Auric Goldfinger Puns

Both are fat, love gold, and cheat at golf. Isn’t it obvious what’s going on here?

In the films, is Auric Goldfinger actually related to SPECTRE? Dr No said that SPECTRE was a separate organisation from SMERSH and the plot of From Russia With Love was to kill bond as revenge for Dr No but Goldfinger doesn’t continue the storyline. Is Auric related to SPECTRE at all or is it a separate storyline from Dr No and From Russia With Love? This is my first time watching the Connery movies so I’m just confused.

Does anyone have a good quality rip of both screentests that were featured on the special features DVD of Goldfinger? I find those screentests so mesmerizing to watch. Both Titos Vandis and Theodore Bikel could've delivered an outstanding performance, just as good as what we got, I'm sure.

The man whom throws his keys at Bond in the parking lot (owner of the then crashed range rover), is he supposed to be Goldfinger?

I had some new players ask about why dragons have hoards, which ones sought what kind of treasure, that sort of thing. It was straightforward enough, and easy to give a satisfying answer for them. But something about it nagged at me and like every good DM I set about drastically overthinking it

I've been replaying Baldur's Gate, getting through the corrupted iron arc. And this week I was stuck in traffic and turning over the idea of dragon hoards in my head. I started picturing a sneaky, puppeteering, polymorphing Dragon who sought to grow his hoard's value not by increasing his own but by destroying other gold with a similar process to BG1, something that might rust gold or transmute gold into lead when you try to spend/mine/refine it.

...and then I realized I'd basically just imagined the plot to one of my favorite Bond movies, Goldfinger. Don'tcha just love when you figure out your brilliant idea is actually someone else's, long ago?

Still! I feel like the idea has merit, something I could develop into an ongoing story arc set in Forgotten Realms or Eberron, but I don't know enough about currency or economics to really predict all that would reasonably happen. IMHO you can tell a good campaign from a bad one by how well they've considered the little details (because players are gonna do their best to poke holes, huh?).

So I'm reaching out here for some advice! I'm imagining plenty of civil unrest as commoners try to pay for things only to have their money turn to rust, merchants and moneylenders going into a panic, monarchs and governors trying to institute bartering or perhaps coining their own money, ect. But I'd love to know what else you think would be effected, especially as it pertains to a setting like this!

And sure, there are easy fixes like "everyone would just switch to silver or electrum," but that's not really in keeping with the spirit of the thought experiment, so I'd probably just change the terms of the Dragon's curse/contaminant/spell/whatever to alter those precious metals as well. I'm sure there are a lot of cool ideas about the gold standard to borrow if I knew any better real world examples. Maybe a developing nation transitioned off gold-backed currency years ago with unforeseen consequences? Or perhaps you know a book on the subject I should read?

If there are any economist-dungeon-master-redditors out there with any solid examples of what happens when a gold-based economy is suddenly disrupted (and how those effects mig

Also, by killing some of the country's biggest mafia representatives, there would be a huge bounty on his head. It would also help pinpoint his name to Operation Grand Slam (FBI and Mafia working together) which would make his life a living hell...at least if he was working under a false identity he could slip away into the unknown much easier.

Am I missing something or should I just take it for what it's worth?

I adore Goldfinger because unlike other Bond villain who want to take over the world this guy just really fucking likes gold. Also unlike other Bond villains his plan actually makes sense and is pretty cool. The first time I saw the movie with friends there was a resounding "well done Goldfinger" when he explained how awesome his plan was. People who want to write antagonists should study Goldfinger. The guy only wears gold and has a mute henchmen who will slice off your head with his hat. Can't get any better than that.

God, that would have been amazing and I hate that it didn't happen. I can't imagine having someone as legendary as him in such a role.

In Goldfinger, we see that Goldfingers gun is gold, so who is to say that he doesn't have a whole collection of various golden guns and Scaramanga somehow got his hands on one after Goldfingers death. I am wondering if there is any evidence for or against this theory

Who's known for having a golden gun? Mr. Goldfinger. He's taller and thinner 'cause he got sucked out through the plane window.

Nearly 60 years into the James Bond franchise, No Time to Die, the latest episode in the series, has become the highest-grossing English-language film of the year. All the more reason to wonder where the sequence is going next. The $771 million that No Time to Die trousered is probably less than the producers would once have hoped for, but that still looks like pre-Covid money. No movie franchise is healthier. Here is where we issue a rare spoiler warning. The next paragraph will address the ending of No Time to Die. So if you haven’t seen it go and read something else. Still with us? To the surprise of almost everyone, the film ended with James Bond giving his life so the rest of us might survive. One could hardly imagine a more uncompromising conclusion to the Daniel Craig era. When he left he took the entire franchise with him. Right? Well, of course not. Barbara Broccoli, who inherited the Bond custodianship from her father Cubby, has done an extraordinary job of growing the venerable brand over the last decade or two. She is not going to walk away and tend her allotment. A number of quaint theories about how the series was to continue sprang up as the news of Bond’s death got about. The decision to temporarily grant Nomi, Lashana Lynch’s character, the 007 assignation was a brilliant bit of trolling, convincing reactionary blowhards that James Bond was now a black woman – but might it also identify the protagonist of the next movie? Closing credits Not a chance. It requires no great immersion in the series’ history to conclude that the USP in the James Bond portfolio is James Bond. Lest anyone be confused, the closing credits reprised a message that cheered 007 fans half a century ago. “James Bond will return in Thunderball,” it said at the end of Goldfinger. We don’t know which vehicle will bring the agent back to our cinemas, but the credits reassured us that “James Bond will return”. Not Nomi. Not Ana de Armas’s Paloma. Not (as has been suggested on some fan sites) James Bond’s daughter.

Sure, there are other main characters like M and Q and all that,” Broccoli told The Hollywood Reporter. “But we haven’t really wanted to make a Bond film without Bond. It would be like making Hamlet without Hamlet.” But James Bond is dead. How can that happen? The notion of a prequel in the current universe doesn’t work. Casino Royale began with Bond securing his “double-oh” status. Any linked precursor would, thus, have to end before Bond became 007. That is not

1. Donald Red Grant
2. Raul Silva
3. Francisco Scaramanga
4. Rosa Klebb
5. Ernst Stavro Blofeld
6. Auric Goldfinger
7. Alec Trevelyan
8. Le Chiffre
9. Dr Kananga
10. Elliot Carver

I'm not a professional critic, but I am going to try and give why I like and dislike all 25 EON Bond Films.

Please free to discuss your all's own opinions!

#25 - Die Another Day: The first Bond film I saw in theaters at six years old, the opening to Die Another Die set the tone for a dark and gritty Bond with many real world parallels. However ice castles and invisible cars derailed it very quickly, along with the whole horrible ice surfing scene. I tend to look for the good in Bond films, but from what I like in Bond films, there isn't much here for me to like.

#24 - A View to a Kill: In term's of missed opportunity Bond films this one is right up there. Imagine if Dalton or Brosnan were able to feed off of a very good Max Zorin and Mayday. My biggest dislike of A View to a Kill is the Roger Moore was entirely too old to still be James Bond, and even as a kid I would easily spot the scenes that Roger Moore was leaving to his stunt double. Still though, A View to a Kill had one of the best villain/henchman pairings in 007 history.

#23 - Diamonds are Forever: Sean Connery's last official Bond film was a huge disappointment then, and now. Connery was almost 15 years younger than Roger Moore in each of their last Bond film's, yet somehow looked the same age. Also, Blofeld was by far the worst in Diamonds are Forever with the whole plastic surgery subplot being confusing. The two Bond girls were also a disappointment. But, seeing Bond in Las Vegas, Mr. Went and Mr. Kidd, along with Connery still having the same Bond Charisma redeem Diamond's are Forever from being the bottom 007 film.

#22 - SPECTRE: The biggest missed opportunity Bond film, ever. All the pieces were there for an all-timer Bond film, yet the execution was horrible. The Bond/Blofeld as adoptive brothers twist was not necessary, Mr. Hinx was wasted to be honest, and Bond and Madeline Swann had no chemistry at the beginning. The opening scene, train fight, and escape from the mountains were excellent action scenes, and Daniel Craig continued his consistent excellence as Bond. Christoph Waltz could've been the best Blofeld ever as well had he been given better material.

#21 - The Man with the Golden Gun: I am not a fan of overly goofy Bond films. What exactly Scaramanga's plot was is still rather unclear to me other than he was a highly trained assassin. The film is just sort of bland until Scaramanga and Bond's amazing duel and tense moments near the end of the film. I know I will

I find the first hour of Goldfinger to be pretty much perfection. It has just about anything you could ever wish for in a James Bond film. Once we get to Auric stud in Kentucky, I feel that things kinda grind to a halt. Bond is pretty much inactive for a good chunk of the remaining runtime and we just see Goldfingers scheme get unveiled then executed.

The whole car getting crushed & Fort Knox assault seem to drag on for a bit too long but ofc there still are some truly excellent moments scattered throughout the back half. I just wish the film could've kept up the quality and momentum of the first hour. Still a all-time classic but that second half keeps it from being a 10/10, for me.

Thoughts?

Following his failed attempt to irradiate the gold reserves allegedly held in Fort Knox, I can report the elusive Auric Goldfinger has returned almost 60 years later to hatch his latest scheme.

You might have noticed Sprott has started to accumulate physical Uranium, Sprott's massive physical holdings are stored in many the same vaults used by the LBMA and Comex to house a large proportion of the worlds silver and gold supplies. By storing the uranium in proximity to these other metals it means they will soon become dangerously radioactive, this will impact physical withdrawals for at least the next 4.6 billion years.

The UK are helpless to prevent this from happening at the LBMA vaults due to their top operative being in lockdown for the last 18 months. A spokesman for MI6 said they were currently following up on a lead and are looking for a rotund Korean man wearing a bowler, dress-coat and pinstriped trousers.

Never take your eye off the ball.

Auric Goldfinger= Member of the Aurum - wants to possess all Eberron, Khyber, and Siberys dragon shards.

Francisco Scaramanga - Artificer Artillarist/Rogue Assassin, Killer for hire

Ernst Stavro Blofeld = Member of Aurum, schemes to start war between Aundair and Thrane for fun and profit.

Just spinning some ideas for fun. Can anybody give any examples.

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#3 Golfinger (1964)

What a wonderfully charming continuation to the Bond franchise! Out of the Sean Connery era, “Goldfinger” is usually regarded as the undisputed best and from what I’ve seen so far, I couldn’t agree more.

This film is full of iconic moments and already starts off with a bang! The pre-title sequence is an incredibly fun mini-adventure, with one very satisfying and iconic death at the end, which then leads into the famous title sequence, which I certainly needn’t say, is superb both in its incredible graphics of gold-painted girls (which actually becomes relevant later in the story) with scenes projected onto them and also in the classic Shirley Bassey track that serves as the theme for this film and sets its tone beautifully.

The rest of the music is also great, though I must continue to complain about its sparse use, the car chase at Auric Enterprises in Geneva would have particularly benefited from a backing track to add to its excitement. With regards to story, it again achieves the balance between intrigue and clarity that is necessary for a truly entertaining tale.

The action here is at it’s best so far; the car chase, in spite of the lack of music, is still very well choreographed and 007’s Aston Martin’s features are incredibly well utilised in the scene; the final scene at Fort Knox (which contains, by the way, the best set in the series so far, that is, the vault) is also spectacular, in particular Bond’s fight with Oddjob, where Bond outsmarts his foe by using the environment as a weapon, results in the most satisfying death in the series so far, it’s simply perfect.

Regarding the Aston Martin, this film contains the first proper Q scene in the series, adding perhaps the last missing ingredient to the Bond formula that was gradually being developed during the past 3 films. The scene in question is very charming, as are the gadgets Bond is given in the form of the before mentioned Aston Martin.

Sean Connery, again, gives what is basically a perfect performance as Bond, perhaps his best yet, but I won’t dwell on this since his marvellous performance has been one of the only constants throughout all three films. Let me instead shine some light on the character that really makes this film, the main villain, Auric Goldfinger, played in conjunction by Gert Fröbe, who did the acting, and Micha

Just for a bit of fun, I've been imagining what SPECTRE might be like if the criminal underworld of the James Bond movies was all interconnected, like the supervillain community in Marvel or DC comic books. I picked twelve major villains whom I thought would make sense sitting at the big table, and then created some sub-categories for other types. You can let me know what you think, or you can share your own suggestions and rationalizations.

The Big Table

Ernst Stavro Blofeld

Dr. No

Rosa Klebb

Auric Goldfinger

Emilio Largo

Dr. Kananga

Karl Stromberg

Hugo Drax

Kamal Khan

Max Zorin

Elliot Carver

Dominic Greene

Specialists

These are characters who specialize in a particular department of SPECTRE's dealings. Though subordinate to the twelve bosses, they're still powerful and occupy leadership positions within their own departments.

Aris Kristatos - smuggling

Le Chiffre - banking and accounting

Boris Grishenko - computers and hacking

Kronsteen - strategy

Osato - chemicals

Brad Whitaker - weapons

Franz Sanchez - drugs

Max Denbigh - espionage

Fiona Volpe and Helga Brandt - seduction and honey traps

Mr. White - head of assassinations

Soldiers

These are the hitmen; the people you send to do the dirty work. I didn't include henchmen who have a particular loyalty to one of the villains (like Oddjob or Mayday, for example); they'd be working for SPECTRE by extension of being employed by a SPECTRE member, but you wouldn't see Oddjob popping up randomly to do a job for Drax or Stromberg.

Red Grant

Jaws

Xenia Onatopp

Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd

Emile Locque

Mr. Hinx

Dr. Kaufman

Necros

Independent Contractors

These characters aren't members of SPECTRE, but do business with them semi-routinely.

Francisco Scaramanga

Alec Trevelyan

Renard

Gustav Graves

Raoul Silva

Do your worst!

1. Christopher Lee As Dr. No in Dr. No
2. Mark Strong As Renard In The World Is Not Enough
3. Chiwetel Ejiofor As Blofeld In Spectre
4. Lee Van Cleef As Whitaker In The Living Daylights
5. Anthony Hopkins As Elliot Carver In Tomorrow Never Dies
6. Orson Welles As Auric Goldfinger In Goldfinger
7. Rutger Hauer As General Orlov In Octopussy
8. David Bowie As Max Zorin in A View To A Kill
9. Jean Reno As Renard In The World Is Not Enough
10. Al Pacino As General Medrano In Quantum Of Solace
11. Jack Palance As Francisco Scaramanga In The Man With The Golden Gun
12. James Mason As Karl Stromberg In The Spy Who Loves Me
13. Faye Dunaway As Octopussy In Octopussy
14. Gary Oldman As Blofeld In Spectre
15. Frank Sinatra As Hugo Drax In Moonraker

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For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

Now that Amazon is in the mix, it’s only a matter of time before we get 10 brand new TV series set in the MI-6iverse (or Shaken Not Stirrediverse, if you like)

So start pitching shows everybody!

And don’t whine about EON/Amazon autonomy, we’re just having fun here!

I’ll go first:

AURIC IN THE ISLES it’s a remake of the Tom Hanks movie Castaway but stars Auric Goldfinger waking up on a deserted island after being sucked out of an airplane.

The logo is a picture of Wilson but made with a golden handprint.

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Perhaps the most iconic of all Bond girls, Pussy Galore appears in 1964's Goldfinger, played by blonde bombshell Honor Blackman. She works for Auric Goldfinger as his personal pilot, and also heads a troupe of female aviators called Pussy Galore's Flying Circus. (Less amusing than Monty Python's Flying Circus, but its members are hotter.) She's a capable hand at judo, and is even able to throw James Bond for a loop. She is said to be a lesbian, because the Pussy Galore of the novel is a lesbian, but the film glosses over her sexual proclivities and leaves the matter ambiguous. She claims to be "immune" to Bond's charms, but that could mean anything. She might just be frigid.

As part of Goldfinger's assault on Fort Knox, Pussy and her pilots are supposed to use their planes to spray some sort of sleeping agent over the base. Given her character, it's unlikely that she knew the agent would actually be a deadly nerve gas. People criticize Pussy's turn to the side of the angels for being contrived, as if Bond used his dick to make her a good guy. I think it's more likely, however, that she balked at the prospect of murdering thousands of people. Informing the CIA of Goldfinger's plan was the natural course of action, even if she hadn't gotten some of that legendary 007 sex.

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The literary Pussy Galore is quite different. Unlike the film version, she is an out-and-proud lesbian. (She ultimately reveals that her uncle molested her when she was twelve, putting her off men for life.) She wears a black, masculine-cut suit, and, instead of being a blonde, she has black hair worn in an "untidy urchin cut". She was born into poverty, and fell into juvenile delinquency. She joined the circus for a while, becoming an acrobat. When she went back out on her own, she recruited other female acrobats and formed a troupe called Pussy Galore's Trapeze Flyers to perform at carnivals. When the business failed, Pussy and her girls utilized their skills for cat burglary instead. Eventually, they became a proper criminal organization called the Cement Mixers, operating out of Harlem. (This might have served as partial inspiration for the movie Octopussy.)

Pussy's gang, along with several other crime families, is enl

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