Movie Reaction: Moonraker (1979) (GIRLFRIEND'S FIRST TIME WATCHING

[@mwflanagan1]

Lyrith is really coming into her own. She predicted so many things correctly in this one. What a good sport she is to put up with your obsession, but she also seems to really be enjoying the experience. You guys are fun to watch together.

[@mikeshirleyforever]

Absolutely!!! I think Lyrith is really warming up to the series and is throughly enjoying my favourite era of 007 movies! Jeroen and Lyrith really give these films such a fresh perspective and each review they have done have given me so many smiles. 👏⭐️❤️

[@wjkesq9918]

Her predictions were awesome. The lab is gonna be gone...he's gonna bite the cable...the balls are gonna explode. Great!

[@PungiFungi]

She already is on to the Bond formula of which Roger Moore’s Bonds are the most faithful.

[@wjkesq9918]

First Bond film I saw in cinema. Loved it back then. Notwithstanding all the cartoon aspects this film is a time machine that takes me back to the summer of '79. Its so ridiculous that it stands the test of time 😀

[@loftlegacy]

Same here aged 6

[@thursoberwick1948]

Unfortunately the plot is all the more plausible given recent events. A lot of rich people don't want most of us around and they are going up there.

[@LordVolkov]

I'm glad Lyrith is finding the joy in Moore's run! He and Brosnan are the Bonds who have the most fun with the role to me. Moonraker is a wild ride, and makes a great middle entry for Moore. Good humor, a memorable henchman, and a big finish. This is the level of Bond I really enjoy - where the plot is wild, the action is big, and the villain is crazy.

[@votekyle3000]

The power couple is back! Love that Lyrith did the intro

[@Chopperwocky]

Lyriths reaction to Bonds Hover Gondola.. “ But…what? “ 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@lunarvision]

I love Moonraker!! It’s such an epic, entertaining, crowd pleaser. I grew up loving it, then finding it cheesy, and now appreciating it for how much they crammed into the movie. Big budget, exotic locations, big action sequences, hot chicks, memorable villains and gadgets. Dare I say, that Moonraker has become the quintessential template for a “modern” Bond film?! 👍🏼

[@lunarvision]

@@jonathanfurzeland4740 Thanks!! Yeah it’s great & definitely grows on you. My favorite parts are: 1) Trippy intro transition when Jaws falls through the circus tent. 2) Dramatic, dark murder of the woman in the fox hunting scene. 3) G-force machine (one of the few times I legit worried about Bond!) 4) Jaws revealing himself in the alleyway during Rio, and 5) The amazing cable car fight sequence. Hands down, Jaws is my favorite “evil” henchmen in the Bond films. Absolutely a menacing monster, but also complex & sympathetic. True beauty & the beast by the end. Wish we had more of him.

[@dtz1000]

Did you grow up seeing those braces? I did.

[@andrewwebster2598]

There is a darkness to it I feel, the implications of Drax’s scheme, Corrine’s death etc

[@lunarvision]

@@andrewwebster2598 You nailed it! Definitely a subtle, at times surprising darkness. Corrine’s death especially.

[@Aceimus1066]

I love how Lyrith is getting into Bond, genuinely too. She knows that these ones are a bit silly but goes with it. This series just gets better and better

[@votekyle3000]

3:56 so that really is how they transported the space shuttle, but it would have never been fueled.

[@thursoberwick1948]

Very true. That fuel is extremely dangerous. It even makes aircraft fuel look safe by comparison.

[@votekyle3000]

@@thursoberwick1948 I was surprised to learn that hours after a shuttle launch, the air around the launch site is toxic

[@phila3884]

The Space Shuttle on the back of a B747 really happened. During early drop tests, and many times to transport it back to the launch facility in Florida. Loads of video online, I'm sure.

[@dtz1000]

Yes, I saw it in real life flying over London in the early 80s or late 70s. We've gone backwards now as we can no longer do that. Same with Concorde which is also in this movie.

[@ThomasVanhala]

Yes the space shuttle had wings but they was only used for simpel gliding manoeuvres during landing and not able to fly by it self in the atmosphere so for transport they use the Boeing 747.

[@SidneyKenson]

@@ThomasVanhala Space Shuttle in Atmosphere? Let's say it with a quote from 'How to land a Space Shuttle... From Space': "It has stubby wings and a fat round nose. It's affectionately referred to as a flying brick." Plus it has no internal tanks, so some little plot hole for those interested in film mistakes made. Without that fat orange tank between the bossters this thing descends with 10,000 ft per minute. A glide ratio of "just forget it!" Throw a parachute jumper - no wingsuit allowed, really just the tight fitting suit, oh, and give him some oxygen for 5 minutes please, he'll need it! - out of an aircraft at cruise speed of Mach 0.7 at 37,000 ft altitude, he may open his parachute for the final landing stage, so something around 200 ft above the ground, look where he lands in relation to where you threw him off, that's how far - round about - a shuttle would come. I can tell you it is not very far. Something around the 75 nautical miles. In best case, straignt in, no turns allowed whatsoever to get all out of it. And hope for some tail wind.

[@ThomasVanhala]

@@SidneyKenson yes never said it was good at gliding. As I said simple gliding that is to line up the shuttle with the runway. They did land them on runways in atmosphere and I know they referred to the shuttle as a flying brick.

[@paulthomas3247]

My dad worked for NASA at the time on the Space Shuttle program. Testing the Space Shuttle on the back of a 747 was pretty normal. We got to watch it land at least once in Vandenberg, CA.

[@davider6884]

44:13 Holly: What happened? Bond: Random Samurai Dude spinned me out of control.

[@boldsports6989]

Damn. You know it’s going to be a good review when Lyrith starts the intro. 😂

[@sandersson2813]

This film is given such a hard time. I love the locations, music, sets, era

[@thursoberwick1948]

I was watching Octopussy the other day... I dunno, it felt there was a good film struggling to get out. The knife throwers and Orlov were cool, but then I weigh it up against the clowns and having a tennis star who cannot act in a big role. Same here. Chiles and Lonsdale give good performances, but the film gets sillier and sillier. But there are memorable parts in Moonraker. Like Drax's dogs or his mansion.

[@thursoberwick1948]

I think they could have turned this into a better film. The Jaws storyline could have been reworked (although when Bond points out that he would not be up to Drax's spec in the Brave New World, that is well made). Get rid of the silly gondola. Make the space scenes less like Star Wars. (The lasers might be of use shooting down the satellites.)

[@sandersson2813]

@@thursoberwick1948 I just find Moore films fun amd enjoyable. I find Craig too serious, surly and miserable and quite unlikeable.

[@greatwuta]

I like Moonraker, I really enjoy Moonraker but that gondola scene held me back and prevented me for loving Moonraker. Thank you Jeroen and Lyrith for these movie reactions and I really really cant wait for the next review, For Your Eyes Only.

[@thursoberwick1948]

I feel the same about the clowns in Octopussy. And Vijay.

[@AaronStark1993]

I love how she's so innocent and naive. Didn't immediately get the Goodhead and 69 references haha.

[@DutchBondFan]

Im afraid its a lost in translation situation though 😂😝

[@scooby1992]

A great reaction ! I was a big Roger Moore fan and Michael Lonsdale was brilliant as well . The sets by Ken Adam were fantastic and I think the music by John Barry was great too . In fact the piece when they are going into space is probably the best piece of music in the whole franchise in my opinion .

[@Yngvarfo]

Shuttle on top of a Boeing 747. "That's not possible." On the contrary, that was how it was carried around. This movie came out in 1979, two years before the shuttle actually was launched into space, but we saw many tests where they were dropped from a 747 like this. After they were retired in 2011, they were carried triumphantly over several American cities before they were delivered to museums. The shuttle launches looked very realistic, especially considering that it hadn't happened yet in real life. I think NASA cooperated with getting it right because they liked the advertising. But there's of course no way to fire the rockets from the top of the airplane without the fuel tank.

[@okradiohead7430]

I'm here a little late, but... As a Floridian, I can tell you that a space shuttle on top of an airplane is not an uncommon thing. Nasa actually did this all the time with the Boeing 747.

[@andreluiznogueira361]

Hope you guys someday come here to Rio. Its a lovely place, some problems but still a wonderful city.

[@andrewwebster2598]

I really admire DBF’s passion for the Bond movies. Having Lyrith co watch them with you & comment on them is the best thing you could have done. I am really fond of Moonraker for how epic it is, although it is quite unrealistic and exaggerated in many areas. The Spy who Loved Me is one of my top three of the series, but I just don’t think Lewis Gilbert was a particularly talented director. He just couldn’t do any grounded Bond’s where he had to carry out genuine detective work and investigating.

[@greatwuta]

I'm going to give credit to @heavygaming93 for pointing this out but he was almost right. Manuela is a South American slang for masterbation or hand job. It's funny because in your Recapping 007 Moonraker Review, you as I quote "Imagine if Odd Job was given a Koren girlfriend named Hand Job" when you was referring to Jaws and Dolly. Well in this same movie there was a Hand Job, they decided to name her Manuela instead 😂🤣

[@thursoberwick1948]

Never heard that before. Suppose you could even say it was an Oddjob or a Vijay.

[@RaiderChampion34]

Ive always thought that Bond avoids going across the bridge because it reminds him of the one in YOLT but they get him in the water with the moving rock anyway. Enjoying the reaction videos...keep it up!

[@andrewmcdonald793]

I was born in 1975, so have seen moonraker and also the spy who loved me a lot, i like both of them, i know a lot of bond fans dont like them, i thought it was cool that they went into space in moonraker, well they they had to do it anyway there was starwars etc, the early bonds were also good , the bond girl in the spy who loved me i thought was one of the most beautiful girls in a bond film anyway love your reviews of these bond films and your girl friend is very beautiful.🙂

[@guyrondel3573]

Moonraker! The first thing that stands out is the similitude with the last Bond! Strongberg wanted to create a new world under the sea and Drax wants to create a new world in space! Well, more or less! Plus, of course, Jaws is back! The magnificent parachute, or should I say the Roger Moore non parachute stunt in pre-title scene was in fact performed B.J. Worth and his team! And from here on in, we’ll be seeing a lot of him in various James Bond movies! The movie has absolutely nothing to do with the book! At the time it was shot, Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek and other space movies had come out and it was the big craze of the moment! It was also the launch of the first NASA space shuttle which is seen in the pre-tile sequence! Cubby Broccoli, who was on location with the team in Brazil, was interviewed and asked if he was into science fiction and he answered, “we’re not into science fiction we’re into science fact”! And that’s why they had to have a big Bond budget going out into space! However, the next Bond comes back to earth! The scene of Drax’s mansion, although it takes place in California, it was in fact shot in France in two different châteaux! For the exteriors, the Château de Vaux-Le-Vicomte South East of Paris! And for the interiors, they were shot in another French palace called Château de Guermantes East of Paris near Euro Dysneyland! The centrifuge experience reminds me a little of Thunderball when Bond (Connery) is on the rack in Shrublands! When Bond’s gondola comes out of of the water onto St. Marks’ square and everyone reacts including the pigeon and the dog, notice the man with the bottle? He was the same man on the beach in the previous Bond when the Lotus Esprit emerges from the sea! But I think I already mentioned it! In the glass factory, the keypad code of Close Encounters of Third Kind is a bit over the top for me! Like another Easter Egg when Bond meet Draco in Majesty’s Secret Service where there’s a guy cleaning the warehouse and whistling Goldfinger at the same time! When Jaws goes down in the cable car in Rio and comes out of it in one piece and meets Dolly for the first time, it’s been said that when she smiles she appears to be wearing braces on her teeth but that is untrue! This information would stem from a Mandela effect! What I find interesting is that wherever Bond goes in the world, at least in the last three movies, there’s always an MI6 base somewhere where we see M, Moneypenny and Q, that’s kind of cool! What’s also cool is all the beautiful girls in Drax’s company but that’s normal as we discover his master plan! Now, about the final battle! In Bond films, there’s always a final battle, well, generally! In Goldfinger, it was at Fort Knox! In Thunderball, it was under water! In You Only Live Twice, it was in the volcano! In Majesty’s Secret Service it was in the Piz Gloria! In Live And Let Die, it was in voodoo land, small but nice! In The Spy Who Loved Me, before the very end, it was in the giant tanker! Here, we’ve actually hit the jackpot and mainly thanks to Star Wars etc. The final battle takes place in space and what a battle! Incidentally, in space there is no sound! It’s a vacuum and therefore No atmosphere to carry it! The Producers thought that for the next Bond film, it might be a nice idea to come back to earth and come back to the original spirit of Bond the way Fleming would have wanted it! And that’s what will happen! However, coming back to the end of Moonraker when Bond is firing the lasers on the orchid spheres and he’s concentrating with a close-up view of his face, don’t you get the impression that in his mind he could be hearing the voice of Obi-Wan Kenobi saying to him “use the force”? I hate to say it but that last sequence really spoils it for me! But then that’s just my opinion! Still, it ends well! Instead of Bond being in a boat with the girl, he’s in a space craft with the girl! It changes things a bit! Until the next Bond! And see how that one ends!

[@jamesatkinsonja]

This was such a big hit back in 1979 that it wasn't beaten until Goldeneye in 1995. Despite rumours saying he was stepping down [which according to Roger were only negotiation tactics by his agent], they were clearly going to stick with Roger as long as possible after that [especially with Never Say Never again on the horizon].

[@robertharvey2604]

Lyrith seemed to have more fun in this one. Getting used to them, I guess. I really like watching you both review the films. This has been a great series. As for the film, I used to hate it and skipped it. During the pandemic, I found myself enjoying the cartoon foolishness of it. It's a fun romp. I'm fine now with the science fiction (not fact) of it and most of the goofiness. How they depict Jaws and the Bondola scene still bother me. This should have been Roger's last one: it was fitting for the 70s Moore Bonds. Dalton should have taken over and ushered in (earlier) the grittier 80s films. Looking forward to next video.

[@robertmcghintheorca49]

The Boeing B747 really was used by NASA for ferrying Space Shuttles. Between 1977 and 2012 two planes were modified to carry the entire orbiter. They carried every craft from the Enterprise to the Endeavour for 35 years.

[@godzillasimpson8357]

People often forget that Roger Moore’s bond while comical is also cold. Especially when it comes to how he deals with people.

[@godzillasimpson8357]

In other terms Moore doesn’t try to hide the fact that Bond is actually a terrible person. That’s what made his bond so damn good

[@Biscuit1973]

This movie was very phenomenal back in 1979 because I remember watching that movie back in the 80s as a young boy back on television because I remembered that gravity simulation machine at agent 007 was done right again because someone was trying to kill him by overshooting the machine to trigger a heart attack and that’s when he use some kind of dirt to destroy the control panel and shut this machine down. Plus I really like the scene which featured the headquarters of which the Moonraker shuttles were being kept for takeoff because the place was so enormous and I knew this movie back in 79 cost it over millions of dollars to create because it involve various countries where this movie was then shot at .

[@tylerjsmithers8385]

15:19 When Bond crosses the bridge, there is a guy in a blue shirt in the background... That is Albert Brocolli!

[@SwordHMX]

3:53 - It is, but with no fuel or cargo. That method was used to transport them many times.

[@markmarshall2187]

Hi Lyrith and Jeroen. Another great review! I think it's great that you're giving her billing with you now. You are both a fabulous couple take care of each other

[@armanashfaq2298]

Jeroen out of all the 007 ranking videos you have done on this channel, would you be intrested in doing one where you are ranking the 007 directors from worst to best that also includes honerable and dishonorable mentions?

[@DutchBondFan]

Yes I'm open for that!

[@jaredwiggins539]

@@DutchBondFan obviously every baddy in this franchise know just much of a dangerous threat Mr. Bond is!

[@gina7288]

I like her reactions I loved Jaws falling in love but the space battle I ended up putting my hands over my ears especially with the guy spiralling towards the sun.

[@wayfarer4578]

Love Moonraker! Thanks for doing this! You two are great

[@kjek1]

My fav part of these is you loving all the sex jokes and your gf being completely unimpressed. I feel like we’ve all experienced this at some point 🤣

[@DutchBondFan]

Our dynamic in a nutshell! 😂

[@dtz1000]

I didn't have a clue about the jokes when i was growing up. They were very clever making it so kids couldn't understand them.

[@SB992REBORN]

@@DutchBondFan you both are funny would love to react and\or video with you guys!

[@creaturecaldwell9858]

Best Bond movie..best Bond soundtrack/score..Best Moore as Bond.👍

[@creaturecaldwell9858]

Best Bond women 🙂. I saw this in the theater in 1978 when I was seven years old..it really was a good experience.. After seeing Star Wars a few months earlier made it even more awesome

[@creaturecaldwell9858]

Best Bond gadgets

[@creaturecaldwell9858]

Best cinematography

[@creaturecaldwell9858]

Best villain henchman ( Jaws )😀

[@creaturecaldwell9858]

All in my opinion concerning Bond movies. Thank you for the reaction ! 👍

[@davider6884]

Fun fact: In the gunbarrel, the blood drops before Roger takes the shot. Dont know if you ever noticed? Always a pleasure to see Lyrith! And FYEO spoilers: My predictions for FYEO are pretty high mostly because that is the film where the feminism really stops I think. Bibi wants to sleep with Bond and not at all the other way around like usual

[@lunarvision]

Dutch Bond Fan *_will_* be in a Bond film one day. I guarantee this.

[@PungiFungi]

14:49 - Apparently the GF is now on to the James Bond formula of the Bond girl sacrificial lamb.

[@rodneyclarke6477]

Moonraker was the first Bond I saw at the Cinema. So I'll always have a soft spot for it. The scene where the Monks we're doing Karate, Lyriths reaction was priceless.Keep up the good work. These reaction vids are done very well.

[@lunarvision]

Such a beautiful, sweet couple. 😊

[@lewisaugustwilliams]

You mean Jaws and Dolly, right? 😉

[@lunarvision]

@@lewisaugustwilliams Ha ha. Well, them too. 😝

[@VARIABLENEWSNETWORK]

Read the movie review by Emery Lictenwalter - Moonraker. He vehemently remembers her having braces and he just came from the movie theater.

[@TheJlook2000]

I was crawling the walla when i first saw Moonraker - particularly after the Spy Who Loved Me. I always felt Connerys last Bond - NSNA - had a similar tone in places - though on a smaller scale.

[@thursoberwick1948]

The worst Diamonds got was with that elephant.

[@TheJlook2000]

@@thursoberwick1948 Diamonds ? was talking Moonraker and Never say never again but if you're talking about the elephant and slot machine - I think it was a throwaway gag that added nothing or took nothing away from the Diamonds movie .

[@thursoberwick1948]

@@TheJlook2000 I think the elephant and the Moon buggy was the beginning of a lot of the Moore era silliness.

[@TheJlook2000]

@@thursoberwick1948 yeah after the relative problems with OMHSS there was a definite shift. Diamonds was a dark comedy and that wouldn't change until For Your Eyes Only - which was a response to Moonraker

[@mikeshirleyforever]

As much as I enjoy each of these reactions, I just enjoy how much you care for each other and how Lyrith bonds (No pun!) to Jeroen's arm especially around 15:21. It's so lovely to see. Thank you much for doing these, they are incredibly entertaining and also hilarious! Bravo to you both, Jeroen and Lyrith! ❤️👏⭐️

[@henrykujawa4427]

I went to see this on opening night with my best friend Jim. By the time Jaws fell into the circus tent, I'd already given up. When we got out to the parking lot after the movie, we were ALREADY talking about something else. As it happens, the Tom Baker "DOCTOR WHO" episodes had just gotten to Philly the week before, and we went back to my house and watched "Robot, Part Two". I'd been a fan of the show for some years already, that was Jim's 1st exposure, he became a fan immediately. Sadly, I rank "MOONRAKER" at the BOTTOM. Though it had the same writer & director as "SPY" (but this time, no Richard Maibaum to rein in Christopher Wood), and an even bigger budget, it suffered from several things. It was too silly... the action scenes were too slow and boring... and, strangely, the set pieces were so loosely-connected, I had trouble following the plot as it went from point A to point Z. On that score, this is similar to Disney's Jules Verne adaptation, "IN SEARCH OF THE CASTAWAYS". (Check that one out. I saw that in theatres twice-- 20 years apart! Even grown-up, I still had trouble following the plot.) Hard to believe this came out the same month as "ALIEN", and not long after the "BUCK ROGERS" pilot movie. The shots of those killer satellites being set loose to wipe out all life on Earth were similar to those in 'STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE" just 6 months later. I thought Lois Chiles was one of the prettiest Bond girls EVER. But she seemed too cold and reserved. (And, sadly, she didn't age well.) The year before, she was the murder victim in "DEATH ON THE NILE", long one of my TOP favorite Agatha Christie / Hercule Poirot films. (Check THAT one out!!!) I read the novel "Moonraker" in the early 70s and it remains a favorite of mine. So this movie was devastatingly disappointing. The girl in the book was "Gala Brand", a smart, tough "special branch" undercover policewoman, who kept Bond at a distance the whole story. At the end, he decided to finally ask her out... only to find why she kept pushing him off. SHE WAS ENGAGED. Looking back, I feel had the film been made in the 50s, the perfect actress to play her would have been Honor Blackman, who of course was "Cathy Gale" on seasons 2 & 3 of "THE AVENGERS". In the novel, Sir Hugo Drax was a British industrialist who'd become successful and popular with his plans for a home-grown space program. He was building a space rocket, "The Moonraker", to orbit the Earth. What nobody knew was... he was really an ESCAPED Nazi war criminal who'd changed his name, and was planning to launch a nuclear warhead to LEVEL London and finish the job Hitler started. This plot element turned up-- somewhat-- in the film "DIE ANOTHER DAY". My choice for actor, had this been done in the 50s, is Howard Marion Crawford, who played Watson in the 1954 SHERLOCK HOLMES tv series. When Freddie Gray says bitterly, "This man's a member of my club!" it's a reverse of the book. Drax first comes to M's attention because he ran across Drax at his club, where he saw him doing the unthinkable... CHEATING AT CARDS. This is why M sicced Bond on Drax!!! This plot point was later repeated in the novel "Goldfinger", only, it was cheating at both cards and golf. When Bond beats Drax at his own cheating, Drax writes out a check and says... "Spend the money... QUICKLY." This turned up in "OCTOPUSSY". The climax, where Drax is escaping by submarine, Bond changes the course of the missile, bringing it down right on top of Drax. THIS... was used in "THE SPY WHO LOVED ME"... so they couldn't use it in the movie "MOONRAKER". I keep hoping, but have pretty much given up hope anyone will EVER do authentic period adaptations of the novels. I like most of them BETTER than the movies. At least they were done faithfully in the newspaper comics, and there is a BRAND-new series of graphic novels being done right now adapting them, starting with "Casino Royale". Speaking of "THUNDERBIRDS"... the shuttle launches are considered some of the best-ever work of Derek Meddings. Due to delays, the film came out BEFORE the 1st real-life NASA shuttle launched! When I saw photos of the real thing... it looked EXACTLY like Medding's model-work. The space station design made ZERO sense to me. While they had artificial gravity on both "LOST IN SPACE" and "STAR TREK", that had nothing to do with the structure ROTATING, as in "2001" or here. I don't know whose idea it was to have Drax's station rotate to generate gravity, but they needed to be SLAPPED. Lyrith's a real sweetie! All the best to both of you.

[@henrykujawa4427]

OH yes... there's a similar-- yet FAR-SUPERIOR-- cable-car battle in "WHERE EAGLES DARE" with Richard Burton. You really should do a review of that one!! It's my favorite Alistair Maclean film, and rather than being an adaptation, was actually "written on demand" to make the kind of movie Burton wanted to be in. Which remnds me... Ingrid Pitt would have made SUCH a great Bond girl-- good, OR bad!!

[@thursoberwick1948]

Rotating space stations have a good scientific basis to them, but they would look quite different, especially inside.

[@hasanordek]

Jeroen, you should have explained Holly Goodhead's name by giving her a Dutch name. For instance Truus Pijper.

[@jackhime5628]

Moonraker is another one of my favorites of Roger Moore tenure and it's a guilty pleasure of mine and I love some of the one-liners like Play It Again Sam and when Goodhead askes James take me around the world one more time and he says Why Not I laugh and I love John Barry Score and Shirley Bassey song is one of my favorites

[@adrianpetyt9167]

Lyrith does an incredible job of predicting the scenes of the movie, however she was quite wrong about the opening. Space shuttles really were transported on the tops of jumbo jets. Did either of you get the two musical references to sci-fi movies by the way (The hunting horn playing notes from 2001 and the keypad from Close Encounters)? The bit I thought the script writers should have picked up on is the Samurai henchman should have had a Japanese name, but they called him Chow, which is Chinese.

[@thursoberwick1948]

Correct, but it had to be a certain type of transporter plane. It's a shame we no longer have the space shuttle. Reusable spacecraft are a good idea, and it somehow seems more practical in the long run.

[@SirHilaryManfat]

Such a fun reaction, thank you. As silly as it may be, I still find Moonraker very entertaining. It has some of the best cinematography and set design, and I love Roger Moore's performance in it. Just wondering about your mention of the movie 'Italian Job' at 17:16. Were you talking about the original or remake? If you haven't seen the original, I think it would make for a great reaction at some point. It's an absolute classic early Michael Caine movie.

[@DutchBondFan]

The remake has a scene in the opening very similar to the boat chase to Moonraker, that's the one she was refrencing. Glad you enjoyed!

[@markoantonio1422]

I also remember seeing dolly's braces, they must have been cut from the movie or the Mandela effect

[@hasanordek]

Despite Lyrith not getting the name of Holly Goodhead, I was expecting eye roling at the introduction of Goodhead. And we got it!!! Does she now understand the name of Goodhead? And how did she react?

[@DutchBondFan]

She does now, she's not at all surprised!

[@lordbaethan]

Moonraker is a fun popcorn movie. It fits the tone of the late 70s as the planet is recovering from political assassinations, wars, oil embargoes, Watergate scandal and economic depressions. As a Bond fan it doesn't fit the 'mold'. If you can separate yourself from that...it's a fun movie.

[@thursoberwick1948]

Fits the tone of today in certain respects... we have misanthropes running their own private space programmes.

[@splintergectornathan9045]

34:02 there is an easy way to imagine that, you just need to play 007 Legends

[@The-Bond-Geek]

Love Moonraker

[@philhellmuth2771]

I think if Lyrith gives the other Moore films you already watched another go she will enjoy them more. I think now she is getting into the Moore interpretation of bond. It took me one or two films as well but now he is my favorite bond

[@ralph7748]

You guys are fun to watch, it's clear you're still in the dating phase of your relationship. My wife would never watch Moonraker with me or any other action flick. Enjoy it while you can.

[@DutchBondFan]

Thanks man! Quite the depressing thought 😝

[@georgie1246]

I am lucky my wife loves the old Bond movies especially Moonraker with Jaws falling in love and the space scenes and the battle in space.

[@gina7288]

@@DutchBondFan I still enjoy watching the Bond movies with my husband the older ones are the best with the big battles at the end with lots of hunky guys in them the space battle made me put my hands over my ears lol.

[@greatwuta]

31:43 If Lyrith watched The Black Widow movie. Please tell her that Natasha watched this same scene on her laptop.

[@corruptduboiscountyindiana5058]

they have been hauling the space shuttle on the back of a jumbo jet from day one.

[@Biscuit1973]

Is there anyone reading these comments on KZbin because this movie was very expensive to make back in 1979 because I really like the scene back in Brazil when agent 007 was driving his car and there was another beautiful car with a nice looking young lady following him, then taking pictures and then I remembered the part when he was at the hotel, and seeing that same woman and started having a conversation with her and then I remembered the scene when he was about to run up in today, he took off the ribbon, which was around the waist of the dress that that woman once wore back in 1979.

[@6611haggis]

6.23. Where did Jaws get those teeth from ?

[@williamjefferson5200]

20:53 He always did enjoy playing chopsticks

[@nrkgalt]

It does seem odd that Drax would have a python in his South American lair because he could easily get a boa constrictor or anaconda, which are native to the region.

[@jorgschimmer8213]

Hey. I am new to this channel and I already loving it. I have a question as a non native speaker. What is the joke with „Dr. Goodhead“?

[@DutchBondFan]

Glad you found it! (That joke... 'giving good head' meaning oral sex)

[@thursoberwick1948]

In English there is a phrasal verb "to give [...]" like Jeroen says above. If that experience is pleasurable you say it is "Goodhead".

[@jorgschimmer8213]

Thanks. Now it makes sense. 😂

[@thursoberwick1948]

@@jorgschimmer8213 No worries. If you can understand those types of idioms, you're pretty much a native speaker. I saw this film on the TV as a little boy many times, and trust me, I never got the reference until my teens I think.

[@JWBabaYaga]

Moonraker is awesome!

[@jeffreyhicks6585]

this version was only a very good remake inspired by Ian Flemings novel and the success of Star Wars there an original 1959 version in Black and White which starred Lawrence Harvey and Bond fans should be allowed to see it through a DVD release

[@thursoberwick1948]

Really? More details please.

[@Fokfeesspecial]

that moment in the g force thing i never ever forget that frame of Q's face. It's Fun and serious at the same time. actually the first scene and the scene with the attacking dogs you can see the stuntmen way to good. idk the same rating as spy, hmmm. i think she will love for your eyes only!

[@hasanordek]

You guys are watching the movies with English subtitles? And Lyrith doesn't like heights? Isn't or wasn't she a stewardess?

[@DutchBondFan]

Boy I know how to pick 'em right?

[@richardbrown2334]

Clearly taking this light hearted and not too serious with the liking of Moonraker. More of a fan of the likes of Licence to Kill myself and Timothy Dalton's portrayal. It will be interesting to hear Lyrith's review of this one.

[@alexthomas7555]

I am not expected Lyrith give 3.5 any way Moonraker l really enjoyed but my Favorite is The spy who lowed me

[@elliottek5049]

Actually, NASA had a 747 modified to carry a shuttle on its back from west to east-coast.

[@malcolmdrake6137]

Has anyone informed them, that's how they used to transport the shuttle on top of a _Boeing_

[@DutchBondFan]

Yes that's very possible. The implausible bit is that's it's filled with fuel, takes off horizontally on the length of a plane and is being transferred to the UK, a country without a space programme!

[@grahameroberts8109]

The space shuttle WAS carried on the jumbo in that way.

[@PresentsCinema]

Your gf seem to be getting into the franchise a lot more when she watches every movie

[@MrLorenzovanmatterho]

I think it's great that such a Bond obsessive can get a girlfriend who is so damn BEAUTIFUL! Gives hope to us all. Yes, that's the way they actually did transport space shuttles, on the back of 747.

[@davidmckie7128]

A person can run faster than a golf cart can go and running into the trees slows the dogs down.

[@mikedrogitis7626]

Good movie video, I wonder if you told Lyrith what Dr. Goodhead means?

[@DutchBondFan]

But of coursshe!

[@mikedrogitis7626]

@@DutchBondFan If she finds out she will give the Bond Girls one star or none, Hahaa.

[@adrianpetyt9167]

Do you think the jetpack laser battle was what Donald Trump was hoping for from his Space Force?

[@MAMoreno]

I strongly prefer Moonraker to The Spy Who Loved Me, so she's not alone.

[@thursoberwick1948]

They're very similar but I think Stromberg's lair is cooler than Drax's space station... although Moonraker's plot becomes more plausible by the day. Some of these billionaires are open about what they want.

[@wielentschoten6904]

Dolly had braces. There is even an american commercial of it.

[@Bandido894]

Girlfriend is right, Bond shot too early on 3. ball. Still claims to be malfunction?

[@simonleib1992]

For me the very best Moore Bond movie

[@PurushaDesa]

God I hate this film! 😂 I think I prefer Die Another Day to this as my pick for “Outrageous Bond” simply because it moves faster and I have so much more goodwill toward Pierce Brosnan and Rosamund Pike than Roger Moore and Lois Chiles. (The attack dog sequence is chilling though and probably belongs in For Your Eyes Only instead of here.)

[@greatwuta]

I don't hate Moonraker but I agree with you. I like DAD more than this film

[@pitbullpowersystems8704]

Julle is so 'n pragtige paartjie. Lieflik.

[@DutchBondFan]

Thank you. I can partly understand, am I right in assuming you might be South African maybe? or is this a Google Translate situation?

[@pitbullpowersystems8704]

@@DutchBondFan Afrikaans sir

[@DutchBondFan]

@@pitbullpowersystems8704 Yes I thought so. Good stuff! Similar to Dutch, I can make it out. We would say: 'Jullie zijn zo'n prachtig paar'

[@pitbullpowersystems8704]

Wat is Lyrith se taal?

[@DutchBondFan]

What do you mean?

[@mikevaughan4594]

RUINED by huge picture in picture of the reviewers !!!! found this most annoying and put me off of what potentially was extremely interesting

[@DutchBondFan]

To bad! Glad you gave it a try though!

[@VD658]

I am feeling dizzy from the intro

[@satazker]

This movie would have been so better if they didn't try to mimic Star Wars or have the cartoony bits. Instead we get the pigeon, the whole gondola scene, and who can forget "Random Samurai Dude".

[@mikebarratt6767]

I like this film better than star wars

[@thursoberwick1948]

@@mikebarratt6767 Well, SW is overrated. It stole a lot of its core elements from the Dune novels and samurai films.

[@thursoberwick1948]

Lonsdale is one of the best aspects of this. He is able to say things with such contempt and disdain. The sad thing is that we do have such people in power.

[@mikebarratt6767]

@@thursoberwick1948 That's what makes him a good villain 😂

[@dtz1000]

What the hell? Where are her braces?

[@clarkkenttheman]

elon goodguy lol

[@derricksergeant4806]

Lyrith, Lyrith, sit down. Listen to me very carefully. You seem like a nice girl and I have enjoyed watching you and Jeroen react to these Bond films, but I must tell you directly that I am shocked, absolutely SHOCKED, that you would give Moonraker so many stars. You and I have been almost 100% the same on the rankings for all the Bond movies so far, but on this one I just can't understand what happened. 3.5 stars!?!? That is 3 stars too many. Now listen, when it comes to ranking For Your Eyes Only (my personal favorite Moore movie) you had better rank it MUCH higher than Moonraker. Because if you do not, I tell you right now, I will personally call that villain hotline that Drax used in this movie and I will hire Jaws myself to come after Jeroen. How long do you think Jeroen will last then, huh? Don't make me do that, Lyrith! Obviously, I am just messing around. 🤣Love the channel. Love the reactions. I am very surprised by the generous amount of stars this time, but hey, to each their own. Jeroen, when can we expect another Mission: Impossible reaction? Those are pretty cool, too.

[@DutchBondFan]

😂😂😂 Fantastic reaction! - I will get back to the series with Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol soon. I'm happy to read people enjoy those as well! I was under the impression they weren't watched all that much!

[@lyrithpattiselanno9270]

Hiiii Derrick! Well well well this is thé first time I comment on the channel 😜 I was just in a good mood giving away stars. I also hope I rate For your eyes only even higher😊 Hahaha Jaws I hope he will visite the Netherlands. Greetings Lyrith

[@user-gb4es1xh8l]

Star wors !？

[@davidmckie7128]

It is real - Shuttle's were carried on a Boeing 747 plane from where they landed back to their base at the Kennedy Space Centre (see this article with pictures... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuttle_Carrier_Aircraft)