When I saw "The Silencers" back in my sane and sober youth, it gave me grown-up thoughts. I still get a charge watching the uber-fetching Stella Stevens unfasten and remove her wet nylons in the back seat of Matt Helm's tricked out station wagon.
~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@...> wrote: > > Don't forget Dean Martin as Matt Helm, and James Coburn as Flint, both of > which were direct copies of the Bond franchise, though with decidedly more > tongue-in-cheek humour added... > > The closest thing I can think of that's similar to the Bond-clone phenomenon > would be all the Bruce Lee clones that emerged after he shot to superstardom > with his movies. Both his original production company, other Asian movie > companies, and soon American companies started putting out Asian or Western > actor/martial artists clearly copied on him. The sad thing is, the closer you > try to approximate the real thing in appearance and mannerisms, the more the > failure to replace him is apparent. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@...> > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 6:11:26 AM > Subject: [scifinoir2] The attack of the James Bond Clones.... > > > > > > > I never knew that there were so many James Bond wannabe movies that were made > back in the 1960s. Check out some of these trailers. Most of these were made > in the same year! Can you imagine the commercials back then? > > A Man Called Dagger (1967): > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogFWyqphNpo&feature=related > > Fury on the Bospheros (1967): > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyjLqI-9GKo&feature=related > > Secret Agent Superspy 1966: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCnE6t69B2I&feature=related > > Secret Agent Fireball 1966: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-kTaJvzTNc&feature=related > > Bang Bang You're Dead; > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyTBa_4UH3k&feature=related > > Agent for H.A.R.M: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRfVjiP_JC8&feature=related >
