I’ve heard of that lost Bond film. Supposedly it would have been called “Property of a Lady”. The one thing I don’t like is that the female henchman of the villain was supposed to be a fembot. That’s just silly.
But I do wish Dalton had continued. Only early Connery was better than him imo.
I liked Goldeneye, (it was conceived with Dalton in mind) it’s much better than the latter Brosnan ones but I think it would have really kicked ass if Dalton had done it.
TLD was first written for Moore which is why it may feel like a Moore one. The scene where Bond threatens the Soviet General was gonna be “friendly chat” over drinks in the Moore version.
I don’t care for Craig’s portrayal. They wanted different from Brosnan obviously but they went too far.
Craig’s latter film worked as a quiet espionage movie but it didn’t feel like Bond at all. The first one was a little better (Eva, I’d hit that ;) )
http://www.mi6.co.uk/sections/articles/bond_17_elements.php3