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  • AgentJamesBond007AgentJamesBond007 Vesper’s grave
    Posts: 2,632
    jamez007 wrote:
    How is felix alive in quantum of solace if he died in licence to kill
    m confused because felix is meant to be the same person in every movie so if he died in licence to kill and casino royale is a reboot but quantum of solace isnt how is he alive . I totally disagree with the code name therory but im stuck on this one .please help me


    Quantum of Solace is the sequel to Casino Royale. Daniel Craig's Bond is a reboot from all the previous films. Felix never died is LTK, and in the last few moments of the film, he was talking to Bond about getting his job back. Because the series was rebooted, the character was rebooted as well, creating a new Leiter with Bond.
  • Master_DaharkMaster_Dahark
    edited April 2014 Posts: 4,813
    HOW COME FELIX LIVE IN CR PLUS WASNT HE WHITE.
    JAMES BOND OLD WHY IS HE STILL LIKE 20. I BET JAMES BOND IS REALLY A CODE NAME LOL


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  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
    Posts: 15,129
    I've just been watching TND, and the guy in the blue hat in the pts, who is seen with Henry Gupta (you get a good look at his face at 5:23). He looks very similar to Guy Haines from QOS.
    http://screenmusings.org/QuantumOfSolace/pages/QoS_0844.htm

    I cannot find any further info on him. Is it the same actor?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=n8FLB4LuFCE
    (It's a Latino version of the pts. All I could find)

  • barryt007barryt007
    edited April 2014 Posts: 19,339
    No its definately not the same actor,who is Paul Ritter.
  • barryt007barryt007
    Posts: 19,339
    Zukovsky's comment is referring to the submarine and his nephew who is the captain of it,he just said it in a jokey fashion.

    When Saunders is killed Bond says to Kara 'bad accident back there'....
  • 00Beast00Beast
    Posts: 4,762
    After just watching The Man with the Golden Gun, I am still incredibly confused as to what in the world Scaramanga was doing with the Solex Agitator in the first place- I somewhat understood Hai Fat having it, for industrial purposes, but even within that, I don't understand why Hai Fat hired Scaramanga to be a "junior partner" in his enterprise. Does anyone comprehend this confusing side plot well enough to explain it to me?
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    Mankiewicz is dead, so too late to ask I am afraid.
  • DoubleOhhSevenDoubleOhhSeven
    Posts: 1,778
    I've never really understood the solex subplot in TMWTGG either. It felt very forced and unnecessary. It wasn't that kind of Bond film. It was low-key and didn't need any kind of super weapon.
  • LudovicoLudovico
    Posts: 15,106
    The solex was basically a MacGuffin that got developed unnecessarily. Had they kept it simple and had Scaramanga wanting to sell it for his own personal gain (I guess killing your customer is not good business, but in that sort of business, murder probably many work conflicts) would have worked much better. Don't get bugged down on what it does exactly and how, just make it something of great value.
  • barryt007barryt007
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    There was a serious energy crisis in the UK at that time,and the SOLEX was a good topical entry into TMWTGG to make it recent and give it a real target for Bond to aim at.
    If it wasnt for the SOLEX then TMWTGG really had no purpose to it,i think it was clever thinking,but if you dont live in the UK then you wouldnt really connect the real problem with the SOLEX.
  • LudovicoLudovico
    Posts: 15,106
    barryt007 wrote:
    There was a serious energy crisis in the UK at that time,and the SOLEX was a good topical entry into TMWTGG to make it recent and give it a real target for Bond to aim at.
    If it wasnt for the SOLEX then TMWTGG really had no purpose to it,i think it was clever thinking,but if you dont live in the UK then you wouldnt really connect the real problem with the SOLEX.

    This is why in LTK and QOS I find it necessary that the villain has a plot and an objective. If they have no scheme, they risk spending the whole movie on the defensive, running away from Bond.
  • 00Beast00Beast
    Posts: 4,762
    @DoubleOhhSeven @Ludovico: I've also felt that the Solex subplot was forced; I mean in the beginning scene right after the title sequence, M's entire conversation with Bond centers around the fact that Scaramanga has his sights set on 007. The Solex is hardly made a big deal until Nick Nack steals it from Gibson's dead body outside the Bottoms Up Club, and by then, our attention is on the fact that Scaramanga just killed someone, not on the Solex.

    @barryt007: Thanks for informing me of the background to the energy crisis in the UK! I had remembered Bond's question to M in the briefing scene about the energy crisis being still ever present, and I figured the Solex was definitely sought after by the British in order to solve their problem. I suppose my question is more along the lines of why Hai Fat and Scaramanga plot to steal it, and why is Scaramanga involved in the first place? I understand that Hai Fat needed Scaramanga to assassinate Gibson for him, who had the Solex, but after shooting Gibson dead, why is Scaramanga still Hai Fat's "junior partner"? This part is very murky to me- the only conclusion I've been able to reach is that Hai Fat wanted to sell the Solex off to the highest bidder, similar to Kronsteen's plan for the Lektor in From Russia with Love. That would enable him to earn a fortune on top of his already massive empire, for sure. The real question is how would Scaramanga profit in this scheme?
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    barryt007 wrote:
    There was a serious energy crisis in the UK at that time,and the SOLEX was a good topical entry into TMWTGG to make it recent and give it a real target for Bond to aim at.
    If it wasnt for the SOLEX then TMWTGG really had no purpose to it,i think it was clever thinking,but if you dont live in the UK then you wouldnt really connect the real problem with the SOLEX.
    It affected the whole West. I remember it well. Cardriving was banned on Saturdays, so we could play in the streets. I loved the energy crisis.

  • barryt007barryt007
    edited April 2014 Posts: 19,339
    Ludovico wrote:
    barryt007 wrote:
    There was a serious energy crisis in the UK at that time,and the SOLEX was a good topical entry into TMWTGG to make it recent and give it a real target for Bond to aim at.
    If it wasnt for the SOLEX then TMWTGG really had no purpose to it,i think it was clever thinking,but if you dont live in the UK then you wouldnt really connect the real problem with the SOLEX.

    This is why in LTK and QOS I find it necessary that the villain has a plot and an objective. If they have no scheme, they risk spending the whole movie on the defensive, running away from Bond.
    00Beast wrote:
    @DoubleOhhSeven @Ludovico: I've also felt that the Solex subplot was forced; I mean in the beginning scene right after the title sequence, M's entire conversation with Bond centers around the fact that Scaramanga has his sights set on 007. The Solex is hardly made a big deal until Nick Nack steals it from Gibson's dead body outside the Bottoms Up Club, and by then, our attention is on the fact that Scaramanga just killed someone, not on the Solex.

    @barryt007: Thanks for informing me of the background to the energy crisis in the UK! I had remembered Bond's question to M in the briefing scene about the energy crisis being still ever present, and I figured the Solex was definitely sought after by the British in order to solve their problem. I suppose my question is more along the lines of why Hai Fat and Scaramanga plot to steal it, and why is Scaramanga involved in the first place? I understand that Hai Fat needed Scaramanga to assassinate Gibson for him, who had the Solex, but after shooting Gibson dead, why is Scaramanga still Hai Fat's "junior partner"? This part is very murky to me- the only conclusion I've been able to reach is that Hai Fat wanted to sell the Solex off to the highest bidder, similar to Kronsteen's plan for the Lektor in From Russia with Love. That would enable him to earn a fortune on top of his already massive empire, for sure. The real question is how would Scaramanga profit in this scheme?

    He would profit by exactly that,selling to the highest bidder.As Bond says 'The oil Sheikhs would pay him just to keep it OFF the market' as they were gaining by countries having to buy up their oil at high prices.

    Also Hai-Fat made Scaramanga a junior partner in his organisation because he was his regular assassin,getting rid of all his rivals,so it was best to keep him close to hand in case one of those rivals used Scaramanga AGAINST him.So,as an incentive to help the organisation he made him a junior partner.
  • 00Beast00Beast
    Posts: 4,762
    @barryt007: That makes much more sense now!
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    I wish we had another energy crisis ASAP. I would love to play in the streets again. But seeing how stinking rich we are with oil, I doubt that would happen here.
  • LudovicoLudovico
    Posts: 15,106
    I asked the question before, but I don't think I ever got a satisfying answer: in TB, why did Bond say to Fiona Volpe "what I did I did for King and Country" and not " for Queen and Country"?
  • WillyGaloreWillyGalore
    edited April 2014 Posts: 6,396
    Presumably no one bothered to tell Maibaum of her coronation in '52! ;-)
  • mirandafrostmirandafrost
    Posts: 368
    I think "for king and country" is just a proverb...
  • Master_DaharkMaster_Dahark
    edited April 2014 Posts: 4,813
    What if he meant Electra King?

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    ;)
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
    Posts: 15,129
    In The World Is Not Enough, during the scene where Dr.Christmas Jones and Bond enter the oil pipeline in an attempt to stop the bomb that has been planted within it, why are there lights in the pipeline?
    http://screenmusings.org/TheWorldIsNotEnough/pages/TWinE_0802.htm

    What purpose do the lights serve? Will the oil get lost without them?
  • DoubleOhhSevenDoubleOhhSeven
    Posts: 1,778
    Benny wrote:
    In The World Is Not Enough, during the scene where Dr.Christmas Jones and Bond enter the oil pipeline in an attempt to stop the bomb that has been planted within it, why are there lights in the pipeline?
    http://screenmusings.org/TheWorldIsNotEnough/pages/TWinE_0802.htm

    What purpose do the lights serve? Will the oil get lost without them?

    For when they have to shut it off and do repairs and things like that.
  • TokolosheTokoloshe Under your bed
    Posts: 2,667
    Why does the blonde museum guide in MR falter in her speech when she sees Bond hanging around?
  • Master_DaharkMaster_Dahark
    Posts: 4,813
    Because Roger Moore is soooooo handsome
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    Posts: 40,959
    When the films were first released, were people confused as to why Charles Gray played Dikko in YOLT and then Blofeld in DAF?
  • MayDayDiVicenzoMayDayDiVicenzo Here and there
    edited May 2014 Posts: 5,080
    Tokoloshe wrote:
    Why does the blonde museum guide in MR falter in her speech when she sees Bond hanging around?

    Well, she's one of Drax's master women, so she probably would have been alerted to Bond visiting the glassworks. "Oh my God, he's actually here! What do I do?"
  • Pierce2DanielPierce2Daniel
    Posts: 4,408
    I always thought this was just a camera, but is this actually supposed to be a gun? If so it's a nice nod to the GB and also some pretty great photography.

    http://www.imfdb.org/images/f/f9/YOLT_105.jpg
    http://www.imfdb.org/images/5/55/YOLT_104.jpg
  • barryt007barryt007
    edited May 2014 Posts: 19,339
    Tokoloshe wrote:
    Why does the blonde museum guide in MR falter in her speech when she sees Bond hanging around?

    If you look at the space shuttle later with Drax's 'perfect race' she is there...so she is one of Drax's henchman in a sense.

  • MayDayDiVicenzoMayDayDiVicenzo Here and there
    Posts: 5,080
    barryt007 wrote:
    Tokoloshe wrote:
    Why does the blonde museum guide in MR falter in her speech when she sees Bond hanging around?

    If you look at the space shuttle later with Drax's 'perfect race' she is there...so she is one of Drax's henchman in a sense.

    She's also there when Bond is being strangled by Drax's pet python.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    Posts: 28,694
    In QoS why does Bond tell the red-headed woman at the desk to tell those calling on the phone [Mi6?] that he is headed to Cairo?
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