Re: What Did You Watch? 2025-01-18 (Saturday)

On 1/21/2025 7:52 PM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:

On 1/21/2025 6:27 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:

On 1/21/2025 10:34 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

On 1/19/2025 12:14 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:

Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

On 1/19/2025 9:10 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

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What did you watch?

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'The Spy Who Loved Me'.  Did you know that Roger Moore was Eon's first
choice for Bond back before 'Dr. No'?  But he was unavailable until
'Live and Let Die'.

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Lucky thing or they probably wouldn’t have had a franchise.

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Dunno.  Personally I prefer the Moore Bonds to Connery Bonds.

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You need to re-watch Dr. No, then. Connery is playing James Bond the
cold-hearted bastard created by Ian Fleming.

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Already watched 'Dr. No' a few weeks ago when I started working thru the box set.  I still say that _I_ prefer Moore to Connery as Bond.  What you like is up to you.
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 I think a lot of it depends on which Bond someone grew up watching first.  I grew up with Roger Moore as Bond so he's my favorite.  At least between Moore and Connery, I prefer Moore.  But I suspect for people who grew up with Connery as their first Bond, they prefer him. And I imagine something similar with the later Bonds as well.

With the first few Connery Bonds the advertising material used a pose from 'Dr. No'.  It is Connery hunched over, knees bent, holding his gun low and close to his waist with a bent elbow.  It strikes me as one of the most idiotic and unflattering poses I've ever seen.
That alone is enough to insure Connery will never be my favorite Bond.  :P
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