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DESCRIPTION: On this episode we re-team with the great Jeremy Dylan of My Favorite Album and do a deep dive into the “Mission: Impossible” versus James Bond franchises. On this first episode we discuss how “Rogue Nation” might be the best unofficial 007 movie of the last decade. We also eulogize the original James Bond, Sean Connery. This episode is best enjoyed shaken (not stirred). Released November 20th, 2020.

SHOW NOTES: If you’d like to read the article we used to analyze the Bond formula, click here.

As referenced in the episode, here’s the amazing fight on the train in “From Russia With Love” between Sean Connery and Robert Shaw...

Also mentioned in the episode, production designer Ken Adam asked Stanley Kubrick for advice on how to light this incredible set from “The Spy Who Loved Me” (1977). Click either image to enlarge...

Ken Adam: “So I called Stanley up and asked him down to Pinewood to give me ideas. At first he said I was out of my mind but eventually he agreed to come on a Sunday when only security were around. He spent three or four hours with me telling me how he would light the stage. And of course the whole thing being in secret appealed to Stanley's sense of drama.” Here’s the full article.

Here are some more amazing sets designed by Ken Adam for various James Bond movies over the years. Click any to enlarge...