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That's what I was thinking too as the most likely explanation but it's a badly written scene with too many things that don't make sense or aren't explained adequately. It's like they had the rough overall story they wanted to tell but they didn't have the wherewithal to tell it coherently.
It makes no sense whatsoever, and is obviously played for a laugh. But to us Bond fans that like to view and review and review over and over. It makes little sense.
Does Ouromov have a blank round? Does he have a loaded gun that he fires away from OO6? It's overlooked but does it need to be explained?
The story is set up for us to believe that Bond's colleague is dead. If we know it's a blank then it doesn't work. Same if we know that Ouromov missed on purpose. It's one of those moments where we just have to make our own minds up on what happened.
Like @Benny stated, definitely a poorly written PTS that's not meant to be over-analyzed, but a thought I've always had is perhaps Bond isn't instantly killed because they almost want to let him escape; if so, he can report that Trevelyan died a hero's death and he'll soon be forgotten, giving him the proper anonymity and time to work on his doomsday heist with the satellite. If Bond is killed and discovered later on with Alec not alongside him, it could raise big questions or launch some sort of investigation into his disappearance. With him "dead," his file is officially closed.
Not that I'm aware of. Perhaps that could be the next thing we do in the statistics thread.
What's the deal with that Daniel Craig Bond documentary with bits of his Casino Royale screentest? I was quite excited about that one.
The Little Nellie action music is the track entitled "007" (last heard in Moonraker during the boat chase).
Well the aircraft takes off to "007", and "The James Bond Theme" takes over during the helicopter attack.
I'm sure it's the Bond Theme when the action kicks in because I always think that this track should be shortened there: it takes away all the tension.
But I forgot that 007 plays before the Bond Theme. That's good trivia. I don't think this happens in any other movie?
That's pretty much how I understood it from my first viewing.
This. And do we know if the novelization said anything about it, she'd any sort of light? I always thought Trevelyan's betrayal had long been prepared.
Question about FYEO: can someone explain to me the hockey team thing? How was it supposed to work?
That's not an explanation though, as when did he decide to put a blank in and why? And also if you put a gun to someone's head and fire a blank, you'll kill them.
So why are they trying to kill him? They do all seem to be shooting at him a lot, and he does have to skydive off a cliff to get away, which doesn't suggest they were letting him go :)
Basically it doesn't make any sense no matter how you look at it! :D
Here's a YT video someone made of every appearance of the Bond theme in the movies:
And who's doing the scoring? :D
In the book Petacchi agrees to "receive $1,000,000, a new passport in any name and nationality he chose, and immediate onward passage from the point of delivery to Rio de Janeiro" in exchange for hijacking the plane. He doesn't raise his price but Spectre kills him anyway. It would have been foolish under any circumstances to let Petacchi live. As the old saying goes, two can keep a secret if one of them is dead.
I really struggle to hear the theme in some of these like TLD. What part of theme is at 1:08:46?
Very good point. That's what I figured; why let him live? Just one more mouth that could spill the beans or betray SPECTRE's mission. You'd think they'd learn after a while.
Except that, as I explained many times here and in other places, that's impossible. A blank doesn't have enough pressure to push the slide back. In order for this to happen, you have to use a blank plug, either external (like the ones used during military training) or internal (like in most semi-automatic pistols or SMG and MG in movies. And if you use a blank plug, there is no way the gun won't explode. So, my best guess is that Orumov only shot blanks, that the guard he shot was in on the joke, and so was 006, because everything had been planned in advance, before the mission took place. But once again, you don't mix real ammo with blanks inside an automatic weapon (in a revolver, on the other hand, it's quite possible). How do I know that ? It was covered in basic training during my national service (one year in a french transmission regiment in Germany, if you must know).
Now that's good. :))
Thanks that’s interesting. I’m confused by blank plugs though: they can’t make the guns explode every time surely? They would be a useless invention..?
I believe the point made was you can't follow a blank with a live round, shooting down the blocked barrel is disastrous.
Or Dr. Kaufman. He had his proteges.
Nah. It couldn't have been him. Dr Kaufman could've shot Trevelyan from Stuttgart and still have created the proper effect. So why travel to Russia? ;)
Yeah I can't quite work that one out. Is it based on the Bond vamp maybe?
Ah, yes. That's quite true. And it seems he schooled him well! Herr Doktor Kaufman should be proud of his creation. :)
I don't hear it either, neither melodically nor harmonically.