007 references in popular culture

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  • edited July 2018 Posts: 17,279
    Agent_99 wrote: »
    Not exactly a pop culture reference but I wanted to report that I've just spotted a 007-edition 2CV in the Tour de France coverage.

    Good spotting! Have seen a few over the years (in Tour de France), but no 007-edition ones!
  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
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    I think my partner was a little alarmed by my speedy identification (and my demand that we pause and rewind)!
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    Agent_99 wrote: »
    I think my partner was a little alarmed by my speedy identification (and my demand that we pause and rewind)!

    Haha, I guess that's understandable!
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    Marvel's Ant-Man and the Wasp ends with
    "Ant-Man and the Wasp will return?"

    The question mark fits with how the movie actually ends. Hint, think Infinity Wars ending.
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  • PropertyOfALadyPropertyOfALady Colders Federation CEO
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    There's a person in a novel I'm reading called HotCock007.
  • There's a person in a novel I'm reading called HotCock007.

    Interesting choice of literature.
  • PropertyOfALadyPropertyOfALady Colders Federation CEO
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    Ready Player One, Ernest Cline. ISBN 978-0-307-88743-6, 1st edition, page 284.
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  • edited July 2018 Posts: 4,622
    timmer wrote: »
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    Following TSWLM

    AND

    Austin Powers
    The Spy Who Shagged Me
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    Didn't they learn from that horrid Melissa McCarthy Spy movie?

    Cool tagline, though.
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  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
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    A friend sent me this - I thought it was astoundingly clever and beautiful (click for full size).

    Artist: Bernard Pras (http://bernardpras.fr/)

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  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
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    Amazon thinks I might want to read this.

    I do not want to read this.

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    Agent_99 wrote: »
    Amazon thinks I might want to read this.

    I do not want to read this.

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    Somewhere out there, some copywriter or editor is sitting back with a self-satisfied feeling.

    I just wonder what other titles this person has written that has landed them on the NY Times and USA Today bestseller lists.
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    You can find the list here :

    https://ruthcardello.com/

    Not my favourite kind of airport litterature.
  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
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    Tamer stuff.

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  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    Agent_99 wrote: »
    A friend sent me this - I thought it was astoundingly clever and beautiful (click for full size).

    Artist: Bernard Pras (http://bernardpras.fr/)

    189.Jamesx20.jpg

    That's rather astounding.
  • 00Agent00Agent Any man who drinks Dom Perignon '52 can't be all bad.
    edited November 2019 Posts: 5,185
    Watching Macgyver on German TV right now (my mom loves him, what can you do)
    And Episode 5 of season one (The Heist) is basically one long Bond parody. The name James Bond is used multiple times by Gyver himself, "I look like James Bond" as well as by the Gyver-girls in the Episode. There is even a sublte Bond like theme in the Soundtrack when he puts on his Tuxedo.
    And of course theres an obligatory Casino scene where you can see him gambling.
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    Well, in one episode of Castle, the eponymous writer was once contacted to write a series of novels featuring "a well-known british secret agent". He thought about it, but decided to continue with the adventures of Nicky Heat. But later on, we learned that he received his calling as a writer from Casino Royale, which his father (himself a british secret agent, although not well-known) has sent him as a brithday gift, IIRC. And later on, he received a first edition of the novel, once again from his father.

    And in the 70s, on french television, i saw a few times a magician whose gimmick was to act like a secret agent, with loads of gimmicks, including a record player inside his hat. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find a clip, otherwise I would have posted it here.
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    My kids were watching a Spy Kids sequel yesterday, and I saw that it was Spy Kids 4: All the Time In The World.

    I didn't even know there was a Spy Kids 2.
  • edited August 2018 Posts: 17,279
    Gerard wrote: »
    Well, in one episode of Castle, the eponymous writer was once contacted to write a series of novels featuring "a well-known british secret agent". He thought about it, but decided to continue with the adventures of Nicky Heat. But later on, we learned that he received his calling as a writer from Casino Royale, which his father (himself a british secret agent, although not well-known) has sent him as a brithday gift, IIRC. And later on, he received a first edition of the novel, once again from his father.

    I remember that! Castle is one of the cop shows I enjoy the most, and this little detail to Castle's literary career was a nice touch. There's also the recurring scenes where he plays poker with his famous (real-life) writer friends:
  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
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    Tamer stuff.

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    I once worked with a guy named James Pond. He was good-natured enough to have the character as his profile picture on LinkedIn.
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  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
    edited September 2018 Posts: 3,106
    My friend bought a new synth:

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    It comes with a software package called Spectre. They know exactly what they're doing.
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    In the song "Inventaire 66", Michel Delpech, among other things that made headines in the year 1966, mentions "Une bombe dans la Mer, Opéation Tonnerre". It's of course a reference to the Torremolinos plane crash :

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_Palomares_B-52_crash

    and to the french title of TB, Opération Tonnerre. Here's the song :

  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou. I can still hear my old hound dog barkin'.
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    Gerard wrote: »
    In the song "Inventaire 66", Michel Delpech, among other things that made headines in the year 1966, mentions "Une bombe dans la Mer, Opéation Tonnerre". It's of course a reference to the Torremolinos plane crash :

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_Palomares_B-52_crash

    and to the french title of TB, Opération Tonnerre. Here's the song :

    I looked it up, but perhaps it would have helped to mention that "Opération Tonnerre" is the French ttle of Thunderball.
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