The James Bond Questions Thread

Mendes4Lyfe

An American! I should have known... ;) :P

Alan007

Watching FYEO, why doesn't bond pull the lever to destroy the atac and get back to the surface with the short air supply, rather than faffing about disarming it to bring it with him only to throw it off a cliff at the end

Mallory

Alan007 wrote: »

Watching FYEO, why doesn't bond pull the lever to destroy the atac and get back to the surface with the short air supply, rather than faffing about disarming it to bring it with him only to throw it off a cliff at the end

Bond's mission was to retrieve the ATAC, not destroy it.

He destroys it at the end because its his only choice, as he says, they cant both have it.

0BradyM0Bondfanatic7

This is a relatively new inquiry, but I've heard tell that in Goldfinger, Auric is actually wearing a gold SPECTRE ring on his left hand during key moments, like the poolside card scene and when he's telling Bond about his Fort Knox plan later on.

It's difficult to tell much of anything from these pictures (the best resolutions I could find):

http://www.lavisqteam.fr/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/12269013_1196468920366515_282789791_o.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CxhKRPnVQAAXGL2.jpg

I don't have the time right now to put in my Blu-ray of the film to see if this is a clearer observation to make in high resolution, but I'm curious if anyone has found reason to believe this "legend"?

I know it's often said that Goldfinger is the special villain unconnected to SPECTRE in the 60s films, and On Her Majesty's Secret Service may even hint at his fellow conspirators on the Knox job being Draco's men, and not Blofeld's. Most confusing.

ClarkDevlin

@0BradyM0Bondfanatic7, just happened to check. But, the way it looks sculptured under the sun beams, it isn't a SPECTRE ring. At least, that's how I see it.

http://i.imgur.com/4cqS3qL.jpg

SirHilaryBray

ClarkDevlin wrote: »

@0BradyM0Bondfanatic7, just happened to check. But, the way it looks sculptured under the sun beams, it isn't a SPECTRE ring. At least, that's how I see it.

http://i.imgur.com/4cqS3qL.jpg

Hi Guys see here.

http://www.007collector.com/movie-prop-goldfinger-ring/

it is embossed with his initials.

0BradyM0Bondfanatic7

Thanks for clearing that up for us, @SirHilaryBray. I see that your specialties extend beyond just genealogy.

SirHilaryBray

0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: »

Thanks for clearing that up for us, @SirHilaryBray. I see that your specialties extend beyond just genealogy.

=)) ^:)^

Knew it couldn't be a Spectre ring, as I don't believe you see a Spectre ring until TB, even though we know about Spectre From Dr No.

barryt007

Doesn't Blofeld wear one in FRWL ? I cant remember.

0BradyM0Bondfanatic7

barryt007 wrote: »

Doesn't Blofeld wear one in FRWL ? I cant remember.

Yes, but the design actually looks like a specter, as in a ghost, and not an octopus:

http://thejamesbondsocialmediaproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/0129-blofeld.jpg

It's interesting how the SPECTRE logo has changed over time, as seen in the top right of this page:

http://jamesbond.wikia.com/wiki/SPECTRE

barryt007

Aaah interesting..

jake24

Delete. Wrong thread.

SirHilaryBray

barryt007 wrote: »

Doesn't Blofeld wear one in FRWL ? I cant remember.

Good shout, at this time we didn't know him as Blofeld though, he was simply Number 1?

Dragonpol

SirHilaryBray wrote: »

0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: »

Thanks for clearing that up for us, @SirHilaryBray. I see that your specialties extend beyond just genealogy.

=)) ^:)^

Knew it couldn't be a Spectre ring, as I don't believe you see a Spectre ring until TB, even though we know about Spectre From Dr No.

There is also the small fact that Auric Goldfinger was not a SPECTRE agent but self-employed.

BMW_with_missiles

An interesting answer I found on Quora to the question, "What CIA job is most like James Bond?"
https://www.quora.com/What-cia-job-is-most-like-James-Bond

0BradyM0Bondfanatic7

BMW_with_missiles wrote: »

An interesting answer I found on Quora to the question, "What CIA job is most like James Bond?"
https://www.quora.com/What-cia-job-is-most-like-James-Bond

That's a great find, @BMW_with_missiles, and something I hadn't really properly pondered before.

BMW_with_missiles

0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: »

BMW_with_missiles wrote: »

An interesting answer I found on Quora to the question, "What CIA job is most like James Bond?"
https://www.quora.com/What-cia-job-is-most-like-James-Bond

That's a great find, @BMW_with_missiles, and something I hadn't really properly pondered before.

Yeah, I thought it was really interesting. I've always liked hearing stories about real life spies and comparing it to Bond. One show I particularly like is "Secret War" on AHC (formerly the Millitary Channel). Some WWII stories are pretty close to "one man saves the world" scenarios.

0BradyM0Bondfanatic7

BMW_with_missiles wrote: »

0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: »

BMW_with_missiles wrote: »

An interesting answer I found on Quora to the question, "What CIA job is most like James Bond?"
https://www.quora.com/What-cia-job-is-most-like-James-Bond

That's a great find, @BMW_with_missiles, and something I hadn't really properly pondered before.

Yeah, I thought it was really interesting. I've always liked hearing stories about real life spies and comparing it to Bond. One show I particularly like is "Secret War" on AHC (formerly the Millitary Channel). Some WWII stories are pretty close to "one man saves the world" scenarios.

@BMW_with_missiles, you'll get a kick out of this crazy bastard, then, about as close to Bond as a man can get:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Churchill

http://badassoftheweek.com/churchill.html

http://warfarehistorynetwork.com/daily/wwii/mad-jack-churchill-a-rare-breed-of-warrior/

http://controversialtimes.com/military/lt-col-mad-jack-churchill-he-killed-a-nazi-with-a-longbow-and-carried-a-sword-into-ww2-battles/

http://www.vice.com/read/the-strange-tale-of-the-british-soldier-who-killed-nazis-with-a-sword-and-a-longbow

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/mad-jack-churchill.html

BMW_with_missiles

0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: »

BMW_with_missiles wrote: »

0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: »

BMW_with_missiles wrote: »

An interesting answer I found on Quora to the question, "What CIA job is most like James Bond?"
https://www.quora.com/What-cia-job-is-most-like-James-Bond

That's a great find, @BMW_with_missiles, and something I hadn't really properly pondered before.

Yeah, I thought it was really interesting. I've always liked hearing stories about real life spies and comparing it to Bond. One show I particularly like is "Secret War" on AHC (formerly the Millitary Channel). Some WWII stories are pretty close to "one man saves the world" scenarios.

@BMW_with_missiles, you'll get a kick out of this crazy bastard, then, about as close to Bond as a man can get:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Churchill

http://badassoftheweek.com/churchill.html

http://warfarehistorynetwork.com/daily/wwii/mad-jack-churchill-a-rare-breed-of-warrior/

http://controversialtimes.com/military/lt-col-mad-jack-churchill-he-killed-a-nazi-with-a-longbow-and-carried-a-sword-into-ww2-battles/

http://www.vice.com/read/the-strange-tale-of-the-british-soldier-who-killed-nazis-with-a-sword-and-a-longbow

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/mad-jack-churchill.html

@0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 That. Was. Awesome!

0BradyM0Bondfanatic7

BMW_with_missiles wrote: »

0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: »

BMW_with_missiles wrote: »

0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: »

BMW_with_missiles wrote: »

An interesting answer I found on Quora to the question, "What CIA job is most like James Bond?"
https://www.quora.com/What-cia-job-is-most-like-James-Bond

That's a great find, @BMW_with_missiles, and something I hadn't really properly pondered before.

Yeah, I thought it was really interesting. I've always liked hearing stories about real life spies and comparing it to Bond. One show I particularly like is "Secret War" on AHC (formerly the Millitary Channel). Some WWII stories are pretty close to "one man saves the world" scenarios.

@BMW_with_missiles, you'll get a kick out of this crazy bastard, then, about as close to Bond as a man can get:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Churchill

http://badassoftheweek.com/churchill.html

http://warfarehistorynetwork.com/daily/wwii/mad-jack-churchill-a-rare-breed-of-warrior/

http://controversialtimes.com/military/lt-col-mad-jack-churchill-he-killed-a-nazi-with-a-longbow-and-carried-a-sword-into-ww2-battles/

http://www.vice.com/read/the-strange-tale-of-the-british-soldier-who-killed-nazis-with-a-sword-and-a-longbow

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/mad-jack-churchill.html

@0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 That. Was. Awesome!

I love reading stuff like that, because it's the perfect definition of "stranger than fiction." My best friend told me about Jack Churchill years back, and I thought he was making most of it up, as he's a storyteller by craft. Imagine my surprise when I found out the man and his legend was real!

Here's another hero for you to enjoy reading up on (the second man my friend told me about), a WWII soldier by the name of Simo Häyhä who has the most recorded sniper kills of any major war and who survived an explosive bullet hit to his left jaw from a Red Army soldier:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simo_Häyhä

https://www.simohayha.com/

http://scribol.com/anthropology-and-history/history/white-death-the-sniper-who-killed-700-soviets-in-100-days/

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/01/simo-hayha-white-death-sniped-over-542-soviet-soldiers-in-wwii/

http://www.guns.com/2013/12/27/simo-hayha-the-worlds-deadliest-sniper/

https://www.sofmag.com/the-magic-sniper-of-the-winter-war-the-white-sniper-simo-hayha/

BMW_with_missiles

0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: »

BMW_with_missiles wrote: »

0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: »

BMW_with_missiles wrote: »

0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: »

BMW_with_missiles wrote: »

An interesting answer I found on Quora to the question, "What CIA job is most like James Bond?"
https://www.quora.com/What-cia-job-is-most-like-James-Bond

That's a great find, @BMW_with_missiles, and something I hadn't really properly pondered before.

Yeah, I thought it was really interesting. I've always liked hearing stories about real life spies and comparing it to Bond. One show I particularly like is "Secret War" on AHC (formerly the Millitary Channel). Some WWII stories are pretty close to "one man saves the world" scenarios.

@BMW_with_missiles, you'll get a kick out of this crazy bastard, then, about as close to Bond as a man can get:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Churchill

http://badassoftheweek.com/churchill.html

http://warfarehistorynetwork.com/daily/wwii/mad-jack-churchill-a-rare-breed-of-warrior/

http://controversialtimes.com/military/lt-col-mad-jack-churchill-he-killed-a-nazi-with-a-longbow-and-carried-a-sword-into-ww2-battles/

http://www.vice.com/read/the-strange-tale-of-the-british-soldier-who-killed-nazis-with-a-sword-and-a-longbow

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/mad-jack-churchill.html

@0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 That. Was. Awesome!

I love reading stuff like that, because it's the perfect definition of "stranger than fiction." My best friend told me about Jack Churchill years back, and I thought he was making most of it up, as he's a storyteller by craft. Imagine my surprise when I found out the man and his legend was real!

Here's another hero for you to enjoy reading up on (the second man my friend told me about), a WWII soldier by the name of Simo Häyhä who has the most recorded sniper kills of any major war and who survived an explosive bullet hit to his left jaw from a Red Army soldier:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simo_Häyhä

https://www.simohayha.com/

http://scribol.com/anthropology-and-history/history/white-death-the-sniper-who-killed-700-soviets-in-100-days/

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/01/simo-hayha-white-death-sniped-over-542-soviet-soldiers-in-wwii/

http://www.guns.com/2013/12/27/simo-hayha-the-worlds-deadliest-sniper/

https://www.sofmag.com/the-magic-sniper-of-the-winter-war-the-white-sniper-simo-hayha/

Wow! That's really impressive, especially considering he did it without a scope. One of my favorite WWII stories is the Norwegian Heavy Water Sabotage:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_heavy_water_sabotage

Thunderfinger

My Grand Uncle was part of that. He hid in an outhouse while the Germans were looking for him. they never caught him, so they took his younger brother, my Grandfather, instead and put him in a labour camp.

Thunderfinger

What is Mr White s first name? Is it Max?

ClarkDevlin

Thunderfinger wrote: »

What is Mr White s first name? Is it Max?

Milo.

0BradyM0Bondfanatic7

I've heard his first name is Iam.

Thunderfinger

Or maybe it s Red.

0BradyM0Bondfanatic7

Thunderfinger wrote: »

Or maybe it s Red.

And his middle name would be Blue, of course.

jake24

Friedrich Konig.

Thunderfinger

0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: »

Thunderfinger wrote: »

Or maybe it s Red.

And his middle name would be Blue, of course.

No, red and white are the Danish colours.

jake24 wrote: »

Friedrich Konig.

Thanks.

BMW_with_missiles

Thunderfinger wrote: »

My Grand Uncle was part of that. He hid in an outhouse while the Germans were looking for him. they never caught him, so they took his younger brother, my Grandfather, instead and put him in a labour camp.

Wow. That's some amazing family history you have.