Obsession with water....

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• Harry Palmer Somewhere in the past ...Posts: 325MI6 Agent

  January 2010

  You're onto something Chrisno.
  Regarding your TWINE amnesia: Try timing a really loud sneeze to coincide with the Christmas joke (that's water too... sort of).
  
  Plus, remember they're still wet from the dive in the bosphorus...

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• The Domino Effect Posts: 3,638MI6 Agent

  January 2010

  Pond, James Pond.
• j.blades Currently? You must be joking?Posts: 530MI6 Agent

  January 2010 edited January 2010

  you forgot a couple of things,
  
  in moonraker he goes to Venice, and rides a gondola. [just saw it on blu-ray, amazing]
  
  and in on her majesty's secret service the opening scene contains a fight in the water.
  
  and in the worlds not enough there is a submarine scene were bond and christmas end up in the water.
  
  and in goldeneye, i dont no if this counts, but bond swimms in a pool and sits on a beach near the water.
  
  oh and the story of quantum of solace is all about water sort of
  
  nice observation, never thought of this {[]

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• Mr Martini That nice house in the sky.Posts: 2,707MI6 Agent

  January 2010

  In Live And Let Die, Bond is hanging above water which has Mr. Bigs sharks in it.

  Some people would complain even if you hang them with a new rope
• Mark Hazard West Midlands, UKPosts: 495MI6 Agent

  January 2010

  The Domino Effect wrote:

  Pond, James Pond.

  
  Do you mean this one?
  
  
  
  
  (Buster circa 1965)
• CJ007Goldeneye LondonPosts: 587MI6 Agent

  January 2010

  How can you forget the live and let die sequence, when he jumps across the crocs to escape his captives!
• Dmitri Mishkin Kansas CityPosts: 334MI6 Agent

  January 2010

  You could also argue he has a knack for being immersed in air, mainly travel by air.

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• JADE66 Posts: 238MI6 Agent

  January 2010

  The fact that something like 75% of the Earth's surface is water probably has nothing to do with it. Right?
  Very often, Ian Fleming put 007 in or near the water. Fleming himself was an avid swimmer and his own love of the ocean, snorkeling, etc. became a part of the James Bond character. If you read Casino Royale, LALD, MR, DAF, Doctor No, TB, OHMSS,
  or YOLT; the short stories QoS, The Hildebrand Rarity, Risico or Octopussy, you will find that all of them have some story element on, in or near the water.
  The fact is, the ocean is powerful, mysterious and yes, sexual. The film makers have picked up on that. It is also a way for Fleming and the movie folks to show the rest of us just how different Bond is. Not everyone can swim a couple of miles without tiring, take a HALO jump into the China Sea or recover a military computer from a sunken ship.
  Bond and the water go together like Champagne and caviar.
  Bond wouldn't be Bond without it. {[]
• Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,817MI6 Agent

  January 2010

  JADE66 wrote:

  It is also a way for Fleming and the movie folks to show the rest of us just how different Bond is. Not everyone can swim a couple of miles without tiring, take a HALO jump into the China Sea or recover a military computer from a sunken ship.
  Bond and the water go together like Champagne and caviar.
  Bond wouldn't be Bond without it. {[]

  
  Valid points, plus the Connery - Brosnan Bond was a Commander in the Royal Navy, all the actors except Lazenby and Dalton were seen as the character in Navy Uniform. As a result the ocean and often the tech that goes with it, is a familiar environment to him.
  
  As I understand it, Craig's Bond as part of the reboot has been given a different history in the services, being a Black Ops Marine? (I am guessing here!)

  This is Thunderbird 2, how can I be of assistance?
• Infernorhythm Los AngelesPosts: 88MI6 Agent

  January 2010

  Actually, the ending of OHMSS did involve the water somewhat. Bond and Tracy were riding along a coastal road, and the ocean was in the background, IIRC.

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• chrisno1 LondonPosts: 3,599MI6 Agent

  January 2010

  Infernorhythm wrote:

  Actually, the ending of OHMSS did involve the water somewhat. Bond and Tracy were riding along a coastal road, and the ocean was in the background, IIRC.

  
  Hadn't thought of that...
• j.blades Currently? You must be joking?Posts: 530MI6 Agent

  January 2010

  chrisno1 wrote:

  Infernorhythm wrote:

  Actually, the ending of OHMSS did involve the water somewhat. Bond and Tracy were riding along a coastal road, and the ocean was in the background, IIRC.

  
  Hadn't thought of that...

  
  dont forget the fight at the beginning on the beach in the water.

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  ~ Casino Royale, Ian Fleming
• SpectreBlofeld AroundPosts: 364MI6 Agent

  March 2010

  j.blades wrote:

  and in goldeneye, i dont no if this counts, but bond swimms in a pool and sits on a beach near the water.
  
  {[]

  
  And, near the beginning, he takes a boat over to another boat where he finds the dead Admiral's body.
• DaltonFan1 The West of IrelandPosts: 503MI6 Agent

  March 2010

  Mr Martini wrote:

  In Live And Let Die, Bond is hanging above water which has Mr. Bigs sharks in it.

  
  Lest we forget the speedboat chase

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• Bond Collectors' Weekends Gainesville, Florida USAPosts: 1,902MI6 Agent

  March 2010

  Lest we forget, in how many Bond films is there a BOAT shown of some type? And in how many a HELICOPTER? Remember to include CR '67 and NSNA. :v

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