Why was there no mention of Tracy in Diamonds are Forever?

ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,458MI6 Agent
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For some reason it's never occurred to me that Bonds wife and her death gets no mention in Diamonds are Forever. OK we assume that in the pts Bond is hunting Blofeld and M alludes to this, but the only real mentions this big life event of Bonds is with him visiting her grave in fyeo and in tswlm when Bond curtly cuts off xxx for mentioning his marriage. I know daf is the comedy Bond but it seems remiss not to have Bond utter some form of line like "this is for Tracy" when he thinks he's killed Blofeld in the pts.
Was it an attempt by Sean to dismiss ohmss or something else?
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It was either that.....or the priesthood

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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I'm sure there are plenty of answers to this but I think
    The producers wanted the audience to forget about
    OHMSS. With even a little joke about Sean being " on
    Holiday" . By starting the PTS in Japan, you could (
    Some have mentioned this idea before ) assume Connery's
    Bond was out for revenge for the killing of Aki in YOLT and
    Not Tracy ?
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  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,458MI6 Agent
    Daf is a strange film to me in many ways, the way it's filmed, the change of decade etc all seems to signal the end of an era for Bond and the start of another that Roger continues as Connery starts, even the fashion is massively different even though it's only 2 years after ohmss.
    I always thought putting Connery back in Japan was Cubbys way of punishing him as he hated filming yolt there so much.
    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,861Chief of Staff
    It's Bob Simmons in the Japan scenes. Connery did the voiceover, though.
  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,458MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    It's Bob Simmons in the Japan scenes. Connery did the voiceover, though.
    I just assumed it was shot somewhere other than Japan, and not seeing connery was to build up excitement after George's tenure. It's still ironic they used Japan though
    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,861Chief of Staff
    Pretty sure it wasn't really shot in Japan, as you say.
  • zaphod99zaphod99 Posts: 1,415MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    It's Bob Simmons in the Japan scenes. Connery did the voiceover, though.

    I did not know that. Must look again. Not seen DAF for a long time.
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  • bond2002bond2002 UKPosts: 55MI6 Agent
    When bond mentions if there's anything he can bring moneypenny back from Amsterdam and she says a diamond in a ring there is a brief pained expression on bond face for a split second
  • WadsyWadsy Auckland, New ZealandPosts: 412MI6 Agent
    Because then they would actually have to make the film serious and put an effort in, which they didn't.
    1. FYEO 2. OHMSS 3. LTK 4. FRWL 5. TLD 6. TSWLM 7. AVTAK 8. GF 9. MR 10. TB 11. OP 12. SF 13. DN 14. SP 15. LALD 16. GE 17. CR 18. YOLT 19. TWINE 20. TMWTGG 21. NTTD 22. TND 23. QOS 24. NSNA 25. DAD 26. DAF 27. CR '67

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  • IcePakIcePak Perth, Western AustraliaPosts: 177MI6 Agent
    Connery did the voice overs in the PTS? It sounds like an impersonator to me.
    1. CR 2. OHMSS 3. GE 4. TLD 5. OP 6. FRwL 7. FYEO
    8. TMwtGG 9. AVtaK 10. TSWLM 11. SF 12. LtK 13. TND 14. YOLT
    15. NTtD 16. MR 17. LaLD 18. GF 19. SP 20. DN 21. TB
    22. TWiNE 23. DAD 24. QoS 25. DaF
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,861Chief of Staff
    It's him, though it is speeded up a bit.
  • Matt SMatt S Oh Cult Voodoo ShopPosts: 6,610MI6 Agent
    Connery's voice always sounds much different in voice overs. I thought the same things for the pool in Thunderball.
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