Doctorwhovian
Fleet Captain
Yeah, Lazenby's performance wasn't the best. It also hurt his performance that for a good chunk of the film he's dubbed over by George Baker as he is impersonating Sir Hilary Bray at the "clinic". It'd be interesting to see what Connery would've done with the film, although by the time of You Only Live Twice he was sort of phoning it in.
OHMSS, while not well regarded initially seems to have been reevaluated recently, with some saying it's the best of the films. The theme is certainly good, one of Barry's best.
As for it being referenced in other films, the first major mention is Spy Who Loved Me when Anya brings it up at the nightclub, in addition to the opener to For Your Eyes Only, it's also mentioned in Licence to Kill when Bond is uncomfortable about the subject when Della, Felix's new wife, brings it up (and a bit of foreshadowing Della's sad fate). There's also an arguable reference of sorts in The World Is Not Enough; and some interpet Bond's chasing down of Blofeld in the opening of Diamonds Are Forever as part of a revenge for Tracy.
Getting back to the sliding timescale/recasting thing, Roger Moore was around the same age as Connery when he started playing Bond, and Bernard Lee(M) Lois Maxwell (Moneypenny) and of course Q were retained from the Connery films, so there was sort of some continuity there. Moore's first two films, despite some campy goofiness (Which honestly started in Diamonds Are Forever), had him be more brutal ala Connery as well.
However this kind of unravels a bit with the casting of Dalton as Bond and Caroline Bliss as Moneypenny, although Dalton's films retain the Robert Brown M from Moore's last two films and of course Q.
OHMSS, while not well regarded initially seems to have been reevaluated recently, with some saying it's the best of the films. The theme is certainly good, one of Barry's best.
As for it being referenced in other films, the first major mention is Spy Who Loved Me when Anya brings it up at the nightclub, in addition to the opener to For Your Eyes Only, it's also mentioned in Licence to Kill when Bond is uncomfortable about the subject when Della, Felix's new wife, brings it up (and a bit of foreshadowing Della's sad fate). There's also an arguable reference of sorts in The World Is Not Enough; and some interpet Bond's chasing down of Blofeld in the opening of Diamonds Are Forever as part of a revenge for Tracy.
Getting back to the sliding timescale/recasting thing, Roger Moore was around the same age as Connery when he started playing Bond, and Bernard Lee(M) Lois Maxwell (Moneypenny) and of course Q were retained from the Connery films, so there was sort of some continuity there. Moore's first two films, despite some campy goofiness (Which honestly started in Diamonds Are Forever), had him be more brutal ala Connery as well.
However this kind of unravels a bit with the casting of Dalton as Bond and Caroline Bliss as Moneypenny, although Dalton's films retain the Robert Brown M from Moore's last two films and of course Q.
He's a good actor, has worked in Hollywood before and is close in age to Pratt, just like Rhys-Davies and Ford. He'd also only be playing the younger version of Sallah in the second of the new movies, so no need to try and match up with Crusade Sallah.
