36: Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

Michelle Yeoh March continues apace as we move from Hong Kong to Hollywood in the second Pierce Brosnan Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies!

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(00:00:43) - Intro.
(00:02:00) - Brad hasn't seen many Bonds, but he's now seen this one (and he also watched GoldenEye on his own time). Plus a little Bond historical discussion.
(00:12:56) - What did Brad think of GoldenEye?
(00:17:40) - Sheryl Crow's Bond theme is not exactly an all-timer. The k.d. lang song, though? Awesome!
(00:20:12) - Getting into the premise of Tomorrow Never Dies.
(00:28:32) - Some production history discussion.
(00:42:24) - More soundtrack talk.
(00:46:16) - Break!
(00:46:41) - We're back, and we're going shopping at a terrorist supermarket.
(00:52:37) - Some more comments on the opening theme/titles.
(00:53:43) - Creating the conflict between the British and the Chinese.
(00:57:33) - Talkin' Judy Dench's M.
(01:01:14) - Time to party with a media mogul and get Teri Hatcher killed.
(01:08:32) - Enter Michelle Yeoh's Wai Lin.
(01:14:10) - Piloting a car with a proto N-Gage.
(01:15:52) - Shout out to Vincent Schiavelli killing it in his one scene.
(01:19:25) - HALO jumps: they're so hot right now. Boat explorations, less so.
(01:21:54) - Bond and Wai Lin are captured! Surely they won't be able to wriggle out of this one?
(01:29:53) - No better way to celebrate escaping mortal danger than with a sexy street shower.
(01:31:31) - Wai Lin's secret base.
(01:33:54) - Crashing the stealth boat.
(01:40:04) - Final thoughts on the film and Brosnan's Bond.
(01:46:51) - Outro.

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