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[mrmoon]

While I was busily reading my 'Bond The Legend' booklet free with Empire I came to the last paragraph of the Roger Moore double page spread. I personally think this a great way to sum up Roger's Bond and why he is 'The Man'.

Yet the real significance of Moore's pantheon resonates far beyond any critical analysis. For the Empire generation he is our Bond, and his beige flares, submersible lotus and - lets be honest - bad jokes ("Goodnight, Goodnight") ignited our passion for the movies in general and 007 in particular. So when Bond skis off a mountain in a banana-yellow ski suit, saved only by a Union Jack parachute accompanied by that theme, it may not be Fleming, but it's the stuff that cinematic rites of passage are made of.


Couldn't have put it better myself.

[Carver]

Very well said:). I had a booklet come throught the post and it had 'The Legend' in it. But, alas, it costs about

[General Gogol]

I for one enjoyed Roger Moore, proabaly because he was the Bond I grew up with as a child. I liked his humor, he really had some zany one liners in his bond films. Have a great day.

[DLibrasnow]

Excellently put Empire magazine...Roger IS James Bond to generations of movie goers.

[DLibrasnow]

I remember going to see TLD at the movie theater back in 1987 and one of our party was looking at a full size poster with Dalton in the middle of the gunbarrel and he turned around and quipped "That's an imposter"...

I happen to agree with him.

[Righty007]

Very well said. I don't think his jokes are that bad...

[BONDFINESSE 007]

Originally posted by DLibrasnow
I remember going to see TLD at the movie theater back in 1987 and one of our party was looking at a full size poster with Dalton in the middle of the gunbarrel and he turned around and quipped "That's an imposter"...

I happen to agree with him.

snow, you read my mind, he was an imposter:)

[License To Kill]

Roger is great, 'nuff said.

[Tarl_Cabot]

"Originally posted by DLibrasnow
I remember going to see TLD at the movie theater back in 1987 and one of our party was looking at a full size poster with Dalton in the middle of the gunbarrel and he turned around and quipped "That's an imposter"...

I happen to agree with him."




Roger was great but Tim Dalton was no imposter; that comment suggests TD was trying to be exactly like his predecessors which he clearly was not. He was the new James Bond in '87; It was a different Bond from the other 3 men but a great Bond in his own right.Did you want to see 'the new James Bond' give a fresh take on the character or did you want a true imposter of Roger and Sean? Your friend obviously doesn't read the books.

[4 Ur Eyez Only]

wow.. you know what there is sooo much Bond Material it is hard for me to keep up with it all I am so far behind in 007 Merch..

thanks for posting that .. very interesting read

[DLibrasnow]

Originally posted by Tarl_Cabot
Roger was great but Tim Dalton was no imposter; that comment suggests TD was trying to be exactly like his predecessors which he clearly was not. He was the new James Bond in '87; It was a different Bond from the other 3 men but a great Bond in his own right.Did you want to see 'the new James Bond' give a fresh take on the character or did you want a true imposter of Roger and Sean? Your friend obviously doesn't read the books.

Probably not, but I don't think it really matters because his view of Dalton was borne out by the public who rejected the actors interpretation.

[Loomis]

Originally posted by DLibrasnow

his view of Dalton was borne out by the public who rejected the actors interpretation.  

"The public" also rejected CITIZEN KANE and BLADE RUNNER. Does that make them bad films?

And if Dalton was an "impostor", who was he trying to pass himself off as? Moore? Connery? Lazenby? None of those people? Was Moore an impostor, too?

What of Brosnan? Is he, likewise, an impostor? DLibrasnow, in your book is anyone who doesn't happen to be Moore an impostor?

[DLibrasnow]

Originally posted by Loomis


"The public" also rejected CITIZEN KANE and BLADE RUNNER. Does that make them bad films?

And if Dalton was an "impostor", who was he trying to pass himself off as? Moore? Connery? Lazenby? None of those people? Was Moore an impostor, too?  

What of Brosnan? Is he, likewise, an impostor? DLibrasnow, in your book is anyone who doesn't happen to be Moore an impostor?

It was a quip Loomis....

[Loomis]

Of course. It's a hot day here in England, tempers can flare....

Still, I'm beginning to view you as being to Moore what Bondpurist is to Dalton.

[DLibrasnow]

I do believe that the Roger Moore 007 movies are more fun tham those of the other actors.

[Loomis]

I agree with you. No one ever did "fun" like Roger. (God, even his name is tongue-in-cheek - "Roger Moore", geddit?)

He wasn't the best Bond actor (although I don't believe there's such a thing), but he could always be counted on to give an entertaining ride (Jim, how do you spell "fnaar"?). It was never "personal" with Roger. No attempts at "intensity" or "realism". Just good, solid entertainment. (Can one make innuendo out of the word "solid", I wonder? Later, perhaps.)

Where's Moore's THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH? Nowhere, that's where, because he never made such a Bond film. Thank goodness.

[DLibrasnow]

Originally posted by Loomis
I agree with you. No one ever did "fun" like Roger. (God, even his name is tongue-in-cheek - "Roger Moore", geddit?)  

He wasn't the best Bond actor (although I don't believe there's such a thing), but he could always be counted on to give an entertaining ride (Jim, how do you spell "fnaar"?). It was never "personal" with Roger. No attempts at "intensity" or "realism". Just good, solid entertainment. (Can one make innuendo out of the word "solid", I wonder? Later, perhaps.)

Where's Moore's THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH? Nowhere, that's where, because he never made such a Bond film. Thank goodness.

I see that we have very similar views on 007 Loomis

Desmond Llewelyn would always say that the best Bond actor was whomever you saw first.

[ChandlerBing]

If that were true, then I am sure Barry Nelson has his fans somewhere.

[DLibrasnow]

Originally posted by ChandlerBing
If that were true, then I am sure Barry Nelson has his fans somewhere.

That would assume that anyone watched his "Casino Royale"

[4 Ur Eyez Only]

Originally posted by Loomis
I agree with you. No one ever did "fun" like Roger. (God, even his name is tongue-in-cheek - "Roger Moore", geddit?)  

He wasn't the best Bond actor (although I don't believe there's such a thing), but he could always be counted on to give an entertaining ride (Jim, how do you spell "fnaar"?). It was never "personal" with Roger. No attempts at "intensity" or "realism". Just good, solid entertainment. (Can one make innuendo out of the word "solid", I wonder? Later, perhaps.)

Where's Moore's THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH? Nowhere, that's where, because he never made such a Bond film. Thank goodness.

Yeah persoanlly I loved the pretitle of TWINE! It started out nice.. and I was like "hey finally Pierce's era hit its stride!"... BUT as soon as Pierce had to show anger/sadness/anything when they brought up his wife's death.. it all fell appart for me!

The movie turned into a rip off of "Octopussy/FYEO".. just because one long action .. no substance 007 movie..

[DLibrasnow]

I just don't like TWINE. I liked the boat chase and some of the behind the scenes Mi6 stuff at the Scottish castle but the rest of the movie was naff!