Tag: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service is a fascinating entry in the Bond canon.  Released in 1969, it perfectly reflects the experimental spirit of its era, emblematic of the late-’60s cultural transformation.  Blofeld’s mountain-top complex borders on science fiction, with his… Read More →

The reveal of the Bond family coat of arms in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service is one of those quietly fascinating moments in the franchise’s lore.  “Orbis non sufficit” (the world is not enough) turns out to be more than… Read More →

It’s a combination of his bellowing, sometimes overbearing voice, hist outfit choices and probably just culturally some of the aspects of the late 1960s/early 1970s that crowns George Lazenby as the dorkiest Bond overall.  Doesn’t matter though – On Her… Read More →

Quite the random line from On Her Majesty’s Secret Service…why did they have M suddenly have a butterfly collection hobby?  Surely a writer lost a bet and insisted having “lepidoptery” in the script…? Read More →

And really everything about this scene from On Her Majesty’s Secret Service was great.  It still had a dose of 1960s campiness, but that was vastly outshined by blaring the original James Bond theme and the awesome Swiss Alps at… Read More →

Although it’s a cover, this scene from On Her Majesty’s Secret Service still is one of Bond’s most pretentious moments – his nose practically drags across the ceiling! Read More →

There are too many camera edits, Laz has an odd speaking tone and the female obsequiousness is just too much.  And Bond has never sounded more pretentious. Read More →