Worth a special blogpost

Sweet Lord in heaven.
I seriously need some ice-cubes to cool off.

OD:ing

Okay, I am seriously risking OD:ing right now. A great Twitter friend hinted that Tumblr is a great source on SCL - and sure I've seen some of it. I wished this girl would update again, but it looks like she doesn't anymore.

Anyway, then @Sarah_Fleischer sent me this link, and now I am seriously considering starting a website on Tumblr as well. Seriously risking taking an overdose on SCL right now - mad, beautiful and wonderful pictures. THIS! Gaasssppp!!

Title sequence - TMTGG

"To us, Mister Bond. We are the best!"

He has a powerful weapon
He charges a million a shot,
An assassin that's second to none,
The man with the golden gun.

Lurking in some darkened doorway,
Or crouched on a roof top somewhere,
In the next room, or this very one
The man with the golden gun.

Love is required whenever he's hired,
It comes just before the kill.
No-one can catch him, no hit man can match him
For his million dollar skill.

One golden shot means another poor victim,
Has come to a glittering end,
For a price, he'll erase anyone
The man with the golden gun.

His eye may be on you or me.
Who will he bang?
We shall see. Oh yeah!

Love is required whenever he's hired,
It comes just before the kill.
No-one can catch him, no hit man can match him
For his million dollar skill.

One golden shot means another poor victim,
Has come to a glittering end,
If you want to get rid of someone,
The man with the golden gun
Will get it done
He'll shoot anyone
With his golden gun!


 

"If you want to get rid of someone..."

Lulu sings The Man With The Golden Gun, 1975.
Lyrics here.
 

This could have been the theme song

Alice Coope wrote an opening song to The Man With The Golden Gun.

It was never used. Thank God for that!!!

Some golden music

If you are a Mac-person - here is a link to buy the music from The Man With The Golden Gun. "Nick Nack! Tabasco!!!"

"He has a powerful weapon..."

New exhibition in London. More than 400 items are shown.
James Bond props - and of course the Golden Gun! :-)
Opened last week at Barbican - goes on until September! ITN reports.

The Daily Mail reports here.

Mr. Kiss kiss bang bang

Here is an other scene of lovemaking ... 

Sorry, but to use a gun in this context seems extremely kinky. 

The man with the Golden Gun

Now this was one of the easiest films with Christopher Lee to come across when I grew up. I never was a fan of 007, but rapidly became one. I really loved Lee in this film.

It has flaws. Roger Moore never was my favourite, the women get to play ghastly roles, at least Britt Ekland. But Lee saves the day. He is über-cool in his white tropical suit, sun-tan and golden ... device.

When I saw this film (rental VHS in those days) I remembered thinking that Christopher Lee seemed to have a great sense of humour. It must have been a relief to get out of that Hammer Horror sequel curse.

He got great many good reviews, which is pleasing to read nowadays, since he actually *is* the entire movie. One magazine wrote: "For Scaramanga, the villain of the title, is played by Christopher Lee, lacking Draculas fangs but keeping that 'haunted' look (...) which probably make him more popular with female filmgoers than Bond himself."

We know it is true.

Lee comments: "In the books he was merely a straightforward thug. I tried to make him charming in the film - interesting. A perfect example of how you can play a part and make it more interesting than in the book. The weakest part of the film was the death of Scaramanga."