Moonraker 1979, Laser Battle scene 720p

[@mazharnizam2834]

I love the fact that the Americans had a team ready for this exact situation

[@sanapadsense1999]

'cause america fuck yeah !

[@weldonwin]

And listening to the com-chatter as they deploy, I finally noticed that they are organized into Red Squadron, Blue Squadron and White Squadron

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

@@weldonwin Star Wars!

[@weldonwin]

@@TheMrPeteChannel Or, y'know, just the colors of the US flag, because *MURICA!* in space

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

@@weldonwin'MURICA! FeCK YEAH! COMING TO SAVE THE MOTHER FeCKING DAY! YEAH!

[@weldonwin]

Watching this again, you would realise just how TERRIFYING this fight would be to be in. You have no cover at all, you take one hit you either die from explosive decompression when your suit ruptures or you EVA pack gets hit you you fly off into space, enemy fire can come from anywhere in three dimensions and your visibility in those helmets is serious impared. Gentlemen, welcome to the most horrifying firefight ever

[@PureSolace]

This is why you bring your own cover in these types of fights... Just like a naval ship is in an open ocean... wars in space will require well armored vehicles to get anywhere safely...

[@qetoun]

Its a total disaster. The WWI infantry slow walks towards entrenched machine-guns were safer. Shooting behind some kind of shield, like a mirrored sheet of aluminium would have saved lives. This would probably be one of the inquests' many recommendations.

[@weldonwin]

The worst thing in this scene, are those screams of horror, as men are thrown into the void, still alive. There will be no way of rescuing them and no way they can save themselves. All they can do is choose to die slowly as their air runs out or quickly by opening their helmets.

[@qetoun]

You could write a paper or a website about the realities of close quarter combat in space warfare?

[@andrewmarsh3106]

Have to be the highest percentage of loss of life in a battle. There are no survivors at all. I think most would find a way to hope there helmet if they were flying off into space. The worst part would be later in the battle when they are mixing up because then you would have to worry about laser fire from behind you and being hit by your own members. The helmets are not that bad of impairment though not like the stromtroopers that's for sure.

[@LPlFan81]

You can't deny that Moonraker is one of the most memorable James Bond films. It is cheesy, it is ridiculous, it makes you feel ashamed it exist, but it is also guilty pleasure to watch.

[@georgie1246]

It's a favourite of ours my wife enjoys the space battle.

[@gina7288]

It's one of my favourite JB films it has a bit of everything even Jaws falling in love, the space battle is good but also horrifying for the men in it.

[@wangson]

@@gina7288 Same here. I keep coming back to Moonraker - more than other Bond films that I even like better for some reason!

[@gina7288]

@@wangson Me to the locations, Rio, Venice, California and space our favourites are Thunderball, Ohmss, The spy who loved me but Moonraker tops them I would of loved to be Dr Goodhead lol but I have not got her looks and for some reason my husband would of liked to be floating around in space zapping baddies lol.

[@wangson]

@@gina7288 Right! The locations in Moonraker (along with all the other Bond films) are FANTASTIC!!! And Dr. Holly Goodhead was one of the hottest "Bond Girls" in my opinion.

[@perfectionbox]

I love how Jaws realized that Bond had a point, that Drax would never let him and his gf be part of his perfect world. Love conquers all. 🥰

[@tuscanyjc]

I think his girl would have found a place IMO

[@ricardocantoral7672]

Good thing Drax was dumb enough to have that discussion in front of Jaws.

[@perfectionbox]

Ricardo Cantoral Yeah, Drax said the quiet part out loud. 🤣

[@Foebane72]

I think it's cool to see a former enemy of Bond's fighting alongside him.

[@gabrielbennett5162]

My favorite part is where Drax says, "Jaws! You obey ME!" and the big guy just gives him a "Not anymore. You sicken me." kind of look, before attacking Drax's nearest henchman.

[@ribonucleic]

This is the first time I've watched this in 40 years and it holds up *way* better than I expected. No wonder it made such a big impression on me as a kid.

[@daegnaxqelil2733]

ok boomer.

[@monitorlizardkid8253]

@@daegnaxqelil2733 boomers aren't the only people who like stuff like this, I was born in 1996 and this was my first james bond movie, and it. was. awesome. it may have been cheesy, but it was, to coin a phrase: "gourmet cheese". and hey, cheese in general tastes good. its just that a good portion of types of it are not o be eaten by the metric ton.

[@TheMeepster72]

@@daegnaxqelil2733 Dude, I'm 21 and I think this movie looks awesome. I'm gonna have to watch it.

[@daegnaxqelil2733]

@@TheMeepster72 it has aged super badly. you really need some mental help.

[@VinceBreen]

Moonraker is the guiltiest of pleasures and this space battle is the most violent I’ve ever seen 😮

[@gina7288]

It is and the screams are horrible to hear

[@gina7288]

Especially the guy heading towards the sun.

[@jayboy8080]

@@gina7288 it would have been awesome if someone said "HOT ENOUGH FOR YA"

[@gina7288]

@@jayboy8080 1:22 Especially if he ever makes it there poor guy his scream sends a shiver through me.

[@kiyoungwon1725]

This scene might look super out of sense, but this is so far, the most realistic representation of possible space battle.

[@Endru85x]

This fight scared me when i was a kid. No cover, poor visibility and movement, you get hit and your suit is ruptured, you fly in random direction watching endless space where you body will probably float forever. It was something else.

[@georgie1246]

@@Endru85x It scared me has a kid and made me realise the horrors of it after I heard my dad saying to my mum and granny who were cringing at the sight and sound of the men spinning off into space that he would of been screaming if he was one of those men and now watching it and the thought of your own suit punctured and spinning me off into space I would definitely of been screaming and hoping it would be over with soon.

[@gina7288]

​@@georgie1246my husband and son both said they would of been screaming if they got hit and went spinning off it got me imagining it.

[@girlsdrinkfeck]

so realistic u can hear audio in space ? and pulses of light AKA laser bursts through metal ? lol

[@gina7288]

@@girlsdrinkfeck Yes I didn't think you would be able to hear their screams in space or the Pew pew bit of their lasers lol

[@rovhalt6650]

This kind of space battle is one of the few I believe we've seen on screen. It's it's pretty well made too for being so old. The concept is pretty cool and the music fits in really well. I'm surprised we haven't seen more stuff like this.

[@BladeCrossEXE]

Now the Aztec level of Goldeneye 64 makes more sense.

[@gravecactus]

this whole display leads me to believe that the last place you want to have a laser fight is in space.

[@Fedakeen]

Imagine the one guy who brings a knife to a laser fight.

[@adriangoldsbrough6874]

As already commented RIP Michael Lonsdale. Perfectly cast as Drax.

[@troyandrew6154]

And both Richard kiel and Roger moore. Rip to all 3

[@KaosNova2]

@@troyandrew6154 Richard Kiel got to play Jaws one last time in a Bond video game as the motion capture in 007: Everything or Nothing. I think they did the voice dub from Lonsdale in 007: Everything or Nothing. Too bad for whatever reason Legends was all Daniel Craig as Bond though.

[@VinceXNoir666]

"Open the cargo doors" "I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that"

[@erikbeale2308]

Who is Dave?

[@jeffkardosjr.3825]

@@erikbeale2308 Dave's not here, man!

[@nintendocore1037]

HAL 9000

[@Batou3]

It’s pod bay doors

[@nicktechnubyte1184]

Batman has overwritten my programming!

[@madfeldor]

Some might think the whole Moonraker movie is silly. I think just the opposite, especially how they made this, 1979, imo. pretty amazing. Also so many good moments not only this lazer fight. Ahead of time I think in many ways. Of course there are so called "cheesy moments" but still. Cheers... PS. "Take a giant step for mankind" :)

[@flankerchan]

Yeah, and considering the real shuttle flight was in 1981.

[@olengagallardo8551]

Those who think that are plain fools!

[@livingcorpse5664]

People who complain about movies being cheesy have a misconception that cheesy is bad. Those kinds of people are not fun and are just total buzzkills.

[@davidh7088]

It's utter shit.

[@tuscanyjc]

The best Bond ever, OMG. So many moments, when Chang fails to kill Bond in G force machine the look on his face, the poor little guy is crushed. & when Bond has the sword Bond goes straight for his face and eyes instead of body, its personal. The camera angle from Changs face through the mask looking out guessing which way to tilt his head as the blade comes in. So many in this film. Dr Goodhead...

[@drpapa26]

Moonraker is one of my favorite guilty pleasures

[@gina7288]

It's ours too we watch it regularly and I do enjoy the space battle as much as the guys.

[@davidkeeling2049]

"whats Bond doing?". "I think he's attempting reentry sir"

[@shauntbarry]

My Dad took me to the cinema as a child in 1979.. Loved this film. Cheesy but still loved it!

[@jeffreyyoung7824]

This was a great sci fi space battle that may yet foretell the future of military conflict in space. It may not be inevitable but may become unavoidable. The scene was scary in that everyone on both sides went into a suicidal space battle. No one had any sort of armor or protection against laser hits. One laser hit was certain to damage the soldier' eva or cause decompression in space. There were no second chances in this space battle. The good guys won because it appeared they had superior numbers over the bad guys.

[@georgie1246]

A terrifying battle to be in.

[@PaulvonOberstein]

War in space will never look anything like this. Humans would not make ideal weapons platforms in the space environment. I doubt there will ever be many humans in space to begin with. In the future, space activities will be almost entirely conducted by unmanned, eventually autonomous, machines. Unmanned machines will be the main foot soldiers in space conflict.

[@Mandemon1990]

@@PaulvonOberstein True, unmmaned drones will most likely be primary combatant, but sooner or later you are going to need boots on the ground. Machines can win you the ground, but they can't hold it.

[@PaulvonOberstein]

@@Mandemon1990 Then I guess nobody will be "holding ground" in space. It is only barely feasible to send a small crew outside of the Earth's magnetosphere (i.e., to Mars), and when they get back (assuming they survive) they will likely suffer debilitating health effects for the rest of their lives. There won't be any widespread expansion of humans in space for any purposes because human physiology prohibits it. The only realistic option is machines.

[@Mandemon1990]

@@PaulvonOberstein Riiight... what would these "dehibilating health effects" be, seeing how we got pretty good understanding how human body reacts to zero gravity and how to create artificial gravity

[@Locktwiste72]

I saw this in theaters in 1979 (I was 7, my dad took me to see it). As a space nut this was heaven for me. Of course now it looks dated but this was the first and so far last time Bond went into space.

[@davidkeeling2049]

Same here. I watched this in Llandudno. My mum and dad took me and my sister in 79. Forever film for me

[@bryanekers3472]

Bond ALMOST went into space in "You Only Live Twice". He'd impersonated one of the astronauts and was about to launch when Blofeld noticed he hadn't set up his respirator properly or some damn thing.

[@livingcorpse5664]

I honestly think the space battle looks pretty good and has aged well.

[@tompennock6369]

@@livingcorpse5664 I don't think CGI was around at this time either. Pretty incredible as to what they could do without it.

[@historybuff66]

Bryan Ekers Blofeld: “You made a mistake my friend...no astronaut would enter a capsule carrying his own air conditioning unit...”. What I would have said: “You made a mistake my friend...no astronaut is 6’2” tall...”

[@Whoopu2]

After space-laser battles and voodoo priests, an invisible car was just TOO FAR!

[@paladinboyd1228]

Whoopu2, Funny enough American space marines are real.

[@jwrobin21]

Woopu2. Actually, the technology for "invisible' cars is with us already.

[@Batou3]

jwrobin21 where?

[@jjrj8568]

@@Batou3 you can't see 'em, they r invisible

[@rocketyak4014]

@@jjrj8568 Underated comment

[@matthewkretschmer7010]

Amazing how Bond had a trick up his sleeve.

[@lancearnold54]

Literally

[@Shadowman820]

The effects here actually hold quite well .

[@michaelclentworth1283]

Don't forget that they used one of the oldest effects methods: rewinding the film in the camera.

[@harryc1971]

Its back when films were made to be entertainment

[@k1productions87]

@@michaelclentworth1283 The only issue is, if at any point during that layered filming, if there is a mistake or mess up, you have now ruined the entire shot and wasted all of those layers.

[@lancearnold54]

This is _Star Wars_ all in a spy movie

[@1TakoyakiStore]

They didn't green screen or mat effects in. They spliced elements together by winding the film back. They did this because they didn't want to see mat lines. Took forever to film some shots as they had to manually fade out stars before the shuttle passed over that part of the shot, otherwise you would see the stars showing behind the shuttle.

[@Vixctor13]

I wish it was more like this in the new Bond films. Rather than Bond being a one man army all the time.

[@IfbbProRolandcHazard]

One of my all time favorite Bond movies, just because growing up I loved everything space and military.

[@LenskoOfficial]

Oh the Star Wars feel i get from this scene. The sounds, screams and things they say when speaking through the radio.

[@alwoo5645]

Space Force attacking Elon Musk's Tesla Elite

[@itwontcomeout5678]

Al woo lolz

[@speedformercy]

and equally imaginary

[@gimmipatterson6312]

a dream come true

[@adamcheklat7387]

How about the U.S Space Force vs SJW Central Space Station?

[@Firemarioflower]

RIGHT ON!!!

[@EW00AW04]

The greatest in-space laser battle in cinematic history

[@dominiqueradford3846]

Moonraker Lasers space battle is so awesome and epic!

[@k1productions87]

I just wish we had... I guess "better" sound effects? Some were nice, but most were just cheesy "pew-pew-pew",... ESPECIALLY the pistol Holly Goodhead was holding

[@flankerchan]

and to think that the actual first shuttle flights was in 1981. Columbia, John Young and Robert Crippen X3.

[@hinosestaduaisbrasileiros1639]

The biggest battle that 007 ever had!

[@wlouisharris]

This was our favorite Bond movie as kids. The Bond girls were awesome; the locations were awesome; the SCIFI scenes were awesome. The Bond movies were a great escape from reaility.

[@Firemarioflower]

@@hinosestaduaisbrasileiros1639 What about the submarine fight in the Spy Who Loved Me?

[@sanchez501]

Moonraker is in my top 5. Such a fun film!

[@JamesBondStarWarsFan1983-by6qp]

As far as taste in movies goes, the Moonraker space battle is just as brilliant as the Battle of Endor Space Battle from Return of the Jedi and I always loved Moonraker. Moonraker is a very underappreciated and great Roger Moore bond film, it is a way much better film than any Star Wars film made after 1983's Return of the Jedi, and Moonraker had brilliant stuff like the John Barry music score and the good performances from Roger Moore and Michael Lonsdale. Return of the Jedi from 1983 was the last good Star Wars film that I really liked, Richard Marquand did an excellent job ending the Original Star Wars Trilogy with Return of the Jedi, and Return of the Jedi had impressive action sequences from start to finish.

[@swinetastic]

Well Done ! Totally under-rated movie btw.

[@georgie1246]

Cannot agree more but I wouldn't of liked to be in that battle. But it was good to watch.

[@tuscanyjc]

The choreography is epic in this. Drax guys come out in blob formation. Americans in 3 line echelon (classic Western battle line) white supports red and blue takes the flank trying to board satellite .34. (you can hear the battle orders being given out) Americans draw first blood with a shot to the face then Drax guys pull into center where the killing zone begins. They almost break American line but White mops them up and they break. .54 you see the flank battle in back shot. One of our guys gets smoked going in and hits the satellite & 2 board but are repelled. You notice there's 2 Drax guys shooting them? Whats lost today is just about all the guys doing the scene setups back then were ex WW2 with trigger time plus officers. Brilliant example of military tactics applied to a movie as it should be. Oh and no CGI BS either and still the best space infantry battle ever done hands down.

[@adriangoldsbrough6874]

Notice also that the Marines number 1 platoon when engaging the Drax troops aren't armed like them with laser rifles. They each have a pair of laser emitters fitted on their suits they can fire at the same target and maybe up to two at once seemingly giving them more of a tactical advantage.

[@jhlogue]

And Colonel Scott remembering is Sun Tzu even in space. always keep the sun at your back.

[@jhlogue]

Also remembering that snazzy turtleneck certainly didn't hurt.

[@AntonioJarquin]

2:45 "we're under attack, but i don't need to worry about it."

[@Tommykey07]

Antonio Jarquin plus you would think they would have cameras so they could see the Americans coming.

[@benrussell-gough1201]

@Tommykey07 - They did pick them up on Radar well in advance. They even had a heavy laser to blow up hostile ships but Bond was able to stick a spanner in that particular set of gears.

[@k1productions87]

These supposedly "perfect physical specimens" that Drax has gathered... certainly don't put up much of a good fight, do they. And I'd like to think the compliment of that large space station outnumber the max capacity of that shuttle at least 6 to 1 (as there were six Moonraker shuttles). Come to think of it... where did all the passengers go? The ones wearing white and making out in the cabin as they approached the station?

[@benrussell-gough1201]

@@k1productions87 Most of them probably went down with the ship. Don't shed tears for them; I'm pretty sure everyone knew Drax's plan.

[@Kamfrenchie]

@@k1productions87 The good guys shuttle is a clown shuttle. You can fit more people in there than what logic dictates

[@Scopper81]

Watching this in 2019, I'm surprised how well the effects and production values hold up.

[@k1productions87]

Just needs some better compositing of the spacesuit segments (less tweening and less obvious string-dangling) a bit of polish on the laser visuals,... and for the love of god better laser SOUNDS

[@k1productions87]

The only particularly weak laser sound is the hand pistol that Goodhead is using inside the station. The US Marines' handheld units are a good enough sound, the same sound we hear in the Q Branch segment. The shoulder mounted EVA guns had a bit of a hokey sound, but the Drax EVA guns are the best sound. No touchy!

[@patinho5589]

This was epic and awe-inspiring I was impressed And the music is very epic

[@k1productions87]

John Barry MADE that movie. Without his amazing score, it never would have worked

[@tompennock6369]

@@k1productions87 Yes, John Barry's score for this picture was wonderful.

[@matthewjeffery6481]

I love how Jaws gives him a gentle push at 2:57

[@KevinDavis338]

RIP Roger Moore..

[@brettlloyd4446]

James bond movie Moonraker was obviously influenced by star wars success late 1970s, director lewis gilbert had a thing with epic action scenes in his bond movies

[@itwontcomeout5678]

1:50 something I never realized... the space shuttle has "MARINES" printed on the side, implying that it's a U.S. Marine Corps Space Shuttle in 1979 lol

[@k1productions87]

Well, in the first years of the shuttle, it was intended to have a second launch site at Vandenberg AFB. It was only after the Challenger disaster that site 2 was removed (and thankfully making them go back to simple numbering like STS-25 and STS-33 instead of STS-51-L. This particular instance would have been STS-12-A (year 1, site 2, first launch "A"))

[@PeachLover94]

@@k1productions87 I think they switched it after STS-9 in 1983 (the first Spacelab mission) and then back after the _Challenger_ disaster (STS-51-L or STS-25). To break down a mission designation like 51-L for example, we have to examine the numbers and letters. The 5 would mean the slated fiscal year of the launch date, which means it was originally slated for 1985. The 1 designates the launch site as John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida while a 2 would have designated Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 6 in California. The L would have been the numbered mission designated for the fiscal year. _Challenger_ was meant to launch in late 1985 but was pushed back to January 28th of the following year 1986 over weather concerns that ended up dooming the Space Shuttle Orbiter Vehicle _Challenger_ and her crew.

[@joan7656]

this the most intense laser tag i have ever seen

[@gina7288]

Lol My son said something similar.

[@matthewkretschmer7010]

Jame Bond (Roger Moore), "take a giant step for mankind"and "oh, he had to fly". Lol

[@ericsanders4047]

Those are my favorite scene from Moonraker

[@rovhalt6650]

What's the first thing you think of when you hear James Bond? That's right. Laser space battles! You just know the producers where trying to ride on the Star Wars craze wave 😄

[@Batou3]

Hey they already had a battle under and above the sea

[@nigelmurphy6761]

maybe so but this is based more on actual science fact rather than he science and mythological fantasy Star Wars is based on.

[@horrorfanandy4647]

@@nigelmurphy6761Cubby Broccoli is that you? 😂

[@MaximilianoAedo]

Some of the screams from the marines that get killed in the battle were reused for Scarface, particularly during the final firefight at Tony's mansion.

[@deildegast]

I gotta say this, John Berry wrote some of the best film music of that time.

[@SegaMario]

Fun Fact: The movie that came before Moonraker had a message stating that Bond would return in the movie whose title is the one that came after Moonraker. Moonraker was literally made due to the hype train that Star Wars made when it hit theaters back in 1977. And I'm not saying that like it's a bad thing. Moonraker is still freakin' awesome despite being made because Star Wars took the world by storm.

[@andrewburgemeister6684]

Yep, For Your Eyes Only was going to be made, until Cubby Broccoli said: “Hey, Star Wars is out, LET’S PUT JAMES BOND IN SPACE!!!”

[@k1productions87]

The funny thing though, Moonraker was one of Ian Flemming's books, long before anything resembling Star Wars was ever considered. Granted, very few aspects of the book made it into the film, as the Moonraker was a missile, not a shuttle. But the scene of Bond and Goodhead trapped in the engine exhaust pit was definitely in the book. And book Drax being a former Nazi fits with movie Drax's "master race" plan. ... but then, by the time of Roger Moore's run, the movies had all but abandoned directly following the source material anyway.

[@kenlau457]

@@k1productions87 wonder why they went with Goodhead instead of Galatea Brand.

[@k1productions87]

@kenlau457 from what I recall, Moonraker was very early in the book series, before the lady names got overly suggestive, but come 1979 it's expected of a Bond film to raise eyebrows with the "Bond Girl" names.

[@StarwarsHalofreak]

I never realized it until recently, but that music cue at the very beginning, it sounded an awful lot like Disney's The Black Hole, and I come to find it was composed by the same guy - John Barry, it has that same tone. He must've been working on the both of these around the same time.

[@freshdamon]

I remember not understanding any of this film as a kid but really liking lasers in space

[@ryangrant1449]

Classic Roger Moore era ridiculousness . I love it

[@cerealfibre6938]

3:17 Nice one, Jaws.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Calibeachgtl1024]

The music is simply amazing

[@gina7288]

I cannot agree more it suits the battle perfectly whilst watching it.

[@ricardocantoral7672]

The score is WAY too good for this movie.

[@ReaLifeHDchannel]

Director: "Alright, guys. You'll be playing laser tag in space." Casted Guy: "Oh, when you put it like that, we don't need drones to do the fight for us."

[@Fortaker]

1:22 When I was a kid, I thought the idea was that this guy would fly into the sun before he died from his injuries or lack of oxygen, which made me feel kind of bad for him. Of course, as an adult who knows a thing or two about astronomy, at the rate he is flying there it would probably take centuries before he ever got to the sun. And in reality he would never get there as he isn't moving with enough escape velocity to get out of the Earth's gravity well. So in the end he would become a human satellite until his momentum was erased by gravity and he ends up coming back to Earth as a flaming meteor. Not quite as forlorn as you might think.

[@gina7288]

No wonder he was screaming so much it always sends a shiver through me watching him heading towards the sun, my husband said he would of been making the same noise.

[@georgie1246]

I always cringe at his scream and the horrors he is going through but I have got to admit I would of sounded the same.

[@gina7288]

@@georgie1246 For some reason my son said he love to be in that battle and he agreed with my husband he would scream his head off if he got hit which made me and his girlfriend cringe.

[@gina7288]

OMG comes back to earth as a flaming meteor poor guy even though he was a baddy I do remember seeing it at the cinema when I was a little girl his scream was deafening and horrible to hear I remember my mum covering her ears up lol.

[@gina7288]

@@georgie1246 It was as good of a scream that I could of done.

[@nigelmurphy6761]

great movie! one of my personal favourites!

[@jasonritchie8475]

Nigel Murphy this and FYEO are most definitely the best.

[@coryspang7548]

One of my all time favorites as well.

[@trickykid73]

Its stupid , its corny , its funny , its awesome , its amazing and its my bond , Rodger Moore's Bond ....James Bond . x

[@krisvires]

I never noticed before- the US Space Shuttle has "MARINES" written on the side... so... first on-screen appearance of Space Marines?!?! :)

[@depyk7989]

This scene reminds me of 80's movies space battles!!!!!

[@brydc0ck31]

I’m glad Jaws is one of the good guys now.

[@manueltrevino9589]

RIP Roger Moore

[@lancearnold54]

Also RIP Richard Kiel

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

Rest in peace Richard kiel 1939-2014 Rest in peace roger moore 1927-2017

[@jjrj8568]

Moonraker was the best space movie between SW and ESB, lol

[@k1productions87]

I'll fit Star Trek the Motion Picture in there. Certainly better than the other contemporaries like Battle Beyond the Stars

[@andreforest2024]

I was impressed with Drax's space fighters, they were ready to go!

[@KaosNova2]

This scene now available in (red/blue) 3D and 4K on KZbin. Such a rare sight of astronauts having combat in space, can only recall two other films which did this too, but in nowhere close to the scale. #kaosnova

[@aragorn1780]

I've actually pondered what a space infantry battle like this would really be like in deep space: -if you're away from a star you have no illumination to see the enemy, and if you provide any light you only give yourself away -space is BIG, like, REALLY REALLY BIG, imagine an entire regiment of thousands of troops deployed into open space to combat an enemy force, but the battle is in a 3d arena 1000s of miles long wide and tall, and it's large enough that by the time everybody has spread out you already have delays on your comms from just the soldier "next to you" miles away floating in space -you have no cover, and if you're hit you're dead there's little chance to survive a casevac in this environment and even if you do you'll be permanently disfigured or disabled just from the decompression alone and never mind the injury or radiation exposure -you have no sense of up and down, sure a HUD could tell you how to orient yourself, but even so you could be spinning about and not even realize it, and given that you can't even see your own squadmates owing to lack of light and distance you're floating all alone in pitch black space -if you're facing an alien civilization with their own exotic technology your command may not even have the proper intel to face such an enemy they could just be sending you to certain death and praying that you hit something in the process

[@decimated550]

I saw the first three or four days ago and I've watched it about 50 times since then. Whole idea of a short-range laser battle Eva suits absolutely horrified and fascinate me. Watching the men die novel deaths, you wonder if in the world of the movie at the men know that they are the first-ever to fight a battle in space and that has the Unlucky ones penetrated by lasers or sent propelling away into space or to burn upon re-entry, that they are the first to die in space battle as well.

[@stevenklein3195]

The best scene in the film and terrifying for both the Marines and Draxes men. War in space would be shear horror for anyone involved and hope it will never happen.

[@gina7288]

It's horrifying to watch and listen to aswell it gets me how some guys say that they would love to be in this battle including my husband and son.

[@georgie1246]

A very horrible battle to be involved in especially getting hit and spinning off into space.

[@JutiMayranen]

"Desolated, Mr. Bond" "Heartbroken, Mr. Drax"

[@SpreadingtheMuse]

I guess we've decided what kind of music determines 'ominous dark space.' The soundtrack to 1979's The Black Hole uses all the same low slow horns and strings.

[@ShadowSonic2]

Same composer did both

[@SpreadingtheMuse]

@@ShadowSonic2 No kidding. Thank you for that. I'm a huge fan of Black Hole.

[@michaelminton1224]

My favorite action scene of all.

[@jrcasselman]

I saw this movie on the Silver Screen a few years ago; when this scene took place, everyone laughed uncontrollably.

[@billjoe39]

That's because they are used to phony CGI

[@soulbrotherofkungfu1458]

jrcasselman If you could've seen this in *79* when it first came out you would've thought it was epic like the rest of us. 😎 This was a really good take on how space combat could happen.

[@paladinboyd1228]

*SoulBrotherOfKungFu *, And it somehow works, all practical effects no cgi.

[@soulbrotherofkungfu1458]

Paladin Boyd Exactly. And that music score, watching those all soldiers lose their lives fighting. Intense and gloomy.....

[@decimated550]

@@soulbrotherofkungfu1458 I'm sure they knew as they deployed out of the safety of the Space Shuttle cargo bay as if disembarking from and m113 armored personnel carrier that they were going into a fight in which their chance of survival was lower than any Battle in History because there is no cover to hide behind. The scene was absolutely perfect because you really get into the purpose of watching Men die slowly and violently in a terrifying environment. If anything else I wish they would have had it gone on for longer just like the ninja attack or the scuba diver battle in the other two James Bond movies

[@rotkev]

2:05 That set is amazing.

[@adriangoldsbrough6874]

Would be all the more stupendous to see this, if possible, upscaled to 4K.

[@007beck9]

The special effects in this film are magnificent

[@Forsoothious]

How many lasers and space destruction do you want. Director: Yes

[@kuribayashi84]

"Where is Drax?" "Oh, he needed some Space." ...would have been the better Oneliner, actually.

[@ChannelZeroX]

"He had to pop out."

[@Astrosisphere]

"Space was a real sucker for him"

[@AndromanceR]

"Take a giant step for mankind." :D

[@MIMALECKIPL]

And he did so.

[@matthewkretschmer7010]

Lol

[@troyandrew6154]

AndromanceR "oh, he had to fly"

[@lancearnold54]

"Where's Drax?"

[@aleksandarvil5718]

@@lancearnold54 James Bond: "He Got Out." "Outside." "He Couldn't Handle Pressure Here." "Out of This World." "Orbiting." "Being STAR of his universe."

[@RezervoirDog]

Hell yeah now that's a space battle

[@Foebane72]

1:41 Those two US Marine astronauts didn't stand a chance against Drax's men there.

[@yarzipan]

Agree, they were the first to board the station and never had a chance. This part really drives home that the “first to breach” are really doomed.

[@MsErik69]

@@yarzipan They did not look out very well.

[@yarzipan]

@@MsErik69 Not sure it would’ve made much difference. They were dead the second they stepped through the airlock.

[@gina7288]

@@yarzipan They survived the horrors of the battle outside then get wiped out the minute they walk into the space station.

[@elcinefilosv]

to be honest, this movie was awesome. Seeing Bond in space fighting against megalomaniacs.

[@F0reman371]

Given the ramifications of this "firefight" it can be declared with 100% certainty the much more sensible thing would simply allow the boarders to enter and dispatch them within the station... Still a cool bit of cinema for the same year that gave us Alien.

[@yarzipan]

Given how quickly they wasted the two guys who boarded at 1:42, I’d say you’re right.

[@TammoKorsai]

Blunders of these types are often made when new technology or doctrine is introduced. And the Moonraker minions strike me as being poorly trained, so they perhaps panicked and went for a knee-jerk reaction in the hope of preventing the shuttle from docking. The other problem is that not going out there could allow an enemy to plant explosives on the exterior, then withdraw.

[@michaelparedes165]

I love this as a kids

[@Apacheman37]

Why is that takedown at 2:48 so goddamn funny

[@evancortez2]

From the Halls of Montezuma To the shores of Tripoli; We fight our country's battles In the air, on land, and sea; First to fight for right and freedom And to keep our honor clean; We are proud to claim the title Of United States Marine

[@billjoe39]

'fight for The Right' you mean

[@Crackshotsteph]

I'd hate to be in number One Platoon they took the heaviest casualties.

[@williamcrowe2576]

Fleming never had this in mind when he wrote the original novel.

[@ricardocantoral7672]

To see his reaction to this film would have been priceless !

[@Supermariocrosser]

James bond films are in some way more disturbing than horror movies . It makes you feel life is so inhumane and meaningless.

[@gina7288]

Yes I felt for the men in this battle.

[@studinthemaking]

This is the last bond movie that ends with a big battle science with allied troops.

[@adriangoldsbrough6874]

Just watched here some of Michael Lonsdale's funeral at Saint Roche Church in Paris on October 1st. They gave him a splendid send -off.

[@michaeleverest2219]

In the film General Gogol states how they were willing to take action against the space station! It would have been interesting to see Russian marines or their equivalent being sent up too!

[@HeIsAnAli]

Yuri’s Revenge, Soviet Mission 6: To The Moon.

[@airdriver]

In the novelization, Gogol does send one spacecraft(Soyuz) to attack the Drax Space station and is taken out by a laser onboard the space station before the American shuttle gets close.

[@SegaMario]

A friendly reminder that the movie that came before this one was meant to be the one that came after Moonraker. Moonraker was literally made due to the hype train that Star Wars made when it hit theaters back in 1977.

[@rcw-europe]

Elon probably watched this as a child and found his role model: Hugo Drax

[@qetoun]

I'm glad Jaws came over to the Light side of the Force.

[@jasonritchie8475]

I love the way Jaws grabs that guards face. His hand is as big as the poor guys head ha ha

[@k1productions87]

imagine an arm wrestling match between Jaws (Richard Kiel) and Andre the Giant.

[@kenlau457]

Jaws could suffocate a man in ten seconds....

[@paladinboyd1228]

I prefer this to the new bond films.

[@crazyman8472]

Looks like some kind of war…in the stars… 👽

[@undershaft8828]

Is it weird that such battle feels more realistic in 1979 than modern era

[@terribletrends7457]

the astronauts look like swarms of bees from a distance

[@ajfsound]

"Open the cargo doors" "But the button's right in front of you!"

[@an8nymous791]

Before Star Wars, before its time.

[@ShadowSonic2]

This was after Star Wars, in fact the reason they did a space adventure was directly because of that.

[@dvdv7777]

On one hand, this is a monumentally stupid cash grab due to the Star Wars popularity at the time. The pew pew sound are corny and lame, the whole premise is so silly, and you gotta ask yourself how an MI6 agent ends up in this. On the other hand, the visuals are rather good (they have a certain alternate-universe-SDI flair), the battle is actually terrifying (imagine being propelled away from the Earth) and is unique in that it is a space battle with troop instead of starships, something I haven't seen since. Also, I like how they show the station being damaged by stray laser shots. Too often, in space battles, ships and stations are impenetrable until they blow up. The Expanse is the one series where they actually show bullets piercing a still functioning ship.

[@Beefache]

2:15 Good villain stuff from Michael Lonsdale. That's why I put Drax behind only Goldfinger and Sanchez when it comes to Bond Villains. Space station being overrun and with resolute mad intent puts his hands behind his back and gives the order...PROCEED!

[@EW00AW04]

The greatest bond movie scene

[@johannschmidt3389]

It's a common question asked: why don't SIFI universes use bullets rather than blaster or laser bolts? While bullets are more effective and give way more tactical advantage, if a bullet which misses its target or goes through its target hits a wall, it will cause damage that you won't want in your ship while in the middle of space.

[@rkr9861]

That, and a laser will spread and dissipate over time after leaving the battlefield. The bullet will continue traveling through space at bullet speeds forever until it hits something.

[@HeIsAnAli]

@@rkr9861 TL;DR: Sir Isaac Newton is the deadliest SOB in space!

[@richardcrook2112]

Maybe the recoil would send the shooter shooting off into space.