{"id":128667,"date":"2015-11-09T23:21:35","date_gmt":"2015-11-10T06:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/09\/the-best-and-worst-james-bond-villains.html"},"modified":"2015-11-10T15:31:36","modified_gmt":"2015-11-10T22:31:36","slug":"the-best-and-worst-james-bond-villains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/09\/the-best-and-worst-james-bond-villains.html","title":{"rendered":"The Best (and Worst) James Bond Villains"},"content":{"rendered":"

Okay, I have to give this article props for taking pretty much every named and marginally significant Bond adversary, from arch-fiend, to memorably-dying henchperson, and force-ranking them.<\/p>\n

It's hard to really start objecting strongly until you get to the Top 20, but even there it becomes a matter of personal preference (I'll disagree with particulars of the order, but I'm willing to accept them in that ranking), and the general commentary on the top half of the list is pretty spot-on.<\/p>\n

Part of what's interesting is how in those top ranks are the three "anti-Bond" antagonists, an indicator of how a character's dark side is often their best opponent. When used sparingly.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nAll 102 James Bond Villains, Ranked<\/a><\/span>
\nFrom masterminds to henchmen, the final word on 007’s furious foes.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Okay, I have to give this article props for taking pretty much every named and marginally significant Bond adversary, from arch-fiend, to memorably-dying henchperson, and force-ranking them. It's hard to really start objecting strongly until you get to the Top 20, but even there it becomes a matter of personal preference (I'll disagree with particulars … Continue reading “The Best (and Worst) James Bond Villains”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,411],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-james-bond"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25290,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/11\/james-bond-film-pictograms.html","url_meta":{"origin":128667,"position":0},"title":"James Bond film pictograms","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 11-Jan-12 1:51pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Fun.(By Bryan Lenning via http:\/\/superpunch.blogspot.com\/2012\/01\/james-bond-art-contest-results.html via http:\/\/holykaw.alltop.com\/007-pictogram-filmography) #ddtb","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":33230,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/04\/17\/watching-a-james-bond-movie-th.html","url_meta":{"origin":128667,"position":1},"title":"Watching a James Bond movie th…","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 17-Apr-13 9:42pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Watching a James Bond movie that combines elements of Doctor Who, Lord of the Rings, Indiana Jones, and Farscape. 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