Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From: Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2025-01-18 (Saturday)
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2025 19:30:43 -0800
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
Lines: 50
Message-ID: <vmkg13$2nbt1$1@dont-email.me>
References: <vmjblt$2buqn$1@dont-email.me> <vmjie3$2e6rj$2@dont-email.me>
 <vmjiu2$2elgp$1@dont-email.me> <vmjs19$2hk4m$1@dont-email.me>
 <vmkapi$2lufm$2@dont-email.me> <vmke6b$2mug6$1@dont-email.me>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Injection-Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2025 04:31:02 +0100 (CET)
Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="73920ed948ef9003e26f96ff0f15d042";
	logging-data="2863009"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org";	posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18Sm3KULmLyOEM7MIbBQOzazk3CJA7LpFM="
User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird
Cancel-Lock: sha1:F/HCzzUJ7SEnUmhepXVbX6geB4Q=
X-Antivirus-Status: Clean
In-Reply-To: <vmke6b$2mug6$1@dont-email.me>
X-Antivirus: Norton (VPS 250119-6, 1/19/2025), Outbound message
Content-Language: en-US
Bytes: 3462

On 1/19/2025 6:59 PM, super70s wrote:
> On 2025-01-20 02:01:25 +0000, Dimensional Traveler said:
> 
>> On 1/19/2025 1:49 PM, super70s wrote:
>>> On 2025-01-19 19:14:10 +0000, Arthur Lipscomb said:
>>>
>>>> On 1/19/2025 11:05 AM, Dimensional Traveler 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'.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> That sounds vaguely familiar.  I also recall hearing Ian Fleming 
>>>> wanted Christopher Lee (who Fleming is related to) to play Bond but 
>>>> the studio went with Connery instead or maybe it was Moore instead.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> In just a few more months I *should* be into my Bond rewatch.  :-)
>>>
>>> Several years ago I bought everything from Dr. No through The Spy Who 
>>> Loved Me on sale at Big Lots for $3 each. I also own the first two 
>>> Craig Bonds.
>>>
>>> Too bad about Big Lots folding up the tent, BTW. Another casualty of 
>>> online commerce I guess.
>>>
>> I'm working my way thru the 50th Anniversary Bond collection which 
>> includes all the EON movies except the last two, which I have 
>> separately on Blu-Ray.
> 
> Turns out I also have the third Craig, Skyfall, on Blu-ray after I 
> checked my database. All the others are on DVD.
> 
> I don't particularly care to own any more of the Moores but I should 
> probably get a couple of the best Brosnan ones, I always liked him. Any 
> suggestions? Goldeneye? I remember seeing the one with North Korea as 
> the villain in the theater and thought it was pretty good.
> 

I liked all the Pierce Brosnan Bond movies.  I'm going from memory, and 
my memory may be a little rusty, but I think maybe "The World Is Not 
Enough" is his best.  And perhaps his last one, "Die Another Day" is 
probably the weakest.  "Die Another Day" is the one with the North 
Korean villain.  Perhaps best to start with "Golden Eye" and go from 
there in release order?  There are only 4, if you like one, you'll 
probably like them all.