Eventually the coming of Glasnost effectively robbed Bond and the spy film of enemies. As the 1960s came to an end and the Cold War relaxed, the James Bond films turned into oversized camp parodies of themselves. The films contained old serial-style thrills served up on an A-budget, with a veneer of decadent male sophistication drawn from Hugh Hefner, all with a nod toward Cold War tensions.
The James Bond films were always a fantasy born of the Jet Age.
