All these unusual threads (including some of mine) have made me wonder about a list of scenes where someone becomes a "shield." As with the "men hitting women" / "men killing women" etc. threads, I'm not nearly as fascinated when it's done by the BAD guy as when it's done by the GOOD guy (even though the shield is usually ONE OF the bad guys). This is my short list -
Alien Contamination
Danger : Deathray (in this case, it's reversed - the villain uses the villainess as a shield, and the hero just keeps firing!)
Conqueror of Atlantis
the second Austin Powers movie, which has a scene parodying the Thunderball one
And of course, Thunderball itself. (That scene - whether what he does is avoidable or NOT - isn't afraid to show Bond as ruthless towards villainous WOMEN. It even ends with one of his wisecracks!)
Of course, among NON-adventure films, a famous case is The Dead Zone.
Alien Contamination
Danger : Deathray (in this case, it's reversed - the villain uses the villainess as a shield, and the hero just keeps firing!)
Conqueror of Atlantis
the second Austin Powers movie, which has a scene parodying the Thunderball one
And of course, Thunderball itself. (That scene - whether what he does is avoidable or NOT - isn't afraid to show Bond as ruthless towards villainous WOMEN. It even ends with one of his wisecracks!)
Of course, among NON-adventure films, a famous case is The Dead Zone.
