The James Bond Questions Thread

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  • jake24jake24 Sitting at your desk, kissing your lover, eating supper with your familyModerator
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    Ah, of course. Thanks @Creasy47.
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    In TSWLM, how did Bond know not to fall off inside the lift?
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Kostas_P wrote: »
    In TSWLM, how did Bond know not to fall off inside the lift?

    Gut feeling, instinct? Plus, remember that the Connery Bond of DAF instinctively did exactly the same thing before he was gassed by Blofeld.

  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    Dragonpol wrote: »
    Kostas_P wrote: »
    In TSWLM, how did Bond know not to fall off inside the lift?

    Gut feeling, instinct? Plus, remember that the Connery Bond of DAF instinctively did exactly the same thing before he was gassed by Blofeld.

    That's a great moment. Bond looks so confused as to why Blofeld doesn't just shoot him, then thinks, "Oh, it's the elevator that's killing me, then?" After that, the gas.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Dragonpol wrote: »
    Kostas_P wrote: »
    In TSWLM, how did Bond know not to fall off inside the lift?

    Gut feeling, instinct? Plus, remember that the Connery Bond of DAF instinctively did exactly the same thing before he was gassed by Blofeld.

    That's a great moment. Bond looks so confused as to why Blofeld doesn't just shoot him, then thinks, "Oh, it's the elevator that's killing me, then?" After that, the gas.

    Yes, I also really like how they re-use that bit in TSWLM. Perhaps a trace of the hand of Tom Mankiewicz left over in the Maibaum/Wood script? Could be!
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    Dragonpol wrote: »
    Kostas_P wrote: »
    In TSWLM, how did Bond know not to fall off inside the lift?

    Gut feeling, instinct? Plus, remember that the Connery Bond of DAF instinctively did exactly the same thing before he was gassed by Blofeld.

    Or maybe because he saw that severed hand through the glass and gave a thought about it!
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Kostas_P wrote: »
    Dragonpol wrote: »
    Kostas_P wrote: »
    In TSWLM, how did Bond know not to fall off inside the lift?

    Gut feeling, instinct? Plus, remember that the Connery Bond of DAF instinctively did exactly the same thing before he was gassed by Blofeld.

    Or maybe because he saw that severed hand through the glass and gave a thought about it!

    Yes, even better! I should have thought of that myself!
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    For me it was Stromberg who gave it away : "and sooner than you think " meaning right now....silly mistake.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    Was watching FYEO the other day, and wondered if it's the only film where Bond himself isn't one of the last characters to talk before the end credits? Since Q, Tanner, Frederic Gray, Max the Parrot and Maggie Tatcher all have lines after Bond says his final dialogue.
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    This is explained in the book as far as I remember, but in the movie of Casino Royale, what is it about Vesper meeting with Mathis so late at night that makes Bond jump to action by rushing out of the restaurant and twig that she might be in danger?
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    TR007 wrote: »
    This is explained in the book as far as I remember, but in the movie of Casino Royale, what is it about Vesper meeting with Mathis so late at night that makes Bond jump to action by rushing out of the restaurant and twig that she might be in danger?

    He's possibly suspicious why Mathis wouldn't meet with them in person, thinking it may be a trap, and that Mathis could be the person who told Le Chiffre that he knew the tell.
  • TokolosheTokoloshe Under your bed
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    Was watching FYEO the other day, and wondered if it's the only film where Bond himself isn't one of the last characters to talk before the end credits? Since Q, Tanner, Frederic Gray, Max the Parrot and Maggie Tatcher all have lines after Bond says his final dialogue.


    That makes me realise that Craig is the only Bond (besides Lazenby) to have the last spoken line in all of his films.

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    TR007 wrote: »
    This is explained in the book as far as I remember, but in the movie of Casino Royale, what is it about Vesper meeting with Mathis so late at night that makes Bond jump to action by rushing out of the restaurant and twig that she might be in danger?

    He's possibly suspicious why Mathis wouldn't meet with them in person, thinking it may be a trap, and that Mathis could be the person who told Le Chiffre that he knew the tell.

    Thank you for the answer. I seem to recall that's the way it went in the book, however in the film it seems like such a huge dramatic leap seeing as how Mathis wasn't under any suspicion beforehand from Bond.

    Bond is just sitting casually at the restaurant relaxing when suddenly intense 'danger' music kicks in and Bond darts out of the hotel to find Vesper being kidnapped. A poorly executed scene in an otherwise flawless film.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    TR007 wrote: »
    TR007 wrote: »
    This is explained in the book as far as I remember, but in the movie of Casino Royale, what is it about Vesper meeting with Mathis so late at night that makes Bond jump to action by rushing out of the restaurant and twig that she might be in danger?

    He's possibly suspicious why Mathis wouldn't meet with them in person, thinking it may be a trap, and that Mathis could be the person who told Le Chiffre that he knew the tell.

    Thank you for the answer. I seem to recall that's the way it went in the book, however in the film it seems like such a huge dramatic leap seeing as how Mathis wasn't under any suspicion beforehand from Bond.

    Bond is just sitting casually at the restaurant relaxing when suddenly intense 'danger' music kicks in and Bond darts out of the hotel to find Vesper being kidnapped. A poorly executed scene in an otherwise flawless film.

    @TR007, I think it was just a case of Bond finally thinking things over after Vesper's mention of Mathis sparked something in him. He knew Le Chiffre found out about the tell somehow, but was likely thinking of other ways it would've slipped following his win. His mind goes instantly to Mathis because his heart is blinding him from ever seeing Vesper as the traitor at that moment, and the way the kidnapping is staged, Vesper looks like an innocent victim and not a Quantum operative, meaning Bond will believe the lie that she's being threatened and give over the password.
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    Does anyone have any information about Simon L. Aturif, who is credited along with Michael France and Jeffrey Caine on at least one draft of GoldenEye, and also with Bruce Feirstein on a draft of Tomorrow Never Dies?

    I can't find anything about Aturif online, and he's not mentioned in any of the Bond film reference books. I'm wondering if that name is a pseudonym for another writer.
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    Something I already asked on other threads: Does Kutze survive at the end of TB? George Pravda himself said he did, but I'm not quite sure. Is there an canonical fate for him?
    Losing him would be too bad: he would be quite an interesting capture for the CIA or the MI6 if they manage to convince him to work for their governments.
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    Something I already asked on other threads: Does Kutze survive at the end of TB? George Pravda himself said he did, but I'm not quite sure. Is there an canonical fate for him?
    Losing him would be too bad: he would be quite an interesting capture for the CIA or the MI6 if they manage to convince him to work for their governments.

    If my memory serves me Bond tosses him off the yacht with a flotation device, so as long as he stayed away from shark infested areas I think he could've made it back to shore without trouble.
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    Something I already asked on other threads: Does Kutze survive at the end of TB? George Pravda himself said he did, but I'm not quite sure. Is there an canonical fate for him?
    Losing him would be too bad: he would be quite an interesting capture for the CIA or the MI6 if they manage to convince him to work for their governments.

    If my memory serves me Bond tosses him off the yacht with a flotation device, so as long as he stayed away from shark infested areas I think he could've made it back to shore without trouble.

    In my, er, "headcanon" (I don't know if we use this expression here), he actually manages to survive, defects to the West (more for personal gain than political issues) and gives some important intel about SPECTRE. And after several years he gets his coveted (and ironic, of course) Nobel Prize for his studies on thermonuclear energy.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    Something I already asked on other threads: Does Kutze survive at the end of TB? George Pravda himself said he did, but I'm not quite sure. Is there an canonical fate for him?
    Losing him would be too bad: he would be quite an interesting capture for the CIA or the MI6 if they manage to convince him to work for their governments.

    If my memory serves me Bond tosses him off the yacht with a flotation device, so as long as he stayed away from shark infested areas I think he could've made it back to shore without trouble.

    In my, er, "headcanon" (I don't know if we use this expression here), he actually manages to survive, defects to the West (more for personal gain than political issues) and gives some important intel about SPECTRE. And after several years he gets his coveted (and ironic, of course) Nobel Prize for his studies on thermonuclear energy.

    I dig it.
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    Another thing: I have, like, a hole in my memory: are there actual scenes under the rain in any Bond film before Brosnan's era?
  • jake24jake24 Sitting at your desk, kissing your lover, eating supper with your familyModerator
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    There aren't. Unless you count the thunder that is heard during the scene where Bond confronts Elektra about his suspicion of her relationship with Renard.
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    jake24 wrote: »
    There aren't. Unless you count the thunder that is heard during the scene where Bond confronts Elektra about his suspicion of her relationship with Renard.

    Nice! Another trivia tidbit confirmed!

    Albert Hammond should make a song about it. Like It Never Rains In EON's Cornucopia. 8->
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Birdleson wrote: »
    No Bond film prior to the Craig Era visibly feature rain, all of the Craig films do.

    Precipitation as a metaphor for...?

  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Craig is EON s Rain Man.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Craig is EON s Rain Man.

    Eh eh ehhhhhhhhh!

  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    RainMaker
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Maybe I remember it wrong, but isn t rain visible outside M s window in OHMSS?
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    I was about to ask the same thing. It could have been snow though.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Maybe I remember it wrong, but isn t rain visible outside M s window in OHMSS?

    Well Lazenby Bond sees the snow out of it when thinking back about Tracy being captured by Blofeld's men. Can't recall if there was rain or not, though.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Before he contacts Draco and goes back to Piz Gloria, if I remember correctly.
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