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Perhaps you remember Smokey and the Bandit?
Probably.
But of course,Pepper was on TV before Hogg.
The character was not great, but the actor did not improved the material at all. At least Jack Wade fitted the actor better.
That film was made 4 years after LALD.
Wade wasn't all that, he was a buffoon, a poor substitute for Felix. Joe Don Baker had better materiel to work with as Whittaker.
Wade wasn't brilliant but I did find the role suited JDB more - a flamboyant, loud American. He's put to better use in GE though.
Wade was a poor man's Felix, yet as a loud mouth buffoon, Baker was far, far, far more convincing than as a villain. In GE and TND, he was well cast in an overall mediocre role. In TLD, he was miscast in a role that could have been better.
You are right hence the following article that proves that Pepper was meant as a lightningrod and was popular enough to warrant him a return.
http://www.manic-expression.com/apps/blog/show/16322262-my-12-favorite-rednecks-of-all-time-by-les-
I still find Pepper a great comedy character that did serve his purpose.
Agreed..i actually prefer Whitaker to Koskov,and i'm one of the minority who likes the shootout between Bond and Whitaker at the end of TLD,it seems.
"Now we can move...I'll signal Amsterdam to ship the diamonds"
He just looks plain goofy in that hat :p
Perhaps the character was underused? The first time we hear anything of him isn't until an hour or so into the film.
Sorry,who ?
But you remembered him, so he can't be that forgettable. ;)
Which is why i still think it would have been interesting to see a 3rd Dalton film,especially as it was going to be more fantastical - i think it would have been his best as well.
With the exception of the graveyard scene I'd say its probably closer to a more serious Moore flick.
The last time I watched it was because I fancied a "lighter" Bond film which I could just sit back and enjoy.
Not as dumb/childish as MR but not as intense as OHMSS (I actually rejected OHMSS for GE on my last viewing as a. I wasn't in the mood for it and b. Laz was pissing me off).
A 3rd Dalton film would just have lost Bond even more money and fans,he didnt have the box office pull of a Moore or a Brosnan.
I'm in the minority but i personally prefer Brosnan over Dalton and Lazenby as Bond,and find all his films watchable when im in the mood.
Yet they built a lot of their promotion on the new actor playing Bond. And they had an entirely different cast, except for Q.
It just feels like a lot of elements were thought up with Dalton in mind. Might be completely wrong.
The early meeting with M would have worked A LOT better with an older, more mature Bond. Brosnan looks like a 6th former in GE, not the 'mysoginist dynosaur' the script would have us believe him to be.
Oh boy i loved watching that series as a kid growing! Funny memories of Boss Hogg and Rosco! :-))
Funny enough, Joe Don Baker is actually in Cool Hand Luke as well!