re: #300 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

That arguably started happening by the time of “Diamonds are Forever”. The plot was outlandishly beyond the plot of the book. Bond himself seemed to be devolving into an object designed to carry and use the various gadgets. And with Roger Moore that thing went to “11”.

The Bond of the books is something of a flawed sociopath. A lot of problems with how he treats and relates to women. Questions about himself. But an excellent tool of the Secret Service as a blunt instrument, which does wear on him.

I’d say it was earlier than that: You Only Live Twice. (although is also one of the best Bond opening songs)