The Best Film Villains of the 1980’s(?)

While HMSS perhaps might have included Christopher Walken’s “Max Zorin” from A VIEW TO A KILL and Robert Davi’s “Franz Sanchez” from LICENSE TO KILL, (or even Alan Rickman’s “Hans Gruber” from DIE HARD), this is an interesting list of ’80’s film baddies from zencollegekids.com. The list also does illustrate the relatively weak Bond villains of that time compared to the 1960’s and even the 1970’s.

Click here to view the list.

“Biff Tannen”? Ha! Those wacky college kids!

James Bond characters on Facebook

The old tagline was “JAMES BOND DOES IT EVERYWHERE!” and that’s certainly true of Facebook, the social-networking site. It appears that even 007 characters feel compelled to set up Facebook profiles.

One of the most amusing is Ernst Stavro Blofeld. Under relationship status, we’re told, “It’s complicated.” And, of course, his birthdate is listed as May 28, 1908. Ernst provides frequent status updates such as, “SPECTRE always delivers what it promises. Our entire organization survives upon the keeping of those promises. We’re kinda like an evil UPS.” Or, “Catch me soon as the new band leader on ‘The Tonight Show with Ernst Stavro Blofeld’.” Ernst also regularly trades quips with his Facebook friends.

One of those friends is none other than Jane Moneypenny, listing her birthdate as Feb. 14, 1927 and being single. However for those who believe Moneypenny is “Britain’s last line of defense,” may be in for a shock. She inquired with Ernst about a job in SPECTRE. This Facebook saga has yet to play out.

Auric Goldfinger has also surfaced on Facebook (reports of his death, like Mark Twain’s, were apparently exaggerated. He lists his birthdate as June 5, 1917 and his relationship status is also listed as “It’s complicated.” Gold bullion is listed as both his reglious views and interests.

Felix Leiter is also around and, not surprisingly, is listed as a fan of the Felix Leiter fan page.

Others include Franz Sanchez, Emilo Largo, Carl Stromberg and John Kaufman. (There are others, but hey, we don’t have room for everyone.)

Finally there is Bond James, taking on the guise of the mid-1960s Sean Connery, who seems to enjoy trading quips with Ernst and playing Mafia Wars.

Robert Davi’s latest job: voiceover in a political ad

Licence to Kill may not be the most popular James Bond movie but actor Robert Davi made a strong impression as its villain, Franz Sanchez. Here’s his latest “starring” role, that of a narrator in a California political commercial:

Meanwhile, Keith Olbermann had a “quick comment” on his MSNBC show on Feb. 5, mentioning Davi (suggesting the writers of the ad should have given him easier lines than “financial conservatives in name only”). You can check that out by CLICKING HERE. After watching a commercial, there will be a menu of videos from the show. The segment about the commercial should be easy to spot (saying how the ad was baaad or words to that effect).