Thread: R.I.P Sir Roger Moore

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-40018422



Oh no!!!


OMG..... people get old and die without us realizing how time goes by. I was even shocked he was 89 years old.

Man... it's too bad. There's gonna be a lot of news coverage over this one. So many generations have enjoyed the James Bond movies. And invariably conversations always include the obligatory "Who was the best James Bond" argument.

Well... for my money, I always felt Sean Connery was tough to beat as the original James Bond (well technically he wasn't, but he really was). Roger Moore was a wonderful replacement and totally James Bond-ish. After that, I thought Pierce Brosnan did a pretty decent job. The current Bond sucks rocks.

Geeez... too bad about Moore dying. R.I.P., 007.

I remember him as The Saint.

He was a comedy James Bond.

RIP

This is the first I heard of it. Bugger. He was a brilliant Bond. I watched the one where he was skiing down a hill being chased by the baddies at a cinema in Sunderland and when he skis off the cliff and the Union Jack parachute opened the entire cinema stood up and cheered.

Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing

This is the first I heard of it. Bugger. He was a brilliant Bond. I watched the one where he was skiing down a hill being chased by the baddies at a cinema in Sunderland and when he skis off the cliff and the Union Jack parachute opened the entire cinema stood up and cheered.

ah yes at first I thought it must be 1985's 'View to a Kill' starring Christopher Walken as bad guy Zorin (a role originally offered to David Bowie and then Sting).


but then I searched and.....good lord there are a ton of James Bond ski chases, I mean a TON

Yours was from 'The Spy Who Loved Me'




But there's 'View to a Kill' & 'For Your Eyes Only' as well which are Moore movies.

On another day this sad news would be dominating the headlines over here.

But 89 is a damn good innings. I'd take it.

For me the best Bond but that's because I was born in his era. I'd see Moore on the big screen playing Bond, my first The Spy Who Loved Me, then see Connery playing Bond on the TV. At that age there's no comparison.

And he still makes me laugh now with his raised eyebrow and wise cracks.

RIP legend

Carey Grant was supposed to be the original James Bond, but didn't care for the role and Sean Connery was given the part.


Grant would have been an epic Bond

One of those could've been moments in acting

Like Selleck as Indiana Jones and Dustin Hoffman as Rambo. Imagine

Originally Posted by Master

Cool graph.

Surprised to see Timothy Dalton so close to Connery. Must've been due to time elapsed between movies (if that's counted), 'cause I don't Dalton made very many Bond movies. Definitely the worst Bond. The first guy I never even heard about.

Moore is for many of us "The" Bond, having been on screen as 007 when we were growing up. Not sure if the U.S ever saw 'The Saint' but it was that scaled up that did it for him. Camp and knowing. The humour was such a big part of his performance. Never really understood Connery's appeal, thought Brosnan was neither one thing or the other but really think Craig has nailed it in making the role his own which is what you have to do.Moore made other work but he just is Bond for so many of us. RIP