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"if we have an outer space battle, I'm so done!" shhh! No one tell her!

It may be "outdated" due to modern sensibilities but everyone including the Japanese were pretty happy with the movie as there were not all that many depictions of Japan in movies. In the modern day, we know lots about Japan but in the 60s the vast majority had no idea and it was land of mystery and mystique. It's a product of it's time, but it's often overlooked that, in the 60s, this did a lot to promote British and Japanese culture to each other and to the wider world. For a generation that's likely not known a world without Internet , it's hard to impress upon you the effect movies had on culture, it was often the only cultural exposure we had. As for the "Asian face" that Bond engages in, the time these movies were made it was "normal" for actors to play other races. And to be fair, it wasn't done to mock or attack, it was done for narrative reasons; as a white dude in the 60s Japan he wouldn't blend in very well. Personally I can look past this issue.

There is no reason to skip any of them. Watch them all. Hell it’s what the channel is for.

“If we have an outer space battle, I’m so done.” Me: (Whistling and checking my nails)

I'm a Gen X Asian American and this is unironically my favorite 007 movie, yellowface, misogyny and all. As comically incorrect as it is in so many ways, something uniquely forward thinking for the 60's was that the Japanese *good guys* didn't suck - they weren't hapless bumbling natives that needed the big strong white guy to save them, they had their own obviously effective and formidable apparatus in place and only really needed Bond as a consultant, there to assist Tanaka and his more than capable operatives. And it introduced ninjas to the West - in big bold, volcano-lair storming style. To this day, one of the most spectacular practical action/stunt set pieces, in the largest practical set every built, and the most epic thrid act topper in history. I love that one shot of random ninja guy #6 taking out a half dozen thugs by himself and then continuing to advance without missing a beat as if every one of those other guys was just as badass and doing things that cool the whole time, and we'd show more of it but there's still that damn rocket to stop and the villain to catch etc.

The big guy Bond fights in the office (the one he hits with a sofa) is Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson grand dad.

White cat man is Donald Pleasance. He was the doctor in Halloween and the asylum doctor in 1979's Dracula. The guy who got knifed in the back is the narrator in The Rocky Horror Picture Show who introduced the Time Warp. Little Nelly's father is Q - the gadget guy. Glad you're enjoying Bond world Ashleigh. ❤

Fun fact: The guy Bond is fighting in the office room, who throws around the couch, is Peter Maivia, a wrestler of Samoan descent who also made some movies around this time. His grandson also became a wrestler and an actor. His name is....Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.

It may seem odd that Roald Dahl wrote this script but he was a close friend of Ian Fleming and even spied with him in World War II.

That jetpack in Thunderball was a totally real prototype, designed and built by Bell Aerospace, that was loaned to the production. It wasn't a _practical_ thing (you pretty much saw it's maximum range on-screen and it was hella dangerous) but it was a _real_ thing. It was subsequently flown at a Superbowl and at the New York World's Fair.

In the office, when "Mr. Fisher" shows up, the receptionist is using a japanese typewriter. Since Kanji is a hieroglyphic language, it does not use an alphabet where each symbol represents a sound but instead uses a system of individual symbols for concepts. As such, the full language could have thousands of symbols but for office correspondence, likely only the most common hundred or so are used. Still, this makes the typewriters very large and complex.

Ashleigh: “what happened to his face?” Me: Michael Myers. 😂

That "Ridiculous Jet Pack" they gave Bond in Thunderball is real, it is a real working jet pack the inventor used to do shows all over the country with it, mostly during football games.

The next in the series, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, always gets the reactors emotional.

You only live twice... Beans, on the other hand, has nine lives.

This one is actually somewhat unique in the Bond Series, being a co-production with Toho Studios, the Godzilla People and it kind of shows in a lot of the model and effects work

In Japan Men come first, and Women come second, or sometimes not at all.

Being buried at Sea is an Honor Navies still conduct the ceremony.

Back in the 1960's Americans did not travel like they do today. Flying was not cheap and all the locations in the Bond movies were very exotic from casinos to sumo wrestling. SCUBA diving was only about 15 years old and not very many people did it, etc. The Bell Rocket Belt in Thunderball was a real thing. The gyrocopter in this film was a thing that almost no one had ever seen.

M is ALWAYS grumpy. Its in his job-description

The movie that introduced ninjas to the world is not all outdated. And since this IS 50 years ago...

Sea burials was a common practice for many naval vessels and in the merchant marine as well. Nowadays it has diminished but I think both US Navy and the British Navy still use it. At least occasionally. A sea burial in a busy harbour is quite unlikely though. Deep water at sea is preferred.

Funny how "Japanese" Bond actually ended up looking more like Burt Reynolds from Deliverance.

"Are we going to fake a death?" Ashley at her best. Well done.

Fun Fact: The actresses who portrayed Kissy Suzuki and Aki both appear in a Japanese James Bond-style film, "Key of Keys" (1965), then was later picked up by Woody Allen and redubbed with corny dialog and renamed "What's Up, Tiger Lily?"

Uh, the jet pack is a real thing. They still occasionally fly them at sports event.

"If we have an outer space battle, I'm so done." (Makes note, rolls d20 behind screen) Good to know. Sure that won't happen.

Keep in mind, the early bond movies had real stunts, no CGI.. very impressive

Connery was like 6'2". Imagine trying to hide him in bad yellowface when he's 9" taller than average

Can't wait for the day she watches GoldenEye. ^^

The kitty kat always survives as is the real boss 😂

The rocket bullets are called Gyro jet. They actually exist. The ammo is incredibly expensive.

You know...the jet pack is a real thing that actually works

Well, yes, it is a bit dated. On the other hand - hollow volcano! Monorail! Secret army of ninjas! And Dr Evil - I mean Blofelt! - This is the movie that really informs Austin Powers, not Goldfinger.

The actress who played Aki was in a few Godzilla movies back in the day. Recognized her from Ghidorah: The Three-Headed Monster.

I always forget where it lands in the series but Diamonds are Forever is another Connery Bond. That one is absolutely worth watching.

Just so you know, Ashleigh, the original novel, You Only Live Twice, did not involve James Bond dressing up like a Japanese man. The novel took place somewhere in between the events of Thunderball and The Spy Who Loved Me, where Bond was missing and presumed dead, but was actually alive and suffering from amnesia while living in a small Japanese village who took him in, believing him to have survived some kind of accident at sea. He was living among the villagers with no memory of who he was, but he was NOT changing his physical appearance.

22:50, she didn't realize Little Nellie's father (as in Creator) was Q?😢

Bond turning Japanese has aged badly but this is easily one of the best produced Bond movies, ever. Beautiful location photography by Freddie Young, One of John Barry's best scores, An excellent theme song and last but not least, gorgeous set design by Ken Adam.

When this film was produced on location in Japan, a local fan (who had a camera) started following Sean Connery and the local police had to deal with fan incursions several times. Bondmania in the 1960s brought in tremendous challenges for the producers and the star.

I grew up in the 1960's and watched all these Bond movies when they first came out, a good majority at the Drive-In, my uncle would take me and his son to see them, now here comes the interesting part. My uncle was a retired military officer and would travel to different countries to '' Teach '', we didn't find out until after his death he was in the C.I.A., guess that's why he loved the James Bond movies.....LOL

Best Bond Theme.

That jetpack was a real life, working jetpack called the Bell Rocket Belt.

Many actors have played Blofeld, but Donald Pleasence here is just the best one. He has something so chilling about him. None of the others can really fill those shoes as the head of Spectre. The vulcano lair is also iconic.

"Cat guy always has a different voice," amongst other things. Probably a dueling scar on his face. Volcano lair, big henchmen battle, a little casual sexism...no space battle...for now. Please keep going with Bond.

Mr Henderson charles Grey also played Blofield in Diamonds are forever

"Her Thighs Are BURNIN'!" was the name of my band in college!

Little Nelly is my favourite Bond gadget. Several of the later movies had me thinking “He could really use Little Nelly about now.”

James was working on his re-entry at the beginning 😂

Wait until she gets to “Moonraker” from 1979,with an incredible title song by Dame Shirley Bassey,where Bond actually goes into outer space.

This movie isn't outdated. It's so outragiously weird and out there, that it loops back around and becomes great! One of my favorite Bond movies for sure. Especially the scene where they turn him into Spock! LMAO

The machine is a Japanese typewriter. Before computers, it was a miniature typesetting machine.

EVA = Extra Vehicular Activity: a spacewalk. Intro-song: IMHO this is the BEST of the classic Bond themes: the strings are gorgeous. M's secretary is called Moneypenny, not Pennymoney 🤣 Those "big old things" are Japanese typwriters: imagine how complicated typing in Japanese is when there are at least 100s of characters needed at least. If the thought of slicing off skin with a scalpel goes through you, I'd pick the right day to watch Red Sparrow (2018) (probably not a good reaction vid due to lots of creepy sex/nudity stuff). The Gadget Man is called Q (always, no matter who's playing him). He's Little Nellie's "father". Little Nellie is an autogyro, not a helicopter. The difference is that an autogyro is pushed forwards by a normal aircraft propellor and it's rotor is spun by it's forward movement through the air, whereas a helicopter's rotor is spun by the engine. Autogyros are much simpler and cheaper than helicopters, but a pure autogyro can't hover in one place like a helicopter. It can, however, fly very slowly and land/take-off in a very short distance. Little Nellie is a modified version of a model WA-116 invented by British aviator, inventor and engineer Wing Commander Ken Wallis, who designed all the (improbable) weapon system props, and flew the aircraft for the movie. Wallis was an amazing man: he set a new autogyro speed record when he was 89 and continued flying until shortly before his death at the age of 97 in 2013. Well worth your time to read up about him. The rocket gun is totally real. It's an MBA Gyrojet and it works just as Tanaka explained. There was a rifle version too. It wasn't a commercial success at the time, but they're now highly collectable and unfired ammo goes for scary high prices. If you go look at Brandon Herrera's KZfaq channel, he recently got hold of one and test-fired it. McDonnell was a real US aerospace company. They merged with Douglas in the 1960s to become McDonnell-Douglas (McDD for short) then McDD merged with Boeing in the 1990s. Disney had a monorail _because_ James Bond did...😉 This movie really started the tradition of Bond Villains having elaborate improbable Lairs (can you imagine the recruiting and contracting for that place). The next Bond, in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", was a one-off: George Lazenby. He was good in the role and the movie had more emotional depth than most Bonds, but in one of those epic, EMI-rejecting-The-Beatles-level mistakes, his agent advised him that Bond movies were going out of fashion and he shouldn't do another one. Presumably his agent is still dangling over a piranha tank in a volcano somewhere...

Sumo is awesome. You know why? It's short. The bouts last about a minute, the winner gets the prize money, and they move on to the next one. Have you been to New York? Best place to get lox.

This movie was my introduction to Ninjas-I’d never heard of them before. I’m sure it’s hard to believe, but back then Made in Japan was an epithet for shoddy workmanship and negative stereotypes of the Japanese were common. This movie was fairly Japanese positive for the time.

This is when Bond went from cheesy to concious self-parody. I love the Nancy Sinatra theme, though.

That white kitty cat used to belong to my wife's grandfather.

Saw the title and laughed out loud. Yeah... it is. You should see Breakfast at Tiffany's. Fantastic film... except Mickey Rooney as Mr. Yunioshi... That's... a thing that happened.

That white Toyota 2000 is a tiny car that had to be modified for Sean Connery to be able to fit into it. These cars are also extremely collectible and expensive today.

Agreed. They're all good, but Sean holds a special place.

Ok Ashlegh I'm glad you didn't give up because of Dr. No also. Cool reaction lets keep the James Bond train going. :)

In Japan they have public baths and men will bathe together in one room and the same for women.

Just an FYI, the "Thunderball" Jet Pack was real. The Bell Rocket Belt was developed, but never used for the US Army. It was used a couple of times in the 1960's "Lost in Space" and I saw it fly at Disneyland.

One of the big reasons I subscribed and keep coming back: I giggled every time you said "Penny Money" or "I can't wait to see a samurai fight!"

GREAT BLOODY MERCIFUL GODS, WOMAN! It's MONEYPENNY!! Not pennymoney! 🙄Oh, love the channel and you're reactions, though the "Dr. No" final assessment is wrong in so many ways, I'm still glad you kept watching the series.

@Ashleigh, yes Naval burial at Seas are conducted that way during war time. US Navy burial at sea ceremonies are done two ways, ashes or full body in a casket. US Navy Sailor here... I've had genuine Japanese saki. Spent 4 months in Yokosuka Japan in 1986 while deployed on USS Cape Cod AD 43

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"I lost that in Singapore in '42" -- in 1942 the Japanese overran British the defense of Singapore, possibly the second worst British defeat (after Dunkirk) of WWII.

Little Nellie is the best girl Bond ever got inside.

The car driver bond fights where they throw the sofas is Dwayne the Rock Johnson's Grandfather, Peter Maivia

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"Pennymoney"! At least ya got "Bames Jond, subble oh deven" right 😂

37:32 'If we have an outer space battle I'm so done.' You'd have to wait for Moonraker in 1979 to see that in a Bond films. 😂

"If we have an outer-space battle...." (looks nervously at Roger Moore) 42:52 Oof... That compositing work. Sean Connery will return one last time as James Bond in the unofficial Bond movie "Never Say Never Again."

Thanks for doing these!! Loving it.

As an FYI, Little Nellie is an "autogyro" or "gyrocopter" and not a helicopter. That's why it doesn't have a propeller on the tail to prevent it from spinning when the top rotors turn. With a helicopter, an engine spins the top rotor (or rotors) and the shape and angle of the powered rotors generates lift. Also, by angling the top rotors, the helicopter moves in any direction, and the tipping them "forward" causes the helicopter to travel that way. However, because the top rotors spin under power, they tend to want the rest of the helicopter to spin the opposite direction. So, they need the tail-rotor to cancel out the tendency to spin. The fact that the powered and tiltable top rotors allow movement in any direction -- or even hovering in place -- makes the helicopter an incredibly flexible aircraft. However, the complexity makes them *very* expensive build, and requires maintenance from highly skilled (aka, expensive) personnel. With an autogyro, the propellor pointing straight back is powered, but the "free-spinning" top rotors are not. The propellor at the back provides all the thrust, and the movement of the air across the top rotors causes them to spin and generate lift. That means they can only travel in the direction the propellor points, and the rudder at the back is needed to get them to turn -- whereas a helicopter just changes the angle of the top rotor, or the pilot decreases or increases power to the sideways tail-rotor. However, autogyros get much better fuel economy than helicopters; they're a *lot* cheaper to build and maintain; they take off in *very* short distances; and allow flight at speeds so low they would stall a regular airplane (although they can't hover). In other words, they're a splendid small, simple, fuel-efficient aircraft useful for exactly the sort of scouting mission Bond uses Little Nellie to make. In fact, "Little Nellie" was made by British aircraft manufacturer Wallis; it's the company's experimental WA-116 "Agile" model. Nobody flies autogyros much any more (although if you watch the Mad Max films, you'll see one), because helicopters -- although more expensive and complex -- allow for much greater flexibility of operation. Also, since the Vietnam War, we've developed "bush" planes so light, with engines so strong, they can take off from -- and then land in -- a flat piece of ground not much larger than a big back yard. And, speaking of things called "gyro," those bullet are rounds for another actual device, called a "gyrojet" pistol; the bullets are sometimes called "gyrocs." They don't use a propellent in a brass case to fire the round -- instead, solid rocket-fuel ignites and uses the holes at the back to thrust the bullet forward. They have practically no recoil and at range are much more powerful than most bullets their size. They also make a "whooshing" sound rather than start with a "bang." However, because they have to accelerate up to speed, you can put your hand in front of the muzzle of the gyrojet pistol and the gyroc will bounce off and spin around the room like an inflated balloon with the opening left untied. They get going *much faster* than a balloon as they *literally* rocket around the room, though.... 😲 So, gyrojet pistols are *deadly* at range, but kinda useless (and sorta dangerous for everybody) if shot at something too close. 😁

I love "outdated" movies...

#44 on Billboard in 1967, The title song was sung by Nancy Sinatra (yep, Frank's daughter), always liked it. (EVA, Extra Vehicular Activity, early space program talk, I believe). :)

"WHITE CAT MAN" - sounds like a Marvel superhero even ANTMAN could make fun of. 😂

The total budget for the film Dr No was under $1million and the cost of just the volcano set in You Only Live Twice was over $1million.

The next one is George Lazenby, who decided not to return for another Bond film on the advice of his agent & because of the poor treatment he received on set. Connery returned for the next one "Diamonds Are Forever." After that the part went to Roger Moore for 7, Timothy Dalton for 2, Pierce Brosnan for 4 & Daniel Craig for the last 5. There were two which were Non-Eon Productions - Casino Royale (1967) starring David Niven & Never Say Never Again (1983) with Connery. Casino Royale was then remade with Daniel Craig in 2006. There is talk of a 26th Bond film, but it's in the pre-pre-production phase. As I'm not a fan of this series, I googled this. Am a fan of Pierce though. He was married twice...first wife was Cassandra Harris & appeared in the 1981 Bond movie "For Your Eyes Only." She passed away in 1991 from ovarian cancer at age 43...he was there for her through it all & her death devastated him. He became Bond in 1995. The year before he met his current wife, Keely Shaye Smith...married in 2001. He has 5 kids. He had one son with his first wife & adopted her son & daughter. after their father died. He has two sons with his current wife. His adopted daughter also died of ovarian cancer in 2013 at 42.

What really makes the bond films great is the incredible production design by Ken Adam’s (he started on Goldfinger) and the film score by John Barry.

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Bond is never outdated. The problem is the new ones have gotten too modern

The Chinese girl in the beginning also played the daughter of FuManchu in all of those 1960’s movies.

The throwing star didn't kill him - but it made him lose his footing - the fall killed him.

please keep going! I love the next one "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"

Q is Little Nellie's father. Q stands for Quartermaster. A quatermaster is responcible for making sure a ship has everything it needs to makes it's voyage. In this case Q makes sure all the 00 agents have all the gadgets they need. As far as Blofeld's scar, he probably cut himself shaving.

11:19 that’s grandfather of The Rock

moneypenny not pennymoney

Hell yeah! Keep em coming! I’m so glad you are enjoying them. There are some amazing movies coming up!

That jet pack was legit, an actual working flying jet pack.

Ashleigh, Moneypenny is her entire last name.. but its charming you say Penny Money lol

The dude that Bond battles in the office is High Chief Peter Maivia, Duane (The Rock) Johnson’s grand pop.

Whenever I see Charles Gray (the actor playing Henderson) I immediately think, "It's just a jump to the left ..." He was the narrator in the Rocky Horror Picture Show

Great Review Ashleigh love all your comments and such a good sense of humor Ashleigh. 😍

The next film, "On Her Majesty's Secret Service," is one of the best, and the most pivotal IMO. I urge you to see that one Ashleigh.

Saki=the thing about that stuff is that it dosent feel like its that strong and next thing you wham!

yeah, I wish I had read the comments before I watched the movie with you! you are the best!