"What a fantastic discussion item. I have to admit to being enamored with the simplicity of Goldfinger's plan, but I am so partial to the film that I just might be biased there.

One scheme worth mentioning was Elliot Carver's plans to make money on media by pitting super powers against one another. It's almost like you could see the writers throwing darts at a picture of Rupert Murdoch. And that's before the WSJ acquisition.

'You provide the pictures, and I'll provide the war'"

"And he strikes...like Thunderball. "

"You what scene I love? The SPECTRE "staff meeting" at the beginning of Thunderball -- because you get to hear about all the other little schemes Blofeld & Co. have cooking. They're rather efficient and matter-of-fact about it all -- robbery, blackmail, narcotics -- just another day at the office.

The performance reviews are a bear, though."

"You what scene I love? The SPECTRE "staff meeting" at the beginning of Thunderball -- because you get to hear about all the other little schemes Blofeld & Co. have cooking. They're rather efficient and matter-of-fact about it all -- robbery, blackmail, narcotics -- just another day at the office."

"My favourite scheme, i think, was ... Max Zorins. But that's almost certainly only because my ex girlfriend lives near Silicon Valley.

More seriously, i liked Elliot Carvers plot from Tomorrow Never Dies. It's interesting for me to think about this, because my favourite films were all from the Moore era, and although the evil schemes were good, even i'd be hardpressed to say that any of them are a contender for the absolute best of the series. So i guess for me at least the scheme isn't too integral to making a good Bond movie.

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"I remember Roger Ebert bringing up the point that Zorin wants to destroy Silicon Valley so that there'll be more demand for his computer chips, when, in fact, he'd actually be destroying one of his major customers!"