› ›

Odd One Out

1…9192949697…117

Comments

  • slide_99slide_99 USA
    Posts: 693
    Bumping with another clue: it involves dialogue.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    Posts: 16,407
    Something to do with Bond saying the title of the film maybe? Does he not say it in Skyfall but other people do maybe?
    But then that happens in other films so that can't be it.
  • slide_99slide_99 USA
    Posts: 693
    Not it. Another clue: it has to do with a certain location.
  • thedovethedove hiding in the Greek underworld
    Posts: 5,431
    M's office is seen at the start of DN and OP but at the end of the movie in SF
  • slide_99slide_99 USA
    Posts: 693
    Not it. Clues so far:
    It has to do with Bond himself
    It involves dialogue.
    It involves a certain location.
    Another clue: it involves a Bond tradition.
  • thedovethedove hiding in the Greek underworld
    Posts: 5,431
    All three have "Bond, James Bond" uttered in a casino, but only OP has it uttered to the villain.

    DN said to Trench
    OP said to Kahn
    SF said to Severine
  • slide_99slide_99 USA
    edited November 2022 Posts: 693
    thedove wrote: »
    All three have "Bond, James Bond" uttered in a casino, but only OP has it uttered to the villain.

    DN said to Trench
    OP said to Kahn
    SF said to Severine

    I was thinking that SF was OOO because it was said to a woman, but I'll let you have it. Well done.
  • thedovethedove hiding in the Greek underworld
    Posts: 5,431
    Thanks @slide_99 I must admit the clues helped me!

    Okay here is one for you!
    • GF
    • DAF
    • LTK

    Which one is Odd One Out and why?
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    Posts: 14,579
    LTK: Bond doesn't use a grappling gun to ascend, instead, tying the rope to the flag pole and descending.
  • thedovethedove hiding in the Greek underworld
    Posts: 5,431
    Wow! Hadn't thought of that @QBranch very cool. Not the answer though!
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    Posts: 14,579
    I'm all about the gadgets!
  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
    Posts: 13,800
    • GF
    • DAF
    • LTK - Shirley Bassey doesn't perform the title song
  • thedovethedove hiding in the Greek underworld
    Posts: 5,431
    Good guess @RichardTheBruce but it is not about the vocalist! I should have known Q would head for the gadgets! LOL!

    Incorrect Guesses
    • no climbing around, not about grappling guns
    • singer is not involved in this OOO
  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
    edited November 2022 Posts: 13,800
    • GF
    • DAF
    • LTK - Guy Hamilton doesn't direct


  • SIS_HQSIS_HQ At the Vauxhall Headquarters
    edited November 2022 Posts: 3,789
    Can I have two answers?

    1. Both the main Bond Girls of DAF and GF works for the villain, but in LTK, the main Bond Girl was purely working for Bond himself?

    2. All of those three films involves smuggling, but in DAF where there's no other business partners involved and Blofeld ran the smuggling business alone (by himself), Goldfinger had meetings with other crime syndicates, in License To Kill, Sanchez had meetings with the other Drug Lords?
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    Posts: 14,579
    It's about smuggling something inside (or on) something else, but ultimately, Sanchez doesn't get to finish the job, separating the blow from the gasoline, this is only seen in the demonstration.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    Posts: 16,407
    Or two of them involved smuggling inside vehicles, but one is alimentary?
  • ProfJoeButcherProfJoeButcher Bless your heart
    Posts: 1,711
    They all feature Bond in the US, but Sean didn't actually travel to America for Goldfinger?
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    Posts: 16,407
    He did even less for LTK.
  • thedovethedove hiding in the Greek underworld
    Posts: 5,431
    Wow some great answers here, I hadn't really thought of all the ways these films are the same but different.

    Sadly no one is close to the answer I had in mind.

    Recap
    • not to do with grappling guns or climbing
    • singers aren't the OOO
    • nothing to do with the smuggling plots of the three films
    • the girls won't lead you to the OOO
    • locations don't feature in OOO answer

    A small clue (might be big! LOL), in two films the PTS is where you will spot the OOO, in the other film it's featured approx. halfway thru!
  • SIS_HQSIS_HQ At the Vauxhall Headquarters
    edited December 2022 Posts: 3,789
    LTK is the OOO.

    In GF and DAF, Bond wears some flower pins in both of his Tuxedos, but in LTK (although he have a flower pin), but it's just a suit, and not a tux, also the color of Bond's flower pin in LTK was white, unlike in both GF and DAF where it's red.

    He wore a white dinner jacket with bowtie with a red flower pin in GF.
    He wore a black tuxedo with bowtie with a red flower pin in DAF.
    In LTK, however, he wore a violet suit with a white flower pin?
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    Posts: 16,407
    That's a good answer, I like that one.
  • thedovethedove hiding in the Greek underworld
    Posts: 5,431
    Well done @MI6HQ you got the blooming answer! Yes in all three films he wears a carnation on his lapel, but only in LTK is it a different colour.

    Over to you, my friend!
  • SIS_HQSIS_HQ At the Vauxhall Headquarters
    Posts: 3,789
    thedove wrote: »
    Well done @MI6HQ you got the blooming answer! Yes in all three films he wears a carnation on his lapel, but only in LTK is it a different colour.

    Over to you, my friend!

    Thanks! @thedove that's a bit of a challenge for me to be honest 😊.

    Okay, for the new round.....

    Moore Era
    Brosnan Era
    Connery Era
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    Posts: 14,579
    Broz era didn't have seven films. Tragically.
  • SIS_HQSIS_HQ At the Vauxhall Headquarters
    Posts: 3,789
    No, not that one.....
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited December 2022 Posts: 16,407
    I guess they all spanned two decades; only Roger made more than one film in each of his two decades.
    Because he was awesome.
  • SIS_HQSIS_HQ At the Vauxhall Headquarters
    Posts: 3,789
    It's not about their tenures, it's something seen in their films that's quite, distinctive.....
  • thedovethedove hiding in the Greek underworld
    Posts: 5,431
    Only Brosnan era had a digital bullet?

    Only Brosnan era had a female villain?

    Only Brosnan era had a call back to the family motto?
  • SIS_HQSIS_HQ At the Vauxhall Headquarters
    edited December 2022 Posts: 3,789
    Sorry, but it's still not.
    Try to guess and guess, this thing happened in all of the eras listed, but it's just the two of them where we actually see them.
Sign In or Register to comment.