King of Kafiristan
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Joined: 14/1/2012 From: the Blue Planet
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ORIGINAL: furrybastard Ha I quite liked the portrayal of the Bond character. In my mind he's an imperialist, misogynist scumbag so it was nice to see a take from that angle for a change I really liked the Black Dossier as well. Though I do feel the League books get increasingly more reference-heavy at the expense of story as they go on. The variety of BD is really impressive though and shows off just how versatile a writer Moore really is. Oh I don't actually particularly disagree with Moore's reading of Bond's character, though Flemming's Bond most definitely was not a rapist. I don't mind Moore characterizing him that way for the purposes of his story, but it's not an accurate way to depict 007. My main complaint is the way Moore has M marginalize Bond's skills and contributions. Bond definitely made some dumb errors (Murray getting the upper hand on him with her ruse would not have been out of the realm of plausibility), but to have M dispariage Bond's accomplishments just riled me up. Bond had saved England from atomic holocaust virtually single handedly, in the MOONRAKER incident. That alone should be enough to earn him the right not to have his exploits passed off as "a bit of fun". Time and again Bond went above and beyond for the service, often at great personal cost, displaying superhuman endurance and strength of will. Bond is a generally unpleasant character in many respects, but he's not a fool. Anyway, I agree completely about Moore placing the story at times second on his list of preoccupations, but it's still an exciting read all the same. He's definitely one of a kind, no one else is working on his level.
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