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James Bond Gadgets
whencanistop writes "Given that the new James Bond film is just about to be released, this is quite a nice summary of James Bond gadgets from past films. Tomorrow Never Dies was on telly last night and I was commenting on how the mobile phone that controlled the BMW was awesome, why they haven't done it in real life is beyond me (although there would probably be a few accidents if they ever did). Ridiculous to think that in 1963 the gadget of choice for Bond was a pager though." Of course, the best gadget in the Bond universe wasn't even 007's ... Jaws' teeth were the envy of every kid with braces.
But these days, in this world, the government secret agent is now the villain.
To hell with Bond. --He's the guy planting bombs on the 'tube' for Israel in order to blame on some young Arab patsies in a scam only the media sells and utter imbeciles believe in.
The 'Bond' of today is an emotionally unstable thug with learning disabilities in service to a corrupt government trying its formal best to enslave its population with a deliberately broken money system, drugs and lots and lots of cameras.
The hell with Bond. I can't believe we were all so damned naive in the Sixties and Seventies. Dr. No and all those other metaphors for power-lunacy were either working for the government or the government was working for them. No difference at the top. And we, the plebes, were eating that garbage up like candy.
How embarrassing!
-FL