Deathmatch 2025

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I love my CommanderBond.net Peace Prize trophy and medal. Polystyrene but sprayed gold/weird orange, the trophy is a depiction of Dou-Dou en repose, held aloft by replicas of Dr No’s metal claws, Melina Havelock’s moustache and Elvis’ wig. The medal, one shall wear with great pride and especially when I’m deworming the dog.

I instigated the award, I was the only voter and still I’m not as corrupt as FIFA.

Anyway, clumsy and leaden satire aside, let’s subject you to the form table after the Semi-Final stage of Other Villainy:

Film % (% shift) Form shift
1 TSWLM 79.03 (-2.92) -
2 FRWL 75.47 (-3.61) -
3 DAF 75.42 (-) +1
4 Moonraker 74.47 (-) +1
5 Thunderball 72.31 (-5.64) -2
6 YOLT 67.92
7 OHMSS 65.98 (-) +1
8 LALD 64.56 (-3.06) -1
9 Goldfinger 63.34
10 Octopussy 58.38
11 Casino Royale 51.8
12 FYEO 42.4
13 NTTD 37.28
14 TND 36.56
15 GoldenEye 34.35
16 Dr No 32.25
17 AVTAK 32.08
18 Skyfall 31.85
19 Licence to Kill 31.54
20 TLD 29.05
21 Spectre 21.85
22 QoS 21.85
23 TMwtGG 21.85
24 TWINE 20.3
25 Die Another Day 11.68

Still a bit to play for, evidently, and although the 3rd Place Death-Off brings up a repeat fixture between Live and Let Die and Thunderball, that doesn’t mean that the supercomputer is buggered, nor that there can’t be a different outcome…

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OK, so the final fallout of the Other Villainy category for 2025 provides the below. There is actually something interesting this time.

Deathmatch Knockout

1: The Spy who Loved Me
2: From Russia with Love
3: Live and Let Die
4: Thunderball

Other Villainy Deathmatch outcomes over the years

2023 2024 2025
Winner Moonraker Moonraker TSWLM
Runner-Up FRWL DAF FRWL
3rd TSWLM TSWLM LALD
4th LALD Thunderball Thunderball

There’s nothing here after 1979. Modern Villainy is rubbish. Modern Henching is rubbish. Modern Other Villainy is rubbish. A theme doesn’t so much emerge as announce itself, screaming.

Deathmatch Knockout outcomes to date 2025

You might need to scroll along by this point, depending on the girth of your screen.

Villain Song Bond Women Hench Titles Victims Costume/Garb Other Villainy
Winner Goldfinger Live and Let Die Goldfinger OHMSS The Spy who Loved Me Casino Royale From Russia with Love Goldfinger The Spy who Loved Me
Runner-Up Skyfall Diamonds are Forever Thunderball Casino Royale Goldfinger The Spy who Loved Me Moonraker Casino Royale From Russia with Love
3rd Moonraker The Spy who Loved Me From Russia with Love Thunderball Diamonds are Forever OHMSS Goldfinger Thunderball Live and Let Die
4th From Russia with Love You Only Live Twice Casino Royale Goldfinger GoldenEye Live and Let Die No Time to Die From Russia with Love Thunderball

The 1960s take half the places. The Reboot years don’t do too badly with 1/6 of the places. The 1980s - ah, the decayed decade - nuffink.

Final Form Table - Other Villainy

Film % (% shift) Form shift
1 TSWLM 75.88 (-3.15) -
2 DAF 75.42 (-) +1
3 Moonraker 74.47 (-) +1
4 FRWL 71.81 (-3.66) -2
5 YOLT 67.92 (-) +1
6 Thunderball 66.12 (-5.19) -1
7 OHMSS 65.98
8 LALD 65.14 (+0.58) -
9 Goldfinger 63.34
10 Octopussy 58.38
11 Casino Royale 51.8
12 FYEO 42.4
13 NTTD 37.28
14 TND 36.56
15 GoldenEye 34.35
16 Dr No 32.25
17 AVTAK 32.08
18 Skyfall 31.85
19 Licence to Kill 31.54
20 TLD 29.05
21 Spectre 21.85
22 QoS 21.85
23 TMwtGG 21.85
24 TWINE 20.3
25 Die Another Day 11.68

The Spy who Loved Me scores a Grand Slam across the Knockout and the Form, which is impressive enough and will probably give it a bit of a leg up when it comes to the final positions at the end of the month, not least because Goldfinger performed (relatively, for Goldfinger) poorly. Peak Other Villainy seems to be the 1970s, which is amusing.

Other Villainy Category - Seeds and Pots for 2026

2023 2024 2025 Avge Pot/Seed
Dr No 18 13 16 15.67 P1
FRWL 1 3 4 2.67 S2
Goldfinger 6 7 9 7.33 S7
Thunderball 2 5 6 4.33 S5
YOLT 9 9 5 8 S8
OHMSS 12 10 7 9.67 S10
DAF 4 6 2 4 S4
LALD 10 4 8 7.33 S6
TMwtGG 24 22 23 23 P3
TSWLM 3 2 1 2 S1
Moonraker 5 1 3 3 S3
FYEO 14 16 12 14 P1
Octopussy 8 8 10 8.67 S9
AVTAK 21 14 17 17.33 P2
TLD 20 18 20 19.33 P3
LTK 11 12 19 14 P1
GoldenEye 17 17 15 16.33 P2
TND 23 15 14 17.33 P2
TWINE 19 21 24 21.33 P3
DAD 25 24 25 24.66 P3
CRoyale 7 11 11 9.67 P1
QoS 22 23 22 22.33 P3
Skyfall 13 25 18 18.67 P2
Spectre 16 20 21 19 P2
NTTD 15 19 13 15.67 P1

Peak Other Villainy plainly isn’t after 1983, and even then Octopussy’s a lowish Seed. This requires some attention.

Some consistency, but also some fairly alarming drops (Licence to Kill seems to be out of favour this year, generally). That’ll impact the Bonus Points position, as will Goldfinger’s small drop in form…

Most Valuable Player

Placings Wins Top Tens Top Form Points
Goldfinger 6 3 9 4 22
TSWLM 4 2 8 1 15
FRWL 5 1 6 1 13
Casino Royale 4 1 5 2 12
Thunderball 4 0 8 0 12
OHMSS 2 1 7 0 10
Moonraker 2 0 7 0 9
Live and Let Die 3 1 4 1 9
Skyfall 1 0 5 0 6
DAF 2 0 4 0 6
YOLT 1 0 4 0 5
NTTD 1 0 3 0 4
GoldenEye 1 0 2 0 3

Even with a slightly underwhelming performance, Goldfinger still notches up another Top Ten Finish. The Spy who Loved Me grabbing lots of points for this category shifts it up the table, but is there enough time left to be really impactful?

Probably not.

Top Ten of Everything to Date

9 visits to Top Ten 8 visits to Top Ten 7 visits to Top Ten 6 Visits to Top Ten 5 Visits to Top Ten 4 Visits to Top Ten 3 visits to Top Ten 2 visits to Top Ten 1 visit to Top Ten Yet to bother the scorers
Goldfinger Thunderball OHMSS From Russia with Love Casino Royale Dr No Licence to Kill Octopussy For Your Eyes Only TMwtGG
The Spy who Loved Me Moonraker Skyfall You Only Live Twice No Time to Die The Living Daylights TWINE Tomorrow Never Dies
DAF GoldenEye Spectre Die Another Day
LALD Quantum of Solace
AVTAK

Can any of the Zero Group get out of it? With the current Sets & Locations category, there might be a possibility for The Man with the Golden Gun, but even that’s an outside chance. Can Goldfinger yet make it a perfect 12?

IT IS SO TENSE THAT I HAVE ABOLISHED YOU.

Bonus Points to date

1 Goldfinger 26
2 OHMSS 25
3 Skyfall 13
4 No Time to Die 12
5 For Your Eyes Only 11
6 The Living Daylights 11
7 Octopussy 10
8 You Only Live Twice 8
9 Spectre 6
10 A View to a Kill 3
11 TSWLM 2
12 Tomorrow Never Dies 1
13 Thunderball 1
14 TWINE 1
15 Quantum of Solace 0
16 GoldenEye -2
17 Die Another Day -5
18 Dr No -5
19 From Russia with Love -6
20 Casino Royale -8
21 Live and Let Die -10
22 TMwtGG -11
23 Moonraker -16
24 Diamonds are Forever -22
25 Licence to Kill -30

At the end of a category, the Bonus Points thing is adjusted for each place up or down on the Form Table against the previous year. Licence to Kill was 12th for Other Villainy in 2024 but 19th this year, hence a drop of a further 7 points.

The “interesting” thing is Goldfinger dropping a couple of points from last year and OHMSS gaining three; that all draws it a little closer as the final three categories beckon…

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With the Group Stage of Sets & Locations done, unleash yer peepers on this:

Group A Played W D L F A GD % Points
Moonraker 4 4 0 0 62 2 60 96.88 12
Goldfinger 4 3 0 1 40 24 16 62.5 9
GoldenEye 4 2 0 2 27 37 -10 42.19 6
Spectre 4 1 0 3 20 44 -24 31.25 3
AVTAK 4 0 0 4 11 53 -42 17.18 0

Not sure there’s ever been such a high percentage for a Group winner; two walkovers and two matches with just one vote against in each. Moonraker is indeed out of this World, in a slightly terrifying manner given there’s still all of this category to go. Interesting that A View to a Kill does so poorly (although not as poorly as some); the locations seem quite pleasant but maybe that is just not enough. No film located in any substantial way in the United States tops a group; Goldfinger gets closest, but then it would, wouldn’t it?

Group B Played W D L F A GD % Points
TSLWM 4 4 0 0 57 3 54 95 12
Skyfall 4 3 0 1 37 23 14 61.65 9
Octopussy 4 2 0 2 34 26 8 56.68 6
TND 4 1 0 3 17 43 -26 28.33 3
Licence to Kill 4 0 0 4 5 48 -43 8.35 0

Licence to Kill is really getting a hammering this year, and not least in the Bonus Points challenge. Perhaps its fly-blown tatty locations were never going to get it very far here. The Spy who Loved Me comes very close to Moonraker and one suspects they will meet in the Final but odder things have happened, like Tomorrow Never Dies being a bit underappreciated here? Albeit it’s obvious that various sets are all built in the one big shed, I s’pose.

Group C Played W D L F A GD % Points
YOLT 4 4 0 0 59 5 54 92.19 12
NTTD 4 3 0 1 33 31 2 51.56 9
DAF 4 2 0 2 36 28 6 56.25 6
TLD 4 1 0 3 15 49 -34 24.44 3
QoS 4 0 0 4 17 47 -30 26.56 0

Chaotic Group, this, given that despite better form, Diamonds are Forever and to a lesser extent Quantum of Solace don’t capitalise on that with more wins. Diamonds are Forever is of course set largely in the USA so it was fated not to do that well.

Group D Played W D L F A GD % Points
OHMSS 4 4 0 0 60 4 56 93.75 12
Casino Royale 4 3 0 1 41 23 18 64.06 9
LALD 4 2 0 2 28 34 -6 46.16 6
FYEO 4 1 0 3 23 39 -16 37.81 3
TWINE 4 0 0 4 5 57 -52 8.21 0

The only Group without any Ken Adam in it but still the 1960s film wins out. Hmm. TWINE seems to be filmed through a cup of mud by depressed people so it’s not surprising that comes rock bottom.

Group E Played W D L F A GD % Points
Thunderball 4 4 0 0 53 12 41 81.71 12
FRWL 4 3 0 1 36 29 7 55.79 9
GGun 4 1 1 2 32 33 -1 48.81 4
Dr No 4 1 1 2 27 37 -10 42.19 4
DAD 4 0 0 4 14 51 -37 21.5 0

Surprise outcome here being that The Man with the Golden Gun gets through as a Lucky Loser, and I suppose the locations and sets are fine even if big bags of bog all happen in them. Die Another Day clings on jealously to a last place, although that’s not the worst it has done and some of its locations and sets do at least try, which is more than can be said for a lot of the rest of it.

Form Table - Group Stage - Sets & Locations

Film Form % Seed Group Outcome
1 Moonraker 96.88 1 Winner A
2 TSWLM 95 2 Winner B
3 OHMSS 93.75 4 Winner D
4 YOLT 92.19 3 Winner C
5 Thunderball 81.71 5 Winner E
6 Casino Royale 64.06 7 R-Up D
7 Goldfinger 62.5 10 R-Up A
8 Skyfall 61.65 R-Up B
9 Octopussy 56.68 9 Lucky Loser 1
10 DAF 56.25 Lucky Loser 2
11 FRWL 55.79 6 R-Up E
12 No Time to Die 51.56 8 R-Up C
13 TMwtGG 48.81 Lucky Loser 3
14 Live and Let Die 46.16 Lucky Loser 4
15 GoldenEye 42.19 Lucky Loser 5
16 Dr No 42.19 Lucky Loser 6
17 FYEO 37.81
18 Spectre 31.25
19 TND 28.33
20 QoS 26.56
21 TLD 24.44
22 DAD 21.5
23 AVTAK 17.18
24 Licence to Kill 8.35
25 TWINE 8.21

That’s a pretty intimidating top four, perhaps top five if you like getting moist. Significant gap there between those and the rest of it. Across the Groups, seven of the fifty matches produced a walkover which I suspect is the most ever, so it looks like there are some very strongly held views pro- and contra- here, which is a pleasing bedrock for upsetting levels of carnage.

Bonus Points to Date

1 OHMSS 27
2 Goldfinger 27
3 Skyfall 17
4 The Living Daylights 11
5 No Time to Die 10
6 You Only Live Twice 9
7 For Your Eyes Only 8
8 Octopussy 7
9 The Spy who Loved Me 5
10 Thunderball 4
11 Spectre 4
12 A View to a Kill 1
13 Tomorrow Never Dies -1
14 TWINE -1
15 Quantum of Solace -3
16 Die Another Day -4
17 GoldenEye -5
18 Live and Let Die -7
19 Casino Royale -7
20 TMwtGG -8
21 Dr No -8
22 From Russia with Love -9
23 Moonraker -13
24 Diamonds are Forever -21
25 Licence to Kill -33

Ooh. Both OHMSS and Goldfinger picked up points, but OHMSS picked up more, so goes top. Also for a bit of variety. Licence to Kill must have overperformed last year and given that one of the categories yet to come is “Score” it might be totally beyond rescue soon. Still, it is open to it to improve significantly next year. It couldn’t do much worse - could it?

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Yes, yes, most impressive. May I touch it? Will it go off if I do? It does pong a bit. Interestingly veined down the side. Creamy.

So much for your artisan Stilton, it’s time for a quick look at the Form Table for Sets & Locations after the Second Round:

Film % (% shift) Form shift
1 Moonraker 96.38 (-0.5) -
2 OHMSS 92.64 (-1.11) +1
3 YOLT 91.39 (-0.8) +1
4 TSWLM 88.94 (-6.06) -2
5 Thunderball 78.71 (-3) -
6 Casino Royale 65.35 (+1.29) -
7 Goldfinger 65.3 (+2.8) -
8 FRWL 57.57 (+1.78) +3
9 Skyfall 55.2 (-6.45) -1
10 DAF 52.06 (-4.19) -
11 No Time to Die 48.31 (-3.25) +1
12 Octopussy 46.46 (-10.22) -3
13 Live and Let Die 43.59 (-2.57) +1
14 TMwtGG 41.41 (-7.4) -1
15 Dr No 38.45 (-3.74) +1
16 FYEO 37.81 (-) +1
17 GoldenEye 36.11 (-6.08) -2
18 Spectre 31.25
19 TND 28.33
20 QoS 26.56
21 TLD 24.44
22 DAD 21.5
23 AVTAK 17.18
24 Licence to Kill 8.35
25 TWINE 8.21

The top four are shuttling around, and arguably Thunderball is keeping its flipper in the mix although a Quarter-Final against Moonraker might be a challenge.

Big loser this time around is Octopussy, shot out of a cannon and out of the Top Ten; which on Top Ten finishes to date still leaves A View to a Kill as the best of the 1980s so far this year. Hmm.

From Russia with Love rises, Goldfinger does a Goldfingering thing (urr) and Casino Royale puts up a plucky but one suspects doomed fight to be best of the rest. It may after all have been better to have set the casino in Outer! Space! I would consider that a distinct improvement. You can have that idea for free, Bezos you ghastly tick. Whilst on, it’s quite obvious where the deliveries are meant to go if no-one’s in; why do your truculent persons dump them in the hedge?

Enough; onwards and upwards. Unless you are Octopussy, obv.

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Oh, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty.

Dirty.

But lovely.

Having contemplated my biodynamic compost heap, time for a peek at the Form Table for Sets & Locations, such Sets & Locations having leapt o’er the Quarter-Finals stage:

Film % (% shift) Form shift
1 Moonraker 92.35 (-4.03) -
2 OHMSS 90.17 (-2.47) -
3 YOLT 90.04 (-1.35) -
4 TSWLM 87.08 (-1.86) -
5 Thunderball 70.23 (-8.48) -
6 Goldfinger 58.17 (-7.13) +1
7 Casino Royale 57.24 (-8.11) -1
8 Skyfall 55.2 (-) +1
9 DAF 52.06 (-) +1
10 FRWL 51.68 (-5.89) -2
11 No Time to Die 48.31
12 Octopussy 46.46
13 Live and Let Die 43.59
14 TMwtGG 41.41
15 Dr No 38.45
16 FYEO 37.81
17 GoldenEye 36.11
18 Spectre 31.25
19 TND 28.33
20 QoS 26.56
21 TLD 24.44
22 DAD 21.5
23 AVTAK 17.18
24 Licence to Kill 8.35
25 TWINE 8.21

So it’s basically the top four now, and they are the Semi-Finalists and that was probably always going to be the case. It is closer than it looks there, so a form win for Moonraker isn’t a complete given, however probable it may look.

Desert, Las Vegas and an oil rig overcome Balkans, Istanbul and The Orient Express. Such is democracy. Always was an iffy idea. Why are my hands suddenly so small and satsuma-like?

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I can definitely get behind that top four!

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Interesting to see only 1 top 10 Peter Lamont placing. I don’t want to belittle anyone’s contribution to the series that I love, but Ken Adam and Syd Cain’s aesthetic was just on a different level to Lamont, and think their absence is one of the chief reasons that, despite incredible stunts, plots and performances, 80’s onwards Bond never again felt as magnificent as it did in ‘79.

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No thank you; but it is kind of you to offer. Now put your clothes on, and I’ll buy you an ice cream. Not that that’s itself uncreepy.

Whilst we contemplate what Bibi Dahl is actually for on any sort of dramatic basis other than to generate some very disturbing ideas, we can soothingly distract ourselves with how the Form Table is going now that the Semi-Finals for Sets & Locations are through:

Film % (% shift) Form shift
1 Moonraker 90.06 (-1.75) -
2 OHMSS 85.86 (-4.31) -
3 TSWLM 80.35 (-6.73) +1
4 YOLT 80.03 (-10.01) -1
5 Thunderball 70.23
6 Goldfinger 58.17
7 Casino Royale 57.24
8 Skyfall 55.2
9 DAF 52.06
10 FRWL 51.68
11 No Time to Die 48.31
12 Octopussy 46.46
13 Live and Let Die 43.59
14 TMwtGG 41.41
15 Dr No 38.45
16 FYEO 37.81
17 GoldenEye 36.11
18 Spectre 31.25
19 TND 28.33
20 QoS 26.56
21 TLD 24.44
22 DAD 21.5
23 AVTAK 17.18
24 Licence to Kill 8.35
25 TWINE 8.21

There’s still something to play for, if not necessarily top spot unless a very great surprise is to emerge in the final round of the Knockout. That being doubtful, places 2 to 4 seem up for grabs but if You Only Live Twice suffers a similar hammering there, perhaps even place 5.

MY GOD IT IS SO TENSE THAT I HAVE LIQUIDISED THE ELDERLY OF GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN.

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I saw Mummy kissing Santa Claus.

Enough of my childhood trauma - although she did have a penchant for fictional persons, not least that time she gave Hannibal Lecter a nibble.

Anyway, enough merriment and counselling aside, it’s time (when is it not?) to reflect on the outcomes of Sets & Locations for 2025:

Winner: Moonraker
Second: OHMSS
Third: You Only Live Twice
Fourth: The Spy who Loved Me

Sets & Locations Knockouts over the years

2023 2024 2025
Winner Moonraker Moonraker Moonraker
Runner-Up TSWLM OHMSS OHMSS
3rd OHMSS TSWLM YOLT
4th NTTD Goldfinger TSWLM

Hmm. For all the criticism of it over the years, it looks like we want Outer! Space!. One understands that this grotty man who owns both Bond and that Shopping Channel thing has a spaceship of some description, so perhaps…

Deathmatch Knockout outcomes to date 2025

You might need to scroll along, if so tempted.

Villain Song Bond Women Hench Titles Victims Costume/Garb Other Villainy Sets & Locations
Winner Goldfinger Live and Let Die Goldfinger OHMSS The Spy who Loved Me Casino Royale From Russia with Love Goldfinger The Spy who Loved Me Moonraker
Runner-Up Skyfall Diamonds are Forever Thunderball Casino Royale Goldfinger The Spy who Loved Me Moonraker Casino Royale From Russia with Love OHMSS
3rd Moonraker The Spy who Loved Me From Russia with Love Thunderball Diamonds are Forever OHMSS Goldfinger Thunderball Live and Let Die You Only Live Twice
4th From Russia with Love You Only Live Twice Casino Royale Goldfinger GoldenEye Live and Let Die No Time to Die From Russia with Love Thunderball The Spy who Loved Me

What to make of this? 40 places filled, but only by 13 films so that’s near enough half of the films not doing anything. Possibly because about half of the films don’t, really.

Final Form Table - Sets & Locations

Film % (% shift) Form shift
1 Moonraker 87.97 (-2.09) -
2 OHMSS 78.47 (-7.39) -
3 YOLT 78.36 (-1.67) +1
4 TSWLM 74.47 (-5.88) -1
5 Thunderball 70.23
6 Goldfinger 58.17
7 Casino Royale 57.24
8 Skyfall 55.2
9 DAF 52.06
10 FRWL 51.68
11 No Time to Die 48.31
12 Octopussy 46.46
13 Live and Let Die 43.59
14 TMwtGG 41.41
15 Dr No 38.45
16 FYEO 37.81
17 GoldenEye 36.11
18 Spectre 31.25
19 TND 28.33
20 QoS 26.56
21 TLD 24.44
22 DAD 21.5
23 AVTAK 17.18
24 Licence to Kill 8.35
25 TWINE 8.21

Moonraker exterminates the field by winning out in both Form and Knockout although the next three places were relatively tight. We seem to crave spectacle, perhaps?

Sets & Locations form over the years, Seeds and Pots for 2026

2023 2024 2025 Avge Pot/Seed
Dr No 14 13 15 14 P1
FRWL 3 9 10 7.33 Seed 6
Goldfinger 7 10 6 7.67 Seed 7
Thunderball 6 6 5 5.67 Seed 5
YOLT 5 1 3 3 Seed 2
OHMSS 4 4 2 3.33 Seed 4
DAF 15 12 9 12 P1
LALD 19 20 13 17.33 P2
TMwtGG 21 18 14 17.67 P2
TSWLM 2 3 4 3 Seed 3
Moonraker 1 2 1 1.33 Seed 1
FYEO 10 17 16 14.33 P1
Octopussy 8 8 12 9.33 Seed 10
AVTAK 25 21 23 23 P3
TLD 20 22 21 21 P3
LTK 22 25 24 23.67 P3
GoldenEye 13 11 17 13.67 P1
TND 18 19 19 18.67 P2
TWINE 24 23 25 24 P3
DAD 23 24 22 23 P3
CRoyale 11 5 7 7.67 Seed 8
QoS 16 14 20 16.67 P2
Skyfall 12 16 8 12 P1
Spectre 17 15 18 16.67 P2
NTTD 9 7 11 9 Seed 9

Some startling ups and downs here on previous years, which will stuff the Bonus Points thing up very, very much. Given the trend and where the majority of the Seeds find themselves, perhaps we just ran out of interesting things and places to look at, for a while.

Most Valuable Player

Placings Wins Top Tens Top Form Points
Goldfinger 6 3 10 4 23
TSWLM 5 2 9 1 17
FRWL 5 1 7 1 14
Moonraker 3 1 8 1 13
Casino Royale 4 1 6 2 13
Thunderball 4 0 9 0 13
OHMSS 3 1 8 0 12
Live and Let Die 3 1 4 1 9
YOLT 2 0 5 0 7
DAF 2 0 5 0 7
Skyfall 1 0 5 0 6
NTTD 1 0 3 0 4
GoldenEye 1 0 2 0 3

Fairly quiet category for Goldfinger here, although another Top Ten means another point and that might be all it takes to win; categories are beginning to run out. Moonraker gathering 4 points here adds a dimension to the claim on second place…

Top Ten of Everything to Date 2025

10 visits to Top Ten 9 visits to Top Ten 8 visits to Top Ten 7 Visits to Top Ten 6 Visits to Top Ten 5 Visits to Top Ten 4 Visits to Top Ten 3 visits to Top Ten 2 visits to Top Ten 1 visit to Top Ten Yet to bother the scorers
Goldfinger Thunderball OHMSS From Russia with Love Casino Royale You Only Live Twice Dr No Licence to Kill Octopussy For Your Eyes Only TMwtGG
The Spy who Loved Me Moonraker Skyfall DAF LALD No Time to Die The Living Daylights TWINE Tomorrow Never Dies
AVTAK GoldenEye Spectre Die Another Day
Quantum of Solace

A View to a Kill, best of the 1980s, albeit 4 out of 10 isn’t mah-vellous, really. With just a couple of categories left, can any of Club Zero get out? Could it be Die Another Day?

(No).

Bonus Points to Date

1 Goldfinger 31
2 OHMSS 29
3 Skyfall 25
4 The Living Daylights 12
5 For Your Eyes Only 9
6 You Only Live Twice 7
7 No Time to Die 6
8 Thunderball 5
9 The Spy who Loved Me 4
10 Octopussy 3
11 Spectre 1
12 Live and Let Die 0
13 Tomorrow Never Dies -1
14 A View to a Kill -1
15 Die Another Day -2
16 The World is Not Enough -3
17 The Man with the Golden Gun -4
18 Quantum of Solace -9
19 Casino Royale -9
20 From Russia with Love -10
21 Dr No -10
22 GoldenEye -11
23 Moonraker -12
24 Diamonds are Forever -18
25 Licence to Kill -32

Skyfall was 16th for Sets & Locations last year but 8th this year; a significant jump puts it in the running. GoldenEye fell off a dam. Licence to Kill reached the heady heights of 24th so gets a positive point! It’s not done yet but there seems to be a distinct top three.

AM I TENSE? I AM. I FEEL THE NEED TO LASH OUT WILDLY.

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Out wildly lash, I did. Look, you’ve got another leg, it doesn’t matter, don’t be so selfish.

Anyway, the year hurtles on and we’re already done with the Group Stage for Score:

Group A Played W D L F A GD % Points
OHMSS 4 4 0 0 73 11 63 86.93 12
The Living Daylights 4 3 0 1 51 33 18 60.75 9
For Your Eyes Only 4 2 0 2 43 41 2 51.18 6
Quantum of Solace 4 1 0 3 27 57 -30 32.13 3
Dr No 4 0 0 4 16 68 -52 19.03 0

Seasonal thought: yes, I do know how Christmas trees are grown; stop asking me. They are grown in pooh-pooh. Evidently not pooh-pooh is the rest of the score of OHMSS which seems to merit its status as top seed, but that’s not a wholly infallible pos-ish. Let’s see. Dr No fated not to do too well here, but that’s not the lowest of the low. Do you know what that might be? It’s not dissimilar to what they grow Christmas trees in. For Your Eyes Only gets by as a Lucky Loser but I suspect that’s because it’s neither of the other two.

Group B Played W D L F A GD % Points
Moonraker 4 4 0 0 60 20 40 75 12
The Spy who Loved Me 4 3 0 1 52 25 27 68 9
From Russia with Love 4 2 0 2 44 52 -8 57.5 6
GoldenEye 4 1 0 3 21 56 -35 27.45 3
Licence to Kill 4 0 0 4 17 60 -43 22.05 0

GoldenEye’s approach to hurling some pans at a wall doesn’t seem to pay off too well, although it’s not last and Licence to Kill maintains its status as this year’s ray-tail whipping girl. It’ll probably like that. Thought Moonraker might have done slightly better, not that it’s too shabby, but still a long way to go yet.

Group C Played W D L F A GD % Points
Goldfinger 4 4 0 0 68 12 56 85 12
Casino Royale 4 3 0 1 54 26 28 67.5 9
Octopussy 4 1 1 2 26 54 -28 32.5 4
TMwtGG 4 0 2 2 27 53 -26 33.75 2
TWINE 4 0 1 3 25 55 -30 31.25 1

The Group of Death, which is appropriate for this be Deathmatch, yeah? On the basis of form, which is the basis so you shut right up, The Man with the Golden Gun gets through as a Lucky Loser; this might be perceived as an injustice, but you’re just going to have to put on your little coping hat and smile, aren’t yer?

Group D Played W D L F A GD % Points
You Only Live Twice 4 4 0 0 62 22 40 73.83 12
Skyfall 4 3 0 1 52 32 20 61.9 9
Live and Let Die 4 2 0 2 55 27 28 65.48 6
No Time to Die 4 1 0 3 31 53 -22 36.9 3
Die Another Day 4 0 0 4 10 74 -64 11.9 0

This looks a more regular group save that Live and Let Die doesn’t win it which confirms that THE WORLD IS WRONG. I have spake. That’s a terrible score (arf!) for Die Another Day - but is it really that bad or just because it’s stapled to Die Another Day? It is a bit busy, I suppose.

Group E Played W D L F A GD % Points
Thunderball 4 4 0 0 64 19 45 77.13 12
Diamonds are Forever 4 3 0 1 56 25 31 69.48 9
Tomorrow Never Dies 4 2 0 2 33 48 -15 41.08 6
A View to a Kill 4 1 0 3 27 54 -27 33.58 3
Spectre 4 0 0 4 23 57 -34 28.75 0

Thunderball wins! THE WORLD IS NOT WRONG. Sus-spectre-ing that Spectre is low because of its recycling policy. Tomorrow Never Dies will get through as a Lucky Loser but whether it can achieve a Top Ten spot is doubtful; the Second Round seems to have puked up some challenging matter, much like m’doggie. Still, one can probably grow a Christmas tree in it.

Form Table - Group Stage - Score

Film Form % Seed Group Outcome
1 OHMSS 86.93 1 Winner A
2 Goldfinger 85 3 Winner C
3 Thunderball 77.13 5 Winner E
4 Moonraker 75 2 Winner B
5 YOLT 73.83 4 Winner D
6 DAF 69.48 6 R-Up E
7 TSWLM 68 R-Up B
8 Casino Royale 67.5 8 R-Up C
9 Live and Let Die 65.48 7 Lucky Loser 1
10 Skyfall 61.9 R-Up D
11 TLD 60.75 10 R-Up A
12 FRWL 57.5 9 Lucky Loser 2
13 FYEO 51.18 Lucky Loser 3
14 TND 41.08 Lucky Loser 4
15 No Time to Die 36.9 Lucky Loser 5
16 TMwtGG 33.75 Lucky Loser 6
17 AVTAK 33.58
18 Octopussy 32.5
19 QoS 32.13
20 TWINE 31.25
21 Spectre 28.75
22 GoldenEye 27.45
23 Licence to Kill 22.05
24 Dr No 19.03
25 Die Another Day 11.9

Perhaps no great surprises so far although perhaps Mr Arnold’s efforts haven’t put up their strongest showing. The John Barry Memorial Category seems to be playing out as it probably should, but there’s a way to go yet…

Bonus Points to Date

1 Goldfinger 32
2 Skyfall 28
3 OHMSS 28
4 For Your Eyes Only 11
5 The Living Daylights 11
6 No Time to Die 9
7 Thunderball 6
8 You Only Live Twice 6
9 The Spy who Loved Me 5
10 Octopussy 4
11 Spectre 2
12 Tomorrow Never Dies -2
13 The Man with the Golden Gun -2
14 Die Another Day -3
15 Live and Let Die -3
16 A View to a Kill -4
17 TWINE -6
18 GoldenEye -8
19 Casino Royale -8
20 From Russia with Love -9
21 Dr No -9
22 Quantum of Solace -10
23 Moonraker -13
24 Diamonds are Forever -21
25 Licence to Kill -33

Well, that’s quite interesting. OHMSS might be limited in how much better it can do this year than last so we may have a new contender for the top spot yet… Suspect outside the first three this is probably done. I might be wrong.

I never am.

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To be fair, even when I rate Arnold as a very good Bond composer he always loses against The Barry.

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Ah, Christmas. Much like death, one knows it is coming and yet, like death, it still seems to take one by surprise. Unlike death, its songs are not as good, however. Yet Christmas has distracted me of late from contemplation of death, or at least of Deathmatch, so getting back up to speed…

Second Round Form Table - Score

Film Form % (% shift) (Form shift)
1 OHMSS 87.18 (+0.25) -
2 Goldfinger 84.48 (-0.52) -
3 Thunderball 80.52 (+3.39) -
4 YOLT 74.36 (+0.53) +1
5 Moonraker 71.76 (-3.24) -1
6 Casino Royale 68.12 (+0.62) +2
7 TSWLM 66.16 (-1.84) -
8 DAF 63.82 (-5.66) -2
9 TLD 62.72 (+1.97) +2
10 Skyfall 57.76 (-4.14) -
11 LALD 54.74 (-10.74) -2
12 FRWL 51.88 (-5.62) -
13 FYEO 44.46 (-6.72) -
14 TND 37.56 (-3.52) -
15 A View to a Kill 33.58 (-) +2
16 TMwtGG 32.88 (-0.87) -
17 Octopussy 32.5 (-) +1
18 QoS 32.13 (-) +1
19 TWINE 31.25 (-) +1
20 No Time to Die 30.7 (-6.2) -5
21 Spectre 28.75
22 GoldenEye 27.45
23 Licence to Kill 22.05
24 Dr No 19.03
25 Die Another Day 11.9

Big drop for the newbie there, and more markedly so given its reliance on referencing the score of the number 1; we appear to like the On Her Majesty’s Secret Service score when it is used in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, but nowhere else.

Onto the Quarter-Finals…

Film Form % (% shift) (Form shift)
1 OHMSS 87.1 (-0.08) -
2 Goldfinger 83.73 (-0.75) -
3 YOLT 75.3 (+0.94) +1
4 Moonraker 72.02 (+0.26) +1
5 Thunderball 69.32 (-11.2) -2
6 DAF 63.82 (-) +2
7 Casino Royale 60.1 (-8.02) -1
8 TSWLM 58.47 (-7.69) -1
9 Skyfall 57.76 (-) +1
10 TLD 56.72 (-6) -1
11 LALD 54.74
12 FRWL 51.88
13 FYEO 44.46
14 TND 37.56
15 A View to a Kill 33.58
16 TMwtGG 32.88
17 Octopussy 32.5
18 QoS 32.13
19 TWINE 31.25
20 No Time to Die 30.7
21 Spectre 28.75
22 GoldenEye 27.45
23 Licence to Kill 22.05
24 Dr No 19.03
25 Die Another Day 11.9

The Live and Let Die score getting firmly stuck in eleventh place suggest a World beyond rescue, even were I to be possessed of the wherewithal, energy or care to bother attempting so to do. Which I am not, content and complacent as I am to sit in comfort and watch society masticate itself to death.

You can tell I’m really up for Christmas this year, can’t you?

Semi-Finals…

Film Form % (% shift) (Form shift)
1 OHMSS 86.43 (-0.67) -
2 Goldfinger 74.28 (-9.45) -
3 YOLT 71.27 (-4.03) -
4 Thunderball 69.32 (-) +1
5 Moonraker 69.29 (-2.73) -1
6 DAF 63.82
7 Casino Royale 60.1
8 TSWLM 58.47
9 Skyfall 57.76
10 TLD 56.72
11 LALD 54.74
12 FRWL 51.88
13 FYEO 44.46
14 TND 37.56
15 A View to a Kill 33.58
16 TMwtGG 32.88
17 Octopussy 32.5
18 QoS 32.13
19 TWINE 31.25
20 No Time to Die 30.7
21 Spectre 28.75
22 GoldenEye 27.45
23 Licence to Kill 22.05
24 Dr No 19.03
25 Die Another Day 11.9

Essentially a done deal by this stage other than the jockeying for being runner-up. Thunderball is continuing its mysterious ability to finish comfortably inside the Top Ten yet not actually challenge for any knockout nor being top of the form. Perhaps that is so very Thunderball.

Form Table - after The Final

Film Form % (% shift) (Form shift)
1 OHMSS 85 (-1.43) -
2 YOLT 70.17 (-1.1) +1
3 Goldfinger 69.68 (-4.6) -1
4 Thunderball 69.32
5 DAF 63.82 (-) +1
6 Moonraker 63.75 (-5.54) -1
7 Casino Royale 60.1
8 TSWLM 58.47
9 Skyfall 57.76
10 TLD 56.72
11 LALD 54.74
12 FRWL 51.88
13 FYEO 44.46
14 TND 37.56
15 A View to a Kill 33.58
16 TMwtGG 32.88
17 Octopussy 32.5
18 QoS 32.13
19 TWINE 31.25
20 No Time to Die 30.7
21 Spectre 28.75
22 GoldenEye 27.45
23 Licence to Kill 22.05
24 Dr No 19.03
25 Die Another Day 11.9

Perhaps one of the least surprising outcomes to date, beyond Skyfall picking up a big bag of Bonus Points, which will shake things up a bit going into the final category of the year. Diamonds are Forever outdoing Moonraker confirms that the planet’s continued existence is an objectionable concept.

More soon. I can hear the cheering from here.

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YAY - death by lebkuchen!

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I am instructed by Mrs Jim that I prefer ricciarelli. It all gets shoved down the old spudgrinder, anyway.

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They really spoil you folks with all that fabulous public boarding school cuisine…
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So with Score done, and Death to come (as it must) how things play out after 11 rounds…

Score Knockout

Winner: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Runner-Up: Moonraker
3rd: You Only Live Twice
4th: Goldfinger

This was probably never in doubt, not least because…

Score Knockouts - years played

2023 2024 2025
Winner OHMSS OHMSS OHMSS
Runner-Up YOLT Moonraker Moonraker
3rd Moonraker DAF YOLT
4th DAF YOLT Goldfinger

12 places filled by 5 films. It’s worth playing the category as much as any other but perhaps nothing much will change here. One needs some certainty in a crazy old World, though.

Knockouts to date 2025

Villain Song Bond Women Hench Titles Victims Costume/Garb Other Villainy Sets & Locations Score
Winner Goldfinger Live and Let Die Goldfinger OHMSS The Spy who Loved Me Casino Royale From Russia with Love Goldfinger The Spy who Loved Me Moonraker OHMSS
Runner-Up Skyfall Diamonds are Forever Thunderball Casino Royale Goldfinger The Spy who Loved Me Moonraker Casino Royale From Russia with Love OHMSS Moonraker
3rd Moonraker The Spy who Loved Me From Russia with Love Thunderball Diamonds are Forever OHMSS Goldfinger Thunderball Live and Let Die You Only Live Twice You Only Live Twice
4th From Russia with Love You Only Live Twice Casino Royale Goldfinger GoldenEye Live and Let Die No Time to Die From Russia with Love Thunderball The Spy who Loved Me Goldfinger

There is a dominant decade, and then there’s the rest. And then there’s the 1980s.

Form Table for Score over the years, and Seeds and Pots for 2026

2023 2024 2025 Avge Pot/Seed
Dr No 21 25 24 23.33 Pot 3
FRWL 3 12 12 9 S9
Goldfinger 5 3 3 3.67 S3
Thunderball 9 4 4 5.67 S5
YOLT 4 7 2 4.33 S4
OHMSS 1 1 1 1 S1
DAF 8 5 5 6 S6
LALD 7 6 11 8 S8
TMwtGG 25 19 16 20 Pot 2
TSWLM 10 10 8 9.33 S10
Moonraker 2 2 6 3.33 S2
FYEO 17 13 13 14.33 Pot 1
Octopussy 19 18 17 18 Pot 2
AVTAK 18 15 15 16 Pot 1
TLD 11 9 10 10 Pot 1
LTK 22 21 23 22 Pot 3
GoldenEye 24 24 22 23.33 Pot 3
TND 14 11 14 13 Pot 1
TWINE 12 17 19 16 Pot 2
DAD 20 23 25 22.67 Pot 3
CRoyale 6 8 7 7 S7
QoS 16 16 18 16.67 Pot 2
Skyfall 15 14 9 12.67 Pot 1
Spectre 23 22 21 22 Pot 3
NTTD 13 20 20 17.67 Pot 2

John Barry. Some others.

Most Valuable Player

Placings Wins Top Tens Top Form Points
Goldfinger 7 3 11 4 25
TSWLM 5 2 10 1 18
OHMSS 4 2 9 1 16
Moonraker 4 1 9 1 15
Casino Royale 4 1 7 2 14
FRWL 5 1 7 1 14
Thunderball 4 0 10 0 14
Live and Let Die 3 1 4 1 9
YOLT 3 0 6 0 9
DAF 2 0 6 0 8
Skyfall 1 0 7 0 8
NTTD 1 0 3 0 4
GoldenEye 1 0 2 0 3

With only one round to go, and only four MVP points available, Goldfinger cannot be caught so the first of this year’s Deathmatch final outcomes goes, once again, to Goldfinger. Second place is still up for grabs amongst quite a few, though…

Top Ten of Everything 2025

11 visits to Top Ten 10 visits to Top Ten 9 visits to Top Ten 8 visits to Top Ten 7 Visits to Top Ten 6 Visits to Top Ten 5 Visits to Top Ten 4 Visits to Top Ten 3 visits to Top Ten 2 visits to Top Ten 1 visit to Top Ten Yet to bother the scorers
Goldfinger Thunderball OHMSS From Russia with Love You Only Live Twice Dr No The Living Daylights Octopussy For Your Eyes Only TMwtGG
The Spy who Loved Me Moonraker Casino Royale Diamonds are Forever LALD Licence to Kill GoldenEye TWINE Tomorrow Never Dies
Skyfall AVTAK No Time to Die Spectre Die Another Day
Quantum of Solace

It remains feasible that Goldfinger doesn’t make it 12/12 but only feasible, and not as high as probable. Can one of Team Nuffink get out, due to the quality of its Death? Not optimistic.

Bonus Points to date

1 Skyfall 33
2 Goldfinger 32
3 OHMSS 28
4 You Only Live Twice 11
5 For Your Eyes Only 11
6 The Living Daylights 10
7 No Time to Die 9
8 The Spy who Loved Me 7
9 Thunderball 6
10 Octopussy 5
11 Spectre 3
12 The Man with the Golden Gun 1
13 A View to a Kill -4
14 Die Another Day -5
15 Tomorrow Never Dies -5
16 GoldenEye -6
17 Casino Royale -7
18 The World is Not Enough -8
19 Live and Let Die -8
20 Dr No -8
21 From Russia with Love -9
22 Quantum of Solace -12
23 Moonraker -17
24 Diamonds are Forever -21
25 Licence to Kill -35

Ooh-la-la; there may yet be an upset here. The score for Skyfall seeming to have spurted off and earned many a Bonus Point, the final category leaves this open to all of the top three. That OHMSS did exactly as well as it did for Score last year means no additional Bonus Points here, which is on the one hand logical but on the other hand seems a bit unfair.

Life’s like that. And so is the final category for 2025 - DEATH.

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Death, she’s a-comin’. Scythe yer down, she will. There’s no escape.

With that festive thought embedded, one turns as a distraction to the Group Stage of DEATH.

Group A Played W D L F A GD % Points
Moonraker 4 4 0 0 56 4 52 93.33 12
The Living Daylights 4 3 0 1 37 23 14 61.65 9
Octopussy 4 2 0 2 28 32 -4 46.68 6
Spectre 4 1 0 3 17 43 -26 28.35 3
DAD 4 0 0 4 12 48 -36 20 0

Moonraker is, of course, grim and violent and so much more insidiously vicious than the likes of, say, Licence to Kill, but much better at getting away with it. Octopussy gets through as Lucky Loser despite suffering a walkover/dogbiting at the hands of Moonraker. Die Another Day doesn’t get anywhere despite some interesting deaths and I suppose people die in Spectre but their lives were not of note so their deaths are equally nothingnesses.

Group B Played W D L F A GD % Points
Goldfinger 4 4 0 0 49 9 40 84.9 12
NTTD 4 3 0 1 37 23 14 61.68 9
Casino Royale 4 1 1 2 38 30 8 48.93 4
TND 4 1 1 2 21 35 -14 37.98 4
TWINE 4 0 0 4 9 34 -25 16.53 0

A couple of big deaths probably helps No Time to Die here, however challenging they may be for some. Goldfinger has interesting ones, granted. The others are much of a muchness, although TWINE scores surprisingly low given that Bond shoots his lover in the head. Hmm.

Group C Played W D L F A GD % Points
Thunderball 4 4 0 0 34 18 16 65.35 12
YOLT 4 3 0 1 33 18 15 64.9 9
Live and Let Die 4 2 0 2 33 19 14 63.48 6
FYEO 4 1 0 3 17 34 -17 33.18 3
AVTAK 4 0 0 4 12 40 -28 23.1 0

Quite a low scoring group and not much between the top three on their form, but each of them have unusual deaths in them and the other two don’t, really - accordingly, not that much of a surprise here.

Group D Played W D L F A GD % Points
OHMSS 4 4 0 0 44 14 30 76.08 12
DAF 4 3 0 1 33 24 9 58.1 9
Skyfall 4 2 0 2 28 29 -1 49.75 6
Dr No 4 1 0 3 23 33 -10 41.08 3
QoS 4 0 0 4 14 42 -28 25 0

Again, probably favouring the creative rather than just getting one’s self shot or, in the case of Agent Fields, homaged to death. Snowblowers, flamethrowers, boiling mud and Bombe Surprise up the botty-bot win out. It does appear we like the more imaginative approach.

Group E Played W D L F A GD % Points
TSWLM 4 4 0 0 45 12 23 79.3 12
Licence to Kill 4 3 0 1 37 20 17 65.13 9
FRWL 4 2 0 2 36 22 14 62.75 6
GoldenEye 4 1 0 3 19 37 -18 33.93 3
TMwtGG 4 0 0 4 5 51 -46 8.9 0

From Russia with Love, as a seed, falls quite a bit and whilst it does have some of the more brutal deaths in the series, they’re all (relatively) realistic, save for the spikey shoe. Licence to Kill presents an orgy of silly deaths, as does The Spy who Loved Me albeit not as desperately. Given that The Man with the Golden Gun is about the World’s best hitman, it’s a curiously bloodless affair and achieves a deserved last place.

Form Table after Group Stage

Film Form % Seed Group Outcome
1 Moonraker 93.33 1 Winner A
2 Goldfinger 84.9 2 Winner B
3 The Spy who Loved Me 79.3 6 Winner E
4 OHMSS 76.08 4 Winner D
5 Thunderball 65.35 3 Winner C
6 Licence to Kill 65.13 Runner-Up E
7 You Only Live Twice 64.9 8 Runner-Up C
8 Live and Let Die 63.48 Lucky Loser 1
9 From Russia with Love 62.75 5 Lucky Loser 2
10 No Time to Die 61.68 9 Runner-Up B
11 The Living Daylights 61.65 10 Runner-Up A
12 Diamonds are Forever 58.1 7 Runner-Up D
13 Skyfall 49.75 Lucky Loser 3
14 Casino Royale 48.93 Lucky Loser 4
15 Octopussy 46.68 Lucky Loser 5
16 Dr No 41.08 Lucky Loser 6
17 TND 37.98
18 GoldenEye 33.93
19 FYEO 33.18
20 Spectre 28.35
21 QoS 25
22 AVTAK 23.1
23 DAD 20
24 TWINE 16.53
25 TMwtGG 8.9

One could call it for Moonraker right now, but there’s still a way to go even if it is looking like everything else will (it says here) have their faces melted by a space laser gun.

Of potentially more interest is the narrow range between places 5 and 12, which bodes bloody for the Second Round. Where Skyfall eventually finishes is going to determine the Bonus Points, because…

Bonus Points to date

1 Skyfall 36
2 Goldfinger 32
3 OHMSS 27
4 No Time to Die 12
5 For Your Eyes Only 12
6 The Living Daylights 11
7 You Only Live Twice 11
8 Thunderball 7
9 The Spy who Loved Me 6
10 Spectre 4
11 Octopussy 1
12 The Man with the Golden Gun 0
13 A View to a Kill -3
14 Die Another Day -4
15 GoldenEye -5
16 Dr No -7
17 Tomorrow Never Dies -8
18 The World is Not Enough -10
19 Casino Royale -10
20 Live and Let Die -11
21 From Russia with Love -12
22 Quantum of Solace -13
23 Moonraker -15
24 Diamonds are Forever -22
25 Licence to Kill -32

Lordy. Last year Goldfinger won the form category and it could still do so but would not be able to gain any further Bonus Points even if it did. Odds are it will lose points here. Last year Skyfall finished in 17th place on form so it’s currently on track to beat that, but it has a tough Second Rounder against Thunderball and could drop…

MY GOD, IT IS SO TENSE THAT I HAVE ABOLISHED THE DUGONG.

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Second Round down, too…

Form Table - Second Round - DEATH

Film Form % (% shift) Form shift
1 Moonraker 89.32 (-4.01) -
2 Goldfinger 85.26 (+0.36) -
3 The Spy who Loved Me 83.44 (+4.14) -
4 OHMSS 75.52 (-0.56) -
5 The Living Daylights 67.98 (+6.63) +6
6 Thunderball 65.62 (+0.27) -1
7 You Only Live Twice 63.92 (-0.98) -
8 Licence to Kill 60.1 (-5.03) -2
9 No Time to Die 58.68 (-3) +1
10 Diamonds are Forever 57.14 (-0.96) +2
11 Live and Let Die 56.12 (-7.36) -3
12 From Russia with Love 52.86 (-9.89) -3
13 Skyfall 46.46 (-3.29) -
14 Casino Royale 44.48 (-4.45) -
15 Tomorrow Never Dies 37.98 (-) +2
16 Octopussy 37.34 (-9.34) -1
17 Dr No 34.2 (-6.88) -1
18 GoldenEye 33.93
19 FYEO 33.18
20 Spectre 28.35
21 QoS 25
22 AVTAK 23.1
23 DAD 20
24 TWINE 16.53
25 TMwtGG 8.9

Some brutal Second Round matches meant that the top half did get all shook up; The Living Daylights benefiting in particular. It does have some nasty death in it; lovely. A distinct top three, though, and it’s not a given any more that Moonraker wins this.

MY GOD, IT IS SO TENSE THAT I SHALL MORALISE POINTLESSLY.

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Yes, let’s. No-one’s looking.

And in the spirit of no-one looking, here’s the form table for DEATH!!! after the Quarter-Final stage:

Film Form % (% shift) Form shift
1 Moonraker 85.97 (-3.35) -
2 Goldfinger 82.17 (-3.09) -
3 The Spy who Loved Me 74.67 (-8.77) -
4 OHMSS 71.9 (-3.62) -
5 The Living Daylights 62.2 (-5.78) -
6 You Only Live Twice 60.97 (-2.93) +1
7 Thunderball 60.23 (-5.39) -1
8 Licence to Kill 60.1
9 Diamonds are Forever 58.73 (+1.59) +1
10 No Time to Die 58.68 (-) -1
11 Live and Let Die 56.12
12 From Russia with Love 52.86
13 Skyfall 46.46
14 Casino Royale 44.48
15 Tomorrow Never Dies 37.98
16 Octopussy 37.34
17 Dr No 34.2
18 GoldenEye 33.93
19 FYEO 33.18
20 Spectre 28.35
21 QoS 25
22 AVTAK 23.1
23 DAD 20
24 TWINE 16.53
25 TMwtGG 8.9

Points still of “interest” - number 1 position is still up for grabs, and although the only knockout player to improve its form, Diamonds are Forever could be holding onto ninth place only temporarily; rough and tumble in its Semi-Final might see it drop out of the Top Ten completely.

MY GOD, IT IS SO TENSE THAT I AM COMING TO GUT YOU AND THEN WEAR YOU AS A HAT.

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Nearly year end for all matters matching of Death, so with only the one knockout round left for DEATH herself, gaze ye upon the Semi-Final form table and despair.

Film Form % (% shift) Form shift
1 Moonraker 84.16 (-1.81) -
2 The Spy who Loved Me 74.67 (-) +1
3 Goldfinger 74.25 (-7.92) -1
4 OHMSS 72.1 (+0.2) -
5 The Living Daylights 62.2
6 You Only Live Twice 60.97
7 Thunderball 60.23
8 Licence to Kill 60.1
9 No Time to Die 58.68 (-) +1
10 Live and Let Die 56.12 (-) +1
11 Diamonds are Forever 54.15 (-4.58) -2
12 From Russia with Love 52.86
13 Skyfall 46.46
14 Casino Royale 44.48
15 Tomorrow Never Dies 37.98
16 Octopussy 37.34
17 Dr No 34.2
18 GoldenEye 33.93
19 FYEO 33.18
20 Spectre 28.35
21 QoS 25
22 AVTAK 23.1
23 DAD 20
24 TWINE 16.53
25 TMwtGG 8.9

Moonraker probably has won this and given the top six, the Lewis Gilbert way of DEATH seems to appeal to us. On reflection, one of the more creative periods of exterminating fictional characters. Can Diamonds are Forever find it in its embittered, vicious heart to claw its way back into the Top Ten?

MY GOD, IT IS SO TENSE THAT I SHALL CHOOSE TO LISTLESSLY ABHOR THE CONCEPT OF GOODNESS.

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