Thursday, February 12, 2009

Honey Rider
FILM: Dr.No (1962)
JOB DESCRIPTION: Beachcomber located in Jamaica; makes a living selling seashells in Miami.
EMPLOYER: Self.
MOST MEMORABLE DIALOGUE: (to Bond) “I put a black widow under his mosquito net, a female, and they’re the worst. It took him a whole week to die.” “Did I do wrong?”
ATTRACTION FACTOR: Bond falls for Honey’s child-of-nature allure – plus the fact she looks great in a white bikini!

JILL MASTERSON

FILM: Goldfinger (1964)
JOB DESCRIPTION: Kept woman. Villain’s plaything (although she tells Bond she’s only paid to be seen with Goldfinger) and card cheat accomplice.
EMPLOYER: Auric Goldfinger.
MOST MEMORABLE DIALOGUE: (to Bond) “I’m beginning to like you Mr Bond – more than anyone I’ve met in a long time, James.”
ATTRACTION FACTOR: She looks great in a black bikini – and later in Bond’s pyjama top.

PUSSY GALORE

FILM: Goldfinger (1964)
JOB DESCRIPTION: Personal Pilot
EMPLOYER: Auric Goldfinger
MOST MEMORABLE DIALOGUE: (to Bond) “Do you want to play it easy – or the hard way?”
ATTRACTION FACTOR: She looks great in the hay (literally). Almost certainly looks pretty good in a bikini.

DOMINO DERVAL

FILM: Thunderball (1965)
JOB DESCRIPTION: Kept woman. Villain's plaything.
EMPLOYER: Emilio Largo
MOST MEMORABLEDIALOGUE: (to Bond) "Promise me you'll kill Largo." (Fair enough - the villain's killed her brother after all!)
ATTRACTION FACTOR: She looks great in a black & white bikini.

FIONA VOLPE

FILM: Thunderball (1965)
JOB DESCRIPTION: Assassin
EMPLOYER: SPECTRE (SPecial Executive or Counterintelligence Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion) – Execution Branch
MOST MEMORABLE DIALOGUE: (to Bond) “James Bond, who only has to make love to a women and she starts to hear heavenly choirs singing. She repents and immediately returns to the side of right and virtue – but not this one! What a blow it must have been – you having a failure.”
ATTRACTION FACTOR: Looks great clad in black leather biker’s gear – unless of course you’re the driver of the car she’s about to incinerate with her rocket-firing motorbike!

TRACY BOND – nee Vincenzo

FILM: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)
JOB DESCRIPTION: Doesn’t need one – she’s a Countess!
EMPLOYER: N/A
MOST MEMORABLE DIALOGUE: (to Bond) “You’re very sure of yourself – aren’t you? Suppose I were to kill you for a thrill!”
ATTRACTION FACTOR: She’s loaded – she’s a Countess!

MARY GOODNIGHT

FILM: The Man With The Golden Gun (1974)
JOB DESCRIPTION: Staff Intelligence – Hong Kong
EMPLOYER: British Secret Service
MOST MEMORABLE DIALOGUE: (to Bond) “Oh darling I’m tempted – but killing a few hours as one of your passing fancies isn’t quite my scene.”
ATTRACTION FACTOR: Looks great in all kinds of bikinis – and a baby doll nightie!

ANYA AMASOVA

FILM: The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
JOB DESCRIPTION: Spy (Agent Triple X)
EMPLOYER: KGB
MOST MEMORABLE DIALOGUE: (to Bond, who has just been wounded) “Why don’t you lie down and let me look at it!”
ATTRACTION FACTOR: Looks great in and out of any number of uniforms.

OCTOPUSSY
FILM:
Octopussy (1983)
JOB DESCRIPTION: Smuggler and Circus owner
EMPLOYER: Self
MOST MEMORABLE DIALOGUE: (to Bond) “…and you are James Bond oo7 licence to kill! Am I to be you’re target for tonight?”
ATTRACTION FACTOR: Heads a large female group of international smugglers. Unfortunately she doesn’t live up to her name.

PAM BOUVIER

FILM: Licence To Kill (1989)
JOB DESCRIPTION: Contract Pilot
EMPLOYER: CIA
MOST MEMORABLE DIALOGUE: (to Bond) “It’s Ms Kennedy – and why can’t you be my executive secretary?”
ATTRACTION FACTOR: She handles a pump-action shotgun like no woman you’ve ever seen!

NATALYA SIMONOVA

FILM: GoldenEye (1995)
JOB DESCRIPTION: Computer Programmer
EMPLOYER: Russian Government – ‘Goldeneye project’
MOST MEMORABLE DIALOGUE: (to Bond) “You think I’m impressed? All of you with your guns you’re killing you’re death – for what? So you can be a hero? All the heroes I know are dead.”
ATTRACTION FACTOR: Can tell the difference between a floppy or hard disk in the dark!

WAI LIN

FILM: Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
JOB DESCRIPTION: Secret Agent
EMPLOYER: Chinese People’s External Security Force
MOST MEMORABLE DIALOGUE: (to Bond) “…it’s mostly dull routine of course, but every now and then, you get to sail on a beautiful evening like this – and sometimes work with a decadent agent of a corrupt Western power.”
ATTRACTION FACTOR: Martial Arts Expert. Petite powerhouse of a woman. Allows a man to lie back and think of England while she does all the work – beating the bad guys into submission!

JINX

FILM: Die Another Day (2002)
JOB DESCRIPTION: Secret Agent
EMPLOYER: NSA
MOST MEMORABLE DIALOGUE: (to Bond) Ornithologist, huh? There’s a mouthful (looking south).(to Bond, while tied up with deadly laser beams spinning randomly around her) James!! Turn them off!! Turn them off or I’ll be half the girl I used to be!!
ATRACTION FACTOR: Doesn’t beat about the bush! This lady casts from the hip and lands what she wants!! Deadly with a pistol and in unarmed combat – but drop-deadly gorgeous in an orange bikini!!!!

Vesper Lynd

FILM: Casino Royale (2006)
JOB DESCRIPTION: Double Agent
EMPLOYER: Mi6 and QUANTUM
MOST MEMERABLE DIALOGUE: "I'm the money"
ATTRACTION FACTOR: Vesper is a fairly dark charachter and her personality intrigues Bond. Her independence and self freliance also impress Bond, who ends up slowly falling in love with her. QUANTUM exploit this by using Vesper as bait.

Camille

FILM: Quantum of Solace (2008)
JOB DESCRIPTION: Ex Bolivian government agent
EMPLOYER: Bolivian Government
MOST MEMERABLE DIALOGUE: "You lost someone you love?"...(Bond) "Yes, yes i did."...(Camille)"You ever find the person who did it?"...(Bond)"NO!"...(Camille)"Let me know when you do. I'd like to know how it feels."
ATTRACTION FACTOR: Bond is attracted to Camille because of her stregth in light of everything she has lost. Shem also has a deep vulnerability from her families killing, which Bond finds attractive.

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