The James Bond Film Discussion Thread (With Bonus Lazenby!)

[Starkers]

John F. Kennedy (1961–1963)
Dr. No (1962)
From Russia with Love (1963)

Lyndon B. Johnson (1963–1969)
Goldfinger (1964)
Thunderball (1965)
You Only Live Twice (1967)

Richard Nixon (1969–1974)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
Live and Let Die (1973)

Gerald Ford (1974–1977)
The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)

Jimmy Carter (1977–1981)
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Moonraker (1979)

Ronald Reagan (1981–1989)
For Your Eyes Only (1981)
Octopussy (1983)
A View to a Kill (1985)
The Living Daylights (1987)

George H. W. Bush (1989–1993)
Licence to Kill (1989)

Bill Clinton (1993–2001)
GoldenEye (1995)
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
The World Is Not Enough (1999)

George W. Bush (2001–2009)
Die Another Day (2002)
Casino Royale (2006)
Quantum of Solace (2008)

Barack Obama (2009–2017)
Skyfall (2012)
SPECTRE (2015)

Donald Trump (2017–2021)
No theatrical Bond film premieres (The release of No Time To Die was delayed)

Joe Biden (2021–2025)
No Time to Die (2021)

So Reagan holds the record with 4.

By decade that gives us:
1960's: 6
1970's: 5
1980's: 5
1990's: 3
2000's: 3
2010's: 2!
2020's: 1

I'm not old, but I am starting to reach that age where I wonder how many new Bond films I'll see. Base on the last decade and a half not many!

Though I'm willing to bet Amazon will start releasing one every three years once they get going...at least I hope they will.

 

[tenmei]

We all love Ludwig...

Second seasons starts in the UK next month! It's already been picked up for a third.

I couldnt make it past Episode 1


Re an earlier chat, Theresa May is the only PM not to have a Bond movie released during her term in office in the original MGM run.

Harold Macmillan (1957 to 1963)
Doctor No
From Russia With Love (Just)

Alex Douglas Home (1963 to 1964)
Goldfinger

Harold Wilson (1964 to 1970, then 1974 to 1976)
Thunderball
You Only Live Twice
OHMSS
The Man With The Golden Gun

Ted Heath (1970 to 1974)
Diamonds Are Forever
Live And Let Die

James Callaghan (1976 to 1979)
The Spy Who Loved Me

Margaret Thatcher (1979 to 1990)
Moonraker
For Your Eyes Only
Octopussy
A View To A Kill
The Living Daylights
License To Kill

John Major (1990 to 1997)
Goldeneye

Tony Blair (1997 to 2007)
Tomorrow Never Dies
The World Is Not Enough
Die Another Day
Casino Royale

Gordon Brown (2007 to 2010)
Quantum of Solace

David Cameron (2010 to 2016)
SkyFall
Spectre

Boris Johnson (2019 to 2022)
No Time To Die

 

[Tallguy]

I couldnt make it past Episode 1

 

[tenmei]

It was Mitchell who put me off. There. I said it. Far preferred Death Valley.

 

[Tallguy]

It was Mitchell who put me off. There. I said it. Far preferred Death Valley.

Death Valley is good.

 

[Commander Troi]

I love David Mitchell! Where's Ludwig showing in the US? I couldn't find anything but BritBox. Which is one of the few streaming services I don't have.

 

[Tallguy]

It's BritBox. They also have all the old Doctor Who.

BTW, it appears Mr. Bond has landed on MGM.

 

[Captaindemotion]

BTW, it appears Mr. Bond has landed on MGM.

Presumably landed on it via a parachute emblazoned with a union flag

 

[Starkers]

Presumably landed on it via a parachute emblazoned with a union flag

Just like Gustav Graves!

 

[Tallguy]

Presumably landed on it via a parachute emblazoned with a union flag

Nothing so nationalist, I'm sure. Does anyone know if the thumbnails have any guns?

 

[SithHappens]

I couldnt make it past Episode 1


Re an earlier chat, Theresa May is the only PM not to have a Bond movie released during her term in office in the original MGM run.

Harold Macmillan (1957 to 1963)
Doctor No
From Russia With Love (Just)

Alex Douglas Home (1963 to 1964)
Goldfinger

Harold Wilson (1964 to 1970, then 1974 to 1976)
Thunderball
You Only Live Twice
OHMSS
The Man With The Golden Gun

Ted Heath (1970 to 1974)
Diamonds Are Forever
Live And Let Die

James Callaghan (1976 to 1979)
The Spy Who Loved Me

Margaret Thatcher (1979 to 1990)
Moonraker
For Your Eyes Only
Octopussy
A View To A Kill
The Living Daylights
License To Kill

John Major (1990 to 1997)
Goldeneye

Tony Blair (1997 to 2007)
Tomorrow Never Dies
The World Is Not Enough
Die Another Day
Casino Royale

Gordon Brown (2007 to 2010)
Quantum of Solace

David Cameron (2010 to 2016)
SkyFall
Spectre

Boris Johnson (2019 to 2022)
No Time To Die

Is Thatcher the only one to appear in a bond movie? Played by an actor of course.

 

[ichab]

Trump’s 2017-2021 term was the first Presidential term since JFK not to see the release of a Bond movie. Wonder will this term be a repeat?

Probably. Trumps term ends in two years and they havent even cast the new Bond yet. Its like fate is saying "Bond Will NOT Return While THAT Guy Is President"

 

[Captaindemotion]

Probably. Trumps term ends in two years and they havent even cast the new Bond yet. Its like fate is saying "Bond Will NOT Return While THAT Guy Is President"

Technically closer to 2 & 1/2 years, almost to the day (Jan 20 2029) until the next inauguration. But yes, while not impossible, given how long films take now and given Villeneuve’s Dune commitments etc., I think it’s more likely to be after that date than before.

 

[Roundabout]

Is Thatcher the only one to appear in a bond movie? Played by an actor of course.

I believe Thatcher is, thus far, the only British prime minister to have appeared in a Bond movie. She appeared in a lighthearted scene at the end of For Your Eyes Only. Btw, fantastic theme song.

You're right. She wasn't the real Margaret Thatcher. It was the actress Janet Brown playing the role of Thatcher.

Curiously, in the scene, Thatcher was depicted doing housework, cooking in the kitchen while her husband Denis stood by; not the real Denis either, but an actor who did a goofy impression of Denis.

 

[Turtletrekker]

Prime Ministers come and go but Larry is forever.

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[CorporalCaptain]

I'm overall a fan of FYEO, but the "Thatcher" scene is almost too over the top. The phone is in the kitchen cabinet!

 

[cooleddie74]

Denis getting his hand smacked for sneaking food is the best part.

 

[Starkers]

Thing is Maggie did insist on doing a lot of cooking for Denis as well as other traditional housewife tasks like ironing so the scene isn't that outlandish, though whether to makers of FYEO knew this or not is debatable

 

[Roundabout]

Margaret Thatcher remarked that residing at 10 Downing Street was like "living above the shop", which was reminiscent of the time during her youth when she lived above the grocery store that her parents ran.

I read that she did cook for herself and Denis, while they were living in the upstairs residential section of number 10.

What surprised me, at the time, about that scene in FYEO, was that the Iron Lady wasn't depicted performing affairs of state when she got the call from Bond, but instead doing mundane housework. But, in hindsight, I would have to say it is so much more amusing that we saw the iron lady portrayed more like an iron chef.

 

[UssGlenn]

Thing is Maggie did insist on doing a lot of cooking for Denis as well as other traditional housewife tasks like ironing so the scene isn't that outlandish, though whether to makers of FYEO knew this or not is debatable

As far as I can tell it was public knowledge at the time. The scene isn't funny without that context, it would just be insultingly sexist if it wasn't actually based in fact.