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Well played, sir.
What does a "License to Kill" in the 21st century mean to you?
When it may seem like every police officer in the United States/other countries is equipped with one, does the fictional license imply... less paperwork? A difference in culture between the 1950's / 1960's and 2015? A difference in culture between The United Kingdom and the United States?
Want to get your thoughts on what having Bond's fictional "License to Kill" in the year 2015 might mean.
Taking the US out of acquisition as it's officers are equipped. A licence to not face prosecution by extending a sort of diplomatic immunity from prosecution is really what it comes down to. I think the scenes in Casino Royale at the Madagascar embassy is a good example everywhere is covered by CCTV of a secret operative pulling a trigger abroad without being caught would be all over the Internet and tabloids. I dont think the culture has changed, just governments to worroed about being filmed or having its dirty business shown in public. Technology has also retired the need for spy's like bond. Witg a satellite and drone. A person can conduct surveillance and execute a target while sat at a desk with a mug of cocoa. To quote Q in Skyfall "I can do more damage on my laptop, sitting in my pajamas, before my first cup of Earl Grey than you can do a year in the field" the way the world is now I think the culture has increased the only thing that's changed is that the decision to take a life is now that of buereucrat than a soldier with a finger on a trigger.
In real life silencers aren't that silent. Youtube it. Would explain why it sounds louder.
He shot her. It was his plan to make it look like a suicide with her and Bond - Bond shooting her then turning the gun on himself. I think that what either Kaufman or the new reporter says.
A "silencer" is a misnomer. A "suppressor" is closer to the mark, but "noise reduction cylinder" is the closest to the truth. A noise reduction cylinder is meant to diminish the report of a discharged round. However, other sounds emanating from the weapon remain unchanged. Bullets make distinct sounds by their passage through the air and striking targets, and supersonic bullets produce a small sonic boom, resulting in a "ballistic crack", such as is the case with the Walther P99, which has a muzzle velocity of 408 m/s, with the speed of sound being a mere 340.29 m/s. Semi-automatic and fully automatic firearms also make distinct noises as their actions cycle, ejecting the fired cartridge case and loading a new round.
The sound coming from a gun (say a 9mm Walther P99) with such a cylinder attached is similar to dropping a heavy book face down on to a hard floor from a distance of about four feet. This sound would be further amplified in GE because Bond and Trevelyan are in a large warehouse area that would have natural sound amplification and reverberation.
We have to take our hats off to Eon's nod towards realism.
Yes it is.
However, the plane in question looks like a Hercules C 130J cargo plane, which has a flight speed of a mere 671 kph, which would have placed enormous pressure on Bond, but don't forget that they were flying at high altitude relative to sea level, so this would have reduced the drag factor considerably.
I think as Blofeld's Mercedes was rounding the slight right corner up ahead of Bond's Aston, one stray bullet nicked her.
I have a question as well. Does anybody know what version of the Bond theme starts playing at around 1:44?
It's the guitar riff from the Phifer Broz trailer music for Casino Royale with a lower pitch. here's the riff.
http://picosong.com/6wwj/
Dang! You know that you're MI6's audio expert?
Hehe I've given myself that title unofficially. ;;) If I hear Bond music anywhere, I know it. I've also heard some used in the oddest of places.
1962-1985 is the Classic Era. Connery, Lazenby and Moore are the same Bond.
1987-2002 is the first reboot. Dalton and Brosnan's Bond are the same Bond, Even though we didn't see it, Bond married Tracy and she died just the same.
2006- New Reboot. Craig is the current Bond from this era.
True, I had forgotten about that reference. There's also a subtle reference in TWINE, where Elektra asks Bond if he had ever lost a loved one, and he dodges the question.
What's the oddest place you've heard a Bond song?