You Only Live Twice (novel) concerned with the actual business of a thriller", and his enjoyment was further diminished by what he considered "the grossness of Bond's manners and his schoolboy obscenities". Peter Duval Smith, in the "Financial Times", was in two minds about the book, believing on the one hand that "the background is excellent ... Mr. Fleming has caught the exact 'feel' of Japan", and on the other that "You Only Live Twice" "is not really a success and it's Bond's fault mainly. He just doesn't add up to a human being". Maggie Ross, in "The Listener" was also a little dissatisfied, writing
You Only Move Twice not let them use it. The writers went with "Bont" because they felt it was the most similar name that they could legally use. The final scene at Globex contains several references to action and "James Bond" films. The episode title and many references are from the Bond film "You Only Live Twice", as well as an allusion to "A View to a Kill". A character modeled after Sean Connery's Bond is tackled by Homer and killed after a parody of the laser scene from "Goldfinger". Miss Goodthighs from the 1967 James Bond parody "Casino Royale" makes an appearance in