007 Countdown Part 4 - The Spy Who Loved Me

Hello everyone and welcome to Some Like It Scott's latest Countdown miniseries: the 007 Countdown. This time, in honor of the upcoming release of the 25th film in the franchise, NO TIME TO DIE, Scott, Scott, and Jay will be revisiting an abridged selection of 007 films to see how James Bond has evolved across decades, storylines, directors, and actors. Starting with the legendary performances of Sean Connery in FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE and GOLDFINGER and ending with the full retinue of Daniel Craig's performances across the last decade and a half, the countdown crew will give their thoughts on 10 different Bond films. Join us each week as we dissect a different Bond film!

 

On the fourth episode of the countdown, Scott, Scott, and Jay skip one movie to the 10th film in the Bond franchise and Roger Moore's third with 1977's THE SPY WHO LOVED ME. The film picks up with Moore's Bond assigned to investigate the disappearance of two nuclear submarines, one British and one Soviet. He is in competition with KGB agent Triple X, Anya Asamova (Barbara Bach) in Egypt, as they each try to recover the microfilm plans for an advanced submarine tracking system for their own nations. However, the two traditional rivals are forced to team up when the iconic henchman Jaws (Richard Kiel) shows up to steal the plans, returning them to the mastermind of the nuclear submarine theft, Karl Stromberg (Curt Jürgens). As usual, Bond (and Asamova) must race agains the clock to foil Stromberg's plans, and the countdown crew are on hand to give their thoughts on this entry in the Bond franchise, more specifically whether Moore has continued to settle into the Bond character, the cast of supporting characters, and whether this story might be a bit easier to follow than some previous entries in the franchise.