Honey Ryder - James Bond Characters Dr. No (1962) The Character in the Movie Honey Ryder was the leading Bond girl in Dr. No (1962). She was played by Ursula Andress, however due to her strong accent she was dubbed by Nikki van der Zyl. Earlier on in her life she travelled all around the Caribbean with her father, a marine biologist, studying the plants and fish in the many corals they visited. Her father died mysteriously when visiting crab key, an island just of the coast of Jamaica, although Honey knew it was no accident. Dr. No 's men had killed him. After her father died and she had no one left to protect her, her landlord raped her. She didn't let this go unpunished however and one night when he was asleep, she put a black widow spider under his mosquito net. It took him a whole week to die. Since her fathers death she lived alone and collected rare shells to make money. She seemed to be able to defend herself and she wasn't scared of Bond when she first met him. However she was scared when the diesel dragon came after them and Dr. No's men captured her and Bond.

Later on, Honey was tied down near and the slowly rising water level would have drowned her, but Bond escaped and rescued her. Bond and Honey ran out of the place and stole a boat in which they drifted off into the sea, finally alone. The character in the book In Ian Fleming's novel Dr. No (1958), Honeychile Rider was a girl who had lived in a large house in the middle of a sugar cane field in the Beau Desert on the North coast near Morgan's harbour. When she was five, her parents were killed in a fire that burned down their home. After that, she lived in the cellars of the ruin's with her black nanny. Once when the cane was harvested, some of the snakes, scorpions and other animals who had lost their homes, came into the ruins and after a while they became like family to Honey, who fed them and looked after them. They would leave when the cane grew back and return to her when it was harvested again. When she was 15, her nanny died and she was left to fend for herself. A man named Mander, who owned the cane field came into the ruins drunk one day. Honey tried to stab him, but he was too strong.

He punched her, knocking her out and breaking her nose and then raped her. Honey got her revenge by putting a black widow spider in his bed one night when he was sleeping. When she was eight, her nanny had found an encyclopedia among the ruins and Honey started at A. When she got to S at around age 18, she saw that some people sell shell's for a living. She used the only money she had to subscribe to a magazine and collected the shell's people were looking for. After she realized pretty shell's were not always the most valuable, she started collecting rare ones and made some money. She started going to crab key and she found some rare shell's that she got $5 each for. She worked out that she could pay for an operation to get her nose fixed in New York in just five years. She was at Crab Key, diving for shells when Bond first saw her. She was naked besides a leather belt with a hunting knife on her right hip and a green diving mask. She looked strong and muscular and had a wide mouth, deep blue eyes and blond hair. When Dr.

No's men come with dogs to search for them, she reveals that she has escaped them many times and suggests hiding underwater, using bamboo sticks to breath. Her and bond were later captured, and Honey was tied to some rocks where she would eventually be eaten by crabs. She didn't die however, and managed to escape and meet up with Bond. She then left the island with him and they went together to New York where Bond payed for her nose operation. Honey was a very independent girl who had never been out of Jamaica. She only knew a world of nature before meeting Bond. Trivia and References to Honey Ryder In the 2001 James Bond movie Die Another Day, the leading Bond girl Jinx (played by Halle Berry) had a similar entrance to that of Honey Rider, walking out of the sea in a bikini, although in an orange bikini this time. In the music video for her song Honey, Mariah Carey mimics the scene where Honey walks out of the water in a bikini. Honey Ryder (Ursula Andress) | James Bond Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Honey Ryder (Ursula Andress) Last Dr.

No (film) Honey Ryder is a fictional shell-diver and love interest of James Bond who appeared in EON Productions ' 1962 James Bond film Dr. No . The character is a cinematic adaptation of the character Honeychile Rider , who first appeared in Ian Fleming 's 1958 novel of the same name and was subsequently re-imagined for the 2015 mobile game James Bond: World of Espionage . The character was portrayed by Ursula Andress and was voiced by Nikki van der Zyl . Contents [ show ] Film biography Having drawn a link between the murder of British spy John Strangways and radioactive samples he had taken from an island named Crab Key (owned by the reclusive Dr. Julius No ) Bond convinces a reluctant Quarrel to take him there by boat. There Bond meets the beautiful Honey Ryder, dressed only in a white bikini, who is collecting shells. She emerges from the sea, singing. At first she is suspicious of Bond but soon decides to help him after the island's guards destroy her boat. Bond and Quarrel follow her to a hiding place inland.

After nightfall they are attacked by the legendary " dragon " of Crab Key, which turns out to be an armoured tractor equipped with a flamethrower. In the resulting gun battle, Quarrel is incinerated whilst Bond and Ryder are taken prisoner. They are decontaminated, quartered in Dr. No's lair, and given drugged coffee to render them unconscious. They dress and meet Dr. No in his office, where he invites them to lunch. After dinner, Ryder is taken away and Bond is beaten by the guards. Later, after killing Dr. No and sabotaging the island's reactor, Bond rescues Honey from being slowly drowned. As the complex explodes, the pair escape by boat until they run out of gas in the middle of the sea, and start kissing. Behind the scenes As "The Original Bond Girl" Honey Ryder emerges from the sea in an iconic scene from Dr. No (1962). In the film series, Ryder is widely regarded as the first Bond girl , although she is not the first woman in the film to be with Bond (that distinction belongs to Sylvia Trench , while Miss Taro was Bond's first mission-related "conquest").

Her entrance in the film, emerging from the ocean in a white bikini, striding barefoot over the wet beach sand, with a large sea shell in one hand and a hunting knife in the other, while the sun shines on her wet blonde hair, is considered a classic James Bond moment and is one of the most popular scenes in cinematic history. As a homage, Halle Berry performed a similar scene in an orange bikini in the 20th James Bond film, Die Another Day . Mariah Carey also references this scene in the music video for her song "Honey". The character was later mentioned by name in On Her Majesty's Secret Service as a "beautiful movie star." Andress is the first of only two entertainers that have actually starred in a Bond film to be mentioned by Fleming in his James Bond novels. The other is David Niven who co-starred as James Bond in the 1967 film adaptation of Casino Royale along with Andress. Omitted scenes Still photograph of the original crab torture scene in Dr. No. The 1958 James Bond novel Dr.

No by Ian Fleming, Crab Key is named after the thousands of large land crabs – what they call in Jamaica "black crabs" – which infest the island. The book features a scene where Dr. No plans to torture Honey to death by tying her naked to the ground in the path of the crabs' migration; mistakenly believing that the animals are carnivorous from the death of an earlier victim. A similar scene was initially replicated for the 1962 film with Honey being tortured by being tied to the ground along with crabs, but since the crabs were sent frozen from the Caribbean, they did not move much during filming, so the scene was altered to have Honey slowly drowning. [1] Gallery Honey Ryder (Character) Honey Ryder (Character) from Dr. No (1962) The content of this page was created by users. It has not been screened or verified by IMDb staff. There may be more photos available for this character. To select more photos to be displayed in this character's gallery, click the Edit Photos link. Overview Biography: Honey Ryder is the Bond Girl in "Dr. No", the first official Bond film...

See more » Alternate Names: Honey / Honeychile 'Honey' Ryder / Honeychile Rider Filmography Honey Ryder : Have you any idea what they'll do with us? James Bond : No idea. No door handles or windows, either. See more » Update You may correct errors and omissions on this page directly. Clicking the 'Update' button will take you through a step-by-step process. IMDb Everywhere Find showtimes, watch trailers, browse photos, track your Watchlist and rate your favorite movies and TV shows on your phone or tablet! James Bond: How his sex life compares with an average man - BBC News BBC News James Bond: How his sex life compares with an average man By Jon Kelly BBC News Magazine 4 October 2012 Close share panel Spoiler warning: Key plot details are revealed in this piece For 50 years, James Bond's womanising has been central to the film character's appeal. How does his sex life compare with an average man, and is it healthy? His chat-up lines err towards the rubbish. "That's quite a nice little nothing you're almost wearing.

I approve." "Detente can be beautiful." "Well, as long as the collars and cuffs match." A typical man deploying these bon mots while seeking female companionship might worry about having his facial features, as well as his cocktail order, shaken, not stirred. But not James Bond. For all his 1950s attitudes, wince-inducing "jokes" and unapologetic sexism, agent 007 exists in a world where the usual laws of romantic gravity do not apply. The likelihood of James Bond having chlamydia is extremely high Dr Sarah Jarvis, GP and regular on the BBC's The One Show Sexual health The James Bond diet Wherever he goes, the world's most famous secret agent only has to raise an eyebrow to summon an endless array of glamorous, available women with names like Pussy Galore, Honey Ryder and Xenia Onatopp. It's a pattern of behaviour that, to say the least, does not tally with most of Bond's countrymen. The Health Survey for England, published in 2011, found that men reported a mean average of 9.3 female sexual partners in their lifetime.

By contrast, Bond - vaguely placed in Ian Fleming's novels somewhere in his late 30s, though he has been active on-screen since 1962's Dr No - can boast (and boast he surely would) a somewhat higher figure. Measuring it is not an exact science. For all their suggestiveness, Bond films are hardly explicit in their depiction of sex. The most the viewer ever gets is usually Bond waking up next to a woman. A 2009 study of the film series by a team of academics for the journal Sex Roles found he had enjoyed "strong" sexual contact with 46 women and "mild" encounters, such as kissing, with a further 52 during the first 20 instalments in the Eon Productions Bond series, up until 2002's Die Another Day. The Bond Girl: Anti-feminist icon? The Bond Girl will always be, to some degree, the archetype of an early 1960s ideal - a submissive object of affection. She was naive (Honey Ryder), misguided (Pussy Galore), trapped (Domino) and emotionally disturbed (Tracy di Vicenzo).

Bond was her saviour, offering enlightenment via sexual conquest. Even by the late 60s and early 70s, she was hardly a role model. Any "strong" female characters, such as Helga Brandt (1969) are predatory, unattractive and a threat. It is best to eliminate them by throwing them into water, the franchise instructs. Then, in the late 70s, enter Anya Amasova (1977) and Dr Holly Goodhead (1979) - the first modern conceptions of Bond Girl "equality". But even these post-feminist characters remain Bond Girls, limited by a 1960s plot formula. She has become more independent and plausible, but the Bond Girl is still there largely to participate - willingly or not - in the chase with our hero. As long as it remains human nature to pursue romantic interests, we will remain captivated by the Bond Girl. By Robert A Caplen , author of the book Shaken and Stirred: The feminism of James Bond Factor in the subsequent Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace movies and the "strong" figure rises by at least two.

And it's reasonable to surmise that in the forthcoming Skyfall his behaviour continues unabated. It's an unreal world, in which a series of attractive women essentially revolve around and invariably succumb to the charms of the hero. Of course, defenders of the series insist its entire basis is as a modern fantasy - and suspension of disbelief is required during the sex scenes just as much as it is for the fights, car chases, gadgets and super-villains. Even under this generous reading, the huge and enduring popularity of the 007 sexual mythology from the pre-feminist 1950s to the present day is striking. "At his core he remains the same as he was when Ian Fleming started writing - he's sexist, he's misogynist," says Christoph Lindner, professor of media and culture at the University of Amsterdam and author of The James Bond Phenomenon: A Critical Reader. "It's the same appeal as a series like Mad Men - it's a guilty pleasure. You can immerse yourself in something you know is wrong." Bond's producers themselves appear to have acknowledged this.

In 1995's Goldeneye, Pierce Brosnan's 007 debut, Judi Dench's M chides her agent as a "sexist, misogynist dinosaur". But just like the Austin Powers parodies, such knowingness recognises that Bond is essentially a product of the early days of mass consumerism. To Fleming's target audience, emerging from both post-war austerity and traditional codes of morality, womanising was just another aspirational activity like driving fast cars and sipping cocktails. For Bond fans, this persists despite - or perhaps because of - the arrival of a post-Aids environment in which the dangers of promiscuity are widely recognised. The series tends not to dwell on its protagonist's use or otherwise of contraception. Even after the HIV era dawned in the 1980s, there was nothing to indicate that their promiscuous hero was engaging in safe sex. Of course, that's something that's common across the whole of Hollywood. You rarely see characters reaching for a condom in a mainstream film. The defenders of the silver screen might point out that you also don't see characters going to the toilet or remembering to lock their car door. It's one of the consequences of the escapism of Hollywood.

Any suggestion that film producers have any level of social responsibility is a controversial one. But contemporaries of a real-life 007 would have cause to worry about the state of his sexual health. "The likelihood of James Bond having chlamydia is extremely high," says Dr Sarah Jarvis, a general practitioner and regular guest on the BBC's The One Show. "If he came to my clinic I would definitely advise him to have an STI test." A concerned friend might worry about his mental condition, too. While a string of temporary sexual encounters might appear glamorous on celluloid, in contemporary reality this fear of commitment and resistance to emotional intimacy might trigger worry in a normal social circle. According to clinical psychologist Oliver James, Bond displays a classic triadic personality based on the three pillars of psychopathy, Machiavellianism and narcissism. "People with that collection of traits do tend to be sexually promiscuous," says James. Such characters can be charming and charismatic, James adds, attracting the admiration of men as well as the affection of women. Ultimately it is the conventions of the series rather than the character's emotional shortcomings that keep him alone.

When Bond marries in 1969's On Her Majesty's Secret Service, his bride is mercilessly gunned down. And when 37 years later, in Daniel Craig's incarnation, he falls in love again, the object of his affections betrays him and drowns. "He can have something closer to an emotional relationship but the Bond format can't allow that to endure," says Lindner. What use, after all, would be a monogamous, committed, psychologically secure 007? For 50 years, movie audiences have demanded their hero be a particular type of sexually promiscuous loner. His name's Bond, James Bond. Ursula Andress - IMDb IMDb Actress The quintessential jet-set Euro starlet, Ursula Andress was born in the Swiss canton of Berne on March 19, 1936, one of six children in a strict German Protestant family. Although often seeming icily aloof, a restless streak early demonstrated itself in her personality, and she had an impetuous desire to explore the world outside Switzerland. (For...

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I see all the people walking around nude; it doesn't bother me. See more » Trivia: Has been linked romantically with automobile designer John DeLorean , singer Julio Iglesias , Brazilian soccer player Paulo Roberto Falcão , American actors Dennis Hopper and Ryan O'Neal , Austrian actor Helmut Berger , French actor Daniel Gélin , Italian actors Gerardo Amato , Marcello Mastroianni and Franco Nero , real estate developer Stan Herman (second ex-husband of Linda Evans ) as well as Ricci ... See more » Trademark: Platinum blonde hair See more » Nickname: Honey Ryder | Total Movies Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Dr. No Honeychile Rider is a fictional character in Ian Fleming's James Bond novel Dr. No . In the 1962 Bond film of the same name , her name was shortened and changed to Honey Ryder. In the film, she is played by Swiss actress Ursula Andress and due to her heavy accent was dubbed by Nikki van der Zyl.

In the film series, Ryder is widely regarded as the first Bond girl, although she is not the first woman in the film to be with Bond (that distinction belongs to Sylvia Trench, while Miss Taro was Bond's first mission-related "conquest"). Her entrance in the film, emerging from the ocean in a white bikini with two large seashells, while the sun shines on her wet blonde hair, is considered a classic James Bond moment. As an homage, Halle Berry performed a similar scene in an orange bikini in the 20th James Bond film, Die Another Day . Ursula Andress was later mentioned by name in the novel On Her Majesty's Secret Service , and described as a "beautiful movie star". Andress is the first of only two entertainers that have actually starred in a Bond film to be mentioned by Fleming in his James Bond novels. The other is David Niven who co-starred as James Bond in the 1967 film adaptation of Casino Royale along with Andress. Andress referred to the Dr. No bikini as the "secret of her success". Film As in the novel, Ryder is a very independent woman claiming to not need help from anyone.

She is a beachcomber making a living selling seashells in Miami. Resourceful and courageous, she states that she can defend herself against any hostile when she first meets Bond. Although she is at first wary of Bond, he is allowed to get closer when he comments that his intentions are honourable. Like Pussy Galore in Goldfinger , Honey does not appear until half way through the film. She comes out of the ocean singing "Under the Mango Tree", Bond startles her when he joins in singing. She pulls her dagger out, wary of Bond's position but grows to trust him. Honey shows Quarrel and Bond a way to evade No's men when caught. After they escape, she tells Bond how her father died when on Crab Key, and that she was raped by a local landlord. Honey relates how she got her revenge by putting a black widow spider in his mosquito net and causing his lingering death. When in a marshy region of the island, Quarrel, Bond and Honey have a close encounter with No's "dragon". Quarrel dies and the remaining two get captured. No's men wash away radiation that Honey and Bond got on their clothes and they get rooms of luxury. The next day, they meet Doctor No.

When in conversation, No has Honey taken away. After Bond kills No, he saves her from the island and they make love in a towed boat. Images Bond girl | James Bond Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Honor Blackman as Pussy Galore in Goldfinger Ursula Andress is often considered the first Bond girl, playing Honey Ryder in the film Dr. No (1962). She was, however, preceded by Eunice Gayson who played the character Sylvia Trench . Trench is the only Bond girl to appear as the same character in more than one film, appearing again in From Russia with Love (1963). Initially, Trench was planned to be a regular girlfriend of Bond's in the series, but was subsequently dropped after the encore appearance. It should be noted that Valerie Mathis was the first ever Bond girl on screen in the 1954 version of Casino Royale . She was played by Linda Christian . Linda Christian - the very first Bond girl to appear on screen in 1954. To date, only two Bond girls has captured the heart of James Bond.

Tracy di Vicenzo played by Diana Rigg , marries Bond in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969). At film's end, Tracy Bond is gunned down by 007's nemesis Ernst Stavro Blofeld . It was initially planned that her death would actually occur in Diamonds Are Forever (1971), but this idea was dropped during filming of On Her Majesty's Secret Service when current-Bond George Lazenby announced he would step down from the role and the other girl is Vesper Lynd who was secretly working for Bond's enemies and shared the same fate. Within the official series, Maud Adams is the only actress to portray a main character as two different Bond girls in two different films, starting as Andrea Anders in The Man with the Golden Gun in 1974 and again as the title character in Octopussy (1983). She additionally appears as an extra in a third Bond film, A View to a Kill in 1985. Two other girls, Martine Beswick (Thunderball) and Nadja Regin (Goldfinger) also appear in a second adventure, appearing first in From Russia with Love.

Tsai Chin appeared in two Bond films as well You Only Live Twice (1967) as a Ling and later as Madame Wu in Casino Royale (2006). In 1995 Famke Janssen , who portrayed Xenia Onatopp was considered the only major female character (and villain) whom Bond does not bed. However in 2008, lead Bond Girl Camille Montes also shows a restraint to Bond's usually forward charms. Becoming more frequent, traditional Bond girls that have romantic trysts with Bond, are later discovered to be villainesses starting with Sophie Marceau 's Elektra King in The World Is Not Enough (1999) and Miranda Frost played by Rosamund Pike in Die Another Day (2002). In late 2014, it was announced that Monica Bellucci will play Lucia Sciarra in Spectre (2015). At age 50, Bellucci made record as the oldest Bond girl in the film series. Previously, Honor Blackman held record, playing Pussy Galore in Goldfinger, aged 39 in 1964.

Both actresses play the unlikely role, of being a Bond girl older than James Bond. Films A timeline of Bond Girls (1962-2012). Official James Bond girls Stephanie Sigman In addition to those actresses mentioned above, the Bond films traditionally have groups of women in the background whose general purpose is nothing more than eye candy: they include the sunbathing Miami beauties and Pussy Galore's Flying Circus in Goldfinger, the Thai girls at the kung fu school in The Man With the Golden Gun, Tiger Tananka's bathing beauties in You Only Live Twice, and Sheik Hossein's harem in The Spy Who Loved Me . However, in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, A View to a Kill, and The Living Daylights these women were also referred to in the media as full fledge Bond girls to provide added publicity for the film through eye-catching magazine and newspaper appearances. In On Her Majesty's Secret Service, they include Blofeld 's Angels of Death .

In Moonraker (1979) this included members of Hugo Drax 's "master race" and a group of women encountered by Bond in the jungles of Brazil , in For Your Eyes Only (1981) many women were seen frolicking around a villain's pool, while in Octopussy (1983) they served mainly as the title character's servants and guards. In A View to A Kill (1985) they adorned Max Zorin 's outdoor reception and in The Living Daylights (1987) they served as decorations at the villain's swimming pool and later Bond overpasses a harem in Tangiers. Although the Bond films haven't stopped making use of feminine "eye candy" completely, such large "Bond girl groups" have not featured again since The Living Daylights. Group Galleries Jane Perry (likeness)/ Lois Chiles (voice) Trivia After the release of For Your Eyes Only (1981) a background actress in a pool scene, Tula , was revealed to be a transsexual.

Vesper Lynd, the Bond girl from Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel, is believed to be based on Christine Granville, a real-life SOE agent. In 2002, former Bond girl Maryam d'Abo co-wrote the book Bond Girls Are Forever: The Women of James Bond . This book later became a DVD exclusive documentary featuring d'Abo and other Bond girls, including Ursula Andress. In some locations, the documentary was released as a gift with the purchase of Die Another Day on DVD An updated version was included on the original Casino Royale DVD.. Halle Berry and Kim Basinger are the only Oscar winners to play a Bond girl. After the release of Die Another Day, MGM and EON Productions considered creating a spinoff series featuring Halle Berry's Jinx character. Plans for this were cancelled in 2003. Early drafts of Die Another Day included an appearance by Wai Lin , but Michelle Yeoh was unavailable.

Media reports for The World is Not Enough indicated the producers planned to include cameo appearances by every surviving Bond girl actress, ranging from Ursula Andress to Michelle Yeoh , but that did not occur; however, one "eye-candy" Bond girl was played by Eunice Gayson's daughter. Ursula Andress and Maud Adams remain, to date, the only actresses to have played more than one major Bond girl, although several other actresses have appeared more than once as "eye-candy" Bond girls. It is interesting to note that while Jill is listed as an enemy on the Bond girl timeline, Pussy was more of an antagonist to Bond. External links Representations Of Women Across The James Bond Film Studies Essay Representations Of Women Across The James Bond Film Studies Essay Published: Last Edited: 23rd March, 2015 This essay has been submitted by a student. This is not an example of the work written by our professional essay writers. This work analyses the representations of women across the James Bond saga, focusing on a select few films. Both major and minor characters will be examined to find out if there are differences in the representations.

The analysis will focus mainly on the representation of the women as a gender, but will also take a look at racial representations to see if they adhere to western stereotypes. Despite being a hugely popular franchise and grossing millions at the cinema, Bond has often not been critically examined by the academic community. In more recent years this has begun to change with a few academics looking deeper into the series, and this work aims to expand on that by providing analysis on the female characters featured within. It will cover the 22 'official' Bond films (EON Productions) from 1962 to 2008, although some will only be discussed briefly. The main method employed by this project will be analysis of the works in question, and referencing them to representational theories and feminist theories. This will include Stuart Hall's theory of encoding and decoding, and the works of Laura Mulvey. There will also be referencing to other works which have analysed the Bond films in a similar light, to provide backup to the claims made, as well as provide extra understanding. Interviews with producers of the films will also be considered; early research suggests the producers were responsible for a lot of the sexual charge of the Bond franchise, especially in the early days.

This would give valuable insight into the reasons for the choices they made, for both creative and financial reasons. Interviews with cast, primarily those who played the female roles within the films, would also be very useful in providing extra information to give their opinions on the representations of the characters they played, as well as how they felt portraying such characters. Robert Caplen's Shaken & Stirred is a key resource to this work; it provides detailed analysis of female characters in the Bond films, as well as giving background information, such as the life of Bond's author, Ian Fleming. It also gives analysis of the progression of women's rights and feminism, which will have influence on the way the films represent the characters. The James Bond Phenomenon (edited by Christoph Lindner) is a collection of essays analysing the Bond franchise. Although many will be irrelevant to this work, some of them will provide valuable information, context and analysis that could be put to use, for example Elisabeth Ladenson's essay on the character Pussy Galore. Bond Girls Are Forever is a book by John Cork, and Bond actress Maryam D'Abo (The Living Daylights) which looks at the "Bond girl phenomenon".

This will be incredibly useful as it is co-written by one of the Bond actresses. Being written by an actress 'on the inside', this book will offer a deeper analysis of the characters than a short interview would, increasing its usefulness as a source. The book was written as an accompaniment to the documentary of the same name hosted by D'Abo, released a year prior. The documentary will also be a resource used by this work, as it will offer a brief overview of what the book says. The documentary has been updated twice; first in 2006 and later in 2012 to accommodate for the later released Bond films: Casino Royale (2006), Quantum of Solace (2008) and Skyfall (2012). Structurally, this work will progress in chronological order, beginning with a brief description of Ian Fleming's life before Bond, and therefore his inspiration, before beginning to provide analysis on the early Bond films of the 60s. This first chapter will encompass the first 'section' (in terms of feminism) of the Bond saga, up to the point where the Bond 'girls' become Bond 'women'.

This will include key Bond girls including Honey Ryder, Pussy Galore, Tracy Di Vicenzo, Mary Goodnight and Holly Goodhead. The second chapter will look at the next few films in the series, and the so called Bond 'women'. These characters tend to be more independent and self-sufficient than those of previous films, and represent a change in modern life for women. They draw less from the stereotypical housewife and the idea that women belong in the home, and tend to be women in more reputable careers such as doctors and scientists. Such women include Octopussy, Stacey Sutton and Kara Milovy. The third chapter will take a look at Bond after the cold war, and how female characters have developed since the fall of the iron curtain. These more recent films seem to take inspiration from both previous periods of Bond, some of the women are very powerful and capable, and often they are spies working either alongside or against Bond. However, despite being independent, liberated women they are often found to be less than useful in the face of danger, and it is up to Bond to save them. Key characters include Xenia Onatopp, Natalia Romonova, Wei Lin, Jinx and Vesper Lynd.

The examination of the films will also include females featured in the films who are only very minor characters, seen on screen only very briefly, as these characters are often very one-dimensional and have little personality, and tend to be tools to emphasise Bond's masculinity. Chapter 1 - Fleming and the early years of Bond The Bond girl began in the novels by Ian Fleming, inspired by his bacheloristic lifestyle up until his marriage. Growing up without a father, his mother assumed the paternal role in the family. With his father being a casualty of the First World War, Fleming's mother, Evelyn, encouraged him and his brothers to grow up in the image of their father (Caplen, 2010). Fleming disapproved of his mother's parenting, and it seems this is believed to be a contributing factor towards his treatment of women; (insert quote about him being a sexist bastard). Arthur Brittain suggests that "a man's efforts to attain a healthy sex role identity â€¦ are thwarted by such factors as paternal absence [and] maternal overprotectiveness." (Caplen, 2010) With the lack of a father figure, Fleming felt the need to express his masculinity by exerting dominance over women.

During the Second World War, Fleming served as a naval intelligence officer, first as a lieutenant, but later as a Commander, clearly being the inspiration for Commander James Bond. After the war, and after many girlfriends and lovers, Fleming discovered that Anne O'Neill (with whom he was having an affair) was pregnant with his child, and felt compelled to marry her. What with Fleming's brother, Peter, being an established novelist, and Ian himself being an apt journalist, he decided to try his own hand at writing. With his knowledge and experience in espionage he decided to write a spy novel, which were popular at the time due to the end of the Second World War and the rise of the Cold War. His first Bond novel was Casino Royale, in 1952. During the late 50s and early 60s, Women in Hollywood were changing. No longer did they need to be tied down in a relationship or a marriage to have sex. Hollywood's strict censorship was relaxing, as their image of femininity was shifting with the times.

Actresses such a Marilyn Monroe were well known for their portrayal of sexually liberated women; she was a "beautiful blonde whose figure overshadowed her intellectual shortcomings." (Caplen, 2010, p. 69) In this new Hollywood, some of the old ways of thinking remained; although women were given sexual freedom they were still shown that their fate resided in the home with a husband. 1950s Hollywood also had Monroe's (and others) portrayals of so called 'bad girls' become more accepted, along with the concept that women could be sexually satisfied without marriage. "As we saw on the big screen that it was sometimes possible not to get punished for having sex with your boyfriend, some of us began to wonder." (Douglas, 1994, p. 81) The girls in Bond films stem from this idea; they represent an apparently sexually liberated and independent woman. Although they may seem liberated (from a male point of view) in comparison with other films of the time, and they are free to have sex with whomever they want, they are still very dependent on the male.

This links in with Laura Mulvey's theory of the male gaze; the films are aimed at a male audience, so the women are constructed as male fantasies to provide visual pleasure to viewers. Sean Connery agreed; "[Bond girls] are so utterly unreal, the kind of women you only meet in your fantasies and your dreams" (D'Abo & Cork, 2003, p. 107) The first of Fleming's novels to be put to screen however, was Dr. No, in 1962. The film followed a simple plot, later re-used in later films such as The Spy Who Loved Me, with an almost generic 'evil genius' using his technology to spark war between the East and West, and to have some personal gain from such an event. Not only did it set out a formula for the future Bond films to follow, it also created a cinematic icon; the Bond girl. Although not the only (and not even the first) girl who Bond 'has', Dr. No's primary 'girl' is Honey Ryder, a bikini-clad shell collector. However, Bond had encounters with other female characters within the story before Honey Ryder appeared on screen, which should be discussed first. Dr.

No opens with the now classic gun barrel animation, and unlike all the other films to succeed it, seamlessly moves straight into the title sequence. This comprises of animated coloured dots with a black background, replaced by dancing coloured silhouettes, in time with a change in music. This title sequence laid the path for other Bond films to follow "with its focus upon elegance, wit and sex" (Caplen, 2010). The film then opens in Jamaica, with 3 supposedly blind men assassinating a spy, after which they kill his secretary. Although never introduced properly as a character, the secretary is the first female to appear on screen. It is worth noting however, that she is employed as a secretary, a common job for females at the time. Also, as soon as she has a gun in her face, she simply screams and makes no attempt at either defending herself or evading her attackers, and is seen to be inadequate at handling herself in the face of danger. Although not even having a name, she fits in well with a long line of female 'extras'. Fleming noted that (women in offices). However the first female character to appear in Dr. No is Sylvia Trench.

Shown on screen before Bond, she wears a red dress, held up on one shoulder, exposing the other. The red dress helps her stand out from the crowd around her; the rest are all wearing black. When we first see her, the camera tilts up from the baccarat table to her face, allowing the viewer to see (albeit briefly) her chest before her face. After introducing himself as "Bond, James Bond", he announces he must leave, and gets up from the table. Unable to resist him, Sylvia follows suit and walks over to him, and continues their dialogue: Sylvia: Too bad you have to go, just as things were getting interesting Bond: Yes. Tell me Miss Trench, do you play any other games? Sylvia: (with a suggestive look on her face) Golf, amongst other things. Bond offers to take her to dinner the following day, which she accepts, however she sneaks into his hotel suite before he arrives back from MI6 headquarters. Bond arrives back, but notices someone had broken in. he draws his gun, dims the lights, and opens the door to find Sylvia, half naked, playing golf.

Once again, the camerawork is sexually charged, with the viewer at first only seeing her bare legs, the bottom of her shirt and high heels in the foreground, with Bond in the distance. Asking what she is doing there, she tells Bond she "Decided to accept [his] invitation". He reminds her that it was for the day after, and then begins to question her attire: Bond: Tell me, do you always dress this way for golf? Sylvia: I changed into something more comfortable. Oh, I hope I did the right thing. Bond: oh, you did the right thing, but you picked the wrong moment. I have to leave immediately. Sylvia: Oh, that's too bad, just as things were getting interesting again. (She wraps her arms around him and kisses him) When did you say you have to leave? Bond: Immediately. (She kisses him again) Almost immediately. As Sylvia is speaking, she raises the golf club she is holding and strokes it seductively, further adding to the innuendo of the scene. This scene is significant in restoring the power to Bond; after all it is Sylvia chasing him.

"Bond's conquest of her would reassert his authority over her and 'restore' the natural balance of their dynamic" (Caplen, 2010) A very important thing to note about Sylvia, is that she was not part of Fleming's novel; she was added to the film purely to increase the number of Bond's sexual encounters. Despite being a two dimensional character designed to increase the size of Bond's ego and to show off his masculinity, Sylvia Trench does represent a (partially) liberated female. She is a single woman out to adventure and do a she wishes; indulging in cigarettes, alcohol and gambling. She is a "predatory woman determined acquire Bond" (Caplen, 2010) Although she does appear to be liberated from the constraints of a household and husband, she does seem to only be sexually liberated; she isn't seen again in Dr. No so it cannot be assumed that she is a strong liberated female, and this is reinforced by her brief appearance in From Russia With LoveÂ (1963) where, once again, she was written into the film's script to increase Bond's sexual conquests. The major Bond Girl of Dr.

No is Honey Ryder, played by Swiss actress Ursula Andress. An image of beauty, with a slim figure and large breasts, she was picked by the producers because of her looks, as she had little/no acting experience. [Source needed] First seen walking up the beach out of the water in a white bikini, she made cinema history and set the standard for other bond girls to follow. She walks up the beach in a white bikini, "unselfconscious of her natural beauty and unaware that Bond is watching her." (D'Abo & Cork, 2003, p. 27) When Bond makes himself seen, she asks if he is looking for shells, and he responds "No, I'm just looking", clearly looking at her. After promising he won't steal her shells, she replies "I promise you you won't either. This is interesting; she is confident enough of her ability that she can stop Bond from stealing from her. This gives the impression that she is independent and capable of looking after herself.

This is backed up by the fact that she supports herself financially by selling seashells, she has read the encyclopaedia, and claims that she got revenge over a rapist by putting a black widow spider in his bed. "She does not need Bond to save her except from the consequences of his actions" (D'Abo & Cork, 2003, p. 29) However, despite her apparent independence, her interactions with Bond seem to weaken her character. She acts very childlike and innocent around him, and despite her knowledge of the world, believes in the local rumours of a dragon roaming the island. After seeing the 'dragon', Bond asks her to wait where she is as he moves closer. Unable to stay away from him, she winds up getting them both captured. When the guards take bond, they say leave the girl, but she insists on going with him. Also, only Bond is handcuffed by the guards; it is apparent that they have no interest "the girl", yet she follows as Bond is dragged away. After being escorted to have dinner with Dr. No, they sit and discuss Dr No's plans.

After some time, with Honey sat opposite Bond and staying silent, Bond suggests she be taken away because "she has nothing to do with us". At first she refuses, but Bond insists; "I don't want you here". Dr No agrees, "This is no place for the girl, take her away." The guards come over, remover her from the table and take her away. As she is being taken, Dr. No says "I'm sure the guards will amuse her" Bond reacts to this by trying to free Honey from the guard's grip, but another guard stops him. His concern for Honey is somewhat conflicting with his request she leave; perhaps he believed she would be safer from any dangers coming up if she were away from him. However, this is the last we see of Honey until Bond rescues her minutes before the film ends. Her contribution to the scene was non-existent; she played no part in Bond meeting Dr No, and her only dialogue from the time she wakes up to the time she leaves was about her outfit, and the aquarium in Dr No's lair. Therefore, she was only present in the scene to serve as eye candy for the male viewer.

Off screen she is tied up, awaiting her heroic rescue by Bond at the end of the film. Bond's attitude toward Honey seems to shift somewhat, when they first meet and the guards have destroyed her boat, he sees her as a liability; "What are we going to do with her now?" But as the film progresses he develops more concern for her (possibly even feeling responsible for her), and eventually saves her at the end, as any good hero should. Expanding this to the entire film, Honey serves very little to the narrative of the film, and ultimately only serves as a sexual conquest for Bond. Her character, although given more depth than other female characters in the film, is still somewhat two dimensional. Her contributions to the narrative and to Bond's success and defeat of the villain are minimal; Bond and his colleague, Quarrel would have been just as capable on the island without Honey's appearance. Her only useful moment was when she told Bond she knew of a place to hide on the island. Bond is then tasked with her rescue, being responsible for her capture.

He does this easily without opposition, and in his role as the great prince saving the damsel in distress, his heroic actions therefore give him the right to sleep with her, concluding Bond's adventure and the film. James Bond (character) | Uncyclopedia | Fandom powered by Wikia And now you're dead . The name's Bond... James Bond, an iconic character that has lit up the imaginations of young men for generations. With his Walther PPK, his Aston Martin DB5, and his Gillette razor , Bond has tackled evil villains and saved the world on 24 thrilling cinematic occasions (plus one unofficial one). He is a symbol of rugged masculinity, suave sophistication, and British imperialism. This is a winning formula that should not be messed with. Contents Books Fleming, enjoying his luxurious beach holiday. If James Bond is Jesus, then Ian Fleming is the bloke who wrote The Bible . Between 1953 and 1965, Fleming wrote fourteen books that would make up the Bond testament. It is from his sacred texts that we get M, Q, Moneypenny, and Nic Nac. His works were later parodied in the Monty Python film, The Life of Austin Powers.

In giving the world the gift of Bond, Fleming gave a part of himself. During the Second World War, Fleming worked for the British Intelligence Service , excelling within this shadowy world of secrets and spymastery. The young officer spent his time in intelligence headquarters dreaming up daring examples of British ingenuity and bravery. If jetpacks and poison-arrow-shooting watches had been invented by the 1940s, some of these plans would surely have been put into action. For those without comedic tastes, the self-proclaimed experts at Wikipedia have an article about James Bond (character) . After the war, Fleming went and worked for a newspaper . As he sat at his desk, reporting on the nation's fattest cats and longest-married couples, Fleming's mind would wander to his secret service past. This did have an effect on his work. “ Pussy tucked into her fifth bowl of Whiskers that day. It sat there, having been lightly shaken into the bowl by Pussy's owner, Mrs Beswick, the spoon long since cast aside. Beswick knew the dangers that such a massive consumption of meaty chunks could bring for a cat, but she would not let these worries stand in the way. For she had her plan .

Pussy was to be the biggest, most powerful feline in the world. ” Eventually, someone suggested to Fleming that he write a spy novel. It turned out that he was a natural at it. Every year, Fleming would travel to his Goldeneye resort in Jamaica . There, amongst the golden beaches and crystalline blue sea, Fleming would lock himself in an airless room with a typewriter , facing the wall. He was a bit weird, really. But Fleming was a genius nonetheless and his novels were exported from Jamaica faster than marijuana . It was only a matter of time before the books were turned into films. The Men with the Licence to Kill Look at him. He doesn't care what anybody thinks. He's going to enjoy his cigarette and then go have sex with a supervillain's girlfriend. Some were old, some were young, some were funny, some were serious , some were English , some were Scottish . One of them was Welsh, which was just disgusting. While they have their differences, they all share a common love for killing people and forcing themselves upon women, and for that, we love them. They are our Bonds.

Sean Connery Sean Connery wasn't just a Scottish milkman with a preponderance for overusing "sh" sounds . He wasn't just the first Bond. He was the Bond. The strategy of hiring an unknown, inexperienced actor who was able to take part in the film's daring stunts was a masterstroke. With his work on Dr. No , Connery redefined the role of 007, before anyone else had even had a go. He was cool, but he was also cold and cruel. Connery's Bond was a man you could believe in: tall, strong, handsome, and with a powerful sex appeal. With the best Bond ever at the helm, the new series of Bond films was a magnificent success. Scores of eager fans would queue up at the overflowing cinemas to catch a glimpse of the dashing Scot's powerful sex appeal in such classics as Dr. No, Goldfinger , and Thunderball , all the while speculating on whether this Bond would go on to be the best of all time. They were right. He would be the best 007. Connery brought a gritty realism to the role of Bond.

There is a determination in his eyes that is always there, whether he is fighting SPECTRE, dodging poison tipped high heels, or protecting his money in a Caribbean tax haven. Connery made six classic Bond films, before he was ridiculously cast aside for being too old. However, you can never keep a good 007 down. He would be back in an unofficial Bond film: Never Say Never Again. He may have been in his fifties, but age is irrelevant when you have the power and sex appeal of Connery. The film was a roaring, point-proving success and was by far the best unofficial Bond film ever made. Connery could have been Bond to this day, and the movies, despite his age, would have been the greatest ever. George Lazenby Wait, he looks nothing like Connery. His face is all wrong. And he looks suspiciously Australian . When the Bond producers made the heinous and misguided decision to replace Sean Connery with a younger actor in 1969's On Her Majesty's Secret Service , they committed the biggest, most sacrilegious error in Bond history.

The man they hired in his place was a novice actor whose selection was based entirely on his looks and ability to perform stunts. It was madness. George Lazenby appeared in only one Bond movie, which was a disaster. It made less money than Sean Connery's films, it was less popular with critics than Sean Connery's films and featured fewer images of Sean Connery than Sean Connery's films. On Her Majesty's Secret Service featured many outrageous misjudgements, which mar the film and the series. Bond appears in a kilt (a slap in the face to the Scottish Connery), masquerades as a homosexual (a slap in the face to the powerfully heterosexual Connery) and breaks the fourth wall by talking to the audience (a slap in the face to Connery, who hated his fans). Perhaps worst of all, Lazenby utilises a huge and unwieldy safe-cracking device, which is far less advanced than one used in a previous Connery film. Are we supposed to believe technology went backwards in the intervening two years? The film is most remembered for the ending, where Bond marries his Bond girl, Tracy, who is then killed, presumably for having such a boring name.

Bond cries over her dead body. In this moment, James Bond becomes a pussy. Roger Moore In all Fleming's novels, the phrase "raised eyebrow" does not appear once. Before Sean Connery was offered the role of best Bond ever, Ian Fleming had recommended Roger Moore for the part. In many ways it was a blessing that Fleming did not live long enough to see himself proved so utterly wrong. Under Moore's stewardship the Bond franchise became one big joke. Ridiculously smutty names (Dr Holly Goodhead, Mary Goodnight, Lady Bettie Greatlay, Jane Swallowspunk), ridiculously over the top henchmen and Grace Jones all blighted the era. With quips and double entendres, Moore brought a tongue-in-cheek approach to a firmly tongue-out-of-cheek role. This comedy was taken to its extreme when Bond dressed up as a clown to sneak into a circus in Octopussy . The "Twenty Bonds tumble out of an Aston Martin" scene was cut from the final production. Despite his many glaring flaws and cringe-inducing innuendos, Moore "kept the British end up" as Bond in seven films. Seven! That's more than Connery!

Moore didn't do a decent one after his third, yet they let him do four more! By the time Moore starred in his final 007 adventure, however, he was almost sixty years old and could keep the British end up no longer. With "0070", it was less A View to a Kill and more A Squint at a Slow Descent Into Senility. However, do note that James Bond is meant to be a posh, upperclass Englishman...ENGLISH, not Scottish, Irish or Jamaican. So unfortunately, Moore is the only real bond. Timothy Dalton Maybe if he held a guitar, he'd be less dull. Nope. When Timothy Dalton became the fourth man to play Bond, he brought in a much grittier, darker interpretation of the secret agent. He was dull. Where had the humour gone? Where were the witty asides that could charm the pants off (a then still unfortunately male) M? With Dalton as leading man there was a 63% decrease in double entendres and a 39% increase in nerdy superfluous detail.

Dalton's Bond was also a coward, as evidenced by the start of The Living Daylights , where he refuses to shoot a female hitman hitperson assassin. In fact, the most memorable scene of the film features him sliding downhill on a cello; sliding away from the bad guys. Real men use cars. Furthermore, Dalton's Bond was unpatriotic. In Licence To Kill he leaves the secret service to embark on a revenge mission, abandoning his responsibility to his country in a manner Bond never would. He didn't have a Union Jack parachute either. Dalton's entire persona was an abject failure. Where once Bond had made a witty aside, played a hand of baccarat and proceeded to calmly shoot dead a supervillian with his silenced Walther PPK, Dalton's Bond grunted, put some money on the pools, and clubbed a henchman from behind with a sock full of coins. Dalton was contracted to do three films, but various legal disputes held up filming after the second was released. After five years of the Hollywood equivalent of turning off the lights and hiding behind the sofa until your boring relatives go away, Dalton finally got the hint and quit the role. Pierce Brosnan There are no Russians around.

Let's drink like real Irish ! When James Bond stepped back onto our screens in 1995, he returned to a different world. The Cold War had ended and we were now friends with the Russians. So who was Bond going to kill? The answer to that question is (Russian) petty criminals and media tycoons. While it was nice to see Bond slap around Rupert Murdoch, it lacked the epic history-making spectacle of the Connery past. By the time attentions were turned to North Korea, it was too late. One can only hope that Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev , continues his efforts to renew hostilities with the West. The Bond of the 1990s was also different. He was Irish. Pierce Brosnan, who had previously found fame in Mrs. Doubtfire, became the fifth man to play 007. His Bond lacked the serious grittiness that the role required, replacing it with gadgets, lots of gadgets . Brosnan's O'Bond used an exploding pen, an invisible car, a virtual reality fighting simulator and CGI to help him save the world.

Over the course of Brosnan's four films, Q branch worked overtime, so much so that they had to bring in the disastrously miscast John Cleese as R to help. Not only did Cleese get the better of Bond verbally, but, by having Cleese stand next to a man in a dinner suit, Bond was turned into Manuel from Fawlty Towers. Sean Connery's Bond would never have stood for such treatment. Sean Connery's Bond would have slapped Cleese across the mouth and then had sex with someone's granddaughter. Daniel Craig He's not even wearing a tie. Make an effort blondie! Take a look up the page and study the pictures. Now look to the left. Doesn't look much like James Bond does he? With his blond hair and blue eyes , Daniel Craig is more Barbie than Bond. Cubby Broccoli would have kicked him out of the audition room before he'd said a word. He knew that a blond playing Bond would be as ridiculous as a thin man playing Henry VIII or a northerner playing Doctor Who. The most famous scene from Craig's first film, Casino Royale, shows him strutting out of the ocean modelling tiny swimming trunks, like a tart.

By parading himself in such a way, Craig has become the first Bond boy. This is meant to be some kind of post-modern irony. All it does is make his Bond into a bit of a girl . While all the ladies, who find Bond too violent, gush over his abs and rock hard pecs, the real Bond fans know that this is not the body of a 007. Britain's finest spy should have a powerful, burly physique, with a small forest of hair on his chest. Bond should look like he got his body from wrestling metal-jawed giants in the daytime and then wrestling women into his bedroom in the evening. Craig looks like he got his body from lifting weights, probably whilst wearing a leotard in his local LA Fitness , next door to the waxing salon. Bond music There is only one way to make a Bond theme. The atmospheric brass, the stirring strings, the big, bombastic voice of a Jones or Sinatra . All these are essential music-making kit for a 007. Sadly, there hasn't been a decent James Bond theme since Carly Simon sang "Nobody does it better" for The Spy Who Loved Me .

It should be easy to create a stylish, glitzy, show song, that is new and refreshing, but also exactly mirrors the classics of Bond's 1960s prime. Yet, somehow, Duran Duran , Garbage and Jack White have all failed to emulate Shirley Bassey. Worst of all was Madonna's tinny, tuneless and tinnitus-inducing theme for Die Another Day. The last thing Bond needed was a gyrating grandmother waggling her vagina across the official Bond soundtrack. We'd already had Roger Moore. Highlights of Bond's cinematic legacy Is that Bond? He looks so different! Bond converts a lesbian. Her name was Pussy Galore , the trusted pilot of nefarious villain, Goldfinger. For once, Bond had found a woman immune to his subtle charms. Or so she thought. While Pussy claimed to prefer her namesake, Bond knew she'd be no match for his sophisticated seduction technique: force. Lesbian or not, no woman could resist James's cheeky pin-her-down-in-a-barn-and-ignore-her-screams manoeuvre . They taught that at Eton . A master of disguise.

Having faked his own death at the start of You Only Live Twice, Bond needed to take on an elaborate disguise to mask his second life . His cohort, Tanaka, suggested he could become an authentic Japanese fisherman. So, in between training with the elite ninjas of Japan's secret service, Bond underwent a complex skin pigmentation procedure and was given a new wig. The transformation was complete when Japan's finest scantily-clad cosmetic technicians gave him authentic slitty eyes by way of hand crafted implant. Bond looked a completely new man. To celebrate this, he took part in a traditional Japanese marriage ceremony, the purpose of which one needs expert knowledge of modern espionage to fully comprehend. Dripping Honey. In Doctor No, the first Bond girl , Honey Ryder, made an entrance from the sea that no man or bikini salesperson would ever forget. Singing a delightful song about mango trees, she was there to collect sea shells by the sea shore. But her role wasn't just to mock Connery's troubles with the letter "s," this lady could look after herself too. Her bikini came with a knife. Shark!

Thunderball's villainous protagonist, Largo, not only set new standards for the stylish use of eye patches, he also was an innovative trend-setter in creative murder. Locking Bond and an expendable guard in a swimming pool which was soon to be home to a swarm of hungry sharks , was a beautiful example of the art of the kill. Bond had nowhere to go. That is apart from going through the entrance the sharks were coming down. With his impossibly tiny breathing apparatus, Bond managed to reach the sharks' stylishly unattended home enclosure and walk free. Largo's plan may have failed on this occasion, but his ingenuity would inspire unlucky supervillains for decades to come. These are just the tip of the iceberg amongst many moments that will live long in the memory of devoted fans worldwide. They may never be surpassed, but as long as James Bond is still indisputably better than Jason Bourne , E-ON films will continue producing the best series of films ever conceived.

Question: In which 'James Bond' film did the character 'Honey Ryder' appear?
Answer: 'DR. NO'