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#4307500 - 10/30/16 02:40 PM Re: Roger Moore as Bond [Re: oldgrognard]  
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Very nice gift Mark. Yeah this will be a very long marathon since we are talking about over 20 films in the franchise.


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#4307751 - 10/31/16 03:22 PM Re: Roger Moore as Bond [Re: oldgrognard]  
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Die Another Day was 20.

I bought the earlier version, that went thru Casino Royale, back when it came out, and then bought the Craig films separately.

After a long delay of not watching them due to various factors, I've finally started in earnest on the set this past year. I just finished watching Tomorrow Never Dies with Pryce and Hatcher and Yeoh last week. I'll likely watch The World is Not Enough next weekend.



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#4308427 - 11/02/16 07:16 PM Re: Roger Moore as Bond [Re: oldgrognard]  
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Roger Moore was great as Simon Templer though. The Moore Bond movies had Jaws in them too. Best villain ever.


#4308489 - 11/02/16 09:12 PM Re: Roger Moore as Bond [Re: oldgrognard]  
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In the 70's, many movies were grim and dirty... 007 was seen as a spectacular escape from normality. People going to Bond back then were expecting Star Wars, not Das Boot.

Over time things changed. Ripoffs, inspirations, poor substitutes, countless comedies ripping on the "Bond" formula, meant the formula itself was somewhat stale. Then with real terrorism jumping front and center into the news, and people's flying habits, all conspired to make a "hard serious sorta-real" (Das Boot) Craig era a success.

Dalton's downfall was simply timing: the public was still in love with the campy Moore era. Had Dalton done his first Bond after 9/11, he might have done six movies.


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#4308699 - 11/03/16 03:11 PM Re: Roger Moore as Bond [Re: Rick.50cal]  
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Originally Posted By: Rick.50cal


Dalton's downfall was simply timing: the public was still in love with the campy Moore era. Had Dalton done his first Bond after 9/11, he might have done six movies.


Yup. Even the Brosnan films were pretty campy by comparison to the Craig films.


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