And as long as we're on the subject of FYEO, what's with the delicatessen in stainless steel?
After murdering his wife, Blofeld thought he could make it up to Bond by offering him a sandwich. )
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Another bit of confusion. Prior to attempting a bit of laser dissection on Bond, Goldfinger tells him he has "been recognised, by an opposite number who is also licensed to kill." Who exactly? Is there a national database villains can access when faced with such a tenacious foe? Zorin & Zao seem to have subscribed to the same one!
Another bit of confusion. Prior to attempting a bit of laser dissection on Bond, Goldfinger tells him he has "been recognised, by an opposite number who is also licensed to kill." Who exactly? Is there a national database villains can access when faced with such a tenacious foe? Zorin & Zao seem to have subscribed to the same one!
i always assumed Goldfinger was refering to someone inside the chinese intelligence community.
also, i dunno where Zorin got his info, but it was Miranda Frost who spilled the beans to Zao
Another bit of confusion. Prior to attempting a bit of laser dissection on Bond, Goldfinger tells him he has "been recognised, by an opposite number who is also licensed to kill." Who exactly? Is there a national database villains can access when faced with such a tenacious foe? Zorin & Zao seem to have subscribed to the same one!
Perhaps someone connected to the Chinese backer of the scheme to irradiate all of the gold in Fort Knox - Mr Ling or this character himself? That'd be my reading of this reference by Goldfinger during the laser scene.
"The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
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Goldfinger is likely refuring to Mr. Ling, since later at the Stud Farm Bond identifies him as a Communist spy working for China. Being in the spy game himself, Mr. Ling likely read a file on Bond at some point and that is how he knew Bond was working for MI6.
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Goldfinger is likely refuring to Mr. Ling, since later at the Stud Farm Bond identifies him as a Communist spy working for China. Being in the spy game himself, Mr. Ling likely read a file on Bond at some point and that is how he knew Bond was working for MI6.
Yes, this was kind of what thought too!
"The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
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There are two instances of conversation which leave me pondering.
The first is from DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER:-
"You've been on holiday, I understand. Relaxing, I hope."
"Hardly relaxing, but most satisfying."
Does anyone else think like me that this is a cheeky in-joke reference to Connery's non-appearance in OHMSS? It doesn't seem to fit in any other context.
In MOONRAKER Drax is seen in phone conversation with an outside source in Venice, requesting a replacement for Char (or is it Chang; that name's a separate point of confusion). He appears to be speaking to a superior. Is Drax meant to be part of some SPECTRE-like organisation. It's as if there's explanatory scenes cut out elsewhere. Anybody else baffled or am I looking for logic where non exists?
Yes, BIG TAM, you're right on the first quote from DAF. On the quote from MR, I've always taken this as Hugo Drax ringing the ACME Henchman Recruitment Agency or Rent-A-Henchman but then again there is always that element of doubt there in that Drax does refer to the fact that Bond had found his secret poison producing laboratory in Venice and that he was moving everything to Rio de Janeiro. There were also some scenes ct out of MR but I doubt its a referenxce to SPECTRE as it was ruled out of TSWLM film version for obvious legal reasons (Kevin McClory).
Just my two cents...
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There are two instances of conversation which leave me pondering.
The first is from DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER:-
"You've been on holiday, I understand. Relaxing, I hope."
"Hardly relaxing, but most satisfying."
Does anyone else think like me that this is a cheeky in-joke reference to Connery's non-appearance in OHMSS? It doesn't seem to fit in any other context.
The lines are indeed an in-joke about the fact that Connery had taken a 'holiday' from the Bond series since YOLT. This break had been busy but 'satisfying' for the actor as he'd had the chance to focus on other movies/roles. But yes, on the surface Bond seems to be referring to his apparently successful hunt for Blofeld in his own time.
Interesting. Where did you come by this information?
Sorry if I gave the impression that this interpretation of the lines was based on some sort of inside information. It's merely an inference, albeit well supported by the internal evidence discussed below. As James Chapman puts it in his 'Licence to Thrill: A Cultural History of The James Bond Films', Bond's exchange with Sir Donald Munger is "referring to his [Connery's] 'holiday' from the series and, by implication, to the four non-Bond films - 'Shalako', 'The Molly Maguires', 'The Red Tent' and 'The Anderson Tapes' - that he made in the interim."
At the height of sixties Bondmania, before the Eon series had weathered its first instance of re-casting the lead, the publicity for YOLT had loudly insisted: "Sean Connery IS James Bond". Note Connery's wry delivery of a line in DAF, "We were inseparable, you know." The proclamation in the YOLT posters of an absolute equation of identities between Connery and Bond is partly explained as Eon's marketing strategy for undermining a rival (phoney) Bond - Feldman's 'Casino Royale'. Subsequently, however, as far as Eon's Bond was concerned, Connery's deliberate absence from OHMSS necessarily broke any notion of a natural 'bond' between the actor and the role, slowing box office returns for OHMSS. (The fact alone that Connery was missed put George Lazenby at a disadvantage, irrespective of any shortcomings in Lazenby's own performance. The subtext of Tiffany's exchange with Connery in DAF is irresistible: "You've just killed James Bond!"/"Is that who it was? Well, it just goes to show: no one's indestructible!") Post-OHMSS, Connery's celebrated return to the series for DAF, re-coupling his name with Bond's, was announced in the posters without, this time, an absolute equation of identities, as merely a matter of "Sean Connery AS James Bond [my capitals]" - i.e. a reversion to the wording in the publicity of the early 60s, prior to YOLT. After all, as was now clear, "We DO function in your absence, Commander." The eye-rolling Bernard Lee's line is a defensive message on behalf of the producers: the Bond franchise had managed without Connery, albeit not as successfully. That said, and crucially, DAF exudes a sense of how special it was to have its star back in the shoulder holster. The image of Connery rising atop the scenic elevator for 'The Starlight Lounge', carnation in lapel and flanked by neon-lit, diamond-shaped star decorations, is a glitzy image of his superstardom in ascendancy. "Priceless!" - but debunked at the end of the ride by his need to duck to avoid being crushed.
Connery, with all his pulling power as Bond, was lured back for DAF only after unprecedented financial incentives, including a million dollars which he donated to the Scottish International Education Trust. Emerging from a coffin, Bond says to Morton Slumber and Shady Tree: "You get me the real money, and I'll bring you the real diamonds." If the 'real diamonds' represented, at some level, the sparkling success of Connery's on-screen presence as Bond, the proven asset of his "incomparable charm", it's tempting to read this money-for-diamonds line as an oblique allusion to the actor's contractual negotiations with United Artists/Eon's producers for a substantial reward to appear in DAF (tempting - especially since Broccoli himself, like the exasperated Slumber, had a background in the funeral business, as a coffin-maker). Exercised by the enormous cost of signing Connery for just one more Bond movie, United Artists' money men might also have shared Blofeld's sentiment: "Such a pity. All that time and expense - just to provide you with one mock-heroic moment!"
Thus DAF's writer Tom Mankiewicz was clever and sly enough to incorporate to his screenplay reflexive in-jokes/semi-jokes about Connery's relationship with the series. For his part, Connery, who said he approved of the screenplay's wit, improved his performance to something considerably more polished than his bored plod through YOLT. In DAF, M is perhaps again speaking for the producers when he says, "The least we can expect from you now is some plain, solid work!" (In fact, the only part of DAF in which Connery noticeably sags is during the short but pedestrian expository scenes with Willard Whyte and the CIA agents in the penthouse suite, working out what Blofeld is up to.) In any event, Connery had decided that DAF was definitely his swan song as Eon's Bond. There would have to be a different lead for LLD, hopefully more successful than the last pretender, Lazenby. As Connery remarks in DAF, with a twinkle in his eye, "I think we ought to let Mister Bond take the load from here on out." This left the producers with the headache of finding a new star once more. Accordingly the last line goes to Tiffany, looking up at the night sky after John Barry's cruise-ship mood music has played like a mock requiem and Wint and Kidd have been despatched: "James... how the hell do we get those diamonds down again?"
Mankiewicz's new comic emphasis on the fact that Bond is a PERFORMED role fits, in DAF, with his pervasive theme of phoniness, a theme which ranges from cloned (and drag artist) Blofelds, to a pretend girl-to-gorilla transformation for the kids; from a ludicrous 'zero gravity' simulation at the space research center (given the lie by Bond's sprint across the fabricated moonscape), to a 'red herring' pussy cat and a fake 'bombe surprise' dessert; from "Felix Leiter, you old fraud" to Bond's own false identities in this movie (Peter Franks, Klaus Hergesheimer and his ruses as the smoocher outside Tiffany's apartment and as the genial Dutchman in the elevator); from Bond's bogus finger whorls, to Tiffany's changing hair colour, to voice boxes cunningly set to impersonate Willard Whyte and Burt Saxby. Indeed, phoniness is so integral to DAF's comic strategy that it allows us to forgive, if we're willing, even unintended moments of exposed artifice, such as the poor special effects work on the exploding helicopters in the film's playful climax.
Wow! Fantastic reading in that sparkling little gem of a post, there! This has to be a contender for AJB Post of The Year 2012. Well done, Shady Tree! I just adored your act!
"The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
It isn't really dialogue, but I never really got why that chinese photographer girl in Dr. No used that fake blood capsule on Quarrel's face. What was the whole point of that?
"FYEO citroen chase: Melina says "Go backwards forwards quickly" as she shifts gears for Bond."
The goons are on the way down the hill, and Bond is basically parked. She's just trying to spur him to do something to get out of the way of the bad guy's car so they don't get smashed again. After she says that line, Bond goes, "Hmmmm?" He, for some odd reason, doesn't notice the car coming (Thinking about her breasts, James?). Then she smacks his hand out of the way and shifts to reverse herself, and Bond sees what she's seeing and floors it in reverse.
It's a little confusing because of the way the line is said. If she'd said, "Go backwards.....Forwards....Quickly!" Or "Go backwards OR forwards quickly." It would have been less confusing.
TSWLM: Leon Lovely delivers a message to Bond in the hotel room. He says, "I think you just delivered it"
Her stance, and the way she says, "I have a message for you...." indicates to me that she's indicating she's interested in screwing Bond. After all, the "Married couple" has separate bedrooms, and Bond never really does say anything about it other than blaming it on Moneypenny's over-efficiency. So she likely thinks that Bond and Anya are in a troubled relationship, and is suggestively speaking to him in an effort to seduce him. In response, he just shuts the door in her face. He may be interested, but no.
Now if Naomi had propositioned him instead of trying to kill him, who knows what would have happened. I'd have been very tempted myself, and I think Barbara Bach is stunning. But Caroline Munro is equally stunning.
Cheers Nick. Personally I find that Caroline outshined Barbara and they had a couple great scenes were XXX is clearly jealous. "What a handsome craft, such lovely lines"
The scene where Moneypenny booked two rooms should be added to the hilarious Bond moments thread.
I heard that Melina's line was a specific, but obscure reference to the way the Citroen transmission works, but I can't seem to make any sense of it.
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I think that's the explanation Firemass. She says the line quickly, without a pause, but the action that takes place afterwards between her and Bond seems to me that she's trying to get him to do SOMETHING.
It isn't really dialogue, but I never really got why that chinese photographer girl in Dr. No used that fake blood capsule on Quarrel's face. What was the whole point of that?
The photographer breaks a camera flash bulb against the table & slashes Quarrel's cheek with the broken glass. Quite nasty & bloody for 1962 I've always thought.
And even more baffling he wears no dressings & bears no scars later on!
It isn't really dialogue, but I never really got why that chinese photographer girl in Dr. No used that fake blood capsule on Quarrel's face. What was the whole point of that?
The photographer breaks a camera flash bulb against the table & slashes Quarrel's cheek with the broken glass. Quite nasty & bloody for 1962 I've always thought.
And even more baffling he wears no dressings & bears no scars later on!
In all these years I have always misunderstood that scene... Quarrel seems so casual about it... "Oh yeah she just scars my cheek with some broken glass whatever..." Thanks for clearing it up though.
I think it comes down to maybe lack of technology. In CR, we see the damage on Daniel Craig's face slowly fade between the sequence where he prevents the plane blowing up in Miami to the poker game. It's just something that I guess they didn't dwell on in the 60s. I was actually surprised they made the sequence as bloody as they did. And then later, when Bond shoots Strangways, there's no blood on his back, if I recall.
I think it comes down to maybe lack of technology. In CR, we see the damage on Daniel Craig's face slowly fade between the sequence where he prevents the plane blowing up in Miami to the poker game. It's just something that I guess they didn't dwell on in the 60s. I was actually surprised they made the sequence as bloody as they did. And then later, when Bond shoots Strangways, there's no blood on his back, if I recall.
You mean Proffessor Dent. He was investigating Strangways's dissapearance. Anyway, you're right about there not being any blood!
Not dialogue, but in Octopussy, always confused me as to why the train track operator quickly changes the rails when he sees Bond in pursuit of the train in a car - right into an oncoming train!? I mean what else was going to happen!?
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It isn't really dialogue, but I never really got why that chinese photographer girl in Dr. No used that fake blood capsule on Quarrel's face. What was the whole point of that?
The photographer breaks a camera flash bulb against the table & slashes Quarrel's cheek with the broken glass. Quite nasty & bloody for 1962 I've always thought.
And even more baffling he wears no dressings & bears no scars later on!
In all these years I have always misunderstood that scene... Quarrel seems so casual about it... "Oh yeah she just scars my cheek with some broken glass whatever..." Thanks for clearing it up though.
Yes, Quarrel does seem very casual about it, especially considering the amount of blood on his hand. I go all faint just nicking myself shaving! )
In Skyfall, when Silva opens the Box holding the two antique pistols,
I at first thought he said something along the lins of "Ah Henry the first,
To knock the glass of her head " Which I thought was odd. On more
viewings I got the correct Line. )
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For years as a kid I was puzzled by Bond's last words to BiBi Dahl in Cortina
All right but if I can't make it
All I can say is don't grow up any more - huh
- The opposite sex would never survive it
At Bibi's age, as aggressive as she was, Bond was telling her men wouldn't be able to handle her.
As to the GE question, Zukovsky was asking if Bond was considering the future, IMHO.
M's reference to Bond being on holiday is also in the book, DAF.
M: "How long have you been back from that holiday in France?"
Bond: "Two weeks, Sir."
M: "Have a good time?"
Bond: "Not bad, Sir. Got a bit bored towards the end."
Not exactly the same conversation as in the DAF movie but it refers to Bond having to "lay low" after the Moonraker incident. He and Gala Brand, his beautiful cohort in this particular adventure, are high profile public figures as a result of their efforts and are ordered to go away on "holiday" in order to prevent their identities from becoming common knowledge.
One must remember that the movies were not made in the same order as the books. Each book flows from one to the other, mostly.
The books reference to Bond's holiday, written in 1956, can not possibly be associated to Connery's absence from the film franchise. DAF came out in 1971 and before the film Moonraker in 1979.
So, the reference is true to the book story line and possibly included in the movie as it was strikingly coincidental for the time that the movie was produced.
Just my two pence worth...
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There are two instances of conversation which leave me pondering.
The first is from DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER:-
"You've been on holiday, I understand. Relaxing, I hope."
"Hardly relaxing, but most satisfying."
Does anyone else think like me that this is a cheeky in-joke reference to Connery's non-appearance in OHMSS? It doesn't seem to fit in any other context.
Actually, I think he was referring to Bond taking a sabbatical to go and hunt down Blofeld, as depicted in the pre-title sequence. He probably thought the Blofeld clone he did kill was in fact Blofeld, which is why it was "most satisfying".
The lines are indeed an in-joke about the fact that Connery had taken a 'holiday' from the Bond series since YOLT. This break had been busy but 'satisfying' for the actor as he'd had the chance to focus on other movies/roles. But yes, on the surface Bond seems to be referring to his apparently successful hunt for Blofeld in his own time.
M's reference to Bond being on holiday is also in the book, DAF.
M: "How long have you been back from that holiday in France?"
Bond: "Two weeks, Sir."
M: "Have a good time?"
Bond: "Not bad, Sir. Got a bit bored towards the end."
Not exactly the same conversation as in the DAF movie but it refers to Bond having to "lay low" after the Moonraker incident. He and Gala Brand, his beautiful cohort in this particular adventure, are high profile public figures as a result of their efforts and are ordered to go away on "holiday" in order to prevent their identities from becoming common knowledge.
One must remember that the movies were not made in the same order as the books. Each book flows from one to the other, mostly.
The books reference to Bond's holiday, written in 1956, can not possibly be associated to Connery's absence from the film franchise. DAF came out in 1971 and before the film Moonraker in 1979.
So, the reference is true to the book story line and possibly included in the movie as it was strikingly coincidental for the time that the movie was produced.
Just my two pence worth...
Re: DAF. Nice point, PPK packer. The book's reference to Bond's holiday after the Moonraker affair may well, for all we know, have been the original source for Maibaum/Manckiewicz's lines in the film about Bond's recent "holiday". (Indeed, the literary Bond often takes 'time out' following a gruelling mission.) But this doesn't mean to say that that the screenwriters weren't intending, in their version of the lines, to convey an in-joke about Connery's absence from the previous film, OHMSS - as well as a reference to Bond's personal hunt for Blofeld in the PTS. There are different layers of meaning here: Bond's screenwriters have often been clever in the way that they've adapted Fleming to suit their filmic agendas.
On a different note, a line of dialogue which is somewhat jarring to me - or at least in need of some explanation - is a retort given by the bearded Brosnan to Judi Dench's M during his detention in DAD, having been exchanged for Zao. M admonishes him for not having ended his own life when captured by the North Koreans: she points out that he'd had a cyanide pill which he could have taken. He snaps, "Threw it away years ago..."
But why would Bond have discarded the pill? M's comment seems to suggest that cyanide remains standard issue for Double 0s - so he's admitting, here, to unprofessional irresponsibility in throwing it away. Sure, Bond lives life to the full, sometimes goes his own way and is the ultimate survivor, but it's arguably out of character for a consummate spy, in a story which has started out as fairly dark, that he would admit to having just dispensed with this deadly part of his espionage field kit - a 'necessary evil' of last resort. (I'm reminded that in TLD, just before passing out, Dalton's 'serious' Bond was willing to put a gun to his own head, and presumably to fire it, when he thought he was about to be captured by Koskov and Necros. No doubt M would have approved of Bond's dutiful willingness to commit suicide.)
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Octopussy: Did General Orlov smash the REAL egg ? Why was he so sure it was the fake? How come Kamal didn't stop him?
This is something that has confused me too! It's the real egg I'm just not sure as to why Orlov thinks it is a fake. He says "So you recovered it" which I can only presume means that he is aware Kahn has got the real egg. But then goes on to say "From an accomplice of the thief, there must be no more security breach - this fake has caused enough trouble" and smashes it. Presumably assuming that because it was retrieved with such ease that it is a fake intended to be given back to them. I'm really not sure though!
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After murdering his wife, Blofeld thought he could make it up to Bond by offering him a sandwich.
i always assumed Goldfinger was refering to someone inside the chinese intelligence community.
also, i dunno where Zorin got his info, but it was Miranda Frost who spilled the beans to Zao
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Perhaps someone connected to the Chinese backer of the scheme to irradiate all of the gold in Fort Knox - Mr Ling or this character himself? That'd be my reading of this reference by Goldfinger during the laser scene.
Yes, this was kind of what thought too!
Yes, BIG TAM, you're right on the first quote from DAF. On the quote from MR, I've always taken this as Hugo Drax ringing the ACME Henchman Recruitment Agency or Rent-A-Henchman but then again there is always that element of doubt there in that Drax does refer to the fact that Bond had found his secret poison producing laboratory in Venice and that he was moving everything to Rio de Janeiro. There were also some scenes ct out of MR but I doubt its a referenxce to SPECTRE as it was ruled out of TSWLM film version for obvious legal reasons (Kevin McClory).
Just my two cents...
Wow! Fantastic reading in that sparkling little gem of a post, there! This has to be a contender for AJB Post of The Year 2012. Well done, Shady Tree! I just adored your act!
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FYEO citroen chase: Melina says "Go backwards forwards quickly" as she shifts gears for Bond.
TSWLM: Leon Lovely delivers a message to Bond in the hotel room. He says, "I think you just delivered it"
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The goons are on the way down the hill, and Bond is basically parked. She's just trying to spur him to do something to get out of the way of the bad guy's car so they don't get smashed again. After she says that line, Bond goes, "Hmmmm?" He, for some odd reason, doesn't notice the car coming (Thinking about her breasts, James?). Then she smacks his hand out of the way and shifts to reverse herself, and Bond sees what she's seeing and floors it in reverse.
It's a little confusing because of the way the line is said. If she'd said, "Go backwards.....Forwards....Quickly!" Or "Go backwards OR forwards quickly." It would have been less confusing.
TSWLM: Leon Lovely delivers a message to Bond in the hotel room. He says, "I think you just delivered it"
Her stance, and the way she says, "I have a message for you...." indicates to me that she's indicating she's interested in screwing Bond. After all, the "Married couple" has separate bedrooms, and Bond never really does say anything about it other than blaming it on Moneypenny's over-efficiency. So she likely thinks that Bond and Anya are in a troubled relationship, and is suggestively speaking to him in an effort to seduce him. In response, he just shuts the door in her face. He may be interested, but no.
Now if Naomi had propositioned him instead of trying to kill him, who knows what would have happened. I'd have been very tempted myself, and I think Barbara Bach is stunning. But Caroline Munro is equally stunning.
The scene where Moneypenny booked two rooms should be added to the hilarious Bond moments thread.
I heard that Melina's line was a specific, but obscure reference to the way the Citroen transmission works, but I can't seem to make any sense of it.
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The photographer breaks a camera flash bulb against the table & slashes Quarrel's cheek with the broken glass. Quite nasty & bloody for 1962 I've always thought.
And even more baffling he wears no dressings & bears no scars later on!
In all these years I have always misunderstood that scene... Quarrel seems so casual about it... "Oh yeah she just scars my cheek with some broken glass whatever..." Thanks for clearing it up though.
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You mean Proffessor Dent. He was investigating Strangways's dissapearance. Anyway, you're right about there not being any blood!
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Yes, Quarrel does seem very casual about it, especially considering the amount of blood on his hand. I go all faint just nicking myself shaving!
I at first thought he said something along the lins of "Ah Henry the first,
To knock the glass of her head " Which I thought was odd. On more
viewings I got the correct Line.
At Bibi's age, as aggressive as she was, Bond was telling her men wouldn't be able to handle her.
As to the GE question, Zukovsky was asking if Bond was considering the future, IMHO.
M: "How long have you been back from that holiday in France?"
Bond: "Two weeks, Sir."
M: "Have a good time?"
Bond: "Not bad, Sir. Got a bit bored towards the end."
Not exactly the same conversation as in the DAF movie but it refers to Bond having to "lay low" after the Moonraker incident. He and Gala Brand, his beautiful cohort in this particular adventure, are high profile public figures as a result of their efforts and are ordered to go away on "holiday" in order to prevent their identities from becoming common knowledge.
One must remember that the movies were not made in the same order as the books. Each book flows from one to the other, mostly.
The books reference to Bond's holiday, written in 1956, can not possibly be associated to Connery's absence from the film franchise. DAF came out in 1971 and before the film Moonraker in 1979.
So, the reference is true to the book story line and possibly included in the movie as it was strikingly coincidental for the time that the movie was produced.
Just my two pence worth...
Re: DAF. Nice point, PPK packer. The book's reference to Bond's holiday after the Moonraker affair may well, for all we know, have been the original source for Maibaum/Manckiewicz's lines in the film about Bond's recent "holiday". (Indeed, the literary Bond often takes 'time out' following a gruelling mission.) But this doesn't mean to say that that the screenwriters weren't intending, in their version of the lines, to convey an in-joke about Connery's absence from the previous film, OHMSS - as well as a reference to Bond's personal hunt for Blofeld in the PTS. There are different layers of meaning here: Bond's screenwriters have often been clever in the way that they've adapted Fleming to suit their filmic agendas.
On a different note, a line of dialogue which is somewhat jarring to me - or at least in need of some explanation - is a retort given by the bearded Brosnan to Judi Dench's M during his detention in DAD, having been exchanged for Zao. M admonishes him for not having ended his own life when captured by the North Koreans: she points out that he'd had a cyanide pill which he could have taken. He snaps, "Threw it away years ago..."
But why would Bond have discarded the pill? M's comment seems to suggest that cyanide remains standard issue for Double 0s - so he's admitting, here, to unprofessional irresponsibility in throwing it away. Sure, Bond lives life to the full, sometimes goes his own way and is the ultimate survivor, but it's arguably out of character for a consummate spy, in a story which has started out as fairly dark, that he would admit to having just dispensed with this deadly part of his espionage field kit - a 'necessary evil' of last resort. (I'm reminded that in TLD, just before passing out, Dalton's 'serious' Bond was willing to put a gun to his own head, and presumably to fire it, when he thought he was about to be captured by Koskov and Necros. No doubt M would have approved of Bond's dutiful willingness to commit suicide.)
Octopussy: Did General Orlov smash the REAL egg ? Why was he so sure it was the fake? How come Kamal didn't stop him?
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This is something that has confused me too! It's the real egg I'm just not sure as to why Orlov thinks it is a fake. He says "So you recovered it" which I can only presume means that he is aware Kahn has got the real egg. But then goes on to say "From an accomplice of the thief, there must be no more security breach - this fake has caused enough trouble" and smashes it. Presumably assuming that because it was retrieved with such ease that it is a fake intended to be given back to them. I'm really not sure though!