Cubby Broccoli died 30 years ago today.
The similarities between Connery’s LXG character and Timothy Dalton’s character in Penny Dreadful (which I sort of regard as a live-action LXG but done right) always amused me a little. I can squint and see them as the same guy.
I love James Bond. My favorite movie series of all time.
Love 'em all, even the bad ones - they're so good, especially when they're bad.*
*okay, maybe not Casino Royale '67. But that's about it.
Love 'em all, even the bad ones - they're so good, especially when they're bad.*
*okay, maybe not Casino Royale '67. But that's about it.
Even Casino Royale '67 has one thing to recommend it: Burt Bacharach's score performed by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. But otherwise, yeah, that's a film I never need to see again.
The music from that movie is sublime. The movie itself....
[*lifts bullhorn to mouth and clears throat before screaming*]
[*lifts bullhorn to mouth and clears throat before screaming*]
Kinda funny coincidence the 60's Casino Royale came up; I was just listening to the James Bonding episode about it earlier today, with Maurce LaMarche as a guest. CR'67 was flawed in its conception and especially in execution. Even without Peter Sellers walking off the picture before his scenes were completed, the thing would've been a mess.
Mata Bond best girl
So, inspired by this thread, and having heard this idea of it being a stealth Bond movie for years, I finally sat down and started The Rock.
…and paused after about twenty minutes, because it’s just so, so Michael Bay. (And the bad overdone “urgent” music annoys me, too.). So I didn’t even get to Connery.
Also, and not to detail the thread, given the size of 1990s military budgets, why not just call his bluff and publicly pay the families involved, directly?
Is it worth pushing through to get there?
Depends on which version of the League you're talking about. Bond appears in League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier. Though I doubt he'll be asked to any reunions.
That song is so good, I always forget its from this movie. Its that good.
And the theme song is great, too. And its best use is, by far, in this SNL skit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/LiveFromNewYork/s/LDQx9ITwPu
I fell on the floor multiple times with this skit.
It's rather like hard-core rappers being force-fed MARY POPPINS music with a spoonful of sugar.
Just all-time SNL talent in that sketch. It's the 1927 Yankees of SNL there.
I'm partial to the Hartman/Carvey era, but I won't argue with success here.
Would someone please explain the football reference? This is a Star Trek board.
Baseball
Murderer's Row--Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Earle Combs, Tony Lazzeri, Hall of Famers all. Don't sleep on Bob Meusel, either. They went 110-44, and swept the World Series in 4 games. (There were no playoff rounds.) In short, it was an age of giants.
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