BOND PART III: Die Another Day (w/ Becca!)

There are no words. This movie is so bad, it’s an experience…

CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of whitewashing, racism, sexism, misogyny, violence, torture. Also, one clip that contains the sound of gunshots and breaking glass [7:32-8:09].

This week, Becca of the amazing actual play podcast Magic Folk is here to talk about the most wild, weird, so-bad-it’s-kind-of-amazing entry in the Bond franchise. I mean, this movie is bonkers, bouncing back and forth between a cartoon villain plot and some real dark struggles for Bond after being, let’s see, imprisoned and tortured behind enemy lines in North Korea. And if that’s not bonkers enough, how about a director who created a weeks-to-months long delay over, admittedly, a really cool car chase, or caused an international incident by opening his mouth to the press? For its 40th anniversary and 20th film, the Bond franchise took a huge swing for the fences and didn’t just miss, they threw the bat in the stands and fell on their faces. And yet - it’s not the worst Bond film we’ve seen??!?!? Join us for a wild ride through Die Another Day this week on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?!

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Intro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive.

Excerpt taken from "James Bond Theme," written and composed by John Barry, and performed by the John Barry Orchestra. ℗ 1962, 2012 Capitol Records LLC.

Excerpt taken from the film Die Another Day, copyright 2002 United Artist Corporation and Danjaq, LLC.

Excerpt taken from “Die Another Day,” written by Madonna and Mirwais Ahmadzaï, and arranged by Michel Colombe. Performed by Madonna. Copyright 2002 Warner Bros. Records Inc.

Excerpt taken from “London Calling,” written by Joe Strummer and Mick Jones, and performed by The Clash. Copyright 1979 CBS Records.