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  • hullcityfanhullcityfan Banned
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    Creasy47 wrote:
    Do Carter and Severine die?

    I don't see how Carter would've died. We don't see him after his small bit in CR. As for Severine, she does indeed die.

    How though you see her still standing and he just shoots the glass off. In my Bond encyclopedia it says Carter does die and he is bitten by the cobra.

    She was still standing because she was tied to the rock statue. She is shot, killed and her top torso falls to her front as her waist was securing her to the rock.
    Creasy47 wrote:
    Do Carter and Severine die?

    I don't see how Carter would've died. We don't see him after his small bit in CR. As for Severine, she does indeed die.

    I see Carter as a bloke who dreamed of being an agent when he was a boy, but was one of those types that thought the job was just like in the movies. I think he would either die early in his career for getting in over his head or not qualify for field work after more screw-ups and become discharged by the service.

    Oh the little things you notice and I might end up like Carter if I join something like the SIS.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    I feel like something would've been said by M about Carter's death.
  • TheWizardOfIceTheWizardOfIce 'One of the Internet's more toxic individuals'
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    Creasy47 wrote:
    Do Carter and Severine die?

    I don't see how Carter would've died. We don't see him after his small bit in CR. As for Severine, she does indeed die.

    How though you see her still standing and he just shoots the glass off. In my Bond encyclopedia it says Carter does die and he is bitten by the cobra.

    She was still standing because she was tied to the rock statue. She is shot, killed and her top torso falls to her front as her waist was securing her to the rock.
    Creasy47 wrote:
    Do Carter and Severine die?

    I don't see how Carter would've died. We don't see him after his small bit in CR. As for Severine, she does indeed die.

    I see Carter as a bloke who dreamed of being an agent when he was a boy, but was one of those types that thought the job was just like in the movies. I think he would either die early in his career for getting in over his head or not qualify for field work after more screw-ups and become discharged by the service.

    Oh the little things you notice and I might end up like Carter if I join something like the SIS.

    Sorry to shatter your dreams but they have something called aptitude tests before they let you in. Probably best to set your sights a little lower; why not have a crack at Maccy D's? I reckon you stand maybe a 50/50 shot of getting the gherkin choppers job. On a good day and with a fair wind behind you.
  • hullcityfanhullcityfan Banned
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    Also I have another question why is Miss Taruso from Live and Let Die on the back of my TMWTGG case?
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
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    The character is Miss Caruso, and it is clearly a printing error on your TMWTGG case.
    You need to stop these spammy questions / posts to avoid getting another warning. It's getting tiresome.
  • How old was Bond supposed to be in CR?
    Craig was 37/38 making the movie? Was that too old to be joining the 00 section?

    According to a prop passport made for CR Daniel's Bond was born in 1968 making him 38 when joining the 00 section, it's generally considered that Fleming's Bond was born between 1920 and the You Only Live Twice official obituary date of 1924 though circumstantial evidence would dispute this later date, likewise James Bonds enrolment to the 00 section is equally hazy though it is certainly around about the 1950 mark making him between his mid twenties to early thirties. He is also thought to of worked previously for the secret service since either 1937 or 1938 though not in the 00 section.

  • MrBondMrBond Station S
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    Craigs Bond did according to QoS, work at the Royal Navy from 1985-1996. From the age of 18 to 29. Then he worked with the Special Forces from 1996-1999. And in 1999 he joined MI6 as a agent.
    And according to the James Bond Dossier that Sony released during the PR-campaign for CR. He worked as a stationed agent in Jamaica and Rome before he got promoted to a 00-agent in 2006. Which would have made him 38 Years Old then.
  • Posts: 15,110
    I have my idea why, and this may have been answered before on this thread, but here is an interesting one:

    -Why did Blofeld had Kronsteen executed and not Rosa Klebb?
  • Ludovico wrote:
    I have my idea why, and this may have been answered before on this thread, but here is an interesting one:

    -Why did Blofeld had Kronsteen executed and not Rosa Klebb?
    He thinks it's the plan that failed, and not Klebb's execution, which appears to be incorrect, since it was Grant's extended bout of evil gloating that allowed Bond to fight back and kill him. He was also probably just tired of Kronsteen being Kronsteen.
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    Ludovico wrote:
    I have my idea why, and this may have been answered before on this thread, but here is an interesting one:

    -Why did Blofeld had Kronsteen executed and not Rosa Klebb?
    He thinks it's the plan that failed, and not Klebb's execution, which appears to be incorrect, since it was Grant's extended bout of evil gloating that allowed Bond to fight back and kill him. He was also probably just tired of Kronsteen being Kronsteen.

    I don't think Blofeld was incorrect: Klebb merely followed Kronsteen's plan. I think she defended herself very well in the meeting, while Kronsteen was very arrogant. I think his fate was sealed when he said "Who is Bond compared to Kronsteen". He was bragging, which is not very professional, especially in such circumstances.
  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
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    Ludovico wrote:
    Ludovico wrote:
    I have my idea why, and this may have been answered before on this thread, but here is an interesting one:

    -Why did Blofeld had Kronsteen executed and not Rosa Klebb?
    He thinks it's the plan that failed, and not Klebb's execution, which appears to be incorrect, since it was Grant's extended bout of evil gloating that allowed Bond to fight back and kill him. He was also probably just tired of Kronsteen being Kronsteen.

    I don't think Blofeld was incorrect: Klebb merely followed Kronsteen's plan. I think she defended herself very well in the meeting, while Kronsteen was very arrogant. I think his fate was sealed when he said "Who is Bond compared to Kronsteen". He was bragging, which is not very professional, especially in such circumstances.

    Moreover Klebb had still a mission to perform, whilst Kronsteen surely could not help any further.
  • Posts: 15,110
    Ludovico wrote:
    Ludovico wrote:
    I have my idea why, and this may have been answered before on this thread, but here is an interesting one:

    -Why did Blofeld had Kronsteen executed and not Rosa Klebb?
    He thinks it's the plan that failed, and not Klebb's execution, which appears to be incorrect, since it was Grant's extended bout of evil gloating that allowed Bond to fight back and kill him. He was also probably just tired of Kronsteen being Kronsteen.

    I don't think Blofeld was incorrect: Klebb merely followed Kronsteen's plan. I think she defended herself very well in the meeting, while Kronsteen was very arrogant. I think his fate was sealed when he said "Who is Bond compared to Kronsteen". He was bragging, which is not very professional, especially in such circumstances.

    Moreover Klebb had still a mission to perform, whilst Kronsteen surely could not help any further.

    And I hate to make such comparison, but somehow it reminds of a board room scene in The Apprentice.
  • Ludovico wrote:
    Ludovico wrote:
    Ludovico wrote:
    I have my idea why, and this may have been answered before on this thread, but here is an interesting one:

    -Why did Blofeld had Kronsteen executed and not Rosa Klebb?
    He thinks it's the plan that failed, and not Klebb's execution, which appears to be incorrect, since it was Grant's extended bout of evil gloating that allowed Bond to fight back and kill him. He was also probably just tired of Kronsteen being Kronsteen.

    I don't think Blofeld was incorrect: Klebb merely followed Kronsteen's plan. I think she defended herself very well in the meeting, while Kronsteen was very arrogant. I think his fate was sealed when he said "Who is Bond compared to Kronsteen". He was bragging, which is not very professional, especially in such circumstances.

    Moreover Klebb had still a mission to perform, whilst Kronsteen surely could not help any further.

    And I hate to make such comparison, but somehow it reminds of a board room scene in The Apprentice.

    Well, now I'm stuck imagining Bond fighting against Donald Trump on a snowmobile. But anyway, Klebb chose Red Grant for the operation, and it only went south when he started bragging and got greedy. Furthermore, Kronsteen and Klebb could continue to be used after the mission ended. Killing Kronsteen just because he couldn't help more on this particular assignment would astoundingly short-sighted.

    But in any event I agree that Kronsteen's continued bragging did nothing to help his case and hurt his chances of surviving rather badly.


  • Posts: 15,110
    Ludovico wrote:
    Ludovico wrote:
    Ludovico wrote:
    I have my idea why, and this may have been answered before on this thread, but here is an interesting one:

    -Why did Blofeld had Kronsteen executed and not Rosa Klebb?
    He thinks it's the plan that failed, and not Klebb's execution, which appears to be incorrect, since it was Grant's extended bout of evil gloating that allowed Bond to fight back and kill him. He was also probably just tired of Kronsteen being Kronsteen.

    I don't think Blofeld was incorrect: Klebb merely followed Kronsteen's plan. I think she defended herself very well in the meeting, while Kronsteen was very arrogant. I think his fate was sealed when he said "Who is Bond compared to Kronsteen". He was bragging, which is not very professional, especially in such circumstances.

    Moreover Klebb had still a mission to perform, whilst Kronsteen surely could not help any further.

    And I hate to make such comparison, but somehow it reminds of a board room scene in The Apprentice.

    Well, now I'm stuck imagining Bond fighting against Donald Trump on a snowmobile. But anyway, Klebb chose Red Grant for the operation, and it only went south when he started bragging and got greedy. Furthermore, Kronsteen and Klebb could continue to be used after the mission ended. Killing Kronsteen just because he couldn't help more on this particular assignment would astoundingly short-sighted.

    But in any event I agree that Kronsteen's continued bragging did nothing to help his case and hurt his chances of surviving rather badly.


    I was thinking more about Lord Allan Sugar. And of that scene in particular. Klebb chose Grant, but Grant was recommended and he was SPECTRE's best pupil. And they didn't know that Grant got greedy. Kronsteen should have, in Blofeld's eye, thought about any shortcomings during the execution phase. I think Krosteen lost his life when he said, after at least part of his plan failed, that it was still infallible. I don't know exactly how he could have saved himself, but saying he could make modifications with the new variables may have helped. Instead, he said that the man with the upper hand was negligible. This, and to show to Klebb what was at stake, probably pushed Blofeld to condenm him.
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    Now that's a version of The Apprentice I'd like to watch. Instead of Lord Sugar firing the applicants, he could have Margaret Mountford to walk into the boardroom and kick them in the shins with a poisoned spike hidden in her shoe :-)
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    I'm sure we've brought this up before, but in the archives scene of GE, Ourumov executes the guard, Mishkin, and then removes the remaining rounds in the magazine from the PPK and throws it back to Bond. But, he doesn't remove the one in the chamber. Does Bond just not want to react just yet, or is this supposed to be a plot hole of sorts?
  • Pedantry alert:

    At the end of the train scene in Casino Royale, Vesper says she'll be keeping her eyes "off (Bond's) perfectly formed arse." It might just be me, but Bond's been sitting down the entire time they've known each other. Unless she has x-ray vision or a camera hidden in the seat, how would she have known about Bond's arse and its apparently pleasant shape?
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    @Soundofthesinners, he jokingly asks "You noticed?", and she says "Even accountants have imaginations." So, she hasn't really seen it, she's just surmising that he does.
  • Fair enough. I'm assuming that it's just a plot hole. The business of rounds in the chamber is frequently forgotten about.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Fair enough. I'm assuming that it's just a plot hole. The business of rounds in the chamber is frequently forgotten about.

    By plot hole, were you talking about the question I proposed?
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    Pedantry alert:

    At the end of the train scene in Casino Royale, Vesper says she'll be keeping her eyes "off (Bond's) perfectly formed arse." It might just be me, but Bond's been sitting down the entire time they've known each other. Unless she has x-ray vision or a camera hidden in the seat, how would she have known about Bond's arse and its apparently pleasant shape?

    I think she was being sarcastic. This or she can size up a man's arse just as easily as she can size the rest (remember the scene with the suit).
  • echoecho 007 in New York
    edited August 2013 Posts: 6,287
    fjdinardo wrote:
    Another question and i dont know how to even word it. What did the 911 attacks have to do with the direction of Bond after DAD? I just watch the Everything or Nothing Documentary and there was a part where the mentioned 911 and how it effected the direction of Bond. I dont understand that? Maybe someone here can help me out

    9/11, ultimately, had the effect of making the films more serious and less flippant. By the time of the attacks, DAD had already been written, but they also made it so that Bond was imprisoned in North Korea during the time of 9/11: "While you were away, the world changed."
    Tokoloshe wrote:
    New question if that's OK.

    In YOLT the US miltary dude watching the final space capsule about to be captured says, "Stand by, code word is imminent", or words to that effect.

    Excuse me if I'm being dumb here, but does he mean that he is about to give the password (it's imminent), or does he mean the password actually is the word "imminent"? I have never been able to figure it out!

    Based on Barry's music crescendoing, I assumed the code word actually was "imminent." It has always bothered me because why choose a WWIII code word that is so easily confused with another word, "eminent"?
  • Anyone know why neither Pleasant or Salvas returned as Blofeld?
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    I just saw it online, but apparently Peter Hunt didn't like Pleasance as Blofeld, so he was recast. As for Savalas, I'm not sure.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    I think Savalas is my favorite Blofeld, by far. I just enjoyed how we finally got a head to head fight with him and Bond in OHMSS, something that was long overdue but well built up. Only some minor plot errors and some head-scratching scenes make their interactions in the film a bit confusing.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Anytime I hear or see Pleasance, all I can think of is his role as Dr. Samuel Loomis in the 'Halloween' series. Nothing else compares. I think I agree, Savalas is most certainly my favorite Blofeld.
  • I do like Pleasance as Blofeld but I think I agree with you two. I liked how Savalas actually got off his arse and got his hands dirty, and he seemed more menacing and less OTT than the other two.
    Creasy47 wrote:
    I just saw it online, but apparently Peter Hunt didn't like Pleasance as Blofeld, so he was recast. As for Savalas, I'm not sure.

    That is interesting, thanks.

    I wonder if the producers ditched Savalas to try and avoid any association with OHMSS (after how it was badly received). There's probably some other reason, but it'd make sense.
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    I think Savalas saw the script and bolted when "Blofeld in Drag" showed up.
  • pachazopachazo Make Your Choice
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    Murdock wrote:
    I think Savalas saw the script and bolted when "Blofeld in Drag" showed up.

    Yeah I wonder what Gray thought of it when he read the script. It obviously didn't stop him from taking the role.
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    I do like Pleasance as Blofeld but I think I agree with you two. I liked how Savalas actually got off his arse and got his hands dirty, and he seemed more menacing and less OTT than the other two.
    Creasy47 wrote:
    I just saw it online, but apparently Peter Hunt didn't like Pleasance as Blofeld, so he was recast. As for Savalas, I'm not sure.

    That is interesting, thanks.

    I wonder if the producers ditched Savalas to try and avoid any association with OHMSS (after how it was badly received). There's probably some other reason, but it'd make sense.

    I may be wrong, but I understood that Pleasence did not look menacing enough physically to be the Blofeld of OHMSS. I was not always completely convinced by Savalas as Blofeld, but he was a credible adversary against Lazenby-Bond. Pleasence in a fist fight would have been laughable, however great he is as an actor.
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