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I always put it down to despite Bond being a spy, Oddjob knew Bond was tailing him. The missed shot only confirmed it for him. Whether he knew about Tilly is a different matter.
It's never explained of course. More of an assumption, but the smile as he looks back up the mountain kind of tells us, he's not silly.
One that occurred to me the other day having watched A View To A Kill, how did General Gogol know that Zorin had eliminated OO7?
You can't imagine that Zorin would announce it. Mi6 are hardly going to make light of the fact. Nothing that ruins the movie, but one that popped in the old noggin.
I have another question for AVTAK as well. Having murdered Tibbett, something that appears to anger Bond, and later killing Chuck Lee, after Bond and Mayday struggle in the mineshaft we are looking at the prospect of a great duel. After the water washes the Bond and Mayday into the mine, they pop up having forgotten their differences because Zorin double crossed his employees including May Day. Seems like a weak truce on both sides considering their past. Maybe more of an observation than a question. But I thought I'd share it anyway.
I always assumed the KGB were keeping an eye on Zorin's activities, especially as he was providing them with the blueprints for the microchips that were resistant to electromagnetic pulses.
I will be honest, and some will hate, the truth is the AVTAK is probably the weakest written Bond movie. It locations and pacing are naff and it should have been so much more with Walken as the villain. Its just painfully 80's and of its time as well. Most Bond's have timeless quality because there is nothing too of its day about them. But the soundtrack, the neon colours of the clothing its a real pop art Bond movie. To answer your question it's probably just a hole in the story.
It's not really the "truth", rather your opinion. I still can't believe I have to point this out.
In fact, I would go as far to say that AVTAK is pretty airtight, story wise. I think @Mallory gives as good an answer as any- the KGB are always rather suspicious.
Yeah I also got the impression that the KGB had been keeping an eye on Zorin. Gogol even tells him that "nobody ever leaves the KGB".
Why did Roger Moore do AVTAK?
For real he wanted to leave after FYEO, he came back for Octopussy to compete with Sean so there's a reason why he did Octopussy.
But what was the reason for him to do AVTAK? Was it that he did it for Cubby? Did he do it so the fans and critics wouldn't think he only came back to beat Sean? What was the reason the true reason he did AVTAK?
I'll have to agree with this assessment. AVTAK has always seemed a little 'naff' to me. As if they weren't really trying. Not sure why. It's dated badly in places too, unlike some of the early 70's Bond films that still look fresh to me (except for 70's fashion). I don't know if they cut back the budget or what, but something didn't gel from my perspective. It could have been much more than it ended up being.
@fjdinardo, I think Sir Rog came back because OP was such a success. He was the default Bond and had been successful in his last one (more so than in FYEO which did not do as well commercially as MR), so having vanquished Connery at the box office, I guess EON just decided he should come back. I don't think Moore wanted to call it quits anyway....a lot of it was negotiating games with EON....he loved Bond.
Very interesting. I have been a Bond superfan for 11 years now and I'm still learning new info everyday.
Who can blame Roger for wanting to do more Bonds? I am one of the very few who actually loved AVTAK and was very happy roger did it. All 7 of Rogers movies I wouldn't change at all.
As long as movies are a prominent source for entertainment and as long as the audience like it, yes.
I would hope they could get to at least 30 films. But with the 25th films being the next one idk it could end on that. I hope not
And Whitaker uses the down-payment diamonds to buy opium and make more money while giving Koskov weapons?
Yes and yes
James Bond, you mean? Well, forever is a mighty long time for a film franchise to continue, but I hope it does. I might not see all the films though if it does :(
I agree it's not shown very well.
Away from its central hub. :D For myself, I just say they're on the other
Side of the mountain we can't see. ;)
That's because the geography of the PTS makes absolutely no sense. They picked those locations simply because they looked cool. If they could get away with setting the mountain jump in outer space that's what we would've gotten.
No because then years later when they plan to destroy London's economy with the Goldeneye Bonds not there to stop them.