Valleywag
A View to a Kill, starring Roger Moore, is one of the dreariest James Bond movies ever made. But it does have one must-watch scene, in which the villain, played by Christopher Walken, explains to his co-conspirators how they can corner the global market in microchips. As a massive model of the area rises up from beneath the board table, Walken says in his most glibly creepy voice: "There is one obstacle. Silicon Valley, near San Francisco. Over 250 plants, employing thousands of engineers and technicians. This is the heartland of electronic production in the US. I propose to end the domination of Silicon Valley." Below, the clip.
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Wow, seeing Walken dressed up like former SGI CEO Ed McCracken really takes me back If they were to do it now, of course, they'd cast Christian Bale as the villain and model him on Larry Ellison.
(http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/lazowska/cra/ed.mccracken.gif.
Come on, that was an awesome Bond movie and easily the best one with Roger Moore.
In an updated version, Larry Ellison would have saved the day by shooting down Zorin's zeppelin with his Italian jetfighter (has he managed to sneak in his MiG into the US yet?).
Jeez, everyone knows that most chips are made in Asia, not Silicon Valley, as well as the fact Larry's jet doesn't carry enough fuel to get there.
I just remember that Duran Duran sang the song for it. I loved Simon Le bon!
this sounds like Tim O reilly's plan to bring civility to the blogosphere
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