On Mon, 24 May 1999 00:29:39 +0000 rgb <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hello!
>
> > Matthew: With the end of the Cold War and the waning of communism as a
> > world wide threat (at least, for the time being), it's getting harder to
> > find Russian and Chinese villains for Bond to beat up on.

Here's a thought, just in case any Bond scriptwriters are lurking on this
list... what about a Bond film with a Euro-villain?  OK it would need a bit of
imagination, as most European Union politicians are just plain corrupt or
incompetent, having gone their in the aftermath of failed careers in their
country of origin.  But an EU-type organisation would make the ideal SPECTRE
for the next millennium (Jacques Santer would be the perfect Blofeld) and the
resulting film could have some interesting things to say on current affairs...

L
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