Which Spoof did it best?

MilleniumForceMilleniumForce LondonPosts: 1,214MI6 Agent
Which James Bond spoof is the best? Not in quality of the film, but which one spoof Bond the best?

For me, it's got to be Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. Whilst I like the sequels, they became less of a spoof of bond movies and more of general comedies. However, the first one has a Bond like villain, Bond like settings, and a Bond like girl.
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,924MI6 Agent
    Get Smart (Film) was alright I suppose -{
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I regard the Derek Flint films as spoofs so I'd pick "our man flint" -{
    ( even Austin Powers , likes the Derek Flint films) :))
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  • MooseWithFleasMooseWithFleas Philadelphia, PAPosts: 753MI6 Agent
    I loved Johnny English because I'm a huge Rowan Atkinson fan. Austin Powers 1 and 2 were great too.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,701MI6 Agent
    Archer is awonderful spy spoof and Bond spoof on TV
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,924MI6 Agent
    Mission Impossible (TV Series)
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  • Rainier WolfcastleRainier Wolfcastle Posts: 484MI6 Agent
    I can also recommend the two OSS 117 films with Jean Dujardin (I prefer the first). But no spoof beats Austin Powers 1. -{
  • James SuzukiJames Suzuki New ZealandPosts: 2,406MI6 Agent
    Johnny English is the best hands down. Funniest, not overtly crude like Powers, and probably the most cleverest spoof.
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  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,774MI6 Agent
    edited January 2015
    Except for Dr Evil and his team*, I don't see Aystin Powers as specifically Bondian in its p-takes, it feels more gendrsl spy spoofing than that. CR-67 is a pyscedelic mess that needs a double scotch and looks a shambkes from a story perspective. I haven't seen Flint, so can't comment there.

    I would have to agree wuth Johnny English. It had its tongue firmly in its Rule Britannia cheek. Thebfirst one is better, in spite of a weak budget. Second onenhas better visual gags though.

    *I can't say "Minions" without thinking of giggly begoggled cute little yellow tic tac characters any more!
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  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,061MI6 Agent
    Moonraker is the best Bond spoof; nothing else comes close.
    :))
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,924MI6 Agent
    Scouting For Girls had a James Bond Song -{
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Before the film, I always thought " Minions" were small, garlic bread. :))
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  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,774MI6 Agent
    (shakes head) Silly Pussy! That's Crutons!

    Re The Scouting For Girls Song, having seen the video (with the sound off) strikes me more as a salute Capt Scarlet? Maybe they were nervous of being sued!
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,924MI6 Agent
    Yes Thunderbird, thats probably it :D
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    No, the things I had were definetly minions. :D
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  • Gassy ManGassy Man USAPosts: 2,972MI6 Agent
    In the 1960s, among American or British films, the Flint series was probably the best -- and they were inferior to the Bond films in pretty much every way. Dean Martin's Matt Helm films were similar but looking even more meager in budget. They are entertaining, but as with Flint, the films have an American sensibility to them -- with less panache and scale than the Bond films and more juvenile humor and sexuality, a whole Las Vegas, ratpacker production. Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die, although quite low budget, almost seems a blueprint for Moonraker ten years later, and taken for what it is, entertains. The Hugh Drummond films, like Deadlier Than the Male, while having some Bond elements, were really dressed-up detective stories, so I don't think they really count. If so, then so would films like Peter Gunn and Some Girls Do would have to be included.

    In some ways, television offered better versions of the same thing. The Man from UNCLE, for instance, for the limitations of budget and small screen, could nonetheless serve up some Bondian adventures with wit and breeziness, at least in the first season. And then and now, I think Robert Vaughn pretty much looks like what I think of when it comes to a spy. The Wild, Wild West also had a lot of elements that the Bond films introduced. I won't count such wonderful shows as The Avengers, Secret Agent, or Mission: Impossible!, as these were not trying to be Bond in any way, save for the cool and wit.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,061MI6 Agent
    Gassy Man wrote:
    In some ways, television offered better versions of the same thing. The Man from UNCLE, for instance, for the limitations of budget and small screen, could nonetheless serve up some Bondian adventures with wit and breeziness, at least in the first season. And then and now, I think Robert Vaughn pretty much looks like what I think of when it comes to a spy.
    Oh yeah. It was definitely cool. And Fleming had a small hand in that. -{
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  • MilleniumForceMilleniumForce LondonPosts: 1,214MI6 Agent
    After watching Johnny English and Austin Powers again, I've come to this conclusion: Powers spoofs the Connery films, and English spoofs the Brosnan/Craig films.
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  • Absolutely_CartAbsolutely_Cart NJ/NYC, United StatesPosts: 1,740MI6 Agent
    Powers also parodied the Moore movies since it was going for a 70s vibe and austin was more a lover than a fighter
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,924MI6 Agent
    I would not mind seeing a fourth Austin Powers Film :)
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  • MilleniumForceMilleniumForce LondonPosts: 1,214MI6 Agent
    I would not mind seeing a fourth Austin Powers Film :)

    So would I - watched the third one again last night. Sure, it's not as good as the other two, but it still has some fantastic moments. And makes me want to watch You Only Live Twice again!
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  • CmdrAtticusCmdrAtticus United StatesPosts: 1,102MI6 Agent
    I think the Flint films spoofed the EON series the best. Everything is exaggerated to such a degree - he's surrounded by women, has a cigarette lighter gadget that does dozens of things, is a martial arts expert and his enemy is a parody of SPECTRE who are using the weather as a weapon. Even the credits and score are great riffs on the Bond films (thank you Mr. Goldsmith).
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,061MI6 Agent
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    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I love old Derek Flint, have both films on dvd. :))
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  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,061MI6 Agent
    "Ladies, PLEASE!"
    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    " You're flying to Moscow to watch the ballet ?"
    " No Sir, To teach Ballet !". :))
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  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,061MI6 Agent
    :)) :)) :)) :)) :)) So funny.
    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
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  • MilleniumForceMilleniumForce LondonPosts: 1,214MI6 Agent
    Hmm, I feel like checking these films out now.
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  • CmdrAtticusCmdrAtticus United StatesPosts: 1,102MI6 Agent
    Watched them many times - their classics of the genre for me. In Like Flint was the weaker of the two - the plot was even more over the top than the first - but it still has it's moments. It's worth it just to see Flint in the first film use his boss as a human defibrulator!


    Dr. Wu: Ours would be a perfect world! Why?
    Derek Flint: Because it's your idea of perfection, gentlemen - not mine!

    Cramden (on the line with the President - LBJ): Stall dammit stall! Flint's alive!

    LBJ: "No ahh, no ahhh...
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Agreed, sadly the " Defibrillator " is cut all the time, ( even on my DVD) 8-)
    But it was wonderful seeing it for the first time. :D
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  • CmdrAtticusCmdrAtticus United StatesPosts: 1,102MI6 Agent
    Agreed, sadly the " Defibrillator " is cut all the time, ( even on my DVD) 8-)
    But it was wonderful seeing it for the first time. :D

    Cannot believe it would be cut. Has there ever been an uncut version with extras ever released?
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