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Originally Posted by Prince_Vajda  Why so much hate for Moonraker and Octopussy? They're (partly) pretty silly, yeah, but also really entertaining.  |
Personally, I dislike '
Moonraker' so much because it WASN'T a Bond film
Up to them, all the Bond films had been believable - an English secret agent/spy fighting baddies. They were gritty and real. Then came '
Moonraker', with it's science fiction trappings, which was a fantasy film and totally unbelievable.
Why should Bond (and the other MI5 agents) suddenly use a lazer gun when a Walther PPK has been acceptable previously?
Why would a meglomaniac, who was looking for racial purity, permit Jaws (who was not perfect, because of his metal teeth) and his girlfriend (who was not perfect, because she wore glasses) onto his space station?
'
Moonraker' only exists because the public loved '
Star Wars', so what batter way to make the perfect movie than having a beloved character (James Bond) appearing in the setting of another beloved film ('
Star Wars')
It would have been better, and more acceptable, if it featured Matt Helm!