Changing masculinity from Connery to Moore

When I first watched The man with the Golden Gun,  all I kept thinking was they needed to get Moore out of there. He seemed so weak compared to Connery, and definitely didn't have to body to compete. He is a much older Bond, which also sets him off a little bit as well. From what we talked about in class, Moore's physical features (other than his body) are very soft compared to Connery. Connery has darker hair and everything on his face protrudes more, making him look more intimidating. Moore has lighter hair (which I don't know why, but to me makes him look less intimidating) and he just looks of the more relaxed type. From the fighting scene in The man with the Golden Gun, we see Moore run away as soon as he feels outbeaten. However, upon watching it the second time around in class, I noticed Moore's Bond character is just more focused on strategy with the brain versus the body. While Connery's Bond character may have fought hard and won (or lost perhaps), when Moore knows he is outnumbered in people and strength, he quickly jumps out the window. I also noticed alot of strong strategies in Octopussy, which I might add, was a much better film with Moore. This film brings out the strategies Moore uses to make up for his lack of "bod". Right in the beginning, the plane scene was pretty well done. Although slighty fake looking because of the films age, Moore outbeats all of those men, and escapes, just in time to land in the exact spot where he needs to fuel up for gas. I loved how the horse in the trailer was fake the whole time, and he just pops out with a plane; mostly because I wasn't expecting it. Also, at the auction, Moore switches out the fake egg with the real one. Even though the real egg eventually gets taken from him quite easily, the sneakyness of switching the eggs without the audience even knowing is what makes Bond (Moore) a good 007.
Besides Connery and Moore being compared by body and brains, I noticed in Moore's films the stronger female role, which also diminishes the male role (including Bonds). While Moore still plays a Bond that loves the ladies, to me he seemed more in a panic. It was almost as if he releyed on others to help him more, where I think Connery would trys to handle everything on his own. Also, with the island of just women, we get alot of female fighting against males. Octopussy takes a strong female role with power and with fighting. She seems to have the upper hand and say with Kamal (I believe his name is), and has many females to back her up. Along with Octopussy and her crew, Moore is all about saving Octopussy, where Connery is the kind of Bond that would leave any women behind. Moore returns in his British air balloon to save the day (and does). Connery would have just left, most likely ran into her at the end of the movie, and still would have been able to have sex with her.