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Some Kind Of Hero gives a really good telling of the making of Moonraker. Cubby actually approached ILM to do the effects on Moonraker, thinking they can give us what they gave SW. But after being affronted by their quote (several millions, PLUS a percentage of the Box Office) Cubby went to his technicians from the previous Bond films and said you guys will have to figure out how they did it! The work those guys achieved can't be overestimated, as they as traditional British special effects guys with no experience of doing what the kids at ILM were doing, just figured it out, and without computers, leading to the Oscar nominated effects in the movie. It was brilliant graft, as Calvin says literally rewinding the camera to do up to 40 Exposures on one piece of film!

I unironically love Moonraker. It is just so much fun to watch.

Wild coincidence that I watched Moonraker for the first time in 4K last night. Brilliant transfer and fun to revisit with a few martinis.

Fun Fact: John Stears who did Special Effects in some of the early James Bond films worked in *"STAR WARS"* (1977) as the Special Production & Mechanical Effects Supervisor. Plus, Rick Baker, the acclaimed award-winning practical FX guru who worked in *"STAR WARS"* for 2nd Unit Make Up, did uncredited special effects in Roger Moore's debut 007 film: *"Live and Let Die".*

John Stears, who brought the world of Star Wars to live, was sought out by George Lucas in particular because Lucas admired his work on the Bond films. He's one of the few people who won an Oscar from the Bond films and the Star Wars films (for Thunderball and A New Hope). It's a shame that a lot of his groundbreaking work has since been lost to all of the special edition's CGI - I guess Lucas didn't admire him _that_ much.

As someone who's been a Star Wars fan for years, to watch Moonraker soon after getting into Bond... It was an interesting experience. Personally, I'm not a huge Moore fan, but I can appreciate it.

Another Bond connection; the director of the most popular 'Star Wars' film (arguably), 'The Empire Strikes Back', was also the director of one of the most disliked Bond films, 'Never Say Never Again', Irvin Kershner.

I have to point out as well man about the whole Cubby Broccoli using the 5 notes from Close encounters from the IMDB trivia below. 'Several years later, Spielberg called Broccoli requesting permission to use the 007 theme music for The Goonies. Broccoli pointed out that there were more than five notes in the 007 theme music. Spielberg suspected the producer's tongue was firmly planted in his cheek, as he continued to banter" Notice also the 007 written on Data's belt too!! Spielberg really had a great appreciation for all things Bond :) Heck even Robert Davi is in The Goonies too and I was so excited when I saw him in License To Kill at the beginning back during ITV's 'Double 0 heaven season' in summer 1999 .......... then i got scared after what he was going to do to Lupi's boy friend! OH dear :(

It's worth noting that after Richard Maibaum's revenge OHMSS sequel script was rejected for being sub-par, Eon did flirt with adapting Moonraker as the next film, mostly to cash in on the Apollo 11 moon landing. Thunderbird's creator Gerry Anderson was brought in and worked on an 'in name only' adaption which apparently involved hijacked submarines. This was rejected for Diamond's Are Forever but did result in legal action when 'Spy Who Loved Me' involved the submarine element [which was settled out of court]. One of the rejected scripts for 'Spy' also had Hugo Drax as the villain so maybe Eon had Moonraker on the 'never adapt' pile due to the Anderson issue until Star Wars came along.

Here's another (possibly) Bond-related trivia: It's quite likely that the name Han Solo (played by Harrison Ford) was inspired by Napoleon Solo from The Man from U.N.C.L.E. series. The latter Mr. Solo was, of course, known to possess charm, sophistication, efficiency, and weakness for beautiful women comparable to James Bond. Interestingly, the name Solo was first introduced as Mr Solo who's a minor antagonist of the 1959 James Bond novel Goldfinger and its 1964 film adaptation. In the film version, he's the lone gangster who refuses to take part in Operation Grand Slam and is later killed by Oddjob. The surname Solo was then re-used by Ian Fleming when he was briefly involved in creating the character Napoleon Solo for the American TV series, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., which led to a threatened lawsuit by Bond producers Broccoli and Saltzman, forcing Fleming to back out of the series.

Star Wars and Superman The Movie were basically the first two movies I ever saw and I am so grateful for it. Between that and my grandpa getting me comics off the spinner rack my appreciation for imagination began really early on. That eventually led me to discover James Bond. Calvin I’ve watched so many of your Bond reviews and I gotta say it was really fun getting to hear your thoughts on Star Wars! Thanks for this vid it was a joy and that is in fact science fact.

Same as you. Star Wars was my first trip to the cinema in 1977 with my dad and brother. Couldn't get the first showing, so stayed in queue for 3 hours for the next one. Great childhood memory.

That story about young Calvin, the C-3PO figure and finally seeing the films thanks to Uncle Graham is the cutest thing.

The special effects are remarkable for the time and a lot of them still hold up today nearly forty five years later.

9:10 I was a little distracted trying to place where I knew that music, because it isn't the main Star Wars theme. It was bugging me, and then it hit me that it was the menu music from Rogue Squadron II for the GameCube. Damn that was a cracking game. Hard as nails in some places though, but one of the GC's finest titles.

Bond has always been a trend hopper even from it's earliest days. As people have noted, 'North By North West' was an influence on Bond and 'From Russia With Love' was mainly chosen as the second Bond due to JFK stating it was one of his favourite books. But honestly I don't see this as a bad thing as it's allowed Bond to stay fresh and relevant over the 60 year run of the films.

Imagine a Bond movie with John Williams score. We've had many of the best composers make some amazing soundtracks to these films, most recently the magnificient Hans Zimmer! But the one I've always wanted to do a Bond score has been Williams. He has done music for basically every possible type of a movie during his long career, one Bond movie in that career would have been a perfect extra detail! Sadly he is over 90 now and apparently retiring this year so the likelyhood of this happening in the future is very low. Also he is not in his "prime" anymore, maybe during the 70's or 80's that would have been a dream deal! But definitely if I had to pick a Bond score that reminds me of Williams the most, yes, it would be Moonraker. John Barry, a legend himself, did amazingly in that score, probably my favorite Bond score!

Great video as ever Calvin. Growing up in the 90’s was truly a spectacular time to be both a bond fan and a Star Wars fan imo. Only thing about this video which surprises me was that I don’t recall a reference to special effects guru John Stears: Oscar winner for both a new hope and Thunderball.

Calvin makes the best bond content

I am also a '90s kid and got into Star Wars when a friend bought me some Star Wars Micro Machines for my birthday including Jabba's palace. I had no idea what they all were but I wanted to find out more. I love both Bond and Star Wars and I have built models of vehicles from both series on my channel.

Really loved hearing the anecdotes about your childhood memories, and the impact these movies had on you and what they mean to you.

Great video as usual. I had heard that Tom Mankiewicz was still working on Bond at the time [having only not been credited on 'Spy Who Loved Me' due needing to have a certain % of UK cast members credited for the Eady Levy'] and that he worked on the story for Moonraker [as did Lewis Gilbert with Michael G. Wilson doing some re-writers] but not that it was still called 'For Your Eyes Only'. You learn something every day! Great to hear your Star Wars memories too.

This is a wonderful episode, Calvin. Works with the timing given the current Star Wars celebration going on. Happy Easter everyone!

I love the mental image of youngling Calvin, clutching his trusty C-3PO figure, going into his first viewing of Star Wars lol. I got into Star Wars about that same time and I think we lucked out, the 90's rocked for Star Wars. My first figure was Boba Fett which I also got not knowing anything about it. I think 3PO was my third. Great video as always!!!

Great video Calvin. Really interesting to hear how your Star Wars and James Bond passions dovetails together. Star Wars and Doctor Who are those franchises I grew up with. Bond following later in life. Perfect franchises for escapism and adventure. Still a big fan of these three to this day.

Really loved the use of the star wars disco theme in the review :)

I agree with you Cal, I prefer to have Star Wars by titles rather than episodic numbers. 👍🏻

Star Wars is so thoroughly blended into my childhood that I have no idea which movie I watched first or when. I have been familiar with all three of them for as long as I can remember. The connection to James Bond is pure escapism, I would say. The original trilogy and Bond films of the 60's and 70's (maybe 90's too) are just such pure escapist entertainment.

4:51 Not just his daughter, Kubrick himself lent a hand on TSWLM.

Thank you Calvin , it's so nice to hear your connection from Star Wars to James Bond. You make some very interesting point and I will surely have a different look on either or those two fantastic franchise the next time I will see them :)

At some point you have to make a video about The Empire Strikes Back's connections to James Bond, since the director also made your favorite Bond film Never Say Never Again 😁

Drax would have been annoyed if Stromberg had succeeded and flooded the world before he could get onto space. The fact that both Stromberg and Drax were working on world destroying plans at the same time shows that, story wise, MR was just a remake of SWLM.

Most Bond fans are into Star Wars original trilogy especially Indiana Jones Star Trek TOS and TNG especially Christopher Reeve Superman ITC Action series and Gerry Anderson

James Bond, Star Wars, and Indiana Jones are the Holy Trinity of film franchises.

Thanks for the amazing video ❤

The timing for this video couldn’t be more perfect given how Star Wars Celebration is this weekend in London. Would love to hear your thoughts on the rest of the original trilogy.

I think the same could be said about Gerry Anderson (creator of Thunderbirds, Stingray, Captain Scarlet, Space 1999 etc) as there are many Bond connections. The biggest one being Derek Meddings who originally got his start doing model visual effects from Torchy the Battery Boy in 1957 all the way up to the live action series UFO in 1970. He also designed many of the iconic vehicles featured in those shows including all five Thunderbirds and FAB1, Stingray, the SPV, the Angel aircraft and the SHADO Interceptors. I think some of his best work at least in the realm of space is featured in Moonraker and this was just hot off the heels him winning best visual effects for the original Superman the year prior. Another one is Shane Rimmer who played Commander Carter in The Spy Who Loved Me. He was the voice of Scott Tracy in Thunderbirds and also made many appearances in the later Anderson shows as well. He even showed up in A New Hope as well, he's the guy that says "This R2 unit of yours seems a bit beat up. You want a new one?". Moneypenny AKA Lois Maxwell voiced Lieutenant Atlanta Shore in Stingray and also played Miss Holland in UFO along side Ed Bishop as Ed Straker who also played one of the Hawaiian CapCom guys in You Only Live Twice. The Thunderbirds episode "The Man From MI5" seems to have been very heavily inspired by Thunderball which came out around the time that the series was being made. The original two Thunderbirds movies from the 60s were produced/distributed by United Artists and MGM who also distribute the bond franchise.

Calvin Dyson talking about two franchises I absolutely adore?! I’m sold!

New video, very nice! Glad to see you back sir

You're not the only one getting teary during the Medal Ceremony scene, Calvin :) More than this particular sequence, there's just something so... earnest about the end of that film, it's so simple and so sincere. Even more than R2's return, the one brief moment that really got me over my latest rewatch was when the three heroes wrap arms around each other, and Leia saying "I knew there was more to you than just money", this was just magical. The great Leonard Nimoy, who knew a lot about this from his STTOS days, once said that you can't craft chemistry, it's either there or not there, and for my money, there has never been a more electric and compelling on-screen trio than Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford together. Just watching them together as Luke, Leia and Han makes me happy.

This may come as a big shock, but being one of the kids who found educational programs more engaging than science fiction and of course growing up to become an astrophysicist, it wasn't until the prequels came out that I first got into _Star Wars._ My mother rented the first one _(A New Hope)_ when I was maybe six, because I was a huge fan of space travel and astronomy and my older cousin who she used to babysit couldn't get enough of it. I just couldn't gravitate to it, no pun intended. Even back then I could name all the planets and moons in the solar system and in a sentence or two tell you all their unique characteristics. And _Star Wars_ just didn't seen to have anything that I associated with space travel and astronomy. There was no zero gravity in any of the space scenes, none of the planets I learned about were there, all the planets they visited seemed to be equal in gravity to Earth with not much in the way of variation. Of course, watching them with older eyes made me appreciate it better and see what all the fuss was about.

My dad was a VCR master and always snagged Sunday movies on a library of blank tapes. The first Bond movie I remember paying attention to was The Spy Who Loved Me because of the big elaborate underwater station. And the natural progression was then Moonraker with the big elaborate space station. In the years following I came around to liking the Bond movies as much if not more than the original trilogy of Star Wars.

Moonraker was a gateway drug to the world of James Bond for kids like me obsessed with Star Wars.

Obi Q Kenobi: Oh, grow up, Skywalker!

As you are in the U.K., the full-length original cuts of all three STAR WARS films were issued in anamorphic, widescreen Super 8 film prints with optical sound, so if you can find and afford them, you can have the original cuts. A complete copy of JEDI just sold a few years ago for only $650.00, but be careful of some other old prints, as they may be fading and/or be pan & scan prints that ruin the widescreen scope compositions, et al.

Nothing could compare to being 11 years old in 1977 and having my mom take me to the biggest screen in Manhattan. Not knowing what I was going to see, not having any idea what I was in store for, I sat there with immense curiosity only knowing it would be some sort of sci fi film but I didn't even see any trailers of commercials at this point. The theater went dark and those famous words appeared on the screen; "Along time ago, in a galaxy far far away... (Next screen) "A great adventure took place..." (Yes there was a 2nd tag line in the original cut.) Then, well, you know what happened next and our world would never be the same.

The firts 3 Star Wars movies are my favorite movies of all time! And obviously I love the James Bond franchise as well!

Irony is, STAR WARS features the man who brought to life the ultimate antithesis to Bond: Alec Guinness, whose George Smiley remains the symbol of what a spy should be like. (One thing to think back about Smiley in TINKER TAILOR: none of the subjects of his investigation even knows he's investigating them until Smiley already has them pinned, very much the opposite of what happens in pretty much every Bond movie.)

I was introduced to Star Wars as a name by a game in PE class when I was about five or six. When I was seven, I read a map guide of the NES game via Nintendo Power and a year later, I came across the read-along book at another elementary school I went to. The following year, my friend Kevin Lissener had gotten Super Star Wars for the Super NES and playing that game finally got me to watch our recorded VHS tape with the big “Star Wars” marker text written on it. Needless to say, I was hooked from the first viewing and got around to the other two quickly after. And you’re right. The 90s was the best time to be a Star Wars fan since we had the Thrawn trilogy of novels in the early 90s as well as the video games, trading cards and action figures within a few years of each other. This, of course, led to Shadows of the Empire and all the merchandise from that, which followed into the Special Editions and, finally, Episode I. And, as a new fan, I ate just about all of it up. Like you, Calvin, I got into Bond shortly after, but it was A View to a Kill and For Your Eyes Only that got me started. Then, of course, I caught my first Bond movie in theaters with GoldenEye about a year later. What makes the original Star Wars work is the use of classic mythology, troupes of both Eastern and Western cinema (you can see influences of both Hidden Fortress and The Searchers in the structure and at least one scene) and the fantastic setting through the means of groundbreaking special effects. It’s safe to say that it influenced not only Bond movies but Cinema as a whole not only throughout the 70s and 80s, but arguably ever since. Keeping with the theme of 70s film influence on Bond, you should review Shaft, Enter the Dragon and Jaws at some point.

Totally agree with you Calvin. Saw the 1st 3 Star Wars films at the cinema, and to me, can't be beaten.

I still say that Moonraker is a great bond movie

Brilliant review! Terrific enthusiasm, as always, for a much loved franchise. No episode numbers...interesting idea. It's had me staring into the middle distance to wonder what that would be like! Great stuff, thank you!

I love that because of Calvin I now understand a Science Fact reference. Love this channel.

Anyone who noticed what Calvin said about the score for Moonraker by John Barry possibly being inspired by Star Wars or 2001: A Space Odyssey, take the time to watch Moonraker and then watch Dances With Wolves and pay attention to the score. John Barry scored both, and won an Academy Award for the latter.

In terms of the Close Encounters influence, I think that can be explained by what was happening with Star Trek at the same time. Trek was being developed into a new TV series after a film was abandoned, and Star Wars coming out had everyone going "Fuck, we missed our chance. We could have been *the* space film". It took the success of Close Encounters for them to go "oh, it's not a one off. It's a phenomenon" and turn Trek into a film again. So can see CE solidified it for Bond as well. Of course, even if "Enterprise shuttle" was just down to the first real shuttle being called Enterprise (thanks to Star Trek fans), presumably the reason to change the name of the shuttle and thus the film is because the first Star Trek film was also coming out in 1979 and Paramount would never let another film with a starship Enterprise come out... well, probably ever. On a similar note, would love to see you talk about the Star Trek Deep Space Nine episode "Our Man Bashir" Bond spoof episode at some point. Especially as it involved another EON lawsuit over "Dr Noah".

I first saw Star Wars in 1998, I was 6, I was over at my older cousin house while he was babysitting me and my sister, and we were trying to figure out something to watch, and he has the trilogy on VHS. He told us he grew up loving this and we would like it too, and we saw it… and then I borrowed the box set and watched the heck out of it, I loved it.

Star Wars is my favourite film of all time. That doesn’t mean it’s the best written, best directed or even best acted, but it’s an amazing achievement and probably the most important film of the last 50 years, for my money. After all, how many major blockbusters have been influenced by Star Wars (for better or for worse). I blame Lego. Lego had everything. Probably why I also love Batman. Also helps that I was also introduced to Indiana Jones really young as well.

"Look after Mr. Dyson. See that some harm comes to him."

Repaired R2, appearing in the end of A New Hope, is always the happiest moment of my life, anytime I see it. The relief I feel is overwhelming.

Having grown up in the 1970's, my first exposure to Bond was watching them as a kid on TV on the ABC Sunday Night Movie in the mid-70's (I loved them)... Then, in 1977, I saw STAR WARS (which blew my mind) and THE SPY WHO LOVED ME (my 1st theatrical Bond) in the theatre when I was 10 years old...Then, two years later in 1979, I saw MOONRAKER (my favorite Roger Moore Bond) in the theatre, and in 1980, I saw THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (another game-changer for me) in the theatre... And, "Wow"... What an AMAZING "One-Two Punch" THAT WAS in 1977... STAR WARS "and" TSWLM in the SAME year... And they came out within THREE WEEKS of each other, too... Talk about "overload!" I know that it's such a cliche to say, but it's true... STAR WARS changed my life... as did JAMES BOND. Actually, when I think back on it now... The mid-70's through the mid-80's was an AMAZING TIME to be a young person going to the movies... The number of groundbreaking CLASSICS was unbelievable... I was 10 - 16 years old when I saw all of the following movies in the theatre between 1976 and 1984... SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE... STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE... ALIEN ( my 1st R-rated film!)... LOGAN'S RUN... KING KONG... CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND... THE BLACK HOLE... RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK... SUPERMAN II... BLADE RUNNER... ST II: THE WRATH OF KHAN... THE ROAD WARRIOR... POLTERGEIST... INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM... And of course, the Star Wars movies at that time...STAR WARS... THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK... RETURN OF THE JEDI... and the James Bond movies at that time... THE SPY WHO LOVED ME.. MOONRAKER.. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY.. and OCTOPUSSY... The "Blockbuster" era had arrived! By the way... It's AMAZING to remember that there was actually ONCE a moment in time when there could be FOUR new Bond films released in such a short window of time!... (Well, "technically" five... If you count NSNA)... But, of course, that was the norm then! My Top 10 Favorite Movies are... (with SW sitting at #1... and MR at #9)... #01 - STAR WARS #02 - THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK #03 - RETURN OF THE JEDI #04 - RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK #05 - INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM #06 - GOLDFINGER #07 - YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE #08 - THUNDERBALL #09 - MOONRAKER #10 - THE SPY WHO LOVED ME I know that's a rather "narrow-minded" list... but I do so LOVE these three film series SO MUCH! I don't really feel that MOONRAKER was necessarily "influenced" by STAR WARS, so much as it was just a "reaction" to it, and the public's current interest in space at that time (with NASA, and the space shuttle program, being in full swing at this time)... Don't get me wrong, STAR WARS is absolutely a factor in its coming to be, but not the only one... On the other hand, something like TV's BATTLESTAR GALACTICA and BUCK ROGERS was definitely influenced by SW... Additionally, aside from the laser guns, I get much more of a 2001: A SPACE ODESSEY vibe from MOONRAKER than a STAR WARS vibe anyway... I think THAT film "influenced" it more... Lastly, we all know that the "original" Buck Rogers" (and "Flash Gordon") serials were the "influence" for STAR WARS, so I guess it all comes full circle!). My happiest and most vivid memories of seeing STAR WARS and MOONRAKER in the theatre are: The pre-title sequence of MOONRAKER, when Bond is pushed out of the airplane without a parachute by Jaws... And the Space Laser Battle between the Space Marines and Drax's henchmen... Unbelievable sequences to experience on the big screen... they took your breath away! The opening of STAR WARS, when the Star Destroyer pursuing Princess Leia's ship flew over my head as I sat there in the darkened theatre...and it kept going...and going...and going!... And of course, the Attack on the Death Star... Luke's trench run HAS TO BE the most EXHILARATING MOMENT that I have EVER experienced in the cinema! I absolutely love ALL SIX Star Wars films from George Lucas... and ALL FOUR Indiana Jones movies from George Lucas and Steven Spielberg... and... "of course"... The first SIXTEEN James Bond films from Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli... IMO: These films are among the GREATEST MOVIES of ALL TIME! STAR WARS THEATRICAL TRAILER kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z7aoq6yhtbndgmQ.html MOONRAKER THEATRICAL TRAILER kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gax_gs2Kupeae3k.html STAR WARS TEASER TRAILER kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gp2Cq61itNe0cn0.html MOONRAKER TEASER TRAILER kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g9SHpt17yZOXemg.html

I love your young Calvin stories!

It's interesting how many post Star Wars movies did not fully embrace it as a template. Even the makers of "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" claim they were more inspired by 2001 and Close Encounters. I saw a documentary that said studios were largely responsible for this because, in spite of Star Wars' success, executives still didn't see pulpy sci-fi as a safe bet. That also explains the ending of Disney's "The Black Hole," which went all philosophical and 'high brow' too. They didn't seem to have faith in the Star Wars mold yet. They just knew the public had an appetite for space and special effects.

Well, what can I say... Thank you, "Star Wars"(Episode IV: A New Hope, 1977)!!! Thanks to this movie, we got another great movie: "Moonraker"(1979)!!! And I don't care what 75%? of Bond fans think. They don't like Moonraker and AVTAK... I love these movies. Moonraker is so great and unique. Gorgeous-looking movie, thanks to Lewis Gilbert and DP Jean Tournier. WHERE ALL THE OTHER BONDS END... THIS ONE BEGINS!!!

I was born the same month in 1977 Star Wars was released. I also am into robots, Transformers. I do like special edition versions, but if I could only have one version I’ll always choose the original theatrical cut.

You only live twice is inspired in some ways Star Wars too, some of the soundtrack elements, the space capsule destroyed 1 second before it blow up the american space capsule, the main villan escapes right before his base destroyed and will return too.

I love both Bond and star wars massively, great video!

Although as noted the Bond films certainly since Live And Let Die had directly reflected Movie Trends (expanding on the Bond films picking up new cool stuff, such as a Laser or a Gyrocopter), the Lawrence Of Arabia music in The Spy Who Loved Me originated as a just a joke the Sound Editor played over the footage to ease work tensions. But Lewis Gilbert loved it so much he got Cubby to secure the rights and kept it in. The same joke also occurs with the theme to Dr Zhivago playing as Triple X's ringtone. This continues in Moonraker with the Theme to The Magnificent Seven, or Magnificent 007 if you will. So I think that plus the 2001 music, Close Encounters chime, and Star Wars references (laser guns, Death Star like base and reveal, the planet it's orbiting shot at to cause annihilation, Bond having no targeting computer, a secret spaceship launch base built into a South American Temple before going to the space station) fits that nudge nudge thing that Lewis Gilbert seemed to like. It would continue after he left, with the Tarzan Call and Barbara Woodhouse's Sit! in Octopussy, and California Girls over water snowboarding in A View To A Kill. It's also worth noting that 3/4 of Moonraker takes place on Earth.

As much as I love the James Bond series I prefer Star Wars that bit more, though I love both film franchises. I loved Moonraker and I loved A New Hope. 👍🏻

An unexpected surprise but a welcome one Starwars is science fantasy and Bond is Science fact

My youth consisted of Bond Dr Who Star Wars Star Trek reruns of OG series then TNG still love them all to this day

Interestingly when moonraker was released the space shuttles were not even known to the public at that point!

Yes As a fan, a child of 70s Starwars and spy who loved me the same year fell in love with both

Thank you so much for sharing your memories Calvin! Before the beginning of 1997 (more specifically Christmas 1996) Star wars was pretty much dead by the late 80's and early 90s. My friends and i were all into Ninja turtles, powers rangers, Jurassic Park, all things Batman related and Casper. In fact I come from a family of 4 older brothers and we watched all kinds of wonderful 80's sci fi, fantasy and adventure (Goonies especially) but we never saw or had Star Wars on video :( But 1997 came and all 3 movies were released like one big adventure that all the kids and even teenagers had to watch in a row and be able to talk about with each other. It basically took over the entire year of 1997 for all us kids and we became bigger fans of it over 'The lost world : Jurassic Park' or 'Batman and Robin' typically. As kids I dont think we minded the added CGI actually, it kinda felt like we were all watching a Directors Cut version of the movies which was nice........Until you find out that was all you were ever going to get :( Those Tazo's you use to get in Walkers Crisps got us all buying crisps and collecting them and buying the booklet to put them all in. Us kids would swap each others at school and on the playground too, did you do that Calvin? Although Goldeneye 64 will be more remembered for the N64, 'Shadows of the Empire' on the N64 was released earlier and it too started the new beginning of star wars craze for a new generation of children too (YES I know PC fans, Dark Forces and the Xwing/Tie fighter games were released first, now SHUSH) . It would also inspire the Rouge Squadron series later too. I do miss Dash Rendar as a expandable universe character and his Outrider spaceship :( .....BUT you can see it on the special edition taking off from Mos Eisley :) The moonraker laser also became more popular after GE64 was released :) I was dead SHOCKED actually that the actor who played Han Solo WAS Indianna Jones too??!!! From a kids point of view, we couldnt tell it was the same actor . It all makes sense NOW !! HA, no one wanted to be Luke, we all wanted to be Han :) From all the books Ive read over the making of Bond and starwars, I do wonder if when Darth Vaders helmet is taken off if his appearance was inspired by Blofeld in YOLT? what with the scar and bald head and all. There's nothing thats been confirmed on this but I would like to find out. If your interested Calvin there's a book called 'The secret history of Star Wars' by Michael Kaminski and it basically answers all the questions in where Lucas got all his ideas from and how the movies really REALLY came to be, including the prequels! I actually would love it if Redlettermedia would cover a few James Bond movies one day weather in their 'Re:View' or 'Best of the worst' videos as they don't talk about 007 movies all that much!. Mike Stoklasa is a big Star Trek fan so I wonder if he likes MOONRAKER? seeing as both the first Movie of Star Trek was released in 1979 along with MOONRAKER !! Ha both A veiw to a kill, Never say never again and Die another day would be great on their Channel too :) A great line after Bond destroys the last Pod would have been to say " Such good sport" which would show how much of a great shot he is ;) I hope you cover the Empire Strikes back and Return of the Jedi and all other Star wars things one day man. Happy Easter :)

The original Star Wars trilogy still stands as the pinnacle of space fantasy (rather than science fact, eh Cubby?). Love them with all my heart. ill always defend Moonraker. It's the excitable puppy of James Bond films: a slobbering dum-dum that just wants to lick your face and make you smile. It's obviously not for everyone (Quentin Tarantino savaged it on a recent podcast) but it is an iconic Bond film. Btw: John Barry was clearly on a sci-fi kick through 1979 given he scored Moonraker, The Black Hole (A very good score, i.m.o) and Starcrash that same year. Btw

For all the laughs had at Cubby Broccoli claiming Moonraker to be "Science Fact", I do kinda understand where he's coming from. For all of Moonraker pushing the boundaries of what was actually scientifically feasible in 1979, they didn't go so far as to include aliens or robots. Look at the big sci-fi films at the time: Star Wars, Close Encounters, Alien. Three of those had aliens and two of those had robots. For all my gripes with Moonraker stretching suspension of disbelief to breaking point, at least we don't have any of that - Drax isn't an alien from the planet Draxon sent to Earth to alter its atmosphere to make it suitable for the Draxonians to colonise, and Holly Goodhead isn't secretly a NASA-built android with the primary directive to destroy Drax and his armada of Draxonian battle cruisers. I mean, yes, NASA having a whole team of Space Marines ready to go in a minute is straight out of a sci-fi matinee serial but at least their craft is based on the Space Shuttle, which was cutting edge technology at the time, and not a flying saucer. Or, to use the Italian term, a Disco Volante. Wait... Hang on... Was Thunderball actually the sci-fi Bond film this entire time?!

There's an alternative universe where Calvin created a Star Wars KZfaq channel instead

You should rank all the First Bond films. I think we’d all enjoy that

I got into Star Wars when I was about six years old. I don't even longer remember why I watched it. I only know that they aired the OT as a prelude to the free TV premiere of Episode I here in Germany and I was hooked. I never developed the same love for Star Wars as I did for Star Trek, which I had started to watch around the same time, but I still follow it. Similarly, I started to watch Bond as a pre-teen when I was eleven or twelve years old and while I still follow it, at 13 I discovered Doctor Who and fell in love with that. Somehow TV shows appear to have the greater grasp on my than film franchises LOL.

So Calvin mentions that in the 1978 early versions of "For Your Eyes Only" (in space) the shuttle was going to be called "ENTERPRISE"....!! - Oh, Hello ? -No references to the OTHER space franchise I take it ... ?? I'm sure SPOCK would find this ...Fascinating !! LOL Hey, I love Star Wars too but any other STAR TREK fans here who noticed this as well ?? (FYI: Star Trek The Motion Picture was also released in 1979, same as Moonraker)

I haven't watched any of the Star Wars movies for ages but I knew them well before getting into James Bond. I definitely need to revisit them anytime soon.

Adore this vid Calvin, nice one. If you can, I highly recommend you check out one of the following; despecialized edition, theatrical reconstruction and the wonderful 35mm 4K77 print of the first SW movie. Plus also consider some of the same people who worked on Bond and SW such as the legendary John Stears, Garrick Hagon or even Jeremy Bulloch. Amazing that these two franchises plus the original two Superman movies were so reliant on British ingenuity of the technical crews involved. An idea: a 6 degrees of separation video between Bond, SW and Superman!

15:37-16:01 I agree about having the option to watch both original version or Special Edition of Star Wars, which would've made an awesome Blu-ray/4K boxset release. While I've had my issues with some Special Edition changes in the past, I've honestly gotten used to them over the years and enjoy them now as much as the originals. So I wouldn't want the originals released just so I can ditch the Special Editions as I'd love to have the freedom to watch either version of the films from an official Blu-ray/4K set. But anyways, I'm glad I have my 2006 DVD copies of the original versions (even though they're non-anamorphic low quality laserdisc transfers) as I too am not really that keen on trying to download fan made edits.

4:52 Didn't Stanley Kubrick himself secretly do the lighting for the submarine hanger scenes in TSWLM? It was under the condition that no one who worked on the movie ever told the public about it. It makes perfect sense since Kubrick lived in England and shot all of his later films there including at Pinewood. Great video! My personal favorite Star Wars movie is Return Of The Jedi. As far as I'm concerned the final shot of our heroes celebrating with the Ewoks on Endor is the end of the franchise. For all the awfulness of the prequels, at the very least they didn't ruin the original trilogy's ending.

''Live and Let Die'' had as one of its villains an immortal voodoo priest, a laughing man with a claw, a Bond Girl with tarot card abilities, and a man who inflates like a balloon before exploding. The idea that ''Moonraker'' is too silly has always amused me. Frankly, I love this film, and the more ''dark and gritty'' the franchise gets, the more I find myself pining for the days of Moore.

Excellent video, Calvin! It'd be great to do a series on the films and trends that have inspired the Bond series over the years. If you do more of these I think Enter the Dragon (1973) would be an excellent companion to Man With the Golden Gun. Funnily enough, when I first watched Enter the Dragon I thought it felt like a Bond film in terms of plot, action, villain's lair, etc. Keep up the great work!

Moonraker .. bank holiday classic 😅

I always gravitated towards Luke over Han. It’s the fact that I like the goody two shoes over the bad boy characters.

TWINE was my first Bond film and what got me into it, as for Star Wars I wasn’t fully into it until ‘08.

Yep. I'm a massive Bond fan and a massive Star Wars fan. As a kid (and adult) they were my two favourite things. I used to rotate between Goldeneye, tomorrow never dies and the star wars original trilogy on VHS. Also loved moonraker

"Moonraker" was one of two space movies scored by John Barry around this time - the other being "The Black Hole". It too, was accused of attempting to cash in on the "Star Wars" craze. Barry's music, though, has some strikingly original passages which certainly owe nothing to "Star Wars".

A new Hope is one of my favorite films. Everything in the first half especially is such an amazing watch.

I am a Star Wars fan first. Always have been, always will be. Star Wars was a huge defining part of my childhood, as was Indiana Jones. I actually came to Bond later in life, probably cause I’m an American. The first one I remember watching was TND, but I only caught the last half hour of it on tv. The first one I saw start to finish was Live and Let Die. Then I watched TND all the way through and it is now my favorite Bond film.

I'm not a big star wars fan, but KOTOR 2 was one of the best stories ever told in my opinion. Interesting video!

I really love both the original triliogy of Star Wars and the Bond franchise. I've always loved by Hollywood cinema even as a kid. What I think makes Star Wars stand out against other science (fact) movies, is that it's more Arthurian Legend in the trappings of sci fi. It's an mixture of so many different genres (Western, Fantasy, Sci Fi) that it becomes almost a tribute to movies themselves.

Funny enough as i type this, Moonraker is on ITV 4 right now, they always put it on when its a Bank Holiday

I'm some kind of jealous to those who got to see the opening star destroyer scene of Star Wars in a cinema for the first time, that must have been something phenomenal. And yeah I have been Bond, Star Wars and Indiana Jones fan from my childhood and still are.

Even though Star Wars has had far greater lasting appeal, as someone who was around back then, Close Encounters was a true cinematic phenomenon, almost as big as Star Wars, and one that remained popular on cable and network TV as well as in video rentals through the 80s. It's hard to overstate how mind-blowing those special effects were back then, especially that mother ship. I think Star Wars has remained a cultural phenomenon for much longer of course because there was more than one film, as well as all the merchandise. I don't recall any Close Encounters toys.

I’d have bet money you would have mentioned John Barry’s score for The Black Hole, also this isn’t a joke but I was watching Moonraker on ITV4 yesterday and when it got the ending it made me cry 😢