After several delays, the newest James Bond film, No Time to Die, Daniel Craig’s final outing, was finally released. It’s gotten solid reviews, an emotional reaction (from, at least, us), and the most amount of references to what has become considered in the last few years the finest Bond outing: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. On this episode, Bond fanatic Ted Haycraft joins to talk his favorite franchise and both of these outings from it. We discuss:
when exactly did OHMSS go from punching bag to become cinephiles’s favorite Bond;
George Lazenby’s hated and beloved legacy;
and Steven Soderbergh’s essay on the film, declaring that the film “took all the ideas of the French [N]ew [W]ave and blended them with Eisenstein in a Cuisinart to create a grammar that still tops today’s how fast can you cut aesthetic.”
Also:
the tight serialization nature of Craig’s Bond films;
their relationship to the tight(er) continuity of Ian Fleming’s original novels;
and if this, along with No Time to Die, are the most “emotional” entires in the series.
On Her Majesty Secret Service is currently available on Pluto.tv, VOD and Blu-ray. No Time to Die is currently in theaters.