brbposting@sh.itjust.works to Movies@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-26 months agoJames Bond's Roger Moore: a charming storysh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: lemmybewholesome@lemmy.world
arrow-up13arrow-down1imageJames Bond's Roger Moore: a charming storysh.itjust.worksbrbposting@sh.itjust.works to Movies@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-26 months agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: lemmybewholesome@lemmy.world
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoThe first book is interesting… it has the typical Bond setup… here’s your mission, your exotic location, and your beautiful assistant… and Bond goes: “A woman? What are you sending a woman for, she’ll only get in the way.” (!) I was surprised!
minus-squareGraniteM@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoBook Bond is a much more textured and vulnerable character than movie Bond is generally allowed to be.
The first book is interesting… it has the typical Bond setup… here’s your mission, your exotic location, and your beautiful assistant… and Bond goes:
“A woman? What are you sending a woman for, she’ll only get in the way.”
(!)
I was surprised!
Book Bond is a much more textured and vulnerable character than movie Bond is generally allowed to be.