So the new Bond movie, Quantum of Solace has only been out a couple of days and already the villain is receiving his fair amount of stick. He's not the only one that's lacking in common sense, here are three other Bond villains that could have done with a couple of spy surveillance gadgets and a healthy dose of common sense.
So Bond bounded back this week in the new Quantum Solace movie with a villain which many are calling not as exciting as the villains past.
The critics might be saying that Dominic Greene isn't the most memorable Bond villain that 007 has ever faced, which is not saying much considering the average intelligence of Bond's usual villains.
Let's face it, your average Hollywood evil overlord may be considered a genius by other characters in the movie but for most clear-thinking movie goers with an ounce of common sense they're one step away from the people who ran Enron into the ground.
Hell, there was even a sketch on Saturday Night Live in the 1990's, where several Bond villains were promoting a book "What Not To Do If You Capture James Bond", the inspiration and result of which can be seen in the online list " The Top 100 Things I'd Do If I Ever Became An Evil Overlord"
In fact, just a cursory look back at the James Bond movie series throws up several instances where common sense and just a simple series of electronics would have helped out the bad guy.
In their field of operation some spy surveillance equipment like GPS jammers, pinhole cameras, cell phone blocking bags and faraday cages must have been available so the question remains to be asked....
Why didn't the villain use them?
So how could have those valiant and hard-working supervillains snuffed out 007's life, ending the plans of nefarious media companies like MGM and 20th Century Fox? The ongoing plan to steal money from our pockets while distracting us with unlikely action sequences and unnecessary gadget and cleavage shots.
Goldfinger Needed Security Cameras
Very few people would need a plot synopsis of Goldfinger, the movie which resulted not only in the now-famous quote 'no Mr Bond I expect you to die' but in one of the most disturbing joke names of the franchise. In fact it's better if you don't think too hard about the name of the main love interest 'Pussy Galore' without some serious medication sitting close by... yeesh.
If Auric Goldfinger had put just a little bit of faith into training up his lower-level underlings or installing some basic security the Bond franchise might have ended there.
We all know what spy surveillance cameras are, they're the little device which sits at the top of the cell and let people know what's going on in a cell without putting them through the inconvenience of actually going in there.
So why weren't the cells in Auric Goldfinger's US ranch set up with such equipment, especially considering he had high tech equipment like lasers, nuclear bombs and cars made out of solid gold?
They wouldn't need to be big, and in fact the smaller they were the lesser chance that the hero would find them and disable them in a bid to get the guards to enter the room.
At the very least Goldfinger should have told guards to get 10 guards with big machine guns to investigate when a prisoner suddenly 'disappeared' from the cell.
Hi. I'm a known mercenary in a movie about the British secret service. Could I order a GPS jammer please? (The World Is Not Enough, Renard takes on M)
So you're the deceitful daughter of a British oil magnate, you've teamed up with an assassin of some note and you've captured the head of the British secret service. What do you do?
Technical Glossary of Spy Camera Terms
If you have a home business in online sales and is considering entering the highly popular and profitable spy camera niche, you should probably take some time to familiarize yourself with some of the most common technical terms used when referring to the spy cameras so you will have a better understanding of what you sell
Detection: Know the Types of Spy Cameras
Countless people are the subjects of spy cameras monitoring every day without even knowing they are being monitored. Know the different types of spy cameras that can be used to see you without your knowledge may allow the detection of these hidden cameras and save yourself some embarrassment --- or worse. General, there are only a few types of spy cameras that are most likely to be used to see your alley.
Spy Camera Cases: Infamous Stories of People Who Got Caught Out
Although the vast majority of people buy spy cameras for legitimate use, there is always a small percentage that will go a bit over the top with something like a spy cam and use it for nefarious reasons. Internet is full of notorious cases of people kike it, and also people who were caught out doing something they should not have done with the help of a spy camera.
