In For Your Eyes Only (1981), Bond and Q look up baddie Emile Locque’s information in Q Branch’s database and get a gist of his criminal history. Alongside that, they get poor grammar, some bizarre and unnecessary abbreviations and a misspelling (“biblography” – which I guess should be “bibliography” as it is spelled at the bottom, but Locque’s profile has nothing to do with books…).
I guess it can be chalked up to the primitive nature of computers at the time (1981), but the look on Q’s face right after they read the information may indicate that Q realizes it “hasn’t been perfected yet.” 🙂
Normally when James Bond interacts with wait staff or passersby, the scene is normally short and sweet, and his own quips and charm make the scene somewhat memorable, if at all. It’s not the case in this scene from The Man With The Golden Gun (1974), however.
As Bond searches for Scaramanga’s girl, Andrea Anders, in a hotel, this helpful worker asks Bond (Roger Moore) if he needs help with his champagne on ice delivery. Bond declines, but gladly has uses him to open the door to room 602, Andrea Anders’ room. Does Bond want the staff member to open the champage? Nope – no further assistance is needed from staff, as Bond says he wants his visit to be “a surprise.”
The hotel worker’s response is hilarious in its giddiness and glee. I wonder if it was improvised?
An initial shot of Atlantis made it look sizable – maybe that of an extremely large yacht. However, having a motor boat for scale really shows just how massive Stromberg’s headquarters really were meant to be:
In an unrelated note – Atlantis reminds me of the Theme Building at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), which opened in 1961:
There are two times when Bond popped up in villains’ databases:
A View To A Kill (1985)
Die Another Day (2002)
So this sharp knife gadget appears in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) while Bond and Triple X walk through the makeshift Q Branch. Bond comments, “That’ll bring tears to your eyes.” when it pops up in a forceful, deadly manner
It’s obviously supposed to be something, I just have no idea what…the box that the Q Branch technician has it covered with is pretty non-descript.
Any ideas what it could be???
EDIT: Twitter user Ibrahim_M_ says that it’s a camel saddle…looking up some camel saddle images, I think he’s right! Mystery solved! 🙂
This is a great 30 second summary of Live And Let Die (1973), from a short 30 second scene from itself – the scene where Bond (Roger Moore) and Solitaire (Jane Seymour) escape San Monique. Bond summarizes that the entire Kananga operation and voodoo mystique on the island was a front for heroin smuggling. I’ve always said that the simpler a Bond villain’s plot in any James Bond movie, the better.
Also, now that Solitaire has finally lost her “magic,” she is horny. Really horny.
Moore’s Bond at his most ruthless in For Your Eyes Only (1981).
