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Post by Tim on May 23, 2017 13:25:38 GMT
Just seen on the BBC that Roger Moore has died. He was 89.
It makes me think that we haven't heard anything about Sean Connery for a few years |
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Post by humphreythepug on May 23, 2017 13:27:13 GMT
Pretty sad about this as I grew up with him as Bond.
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Post by michael on May 23, 2017 14:15:30 GMT
He was the best Bond. Q will be waiting with his next chariot.
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Post by Roadsterstu on May 23, 2017 21:27:57 GMT
Was the Bond that I grew up with. I used to go to the cinema with my folks to see him as James Bond.
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Post by Big Blue on May 24, 2017 9:24:07 GMT
I've calmed down enough to post here now.
Gutted. My absolute 100% screen hero. I grew up with the Saint (used to aim to be at home when it was on in the day, along with the Human Jungle with Herbert Lom) and the Persuaders was another re-run favourite. As to his Bond, nobody did it better. He was what the types my dad pointed out to me as having been "recruited" were like. Not muscly action-men but men with a great sense of humour, always well turned out and could get into the senior board rooms of international businesses and taken as one of their own. It is also worth noting that for all the "Connery was the original Bond" bollocks both he and Roger Moore were auditioned for the role in Dr No. Connery got it on two counts: Roger looked too young (despite being older) and he was too well known as Ivanhoe for Cubby's liking. It was only in 1973 that we got the real original James Bond as should have been - by which time Roger had developed his style as a suave man about town in The Saint and The Persuaders.
If you're worried about his ability as an actor watch the films Gold and The Man who Haunted Himself. You'll soon forget his own low opinion of himself as an actor; and if you want to see him having devilish fun watch The Quest with Jean-Claude Van Damme. All of that pales into insignificance compared to his work for UNICEF, for which he was Knighted - he's not some luvvie that got a gong for being in some films! The best measure of the man was during the filming of Moonraker, filmed on location in Brasil. Cubby wanted a cameo by Ronnie Biggs as a cab driver to Bond. Roger was the son of a police officer and advised Cubby he'd need to find another Bond before that would happen. Ronnie Biggs is not in the movie.
I'll be watching wall-wall Saint and Bond this weekend interspersed with the Monaco GP at the Country Club, which is a fitting race and setting to be remembering Roger Moore.
RIP, South London boy. You done good.
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Post by grampa on May 24, 2017 9:28:28 GMT
I loved his appearance in Car SOS when they did a P1800 Volvo... "Fuck off!"
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Post by Big Blue on May 24, 2017 10:14:04 GMT
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on May 24, 2017 10:17:58 GMT
Roger Moore was my Bond as a kid - the one you went to the cinema to watch in the "modern" films. Connery was my parents Bond - the one you watched on TV on a Saturday night with a bag of sweets.
Although for me Connery will always be the definitive Bond I think Moore took on the role and offered a different twist, ideal for a time when the movies were changing and adapting to the 70s. Subsequent Bonds have acted the role better but no-one could deliver a cheesy one-liner like Moore, without coming across as a complete prat.
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Post by Andy C on May 24, 2017 10:21:01 GMT
RIP . We watched live and let die last night . Connery edged it for me but he was still great Saw this story on twitter , which I thought was cool;   posted image |
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Post by PG on May 24, 2017 10:55:47 GMT
I did prefer Connery as Bond. I think the Bond films of the Moore era suffered from the general cheesiness that afflicted so much in that era - especially the humour and fashions. So I don't think the Moore films have aged as well as the Connery ones.
Moore was clearly a top bloke, who didn't take himself too seriously and was a fantastic UNICEF ambassador. So hats off and RIP old boy.
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Post by grampa on May 24, 2017 16:01:08 GMT
Live and Let Die was my all time favorite Bond film - being a 12 year old who as massively into speed boats, the chase was brilliant, even though I guess they got the idea from Puppet on a Chain.
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Post by Alex on May 24, 2017 18:16:00 GMT
That twitter story is brilliant and shows how much Moore knew his success was only because of the fans who went to the films and bought his movies. So many celebrities forget where they came from and that the little man in the street is the one who ultimately pays their wages. I was too young to have seen his bond films when they came out but saw them when they were repeated of a Sunday afternoon, usually around Christmas or Easter. For me the name James Bond brings images of Pierce Brosnen but there's no doubt Moore's Bond is probably the better remembered by a wider audience.
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Post by Ben on May 25, 2017 1:01:38 GMT
That twitter story is brilliant and shows how much Moore knew his success was only because of the fans who went to the films and bought his movies. So many celebrities forget where they came from and that the little man in the street is the one who ultimately pays their wages. I was too young to have seen his bond films when they came out but saw them when they were repeated of a Sunday afternoon, usually around Christmas or Easter. For me the name James Bond brings images of Pierce Brosnen but there's no doubt Moore's Bond is probably the better remembered by a wider audience. Same sentiments here. |
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Post by racingteatray on May 29, 2017 16:27:54 GMT
Moore was always my favourite Bond.
I had the good fortune to spot him (sadly never to speak to) a couple of times in real life in and around Monte Carlo, or anchored off the Mala beach past Cap d'Ail. He had a 40ft-ish Sunseeker speedboat called, if I remember correctly, "K" after his wife.
My favourite time was when I was waiting in traffic not far from the casino and heard a lot of loud girly squeaking which turned out to be coming from an oncoming immaculate top-down Mk1 Golf Rivage full of 20-something girls who had clocked a 70-ish Sir Rog on the far pavement and were getting very excited about it. He was dressed rather like David Attenborough if I'm honest but managed to still make it look good and clearly relished the attention, waving cheerily back and beaming from ear to ear.
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