Never Say Never Again, the second Thunderball you're referring to, is not canon. They also couldn't make the plot anything else, due to various legal issues.
There's a reason it took so long for it to be released on DVD, unlike every other movie with a character named James Bond in it.
Because it's not a "Bond movie" in the traditional sense.
Never Say Never Again, the second Thunderball you're referring to, is not canon. They also couldn't make the plot anything else, due to various legal issues.
There's a reason it took so long for it to be released on DVD, unlike every other movie with a character named James Bond in it.
Because it's not a "Bond movie" in the traditional sense.