Re: What Did You Watch? 2025-01-04 (Saturday)

On 1/5/2025 5:20 PM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:

On 1/5/2025 3:17 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:

On 1/5/2025 8:33 AM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:

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Heavy Metal (4K disc) 1981 R-rated animated anthology film.  Each segment tells a different story featuring an evil glowing green ball.
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But not the followup?!
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 I was really on the fence about the sequel.  I put the sequel on, but only watched a few seconds before changing my mind.
 

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What did you watch?

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The "let's let Connery cool down" Bond movie, "On Her Majesty's Secret Service".  Part of the 2012 box set for the Bond 50th Anniversary.  Lots of extras, including one on why Lazenby only did one Bond movie.  The bits of the interview with him sounded like he knows he screwed up but other make it clear there was a lot else going on as well.
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 What else was going on?  I don't remember, did he quit or was he not asked back?
 

Sort of both.  He had some attitude, wasn't sure if he wanted to come back for a second film, the producers weren't especially enthralled with him and the box office for OHMSS was well below what was expected.

I have plans to watch all the Bond movies later this year.  Some of them I don't think I've watched in decades, so I'm really looking forward to revisiting them.

I know you are big on extras so I suggest, if you can get it, the Bond 50 box set.  Lots of behind the scenes extras and the restorations are absolutely perfect.  The movies look like they were just filmed.
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