Old (young) Calvin has an angry Craig energy. Today's Calvin has a distinguished Moore energy.

16:43 I still don't remember that guys 'naeme' - I like how Calvins accent returns while he's listening to his old self. Same how I speak more southern and softer Dutch when I go to visit my parents in the Netherlands.

Watching these, I’d say the biggest change in your content is that your reviews have become much less summaries of the film and much more analysis based reviews. It’s really cool to see the roots of your video style and how it’s evolved over time!

I remember watching this when you were doing the whole "My Weekly Bond" series when I was in school, back when this was pretty much the only KZfaq channel dedicated to Bond, honestly all things considered this review still holds up, the swearing was surprisingly restrained as well, tasteful even.

Another addition of the Virgin Young Calvin vs the Chad Older Calvin.

I love how you pronounced the word 'name' at 16:44 . I think you had a stronger Yorkshire accent back in the day, and maybe listening to your old review brought out more of your northness.

Liking the review commentaries. Takes some guts for anyone to face older content of their but also fun to see reviews I enjoyed back in high school and be reminded how much the channel has changed over the years.

I followed several KZfaq “angry reviewers” back in the day and you weren’t nearly as “cringe” as they were. I wish I could go back to my younger creative projects and find this level of quality. Good job!

I have a feeling you were a lot more negative back in the day. I suppose that makes sense, back then the Internet and KZfaq were basically built on angry critics. Heck, you were subtle compared to a lot of folks.

Please make this a regular series, I love watching you go back on these. I loved your old FYEO review.

"Calvin Dyson Reacts to Safin's Hunt 2", that would be a pretty cool video!

The only thing wrong with Thunderball was the jerky ending and a few minutes of underwater sequences needed cutting. A cracking film ..

Thunderball one of my favorite sean Connery bond flims along with dr no an u only live twice

Thunderball is one of my favorite Bond films, yet I can see why some people don't like it. The underwater stuff never bothered me; in fact, I find much of it beautiful and immersing. I remember watching your older reviews and enjoying them, even when I disagreed. You've only gotten better!

I love the reactions to old videos

Id really like to see you look over your 2013 A view to a kill review - a classic

I love that your accent slipped back to Yorkshire after watching old clips when talking about that scientist towards the end.

As others stated, you were following the "angry" reviewer trend. Your skills as a critic and as a KZfaq personality have both changed for the better!

6:13 That lip smack is amazing

Now that you have three of these, I have one word: Playlist.

On the ‘hat thing’, I’m not sure myself what the joke is meant to be but Connery has changed outfit (blue blazer, shirt and tie -> brown suit, beige shirt and brown tie) between the scenes where he throws the hat / gets briefed with the other 00s to the second briefing scene in M’s office. Not sure how an outfit (and potential day?) change fits with the urgency of the mission but hope that somewhat helps! In any event love your work Calvin have been watching on and off since these original videos were still free to watch on your channel

I say this every time Thunderball is mentioned: I like it more than I used to, but it needed tighter editing on the underwater scenes.

I love Thunderball. My only issue with it is the under water stuff early in the movie drags out too long. I'm also a sucker for the Tom Jones song 👍

At least Young Calvin didn't admonish others for liking Thunderball in the video, and expected people to disagree.

16:44 you're accent is back Calvin!!! Watching too many of these old videos haha Funny thing is I remember them all from way back in the day. You've always been full of charisma on screen hense the loyal Bond following always coming back. Never liked thunderball much either even though it was the first Non Brosnan film I saw, the next was Moonraker and I loved it all the way through and have been a Moore fan ever since. Spending every £7.99 I had as a kid on these movies

Love your channel Calvin. My only tattoo is the Spectre symbol and these movies have been an important part of my life. It was the thing my Dad and I bonded over when TBS used to do Bond marathons on TV when I was a kid. Keep up the good work.

I gave it a five star review as I liked your work even back then

The changing accent of Calvin Dyson

Yay!!! Another reaction from Calvin to an old review! Woo hoo! Does life get any better? I recently rewatched Thunderball with my dad and had a reasonable time with it. It’s got some good bits in it, it’s just the underwater scenes that are quite dull. But it’s not terrible

I love at 16:43 your northern accent creeps in!

It's interesting going back to these earlier reviews. KZfaq at that time was very much dominated by angry reviews and being as aggressive as possible but you've come so far since then.

I would love to see Calvin try to make a video with the same camera and editing software he used at the start.

Wow! You were also wearing your bow tie back in those days!!!

This was amazing. I enjoyed watching you react to your older reviews and seeing how they differ from your current style. :)

You're one of my favorite KZfaq channels. I found your channels few years ago when I watched your playthroughs of bond games and from those I watched the old reviews when they still has two parts. Since then for the last like five years or so I've enjoyed everytime you upload a video. It is interesting to see them again and compare.

That character is simply called Kutze played by George Pravda. I didn't know either had to look it up haha.

Admittedly, I think Thunderball works mostly, for me, with the cinematography and score. There's really no denying its beautifully shot in certain places and feels like you're watching Nassau caught at a certain point in time. Plus, it does get the Bond style done right but there are elements that do drag. Honestly, if you think about it... Thunderball is a lot like Moonraker in quite a few aspects! As for your older reviews, please keep doing these rewatches. I think it was around your My Weekly Bond for The Living Daylights when I originally found your channel and subbed and would go back and rewatch them countless times. I think Die Another Day may have been your highest view count and it would be interesting to rewatch that one especially after you recently watching it in the theaters and seeing your views then and now! No matter what... Have ALWAYS loved your content!

I remember being a new, young bond fan when discovering your videos. It seemed like you were the only person producing content on the series back then. I have fond memories of these videos, and I remember finding it bold that you went against the popular consensus on this one. Most people, in my perception, seemed to unabashedly praise this film while you publicly derided it and that (among other reasons) caught my attention. You were honest with your opinions and I really liked that. I have stick around since as a result...

Love these, keep 'em coming!

You were fair with the film, I'm surprised people would give you a hard time about that video! I'v had an interesting story with Thunderball, arguably more than any other Bond film. If you had asked 10-12 year old me to do a ranking, it would have been top 5; it was one that I watched over and over, I loved the location, I loved the underwater scenes and above all I loved the might of Spectre in that film. Then as a teenager, going into the Craig era, I completely snubbed Thunderball, probably didn't watch it in something like 8 years. When its 50th anniversary occured I watched it again and disliked it a lot, for the same reasons as you. Aaaaand now we come to my latest rewatch, I'd say 4 months ago: loved it to pieces. It drags a lot, the Patricia/sauna scene is intolerable and some of the editing flat-out sucks, but this was the most I had enjoyed that film since my childhood. I think my appreciation may have to do with Sir Sean's passing: it made me appreciate him just being so effortessly cool and casual with the role. David Z is spot-on about Thunderball, when it comes to the lifestyle, this film is second to none. It has that Terence Young magic. It is both glamour and sexy, mainly due to the characters (Fiona is one of the best villains and Domino the most underrated Bond girl IMHO). I'd take it over the majority of Craig's films anyday :D

The scientist that disarmed the bomb was called Kutze. Played by George Pravda.

Hey Calvin do a video about the bond "sacrificial lambs" with your opinions on which characters death hurted you, and which didn't. Plus you can do on the character, that Doesn't deserves to die.

I’ve never been a big fan of Thunderball either. And I have tried to get into it multiple times. Fiona Volpe was awesome though. She completely upstaged Largo on the villain side.

I think it's nice to see how your style of humour for these videos have changed over time in regards to certain things about movie plot points or anything you might have discussed/reviewed on this channel, for the sake of entertainment value, of which there is loads, particularly once you started to use yourself as a standin for various people. This was a great watch as always, and I remember this old review as if it was yesterday.

Thunderball was the first Connery Bond I saw, back in '95 when I become a fan aged 20. Will always have a place in my heart. Plus, John Barry's music is utterly sublime.

Young Calvin was so much more Yorkshire it has to be said

Every time I watch these reviews to your old videos, it makes me feel old 😂 the days when I was just beginning high school and watching your channel. So long ago 😅

Another amazing video, Calvin. The physicist’s name is Ladislav Kutze. When will you do a video re-ranking all of the bond movies, now that NTTD has been out for some time? Greetings from Spain.

Thunderball is for me the Bond film of which my opinion has changed most dramatically. It used to be in my top 5 but after doing a run-through of all the Bond films during lockdown I was surprised to discover I... actually didn't enjoy it very much. I think one of the things that bothers me most is all the continuity errors. This definitely has the most: minor things like towels changing colour and the "hat thing", to major things like geiger counter watch becoming a geiger counter camera by the film's end, and Bond punching Leiter to stop him saying 007 in front of a villain and then proceeding to talk about himself being 007 in front of said villain. The film is a mess, and to a distracting level imho.

The best of your Weekly Bond reviews I have seen were your Brosnan ones particularly TWINE and Die Another Day, some great one liners and funny gags that have stayed with me. I suggest you go back and rewatch them next time you do this.

My word you have mellowed. You were like Ralph Fiennes in In Bruges back in the day.

I love Thunderball, I find the underwater sequences riveting. The Skeet Shooting gag is also peak Connery Charm.

I remember watching your 'My Weekly Bond' all those years ago. It's been a pleasure to watch you grow and refine your work Your early reviews were always entertaining, but you've also really developed a relaxed confidence as a reviewer (and reverted to your more natural personality and creative instincts).

You're the best Bond commentator on KZfaq Calvin. Love your stuff!

You gotta react to your old never say never again review and the spy who loved me. They were my favorites of yours.

If there's one way to describe young Calvin it's that he's very...well Yorkshire. I'm amazed each video wasn't introduced with "Ay-up!" I'll make thee a cuppa tea, come meet the whippets round back. These reviews of the old reviews are fantastic. As someone who came to the channel in the last 7 or so years (think it was just just before or just after Spectre from memory) it's great to see the evolution in style and presentation. Some elements are there like the stylish suits, the hair's a little too Bieber/boy band but I assume that was the style at the time. Overall the old reviews, while considerably more sweary than we've become accustomed are still great to see.

you know when you're getting old when you can remember when KZfaq used the 5 star rating system. (god, I'm getting old)

"Still sunburned, I see." M. looked his disapproval.

Good stuff Calvin, I look forward to the review of the reaction of the review in a few years time. *****

I'm less intrigued by the "hat thing" `and more intrigued by the fact that Bond's suit appears to change colour (from blue to brown) following the conference.

Can't wait till you watch your classic sky fall review .definitely the best of them

Yeah Thunderball is one of the top Bond films for me. It’s a great hangout movie & I LOVE the location.

my issue with the end is the boat exploding. It has an atomic bomb on board. That's an atomic disaster off the coast of Florida. But apparently small fuel explosions cancel out big nuclear ones

This is beautiful Calvin!❤❤❤

These always crack me up!

I'd personally love to see you react to your old Moonraker review

I loved the enthusiasim in the first review 🤣

Could've called this vid 'Never Say Review Never Again'.

My first video of yours as a Patreon supporter would be your past self bashing my favorite Bond film! LoL I may not agree with your Thunderball ranking, but this was entertaining as always. As as someone with prose reviews dating to my teens, I feel you on the cringe front!

Something I’ve noticed going through these older videos is that you’ve gotten a lot better at editing as time has gone on. In particular, the comedic timing of your videos has really improved. These early ones let the setup linger just a bit too long for the punchline to be effective, but now your jokes are really good at making me laugh. So kudos for the improvement.

Remember as well, its very possible that Terrance Young Never wanted the movie to be as it is man. Him and Connery were like 2 peas in a pod manking the first 2 movies, not trying to dis Goldfinger but man you can see that Young was forced to do certain things in thunderball beyond his will

I hope you had a great birthday, Calvin! Xxxx

Please upload your original Living Daylights review.. "Why are they laughing, its not funny ya know.... IT ISNT THAT FUNNYYYYY" "Community, what do you all get together at Christmas and have a party or something?"

All our tastes change man from our early 20's to our 30's man. and even if some dont, it doesn't have to define who we are or anything at all. Yes thunder ball is just another Goldfinger, but remember that the movie was made without the knowledge that the movies would continue beyond the 60's or Connery at all. and yep 3:50 was me with 'A view to a kill' man, especially at my 4 older brothers who grew up and love that movie. Remeber though, THAT jetback was THE best thing to see back then and the coolest thing to exist for kids in the 60s, even if the milarity didnt continue its budget for the device at all. no but seriuously man, at 15:13, they once said they jumped the shark, but Lara literally PUNCHED the shark , so it cant be all bad :)

Got to tell you Calvin- your old videos may not be as polished or as nicely produced as your new ones,but they were all still really funny and interesting and it was obvious that you were just a natural at this from the very beginning! Definitely disagree about the film though- it has been one of my favorite Bond films since I first saw it when I was a little kid and it still remains one of my all time favorites! Keep these reviews of your old reviews coming - they are lots of fun!

Hey Calvin when are you gonna release your Goldeneye Movie review

Yeah I remember those reviews. As a Thunderball fan you pissed me off! But that's not to say you were completely wrong! Your production values have improved beyond recognition now of course. Keep up the great work man.

Obviously your approach to reviewing has matured and evolved, but I still hugely enjoy angry young Calvin! 😁💯

Your chest hair is killing it. But really, if, when 19-22, I had taped myself opining on any films, good or bad, I would track down that footage and destroy it like it was an ATAC. Kudos for indulging your viewers with this . . . i would call it self-flagellation were it my hypothetical footage - I suppose self-therapy is more accurate in your case. P.S. I think Thunderball captures the epitome of the James Bond ethos better than any film, with the possible exception of FRWL.

Brings back great memories of the first time watching these videos, which must have been 10+ years ago at this point when you were one of the very few doing this for Bond. Love the retrospective series! Wonder what other entries would make for good lookbacks... QoS? CR 67??? :)

You crack me up, Calvin.

Classic

Hi Calvin. Wonderful to see another old review. Still very funny. I wonder if one of the problems with Thunderball was it was supposed to be the 3rd film instead of Goldfinger, but with the legal wranglings, that got shifted up the order. Then when all was sorted, it does seem to have been hurriedly put together, hence the continuity errors, and yes, the underwater scenes are a bit too long. Also, Sean Connery's performance at times seems as though he's playing a mischievous school boy, rather than a suave agent. He did look a bit tired in YOLT, but his general performance was much more typically Connery. Keep these old review shows coming.

I think so much of this is generational in some ways, after Goldfinger remember waiting for this film and the movie poster was so nice with Connery in the orange wet suit and a speargun. OMG, my 7 year old heart be still.

I'm hoping for an eventual die another Day review reaction because there are some jokes in that that still really make me laugh even now

Thunderball is awesome. Does it go on a bit too long in places? Yes. But...but...a plane flies over the ocean and paratroopers in SCUBA gear literally parachute out of the plane into the fucking OCEAN and swim down to kill the underwater baddies with spear guns. I mean that alone is just so fucking GENIUS and cool. The whole film just reeks of the mid 1960s and the absolute pinnacle of the Bond/Spy craze. It is way more than the sum of its parts.

Would you ever consider commenting on the Persuaders (50th anniversary) or The Saint (60th anniversary) episodes perhaps episodes with future actors who would work with Roger Moore during his tenure as James Bond?

I was around and remember that video as part of the OG “My Weekly Bond” series. I think I was mostly in amazement at the time that I finally found one person who disliked Thunderball as much or more than I did/do.

Great video as usual, you mentioned having a hankering to watch Thunderball again at the end, was wondering how often you rewatch the Bond movies, say over a year? I usually rewatch the whole series through at least once a year 🙂

Interesting, Thunderball was never amongst my favourites until I saw it at the cinema over summer. After watching the first three in the small aspect ratio suddenly the screen was filled and the film just looked glorious. It completely changed my opinion of the film and I felt that this, rather than Goldfinger was the first real wide-screen cinematic Bond film.

15:44 That edit is pretty funny.

I have seen you since 2012, but I don't remember if i have seen your old Goldeneye review. I would love to see it, please react to it.

I do not even remember stars rating on KZfaq.

I wish you still swore like that in all the videos 😂

Thunderball is still my favorite James Bond film and has been for over a decade since I first saw it. I will say, I enjoy the movie more as a whole rather than its individual parts, which I acknowledge are pretty weak on their own. Focusing on the individual parts really is just not the way to see this film, or any Bond film for that matter. The movie is slow moving but I actually enjoy that, because the music and the atmosphere really help to keep me invested during the longer scenes. And on that point, the soundtrack and the production are phenomenal. It's also one of the more violent and brutal of the Bond movies, since when people get shot or stabbed it really feels and looks real and genuinely painful. Out of all Connery bond movies that I would recommend to newer viewers, I would honestly pick this one because it's the most straight forward and has the fewest elements that could take people out of it, like Bond having no contribution to the events of Goldfinger and a lot of the dated stuff in YOLT and Dr. No. So yeah, the movie has flaws, but It's still my go-to for a straightforward Bond adventure.

I noticed that you have Shaken Not Stirred on your bookshelf, I have that book too. It would be a bit of work but have you ever considered doing a review of several of the cocktails featured in it? You could do it as a live stream and see how drunk you get haha. I made the "Avalanche" which was inspired by OHMSS last Christmas and it knocked me on my ass. Fitting that those drinks are so strong considering how much Fleming drank haha. Great video! These old video reviews have been interesting. It's crazy to see how different reviewing movies on KZfaq was back then and how people had to work within the confines of those rules. Also am I the only Bond fan that actually holds Thunderball in high regard? Because I love that movie and I'm surprised at the amount of fans that HATE it. To be fair I definitely have a bias towards the movie because it was the first Bond movie I ever bought but I maintain that it's much better than it's reputation. I do agree that the underwater scenes go on way too long and until watching this exact video I never noticed that there's too many characters. I always forget about Paula because her character is almost completely pointless. Her sole purpose is to be the sacrificial lamb ally since Felix is already in the movie. Still more useful than Mary Goodnight haha. All that aside it's one of my favorite Bond movies.

I remember when this one was originally uploaded. I agree with you that not all Bond films are unwatchable. But this one, DAD, and QOS, are some of my least. favorite films. I do like Claudine Auger and Adolfo Celi.

I hardly even remember that old KZfaq had a star system. I want to travel back in time and remember how the internet was back then.

For a ranking video, I say you should rank the orchestral scores of each film from worst to best.

You've probably got enough requests but maybe an idea for the 'Myths' of James Bond would be looking at the rumours of 'people in the running for Bond' [such as the 'Taylor Swift cost Tom Hiddlestone the role'] and why Bond attracts so much 'fake news' from the media [such as linking Angelina Jolie to Bond each time].