Join us for the Sherlock Holmes Double Feature Live Tweet, hosted by #Bond_age_’s Holmes experts in residence @MiddParent and @NitrateDiva on Wednesday, January 1st (TONIGHT!) at 9pm EST. Follow #SherlockBond hashtag. Our features tonight are available via the Amazon Prime Streaming Video service and on YouTube (embeds below for your convenience). Happy New Year, everybody!
The Proto-#Bond_age_ Holiday edition for Charade proved to be so popular I again sought to enlist the mother/daughter duo of @MiddParent and @NitrateDiva to host another. And as we tossed about ideas for their follow-up, one name kept popping into my mind. Sherlock.
Other than James Bond, what character could be considered as timeless or prolific — as cross-generational? (Somewhere I heard someone say Zatoichi.) Played by a number of different actors. Derived from a literary source. Why hasn’t the “Time Lord Theory” expanded to include Sherlock Holmes as well? Sherlock Holmes is the brainy James Bond. Conversely, James Bond is the charismatic Sherlock Holmes. I’ve even referenced Sherlock in one of my #Bond_age_ essays. And as it turned out, our hosts are Holmes junkies. It had to be done. The only problems: choosing the Holmes and choosing the episode. The Holmes, for me, was a no-brainer. Basil Rathbone. Prolific and definitely Proto. For the episode, I wanted to find a plot regarding a matter of international importance to relate more closely with Bond. And of my favorites I settled on Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (available on YouTube and Amazon Prime Instant Video). But The Secret Weapon is a relatively brief outing for a live tweet. Amazon streams a double feature of The Secret Weapon and Terror By Night. Bingo. One international plot and one traditional local Holmes whodunnit on a train! I’ll post links to the movies through Amazon and YouTube on the day of the live tweet.
Join us for the Sherlock Holmes Double Feature Live Tweet, hosted by #Bond_age_’s Holmes experts in residence @MiddParent and @NitrateDiva on Wednesday, January 1st at 9pm EST. Follow #SherlockBond hashtag.
The Secret Weapon
Terror By Night
The #Bond_age_ crew had been going through some Party Moore withdrawal. It was almost inevitable that we queued up an old Moore camp favorite. For many of us this was our first time with ffolkes and I can pretty much guarantee it won’t be our last. What’s not to love about a misogynist, kitten-loving off-the-grid commando captain who wears Waldo hats and cross-stitches? Nothing. Absolutely nothing.
I just hot glued my finger! Bring on the anti-Bond. INITIATE #BOND_AGE_ IMPOSTOR #7! #ffolkes
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble) December 19, 2013
#ffolkes Cunning hat.
— Kerry (@echidnabot) December 19, 2013
Roger Moore as WALDO in WHERE’S WWALDO? #ffolkes
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble) December 19, 2013
Okay, we’re only 10 seconds in and Roger Moore is already wearing something ridiculous. This is gonna be good. #ffolkes
— T. R. Wilcox (@TRWilcox) December 19, 2013 (more…)
One whole year! A whole year of good #Bond_age_! The gang all came out to celebrate the #Bond_age_versary and give the Tomorrow Never Dies Live Tweet Digest the old how’s your father. We revisit some old memes… PUMPING! and Brosrunning, MITCHELL! and Party Moore… and uncover some new ones… THAT’S WHAT BOND SAID and Gupta Laws. We swoon at Brosnan’s Commander blues and Michelle Yeoh’s judo chops. It’s a goddamn party, people!
Happy #Bond_age_versary! INITIATE MISSION!! #TND
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble) December 12, 2013
Welcome to the Bond universe, Mr. Arnold. So glad to have you! #TND — Canucklehead (@GregMcCambley) December 12, 2013
How does one get invited to a terrorist arms bazaar near the Russian border? Asking for a friend. #TND — Trevor Jost (@tpjost) December 12, 2013 (more…)
Lucky number seven brings us a seafaring daring-do starring Roger Moore, James Mason (Archer’s spirit guide!) and Anthony Perkins, not to mention THE David Hedison (aka the other Leiter that didn’t suck). Screenwriter Jack Davies also penned Those Magnificent Men in Those Flying Machines (for which he was nominated for an Oscar) so you know we’re talking quality. From the IMDB page: When terrorists take over two oil rigs and threaten to explode them if their demands are not met, a unique commando unit is sent in to stop them. INDEED! Give Ffolkes (aka North Sea Hijack) the warm #Bond_age_ welcome Wednesday at 9pm EST. Follow #Ffolkes hashtag. Ffolkes is available to watch through Netflix streaming.
Since I couldn’t find the trailer to embed, he’s a slice of the film itself.