If you haven't watched the classic Bond movies yet (particularly the Moore and Dalton era) - I would highly recommend.
Three of those are probably my favourites, including the theme songs (mostly), although Lazenbond will still always be my "guilty pleasure" watch, lol.
True. Though I consider OHMSS to be severely underrated in general! Diana Rigg is great in it, too, and it does a good job of bringing Bond "down to Earth" a bit, at least in parts.
Telly Savalas does make for a weird, not-very-threatening Blofeld though, I must admit. But I do greatly enjoy that film overall.
I really don't like Thunderball, Diamonds or Live and Let Die very much, though, so when I rewatch that era, OHMSS is my go to, mostly, lol.
Edit: I literally forgot You Only Live Twice exists, even though I enjoy that one. So that says something about it's "comparative memorability", lol.
It is a good movie. I always felt that they were setting up Lazenby to take over and make stronger connected films similar to Craig's run. Diana Rigg was a beautiful woman.
Hulu made a documentary on Lazenby called Becoming Bond in the mid 2010s, and he's a unique guy. It sounds like dude fucked every girl in Australia and England
If you're interested in the overall Bond franchise, there's a documentary called Everything Or Nothing (which is where EON Productions gets its name) that is the kids and friends of Cubby Broccoli talking about the movies.
I think I may have seen “Becoming Bond” at the cinema or on tv shortly after it was released, actually! And yeah, what a dude, lol. Then again, in his position, I would probably do similar.
I believe Diana Rigg used to eat garlic before they had to kiss because she so detested him, lol. Which makes me like him even more, tbh.
But yeah, if you like classic Diana Rigg, and haven’t already seen it, I would highly recommend The Avengers (tv show), which, unrelated to Marvel, basically has her running around in a catsuit and socking bad guys in the jaw, lol. The mostly-unresolved sexual tension and “Britishness” in that show are through the roof!
Edit: Forgot to mention that I believe that show was the reason she was chosen for Bond, much like I believe The Saint was for Roger Moore, which aired around the same time.
Apparently this is what we might have had if Dalton replaced Moore by the time of "For Your Eyes Only", and they went with the Blondie version of theme song instead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ5D43-MqF8
I'm kind of glad that they didn't, tbh. What we got instead is indeed one of my favourites, and, much as I like Dalton, I seriously doubt he could have pulled it off as effectively, lol. Moore did a pretty great job there.
Aha's "The Living Daylights" is an awesome song.
That's also my favourite Bond movie, ha. Though I prefer the "View to a Kill" theme, personally, even if I don't like the movie.
But yeah, it's grown on me over time, that song. Very 80s, however.
If you haven't watched the classic Bond movies yet (particularly the Moore and Dalton era) - I would highly recommend.
Three of those are probably my favourites, including the theme songs (mostly), although Lazenbond will still always be my "guilty pleasure" watch, lol.
Such an Aussie sentiment.
True. Though I consider OHMSS to be severely underrated in general! Diana Rigg is great in it, too, and it does a good job of bringing Bond "down to Earth" a bit, at least in parts.
Telly Savalas does make for a weird, not-very-threatening Blofeld though, I must admit. But I do greatly enjoy that film overall.
I really don't like Thunderball, Diamonds or Live and Let Die very much, though, so when I rewatch that era, OHMSS is my go to, mostly, lol.
Edit: I literally forgot You Only Live Twice exists, even though I enjoy that one. So that says something about it's "comparative memorability", lol.
It is a good movie. I always felt that they were setting up Lazenby to take over and make stronger connected films similar to Craig's run. Diana Rigg was a beautiful woman.
Hulu made a documentary on Lazenby called Becoming Bond in the mid 2010s, and he's a unique guy. It sounds like dude fucked every girl in Australia and England
If you're interested in the overall Bond franchise, there's a documentary called Everything Or Nothing (which is where EON Productions gets its name) that is the kids and friends of Cubby Broccoli talking about the movies.
I think I may have seen “Becoming Bond” at the cinema or on tv shortly after it was released, actually! And yeah, what a dude, lol. Then again, in his position, I would probably do similar.
I believe Diana Rigg used to eat garlic before they had to kiss because she so detested him, lol. Which makes me like him even more, tbh.
But yeah, if you like classic Diana Rigg, and haven’t already seen it, I would highly recommend The Avengers (tv show), which, unrelated to Marvel, basically has her running around in a catsuit and socking bad guys in the jaw, lol. The mostly-unresolved sexual tension and “Britishness” in that show are through the roof!
Edit: Forgot to mention that I believe that show was the reason she was chosen for Bond, much like I believe The Saint was for Roger Moore, which aired around the same time.
Classic British crime/action TV. 👌🏻
I've seen a lot of the skin tight leather of Diana Rigg but none of The Avengers
Apparently this is what we might have had if Dalton replaced Moore by the time of "For Your Eyes Only", and they went with the Blondie version of theme song instead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ5D43-MqF8
I'm kind of glad that they didn't, tbh. What we got instead is indeed one of my favourites, and, much as I like Dalton, I seriously doubt he could have pulled it off as effectively, lol. Moore did a pretty great job there.
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Please. Please tell me that's a real stage name. But why would you chose the worlds hardest to search for stage name?
Edit: This made me remember Moby's ultra-90s version of the main theme. Good times. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MdABLcI7RI