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.
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