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On Jan 21, 2025 at 10:30:07 AM PST, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com>
wrote:

> super70s  <super70s@super70s.invalid> 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.
> 
> GoldenEye and The World Is Not Enough are quite good. There's no excuse
> that Tomorrow Never Dies wasn't better. Die Another Day's first half is
> excellent; the second half sucks.
> 
> Do yourself a favor and skip Quantum of Solace, my vote for among the
> worst pictures in the franchise with Moonraker, A View to a Kill, and
> Die Another Day.

One must suffer through A VIEW TO A KILL to enjoy the magnificence of Tanya
Roberts.