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Bond movies love their animals (2nd edit)
Having breezed through all 23 films recently, I am pretty sure that there are only two Bond films that don't feature a helicopter. Many Bond films in fact have multiple helicopter scenes, and of course there are those entries that prominently display the machines such as YOLT and TND most notably.
The two films that don't seem to have a helicopter scene are DN and TMWTGG, although I am prepared to be corrected. I just didn't notice a whirlybird in either film. The other 21 films all do for sure though.
For my next run through the films, I am going to make note of which films feature either shots of dogs or pigeons. There are plenty of each, especially pigeons.
I know, who cares, but it keeps me amused and looking out for something new, when viewing these films over and over and over again.
The two films that don't seem to have a helicopter scene are DN and TMWTGG, although I am prepared to be corrected. I just didn't notice a whirlybird in either film. The other 21 films all do for sure though.
For my next run through the films, I am going to make note of which films feature either shots of dogs or pigeons. There are plenty of each, especially pigeons.
I know, who cares, but it keeps me amused and looking out for something new, when viewing these films over and over and over again.
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I recently started making a list of all the animals featured in the novels and films, and their purpose. Maybe you could change this thread to 'Animals in Bond films/novels' if it doesn't already exist (couldn't find one), and I'll post my current list here.
Title edited to Bond movies love their animals.
the colorful octopus in the tank in the same movie ...
Novels
LALD
pelican (robber shoots it for fun, while Bond is admiring it)
Barracudas and sharks
DAF
Horses (in Saratoga)
DN
giant squid (Bond fights it)
Scolopender (sent to kill Bond)
GF
cat (Goldfinger lets Oddjob eat it)
THR
rare fish specimen (Milton Krest kills it)
YOLT
Beef (massaged -with beer- and later eaten by Bond) ; lobster (eaten -alive- by Bond)
TMWTGG
birds (2 kling-klings; 1 turkey buzzard) (Scaramanga kills them for fun)
Snake (eaten by Scaramanga)
Films
-All of John Glen's films feature animal scares
-angora cat (FRWL, TB, YOLT, OHMSS, DAF, FYEO, NSNA)
DN
tarantula (planted to kill Bond)
crab (on Crab Key beach)
fish (Dr. No's aquarium)
FRWL
Siamese fighting fish (Blofeld aquarium)
rats (underground)
birds (flock fly away at end of film)
stray cat that scurries by as Tatiana makes her way to her initial meeting with Klebb
GF
horse (Goldfinger's stables)
TB
sharks (Golden Grotto; Largo's lair)
dog (pees during Junkanoo)
YOLT
piranhas (Blofeld's lair)
OHMSS
bull (bullfighting scene in Portugal)
horse (?)
dog (St. Bernard meets Bond)
DAF
scorpion (Wint or Kidd puts it down the dentist's back)
elephant (plays slot machine?)
rat (when Bond wakes up in the pipe)
LALD
snake (Bond's bathroom/voodoo ceremony)
crocodiles and alligators (the farm)
sharks (Kananga's lair)
Barnyard animals in LALD that we see as Bond and Solitaire make their way to the double-decker bus- goats, chickens, roosters milling about in the dusty street.
TMWTGG
elephant (searches J.W. Pepper's pocket)
flocking pigeons seen in the middle of the street during the car chase
stray dog (seen on outskirts of Bangkok towards end of car chase)
TSWLM
camel (travelling in Egypt)
goat (seen when Bond arrives in Luxor by boat)
horses (Bond and Anya on the carriage ride to receive Q's Lotus)
fish (Stromberg aquarium)
turtle? (Stromberg aquarium)
shark (Stromberg aquarium)
dog (runs off when it sees the Lotus emerge from water)
fish (seen while underwater in Lotus sub)
jellyfish (seen while underwater in Lotus sub)
fish (Bond drops it from Lotus)
MR
pheasant (Drax hunts them for sport)
Beauceron dogs (hunt down Corinne)
rats (laboratory)
pigeon (double-takes at the Bondola)
horse (when Bond wears a poncho in Rio?)
anaconda/python? (Drax's Amazon lair)
foxes (aka 'Moonraker babes')
FYEO
parrot 'Max' (belongs to the Havelocks)
horses (Bond and Melina take a carriage ride in Cortina)
shark (exits the St Georges wreck; when Christatos drags Bond and Melina across the coral)
OP
asp (seen being summoned by Vijay; when Bond is hiding in grass)
sheep (on Bond's dinner plate)
tarantula (Indian jungle)
tiger (Indian jungle)
leeches (Indian jungle)
elephant (during jungle hunt)
pigeons (Kamal's residence?)
octopus (Octopussy's aquarium)
horse (end of film)
during the vehicle chase, one of the enemy jeeps careens off the road scattering chickens and roosters.
NSNA
snake (Fatima's throws it in Petachi's car)
sharks (Fatima tries to get them to dine on Bond thanks to a radio transmitter on his oxygen tank)
vultures (prison cell at Palmyra)
horse (Bond uses it to escape into the water with Domino on the back)
AVTAK
horses (race track; Zorin estate)
crabs (Bond meeting Chuck Lee at fisherman's wharf)
cat (sleeps on Bond's lap)
TLD
monkey (scares Bond in PTS)
dog (German Shepherd barks at the sound of the 'pig' going thru the pipeline)
Max the parrot returns (MI6 safe house)
bird? (scares Bond in Gibraltar?)
LTK
shark (scares Bond and Sharkey at Krest business)
maggots (Bond puts his hand in there)
electric eel (electrocutes henchman)
cats (with polydactyly- when Bond's licence is revoked)
pigeon (scares Bond at casino)
Sanchez's pet iguana
GE
huskies (seen in Severnaya)
DAD
scorpion (during title sequence)
pigeons puttering about in the background as Bond opens the door to the hidden subway station
CR
cobra (pit fight in Madagascar)
mongoose (pit fight in Madagascar)
QOS
horses (during the Palio di Siena horse race)
dog on a hot tin roof (Bond on his way to the air strip, Haiti)
stray dog (during the montage in which Bond and Camille exit the desert)
dog laying down outside after Bond escapes from the bar
lizard? (I'm sure I saw one on a rock in the desert)
SF
scorpion (seen during drinking game)
komodo dragon (Macau fight scene in pit)
SP
mouse (L'Americain hotel room)
Persian longhair cat (Blofeld's lair)
NTTD
snapper fish x2 (Jamaican jetty)
sheep herd (Matera)
birds (pigeons?) (London lab explosion)
Sphynx cats x2 (Q's flat)
Thanks to all for helping update the list.
(nice humor and help from Max, if I remember his name right)
I must say incredibly thorough list, @QBranch!
I'm sure there's more in the novels, haven't read many of them.
Indeed:
DN: Scolopender (sent to kill Bond)
TMWTGG: Snake (eaten by Scaramanga)
DAF: Horses (in Saratoga)
YOLT: Beef (massaged -with beer- and later eaten by Bond) ; lobster (eaten -alive- by Bond)
LALD: Barracudas and sharks
I can add just off the top of my head, that there is a stray dog in QoS. I think we see it during the montage in which Bond and Camille exit the desert.
I do keep an eye out for pigeons, as I do quite like the birds, being a big city, downtown dweller. There are flocking pigeons seen in the middle of the street during the car chase in TMWTGG.
There are several pigeons puttering about in the background as Bond opens the door to the hidden subway station, in DAD.
I am pretty sure there is a stray cat that scurries by in FRWL as Tatiana makes her way to her initial meeting with Klebb.
Barnyard animals also feature in a few movies. There is quite the collection in LALD that we see as Bond and Solitaire make their way to the double-decker bus. I think we are talking some goats along with chickens and roosters milling about in the dusty street.
Also in OP pts, during the vehicle chase, one of the enemy jeeps careens off the road scattering chickens and roosters. I've always wondered how this scene was shot, as one of the roosters seems perilously close to being hit by the jeeps left front wheel. Were they able to add the birds, after the fact, in post? Surely they wouldn't terrorize the poor creatures just to get a shot.
Quick note re Drax's attack dogs. The breed is actually Beauceron.
From wiki:
The Beauceron is a guard dog and herding dog breed falling into the working dog category whose origins lie in the plains of Northern France. The Beauceron is also known as Berger de Beauce (sheepdog from Beauce) or Bas Rouge (red-stockings).
A French herding breed known for centuries in western Europe, the Beauceron is noted as one of the breeds used to create the Doberman Pinscher :-B :D
Don't forget Sanchez's pet iguana, both the real one and what I am sure is a prop substitute used in several scenes.
When things get a little out-of-hand and James Bond is looking to vanquish his adversary, the famous cats seem to abandon ship and save their own skins, albeit they view the impending disaster licking paws in self satisfied gloat whist they consider their escape as a serious one up on their recently deceased owner; still animals have always held a sixth sense for danger….
Skyfall is the first Bond film since LTK where Bond has been in a dangerous situation with an animal. A gap of 23 years!
In the days of old, Bond would battle tarantulas, sharks, snakes, dogs, tigers...more sharks....snakes. The komodo dragons are a welcome return to Bond being at peril from the animal kingdom. Is it that audiences are not interested in seeing Bond fighting for survival as a shark potentially devours him?
Do villains not have dangerous pets that would make suitable means to kill British agents?
DN: Terry the Tarantula
FRWL: Sam the Siamese Fighting Fish
GF: Horace the horse
TB: Sharkey
YOLT: Percy the piranha
OHMSS: Bernie the St. Bernard
DAF: Ellie the Elephant
LALD: Albert E. Gator (you can call him Al)
TMWTGG: Ellie Jr. the Elephant
TSWLM: Cameron the Camel
MR: Doug the double take pigeon
FYEO: Max the parrot
OP: Tony the Tiger
AVTAK: Stacy's pussy
TLD: Monty the Monkey
LTK: Iggy the Iguana
GE: Humphrey the husky
TND: Paris's crabs
TWINE: Rowan the roe
DAD: Scorpio the Scorpion
CR: Monty the Mongoose
QOS: Horace VIII the horse
SF: Kimmy the kimono dragon
http://6dangerousanimals.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/giant-centipede2.jpg
Indeed, as Amis noted, Fleming was the Master of the Underwater World.
Yes, I believe it was as he discarded it pretty quickly when it had served its purpose as cover. Plus, manta rays are deadly creatures as we know from the death of Steve Irwin in 2006.
I always assumed the manta ray was real, and that you could actually use one to hide under due to their placid nature. Anyway, just did a bit of research, and all links mention it being a fake disguise, so I guess we can remove that one from the list.
Oh, I am sorry. I stand corrected then. The dangers of relying on an all too fallible memory.
MANTA RAYS (will not harm you!) :)
They can be up to 25 feet in length and weight as much as 3,000 pounds.
Some types of Manta Rays engage in the process of migrating.
They can lose their protective mucus membrane if they are touched by humans.
The Manta Ray has the largest brain to body ratio of all sharks and rays on Earth.
You will very rarely find any Manta Ray in captivity due to their size. They are currently only found in four aquariums in the world. (my note: so undoubtedly the one in the Bond film was fake ...)
The average life span for a Manta Ray is 20 years.
They are very close relatives of the shark. Ironically, sharks as well as orcas are their main predators. They are also closely related to the stingray but they don’t have a stinger.
They are amazing when it comes to the acrobatics that they display.
The Manta Ray is classified as a fish. It is one of the largest and it continues to be one that we know the least about.
They don’t have a skeleton that is made from bone.
The smallest species of Manta Ray is the Mobula Diabolis. It is only about 2 feet in length.
There are myths that the Manta Ray will consume people but they are false. These are very gentle creatures that are able to get close to humans without harming them.
The Manta Ray is only surpassed in size in the marine world by sharks and whales.
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I grew up in Florida, where there are plenty of sting rays and yes those are dangerous.
Oh, I have some favorites on this list, @Kerim. (Oh my, TND ...!)
Nice job. ;)
And here I thought it was Kenji the Komodo dragon ... but no, I will have to look more closely to see that giant lizard's kimono. Somehow, I didn't notice it! I had the name wrong, too. :D
Oh, look here I found him ...
Nice to see you haven't lost an ounce of your wit, @Kerim. =))