Which, again, feeds into what someone mentioned above: the producers of the Bond films actually saw the history of the Tarzan films as a template.

Thanks again for all the cool-headed sense, Ryan. The beginning of this debate was in fact the contention that no other franchise than 007's was a comparably "sustained" "phenomenon." That thesis has now been proven incorrect many times over.

Best,
-Craig

Monsterkid since the Kennedy Era