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

On 2025-01-22 03:52:04 +0000, Arthur Lipscomb said:

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:

 

What did you watch?

 

'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'.

 

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

 

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

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

 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.
 

 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.

I have a distinct memory of seeing Dr. No and From Russia With Love as a double feature as a kid in '63. I'm not sure if I had seen Dr. No separately a year earlier or if that's the first time I'd seen it, probably the latter.
When Dr. No was originally released the local theater could have thought it was just some weird Brit-produced film and didn't bother to show it.
Then next year Goldfinger hit and 007 became as big of a pop culture phenom as Beatlemania (which is given a nod in Goldfinger).