Spectre Etc
27 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingSpectre Etc is a podcast discussing the man, the myth, the magic that is James Bond. Every 2 weeks, we talk Bond movies in chronological order, and whilst we do recommend having watched the films, we digress enough that you will enjoy our hi-jinx anyway. Probably. So join hosts Col, Benso, Cam and Matt on a roller coast ride of emotion and Australian accents.
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Episode 27 - James Bond - No Time To Die - Octopus Adjacent
December 22, 2021 23:34 - 2 hours - 210 MBNo Time to Die - “Octopus Adjacent” Summary: Welcome to SPECTRE etc. This is the James Bond podcast where we discuss the ins and the outs of each film. In this episode, we spend all the time in the world on topics ranging from double-helix to farewell Felix. Join us as we spiral through the end of the Craig era in “No Time to Die”. * The pre-title sequences range from tamagotchis to Tren Italia, as we track Madeleine’s path from Lyutsifer to luxury, leading James to make a grave mistake. Bi...
Episode 26 - James Bond - Spectretacular
December 23, 2016 08:54 - 2 hours - 177 MBWelcome to SPECTRE etc. This is the James Bond podcast where we discuss the ins and the outs of each film. Like it says on the tin, kids, this is our SPECTRETACULAR, or final wrap up of the man, the myth and the magic that is James Bond.
Episode 25 - James Bond - Spectre - “The Wisconsin Wetbike”
October 14, 2016 13:04 - 2 hours - 89.2 MBWelcome to SPECTRE etc. This is the James Bond podcast where we discuss the ins and the outs of each film. In this episode, we are warned that the dead are alive but not that history is about to be re-written. Join us as we chop down Bond’s family tree in “Spectre”. * The pre-titles sequence sees Bond destroy Day of the Dead in a single take before ambushing an ambitious helicopter pilot. Sam Smith’s falsetto-filled title track is not enough to distract the eye from the tentacle-porn. * Back...
Episode 24 - James Bond - Skyfall - “McClory Culkin”
September 16, 2016 08:22 - 2 hours - 84.9 MBWelcome to SPECTRE etc. This is the James Bond podcast where we discuss the ins and the outs of each film. In this episode, MI6 is forced underground by cyber attacks. Join us as we head for the hills in “Skyfall”. * The pre-titles sequence is up to old tricks by faking Bond’s death before Adele takes us deep inside 007’s psyche. Back in London, M is under pressure to explain mission failures before MI6 blows up in her face. * This attack is enough to drag Bond away from his Heineken, and h...
Episode 23 - James Bond - Quantum of Solace - “Mathis’s No-Good Very-Bad Day”
September 01, 2016 08:49 - 1 hour - 65.6 MBWelcome to SPECTRE etc. This is the James Bond podcast where we discuss the ins and the outs of each film. In this episode, the writers have gone on strike and left us to join the dots of this chase-heavy movie. Join us as we try to flounder our way through “Quantum of Solace”. * The pre-titles sequence has Bond avoiding pineapple trucks as he chauffeurs Mr White to Siena. Another rocking title track takes us into a terrific terracotta rooftop race before Bond squeezes off a shot while swing...
Episode 22 - James Bond - Casino Royale - “Defib-based Cocktease”
August 18, 2016 22:05 - 2 hours - 78.4 MBWelcome to SPECTRE etc. This is the James Bond podcast where we discuss the ins and the outs of each film. In this episode, we gush over our favourite scenes and pretend to be poker professionals. Join us as we explore the origins of our favourite spy in “Casino Royale”. * The pre-titles sequence has Bond in a meeting that seems to mainly deal with a recent bathroom struggle. Bond’s 00-status is confirmed by some of the many spinning polygons in the titles. Mr White introduces Le Chiffre to ...
Episode 21 - James Bond - Die Another Day - “Playing for the Dings”
August 04, 2016 22:14 - 2 hours - 131 MBWelcome to SPECTRE etc. This is the James Bond podcast where we discuss the ins and the outs of each film. With James on his 20th official adventure, this film is JW Peppered with callbacks to previous adventures. This launches our own retro-SPECTRE-ive as we wish the car wasn’t the only thing invisible in “Die Another Day”. * The pre-titles sequence starts with Bond shooting us right in our gun, then surfing into North Korea. In the DMZ, James is joined by Zao and Moon - who want to buy his...
Episode 20 - James Bond - The World Is Not Enough - “Bond Screws Christmas”
July 23, 2016 06:00 - 1 hour - 110 MBWelcome to SPECTRE etc. This is the James Bond podcast where we discuss the ins and the outs of each film. In this episode, we learn all about how bullets help brains. Join us as we salvage this disaster of a film by throwing Christmas puns at “The World is not Enough”. * The pre-titles sequence begins with Bond being a banker. MI6 blows his pile of cash, so Bond’s back in a boat, being a spy! Bond busts his shoulder by letting go of a balloon. Then the titles occur over inoffensive music. *...
Episode 19 - James Bond - Tomorrow Never Dies - “Locking Up His Shame”
July 07, 2016 21:45 - 1 hour - 98.3 MBWelcome to SPECTRE etc. This is the James Bond podcast where we discuss the ins and the outs of each film. In this episode, we try to mediate the dispute between a hard-working newspaper man and some British twat. You’ll be Wai Lin for more after you listen to our pun-peppered discussion of ”Tomorrow Never Dies”. * The pre-titles sequence has Bond busting up a bizarre bazaar before jumping in a jet with no ejection protection - then the titles song plays over some very Zorin-esque visuals. A...
Episode 18 - James Bond - Goldeneye - “Consummating the Argument”
June 24, 2016 12:01 - 1 hour - 110 MBWelcome to SPECTRE etc. This is the James Bond podcast where we discuss the ins and the outs of each film. In this episode, we take the Pierce out of Brosnan and reminisce about mid-90s technology. Join us as we call in on an old flame with ”Goldeneye”. * The pre-titles sequence introduces our new Bond with a failed mission, bookended by successful stunts. Then Tina takes a turn at the titles track as great graphics get us revved up for this new age of James. * Bond visits a casino and tries...
Episode 17 - James Bond - License To Kill - “The Pineapple-Truck Trope”
June 10, 2016 11:15 - 1 hour - 110 MBWelcome to SPECTRE etc. This is the James Bond podcast where we discuss the ins and the outs of each film. In this episode, Timothy Dalton does his damnedest to compete with all those great 1980s action films. The angry chief at our precinct demands results and has given us 48 hours to go rogue with a ”License to Kill”. * The pre-titles sequence has Bond warming the bench while Felix attends to a pre-wedding mission to apprehend Sanchez. Bond suits up and catches the drug baron. The titles ...
Episode 16 - James Bond - The Living Daylights - “Post-coital Postcard”
May 26, 2016 22:55 - 1 hour - 108 MBWelcome to SPECTRE etc. This is the James Bond podcast where we discuss the ins and the outs of each film. In this episode, Timothy Dalton takes us on a tour of an Afghan conflict and shows us the conflict of a Cellist tour in “The Living Daylights”. * The pre-titles sequence is a welcome return to M’s office being out of his office. Bond has to jump a jeep off Gibraltar, before some music from A-Ha triggers memories of DJ Skat Kat. * Bond must help Crybaby Saunders with Yorgi’s defection fr...
Episode 15 - James Bond - A View To A Kill - “Tongue Knuckle”
May 13, 2016 08:19 - 2 hours - 115 MBWelcome to SPECTRE etc. This is the James Bond podcast where we discuss the ins and the outs of each film. In this episode, we return to the safety of EON films so the Broccoli Family can Roger us one Moore time as we Walk-ento “A View to a Kill”. * The pre-titles sequence is pre-empted by a legal disclaimer that strangely fails to warn the viewer about the upcoming Beach Boys sound-a-like. * Q and Bond discuss microchips as they try to avoid kicking a Floor-Droid. Moneypenny has disposed of...
Episode 14 - James Bond - Never Say Never Again - “A Snake Out of a T-Shirt Cannon”
April 28, 2016 05:25 - 1 hour - 106 MBWelcome to SPECTRE etc. This is the James Bond podcast where we discuss the ins and the outs of each film. In this episode, we risk the wrath of the Broccoli Mafia by straying from Eon Productions. Find out if Kevin McClory’s offer was one we should have refused in “Never Say Never Again”. * The pre-titles and the titles are efficiently merged. Sean’s face fills the screen before his cinematically-shot training mission goes awry. This results in an absolutely awful M sending 007 to detox. *...
Episode 13 - James Bond - Octopussy - “Lazy Svetlana”
April 14, 2016 22:08 - 2 hours - 124 MBWelcome to SPECTRE etc. This is the James Bond podcast where we discuss the ins and the outs of each film. In this episode, Roger offers a history lesson on India’s colonial past! Enjoy our first ever pre-titles sequence as we try to out-do Bond for schoolboy humour, and join our short stay on a sapphic island in “Octopussy”. * A pre-titles sequence everyone enjoys sets us up for what we can only assume is the all-time high of Rita Coolidge’s career: yet another Bond ballad. * Agent 009 lear...
Episode 12 - James Bond -For Your Eyes Only - "More Thrassos Than Man"
March 31, 2016 20:53 - 2 hours - 115 MBWelcome to SPECTRE etc. This is the James Bond podcast where we discuss the ins and the outs of each film. In this episode, we catch MacGuffin Mania in a quest to get back our ATAC! Join us for this Winter Games extravaganza, as we watch James Bond do stunt after stunt that are clearly beyond Roger Moore in “For Your Eyes Only”. * We open with Please-Don’t-Call-Me-Blofeld hijacking a helicopter that is carrying Bond! This bald villain offers James a brand new delicatessen, but Bond is lookin...
Episode 11 - James Bond - Moonraker - "Just Contact Our Lawyer"
March 17, 2016 22:34 - 2 hours - 111 MBMoonraker - “Just Contact Our Lawyer” Summary: Welcome to SPECTRE etc. This is the James Bond podcast where we discuss the ins and the outs of each film. In this rant-filled episode, we follow Bond for a race to Outer Space (with hasty pit stops in California and Venice and Brazil). Along the way, we will dissect and then reassemble the Frankenstein of a film that is Moonraker. * A space shuttle is hijacked, Bond is thrown out of a plane without a parachute, and the menacing henchman Jaws ...
Episode 10 - James Bond - The Spy Who Loved Me - "Scrotal Imprint"
March 04, 2016 02:14 - 1 hour - 108 MBThe Spy Who Loved Me - “Scrotal Imprint” Summary: Welcome to SPECTRE etc. This is the James Bond podcast where we discuss the ins and the outs of each film. In this Egyptian episode, we join Bond on his XXX-rated mission to retrieve microfilm from the Jaws of defeat. Ignore that floating Lotus - let us wet-bike you to Atlantis and beyond as we strive to find an original premise in The Spy Who Loved Me. * The pre-titles sequence introduces Agent XXX before we’re off to the Austrian Alps to ...
Episode 9 - James Bond - The Man With The Golden Gun - "The Nipple Dispenser"
February 19, 2016 00:18 - 2 hours - 110 MBThe Man with the Golden Gun - “The Nipple Dispenser” Summary: Welcome to SPECTRE etc. This is the James Bond podcast where we discuss the ins and the outs of each film. In this episode, we ponder the confluence of factors that has brought together the unholy trinity of Roger Moore, Guy Hamilton, and JW Pepper. Thankfully this mess is saved by Christopher Lee’s superb Scaramanga. Join us as we jump on his junk to journey through a melange of Asian cultures in The Man with the Golden Gun. * ...
Episode 8 - James Bond - Live And Let Die - “Double-0ntendres”
February 04, 2016 22:19 - 2 hours - 111 MBLive and Let Die - “Double-0ntendres” Summary: Welcome to SPECTRE etc. This is the James Bond podcast where we discuss the ins and the outs of each film. In this episode, we warmly welcome a British icon to the Bond franchise. But enough about Paul McCartney, let’s meet Roger Moore - our third James Bond in three films. Join us for our voyage into voodoo as we jump the crocodile and explore why Moore is less. * The pre-titles sequence is a pre-Roger sequence, so it is good fun for all con...
Episode 7 - James Bond - Diamonds Are Forever - "Guy Hamilton Magic"
January 21, 2016 21:19 - 2 hours - 123 MBDiamonds are Forever - “Guy Hamilton Magic” Summary: Welcome to SPECTRE etc. This is the James Bond podcast where we discuss the ins and the outs of each film. In this episode, we welcome Sean Connery back to the title role as he takes his chances in Las Vegas. * The pre-titles sequence shows Sean beating up people around the world before finally coming face to face with Blofeld (who looks frustratingly similar to a Bond ally from an earlier film). Bond disarms Blofeld’s highly-trained secu...
Episode 6 - James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service - "License To Kilt"
January 07, 2016 20:29 - 2 hours - 122 MBOn Her Majesty’s Secret Service - “Licence to Kilt” Welcome to SPECTRE etc. This is the James Bond podcast where we discuss the ins and the outs of each film. In this episode, it is “Sayonara Sean!” as the only Bond we’ve ever known is re-cast. George Lazenby is not the only new thing about this Bond - our cold-hearted spy now has all sorts of feelings! Join our journey on George’s emotional rollercoaster in “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service”. * The pre-titles sequence (slowly) reveals a new...
Episode 5 - James Bond - You Only Live Twice - "Two-Ply Walls"
December 24, 2015 21:41 - 2 hours - 124 MBYou Only Live Twice - “Two-Ply Walls” Summary: Welcome to SPECTRE etc. This is the James Bond podcast where we discuss the ins and the outs of each film. In this episode, we watch as Bond says goodbye to the Bahamas of “Thunderball” and konichiwa to Japan as Roald Dahl’s screenplay for “You Only Live Twice” opens the door for so very many racist undertones. And overtones. * The pre-titles sequence takes place in outer space with reasonable special effects. This has us cautiously (foolishly,...
Episode 4 - James Bond - Thunderball - "A Fleshy Mechanism"
December 10, 2015 05:15 - 2 hours - 120 MBThunderball - “A Fleshy Mechanism” Summary: Welcome to SPECTRE etc. This is the James Bond podcast where we discuss the ins and the outs of each film. This week, we follow the fun of “Goldfinger” with a Caribbean Crusade as James attempts to dominate Domino while finding Largo’s cargo in “Thunderball”. * Viewer Fatigue sets in with yet another “Is Bond dead” pre-titles sequence, before we decide that Jones ain’t no Bassey. * Matt gushes about the design of SPECTRE’s meeting room. * Bond’s ...
Episode 3 - James Bond - Goldfinger - "Scooby-Doo Style"
November 26, 2015 06:28 - 2 hours - 104 MBGoldfinger - “Scooby-Doo Style” Summary: Welcome to SPECTRE etc. This is the James Bond podcast where we discuss the ins and the outs of each film. This week we continue the fun we had watching “From Russia with Love” by joining James for a roll in Auric’s hayshed in the third 007 outing: “Goldfinger”. We follow Bond’s journey from the Fountainebleau in Miami - where he sends Dink on her way with an Oscar-winning slap - back to London for his meeting with Goldfinger at the golf course. And...
Episode 2 - James Bond - From Russia With Love - "One Way Window"
November 11, 2015 02:03 - 1 hour - 72 MBFrom Russia with Love - “One-Way Window” Summary: Welcome to SPECTRE etc. This is the James Bond podcast where we discuss the ins and the outs of each film. This week we follow up the overwhelming success of our Dr. No podcast with a hilarious ride through Bond’s second film: From Russia with Love. After exploring possible explanations for that baffling pre-titles sequence (Why does that henchman need to wear a mask? Could the audience even see anything in the dark?), we meet Bond - who is ...
Episode 1 - James Bond - Dr. No - “Hardcore Innuendo”
October 29, 2015 00:56 - 1 hour - 76.6 MBDr. No - “Hardcore Innuendo” Summary: Welcome to SPECTRE etc. This is the James Bond podcast where we discuss the ins and the outs of each film. Of course, our opening episode revolves around Dr. No - Bond’s cinematic premiere. We follow Bond from winning big at baccarat, to the greengrocers up that mountain. Once Bond is finished with Taro, he is off for adventures with the Crab Key dragon, which leads to the tragedy of his boat running out of fuel (How will he fill that tank?) in the mid...