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  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    I did not care much for the 1954 and 1967 versions of Casino Royale, but I loved CASINO ROYALE 7 from 2006. What are the four versions I have missed? I never see them discussed here.

    Same goes for the first six Quantum of Solace adaptations. I only ever saw QUANTUM OF SOLACE 7 Would be grateful if someone could tell me where I can find these other lost Bond films.
  • PropertyOfALadyPropertyOfALady Colders Federation CEO
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    @Thunderfinger I don't understand the question. As far as I'm aware there's only one Quantum Of Solace.

    I have a question too. When Bond and Tilly escape in the DB5 in Goldfinger, Bond comes to a fork in the road and the DB5 almost goes over. However, a second before this there are what seem to be red lights in the distance. What are those?
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    why untill now with Spectre have eon avoided using Chapter titles for film titles?
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    edited January 2015 Posts: 45,489
    I think they chose SPECTRE as a title without regard to it being a chapter title. And I was only kidding about CR 7 and QOS 7, but that is what the titles read on the covers of my copies.
  • Why was there a smuggling chain in DAF? Why were so many people needed to act as a middleman? Why didn't Kidd and Wint just give the diamonds directly from the dentist to Blofeld?
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    Why was there a smuggling chain in DAF? Why were so many people needed to act as a middleman? Why didn't Kidd and Wint just give the diamonds directly from the dentist to Blofeld?

    Security : The guy in the chain knows only the guy he got the diamonds from and the one he gives the diamonds to. What we saw on screen was the last run of the chain (which must have gone on from quite some time, judging from the satellite we see). And Wint and Kidd had to eliminate every link in it, not just give the diamonds to Blofeld.
  • Wouldn't people start to notice two freakish men appearing every time someone is murdered? Your explanation is plausible, and as good as any explanation. It just never made much sense to me.
  • TheWizardOfIceTheWizardOfIce 'One of the Internet's more toxic individuals'
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    Wouldn't people start to notice two freakish men appearing every time someone is murdered? Your explanation is plausible, and as good as any explanation. It just never made much sense to me.

    Yeah good point. Because the Las Vegas police are immediately going to connect the death of Shady Tree with some random old woman found in a canal in Amsterdam and a bloke found dead of a scorpion bite in the middle of the South African veld where no one even saw these two 'freakish' (is that a reference to their homosexuality because they don't strike me as particularly outstanding apart from being a tad camp?) men. I'm pretty sure it's standard police procedure to cross reference a murder with every other murder in the world just in case there's a link.

    A more pertinent question would be about their competence. Why with all the others do the they make sure they kill them there and then but with Bond they just leave and assume it gets done? Even if you give them a free pass after the shambles at the crematorium why not garrotte Bond or shoot him in the head before you place him in the pipe to make sure this time? After all SPECTRE does not tolerate failure. Mind you Charles Gray doesn't seem to give a toss; where are his screams of 'Kill Bond now!!!'? Seems to me like Wint & Kidd get off very lightly for their ineptitude when you consider the fate of Helga it poor old Lippe who was executed because the bloke he chose suddenly wanted more money at the last minute.
  • SirHilaryBraySirHilaryBray Scotland
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    "Charles Gray doesn't seem to give a toss; where are his screams of 'Kill Bond now!!!'?" So true, I never liked him as Blofeld he was too much of a happy chappy. Wint and Kidd give me Bambi and Thumper over them any day lol!
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    Wouldn't people start to notice two freakish men appearing every time someone is murdered? Your explanation is plausible, and as good as any explanation. It just never made much sense to me.

    Yeah good point. Because the Las Vegas police are immediately going to connect the death of Shady Tree with some random old woman found in a canal in Amsterdam and a bloke found dead of a scorpion bite in the middle of the South African veld where no one even saw these two 'freakish' (is that a reference to their homosexuality because they don't strike me as particularly outstanding apart from being a tad camp?) men. I'm pretty sure it's standard police procedure to cross reference a murder with every other murder in the world just in case there's a link.

    A more pertinent question would be about their competence. Why with all the others do the they make sure they kill them there and then but with Bond they just leave and assume it gets done? Even if you give them a free pass after the shambles at the crematorium why not garrotte Bond or shoot him in the head before you place him in the pipe to make sure this time? After all SPECTRE does not tolerate failure. Mind you Charles Gray doesn't seem to give a toss; where are his screams of 'Kill Bond now!!!'? Seems to me like Wint & Kidd get off very lightly for their ineptitude when you consider the fate of Helga it poor old Lippe who was executed because the bloke he chose suddenly wanted more money at the last minute.

    Charles Gray's Blofeld seemed a much more tolerant boss and an unmenacing one. Regarding TB, Lippe was killed because of his behavior at Shrublands as much if not more than his dangerous attitude towards Angelo/Derval. His recklessness and his lack of flexibility could have cost the success of the whole operation, something Fiona Volpe understood quickly.

    I think Wint and Kidd are fairly competent killers, if only because they stack a fairly high body count. That said, their victims were not the hardest target. Come to think of it, neither is James Bond in DAF.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Does anyone know if Sam Mendes has cloven hind hooves?
  • TokolosheTokoloshe Under your bed
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    Does anyone know if Sam Mendes has cloven hind hooves?

    He was a couple of years above me at secondary school in Oxford. Fairly sure it would have been noticed at the time!

    Happy to help.
  • Wouldn't people start to notice two freakish men appearing every time someone is murdered? Your explanation is plausible, and as good as any explanation. It just never made much sense to me.

    Yeah good point. Because the Las Vegas police are immediately going to connect the death of Shady Tree with some random old woman found in a canal in Amsterdam and a bloke found dead of a scorpion bite in the middle of the South African veld where no one even saw these two 'freakish' (is that a reference to their homosexuality because they don't strike me as particularly outstanding apart from being a tad camp?) men. I'm pretty sure it's standard police procedure to cross reference a murder with every other murder in the world just in case there's a link.

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    They are "freakish" looking because they speak in bizarre monotone sentences, they have an odd way of interacting, they're constantly grinning, one of them carries a bottle of cologne and constantly sprays himself with it, etc. Mr Wint and Mr. Kidd are just plain repulsive. In the 70's, after the Stonewall riots, the evil homosexual became a trope in film, and Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd are an example of it.

    Again, back to the original point, no middleman was really needed. Kidd and Wint could have taken the diamonds directly from the Dentist to Blofeld.

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    Again, back to the original point, no middleman was really needed. Kidd and Wint could have taken the diamonds directly from the Dentist to Blofeld.

    Yes, but they were also charged with terminating with extreme prejudice every link of the chain at the same time.
  • But why have a chain at all? They have the diamonds, why not just go back to Mentz with them?
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    For security reasons. Each member of the chain knows only the person he or she gives the diamond to.What we saw was simply Wint and Kidd closing the smuggling ring permanently. What we saw was the last run of a smuggling ring which had been going on for some time before.
  • SarkSark Guangdong, PRC
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    @Gerard is absolutely right. The links in the chain are cutouts in espionage terms. They know who they get things from and who to take it to, but nothing else. Since SPECTRE's plan was nearing completion with the launch of the satellite they didn't need any more diamonds smuggled. So in typical SPECTRE fashion they decided to kill everyone they'd worked with previously.
  • ThomasCrown76ThomasCrown76 Augusta, ks
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  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    Hey- what was Bond's plan in YOLT when he was getting in the spaceship? Was he gonna hijack it & land it at MI-6? ;))
  • chrisisall wrote: »
    Hey- what was Bond's plan in YOLT when he was getting in the spaceship? Was he gonna hijack it & land it at MI-6? ;))

    That is a good question. I've always pondered it myself. Did Bond intend to go on a kamikaze mission or something??
  • SarkSark Guangdong, PRC
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    That's what I assumed. Take off an crash into the sea or something.
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    I imagine Bond planned to manipulate a malfunction by deliberate sabotage inside the capsule thus preventing take off.

    Even without any chaos in the cockpit NASA never seemed to get stuff in the air at the first time of asking with delays hampering progress and I imagine it wouldn't take much effort to flag up some significant red alert / abort warning.
  • What does Natayla yell after she slaps Trevelyn in the train? My bluray subtitles don't list anything. I assume it was something in Russian. Does anyone know?
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    andmcit wrote: »
    I imagine Bond planned to manipulate a malfunction by deliberate sabotage inside the capsule thus preventing take off.

    Even without any chaos in the cockpit NASA never seemed to get stuff in the air at the first time of asking with delays hampering progress and I imagine it wouldn't take much effort to flag up some significant red alert / abort warning.

    That is also what I always assumed.
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    In Goldeneye, I have no idea who that is supposed to be with Xenia trying to get onto the boat to steal the helicoptor. The admiral is dead. It can't be oo6 because that certainly does not look like him from the back, AND BECAUSE HE'S USING THE ADMIRAL'S ID?! WHo the heck is that?
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    One thing related to this which I've pondered before. For a demonstration to the great and the powerful, surely a prototype military attack helicopter wouldn't have live armaments fitted throughout unless it was going to be one heck of a demonstration in Monaco!? Are the French crazy!?
  • PropertyOfALadyPropertyOfALady Colders Federation CEO
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    Which DB5 is on display in the London Film Museum?
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    In Goldeneye, I have no idea who that is supposed to be with Xenia trying to get onto the boat to steal the helicoptor. The admiral is dead. It can't be oo6 because that certainly does not look like him from the back, AND BECAUSE HE'S USING THE ADMIRAL'S ID?! WHo the heck is that?

    I think that is general ourumov
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    It's the Goldeneye one sans gadgets
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    andmcit wrote: »
    I imagine Bond planned to manipulate a malfunction by deliberate sabotage inside the capsule thus preventing take off.
    Thanks @andmcit, that makes the most sense. I can't see a spy untrained in astronaut basics wanting to actually go into space.
    Like Flint.
    :))
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