====== James Bond ======
**//James Bond//** is a British media franchise, created by Ian Fleming. It features the eponymous spy, James Bond, a British agent of MI6, codenamed 007, traveling the world and stopping plots of world domination. It began as a series of novels, before being adapted into a series of movies that it is best known for today.

Frequent //[[oncinema|On Cinema]]// guest [[gregg]] at one point stated that the James Bond series was his favorite series of movies. His personal favorite (of the movies starring Roger Moore) was //For Your Eyes Only//.[(cite:pod20>[[pod20]])] Additionally, despite Turkington's [[greggandmusic|frequent and vocal distaste for music]], he appears to have a soft spot for the series and its theme songs,[(cite:pod20)][(cite:oscarour>[[oscarour]])] fondly recalling Duran Duran performing "The Living Daylights."[(cite:oscar1>[[oscar1]])] His favorite Bond actor is Roger Moore.[(cite:pod45>[[pod45]])][(cite:s04e08>[[s04e08]])]

Host [[tim]] has gone on record about his distaste for the //James Bond// franchise, stating he "just doesn't like" them[(cite:s01e02>[[s01e02]])] and finds them confusing.[(cite:s10e10>[[s10e10]])] He also complained that he hated that Bond was played by different actors,[(cite:s02e02>[[s02e02]])] and that the music sounded too much like "detective music."[(cite:oscar1)] Despite this, his television series //[[decker]]// has been said to have been directly inspired by the franchise.

In [[pod45]], Turkington was given an opportunity to host an episode dedicated entirely to the franchise, and revealing what he felt were the top five //Bond// movies. He expressed difficultly in creating the list, feeling that all the movies were of comparable quality. They were, in no particular order:
  * //Die Another Day//
  * //The World is Not Enough//
  * //The Spy Who Loved Me//
  * //Tomorrow Never Dies//
  * //The Living Daylights//
Interestingly, Turkington did not include //For Your Eyes Only//.

During the //[[oscar1]]//, Heidecker predicted that [[oscars]] would announce that the film franchise would come to an end with the release of //Skyfall//. (This did not come to pass.) Turkington, however, predicted that due to the success of //Skyfall//, a new //Bond// movie would be released twice a year. (This also did not come to pass.)

Heidecker later repeated his prediction that the //James Bond// series would end with //Skyfall//, feeling that the series would no longer be needed with the release of films such as //[[reacher]]//. Turkington disagreed, stating that the release of //Skyfall// was an "awakening" and that there would be a renaissance of //Bond// movie, potentially with team-ups with other film franchises.[(cite:future>[[future]])]

Heidecker has stated that he would watch a //James Bond// movie starring Liam Neeson.[(cite:s04e08)]
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