to fire off a torpedo or two. Once the sub is neutralized, we get the money shot: Bond driving ashore on a crowded beach where onlookers gawk at the automotive marvel. You expect a bit more from the sequence, but Moore’s Bond movies weren’t big on setup/payoff.
For the Screenrant article the 6 moments that defined bond it was the submarine Lotus espirt car that defined Roger Moores era
From running across the backs of alligators in Live and Let Die to doing a barrel roll in a car (ruined by a silly slide whistle sound effect) in The Man with the Golden Gun, Roger Moore was the wackiest Bond actor by far. He became renowned – and, in some corners of the fan base, notorious – for the slapstick gags and wry tongue-in-cheek humor of his Bond films. Arguably the greatest moment from Moore’s Bond tenure is the opening Union Jack parachute jump from The Spy Who Loved Me, but that was pulled off by a stunt double, not by Moore himself.
The definitive moment from Moore’s Bond tenure is also from The Spy Who Loved Me, which is easily the greatest Bond movie from the Moore era. He’s driving a Lotus Esprit with his partner and love interest Anya Amasova, and they’re being chased by a helicopter. As he drives towards the end of a boardwalk, he dryly asks his passenger, “Can you swim?” before plunging the car into the ocean. There, the car transforms into a submarine and they escape the pursuing helicopter. This moment perfectly encapsulates the dry humor, far-fetched plotting, and pure escapism of Moore-era Bond movies.
To watch a trailer for the Spy Who loved Me click here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBxG_TJvYTg&list=PL17vqAEJv6CUxmeZBk3JGDLBbcPEd4CDp&index=7
Me and my brother Matthew even played the Spy who loved me computer game which he got for christmas. It was very good like The Living Daylights computer game we couldn’t complete it the furthest we could get is level 4 the underwater level we always got distroyed by strombergs submarine,
Timothy Dalton a new take on Ian Flemings James Bond
Another song that produced a strong memory for me was The Living Daylights by a-ha a great song to an excellent Bond film that provided new Bond Timothy Dalton with an excellent début so much so that the What Culture website named it the best moment of the film here are there comments.
Timothy Dalton's James Bond was actually great, and the fact that he only did the part for two films is possibly the worst missed opportunity in a franchise whose history is filled with those.
With a superbly-judged mixture of charm, rage, darkness, charisma and wit, Dalton established a very different kind of Bond; he still felt like the hero viewers had come to know and love, but added new layers to him. Furthermore, fans of the books will especially appreciate this portrayal since he's actually the most similar on-screen Bond to the literary character.
The Living Daylights, with its overly convoluted plot, terrible villains, total lack of charm and tiresome Bond Girl, is definitely a film many fans go far, far too easy on, but Dalton carries the entire thing just as well as Connery did on his first outing all those years earlier, and he's definitely the best thing in it by a country mile.
The film website Screenrant recently published an article called How all 6 James Bond actors compare to the Ian Fleming Iconic Book spy they said this about Timothy Daltons Bond
Timothy Dalton won full marks for his resemblance to Hoagy Carmichael, and his similarities to Fleming’s take on Bond didn't end there. Dalton’s brief two-movie tenure saw the actor granting Bond a level of moral ambiguity that wasn’t seen in earlier franchise outings, as well as a mean, impersonal edge. Both of these qualities were taken directly from Fleming’s novels, where Bond was often called cruel and was notably capable of killing in cold blood without much of an emotional reaction. Craig’s Bond reinvented 007 as a tortured soul, but Dalton’s darker, colder take on the spy was arguably as close as the series came to Fleming’s vision.
I think it helped as well that the film was backed up by some beefed up publicity with the film also landing on the 25th Anniversary of Dr No’s release in 1962
other plus points for The Living Daylights include one of the best pre title sequences ever for a new Bond. this is what the Yard Barker website said about The Living Daylights pre title sequence for their website article the 25 best Set peice sequences from the Bond films
Bond badly needed a shot of adrenaline after two too many sluggish installments with an aging Roger Moore, so watching Timothy Dalton (and his stunt double) sprint across the elevated side of a mountain road and fight his way into a truck with a rogue double-0 agent with the two-fisted grit of Indiana Jones was a welcome change of pace (that probably saved the franchise). The parachute stunt out the back of a plummeting vehicle is terrific, and it’s nice to see our new Bond alleviate the boredom of a rich woman drifting aimlessly on her yacht. There should’ve been more Dalton Bonds.
The Return of the of The Aston Martin for the first time since the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger. again highlighted by the Yard Barker website for their article the 25 best Set peice sequences from the Bond films
The Aston Martin makes its triumphant return to the Bond franchise with this highly modified V8 Vantage, which gets shown off in all its lethal glory during this snowbound car chase in Bratislava. Bond uses a laser to slice off the undercarriage of a police car, breaks up a roadblock with grille-mounted missiles, drives around in a barn (!?!), saws a circle in an iced-over river with an exposed rim, convert the auto into a ski-borne vehicle and rocket-launches his way into non-communist Austria. This is the platonic ideal of a Bond car chase
This Icey car chase was also included in the Screenrant list of 10 greatest James Bond scenes ranked from worst to best landing at number 9 in their list these are there comments about the car chase sequence.
Timothy Dalton’s time as James Bond was marked by a distinctly downbeat, grounded atmosphere. Bond always had darker elements, but Dalton’s movies pumped these up to 11 so that the series could compete with the action movies of the '80s. Despite this, The Living Daylights did include a typically superb, far-fetched action sequence when Dalton’s 007 veered onto an icy lake during a car chase. This wildly ambitious scene is further elevated by Dalton’s hilarious one-liners and Bond’s eventual decision to convert a cello into a sled out of necessity.
And a truely gripping fight that James Bond has with one of the Villians aboard a cargo plane again highlighted by the Yard Barker website for their article the 25 best Set peice sequences from the Bond films
Yes, you’re really watching two stuntmen (B.J. Worth and Jake Lombard) hanging from a cargo net over the Mojave Desert outside of a cargo jet in this thrilling sequence from the most underrated of Bond movies. The John Barry score (his 007 swan song) heightens the tension as Maryam d’Abo hopes to hell the right guy winds up plummeting to his death. Oh, and there’s a timebomb in the mix.
To watch a trailer for The Living Daylights click here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO2_yM_pE00
To watch a tribuite video for The Living Daylights click here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vwvCS2wnWI
As a 10 year old in 1987 I went a bit mad for The Living Daylights I bought the 24 page story book that came with a read along cassette https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKBbxIDk2Gc&t=11s
I also bought the tie in computer game I bought it for my birthday and it was the ZX Spectrum 2 version meaning you had to load it via a cassette on to your computer.
I played the game for sometime though I could never get beyond level 2 which was a shame as the other levels in the game sounded interesting
There was also also an offer with the Trio Choclate biscuits to get a set of free Living Daylights stickers so I had to have some of those here is the TV advert for the give away https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKazRMvK7jY
The Music
The title song of the film, "The Living Daylights", was co-written with Pål Waaktaar of the Norwegian pop-music group A-ha and recorded by the band. The group and Barry did not collaborate well, resulting in two versions of the theme song.[46] Barry's film mix is heard on the soundtrack (and on A-ha's later compilation album Headlines and Deadlines). The version preferred by the band can be heard on the A-ha album Stay on These Roads, released in 1988. However, in 2006, Waaktaar complimented Barry's contributions: "I loved the stuff he added to the track, I mean it gave it this really cool string arrangement. That's when for me it started to sound like a Bond thing".[46] The title song is one of the few 007 title songs not performed or written by a British or American performer.
There are 2 versions of the title track the orignal one from the 1987 film which you can listen to here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z61NEfYK0fc&list=RDz61NEfYK0fc&start_radio=1
Or a revamped Album version that featured on their album Stay on These Roads which you can listen to by clicking here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfFbiFoAWjM
Q Branch
The film has some good pretty gadgets featured in it too including a Ghetto Blaster which is what sounds like a Stereo radio cassette player that Q has turned into a Rocket Launcher. A key ring with a number of features including a stun gas pellet a mini grenade and a skeleton key which Q tells us will open 97% of the worlds locks.
As well a sofa that eats people yes you heard right and here’s the proof The Den of the Geek website added it to their top 10 of the best gadgets seen in the Bond films
10. The Attack Sofa
A James Bond release wouldn’t feel complete without a hint of some of the other gadgets that Q has in development. There are always odd experiments happening in the background of his scenes; his lab usually transforms into an erratic display of testing and occasional accidents. That’s the only way the team can put together some of the equipment that the agents have demonstrated in their work. The Living Daylights contains one of the most hilarious examples though.
When Bond tours the facility, as has become the custom, he is treated to a look at a man-eating sofa. The Quartermaster asks one of his lab assistants to take a seat. The couch then rapidly moves, consuming the scientist before anyone has a chance to stop it. The application for this device is never quite certain, and Bond himself never gets to use it in any capacity. But perhaps the agent should be more careful about where he sits next while visiting Q’s house for a martini.
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Pictures
1) James Bond and Mr Big
2) Baron Sameidi
3) Tee Hee
4) Solitare
5) Bond on a Boat
6) Live and let Die poster from 1973
7 ) The Spy who loved me Book cover
8) The Spy who loved me film poster from 1977
9) Bond in Ski gear from the pre title sequence of the Spy who loved me 1977
10) inside Strombergs Supertanker from the Spy who loved me
11) Carl Stromberg
12) Jaws
13) Agent XXX
14) Lotus Esprit on Dry land
15) The Spy who loved me computer game cover
16 )Exploding Jeep from the Living Daylights pre title sequence
17) James Bonds new Aston Martin
18) Cargo plane flight
19) Living Daylights soundtrack cover
20) The Living Daylights storybook and tape
Notes
Thanks to Wikipedia for the background information on the songs Live and let Die Nobody does it Better and the Living Daylights Thanks to the What Culture website for the Bonds greatest moments website quotes Den of the geek for Top 10 best James Bond Gadgets Collider website for their best Bond girl article quotes and the 1O Best underated Bond Villians also thank you to the Yard Barker website for their 25 best set peice sequences from the james bond films
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*a small friendly cat pops into your office*
*the cat jumps onto a desk, gives you a letter, then leaves*
“Dear Flying Fox
You have become a target for this month’s fun schemes this year! On a random day before halloween you and maybe a few others will be given a gift from me! The gift would obtain a little letter from me explaining the scheme, I will say that you will either be tricked, or you may gain a nice treat from said gift, but thats all i can say. If you get tricked then dont worry, its harmless, just a little prank from me, someone you may have met, but I cannot tell you since my identity shall be a secret for now! Happy halloween!
~The Trickster Witch”
*Agent Flying Fox realises how much he ran his mouth over the concept of meat pies in their previous ask. Slowly, a realisation dawns on them...*
"...Ah.
Ah. I see. So I may have put myself in a vulnerable position there.
Well, a good thing to note as a secret agent. No volunteering information, else you put yourself at risk of a meat pie prank in the future.
No harm no foul, heheh. I'm looking forward to this little office-wide fun with you and everyone else here, Trickster Witch!" Kind regards,
Agent Flying Fox
#Trickster Witch#Agent Buggy#IEYTAsk#IEYTD Askblog#IEYTD Ask Blog#I Expect You To Ask#((tee hee!!!))
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has anyone made pfl except instead of agent State it's canadian so its agent Province. i cant be the first to have done this
#Key Speaks#RvB#someone put the idea in my nog and immediately i was like 'ok so agent alberta is a dick'#im making lil rough drafts of them in a reach armor thing tee hee
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I am once again crying and begging for Nintendo to just put Gold Dynamo in Splat3 already. She's been there since the first trailer, I want my babygirl back 😭
Also can I have my Striped LS back soon too pls
#another season another fuck you shooter privlege#on the bright side i can do more oc cosplays with the new gear#mainly Princess with their blue sailor suit!!#i also saw the annaki polpo tee in the shop update image so Curtis edits yippee#and i got the lime ski jacket from the catalouge the other day so Eloisa is all set minus the bloblobber#now i just need ink wash and passion orca hitops for akira and ill have all my agents :D
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