Well, it's started already. Many have, over the years, declared Connery as their "favorite Bond," because of a lack of gadgets and a presence of better plots and story. From Russia with Love belies that declaration, however, as this gives us our first genuine introduction to "Q," (Desmond Llewelyn) although we don't really get to know him (get to see the Bond version of Muppet Labs) until Goldfinger.
The plot is solid, so I won't say it was contrived to make use of Bond's new gadgets, but I will say it's convenient that he works in every little nuance of each feature of that wonderful briefcase. Actually, I won't be too hard on FRwL, as it IS only the second Bond film, and the small amount of gadgetry used is nice.
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