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From: spaf@gatech.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: Re: Octopussy
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Date: Tue, 14-Jun-83 11:05:29 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 14 11:05:29 1983
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I wasn't claiming that Octopussy was a great movie on any global
scale.  I just said that if you like James Bond movies, this was
very probably the best of the lot.

As to exploiting women -- maybe.  The movie showed a whole
island full of women who could manage quite well in virtually
any situation, including smuggling.  Maybe they were exploiting
007?

It's fantasy and not intended to be any reflection of reality.
I mean, there were no women in the movie who *weren't*
beautiful.  We assumed that there is a company out there somewhere
that manuactures them for James Bond flicks, because we haven't
ever seen any like that around here!

I'm all for caring, responsible relationships, but those just
aren't part of a Bond movie (other than his long-standing 
relationships with Q and Moneypenny).

There's a little wishful thinking of being Bond in all of us.
I'd love to have an amphibious Lotus, although I could never
afford the insurance and I don't know where I'd use it.  It
would be great fun to travel around the world and always
be in control of the situation, rather than caught in a cab
with a driver who speaks no English and who decides to take the
scenic route and run up the fare while you die of dysentary
in the back.  I'd love to be able to find a beautiful, exciting
woman and sweep her off her feet...but I wouldn't toss her
away afterwards, that's for sure!  That's the stuff of which
escapism is made.  If I wanted romance, I'd read a Harlequin
paperback.  If I wanted to deal with people in a more-or-less
responsible manner (women *and* men) then I'd simply go
about my everyday routine.  But if I want to enjoy
some mindless excitement and escapism, I'll go see a
James Bond flick.  Or a Star Wars movie.

Not afraid to say I'll argue anything,
-- 
"The soapbox of Gene Spafford"

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