Let the #Wraparound Edition of #Bond_age_ commence! #DrNo began #Bond_age_ back on December 12th of 2012. We’ve come a long way… would the return of the virile 30-year-old Sean Connery live up to our live tweet expectations? Hell yes.
If you’ve got a problem with cheeky James Bond innuendo on your timeline, you should mute #Bond_age_ tonight… If not, join us for #DrNo!
— The Nitrate Diva (@NitrateDiva)
Oooh, Mr. Bond, pop my cherry all over again for the first time. INITIATE MISSION. #DrNO
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
Maurice Binder designed the gun barrel sequence at the last minute by pointing a pinhole camera through a real gun barrel. #DrNo
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
The figure seen in the first gun barrel in #DrNo was played by stuntman Bob Simmons and used again in #FRwL and #Goldfinger.
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
Just picture being in a theater in 1962, having no clue this was about to start a cultural phenomenon. #DrNO
— Andy Ross (@ThatAndyRoss)
I hope no small children encoured seizures due to these opening credits. #DrNO
— Krissy Myers (@krissy_myers)
SPOILER ALERT: This movie is about a spy, not a doctor. #DrNO
— Andy Ross (@ThatAndyRoss)
With the credits for #DrNo, one might at first assume that Piet Mondrian was going to be Bond’s nemesis in this one. #Bond_age_
— The Nitrate Diva (@NitrateDiva)
…the new girl with an excellent reference to start things off. Reference footnote: Piet Mondrian…
@krissy_meyers “You know what goes really well with Calypso music? Seizures.” – the producers of #DrNo
— T. R. Wilcox (@TRWilcox)
I miss the days when tech involved big dials, and I want even born yet… #DrNO
— Andy Ross (@ThatAndyRoss)
@NitrateDiva color palette of these 60s Bond films is brilliant. Such a jarring shift when you get to #DAF. restoration is immaculate. #DrNo
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
…yes, yes, a guy named Treadways is murdered and blah blah… BUT WHERE’S BOND?…
I’ve said it before: Sylvia Trench = pure liquid sex. #DrNO
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
I love Sylvia Trench. So cosmopolitan. I think watching her during my childhood influenced my eyeliner style a lot. #DrNo
— The Nitrate Diva (@NitrateDiva)
…I dare you to resist Sylvia Trench…
Stand by folks, here it comes! #DrNO
— Andy Ross (@ThatAndyRoss)
…”Bond. James Bond.”…
SHIVERS. #DrNO
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
@krissy_myers Nope. Not ever. It’s built up for the exchange, the lighting of the cigarette… #DrNO
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
What you should know about this baccarat scene, is that Bond is extremely lucky in his win, but shows no excitement for it. #DrNo
— Keith Bodayla (@theactualkeith)
@p2wy Step 1: Go here http://t.co/902oCC9Ieq Step 2: There are no more steps
— Andy Westmoreland (@akwestmoreland)
…obligatory sidetrack!
@tpjost Twister. He plays twister. #DrNO
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
@tpjost @ThatAndyRoss Chinese checkers. #DrNO
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
@ThatAndyRoss @tpjost Operation! PZZZZT. #DrNO
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
…and we’re back…
@007hertzrumble It’s a long story, but this #DrNo trivia tweet made my day!
— Keith Bodayla (@theactualkeith)
@krissy_myers I had to see my doctor about that. I ooze charm too.
— Andy Ross (@ThatAndyRoss)
Sean Connery was easy on the eyes in the early 60s…at least that’s the opinion in this house. #drno
— Patrick Goff (@p2wy)
Terence Young requested that Sean Connery get a feel for clothes by sleeping in his suit (made for Bond by Turnbull and Asser Tailers) #DrNo
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
@007hertzrumble Thank Satan! That would have been a mistake…
— MuGumBo (@GenXnerd)
…and Connery returns to his room to find liquid sex putting in his shirt and high heels…
@NitrateDiva Um, pretty much.
— Andy Ross (@ThatAndyRoss)
Why do I never come home to tall legs playing golf with my hats? #DrNO
— Andy Ross (@ThatAndyRoss)
@NitrateDiva Everything about Connery is impeccable in #DrNo. There’s a hunger too him as well. Something he looses in his later films.
— Krissy Myers (@krissy_myers)
…nothing to see here but Jack Lord’s fabulous hair…
@ThatAndyRoss The camera has to pan just to get all of Lord’s hair onscreen #DrNo
— T. R. Wilcox (@TRWilcox)
@007hertzrumble @TRWilcox @ThatAndyRoss Book em Bondo
— Larry (@JamesBondFlemng)
…Connery arrives in Jamaica… and people are awfully suspicious looking…
1st scene Connery filmed as James Bond: Kingston Airport, where he passes a female photographer, throws hat in front of face. #DrNO 1/16/62
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
This guy is why I never trust a chauffeur picking me up at the airport. It’s never happened, but when it does…#DrNo
— Keith Bodayla (@theactualkeith)
I’m surprised I’m allowed back after I made everyone watch #NSNA @007hertzrumble #DrNo
— Trevor Jost (@tpjost)
…dirty, double crossing chauffeurs…
Ah, the first ever “who do you work for?” scene #DrNo
— T. R. Wilcox (@TRWilcox)
@krissy_myers This is why I always insist on being photographed in a brimmed hat.
— Andy Ross (@ThatAndyRoss)
@theactualkeith WHAT’S THIS!?
— Andy Ross (@ThatAndyRoss)
Bond in high-waisted pants always makes me laugh. #DrNo
— Keith Bodayla (@theactualkeith)
Is that Smirnoff bottle the first Bond product placement? #DrNo
— T. R. Wilcox (@TRWilcox)
I always stare at his hair in this movie trying to spot the hair piece. It’s impeccable craftsmanship (hairmanship?). #DrNO
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
That is a tiny bottle of vodka. That won’t last Bond half the film. #DrNo
— Trevor Jost (@tpjost)
…time to introduce your villain this evening through evil, loudspeaker conversations… because nothing says evil, like refusing to be in the same room as your underlings…
Ah, Anthony Dawson. Every line in his face says, “I *will* put a tarantula on you while you sleep.” #DrNo
— The Nitrate Diva (@NitrateDiva)
…welcome to the nicest bar in Kingston, don’t mind the cockroaches, or the bongo players…
@theactualkeith Paula Deen’s favorite Bond novel has definitely got to be Live and Let Die. #DrNo
— T. R. Wilcox (@TRWilcox)
@NitrateDiva Jack Lord bleeds mod. #DrNO
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
@007hertzrumble @NitrateDiva Little known fact, Quadrophena was written about him.
— Andy Ross (@ThatAndyRoss)
@007hertzrumble In #DrNo he seems like Bond’s American counterpart. Later he’s just comedy relief.
— Keith Bodayla (@theactualkeith)
@theactualkeith He’s pathetically useless, not funny ha ha ha. #DrNO
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
This Leiter is BA. #DrNo
— Trevor Jost (@tpjost)
Byron Lee and the Dragonaires! I have an autographed LP from them.. #DrNo
— Krissy Myers (@krissy_myers)
In the novels Quarrel appears in both #DrNo and #LaLD. But, well, circumstances arise and in the movie adaptations, Quarrel in #LaLD is a Jr
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
Sort of like THE BIG SLEEP is, like, 50% Bogie walking across rooms, #DrNo makes great use of Connery just entering doorways.
— The Nitrate Diva (@NitrateDiva)
@theactualkeith I’d imagine geologist probably like it when people take up some more of their time. #DrNO
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
@TRWilcox @007hertzrumble We’re very close to having every Geologist Bond-Fan turn on his. #DrNo #ThrowingStones
— Keith Bodayla (@theactualkeith)
@TRWilcox there’s an air of plausibility in #DrNo that was absolutely gone a few films in.
— Patrick Goff (@p2wy)
Gotta love this gigantic room made for shaming henchmen. #DrNo
— T. R. Wilcox (@TRWilcox)
Front desk girl totally checked out Bond’s ass. #DrNo #Fact
— Keith Bodayla (@theactualkeith)
@007hertzrumble Wow. Way to ruin this scene for me! #DrNo
— Keith Bodayla (@theactualkeith)
…okay so, to up the stakes lets just say the tarantula could have given Bond a nasty welt…
Feeling something brushing against his back, Bond instantly recoils, thinking of clingy women. He was relieved to find a tarantula. #DrNo
— The Nitrate Diva (@NitrateDiva)
@007hertzrumble On the other hand, no John Barry score. A missing element. #DrNo
— T. R. Wilcox (@TRWilcox)
…Bond tosses a carload of heavies falls off a cliff…
@007hertzrumble No, Roger Moore owes his career to Leslie Charteris and his immortality to me. #DrNo
— Krissy Myers (@krissy_myers)
“I think they were on their way to a funeral.” #DrNo
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
And the car blows up. Because….well, do you NEED a reason? #DrNO
— Andy Ross (@ThatAndyRoss)
@p2wy trip down memory lane- parents had one back in the day
— Paul Morgan (@paulmorgan)
Holy rear projection Batman. #DrNo
— Trevor Jost (@tpjost)
…and now Bond meets Zena Marshall, a girl of French/English descent playing a super hot Asian girl… but she’s wearing only a towel, so nobody much cares from whence she came…
Oh towels are just fine by me. #DrNo
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
Connery’s looking around with that towel in hand, wondering who’s ass he can snap with it. #DrNo
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
“I didn’t expect you to come so soon.” “Don’t worry, my dear, it won’t happen again.” #DrNo
— Keith Bodayla (@theactualkeith)
@007hertzrumble there’s pretty much a cottage industry in Bond Girl towel tape. #drno
— Patrick Goff (@p2wy)
“I don’t want you getting dish pan hands. I don’t like the way they feel on Double-O Eight and a half.” #DrNo
— Keith Bodayla (@theactualkeith)
….HEEEEEYOOOOOOH……
@NitrateDiva It breathes. #DrNO
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
…and you also won’t stop humming that Mango Tree song for a week….
Has anyone actually seen a mango yet? #DrNO
— Andy Ross (@ThatAndyRoss)
…but Bond is onto your games sweetheart… but he’ll do you anyway…
This is where we really learn what a badass Bond is. #DrNo
— T. R. Wilcox (@TRWilcox)
@tpjost Young took great care with scenes that really mattered. It’s just the ending that gets botched… and that wasn’t his fault. #DrNO
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
@007hertzrumble it’s just the silencer and the deck of cards, it’s perfect. #DrNo
— Trevor Jost (@tpjost)
The original cut of these scene featured Bond putting four more bullets in Dent’s back. Censors balked. #DrNo
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
Shades of GREEDO. The killing of Dent was originally filmed with Dent firing at Bond first and Bond killing him in self-defense… #DrNo
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
…but Terence Young disagreed and opted for the cold-blooded execution approach. Thank you, Terence Young. #DrNo
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
“…and you’ve had your six.” #DrNo
— T. R. Wilcox (@TRWilcox)
…I’ll let @ThatAndyRoss summarize what happens next… Hello, Honey….
Now comes one of the moments that made pre-teen Andy realize he was straight. #DrNO
— Andy Ross (@ThatAndyRoss)
There’s that Mango Tree song again. #DrNo
— Krissy Myers (@krissy_myers)
Love the look in Connery’s eyes. He had the “gawk” down pat. #DrNO
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
@007hertzrumble I used that line at the Jersey Shore… yada, yada, yada… I’m not allowed back. #DrNo
— Keith Bodayla (@theactualkeith)
Yes, Sean. I would raise my eyebrow at Ursula Andress, too. #DrNo
— Krissy Myers (@krissy_myers)
Sean Connery and Ursula Andress having some fun on the set of #DrNo: pic.twitter.com/QSK0Zk7Uw2
— The Nitrate Diva (@NitrateDiva)
@ThatAndyRoss That’s how he hashtags his dick pics for twitter. #THEDRAGON #DrNO
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
@007hertzrumble “Ar ya shore you don’ wanna come out? No? We’ll be back wit the dougs!” #DrNo
— Keith Bodayla (@theactualkeith)
@echidnabot henchmen are useless on the power play. #drno
— Patrick Goff (@p2wy)
#SWOON RT @krissy_myers: Even Sean’s chest hair is immaculately groomed! #DrNo
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
Bond: “You only reached T in the encyclopedia? Never read V? Well then, I think there’s a lot I can teach you.” #DrNo
— Keith Bodayla (@theactualkeith)
I had the power wheels version of the dragon tank as a kid. #DrNO
— Andy Ross (@ThatAndyRoss)
@theactualkeith You beat me to it, man. #HoorayForSexism #HoorayForRacism
— Krissy Myers (@krissy_myers)
…captured by Dr. No’s bumbling, nondescript henchmen and their mechanical dragon! Will Connery escape? Will he be roasted over a spit? Stay tuned…
@007hertzrumble Don’t they know beneath Sean Connery’s cool exterior lies a golden god with mysterious powers? I’M TALKIN’ DOWNTOWN! #DrNo
— Krissy Myers (@krissy_myers)
Yeah, so I can’t take my eyes off Honey’s, uh, shirt tails. #DrNo
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
..detox!…
Man. They just ripped this scene off from Austin Powers. #DrNO
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
@theactualkeith Apparently, all of our car washes come with free radiation elimination. #DrNO
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
@theactualkeith Is that what it means when I get my undercarriage scrubbed? HEYOOOH. #DrNO
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
If you look, you can catch the nude bathing suit Ursula had on. #DrNO
— Andy Ross (@ThatAndyRoss)
Not that I was looking… #DrNO
— Andy Ross (@ThatAndyRoss)
#DrNo I love the SPECTRE agent yelling through a megaphone and when he lowers it, it still sounds like he is yelling through a megaphone.
— Drive-In Mob (@DriveInMob)
…followed by some nice room service and house-required naps…
@007hertzrumble you get better service in a Bond villain hideout than you do in most luxury hotels these days. #drno #freerobe #slippers
— Patrick Goff (@p2wy)
@NitrateDiva With Ursula Andress.
— Dustin Blythe (@BlytheDustin)
@ThatAndyRoss ..and by future, we mean 1973. #DrNo
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
POISON MAKES ME ANGRY! #DrNO
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
This is why you don’t drink invisible coffee! #DrNo
— Keith Bodayla (@theactualkeith)
@007hertzrumble #DrNo probably offers free wifi too. #bastard
— Patrick Goff (@p2wy)
@ThatAndyRoss Wellll, in the first draft of the #DrNo script, Dr. No was a monkey…
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
…time to meet the good doctor for your checkups…
“Also my sweat has magical healing powers, like the tears of an angel.” -Sean Connery #DrNo
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
@krissy_myers I bet that bear skin rug was recycled for the opening of #TSWLM. Rawr. #DrNo
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
“Vodka?” “Of course… DO I LOOK LIKE A F’ING ANIMAL TO YOU, MR. BOND?” #DrNo
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
“Tell me, does the toppling of American missiles really compensate for having no hands?” #DrNo #BestBondLineEver #FeelTheBurn
An excised scene explains what #DrNo means when he says the guards should “amuse” themselves with Honey…
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
…they’re not raping her, they’re tying her down to rocks to let a horde of land crabs eat her. Everyone’s got their own fetish. #DrNO
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
@007hertzrumble Stupid Crabs. Have no respect for the nuances of filmmaking. #DrNO
— Krissy Myers (@krissy_myers)
“Specter?” “SPECTRE.” “Spector?” “SPECTRE.” “That’s what I’m saying!” #DrNo http://t.co/doXk3Z7JUM
— Keith Bodayla (@theactualkeith)
…oh no! Bond’s been incarcerated by an evil genius! How will he ever escape?… oh… well, sure, nobody remembers to seal their ventilation shaft…
@007hertzrumble simple works. Better than joining a circus. #drno
— Patrick Goff (@p2wy)
@p2wy In the book he repeatedly passes out from the pain of his escape through #DrNo‘s trials. Here, well, not so much.
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
In an interview, Fleming said he felt the need to really *PUNISH* Bond with torture or something similar once per book. #GoFigure #DrNo
— The Nitrate Diva (@NitrateDiva)
@theactualkeith Hans Gruber was never built up to be a criminal mastermind, just a guy with a cool accent, some schmoes and a gun. #DrNO
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
@ThatAndyRoss Is Bruce Willis in this?? #DrNo
— Kerry Fristoe (@echidnabot)
PEW! #DrNo #JustOnePew
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
Not exactly “McClaning” these vents, is he? #DrNo
— T. R. Wilcox (@TRWilcox)
…Step 1: put on radiation suit. Step 2: grab a manila folder. Step 3: blend…
ACT CASUAL. #DrNo
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
Not even James Bond can make that radiation suit look cool. #DrNO
— Andy Ross (@ThatAndyRoss)
@krissy_myers a decontamination shower wouldn’t hurt you any. #DrNo
— Trevor Jost (@tpjost)
Bond: Carries a manila folder like one bad motherfucker. #DrNo
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
It was hoped this movie would inspire a craze of radiation suit parties, but only launched a film franchise instead. #DrNO
— Andy Ross (@ThatAndyRoss)
Love how one guy in the control room doesn’t get a proper Hazmat— just in puffy Saran wrap. Did he look at #DrNo‘s hands the wrong way?
— The Nitrate Diva (@NitrateDiva)
@theactualkeith Sean Connery’s Bond contracts stipulate that he gets to play an Asian in every film. #DrNo
— Krissy Myers (@krissy_myers)
I like the globe, just chilling there in the middle of the room, in case anyone needs to locate Trinidad and Tobago or something. #DrNO
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
…so, uh, you said I SHOULDN’T turn this wheel then?…
So, uh, turn this wheel then? This one? Right here? More? I’ll turn it some more. Say when…. saaaay whennn…. #DrNo
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
#DrNo is clearly a forward thinking gentleman. He’s designed signs that flash ABANDON AREA just in case it all goes pear shaped.
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
Hey, #DrNo… need a hand? I think you need to GET A GRIP. #IllBeHereAllWeek #Cringing
— The Nitrate Diva (@NitrateDiva)
Love that turning the wheel beeping noises #Drno
— T. R. Wilcox (@TRWilcox)
WHY DOES THE WHEEL EVEN GO PAST “DANGER LEVEL”???? #DrNo
— Keith Bodayla (@theactualkeith)
So instead of crabs consuming Honey’s sweet sweet flesh, it became steadily rising water. Really lacks the same sinister oomph. #DrNO
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
…he turned the wheel past 11! Everyone scurry!…
This what Black Friday looks like at Walmart. #DrNO
— Andy Ross (@ThatAndyRoss)
DAMMIT BOND! STOP PLAYING WITH YOUR DIPSTICK! #DrNo
— Keith Bodayla (@theactualkeith)
“The name’s Lord. Jack Lord. I’ve brought my hair… and these men to rescue you.” #DrNo
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
Swim or sex #DrNo
— Trevor Jost (@tpjost)
United Artists wanted to pull the plug on #DrNo when production overran $1mil budget by 100K. They feared they couldn’t recoup investment.
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
Well, that was a lot of fun, everyone! Sleep tight and don’t let the tarantulas bite… #DrNo
— The Nitrate Diva (@NitrateDiva)
This kinda ends like one of those MGM travel talks shorts…. #DrNO
— Andy Ross (@ThatAndyRoss)
@krissy_myers Boat sex!?
— Andy Ross (@ThatAndyRoss)
@krissy_myers @ThatAndyRoss Sexy-time Boat #DrNo
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
DENNIS! salutes good #Bond_age_, even #Bond_age_ before DENNIS! was a thing. #DrNO pic.twitter.com/Tp6HrCfer0
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)
Well this was a smashing success considering the first time #Bond_age_ did #DrNo it was just me for at least the first 20 minutes.
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble)