Project MERCATOR: 007's Golden Jubilee*
I saw Skyfall on Friday, accompanied by Ska Army. We were both quite pleased by & enthusiastic about the film, though the boom was lowered on our post-film conversation when my companion revealed his disdain for the films Live and Let Die & The Man with the Golden Gun. It should be noted that Ska Army's opinions regarding the cinema aren't worth a tinker's damn: he disliked The Dark Knight Rises, the Philistine. Nonetheless, even Philistines recognize the quality of Skyfall.

Sean Connery
Dr. No (1962)
From Russia with Love (1963)
Goldfinger (1964)
Thunderball (1965)
You Only Live Twice (1967)
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)†

George Lazenby
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)

Roger Moore
Live and Let Die (1973)
The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Moonraker (1979)
For Your Eyes Only (1981)
Octopussy (1983)
A View to a Kill (1985)

Timothy Dalton
The Living Daylights (1987)
License to Kill (1989)

Pierce Brosnan
GoldenEye (1995)
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
The World Is Not Enough (1999)
Die Another Day (2002)

Daniel Craig
Casino Royale (2006)
Quantum of Solace (2008)
Skyfall (2012)
"…James Bond Will Return…"

*This year is the fiftieth anniversary of the first James Bond feature film, Dr. No. Ian Fleming's novels celebrated their golden anniversary in 2003, fifty years after the publication of Casino Royale.

†We here at The Secret Base are proud Eon Productions partisans & as such consider neither 1967's Casino Royale nor 1983's Never Say Never Again to be true Bond pictures, despite Mr. Connery's lamentable participation in the latter film.

The Rebel Black Dot 007 Songs of the Day
Garbage, "The World Is Not Enough" from The Best of Bond… James Bond: 50th Anniversary Collection (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary:

"The world is not enough,
But it is such a perfect place to start, my love,
And if you're strong enough
Together we can take the world apart, my love."

Samstag, 10 November
Adele, "Skyfall" via iTunes (T.L.A.M.)