James Bond advertising at its very best

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Recently, some friends and I took up that age-old debate: What’s the best James Bond movie? For me, it’s a no-brainer. You Only Live Twice has it all: rampant sexism, cultural insensitivity, ninja training camps, a secret volcano base, Donald Pleasence, a gyrocopter battle, even a screenplay by Willie Wonka creator Roald Dahl. Anyway, it inspired me to pull up the original ads, and they are equally overflowing with awesomeness. First off, there’s the bathhouse orgy poster shown here.

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