Ranking & Reviewing 70s Era James Bond Trailers | Diamonds Are Forever to Moonraker

[@nitinranjan4935]

Met Roger Moore once at a party in London as a kid...That was when The Living Day Lights was just released a month ago and all the marketing was Timothy Dalton centric that he is the new Bond and all that...this might sound silly but as a kid I believed that James Bond was real and Roger Moore was him...I approached Roger with excitement saying " Mr. Bond, Mr. Bond...what are you doing here ? Do you know that a man named Timothy has been impersonating you for a month ?" To which he replied with this extraordinary charm " Pipe down kid !" Then he leaned forward and whispered in my ear " I know kid, I told him to do so." I was shocked but I whispered back in his ear "But why Mr. Bond ?"...He whispered back " To fool the bad guys my dear lad !" Then he winked at me and went back to mingle with the guests....I was over the moon...I met him a couple of times after that and we had a laugh about that encounter at the party...but till this day he remains my James Bond ❤️

[@obiwankenobi9141]

That’s really wholesome, Roger Moore is truly the fan’s Bond. But I must wonder if he realised that you actually thought he was Bond or if he thought you were joking. Either way, he seems like an awesome guy.

[@Bumbo-busines]

It’s an absolute shame we lost him 💔

[@michael.wilson.allons-y]

Roger was one of THE nicest fellas to chat to. Met him a few times in London.

[@Goldeneye1997]

It’s crazy that in the DAF theatrical trailer, Connery’s “Bond, James Bond” introduction is not sped up like it is in the final film. I have no idea why they thought speeding up his voice was a good idea. His delivery at normal speed was perfectly satisfactory

[@splintergectornathan9045]

Lip-sync maybe

[@spencerkindra8822]

I've always hated that. How did that terrible bit of audio make it through the entire editing process, into the final cut, and all the way to theaters and no one said "uhhh we need to rerecord the dialogue because this sounds god awful."? It's a bummer that that's Connery's first scene where he's fully on camera after he was gone for four years and the only time in the movie he said "Bond. James Bond." Someone has to have been fired over that haha.

[@horrorfanandy4647]

*MYNAMEISBOND.JAMESBOND.* I hate that bit, it always stuck out like a sore thumb.

[@davidjames579]

Other films may promise you The MOON BUT WE DELIVER! *Moon not actually included in the film.

[@jamesatkinsonja]

16:35 I do find it frustrating the end duel in 'Golden Gun' was cut down [and the uncut version is probably now lost] given that film has a lot of stuff that doesn't need to be there [it probably should have been a much tighter 90mins rather than 2 hours] yet they cut down the finale the film is building too.

[@stuffedsheepshead]

It would be great to see that extended footage, but I'm glad it didn't make it into the final cut of the film as it kinda ruins Scaramanga's character.

[@Aidenkong523]

We'll definitely need a full trailer ranking after the 60s Video.

[@Mattfromthepast]

Roger Moore had been on both Maverick and The Saint which had preformed well on US TV so I am guessing that is why they felt safe putting him front and center of the marketing for Live and let die.

[@Mattfromthepast]

I love that you laughed at them calling this "Ian Fleming's Moonraker", because that was my reaction too. Moonraker is one of my favorite movies but it has nothing to do with the novel of the same name.

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

"WE'RE NOT SCIENCE FICTION, WE'RE IN FACT SCIENCE FACT!"

[@Mattfromthepast]

First time I saw that in one of the extras on a DVD I fell to the floor laughing, it's just so insane.

[@spencerkindra8822]

It's closer to the book than The Spy Who Loved Me was. At least in the movie Moonraker there was a bad guy named Hugo Drax and he had a rocket. The Spy Who Loved Me couldn't have been less like the book if they tried. Name one thing from the novel besides the character of James Bond that's in that movie. What I find hilarious is that there were tie in novels for The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker since both of those movies are already based on books. That's how different the movies are from the books they're based on haha.

[@Mattfromthepast]

@@spencerkindra8822 well to be fair Fleming asked them not to use anything from the book in that case.

[@jamesatkinsonja]

@@spencerkindra8822 Even if Fleming hadn't banned them from using anything from the book, I don't think it was adaptable anyhow as it's more like a kitchen sink soap than a spy movie [though Jaws was inspired from a heavy in the book]. The novelizations were probably instigated by Christopher Wood [who didn't contribute to any other Bond films].

[@MartinKronstrom]

"Guess who's coming for XMas? It's the Man With The Golden Gun!"...but not his actual super cool transformable Golden Gun but a regular gun, spray painted gold.

[@HOTD108_]

That wasn't THE Golden Gun, it was just a Golden Gun.

[@horrorfanandy4647]

I believe it’s a Colt 1911. America’s darling. And it does look a bit tacky just pasted onto the gunbarrel like that.

[@MagicMaster667]

21:22 - I'd love to see a trailer/reveal with the new Bond start off with the gunbarrel walk, followed by walking forwards and introducing the film to us in one long take.

[@theultimatevideoman1143]

The 70's trailers actually, surprisingly, seemed better than the 80s trailers

[@jomo999]

You're not wrong. Odd that, I thought it was to do with trailers getting better overall in the industry but maybe they just don't try as hard when the actor is established in the role. By the time Octopussy swung around, Roger's face in the trailer was maybe enough.

No! 80s RULES

[@CptBerns]

Everything was better in the 70's. The eighties was the worst decade of all, the 70's the best.

[@theultimatevideoman1143]

@@CptBerns And the 90's?

[@CptBerns]

@@theultimatevideoman1143 I often say that I would love to live my life all over again. I'd love to relive the 1970's and the 1990's. But I'd love to skip the 1980's. Yes, I love the 1990's.

[@kirk1701]

I like how the trailers for _Diamonds Are Forever_ and _Live and Let Die_ utilize the sythesized Bond theme from _On Her Majesty's Secret Service_ and the _Moonraker_ trailer utilizes some Bond theme cues from _Diamonds Are Forever._

[@al007italia]

In both "Live & Let Die" trailers they did some word play with more & Moore. Their way of introducing Roger Moore as Bond no doubt. Of course "Moonraker" was originally meant to be "For Your Eyes Only". But after "Star Wars" they went with the Fleming novel that has a space theme. & as you pointed out, that meant adding the "Star Wars" crawl.

[@BenCol]

Interesting that they used the B. J. Arnau version of Live and Let Die in the trailer over the Paul McCartney & Wings version. You’d think they’d make more of the fact that they had one of the most famous musicians in the world doing the title song, rather than just going: “Paul McCartney wrote this song, you know, former member of the most popular band around and one of the best singer/songwriters of this generation - well, here’s someone else singing it.” Maybe it was Saltzman & Broccoli’s request? I’ve read they wanted to have a black singer sing the song but only went with McCartney because they were contractually obliged to and that Arnau appearing in the film to sing the song was a compromise, or something like that.

[@DafyddBrooks]

It does sound good of them to request a black singer for the movie and sad that they couldnt. kind of would have been good if the Solitaire was as well

[@davidjames579]

@@DafyddBrooks They wanted Solitare to be played by a Black actress (Diana Ross was one suggestion) but UA said that a lot of Cinema Chains in Southern America would boycott it, as would South Africa. Ultimately they got some way with Rosie being Black. But of course she's not in the film much, turns out to be a traitor, Bond interrogates her at gunpoint only after having sex with her, and she's murdered. Apparently the producers weren't into McCartney's Live And Let Die, until they were persuaded it being by him would generate a lot of publicity. I guess they really did think you needed earmuffs to listen to McCartney.

[@jamesatkinsonja]

@@davidjames579 I remember Gerry Anderson saying that he wanted to include black characters in Thunderbirds but was told southern American TV stations wouldn't show it [though he did introduce Asian characters like Tin Tin to make the show more diverse].

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

@@jamesatkinsonja At least he got Lieutenant Green and Melody Angel in Captain Scarlet! Gerry was a real forward thinker when it came to diversity, for the '60s anyway.

[@steamboatwill3.367]

same with "The Blues Brothers", Theatre chains wouldn't book it in "predominantly white neighborhoods"

[@spencerkindra8822]

Great rundown of these trailers. This isn't really related but it's fitting that Moonraker came out at the end of the 70s because to me it marks the end of the early era of James Bond. Now in reality License To Kill is a much more fitting example for the dividing point of the eras because the franchise went on a six year hiatus and no one except for Desmond Llewellyn came back but Moonraker somehow feels even more so. Not only was it the last full length Bond novel to be adapted until Casino Royale, it's the last one to feature Bernard Lee as M, the last one to be directed by Lewis Gilbert, the last one where the villain wants world domination, the last really campy one, and the last one to feature a Shirley Bassie song. Even with Roger Moore coming back in For Your Eyes Only, there's just something about Moonraker that feels so much like the producers are telling us "it's the end of this era of Bond movies". Anyone else agree or am I off base here? LOL. Also watching your videos on the trailers for the Daniel Craig movies, the Pierce Brosnan movies, and the 80s movies makes me aware of how few James Bond movies have been made in my lifetime (I was born in 1990) and just how many they made in 60s, 70s, and 80s. I know Fleming only wrote twelve novels and two short story collections but the producers have shown they can find good original scripts to adapt or they could go to the Bond novels written by the other authors. No matter how you justify it, it's crazy that from 1962 to 1989 there were sixteen Bond movies (eighteen if you count Casino Royale '67 and Never Say Never Again) and since 1990 they've only made nine. And now that Eon's legal issues are behind them, there's no reason we shouldn't get at least five more Bond movies in the 2020s. I'm not counting No Time To Die because that movie was supposed to have come out in late 2019 but was delayed because of behind the scenes issues and then obviously corona hit so it got delayed over a year.

[@davidlwork3619]

Great review Calvin! It’s nostalgic to think we had 5 Bond films in a decade!!

[@mikezinza9699]

The 70's is my favorite bond decade. Diamonds is my favorite and spy is my second favorite Bond movie. Spy is the first one I saw in the theatre. Side note, the theatre next door, separate buildings, caught on fire during the movie and they kicked us out with about 10 minutes left in the movie. I had to come back the next day to see it all over again. Just a side note, today is my birthday and I count this video as one of my presents. Thanks Calvin, you're my favorite Bond content creator. Keep up the good work you're the absolute best.

[@greatwuta]

First things first. Happy Birthday 🎂🥳 Now, you and me will never get along 😂 The Spy Who Loved Me is my favorite Bond movie of all time and Diamonds Are Forever is the worst Bond film of all time. How you like DAF more than TSWLM is beyond me

[@mikezinza9699]

@@greatwuta I think because it's the first one I ever saw that and I love the script and the supporting cast are some of my favorite characters of the entire series. The camp elements don't bother me as I say Adam West is my favorite Batman. I tend to like the more comedic ones, octopussy is also in my top five, and I dislike the more serious ones NTTD ranks dead last for me, I absolutely loathe it, and OHMSS and FYEO are in my bottom 5 movies. But thanks for the birthday wishes we could at least enjoy a screening of TSWLM together

[@spencerkindra8822]

@@greatwuta No way, Diamonds Are Forever isn't nearly as bad as The Man With The Golden Gun, Moonraker, or Die Another Day. Yeah it's Connery's worst one but that's like being the dumbest Rhodes scholar haha.

[@alwaysOPEN4business]

@@mikezinza9699 after saying DAF is your favourite I don't think your ranking matters much lol

[@leecroft1983]

@@alwaysOPEN4business Each to there own but gotta say... DAF is just horrible.

[@ralphroshia9247]

I'm with you Calvin I Hope someday we get a proper Deleted scene between Bond and Scaramanga on the beach

[@DafyddBrooks]

aswell as those moonraker deleted scenes too from the boardroom/ launch pad and the meditation chamber on the moonraker space station

[@lewisgrant7622]

You can tell how much of an impact Star Wars had made. In 77

[@Jolar70]

"Liiiiive and Let Die"! 10:18. Just great delivery! What a set of pipes THAT guy had!

[@AndyJay1985]

It's interesting to hear John Barry music over LALD and TSWLM. You realize how both soundtracks had such an impact on the tone of the films.

[@williamblakehall5566]

Some thoughts on the shift from Connery to Moore in the Live and Let Die material. Bond is almost always about pistols, so it's odd and jarring -- though fun -- to go with a machine gun motif. The advantage of a machine gun, of course, is that it leaves several holes at once. I think these holes, in their way, announce "We're beyond Connery now, and we're pretty much forgetting Lazenby -- this is a franchise in its own right, and we can expect a multiplicity of Bonds." We thus abandon the gun barrel and let the holes become our new frames. Next, I think they get maximum mileage simply out of Moore's name. Else I've seen the "007" neatly inserted into the name "MOORE," but here they stack the "ROGER" over the "MOORE" and are able to fashion a vertical "007" that way. Finally, they really lean into the obvious pun of his name, with promises like "MOORE excitement," which they return to for "Moonraker." Simple, but appreciated.

[@neiltaylor6645]

Back in the day when mgm/ua home video realised three of Sean Connery films on widescreen video they had all the trailers up to diamonds on the video 20 mins of them

[@jamesatkinsonja]

I had a Star Trek video with the trailers for 'Motion Picture' to 'First Contact' on it!

[@darren2514fv]

Many of these teasers were done at first for American TV as adverts that was shown in the Superbowl half time advert breaks an example being Diamonds Are Forever and Man With The Golden Gun teasers with the darling for Christmas female voice having a American accent and the hand bit being filmed in America and another giveaway the action scenes were always the first to be filmed

[@samm4980]

Watching these trailers and their use of the original Bond Theme from Dr. No reminds me of the early films when it is like: Bond button his shirt: blare Bond theme Bond looks in a mirror: play Bond theme Bond takes three steps: Bond theme level 200

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

F***ing hell, it's played SO MUCH in From Russia With Love!

[@jhjhjhjhjhjhify]

Tbf if I hadn't seen Diamonds Are Forever I think I'd be a bit confused by the 'Charles Grey is three people all named Blofeld' thing. Not as confused as I'd be after seeing the actual film, having been promised 'the greatest Bond adventure of them all' but still...

[@menkomonty]

I'd love it if we got a new Bond trailer and they decided to do a one-off retro trailer in the style of some of these trailers. Extra points if they somehow include Mrs. bell going "holy shit" within the trailer.

[@DafyddBrooks]

ahhh wow another trailer video that fast, YAAAAAAAY!!!! interesting how the trailers seem better in the 70's than the early 80's. I do wish they could have had Roger Moore fire a Moonraker laser in the gun barrel for the trailer and Jaws looks stoned at 24:47 haha, hope you enjoyed your Roger Moore double bill this weekend :)

[@TheDarthEddie]

I like how the Bond theme for the DAF teaser is the gunbarrel music from OHMSS. "We're going to hope you forget the previous film! Here's the previous film's gunbarrel music!"

[@michaelhall8586]

Wow even the trailers for bond films are glam. These are super fun and stylish!

[@annalena007]

I really enjoy watching your film reviews! You're the only person that can satisfy me with James Bond etc. Greetings from Austria

[@spaceodds1985]

Nice video. I have to be honest I do quite like the voice over in the DAF and L&LD trailers, they actually give the trailers a sort of B movie/grindhouse feel to them… or it could be just me. I really do appreciate that TSWLM and MR did an about face on those first three set of trailers by using another voice over artist… think it was Patrick Allen… and instead the trailers show off the set pieces and place the films as blockbuster attractions rather than just good old action Bond films.

[@rivertowers520]

I remember in the old video tapes of the Bond films, they would play both trailers before the movie actually began. So it's kind of cool revisiting these old trailers for the first time in over 20 years.

[@CountCrane2065]

Love the Christmas gunbarrel in DAF trailer, where he throws the presents away to make the shot.

[@spencerkindra8822]

Agreed, it's kind of funny how much the fact that Diamonds Are Forever was scheduled to come out in December, 1971 really went into that movie's advertising. I wasn't aware of any of that until Calvin did that Bond Christmas video. In just about every Bond movie to debut in December there was a Christmas theme in the commercials. Yet only OHMSS and The World Is Not Enough (maybe not a coincidence) were set at Christmas time.

[@thomsboys77]

@@spencerkindra8822 OHMSS came out in December 1969

[@DB_137]

And the OHMSS ending theme on the Live and Let Die trailers? Huh, as much as I love it and that massive bass - strange for them to use that music!

[@okradiohead7430]

I think Live and Let Die started that trend: where the set-up for the spectacle is "whoa, oh no, how will this play out" and the pay-off is "omg, did that actually happen - that's amazing." But the "whoa, oh no" is good enough for the trailer and they can entice you to go see the movie for the payoff. For the earlier films (ahem, Connery-era), they have to give you the pay-off to sell the movie. I don't rank Moore as high as you in general (but let's not split hairs, I effing love him), but I think during this time period the series did evolve a bit in terms of how to thrill audiences with impossible situations that require spectacular solutions. With that you CAN hold back with what you give away and just show us the impossible-to-get-out-of situation without showing us how it plays out. I think LALD (like hello, the crocodile scene!) started that. And yeah, that's why the trailers get better, because they're working with better material in terms of spectacle at this point.

[@giesellemarasigan9870]

This is awesome! I love how Roger address on the teaser I think it just gives a little tease from The Saint back then, and I just how Dr. No theme plays it just gives me an excitement, but all in all this gives me a lot of reason to rewatch this Roger Moore's outing, love him deeply. So let's enjoy and cheers to our Roger Moore's rewatch this week. 🥂💖

[@Dohsoda]

Man, what a time to be a Bond fan in the 1970's the return of Sean Connery and the beginning and middle of the Roger Moore era. Audiences and film fans were spoiled back then getting a Bond movie every other year or every two years. In LALD and TMWTGG case, just the next year!

[@greatwuta]

I disagree. The 70s are horrible. Imagine going to the theaters to see DAF then LALD and then TMWTGG? Oh the pain

[@Dohsoda]

@@greatwuta Well, like Star Wars, Star Trek, MCU, or DCEU, we as Bond fans all have different tastes. What might not land for someone, might land for others. I think in general, being a Bond fan during that time was exciting. You cannot deny the quantity of content which was fast and coming at the time. Whatever you may think of the movies, its just exciting to be in the cinema to see all these Bond spectacles on the big screen.

[@drumtum]

I think i will watch all these movies tonight. In fact, Live and let die is already rolling. Love them all.

[@murphychace307]

I've got a 16mm print of that trailer for The Man with the Golden Gun. It's different as it's got a US voice over. Also it's me, I'm the second person in the Bond fandom who cheered when I saw Pepper was back

[@davidjames579]

Pepper was shown in the trailer as market research revealed a lot of people loved him in LALD.

[@bondjamesbondsandiego0075]

Great video as usual Calvin! As usual the spy who loved me is a real high watermark for Roger!

[@markolszewski3654]

Thanks for such a quick upload of this! Watched the 80s one just the other day and was searching for this haha

[@BenCol]

EON left themselves open to a false advertising lawsuit with that Moonraker trailer. “Other films may promise you The Moon, but we deliver!” Apparently it appearing in the background of a few of the space scenes counts as “delivering the Moon”. The way they talk about it, it makes it sound as if Bond will actually go to the Moon in Moonraker. In retrospect, considering the name, it’s interesting they chose to have Drax’s base be a satellite in orbit as opposed to a Moon-base (complete with a literal moon raker to keep it tidy).

[@greatwuta]

Nah, we should sue them for saying that Diamonds Are Forever is the greatest adventure. I'm getting sick just typing that last sentence.

[@bonghunezhou5051]

It is a good thing that this film w/ the trailer was not released in recent years; it might have been taken to court, a la Yesterday (a lawsuit or two is pending, for not including Ana de Armas in the film proper, even though she was shown in the trailer).

[@spencerkindra8822]

Wow that's misleading. Another one is the tagline for A View To A Kill which if you recall was "Has James Bond finally met his match?" to which the movie answers quite clearly, no, no he hasn't, Zorin isn't that unique or daunting of a villain haha.

[@BenCol]

@@spencerkindra8822 A good example of Betteridge’s Law: any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word ‘no’. If they were confident the answer was yes, they’d have presented it as an assertion, by presenting it as a question they’re not accountable whether it’s correct or not. EON: “Can’t complain that you didn’t think Zorin was much of a villain, we never _actually_ said Bond had met his match.”

[@spencerkindra8822]

​@@BenCol I gotcha haha. What a massive cop out. You know the producers were going "Zorin's gonna be Bond's toughest match yet, we gotta really sell this guy, fans are gonna be putting him in the same category as Goldfinger and Blofeld!" and he just isn't haha.

[@DigbyCCeasar]

This is the era I actually grew up in, and I remember it well. I remember sitting in the theater, watching four trailers before every movie movie started. The first Bond movie I ever saw theatrically was For Your Eyes Only, I was 13 at time. Marvel did a tie in comic book two-parter, and I still have those. Those became a graphic novel, sitting in my bond collection as we speak. All were part of the wider marketing campaign. I absolutely LOVE that film, and at that time the trailer blew my mind. I said that to say this - I love that you are doing these, but I think you might be doing them a bit short by not also taking into account how well they compare to the other action movie trailers that came out in the same year. Marketing a film is one thing, competing for those moviegoer bucks is a huge part of why they end up looking like they do. Its nice to have another context to put them in as well, might even change how you feel about some of them lol. Great vid mate, easy like!

[@edslushie570]

I find it hilarious how the lady in the TMWTGG trailer puts so much emphasis on "Golden" and almost none on "Gun." Like there wouldn't be ANYTHING unusual about a man with a REGULAR gun showing up on Christmas!

[@justsomedude5727]

Gf got me all the collections up to Brosnan for early Valentines day, gonna be busy for awhile. The "George Lazneby" collection kinda cracks me up

[@mck-qt7hu]

Despite watching Live and Let Die fairly recently the trailer made me want to sit and watch it again. Great stuff as always Calvin, really enjoyed this one. Would love you to do a review of some of the best fan edit trailer's.

[@donovaneddiealanhodges1499]

Thank you Calvin for doing this video because I made a suggestion about this. You should do a video that ranks the films from Dr. No to OHMSS.

[@Jukebox_Jim]

I look forward to seeing your videos every week, Calvin. Thank you for the great content and I'm already looking forward to the next one 👍👍

[@robtucker7577]

Great video Calvin! I love these trailers I remember having a vhs tape with all the Bond trailers

[@DB_137]

1:48 That's actually the ending theme from OHMSS on the ending credits - surprising that they used that on Connery's return - almost makes me wish Lazenby had returned once more, again!

[@articleanteater]

I love all the DAF music for the other movies trailers.

[@sigilsun]

Christmas only comes once a year. Well unless in the hands of Brosnan 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@nigelinasia2088]

Maurice Binder was responsible for all these trailers, I believe. Makes sense. He was originally an ad agency guy.

[@hugh-jasole]

Been a fan of yours for about a year now Calvin and this is one of my favorite series you've done these trailer reviews. I'm excited for you to react to the Piece Brosnan-era trailers .

[@jamesatkinsonja]

He's already done those a few weeks ago. He's going in reverse order [only the 60's to do now]

[@hugh-jasole]

@@jamesatkinsonja ahhh appreciate ya good sir

[@ammosophobia]

Mrs. Bell!

[@jessebeamish5279]

Great video, awesome series. The 70’s trailers were actually really good!!

[@HamanKarn567]

Some of the lines seem sped up in the actual movie but in the trailer they seem normal and somewhat better.

[@benseager77]

I'm guessing that the lack of space battle footage in the Moonraker trailer was due to the optical work still being completed?

[@kubrickfilmfan7340]

Now I'm curious: at wat point did they stop using the Dr. No theme in the trailers?

[@robtucker7577]

They still used it in the Licence To Kill trailer So Goldeneye they used that more rock and roll Bond theme😄

[@HieMan-g1n]

28:12 Is that the DAF version of the Bond theme?

[@ShameerRavji]

Thx for the vid. Love 70s Bond trailers. TMWTGG was really interesting with the deleted scene .

[@prbambi9934]

The trailer for Diamonds Are Forever is better than the actual movie.

[@kevinoconnell9798]

I’m surprised they didn’t market Christopher Lee as Dracula in either of the trailers for The Man With The Golden Gun.

[@davidjames579]

Calvin's favourite narrator is back, on in this case the Moonraker trailer. And he's brought his salacious tone from the James Bond In India doc.

[@jomo999]

Diamonds are Forever Trailer: "Sean Connery is back again. He's back! Sean Connery IS James Bond 007, Bond is Connery and Connery is Bond!" Live and Let Die Trailer: "About what I just said, forget that guy. Roger Moore is Bond. He's DEFINITELY James Bond. No seriously, Moore is MORE James Bond than the other guy. He's MORE, geddit?"

[@RighteousBrother]

The first trailer I ever saw for a Bond movie was Moonraker, I'd gone to see The Spaceman and King Arthur at the cinema, but couldn't stop thinking about Bond afterwards !

[@SCLStuntFan]

1:47 - Looks like the blood drip that was used for Roger Moore's first gunbarrel (1973-74).

[@mstevens113]

Voice over man is pure cheddar! Surprised he didn't feature in all of these.

[@vordman]

I can actually remember the Diamonds Are Forever trailer doing the rounds, but the voice-over in the UK was different to this. It went something like "James Bond gets his kicks" over footage of the Bambi and Thumper encounter and my six year-old self thinking, I want to see that film!

[@wessexfox5197]

TSWLM trailer is awesome, definitely one of the best they’ve done. You can tell they knew that this film was going to be something special.

[@trueflip25]

The trailers in the 70s were awesome and cheesy. But we love them.

[@mywhiskeyden-davidelliott]

Really cool video! I remember as a kid in the 1970s, Roger Moore WAS Bond! Live And Let Die had such a merchandising and advertising blitz behind it that I think EON wanted folks to forget Sean Connery. PLUS Roger Moore was a known star here in the States.. even me, at the age of 8 (in '73) knew who the Saint was! And The Spy Who Loved Me was probably the first real Bond BLOCKBUSTER!

[@ricardocantoral7672]

I love that echoing "Forever".

[@greatwuta]

I bet you do 🙂

[@PetersonZF]

Next time, Calvin finally watching the Dr No trailer: "I can't believe they're still using this theme!!"

[@piotrbugaj5179]

15:43 - My thoughts exactly. I guess at least we got to see them before we knew how stupid they'll end up being in the context of a plot.

[@andrewscurr9983]

A few years ago they were showing one of Roger Moore's Bond films on Australian TV, and the trailer voice over said "See Roger Moore roger some more" over footage of an intimate scene.

[@Account-nx3ui]

I just remembered they used George Martin's LALD theme for some The Living Daylights, but I'm pretty shocked that they didn't use it for LALD.

[@ben8447]

I have a premonition. An up-coming video from Calvin will be Ranking & Reviewing 60s Era James Bond Trailers. Just a guess ;)

[@russellb1212]

Yes, brilliant to see these, great films

[@bigkraus1]

It has me in the mood to watch all of them again

[@Rhubba]

I remember the Spy Who Loved Me teaser trailer very well when I first saw it at the cinema in mid-77 (I can't remember what film I went to see...perhaps Freaky Friday with Jodie Foster). I was 9 at the time and was worried when Bond said "my latest adventure and, if I'm not careful, my last" thinking that it might actually be the last Bond movie ever!

[@art-of-techno]

That exploitation feeling in the three first films is very inspiring!

[@arcoholic3]

Nice reviews - but sad you didn't include the Milk trailer for Live and Let Die. Always a favourite of mine. Remember seeing it at Chichester Classic in 1973.

[@spencerkindra8822]

Calvin I know you've stated multiple time how trailers for old movies would give away the entire plot but what do you think about the trend of the star of the movie explaining to you the audience what the movie's about and his or her role in it? That's definitely something that they could bring back. "Hi I'm Daniel Craig but you may know me better as Bond. James Bond. My mission: to stop a dastardly villain for her majesty. My weapon: a Walther PPK 9mm. My fate: to find out, see me in No Time To Die, only in theaters this autumn." That'd be hilarious haha.

[@brianolson6366]

I enjoy these trailer videos

[@Ellis007Bond]

Im surprised the Moonraker trailer didn't make a point of saying the film is infact Science Fact! Its a very underrated Bond film! Can't wait for the 60s trailers video. Also with the OHMSS Trailer you will hear quite a bit about it being a different sort of Bond film

[@robertharvey2604]

I've always liked the Roger Moore era trailers when he approaches the camera. Good stuff.

[@peterbumper2769]

It is always a good time to watch The Spy Who Loved Me

[@WhiteJarrah]

I'm getting Goldeneye trailer vibes from the _Diamonds Are Forever_ trailer, what with the revealing the twist about Blofeld's doubles.

[@Rhubba]

And with all Bond trailers....they get a bonus point if Patrick Allen is narrating.

[@shamrockballs1066]

Did you watch Live and Let die at the weekend? Watched it again myself, I really like that one

[@CaboSan1]

L&LD teaser had a really cool start

[@redkalel]

Damnit how did they not say “More Moore!”

[@renekauts8323]

Actually, I'm already looking forward to your next video! "Ranking & Reviewing 60s Era James Bond Trailers * Dr. No to OHMSS"! Because I think "YOLT"(1967) trailer is THE BEST TRAILER IN MOVIE HISTORY EVER!!! "Welcome honorable 007! He is the one and only Sean Connery! Sean Connery IS James Bond! James Bond IS Sean Connery!". Epic lines!!!

[@neilvarma]

Spy who loved me teaser was the best

[@alcabane3125]

awesome trailers

[@AndrewChapman]

Love it when Jaws shakes his head in the Moonraker trailer. Pity that didn't make it into the final cut of the film.

[@greatwuta]

The Spy Who Loved Me, Two great trailers for the greatest James Bond film of all time

[@passiveagressive4983]

Who does the voice over for Moonraker (and MWTGG)? His name escapes me, did it start with Jason/Colin?🤔 OMG so frustrating😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@davidjames579]

Patrick Allen. He voiced a lot of ads, and the Government's Protect And Survive PSA about what to do in light of a Nuclear Attack. He also voiced the making of Octopussy, which Calvin was greatly amused by.

[@paulandrew6457]

The Spy teaser trailer is the best for all the reasons you mentioned.