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2 Questions

posted 13 years ago by Jabba_The_Timelord
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Ok, I'm not here to slag the film. Some bits were fantastic (particularly the underwater battle at the end, and "Mind if my friend sits this one out? She's just DEAD!":) but some parts really had me nodding off...I had trouble following the film (had to back it up twice!). In the opening, where does Bond get the jetpack? I was cooking at the same time, so I may have missed something, like where it was hidden, but it seems he pulled the helmet and jetpack out of thin air! Also, who was that guy who saved Domino at the end? Why didn't JB save him?

[–] highflight41 13 years ago

Ok, the fact that JB had a jet pack waiting when there are about a thousand easier ways to escape the chateau is of course ludicrous and was basically played for laughs (when we watched it back in the day we looked at each other and went "Oh Really!!"). The guy that saved Domino was the Polish scientist who picked a very opportune time to switch sides. Bond did save him when he handed him the life ring. We can assume he floated around until he was rescued.

[–] profh-1 13 years ago

I must have seen the movie a dozen times before I realized the pre-credit sequence, where Bond confronts an enemy who's in disguise, fights with him, then breaks his neck, and then, escapes BY AIR, was actually taken from the climax of the novel YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE (except with a jet-pack instead of a weather balloon). I think the novel had just come out the year before this movie.

[–] angryhermit50 11 years ago

My assumption is that Bond used it to get into the villain's home to begin with, off camera, he just uses it again in his escape.

[–] bobquack 10 years ago

Good point, angryhermit. Of course the plan was to quickly escape and the Asian girl was on hand with the car. I never did figure who she was supposed to be anyway, but she was obviously on our side.

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[–] raf-33 9 years ago

She mentions on the balcony of the mausoleum if there is anything else Paris could do for Bond so I'm assuming she was French intelligence, just another foreign intelligence associate like Karime or Felix. When in France, killing French baddies, never forget to tell the French goodies you are there :D

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[–] bobquack 9 years ago

Good point, raf-33, but I hate to mention the obvious: almost all women in Bond pictures say "is there anything else I can do for you, Mr. Bond?" If he doesn't have time for sex, he'll say "perhaps later."

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[–] raf-33 9 years ago

Haha, you do have a valid point there :D

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[–] martijn-knol79 9 years ago

That would explain why Bond got the house before "the widow", seeing as he saw the car leave. so would have had to drive like a maniac to get to the house first.

[–] Tsotha-lanti 9 years ago

Jet packs are cool. No further explanation necessary. ;)

He strapped that thing on pretty quickly. There's probably a bit of pre-flight required.