amanaplan1 wrote:
1) None of the Tarzan or Chan or whoever movies became an international phenomenon like the Bond series did, and 2) over a sustained period of time.

This is the original post that Wich replied to and started this turkey shoot. 

I think you guys have gone to great lengths to explain the Tarzan film legacy, which I respect and acknowledge, some of which borders impressively as encyclopedic, but I don't think any of the incarnations have had the SUSTAINED success alluded to here.