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Wow. I'd never thought of that and it's bothered me for years lol.
<font color=blue size=7><b>The plausibility of the scripts took one of the steepest declines from TB to YOLT.</b></font>
IMO the plausibility between, OHMSS-DAF; TMWTGG-TSWLM-MR; TWINE-DAD were steeper.
<font color=blue size=7><b>Sean Connery was most bored playing Bond in YOLT.</b></font>
Thats pretty good. When he jogs through the middle of the battle across the volcano floor with Tiger and Aki hes hardly running for his life and the fact that World War 3 is minutes away isnt even enough to get Sean breaking sweat.
And 'Exshplodah button'? This line always makes me laugh as its as if someones doing a bad impression of Connery.
Connery did a good job in YOLT. He was cool, proved among many scenes by what you said. The only line I think sounds bored is the "We´ll have to get down to those volcanoes".
Which is why whatever your feelings about Laz, an even more bored Connery cajoled into doing OHMSS for a big fat cheque, would have been a disaster.
Very true. Whenever I hear people say "If Connery were in OHMSS it'd would've been the best Bond film ever" I know that person doesn't know what they're talking about. Maybe had Connery starred in it in 1963 or 1964 when he was still enthusiastic about the role it could've worked but then again Im not sure I could believably watch Connery's Bond fall in love. An ideal OHMSS would have starred niether Connery not Lazenby. Im just not sure with who. Dalton would've been too young and I don't think Moore could've pulled it off.
Its not that OHMSS would have been better its that it would be more popular. I don't think OHMSS would be better or worse with Sean (possibly a little better) but I think that because it was a different type of Bond film compared to YOLT maybe Connery would have been more excited about it. With actual character devolpment and exciting action. It's the ultimate "what if" question
That's true but at the time the bigger reason was that Connery was sick and tired of all the publicity he had to put up with. It's well known that Connery is a very private man and has a resentful relationship with the press (in large part to them mocking him and his working class roots leading up to DN). Plus he was very afraid of being typecast as Bond and in many ways he was as his career didn't fully recover until 1987 with The Untouchables. He was just tired of the character. On top of that I think he would've looked to old by 1969. It's crazy to say that as he only would've been 39 but he was 41 in DAF and looked horrible.
And yes it is a great "What If" question but the fact is it could've have existed. OHMSS exists as a grittier, more realistic, and more earth-bound Bond film only because of Connery's absense. EON realized they had lost their bread and butter so they had to pull out all the stops and put out a better film than they had in recent years. Why else do you think every actor's debut Bond film is always one of the best in the series? Because EON has to make sure the new actor has a good film as a platform for the rest of their run. Had Connery signed on I belive OHMSS would've been another case of "Bond on auto-pilot", kinda like AVTAK or TND. Conney's popularity would've been enough for EON and OHMSS as a film would've suffered. It's kinda like a paradox. OHMSS is both worse but at the same time much better because of Connery's absense.