sharkyvilla Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 Roger Moore's Bond film are almost unwatchable now. Brosnan and Craig both had great debuts then the rest of their films were a bit shit. Goldeneye is still my favourite. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted June 16, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted June 16, 2020 Brosnan is my favourite Bond but Casino Royale is the best Bond film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 Moore is an embarrassment. Every line is innuendo or a pun. **** Roger Moore. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 Just now, Seat68 said: Moore is an embarrassment. Every line is innuendo or a pun. **** Roger Moore. Roger Moore was a true gent (but at times a ropey Bond!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 Roger Moore lived around here for a few years (Rosemary Hill Road if people know it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 42 minutes ago, Seat68 said: Moore is an embarrassment. Every line is innuendo or a pun. **** Roger Moore. Surely he didn’t write the script? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 er, I think I've just seen the most disgusting death scene so far in GoT. in Season 4 ( episode 8). Think it's actually put me off watching anymore for a while. That's just **** torture porn grim sadism. Who is entertained by that? I mean I know all the deaths are brutal, but this one, **** nah, too much for me. **** this show. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 (edited) The Spy Who Loved Me is still up there as one of the best Bond's. A huge budget, great gadgets, a truly iconic and memorable opening scene, the best cars, some of the most exotic locations, beautiful women, consistent pacing, a great script, an excellent theme tune and Jaws amongst many other things! Roger Moore was a gentleman and if you read his book My Word is my Bond the final chapters talk alot about his work as a UNICEF ambassador. Edited June 16, 2020 by Zhan_Zhuang 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 18 minutes ago, LondonLax said: Surely he didn’t write the script? Yes he did. Without question and I blame him above anyone else. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 The Spy Who Loved Me script written by Christopher Wood and he was given the task to portray Bond closer to the books — "very English, very smooth, good sense of humour". This is still regarded as the truest depiction of Bond on-screen. Guess if you don't like Moore's portrayal you don't like his true likeness from the original books, watch Bourne instead or Jack Reacher and paint-by-numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 55 minutes ago, Rodders said: er, I think I've just seen the most disgusting death scene so far in GoT. in Season 4 ( episode 8). Think it's actually put me off watching anymore for a while. That's just **** torture porn grim sadism. Who is entertained by that? I mean I know all the deaths are brutal, but this one, **** nah, too much for me. **** this show. That was a brilliant moment in both TV and the books. Hard to watch, but that's what GoT was all about at its best. There are only another 4 or 5 episodes worth watching in the next 4 seasons so it's probably a good point to knock it on the head anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 2 minutes ago, Zhan_Zhuang said: The Spy Who Loved Me script written by Christopher Wood and he was given the task to portray Bond closer to the books — "very English, very smooth, good sense of humour". This is still regarded as the truest depiction of Bond on-screen. Guess if you don't like Moore's portrayal you don't like his true likeness from the original books, watch Bourne instead or Jack Reacher and paint-by-numbers. Maybe my ridiculous answer fell flat. Of course I don’t think he is responsible for the words. It was a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 5 minutes ago, Seat68 said: Maybe my ridiculous answer fell flat. Of course I don’t think he is responsible for the words. It was a joke. That was the moment to double down. You’ll never get a cabinet post. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TheAuthority Posted June 16, 2020 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted June 16, 2020 1 hour ago, theboyangel said: Roger Moore was a true gent (but at times a ropey Bond!) Widely shared story about Sir Roger Moore at the time of his passing. Quote As an seven year old in about 1983, in the days before First Class Lounges at airports, I was with my grandad in Nice Airport and saw Roger Moore sitting at the departure gate, reading a paper. I told my granddad I'd just seen James Bond and asked if we could go over so I could get his autograph. My grandad had no idea who James Bond or Roger Moore were, so we walked over and he popped me in front of Roger Moore, with the words "my grandson says you're famous. Can you sign this?" As charming as you'd expect, Roger asks my name and duly signs the back of my plane ticket, a fulsome note full of best wishes. I'm ecstatic, but as we head back to our seats, I glance down at the signature. It's hard to decipher it but it definitely doesn't say 'James Bond'. My grandad looks at it, half figures out it says 'Roger Moore' - I have absolutely no idea who that is, and my hearts sinks. I tell my grandad he's signed it wrong, that he's put someone else's name - so my grandad heads back to Roger Moore, holding the ticket which he's only just signed. I remember staying by our seats and my grandad saying "he says you've signed the wrong name. He says your name is James Bond." Roger Moore's face crinkled up with realisation and he beckoned me over. When I was by his knee, he leant over, looked from side to side, raised an eyebrow and in a hushed voice said to me, "I have to sign my name as 'Roger Moore' because otherwise...Blofeld might find out I was here." He asked me not to tell anyone that I'd just seen James Bond, and he thanked me for keeping his secret. I went back to our seats, my nerves absolutely jangling with delight. My grandad asked me if he'd signed 'James Bond.' No, I said. I'd got it wrong. I was working with James Bond now. Many, many years later, I was working as a scriptwriter on a recording that involved UNICEF, and Roger Moore was doing a piece to camera as an ambassador. He was completely lovely and while the cameramen were setting up, I told him in passing the story of when I met him in Nice Airport. He was happy to hear it, and he had a chuckle and said "Well, I don't remember but I'm glad you got to meet James Bond." So that was lovely. And then he did something so brilliant. After the filming, he walked past me in the corridor, heading out to his car - but as he got level, he paused, looked both ways, raised an eyebrow and in a hushed voice said, "Of course I remember our meeting in Nice. But I didn't say anything in there, because those cameramen - any one of them could be working for Blofeld." I was as delighted at 30 as I had been at 7. What a man. What a tremendous man. 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Seat68 Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 3 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: That was the moment to double down. You’ll never get a cabinet post. Yeah but Moore has a lot of fans on here and I don’t fancy logging into a pile on in the morning. That said, Moore’s the shittest Bond. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 16, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted June 16, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Zhan_Zhuang said: The Spy Who Loved Me script written by Christopher Wood and he was given the task to portray Bond closer to the books — "very English, very smooth, good sense of humour". This is still regarded as the truest depiction of Bond on-screen. Guess if you don't like Moore's portrayal you don't like his true likeness from the original books, watch Bourne instead or Jack Reacher and paint-by-numbers. Look, I have nothing against Roger Moore as a bloke, lovely chap, but he will always be THE SAINT to me. And as for him being closest to Fleming's Bond, that is so far wide of the mark I don't know where to begin. The Bond in the books may have been suave and sophisticated, but he was also hard-bitten, cynical and somewhat emotionally crippled. A hard-drinking, gambling-addicted ex-navy thug in a tuxedo, with a streak of sadism. Moore was way too soft a character, too nice, too amusingly ironic. Craig got the closest to it in Casino Royale (although I so wish it had been set in the 1950s). Edited June 16, 2020 by mjmooney 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted June 16, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted June 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Zhan_Zhuang said: The Spy Who Loved Me Barbara Bach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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rjw63 Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Zhan_Zhuang said: The Spy Who Loved Me script written by Christopher Wood and he was given the task to portray Bond closer to the books — "very English, very smooth, good sense of humour". This is still regarded as the truest depiction of Bond on-screen. Guess if you don't like Moore's portrayal you don't like his true likeness from the original books, watch Bourne instead or Jack Reacher and paint-by-numbers. Timothy Lea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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