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The Shock-O-Rama Poster Show 2025 #10

 

And you came back…because of course you did. While I appreciate your curiosity, there’s not much to see here today. It’s a special all James Bond post…that’s NOT that special. It’s all posters I already have (well, except for two of them…). I came across a lot of all of these Bond posters and thought why not? Hmm. Should have passed… Prepare to be underwhelmed. 

TOMORROW NEVER DIES (video):

Of the Pierce Brosnan Bond era, TOMORROW NEVER DIES was my least favorite adventure. This video poster (for a freakin’ Bond movie) is as weak as they come. (Add only because I didn’t have one yet. Snore…)

QUANTUM OF SOLACE:

Of the Daniel Craig era Bonds, this was my least favorite. Although it’s a direct sequel to Casino Royale, it just sort of went nowhere. At least that was my take away. I’m glad it was still a hit and insured future Daniel Craig installments.


NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN:
Thunderball was never my favorite Sean Connery Bond movie. Although there was enough to like about it to make it iconic. This remake was wholly unnecessary. Sure, the gadget that bad guy Klaus Maria Brandaler (Whatever happened to him) uses as a game is interesting, but the movie overall just didn’t work for me. I was thrilled to have Connery back in action, but…

LICENCE TO KILL:
Despite using the British spelling of “license” in the title and a grittier (?) Bond movie ( I remember the movie failure being blamed on it string too far from the bond formula and being “grittier” or something like that.), I actually like this Bond movie, even though it was considered a bomb. I thought it was a more action packed movie than the previous LIVING DAYLIGHTS. The poster though… It could’ve used some help. It had a license to not kill, but be mediocre…

GOLDENEYE:
Aha! Pierce Brosnan’s debut in the role of 007 I should in a new era and a decent poster. While we are clearly in the age of Photoshop with this one, it’s not bad. And it was a decent entry in the series. 

 TOMORROW NEVER DIES:
This is my least favorite of the Brosnan cycle of Bond films and probably the most disappointing of the posters (With the exception of the video poster for the same movie). It’s posters like this (snore), where you miss the artwork of the Connery and Moore eras.

THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH:

The poster is a slight step up from TOMORROW NEVER DIES. But that’s still not saying a lot. Damn Photoshop! How boring can you get?


DIE ANOTHER DAY:
Golly, I never really paid attention to how utterly nothing this poster is.

THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS:

This poster reminds me of FOR YOUR EYES ONLY, although it’s obviously different. Timothy Dalton as James Bond is in a similar pose to that of Roger Moore on the aforementioned poster. The Bond gun barrel makes an interesting background and you know exactly what you’re saying… that this is a poster for a James Bond movie. The woman in the see-through white dress harkins back to the woman with her leg spread in the FOR YOUR EYES ONLY poster, too. At least I think so. Of the two Dalton films, I like this poster better, but I think the movie is far more pedestrian than LICENCE TO KILL. 


ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE (Australian teaser):
Despite this being for an older James Bond movie, and the final poster being painted, this advanced teaser is another photo montage of bikini-clad women around a purposely mysteriously darkened portrait of George Lazenby, the new James Bond. When I picked this up, I didn’t realize it was the Australian version. I wasn’t paying attention. My bad. I didn’t have the US version anyway. So, whatever…


SPECTRE:
Well, not my least favorite of the Daniel Craig movies, this is not my favorite either. That would have SKYFALL. But this poster for Spectra, in relation to the other posters of the Daniel Craig Bond era, isn’t bad. Having the skull faced figure behind Bond and larger than life, adds another dimension to a typically dreary Photoshopped poster. Well, I prefer the posters, especially the teaser for Craig‘s CASINO ROYALE, this isn’t all that bad when compared to the other Craig titles.


As you can see, I had no license to thrill with this post. Ho hum… I will no doubt be back when Amazon takes on Bond in his next adventure. God help us all. I’m hoping it won’t be terrible. I wonder what the poster will be like. Hmm… 
CHEERS! 

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