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Bond Villains: "No, Mr. Bond I Expect You To Die"

books.guardian.co.uk — To mark the 100th anniversary of Ian Fleming's birth later this month, Charlie Higson, the author of the bestselling Young Bond series, has chosen his favorite Bond villains.

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  • fabriciom, on 05/10/2008, -11/+4Man this article without pictures sucks. I've never watched all the bond movies...
  • Thinker10, on 05/10/2008, -1/+4Run along now dear, man talk.
  • imitated, on 05/10/2008, -2/+15No Jaws?
    • IphtashuFitz, on 05/10/2008, -0/+9As the article said, he would have been picked if he didn't turn good and into a bit of a joke in Moonraker.
      • chicagospur, on 05/10/2008, -0/+5Just ignore Moonraker, it's one of the worst movies...
        Jaws is the Man.
  • jameshighmore, on 05/10/2008, -0/+9Man, I'd rather have a Top 10 favourite bond girls instead.
  • GiJoeBob, on 05/10/2008, -2/+5Worst Bond Villian? Roger Moore.
    • chicagospur, on 05/10/2008, -2/+1Worst Bond villains:
      Elliot Carver in Tomorrow Never Dies
      Drax in Moonraker
      Louis Jordan's character in Octopussy

      Admittedly, they were the crappiest movies too.

    • ZeRux, on 05/10/2008, -1/+4He was the best Bond after Connery. George Lazenby, on the other hand...
    • ronaldmonster, on 05/10/2008, -1/+2More like Pierce Brosnan>_>
  • mr5150, on 05/10/2008, -3/+2I didn't Digg purely for not mentioning Jaws otherwise a good article but for the love of Bond, how can i take this blog seriously if he fails to mention Jaws but manages to include Odd Job in the list.......shishhh what sort of Bond enthusiast is this guy?
    • ZeRux, on 05/10/2008, -0/+38. Xenia Onatopp
      From Goldeneye. One of the few truly memorable villains who don't appear in the original books (Jaws being another. He would have made the list if he hadn't turned goodie in Moonraker and become a comedy figure)
    • Orkahm52, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1From the article: "...Jaws being another. He would have made the list if he hadn't turned goodie in Moonraker and become a comedy figure"
    • FearlessFreep, on 05/10/2008, -0/+2Buried you because he does mention Jaws and mentions why he didn't include him in the list. Agree or disagree with the rationale, it is there.

      Did you read the article or just scan the list?
  • Monolith4, on 05/10/2008, -5/+6ARGH. Is anyone else annoyed by the lack of a comma after "Bond" in the title?

    Honestly, punctuation exists for a reason. You change the entire tone of the sentence without that one little comma. It goes from "No, Mr Bond, I expect you to die." to "No, Mr. Bond-I-Expect-You-To-Die."

    in b4 "lol gramm0r nazi!!1"
    • ByteGuerilla, on 05/10/2008, -0/+6Totally. The "Mr. Bond" element of the sentence is a parenthetical phrase, so you surround it with commas because it can be taken out of the sentence all together.

      A guide on how to write properly: http://www.bartleby.com/141/ - It's old, and American, but the Oxford University Press uses it, even if they are Cool Britannia nutjobs who added 'chavtastic' to the dictionary.
    • sAg3, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1thank you! i thought i was the only one
  • IphtashuFitz, on 05/10/2008, -2/+1Did Irma Bunt appear in any of the movies? The name doesn't ring a bell...
  • andru87, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1Where is Francisco Scaramanga and Alec Trevelyan?
  • hansolo, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1Mr. Kidd: Well, they're both aboard, and I must say Miss Case seems quite attractive...
    [Mr. Wint glares at him]
    Mr. Kidd: ...For a lady.
    [pause]
    Mr. Kidd: Heh heh heh heh!
  • planes, on 05/10/2008, -0/+4One of the better lines, from "Dr. No" I think, as Bond has the babe on the bed and is unzipping her dress, the phone rings. It is Bond's boss "M". Bond says "I can't talk now, something big has come up."
  • zebragrrl, on 05/10/2008, -0/+2Wint and Kidd... For the win.Not the best Bond film, but definitely my favourite baddies of the bunch.

    In terms of favourite films, I really have come to love "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" as quite possibly one of the best Bond films... As much as I love Connery, and Brosnan and of course the cheesy Bond of my Childhood, Roger Moore.. There's just something inesapably perfect about the plot balance and story pacing in Secret Service. The acting, the music, and even the locations and environments. OHMSS has it all.. including one of the most affecting film deaths I can remember.
  • protogenxl, on 05/10/2008, -0/+2Australian and Irish James Bond Villains

    http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?vi ...
  • amercer, on 05/10/2008, -1/+3http://xkcd.com/123/

    You should know what this is.
  • mrzack, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1Kinda like the New World Order Illuminati. They expect us all to die.
  • Nayson, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1Charlie didnt pick Bob Fleming? Arse! *coughs*
  • TROY7, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1Bond movies are the best.
  • NdangerD, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1Xenia! I can't breathe!
  • bonerhater, on 05/10/2008, -0/+0Boris ain't so invincible
  • antdude, on 05/11/2008, -0/+1Dr. No for me.
  • jamesong14, on 06/02/2008, -0/+1http://www.art.com/asp/sp-asp/_/Aff--CONF/CTID--79 ...

    He is the best actor.
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