 Good day fellow Bond fans. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas time. I sure had a great Christmas myself this year because I actually got some presents and among that was this, the James Bond archives, the Specter edition by Tushin Books, edited by Paul Duncan and really as a Bond fan this is a great present to receive as it's probably the most comprehensive Bond book out there at the moment as it details the entire franchise and it's the most up-to-date because it also includes the Specter chapters and the previous version of this which didn't have the Specter chapters Was a more premium version as it was a lot bigger not in terms of pages obviously, but in terms of its format It was like I believe one and a half times bigger than this But still I didn't mind getting a smaller version of this as it's still a huge and heavy book It's made out of cheaper material than the original version But as you can see lots of pages here really heavy, chunky book and since it has a more compact size It's also easier to read so there's nothing but pluses in my book So I definitely wanted to get the most up-to-date version of this So let's open this up and you know just briefly browse through this stuff and kind of do a review here As you open it up. You first get this timetable up from Russia with love The original time scheduling stuff, you know that has all the scenes here and the actors and where they needed to be and It's nice to kind of analyze this stuff on an evening But I'm not gonna go in full detail of this stuff But it's it's definitely something that literally came out of the James Bond archive So it's nice to see that stuff here So as you can see always high resolution nice pictures the book is full of that stuff here, so That's always a plus in my book And I'm willing to bet that there are some pictures in here that you might have never seen before so Great stuff there. I sure saw some pictures. I never saw before here And you get the contents page which includes all the original main titles of the movies as they are You know in the movie themselves, you know There are screen caps from the actual titles when the logo comes on But one of the things I immediately noticed it's just a minor detail is that Skyfall Still just has the logo not a screen from the main titles like all the other movies here And you know, I was expecting them to update that you know I can understand that Spectre just has the logo and not the main titles But Spectre has just been released for a couple of months at this point But Skyfall has already been released for three years. So, you know, that's something they could have updated It's not something I'm holding against them the book obviously because I'm not bothered by it at all But it's just a minor detail that you know, it's worth pointing out here But anyway, as you can see yes, it goes over all the movies even Casino Royale 67 and never say never again the unofficial ones and for the casino Royale 67 especially That's pretty rare that the Bond book just even discusses that and acknowledges it Because that rarely happens. So another big plus there You get this preface which is updated that is from Michael Wilson and Barbara broccoli themselves And it also discusses spectre. So this is something they wrote in this year And when you continue you get a little introduction by Paul Duncan himself and you know, since he's mainly responsible for this book By the way, he has a great writing style. It just reads away like a novel So, you know great stuff to read here. It definitely didn't bore me to read all this stuff The first chapter you're going into is the Ian Fleming chapter and it has his biography and an interview from Playboy which is Not something exclusive to this book because the Playboy interview has been published various times before But it's still an interesting read and one of the things I always find the most fascinating about The interview is when they ask Fleming about his daily routine and Fleming explains how he woke up on Jamaica every time at the same time early in the morning and did some morning baiting in the ocean and then Did some had some breakfast always the same breakfast apparently and he discusses what he eats then and then he started writing 1500 words on his typing machine from the Bond novel had a great lunch And then you know did some more baiting in the ocean And this is great to read all those details about its life and and what kind of person he must have been so Yeah, that's that's great stuff As we move along To the next chapter we get the first movie doctor No, and every time a new movie is introduced You kind of got a picture the main titles and all the details from the movie here You know all the actors and when it was released and all that stuff and then some screens from the opening titles So that's the same with every movie except for Skyfall and Spectre Unfortunately, they didn't update that first for Skyfall which I was hoping for but they didn't you but yeah I've already discussed that before So and then it goes into like 20 pages of talking about doctor No, and it's production mainly and all the stuff that has happened behind the scenes And really I'm willing to bet that no matter how much of a knowledgeable Bond fan you are because I always think I'm I know it all myself But there's all kinds of stuff here trivia or mainly behind-the-scenes stories that I'm sure This book has something you never heard about For me, for example, there was a little story here About honey rider Ursula Andrews, of course I should say being naked in a room and all kinds of guys from the crew She just deliberately came in bringing her breakfast and bringing some other guy breakfast And you know at some point they were like 20 plates there because all of the guys wanted to see her naked And it's just a little tiny background story. I laughed about but I never heard about it I should point out that all the time when the text is you know when the guys are talking because these are just briefs brief parts of people talking so Terence young is saying something copy broccoli and pole Duncan in between has stuff to say So he's kind of the narrator you could say and that adds some small details of what is happening But the pictures never really adds to the actual story the pictures You know for example here. We see the picture of professor dent in the spider, but that scene is discussed on an entirely different page But that doesn't matter. You know it all it's all about dark to know so But I'm just pointing out that the pictures Usually I just something to look at well what they were talking about is something completely different but still like I said before pole Duncan just is the narrator adds some stuff to it and There were some great stories to read about so and the whole book is filled with that I already read the entire doc to know and from Russia with love chapters I'm just gonna go a little bit faster here. So from Russia with love great pictures here and You know it just goes on like that for all of the movies. So here we have gold finger Surely eaten being painted gold and all that stuff I like how they actually thought that the skin needed to breathe so they didn't fully paint her on her belly Which is just weird that they actually thought the skin could really suffocate from paint. It's just you know We are stupid, but it's fun to read all that stuff So yeah, the whole book it has nothing but great pages it goes over everything I'm gonna show you the casino royale chapters too That's this and This is definitely gonna be a lot of fun for me to read because I know so little about this movie I know about all the crazy background stories And how much of a crazy production this has been But I'm definitely definitely gonna read all of this stuff and that's gonna be a lot of fun so Yeah, and it just goes over all the movies like I told you before so um Yeah, I'm not gonna really Feel any more words about it But just browse through and show some great pictures that that are here. You know, this is from moon raker great cinematography that movie Um, so underrated actually, you know for its time. It was a great movie um Wow great pictures. I have of this I haven't even seen before myself So, you know, I've just I had this book for a couple of days now. So um But yes, uh, of course, you probably want to see the the latest pages From spectre as well So i'm gonna quickly show you let's see where that starts. That's here the spectre chapters And as you can see it has some nice pictures from the opening titles here And great information. I can see that craig wilson doesn't talking lay as they do um Let's see ray finds has something to say Ben wish on the homey eras. They'll they'll add some some background stories here So it's gonna be great for me to read this stuff Samandas obviously And yeah, great pictures here So definitely it adds a lot to to the original version to kind of read about the latest movie here And it has great pictures too. So overall I would say I would say this is definitely something worth getting and especially the latest version because The latest version of this book, you know Is more up to date and most of all is cheaper than the original version And it still is cheaper at this very day. So um, I I believe this one now retails for around 50 euros In dollars probably Even less and I believe even on amazon you can get this for like 28 dollars or something and which is a ridiculously low price for Such a comprehensive book of the barn franchise. So Definitely look out for this and if you're a fan of the franchise, it's highly recommended to get this this version of the book um But if you want to have the more premium version the older one is still out there But but really I recommend getting the latest one because it also has Spectre. So, uh, that was a brief look at this book Uh, I hope you enjoyed this video and it helped you out to see kind of what kind of book it is I'm really happy with it and I hope you enjoyed this video. So thanks a lot for watching guys and stay tuned