The James Bond Complex

Hello dear listeners! Like so many people at this time of year, Matt and Edgar get together to compile a ‘’best off’’ list. But with a twist. It’s time to go back to the 80s! That’s right, Matt and Edgar deliver another golden record hit of Bond Beats. This 3rdvolume goes through the entirety of the 1980s, from Bill Conti’s FYEO score, right up to and including Michael Kamen’s work on LTK. As with...

Hello dear listeners, It's been a little while since our last Debriefing episode, but good things come to those who wait. Heh, and with respect to Bond fans we're very good at waiting! This week we invite a new friend to the show. Mike Reyes is a regular contributor to the Cinema Blend website which covers pop culture in all its shapes and forms, from films to video games and everything in between...

This week we are back with Emery Cormier of "The Intrepid 007 Podcast" https://anchor.fm/the-intrepid-007-podcast to conclude our discussion/ review of John Gardner's 6th James Bond continuation novel " No Deals Mr. Bond". We analyze Bond Girl: Ebbie Heritage's enthusiasm and characterization and a speculative adaptation. We also explore Bond's violent battle against a four men death squad as well...

M has assigned 007 to an off the books assignment. He's put in charge of saving the lives of the last surviving members of "Operation Creamcake", an honeypot scheme that was aborted 5 years earlier and it's former members are now tracked by a KGB hit team. Worst. It seems that a double agent has infiltrated the operation! To discuss another Gardner book, our last one of 2020. We felt the ideal way...

Jason Kim (instagram: @jasxon88) joins us as we discuss the passing of legendary actor and original cinematic James Bond Actor; Sir Sean Connery.

Dear listeners... do you enjoy 80's r-rated horror movies ? Hopefully you do as this week we take you on another detour... Welcome To Crystal Lake! Yes this year we are taking on another Iconic horror franchise. Last year we took on the Halloween Franchise because of it's connection to the Bond franchise through Donald Pleasance.  For Jason Voorhees and James Bond, well it's a little differen...

Hello Dear listeners, This week we discuss the best tactical outfits James Bond wore throughout his cinematic career. Is Dalton's tactical tuxedo a costume or a tactical outfit? What about Connery's Thunderball wetsuit? All this is part of very long, messy and funny conversation!

Hello dear listeners! It wasn't that long ago that Mathieu and Edgar took a look at the first graphic novel adaptation of Fleming's work, Casino Royale, published by Dynamite Comics. Well, since there are only 2 adaptations to speak of at the moment, the boys figured they'd complete the duology before heading back to stories about the modern 007 in comics for future reviews. Live and Let Die sees...

Hello dear listeners! It's the end of the month and it can only mean one thing... Debriefing time! To discuss the most recent happenings we brought our third man Jason KIm to discuss recent offerings of the 007 store, the death of Michael Longsdale and Not Time To Die!

Hello dear listeners, This week we have a new protagonist; Joe Turner. He's not a field agent. He works as a reader for "American Literary Historical Society", a clandestine CIA op. On his way back to his office Joe discovers all of his co-workers have been executed. Turner, under the code-name Condor must now avoid hitman on is trail and discover the secret behind the death of his fellow readers....

*Full disclosure, this episode was recorded in early July 2020 at a time when no one knew what was to become of "No Time to Die" November release. Much of the early portion of the conversation was edited for brevity's sake, to say nothing that much of what was speculated on became obsolete n September 1st. Hello dear listeners! By now you know friend of the show Phi Poggiali rather well. He ragale...

So much has happened in the last few weeks for the Bond Community.... The loss of Diana Rigg. The release of a new trailer. It became evident that to cover these events we needed help, we needed to bring in more operatives.  Enter: Emery Cormier of "The Intrepid 007 Podcast" & "International Man Of Mystery" Jason Kim.

Hello dear listeners! This week Edgar & Matt are going back to Fleming! We are covering Casino Royale (again) ! The book has been adapted as a film, a radio play and even a Tv show. But it had never been adapted as a graphic novel until 2017 when Dynamite Entertainment published a Graphic Novel Adaptation by Van Jensen & Dennis Calero. Join us as we discuss this fascinating look at Ian Fle...

Hello dear listeners! If one thing is sure, we at the James Bond Complex love our singular heroes, especially when directed by Martin Campbell, who presents them so well. Tall, handsome, dashing, well dressed, adept at spycraft, handy with the women, wielding rapiers and engaging in terrific sword fights. Oh, pardon us. Did you forget that Martin Campbell director another iconic adventure hero fro...

Hello dear listeners! This debriefing is special! How special? Very special. This was the first time since February that We (Matt & Edgar) Reunited at the studio for an in person discussion. Our enthusiasm (and a drought of 007/ No Time To Die news) generated a very lively, but quite chaotic discussion. We cover  everything from  Vin Diesel's xXx movies, Matt's Transformers and Batman collection....

Hello dear Listeners! For a change of pace we bring you a short discussion about the most recent BBC radio adaptation of Ian Fleming's original work. The final Fleming Novel " The Man With The Golden Gun". Is this new version of the novel something to seek out or is it something to forget? Is Toby Stephens better as Bond than as Gustav Graves? Listen to the show to find out!

Hello dear listeners! An actor we haven’t talked about very much on the show is Timothy Dalton. Believe us, it isn’t because we don’t like him, but he only did 2 Bond films. What’s more, we really want to savour Licence to Kill as much as possible (we’ve done TLD) so what could we do instead?... Oh look! it’s a Dalton Detour! I mean, oh look! It’s the Rocketeer! Yes that’s right, this week the boy...

Hello dear listeners! We at the James Bond Complex love movies. We also love books. Several movies and franchises have books about them, such as behind the scenes encapsulations of a film's production or theoretical books that explore a movie's thematic texture. That said, one of the oft overlooked marriages between movies and books is the novelization. At one time an extremely popular tie-in mark...

Hello dear listeners! It's the end of July!!! Did you watch Operation Freefall? Or Retroblasting's livestream? Did you purchase an Octopussy bathrobe? What about No Time To Die, willever come out?!? Listen to this episode. We may not have all the answers. But one thing we do have is International man of mystery Jason Kim!!! Operation: FREEFALL | A Live Bond Celebration | The Director's Cut: https:...

Sterling Malory Archer, International Secret Intelligence Service ( ISIS ) code-named Duchess. The world's greatest secret agent. Or so he thinks. The star of the Animated FX Tv series "Archer". Yes gentlemen we are finally doing a detour with the crew of Isis!

Hello dear listeners. This is it, the James Bond Complex takes on the very popular subject of clothing inspired by 007. Edgar & Matt discuss their favorite casual outfits from the 1960's.

Hello, dear listeners! As June morphs into July and the summer heats up ever more, the boys find a Shady Tree to hit the books again for some summer reading with John Gardner's fifth novel, Nobody Lives Forever. Mathieu and Edgar remain undeterred in their journey through the Gardner oeuvre even though the adventure has been a bit rocky up until this point. Surprise, surprise, for the first time s...

Summer is here! Edgar & Matt  discuss  the Orlear Brown section of the Ogilvy store in downtown Montreal and Matt discuss a new theory about the 19th James Bond film; The World Is Not Enough. Tin foil hat NOT required!

Hello dear listeners! What a whirlwind time we all had last week with our GE Part 1 discussion, featuring so many topics that we barely got through 1/3 of the film! We’d love to continue titillating you some more but- No, no, no. No more foreplay. Fair enough. We’re back this week with, naturally, Part 2 of the GoldenEye deep dive analysis, with Mathieu and Edgar forging ahead to bring as detailed...

Hello dear listeners! You’ll never know how we’ve been watching you from the shadows a child! Oh, surprised? Please don’t be. You’ve known full well for a while now that #wehavepeopleeverwhere. #EVERYWHERE! Now that the creepiness factor has gone up exponentially, we’re certain you can guess what got us in the mood to play peekaboo. That’s right, it’s the return of the cinematic Bond this week for...