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Animal cruelty in The Bond universe

posted 8 years ago by spookydblack
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The first taste of this was in the book GOLDFINGER. Bond is in Goldfinger's study with Golf's golden colored cat,when Bond realizes he is covertly being filmed.So he messes up the
16mm film in the hiding place in the wall and as an afterthought tosses the poor cat in knowing he will get the blame,which he does. GOLDFINGER picks the cat up roughly and gives it to odd job and tells him to take it out and kill it. Next Bond roughly kicks Blofeld's cat so it will run to its master who Bond kills buy guess what it's a double cat in the movie Diamonds are Forever. Now in Spectre The cat is on ESB's lap when an explosive wristwatch is thrown at him. And wasn't the cat in a deleted scene in the chopper that Bond shoots down at the end?
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[–] pking-2 8 years ago

He hits a spider.

With his shoe.

Again.

And again.

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[–] spookydblack 8 years ago

There was a sheet of glass between him and the spider but they are mum on the killing of the spider maybe maybe not. I own a tarantula so do not think they should be killed for a movie. They do not bite unless mishandled we use to hold him in our hand.

[–] pking-2 8 years ago

Well, we were talking about the Bond universe, not our universe where we film Bond movies however we do. Its not like any fictional cats got actually killed in the writing of a novel.

I'm not sure there's ever been much more animal cruelty in the real Bond filmset universe (accounting for the already mentioned controversial horse jump), outside of Real Kananga stepping on his own alligators and the cat freaking out from the bomb and subsequently hiding in the volcano rafters. https://youtu.be/H0FcOPb-9rE

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[–] RichardTheBruce 8 years ago

Moore Bond was outright ruthless.

Barbecued snake. Squashed spiders. Launched leeches. Fallen fish. Poisoned python.

Also guilty of severely teasing some crocodiles. Using a gadget literally involving a horse's arse. And for a short time, self-identifying as a gorilla. Not a lot of respect, there.

I much prefer modern Bond interrogating house mice--maybe some minor psychological damage, but no physical harm and it's worth it for the film.

I'm motivated by my Duty.

[–] spookydblack 8 years ago

Hiss's off yes Octopussy had a lot of animal disrespect and all those squashed spiders.Burned leeches to and that tiger being told to sit! PETA would never allow such a slight now. And that freaking out cat in YOLT is NOT funny that was true animal cruelty and made me sick to see it.

[–] RichardTheBruce 8 years ago

True fact, I was mildly traumatized by the freaked out white Persian (Turkish?) cat. Still am.

Craig Bond really sets the tone creating high drama by threatening Q's cats, while showing nothing on screen and leaving their fate up to the viewer's imagination. Probably the best way to deal with cats.

I'm motivated by my Duty.

[–] spookydblack 8 years ago

He didn't really threaten Q's cats just warned him that he could be out of a job if he fails to trust Bonds judgement something like that.Will loose his mortgage too.

[–] rich_bruce 8 years ago

Oh, Bond definitely threatened the life of the cats. To get Q to risk his livelihood.

Regarding Oddjob: Korean culture would be more eating a dog, cats would be Chinese culture.

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