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'L007K UP, L007K DOWN, L007K OUT... Santa Bond does it everywhere... And he strikes like a Snowball'
I will get my coat.
First, a fairly informative and well made little documentary on the making of and legacy of GoldenEye N64. Sure to bring back a few holiday memories for members of a certain generation!
Next, a feature-length documentary for fans of all ages: Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007, which as of this December has been made available for free on YouTube with ads. I'm sure many of us have seen this one already, but it's hard to come by in the US and well worth the watch.
From 2008 to March of 2020, Toby Stephens has been the voice of James Bond in BBC's radio drama adaptations. I haven't listened to all of them, but they are very well produced and have drawn considerable talent including Ian McKellen as the voice of Goldfinger and Rosamund Pike as Pussy Galore. For the holidays, here is 2014's On Her Majesty's Secret Service featuring Joanna Lumley as Irma Bunt and Alfred Molina as Ernst Stavro Blofeld.
While I abandoned my original idea of making this a "Walken in a Winter Wonderland" tribute to one of Bond's great megalomaniacs of the 80s, this telling of "The Night Before Christmas" by two Christopher Walken and Jeff Goldblum impersonators is too good not to include. Close your eyes and you might just imagine it's really them.
Finally, looking ahead to No. 25, here's a rather good and lengthy No Time to Die interview from last March with Cari Joji Fukunaga and the principle cast: Daniel Craig, Rami Malek, Lea Seydoux, Lashana Lynch, and Jeffrey Wright. No significant spoilers, but promising discussion of character relationships and the film's emotional through-line. (Contains brief footage interspersed throughout if you're trying to avoid that entirely.)
And another excellent interview, also free of spoilers, this time just with Rami Malek.
Well Wishes and Happy Holidays everyone! Here's to a new year and the well teased-out excitement of anticipating a new Bond film!
Anything with Ginger is a plus for me, Ginger Beer, Ginger Biscuits and Parkin (Ginger bread).
I have not seen the NTTD interview I will watch it later this afternoon.
@Fire_and_Ice_Returns, I agree ginger everything is excellent and that’s awesome you own Everything or Nothing. I hope someday it’ll come to physical media in the US.
I ended up buying it from Prime Video Digital Copy a couple of years ago. I am not sure if it's available on disk here in the UK.
Sorry I have not been prompting people as had a lot to deal with in my personal life recently, feel free to post when you like.
Separately I've been watching for the Ian Fleming Publications Season's Greeting notice. This is the closest to it I've seen--an Instagram post from their site.
https://www.ianfleming.com/
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Just pick a date and I will add your name to the list and carry the list over to following pages, post anything James Bond, Christmas or Holiday season related during your selected day(s)
1st. @Fire_and_Ice_Returns
2nd. @Some_Kind_Of_Hero
3rd.
4th. @Thunderfinger
5th.
6th. @RichardTheBruce
7th. @TR007
8th.
9th. @RichardTheBruce
10th. @goldenswissroyale
11th.
12th.
13th.
14th.
15th.
16th. @Agent_99
17th.
18th.
19th.
20th. @Some_Kind_Of_Hero
21st. @Birdleson
22nd.
23rd.
24th. @RichardTheBruce
25th. @Dragonpol
26th. @Resurrection
27th.
28th.@Fire_and_Ice_Returns
29th.
30th.
31st.
Plenty of free days available...
Ginger Baker!
Ginger Rodgers I like her, Ginger was stunning in Kitty Foyle.
Take care folks!!
Added to Christmas Day :)
Merry Christmas I hope you are stationed in the Bahamas, its zero degrees where I am lol
Will get to work on 0024th.
Sourced from Fay Dalton's illustration
https://www.foliosociety.com/au/casino-royale.html
From Archivo 007 in Spain Merry Christmas everybody and a Bondian 2021!
Merry Christmas, the Union Jack is a nice touch on the motor cycle.
I sometimes regret converting all my books to digital there are some nice collections out there.
Then the closing with the spirit of Sir Roger Moore and Sir Thomas Sean Connery.
Santa Royale | Robot Chicken | Adult Swim (animated violence here)
Christmas Break | Robot Chicken | Adult Swim (takes the Christmas jokes too far)
***** A 007 CHRISTMAS***** (truly droll silliness on display, I love some of the ideas here)
Revisiting these seasonal Bond advertisements is always enjoyable.
Diamonds Are Forever Christmas Trailer
A Christmas Present from James Bond, For Christmas - 1974
Maybe the best Bond Christmas present of all remains On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Here's a notional poster I thought was clever.
Marathons are also in season.
James Bond Christmas Bondathon commercial - Spike
007 Days of Christmas Marathon Spike-TV Promo #1 (2003) The Toys!
007 Days of Christmas Marathon Spike-TV Promo #2 (2003) The Toys!
007 Days of Christmas Marathon Spike TV Promo #3 (2003) The Parties!
Carols are in order.
2 Thunderballs
3 Areolas
4 Quartermasters
5 Goldfingers
6 Bonds a-bounding
7 Roger Moore films
Octopussy's Palace
9 Rounds of Walther
10 Martinis mixing
11 (Insert Moonraker joke here)
12 Angels-of-death
Plus more straightforward Christmas music with a twist.
David Glass: A James Bond Christmas
And the original item that motivated me to contribute here.
First shared by @Fire_and_Ice_Returns in 2017, this is from a 2004 UNICEF promotion.
A Christmas message from Roger Moore
Also remembering the passing of Sir Thomas Sean Connery.
And God bless us. Every one.
I have no idea whether this is an appropriate place to post this, bit I just had a strange little Bond Christmas story happening.
My mother is a very voracious reader, so my parent's house is stuffed full of books. So this year she decided not to buy new books for Christmas for everyone, but instead re-gifted some of her old books. So f.e. my girlfriend got the whole series of Sjöwall/Wahlöö paperbacks from the 70s/80s.
One of my mother's favourite authors is Jeffery Deaver, whose books I would often read after she was through with them. So I got Carte Blanche which... ... was my own book she had given me for a birthday 8 years ago and I just hadn't taken with when moving out 😄.
It must have found its way into her pile of Deaver books and she thought the one 007 book she owns must be a slam dunk as a gift to me!
So I guess, I will take that as a hint to re-read it and as I am now much more of a Bond fan than I was back then, it will now get to come with me to my own bookcase...
Happy Holidays!
PS: I just went through my old bookcase at my parent's house and it turns out, that I now own Carte Blanche twice! My mother didn't in fact give me the same book twice, she just didn't know it already stood in her attic, got it for herself and then gave it to me years later...
Ha ha! That story of yours reminds me of one of Alan's Funny Stories:
Merry Christmas! 🎄
Ian Fleming Publications' Christmas, based on Fay Dalton's work for OHMSS:
Merry Christmas everybody.
And folks familiar with the Folio Society editions will recognize its source as you said.
@ggl007 That image is inspired.
Merry Christmas everyone.
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Just pick a date and I will add your name to the list and carry the list over to following pages, post anything James Bond, Christmas or Holiday season related during your selected day(s)
1st. @Fire_and_Ice_Returns
2nd. @Some_Kind_Of_Hero
3rd.
4th. @Thunderfinger
5th.
6th. @RichardTheBruce
7th. @TR007
8th.
9th. @RichardTheBruce
10th. @goldenswissroyale
11th.
12th.
13th.
14th.
15th.
16th. @Agent_99
17th.
18th.
19th.
20th. @Some_Kind_Of_Hero
21st. @Birdleson
22nd.
23rd.
24th. @RichardTheBruce
25th. @Dragonpol
26th. @Resurrection
27th.
28th.@Fire_and_Ice_Returns
29th.
30th.
31st.
Plenty of free days available...
Since it's already 26th here, Merry Christmas everyone and a Happy New Year in advance.
First of all i think we should remember all the stars we lost this year, so here's an memoriam for that, not everyone is included in it, sadly.
If anyone missed this. Everyone from bond community singing, "do you know how Christmas trees are grown", it's really lovely, enjoy it :)
Making of license to kill is on YouTube, always enjoy watching more BTS from Dalton bond film's
A funny short film "James bond and attack the attack of Christmas".
James bond lost his 00 :))
Lastly, how can christmas be complete without Dr Christmas Jones ;)
Enjoy the holidays.
That's a lovely story!
Merry Christmas, everyone! I baked you a gingerbread Scara-man-ga (and his golden-brown gun):
Christmas Jones would certainly be at the top of a Christmas wish list, '.... sharp eyes and beautiful - ear lobes.'