True, some of us really get into “killer Bond”.
But Moore could sell the “witty quip after watching someone get killed” schtick just as well as Connery, if given decent scriptwriting, that is a key trope of Movie Bond and I am fond of it.
I guess you don’t remember reading that Ian Fleming died in the 1960s. 
Yes! Moore was terrific as a grouchy, misogynistic weirdo.
He was also great in Gold (1974), a film that a lot of Bond alumni were involved in (it even has a Maurice Binder title sequence). That film is now in the public domain, so it is readily available in a variety of crappy DVD editions.
I no longer hold this view, but I think it is worthwhile to read my old thread:
Octopussy is the best Bond movie.
My favorite Bond after Craig. He’ll be missed.
Moore’s role in ffolkes, and Brosnan’s role in The Taylor of Panama, are roles I like to think of as the Anti-Bonds.
I’m so glad I’m not the only person who seems to remember that film!!! I liked him as Bond, but fflokes is actually my favorite Moore movie. I loved the way the government figured out how to give his character a reward/thank you gift, that he wouldn’t refuse.
But of course! Even Fleming preferred Niven to his own damn self. Who wouldn’t?
Sir Roger owned a string of P1800s. They are touring cars, built to carry one, a plus-one, luggage, and skis to where a gent might want to go. Not flashy like the DB, an improbable Lotus, or a sin to all that is England, like a sniff Rambler. He knew his position in society, and maintained it.
I tried, God knows I tried, to watch The Saint, but the very flower of British femininity had me changing the channel to Petticoat Junction. Round these parts it’s called hybrid vigor.
I liked Moore’s Bond movies better than the later, ultra-serious Bond Saving The World films.
As for “The Saint”, too bad we didn’t get to see Vinny play him on TV.
I’m trying to remember the name of a Roger Moore film I saw. It would have been made in the eighties, and featured him as an upper class secret agent or commando type who had to recover a hijacked oil rig. It was basically a Bond movie with the serial number filed off.
He had a sidekick “guy” who was really a girl in disguise, for reasons I don’t remember. [Del]Bond/[del] the protagonist found out about the girl when they shared a shower at the end.
Anyone know which film I’m remembering?
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This is *ffolkes *(1980), which has been referenced quite a bit in this thread.
Moore’s Bond was the first I saw in theaters and on HBO, and he’ll always be a sentimental favorite.
Ah, thank you. I saw those references, but didn’t connect the name.
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It was known as North Sea Hijack in the United Kingdom, but released as *ffolkes *in most of the rest of the world. The UK title is a bit more descriptive. 
That might explain it, then!
For some reason, ffolkes made me think of a comedy.
Moore always reminded me of a fox; a fox is everything you want in a spy…sneaky, clever, charming, and when the time comes, an efficient killer.
and damn sexy:rolleyes:
So long, Roger…give Ian a toast from us all.
If you omit those wacky British two small ffs, you do get a comedy.
Rufus ffolkes seems like Bond crossed with Jonny Lee Miller’s Sherlock - brilliant, skilled, clever, with extreme arrogance, and doesn’t seem to understand this whole “human interaction” thing. But he was the right man for the job.
Wonder how they ever got those booby-trapped explosives off the drilling rig.
The ff is Welsh, and so, presumably, is the character:
Actually, the “ff” is used in some English forms, as well, I see:
RIP, Roger. 
I’m just glad that rumor turned out to be false, that he was the suicide bomber in Manchester.
All together now:
That’s not funny, that’s sick!
:eek: :dubious: :smack:
Great story, thanks for sharing!