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re: Did Roger Moore's spoof of James Bond cheapen the Bond brand?
Posted on 3/3/19 at 8:53 am to prplhze2000
Posted on 3/3/19 at 8:53 am to prplhze2000
Roger Moore was typecast as Simon Templar in the old TV series, The Saint. I could never see him as 007.
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Posted on 3/3/19 at 9:17 am to prplhze2000
The franchise was 100 times better off then than it is now
Posted on 3/3/19 at 9:53 am to Saint Alfonzo
Sean Connery and Roger Moore were easily the two best Bonds. Best villains, humor mixed in, great sense of style, great gadgets, etc. They set the standard and now we have this very dark humorless stuff that is really not unique at all. Connery/Moore = Marvel; the new guy = DC.
Posted on 3/3/19 at 10:19 am to Kafka
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Roger Moore as James Bond cheapened the Bond brand
Beat me to it.
Posted on 3/3/19 at 10:48 am to prplhze2000
No.
But like most things and most people, he stayed in the role to long. Should have moved on at moonraker
But like most things and most people, he stayed in the role to long. Should have moved on at moonraker
Posted on 3/3/19 at 11:51 am to stapuffmarshy
No. For your Eyes Only is one of the best.
Posted on 3/3/19 at 12:25 pm to SSpaniel
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That's gotta be a fairly narrow field, doesn't it?
There's Rat Race and It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World
Posted on 3/3/19 at 2:19 pm to ManBearTiger
No.
Live and let die and the man with the golden gun are two of the best bond movies. The last ones from Moore are some of the worst bond movies.
Roger Moore should have been replaced several movies before he finally retired. He got way too old and it got weird with all these young chicks he was pulling.
That said, if the scripts are shite and gimmicky then it doesn’t matter who’s playing bond. The producers are the ones that ever cheapen the brand.
Live and let die and the man with the golden gun are two of the best bond movies. The last ones from Moore are some of the worst bond movies.
Roger Moore should have been replaced several movies before he finally retired. He got way too old and it got weird with all these young chicks he was pulling.
That said, if the scripts are shite and gimmicky then it doesn’t matter who’s playing bond. The producers are the ones that ever cheapen the brand.
Posted on 3/3/19 at 5:42 pm to jrowla2
If you can’t honestly assess the grit and wit of Connery’s 007 vs Moore’s camp in everything past LALD, I don’t know what to say. They used a freaking slide whistle in MWTGG and a pigeon doing a double take at a gondola riding through the streets of Venice. Connery’s Bond never came close to doing anything like that.
Posted on 3/3/19 at 5:51 pm to stapuffmarshy
Moon raker was horrible. They should remake it and follow the book
Posted on 3/3/19 at 6:17 pm to prplhze2000
Agreed. One of the many issues is that it was a reactionary movie. Moonraker wasn't even a thought until May 24, 1977. At the end of TSWLM in 1977, the closing credits read that "James Bond will return in For Your Eyes Only." When Star Wars came out, FYEO got bumped for Moonraker...with Space Marines. FYEO got moved to 1981. Broccoli was trying to capitalize on the success of Star Wars, just like others at the time. It didn't work.
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