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Who's Your Favorite Bond Rip Off?

posted 19 years ago by heroinbob78
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Hey, I'm the first one to post on here - too cool. Just wondering, for those who have seen the MST3K versions espescially, who do you think was the most laughably pathetic substitute for Mr. Bond, James Bond:

Adam Chance in "Agent for H.A.R.M"
Bart Fargo in "Il Raggio infernale" (or "Danger! Death Ray")
Sean Connery's brother in "007: Operation Bond" (or something like that)
Diabolik in "Diabolik"

I personally vote for Fargo - granted, Adam Chance was incredibly gullable, naive, and looked about the age to retire from a government secret agency (poor dude just couldn't get his karate rink, judo ranges together) - but at least he had a name like Chance, Adam Chance, baby, whereas with a protagonist like Bart Fargo (name belongs with a northwest dude), hot wheels special effects, and a Bob Boxbody mentality, where can you go but B-Movie heaven?

Also, if you're really into the spy genre of the '60s, if you haven't seen it yet, I highly recommend "CQ" - it is a great homage to that time period amidst adding in a little Coppola traditional spice.

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[–] fox_ckhaqs 18 years ago

The worst of worst of them was Adam Chance... such a smarmy old coot, I just wanted to stomp him! I actually reckon Diabolik is a pretty good movie, I've got the full sans-Bots version and it's better thna most Bond films. I quite liked the Neil Connery pic too, although he's a very wooden, charmless actor. My favourite of the almost-Bonds, although not on MST3K, would be Derek Flint... way cooler than the real Bond.

[–] pkstr11 18 years ago

Definitely Chance. Face it, the guy did just about nothing but wear your grandfather's sweater vests and flirt with the evil spy who was roughly 1/3rd of his age.

Fargo is a somewhat lovable lunkhead, with all the charm of a lost puppy rather than the suaveness of Bond. Chance trying to be charming was like watching one of those after-school specials about the creepy uncle and "bad touching".

I think Fargo would make a good assistant for Bond. While Bond gets the girls and has a car chase and such, Fargo could take care of his laundry, sweep up the place, and meet him in exotic locations to take care of those things Bond just doesn't have time to do.

Anyway, Connery was a wooden puppet, and Diabolik wasn't exactly a "Bond" rip off, and frankly was just idiotic in its concept.

[–] ccmiller1492 17 years ago

Definitely Bargo, Fart Bargo.

[–] trickymutha 17 years ago

What about Brian in "Secret Agent Super Dragon?"

[–] Skragg 17 years ago

Not to be a stick in the mud about this, but to me, hardly any "Bond rip-offs" really ARE that. But since I know what's meant by that phrase, my answer would have to be The Liquidator with Rod Taylor. Followed probably by Secret Agent Fireball with Richard Harrison. (Though The Liquidator was a comedy-drama, and really belongs in another category.)

[–] ftt 17 years ago

I vote for Adam Chance. At least Bart Fargo DID something while Chance looked so tired in every single scene and had basically nothing more to do than driving away from a location and returning to the exact same location over and over again. And the fact that in the final climax he needed the help of an even older scientist (who, unlike himself, was injured by the way) to get rid of the main villain didn't exactly help his reputation.

BTW: The flick featuring Sean Connery's brother Neil is my absolute favorite of those 60s Bond rip-offs. Hopefully it will get a DVD release one day! ;-)

[–] Skragg 17 years ago

And at least Bart Fargo did some - well, did some women. Including the femme fatale. So many "Bond rip-offs" leave that out (only SUGGESTING it instead), even though it's one of the biggest parts of the Bond movies! (I guess I have a one-track mind.)

[–] Dextrousleftie 15 years ago

Adam Chance, because its just disgusting to watch this slimy old guy hitting on young women. Icky! And he wore the same yellow cardigan for days! Ewww!!! Smarmy, useless, and idiotic, Adam Chance was the saddest Bond rip-off ever.

[–] ngobleus 11 years ago

Funny you should refer to Neil Connery as a wooden puppet--he looks a lot like Vorelli from Devil Doll!

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[–] wallacesawyer 15 years ago

Hmm, either Bart Fargo or Dr Neil Connery.

But Connery's had some cool Bond like moments, and actors from Bond films. I'd say DANGER!! DEATH-RAY is the best of the Bond knock offs to be made fun of on MST3K.

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