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From: Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net>
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Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2025-01-19 (Sunday)
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 05:54:56 -0800
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On 1/20/2025 7:54 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
> suzeeq <suzeeq@imbris.com> wrote:
>> On 1/20/2025 5:39 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>> Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
>>>> Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
>>>>> On 1/20/25 1:18 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
> 
>>>>>> 'Moonraker'. And yes, the physics ARE complete male bovine digestive
>>>>>> end product but its still a fun flick. :)
> 
>>>>> I have it on good authority that "Moonraker" is the best Bond film,
>>>>> EVAH!!  ;p
> 
>>>> I despise this movie on principle that they made such a horrid
>>>> adaptation of Fleming's best novel. All they had to do was set the movie
>>>> story in the 1950s, same as the novel, and it would have been a great
>>>> movie. We don't need Bond In Space in, essentially, a remake of major
>>>> elements of You Only Live Twice and The Spy Who Loved Me.
> 
>>>> Why not set the movie in the 1950s? There's absolutely no continuity.
> 
>>> So what about the book requires it to be set in the 50s?
> 
>> It was written then and there was no space program.
> 
> Drax was a Nazi posing as a patriot who wanted to give the gift of a
> nuclear weapon and missile to the UK in defence but in reality wanted
> revenge REVENGE and destroy London.
> 
> The bridge game in which Bond first faced off with Drax was some of
> Fleming's best writing. A little bit of the game is in the movie but it
> wasn't as exciting.

I don't remember any card games in the movie.

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