Ian Fleming, drawn by Mort Drucker, from the collection of the late John Griswold.

The other day, the blog published a post about whether Ian Fleming content matters much anymore for James Bond movies. Still, how much "Fleming content" is left?

Bond screenwriters (most likely Neal Purvis and Robert Wade) have added scraps and bits over the past two decades. The first half of Die Another Day was a de facto adaptation of Fleming's Moonraker novel. Skyfall, SPECTRE and No Time to Die have mined the novels On Her Majesty's Secret Service and You Only Live Twice.

What follows is a partial list of what's left. Consider this a starting point for a broader conversation.

--A brainwashed Bond tries to kill M: The Man With the Golden Gun novel is uneven because Fleming was in bad health. But the start of the novel includes a memorable set-piece where Bond, brainwashed by the Soviets, attempts to assassinate M.

Playboy magazine, when it serialized the novel, led off with an illustration of Bond (drawn, understandably, like Sean Connery) immediately after the failed attempt. It included an M drawn like Bernard Lee and a Moneypenny drawn like Lois Maxwell.

--Gala Brand: At one point, the lead female character of Fleming's Moonraker novel was going to be named Gala Brand. But the name was changed to Miranda Frost (a traitor) when the movie was filmed

--Bond vs. a giant squid: In the novel Dr. No, the villain sends Bond through an obstacle course. The agent eventually has to take on a giant squid. This never appeared in the first Bond film made by Eon Productions.

--The Spang Brothers: Jack and Seraffimo Spang were the villains of Diamonds Are Forever, Fleming's fourth novel. One of the brothers owns an old western ghost town called Spectreville.

--Stuffing a fish down somebody's throat: The character Milton Krest, from the short story The Hildebrand Rarity, has already been used in 1989's Licence to Kill. But Krest's literary demise, having a rare fish stuffed down his throat, still is out there.

Separately, a late friend of mine, Paul Baack, once designed a make-believe movie poster of an Alfred Hitchcock adaptation of The Hildebrand short story.