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<blockquote data-quote="Kobold Stew" data-source="post: 9603625" data-attributes="member: 23484">I've heard this, and I really want it to be true. Bibi is the most unforgivable character in the series: I watched the film at age 12 or 13 in the cinema (my second bond film at the movies), and everything about it felt icky then and since -- I want Moore to be in the right here, but the producers/director/writer kept her in, and it's the single biggest misstep.I love that For Your Eyes Only starts with him visiting Tracy's grave, and as a bond girl, Melina with a crossbow is pretty thrilling. The cold War story of the targeting computer is appropriate, splvable stakes (as they had been in early Connery.) But so much falls flat: the assassin Loque (and the stupid joque Bond makes when he kills him -- ugh, so forced), the gimmicky sports care that blows up instantly; the replacement comedy vehicle; the absence of formulaic elements such as M (Bernard Lee had just passed away, and they weren't sure about recasting); and, of course, the horror show that is Bibi.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kobold Stew, post: 9603625, member: 23484"] I've heard this, and I really want it to be true. Bibi is the most unforgivable character in the series: I watched the film at age 12 or 13 in the cinema (my second bond film at the movies), and everything about it felt icky then and since -- I want Moore to be in the right here, but the producers/director/writer kept her in, and it's the single biggest misstep. I love that For Your Eyes Only starts with him visiting Tracy's grave, and as a bond girl, Melina with a crossbow is pretty thrilling. The cold War story of the targeting computer is appropriate, splvable stakes (as they had been in early Connery.) But so much falls flat: the assassin Loque (and the stupid joque Bond makes when he kills him -- ugh, so forced), the gimmicky sports care that blows up instantly; the replacement comedy vehicle; the absence of formulaic elements such as M (Bernard Lee had just passed away, and they weren't sure about recasting); and, of course, the horror show that is Bibi. [/QUOTE]

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