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  • thedovethedove hiding in the Greek underworld
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    Are we to believe that between Hai Fat dying and the climax of the film that Scaramanga arranged to have Hai Fat Construction come to his island and build out the solex and all the generators? Or did Hai Fat arrange to have all that built on Scaramanga's island before his death and that was where they would take investors to show them the power generated?
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
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    The finale of TB, with the Disco Volante being chased by the marine, is that still in the Bahamas? Or, since it's the US marine, are they in US waters?

    I always wondered.
  • thedovethedove hiding in the Greek underworld
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    "The target is Miami, repeat the target is Miami."

    I believe the whole climax occurs off the coast of Florida? But maybe not. I always wondered why would they want an atomic bomb to go off in Miami, there are other more populous places? Or was it the closeness to Cuba?

  • echoecho 007 in New York
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    Dink's revenge.

    After the events of GF, Dink defected to the USSR and, like Kronsteen, masterminded the entire plot of TB. "Man talk? I'll show you man talk."
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited October 2024 Posts: 17,192
    So Q stands for Quartermaster, but where is that actually established? Fleming only mentions Q once I think, along with several mentions of Q Branch, but does he specify that Q Branch is so named because it's the quartermasters? Certainly Boothroyd in Dr. No has the title of 'Armourer', not quartermaster.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    mtm wrote: »
    So Q stands for Quartermaster, but where is that actually established? Fleming only mentions Q once I think, along with several mentions of Q Branch, but does he specify that Q Branch is so named because it's the quartermasters? Certainly Boothroyd in Dr. No has the title of 'Armourer', not quartermaster.

    That's a good question. Without checking through the texts I'm not entirely sure. It may well have been something that the Bond films came up with on their own but I suppose it sounds plausible enough anyway. Remember that Major Boothroyd was the Armourer in the Dr. No novel but was not the head of Q Branch. Again it was the films that merged the two together, I suppose for the sake of simplicity.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited October 2024 Posts: 17,192
    Yeah, it's a kind of bit of repeated wisdom, but I'm not sure where it's ever been established officially. Film-wise, Boothroyd in Dr No is addressed as 'armourer'; Q in FRWL is referred to as 'the equipment officer'; he's called Q in GF, but no mention of quartermaster... I feel like M has said 'quartermaster' at some point in the films (Skyfall is one), but the idea that the Q in Q Branch is short for quartermaster kind of feels like something we've all gone along with but maybe there's no actual basis for it in the fiction.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    Yeah, M says 'quartermaster' in SF, and Bond calls Q that in DAD. Surely there are other instances earlier on.
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    Talking of Q, apart from the DB5, do we know of any other gadgets that really worked in real life? I understand Little Nellie could really fly, so did the jetpack, otherwise do we have any other?
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Ludovico wrote: »
    Talking of Q, apart from the DB5, do we know of any other gadgets that really worked in real life? I understand Little Nellie could really fly, so did the jetpack, otherwise do we have any other?

    I don't know if it exists exactly as is but I wonder, with today's tech, if you could make a little ring camera like Bond uses in AVTAK.
  • thedovethedove hiding in the Greek underworld
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    No camera but...

    https://appleinsider.com/inside/apple-ring
  • fjdinardofjdinardo
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    Was watching LTK with my partner the other day. And it was the scene were Bond was in the water after jumping off the Wavecreast.


    Why did Bond follow the mini sub back to the Wavecreast to destroy the coke instead of just swimming to the bottom of the plane and just hoping on the plane there? I feel there was no need to destroy that coke especially with all this guys after him.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited November 2024 Posts: 17,192
    Well he wants to screw up Sanchez's organisation, if he doesn't have the coke then he's lost all that money for nothing. Plus Bond is vaguely moral, I'm sure he's not keen on drugs being sold!
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    mtm wrote: »
    Well he wants to screw up Sanchez's organisation, if he doesn't have the coke then he's lost all that money for nothing. Plus Bond is vaguely moral, I'm sure he's not keen on drugs being sold!

    Both TLD and LTK were released at the time of President Reagan's War on Drugs and both films had drug related plots. Hard drugs get destroyed on a large scale in both films too. As you say, Bond is a moral sort of chap (after a fashion) and even in Fleming's work the dangers of heroin were referred to in 'Risico' as like a giant hypodermic plunged into the heart of England.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    Here's an utterly random question: we know Danjaq/MGM own James Bond 007 and when Ian Fleming Publications want to write a Bond book they have to license Bond from Danjaq/MGM, but in a Bond film we see the credit 'Ian Fleming's James Bond': do you think they have to ask permission from Fleming's estate to use his name? Or even perhaps license it in some way?
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    Is it true that no one really knows Timothy Daltons date of birth, or just an urban legend?

  • GerardGerard
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    Per the notes on Wikipedia :
    Sources disagree about his birth date, with some giving his year of birth as 1944:
    LuKanic, Steven A. (1991). Film Actors Guide. Los Angeles: Lone Eagle. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-943728-38-4.
    Halliwell, Leslie (1988). Halliwell's Filmgoer's Companion (9th ed.). London: Grafton. p. 185.
    whilst others state 1946:
    Gareffa, Peter M.; Evory, Ann (1988). Newsmakers. Detroit: Gale Research. pp. v, 93. ISBN 978-0-8103-2203-5.
    Rubin, Steven Jay (2003). The Complete James Bond Movie Encyclopedia (3rd ed.). Contemporary Books. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-07-141246-9.
    Barnes, Alan; Hearn, Marcus (2001). Kiss Kiss Bang! Bang!: the Unofficial James Bond Film Companion. Batsford Books. ISBN 978-0-7134-8182-2.
    Araya, Margarida (2016). Timothy Dalton: A Complete Guide To his Cinema, Television, Stage and Voice Work. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. p. 5. ISBN 978-1539171386.

    Wikipedia itself gives Tim's birth date as March 21st 1946, as does Imdb.
  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
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    It's true there were conflicting years 1946 and 1944 reported in bios, causing some confusion.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    I'm not surprised, everyone's 9 months older than they say they are.
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    So is it 1946 or 1944? :-S
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
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    Mendes4Lyfe wrote: »
    So is it 1946 or 1944? :-S

    It’s 1946
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    Given that Cubby was very old when GE was made and released, how much did Barbara and Michael have to do in the decision making of GE? And another question: had it only been of Cubby, would Dalton have returned one last time?
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    I think he was involved with the early stages, and made the decision on Pierce, but less so once they got into the meat of production.
  • fjdinardofjdinardo
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    Ludovico wrote: »
    Given that Cubby was very old when GE was made and released, how much did Barbara and Michael have to do in the decision making of GE? And another question: had it only been of Cubby, would Dalton have returned one last time?

    Well, to answer your second question first Cubby did want Dalton back but Dalton only wanted to come back for one movie and Cubby said he had to come back for more because they were coming back after six years. So Dalton stepped away.

    To answer your first question the only big decision that Cubby had on GE was casting Pierce Brosnan as James Bond. That was his last big decision he made. Then after that, he handed everything off to Barbara and Michael.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    fjdinardo wrote: »
    Ludovico wrote: »
    Given that Cubby was very old when GE was made and released, how much did Barbara and Michael have to do in the decision making of GE? And another question: had it only been of Cubby, would Dalton have returned one last time?

    Well, to answer your second question first Cubby did want Dalton back but Dalton only wanted to come back for one movie and Cubby said he had to come back for more because they were coming back after six years. So Dalton stepped away.

    And also MGM/UA wanted anybody but him: a complicated situation.
  • fjdinardofjdinardo
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    mtm wrote: »
    fjdinardo wrote: »
    Ludovico wrote: »
    Given that Cubby was very old when GE was made and released, how much did Barbara and Michael have to do in the decision making of GE? And another question: had it only been of Cubby, would Dalton have returned one last time?

    Well, to answer your second question first Cubby did want Dalton back but Dalton only wanted to come back for one movie and Cubby said he had to come back for more because they were coming back after six years. So Dalton stepped away.

    And also MGM/UA wanted anybody but him: a complicated situation.

    It all worked out because everybody wanted Pierce
  • thedovethedove hiding in the Greek underworld
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    mtm wrote: »
    Here's an utterly random question: we know Danjaq/MGM own James Bond 007 and when Ian Fleming Publications want to write a Bond book they have to license Bond from Danjaq/MGM, but in a Bond film we see the credit 'Ian Fleming's James Bond': do you think they have to ask permission from Fleming's estate to use his name? Or even perhaps license it in some way?

    I don't believe so. My understanding is that all the rights reside with Danjaq, and now reside with Amazon.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited February 24 Posts: 17,192
    thedove wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    Here's an utterly random question: we know Danjaq/MGM own James Bond 007 and when Ian Fleming Publications want to write a Bond book they have to license Bond from Danjaq/MGM, but in a Bond film we see the credit 'Ian Fleming's James Bond': do you think they have to ask permission from Fleming's estate to use his name? Or even perhaps license it in some way?

    I don't believe so. My understanding is that all the rights reside with Danjaq, and now reside with Amazon.

    All rights for James Bond, yes, but not for Ian Fleming's name.

    I just had a look and 'Ian Fleming' is indeed a trademark owned by Ian Fleming Ltd.:
    https://trademarks.ipo.gov.uk/ipo-tmcase/page/Results/1/UK00002271122
    https://trademarks.ipo.gov.uk/ipo-tmcase/page/Results/1/UK00003205001

    So I don't know, presumably they do have to ask to put his name in the credits of the new film?
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    fjdinardo wrote: »
    Ludovico wrote: »
    Given that Cubby was very old when GE was made and released, how much did Barbara and Michael have to do in the decision making of GE? And another question: had it only been of Cubby, would Dalton have returned one last time?

    Well, to answer your second question first Cubby did want Dalton back but Dalton only wanted to come back for one movie and Cubby said he had to come back for more because they were coming back after six years. So Dalton stepped away.

    To answer your first question the only big decision that Cubby had on GE was casting Pierce Brosnan as James Bond. That was his last big decision he made. Then after that, he handed everything off to Barbara and Michael.

    Thanks.
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