On Her Majesty's Secret Service

[Rufus]

Definitely better than the last few new ones. :P

What are you talking about, that last one " Halle Berry in Orange Bikini" was the best bonf flick yet. Can't understand why is was only five minutes long though

Really, I thought the only decent thing about it was Madonna's "Die Another Day" song during the opening credits. Madonna, Sheryl Crow, Tina Turner, Shirley Bassy...now there's a foxy woman lineup! 8) Those Bond people do know their music.

Yes, I will be awaiting the mocking PMs in my box later.

[Colin]

Not the best shot, but I found this one online

[arrogcow]

Bond trivia:
Lazenby turned down the chance to do Bond again, after being convinced that the character was an anachronism in the new modern age (he has since said he regrets the decision).

Connery got the part after Roger Moore turned it down in 1962 (he was doing The Saint and felt the two characters were too similar).

Moore got the part in 1973 after Timothy Dalton turned it down (he said he wasn't old enough)

Timothy Dalton got the part in 1987 because Pierce Brosnan had to turn down the part (because of contract with Remmington Steel).

[longforgan]

Lazenby might be a big strapping handsome guy but I have better legs!- Alan

[richardljohnson]

You have one in your gallery titled, "Bond, James Bond".

I knew it was there somewhere....just not right under my nose!

Richard-

[Muddy]

It's a good film. I found a VHS copy
at the thrift store for 5 bucks. Love
the jabot frilly collar shirt. Why don't
more people wear those? They're cool.
I'm a total Bond fan as well. Each Bond
has his merits but Connery obviously is the
classic, best Bond. I actually think Pierce
Brosnan does a creditable job though and there
are very good moments in all his stabs at the role.
My favorite Bond film though is "Never Say Never
Again". For some reason it's not considered an
"official" Bond picture but I like it. Connery
is a good deal older but he still pulls it off with
aplomb. Gotta love Klaus Maria Brandauer as the villian and Kim Basinger as the Bond babe. Yeah baby!
Muddy

[Calico Jack]

"Never Say Never Again" is actually a remake of the movie "Thunderball" (I liked Thunderball better) It's not considered a "real" Bond movie because of some studio fight and it wasnt the producers that do all the other ones. I can't remember exactly what happened, but I'm sure the information is out there.

[Toddish McWong]

"Never Say Never Again" is actually a remake of the movie "Thunderball" (I liked Thunderball better) It's not considered a "real" Bond movie because of some studio fight and it wasnt the producers that do all the other ones. I can't remember exactly what happened, but I'm sure the information is out there.

Cubby Broccoli produced all the Bond films except "Casino Royale" (Woody Alan as James Bond!?!) and "Never Say Never." Rights to Thunderball expired and Broccoli lost them to another group that approached Connery (or was it Connery that got a hold of them?).

Connery's "Never Say Never" was his personal statement of what a Bond film should be after the excesses and silliness of the latter Roger Moore films. Connery brought back "the edge" - which Timothy Dalton went too far with - as Dalton tried for the darker Bond of the earliest movies such as Dr. No and Gold Finger. But by then the general Bond audience was so used to the formula.

I enjoyed almost everything in the latest Bond film "Die Another Day" except for the very silly surfing the tsunami caused by the glacier crash. Halle Berry was a great Bond girl!

[macwilkin]

"Casino Royale" (Woody Alan as James Bond!?!)

That was David Niven, wasn't it?

BTW, did you know that the rumour is that Sir Ian Fleming based James Bond on a Scot -- General Sir Fitzroy Maclean. Maclean was sent to Jugoslavia during the Second World War to assist Tito's partisans in fighting the Nazis -- Churchill once asked him if he parachuted with his kilt on! 8)

Ironically, Sir Sean is a Maclean on his mother's side! :mrgreen:

Check out: http://www.maclean.org/. Their tartan is one of the most striking in its simplicity.

Don't ask me if Moneypenny is Scottish, though!

Cheers,

T.

[arrogcow]

Peter Sellers was James Bond(and so was David Niven, and Woody Allen and Terence Cooper).

Adam