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! CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.