RIP Roger Moore

broadsword · May 23, 2017, 06:38:43 PM

Not everyone's favourite Bond but I thought he did quite well considering
the jokey plots in some of his movies (not his fault).

joe cassidy · May 23, 2017, 06:42:52 PM

He was the definitive saint

outofgauge · May 23, 2017, 06:50:02 PM

Sorry but James bond was supposed to be a debenare English man-not a rough arsed Scotland or a Australian -he fitted the bill exactly -Daniel Craig replaced him -Pierce Brosnan came close -and Timothy Dalton was a fail -R.I.P Rodger for making me believe a car could swim !😇

dannyboy · May 23, 2017, 07:15:39 PM

When I was young, (a teenager), my Mum was a dressmaker and on one occasion she asked me to deliver a dress she had made. I knocked on the ladies door and it was answered by 'The Saint' - Roger Moore

. He was so nice to me and came across as a very nice man. I have followed his career ever since. At one time I owned a Volvo P240, the same as The saint drove, although mine was red. I thought he was a very good James Bond, even though it was a bit 'tongue in cheek' at times, but he could play the serious parts, 'Gold' springs to mind. RIP Roger.

Newportnobby · May 23, 2017, 09:10:28 PM

Not my favourite Bond, but a genuinely nice bloke (who got to drive some seriously great cars)
So long, Roger

Malc · May 23, 2017, 10:15:52 PM

Quote from: outofgauge on May 23, 2017, 06:50:02 PM
Sorry but James bond was supposed to be a debenare English man

According to the Ian Fleming books, Bond was Scottish.

PLD · May 23, 2017, 10:48:10 PM

Quote from: Malc on May 23, 2017, 10:15:52 PM
Quote from: outofgauge on May 23, 2017, 06:50:02 PM
Sorry but James bond was supposed to be a debenare English man
According to the Ian Fleming books, Bond was Scottish.

Being pedantic; in the earliest books his antecedents were (probably deliberately) vague...
It was only much later in a supposed biography (written by someone other than Ian Fleming) that it was revealed his father was Scottish and his mother Swiss...

marco neri · May 23, 2017, 11:09:02 PM

My name is Bond....James Bond!
R.I.P. Roger

Bealman · May 23, 2017, 11:41:37 PM

Yeah, not my favourite Bond either, but as the OP says, many of those scripts were pretty much rubbish.

I did enjoy the Saint, though. Had the Dinky model of the car. Or was it Corgi.

broadsword · May 24, 2017, 12:09:25 AM

A very good summing up all round , everyone has their
favourite Bond . but I think he did us proud, ultimate
role against Alan Rickman in Die Hard Another Day !

That's a bit of whimsy in the past few sad days.