Moonraker

MertzyMertzy Posts: 1MI6 Agent
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Ok. I just bought the Bond collection on bluray and I'm watching them all again a little at a time. On Moonraker now. Is it the beers talking or does Drax never say what his evil intentions were with the Moonrakers and nerve gas? Does Bond just figure it out?

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  • hehadlotsofgutshehadlotsofguts Durham England Posts: 2,112MI6 Agent
    He refers to the gas vials as a "necklace of death".
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  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,817MI6 Agent
    Must be heavy beer!

    For the most part Bond works it out like a detective story getting the pieces as the story goes along, ending with his "Noahs Ark, this operation," observation. However Drax gives a speech on the station, effectively saying how brilliant he is, and the kids of his followers will be the new human race. Bond and Dr Goodhead watching / eavesdropping.

    Guts beat me to the punch! Yup, Drax brags about what he about to do to Bond and Goodhead once they are captured. Silly man. Quite heartbreaking Mr Drax.
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,866Chief of Staff
    This is one area where MR scores over TSWLM, which it has a lot in common with- the plot is more clearly built up with 007 doing more detection and figuring things out like TB2 says. In "Spy", the plot information is usually given in very brief snippets.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Agreed, Bond actually figures stuff out in MR . :D
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  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    Agreed, Bond actually figures stuff out in MR . :D

    Did he ever figure out what's up with those pigeons??? :s
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,866Chief of Staff
    They're spies who doved him.
  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    They're spies who doved him.
    Nailed it! :)) :)) :))
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  • Virgil37Virgil37 Posts: 1,212MI6 Agent
    By the way, does anybody also think that in MR Moore still looks quite good and in FYEO, just two years later, he looks old? I always have that impression. Did the cameras get better and show more wrinkles?
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,866Chief of Staff
    In some shots he looks younger (eg when he falls out of the simulator), in some he looks older (when he meets Holly in Venice) but overall yes, he looks great in MR and younger than his years.
    He is starting to look his age in FYEO, though again in some shots (in the 2CV with Melina) he looks younger.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
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  • Virgil37Virgil37 Posts: 1,212MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    In some shots he looks younger (eg when he falls out of the simulator), in some he looks older (when he meets Holly in Venice) but overall yes, he looks great in MR and younger than his years.
    He is starting to look his age in FYEO, though again in some shots (in the 2CV with Melina) he looks younger.

    Yes, when he falls out of the simulator he looks very young indeed. Also in the temple scenes . The only shot in FYEO where he looks MR-ish is when he's inside the helicopter in the PTS. The rest of the movie he looks his age. Maybe he had put on some weight in those couple of years.
  • Virgil37Virgil37 Posts: 1,212MI6 Agent
    chrisisall wrote:
    He looked his absolute best in TMWTGG! -{

    I think his best was LALD in that chesterfield coat, trimmed hair, 44 year old, but looking much younger.
  • DevilMayCare007DevilMayCare007 Posts: 196MI6 Agent
    chrisisall wrote:
    He looked his absolute best in TMWTGG! -{
    You mean AVTAK :D
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  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    DevilMayCare007 wrote:
    chrisisall wrote:
    He looked his absolute best in TMWTGG! -{
    You mean AVTAK :D
    Not really. -{
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I though Moore looked fine in OP, a little old but still good sadly
    By AVTAK, boy had he aged and not well.
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    Moore looked like he had been embalmed in AVTAK :))
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  • Virgil37Virgil37 Posts: 1,212MI6 Agent
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    I though Moore looked fine in OP, a little old but still good sadly
    By AVTAK, boy had he aged and not well.

    Actually, in AVTAK he looks a tad better after having his face seriously lifted and losing some weight. In OP he looks as old as he ever did as Bond IMO.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Have to disagree, Moore looked "odd" in AVTAK ( to me at least ) ;)
    Although the older I'm getting the younger he's looking in AVTAK. :))
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  • Virgil37Virgil37 Posts: 1,212MI6 Agent
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    Have to disagree, Moore looked "odd" in AVTAK ( to me at least ) ;)
    Although the older I'm getting the younger he's looking in AVTAK. :))

    Yes, he looked odd. Younger but weird. Without his mole he looked different.
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    He had a little 'Nip and Tuck' before Filming commenced.
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  • Moore ThanMoore Than EnglandPosts: 3,173MI6 Agent
    edited December 2014
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    Have to disagree, Moore looked "odd" in AVTAK ( to me at least ) ;)

    A View To A Kill is the one film where Roger really looks his age, but not all the time. There are scenes where he looks gaunt. I have heard that he was ill during production but do not know if that is fact. It might help explain things. He did indeed have some cosmetic surgery after Octopussy but I am not certain that was the factor.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    That might explain it, as times he just doesn't look
    The same old " Jolly Roger" we've come to know
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  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Yep, he mentions in his book (My word is my Bond) that he had a facelift which was not completely healed when they started shootings - I guess a lot of work for the makeup guys and gals
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  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    Higgins wrote:
    he had a facelift which was not completely healed when they started shootings
    :o That hurts just to read...
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  • VesperMelogranoVesperMelograno The SouthPosts: 901MI6 Agent
    Higgins wrote:
    Yep, he mentions in his book (My word is my Bond) that he had a facelift which was not completely healed when they started shootings - I guess a lot of work for the makeup guys and gals
    He looked like a stunned bass. Not good :#
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