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Moonraker is basically The Spy Who Loved Me in outer space


You have a bad guy intent on creating a master race by killing all human beings on earth:
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You have a woman spy from a rival agency helping Bond:
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You have a theft of government property that will be used by the bad guy in his scheme:
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And you’re dealing with the same henchman - the only twist is that he ends up helping you in the end:
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The Spy who loved me was basically You Only Live Twice when you think about it. One was capturing space shuttles to start a nuclear war and the other one was capturing nuclear submarines to create a world war

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And Moonraker wasn't meant to be the next movie after Spy Who Loved Me. For Your Eyes Only was.

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This.

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