**YOU ARE NOW ENTERING SPOILERTOWN**
Plot: Scare the world into a global surveillance state, ultimately controlled by SPECTRE (and fuck with Bond as much as possible)
Foiled by: Bond hunts down Blofeld in the desert, blows his shit up and then crashes his chopper in London (but doesn’t kill him)
Intriguing Setting(s): Mexico City | London | Rome | Austria | Sahara
Bond: Daniel Craig
Villain(s): Blofeld returns! (and they’re kinda brothers?)
Bond Girl(s):
- Dr. Madeleine Swann – Mr. White’s daughter!
- Lucia Sciarra – Sleeps with her after he kills her husband. Savage!
HL’s Hot Take: This is a LOT better than I remember. Main beef with it is the same as some of the originals: just HOW far ahead of Bond’s next move could Blofeld possibly be? Seems he’d be a terrible spy if he was THAT predictable all the time. Very interested to see the story continuation in the next chapter.
Head Librarian Rank: 11/24
Critical Rank: 15/24
TRIVIA SECTION!
Odds & Ends:
- Seems to harken to Bonds of old, and was critically hurt by it for being too formulaic. The train scenes evoke From Russia With Love and The Spy Who Loved Me, the funeral Thunderball, there are others.
- SPECTRE stands for: SPecial Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion
6 Degrees Cameos:
- Andrew Scott as C
- Dave Bautista as Hinx – great link into the Guardians of the Galaxy/Avengers franchises
Gadgets: not really
Cars: Aston Martin DB10
Awards: Oscar winner for Best Song – “Writing’s on the Wall”
Release Order: 24/25 (2015)