Maybe that's the part that needs updating. Is it woke to have a less hairy chest? (And Moore did have a semi-dad bod. But he was very handsome and debonaire so it still worked.)
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A theater reviewer in his youth referred to Moore as "a slab of English roast beef" He was more buff as Simon Templar.
sep 2, 2025, 2:20 am • 20 0 • view
Don't you think that with Moore, more normal men could picture themselves as Bond? Craig sort of puts it out of reach. I dunno. Maybe I'm wrong
sep 2, 2025, 2:23 am • 15 0 • view
Yes you’re wrong. We don’t want a normal Bond.
sep 2, 2025, 2:25 am • 3 0 • view
I wasn't saying that Moore was "normal," just more within an attainable fantasy for men
sep 2, 2025, 2:27 am • 3 0 • view
A fantasy by definition is not attainable. That’s what makes it fun. I like good Everyman Hero movies, but that’s not Bond.
sep 2, 2025, 2:30 am • 0 0 • view
I think you may be misreading a lot of men's self-image. Compare, for instance, the photos of High Jackman when he appears on a magazine for men versus when he appears on a magazine for women. I put it to you that the major driver of crazy steroid bodies in movies isn't the female gaze.
sep 2, 2025, 2:31 am • 4 0 • view
This is a really gret juxtaposition, thanks
sep 2, 2025, 2:43 am • 3 0 • view
*great
sep 2, 2025, 2:43 am • 0 0 • view
It's not that good housekeeping Hugh isn't sexy. He's clearly in great shape. He just looks like he'll take you to a nice dinner and be happy to meet your pets. Muscle and Fitness Hugh is a male power fantasy.
sep 2, 2025, 2:47 am • 2 0 • view
This...explains so much.
sep 2, 2025, 2:50 am • 1 0 • view
*Hugh. Furk.
sep 2, 2025, 2:32 am • 0 0 • view
He also made it look effortless. Smoking a cigar while hang-gliding. My man.
sep 2, 2025, 2:28 am • 11 0 • view
Yes!!
sep 2, 2025, 2:28 am • 5 0 • view
I would rewatch most Connery Bonds. I can’t imagine rewatching Moore.
sep 2, 2025, 2:33 am • 6 0 • view
I enjoy rewatching the Moore movies. Moonraker in particular. It's like they're all done sort of tongue in cheek. Even the villains get in on it. You should give Moonraker a shot with that mindset. I think you'd get a kick out of it.
sep 2, 2025, 9:24 am • 3 0 • view
Sorry to disappoint you, but I hated Moonraker. By that time, the Moore Bond was descending into self parody.
sep 2, 2025, 10:47 am • 1 0 • view
That's the point. It was made to do exactly that. Did you really expect Moore to act just like Connery? Moore was up against Jaws, Star Wars, Close Encounters, etc. The movies were made accordingly to compete at the time. A Connery style movie would have flopped catastrophically.
sep 2, 2025, 10:56 am • 1 0 • view
Roger Moore is "The Saint"...full-stop.
sep 2, 2025, 4:47 am • 2 0 • view
Moonraker and octopussy were silly at points, but even they have their moments. The spy, who loved me and for your eyes only are actually really solid bond films. The only moore film that was a complete dud for me was the man with the golden gun.
sep 2, 2025, 3:33 am • 0 0 • view
I couldn’t get through a Bond movie with Moore. He was too “pretty”.
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I liked Moore because his Bond was intelligent, while Connery was more “I bet hitting the thing will sholve the problem!”
sep 2, 2025, 2:38 am • 0 0 • view
My daughter didn’t understand my “mmmmm, chaps” until she saw Daniel Craig in Cowboys and Aliens. Then it was “Ok, I totally get it now.”
sep 2, 2025, 2:30 am • 0 0 • view
Can we just flip the script completely and go with Rowan Atkinson?
sep 2, 2025, 2:26 am • 9 0 • view
sep 2, 2025, 2:38 am • 2 0 • view
Moore smoothed the rough edges off Connery. Skip over Dalton and Brosnan polished it to the point it wasn’t recognizable. Craig brought back the rough edges.
sep 2, 2025, 2:27 am • 1 0 • view
Brosnan stiffed my brother for what should have been a great tip several years ago, so when he spotted him later entertaining guests at his lakefront property later while engaging in some watersports, he dropped trou and mooned the movie star. I've never been prouder.
sep 2, 2025, 3:25 am • 1 0 • view
No, because getting super physically fit feels attainable to most guys, if they just decided to put in the effort. Being clever, debonair, and a smooth operator, like Roger Moore represented? Those are the qualities that can feel out of reach.
sep 2, 2025, 3:05 am • 0 0 • view
Moore was my fave Bond, naturally enough. The Persuaders was his entree. I think “slab” does him a bit of a disservice!
sep 2, 2025, 2:33 am • 1 0 • view
I think there was a story about Lee Marvin getting angry at Moore and taking a swing at him, only to find when he connected that he was “built like a wall of granite.”
sep 2, 2025, 12:17 pm • 0 0 • view
Or on Maverick or the Alaskans.
sep 2, 2025, 3:14 am • 0 0 • view
James Bond?
sep 2, 2025, 2:21 am • 0 0 • view
The “less hairy” (bald) Tony Campolo said, “we all have just so many hormones, if you want to use yours for growing hair, that’s your business.”
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