was this billed originally as apart of the 007 franchise?
just wondering on the original audience for this...
i am aware its NOT apart and never expected i to be... but i have perspective.. was this supposed to take audience by suprise?
I don't even know what the Hell you're trying to ask...
shareHA HA HA... sorry. just re-read what i posted... my brain mustve stopped working.
I MEANT TO ASK.
when originally released, was this advertised as part of the 007 franchise?
where the audience supposed to be tricked into thinking they were getting an actual bond film?
or was it always billed as a spoof?
:)
Some people might have thought it was part of the series, but the advanced publicity the film got should have clued most viewers in advance that it was a comic spoof. Also the absence of Sean Connery would have made it clear since at the time he WAS James Bond. I also suspect that had the makers of this film tried to mislead viewers into believing it was tied in with DR. NO, GOLDFINGER, etc., lawsuits would have followed.
shareYeah, I'm sure the publicity had every intention of hipping folks to what kind of movie it was - way before the movie came out there were big picture articles in all the major magazines (which were big media way back then!) done with the filmmakers' cooperation.
shareGrowing up, the arrival of every new Bond film was cause for great excitement. I was about 14 with CR came out, and have vivid memories of being very angry and frustrated in the theatre. I could not understand all the silliness and kept hoping that eventually it would become more like a regular Bond film. The tunes were goofy and didn't sound at all like John Barry.
I remember when they finally got into Noah's facility, the music and sets seemed "Bondish" and I hoped the film would get better. Next second, Woody Allen was stumbling around. Too strange.
Now it's a weird-trip nostalgia piece, a fun reminder of the strange excesses of that decade.