Rewatching Bond films

[MarkB]

Perhaps they had to add a new wing to the school's morgue during his time there.

Full name Doctor "Look Ma, No hands".

 

[Rabulias]

But, bizarrely, it's the exact same film as the last one. Find/replace "sea" with "space"; plot done! Villain steals subs/spaceshuttles. Bond teams up with foreign female spy. Jaws chases them comedically throughout the movie. Villain has an undersea/space station and plans to kill everyone so they have to live in his new world.

Drax's plan does, at least, seem more developed. Stromberg talks about an ideal underwater community, but he doesn't seem to actually have anything more than a model of one, whereas Drax has his space citadel all up and running.

Technically, Drax did not plan to stay on the space station. They were going to go back to Earth after the effects of the nerve gas dissipated... Big difference between the two films!

 

[MarkB]

Technically, Drax did not plan to stay on the space station. They were going to go back to Earth after the effects of the nerve gas dissipated... Big difference between the two films!

Yeah, that's the other way Drax's plan is smarter - he leaves behind a viable ecosystem rather than a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

 

[Rabulias]

I will say one thing I really love about Moonraker is Drax's line:
"Look after Mr. Bond. See that some harm comes to him."

 

[MarkB]

I will say one thing I really love about Moonraker is Drax's line:
"Look after Mr. Bond. See that some harm comes to him."

It's a step beyond the Doctor Evil schtick - you put him in an escapable deathtrap, but don't even bother turning up in the first place.

 

[Morrus]

It's a step beyond the Doctor Evil schtick - you put him in an escapable deathtrap, but don't even bother turning up in the first place.

Where do you think Doctor Evil got the idea from?

Also see: Batman 60s.

 

[Starmaster]

If I may back up a bit to the scene where Bond is about to be bisected by laser in "Goldfinger":

Bond: "Do you expect me to talk?"
Goldfinger (rather matter-of-factly): "No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die."

One of my favorite little snippets of dialog due to Goldfinger being so casually dismissive about it all.

 

[Morrus]

If I may back up a bit to the scene where Bond is about to be bisected by laser in "Goldfinger":

Bond: "Do you expect me to talk?"
Goldfinger (rather matter-of-factly): "No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die."

One of my favorite little snippets of dialog due to Goldfinger being so casually dismissive about it all.

Probably the most famous scene in all of Bond!

 

[TiQuinn]

I will say one thing I really love about Moonraker is Drax's line:
"Look after Mr. Bond. See that some harm comes to him."

If I may back up a bit to the scene where Bond is about to be bisected by laser in "Goldfinger":

Bond: "Do you expect me to talk?"
Goldfinger (rather matter-of-factly): "No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die."

One of my favorite little snippets of dialog due to Goldfinger being so casually dismissive about it all.

Some of the best parts of the Bond movies are the little tit for tat exchanges between Bond and the villain. It's funny because when it comes down to it, Bond is really a terrible spy. The bad guy almost always knows exactly who Bond is right away. They exchange pleasantries, joust verbally a bit, and then the villain tries to kill Bond in the next scene in some grandly elaborate way. Even though it's become such a trope of these movies - to remove the trope is to kind of remove one of the things that I love about these movies.

 

[MarkB]

If I may back up a bit to the scene where Bond is about to be bisected by laser in "Goldfinger":

Bond: "Do you expect me to talk?"
Goldfinger (rather matter-of-factly): "No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die."

One of my favorite little snippets of dialog due to Goldfinger being so casually dismissive about it all.

And also an exception to the whole "easily-escapable deathtrap" cliche. Goldfinger doesn't leave Bond to die there, he sticks around, and Bond doesn't manage a gadget-assisted daring escape - instead, Goldfinger learns that he's under surveillance by the FBI and decides to keep Bond alive and on display to allay their suspicions.