Being a science fiction columnist, I generally prefer green Orion dancing girls or the kind of woman that can go toe-to-toe with a xenomorph while trying to save planet Earth. But the Captain of the USS Action A Go Go asked that I take on the task of a new Thursday series entitled Vintage Vixens.
(Ok. He didn't actually use the word "vintage," but I like alliteration. If we ever go with "modern" vixens on a Thursday, I'll be sure to point it out.)
Picking a focus for the very first Vintage Vixens was not difficult. Apparently, you humans have been favoring what are called "Bond Girls" for over fifty years. Please find below images culled from almost every Bond film ever made, starting with 1962's Dr. No through 2012's Skyfall.
And even though they're not from planets such as Kronos or Andoria, they certainly sound like they are, having names like Xenia Onatopp, Solange and Pussy Galore.
Enjoy!
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| Ursula Andress as Honey Ryder, Dr. No, 1962. |
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| Daniela Bianchi as Tatiana Romanova, From Russia With Love, 1963. |
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Claudine Auger as Domino Derval, Thunderball, 1965. |
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Lana Wood as Plenty O'Toole, Diamonds Are Forever, 1971. |
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| Barbara Bach as Anya Amasova, The Spy Who Loved Me, 1977. |
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| Loise Chiles as Holly Goodhead (yes...that's the character's name), Moonraker, 1979. |
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Lynn Holly-Johnson, as Bibi, For Your Eyes Only, 1981. |
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Maude Adams, as Octopussy, Octopussy, 1983. |
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| Barbara Carrera as Fatima Blush, Never Say Never Again, 1983. |
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| Tanya Roberts as Stacey Sutton, A View to a Kill, 1985. |
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| Talisa Soto as Lupe Lamora, Licence to Kill, 1989. |
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| Famke Janssen as Xenia Onatopp (again...yes...the character's real name), GoldenEye, 1995. |
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Teri Hatcher as Paris Carver, Tomorrow Never Dies, 1997. |
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| Denise Richards as Christmas Jones and Sophie Marceau as Elektra King, The World Is Not Enough, 1999. |
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| Rosamund Pike as Miranda Frost, Die Another Day, 2002. |
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Caterina Murino as Solange, Casino Royale, 2006. |
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| Olga Kurylenko as Camille, Quantum of Solace, 2008. |
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| Berenice Marlohe as Severine, Skyfall, 2012. |
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| Tricia Helfer as Caprica Six, The Cylon Who Loved Me, release date unknown. |
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| Jolene Blalock as T'Pol, From Vulcan With Love, 2156. |
If you've any ideas for future Vintage Vixen posts, please let me know. Thanks, and see you next week!
Stephen Sumner is the science fiction columnist for Action A Go Go. He's proficient in Klingon swearing and has attempted the Vulcan process of Kolinar (with only mild success.) His favorite sci-fi series include Firefly, Battlestar Galactica and Star Trek. He can be followed on Twitter at https://twitter.com/VierLights or on the Tumblr machine at http://vierlights.tumblr.com/.
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