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(These things happen very quickly. Could have been better understood using film techniques like exteeeeeended slow motion. Facial reaction shots interspersed with specific close-up call-outs of the chute functions. Or during Bond's outbrief to MI6, Q could be present to be triggered by its mention to blurt out in detail the scientific possibilities for surviving such an event. Or maybe Bond could be shown viewing a pre-mission webinar hosted by Q-Branch on the topic, available on secure lines to all agents.)
Unintentional, but likely the most extreme example of swooping.
Is there any doubt they survived? Well, they did get up and have a conversation. Then walked together through the desert to continue the story.
Lastly, I'd like to respectfully dispute the premise of the original question: Bond was visibly scratched.
This. Qos again. Shows to be quite accurate in realism. Far more than any other Bond film.
I wish him the best. And Camille too.
That's all reveiled to you when you watch the film backwards.
I feel compelled to point out your extremely funny/ironic username in the context of your comment and in terms of this specific thread.
I'm happy to admit that I don't know about the nuanced physics of opening a parachute while in freefall though.
But yeah, it was an extremely rough landing that would have severely incapacitated or killed any normal person. James Bond film.
EDIT: If they wanted to make it more realistic they should have had both Bond and Camille pass out before impact; when you're not tensing your muscles, your bones can really do their jobs to protect you from extreme impacts like this.
As @RichardTheBruce pointed out, not only does the chute open completely and thus reaches it's maximum velocity (meaning normal landing speed) an extra force upwards is the air cushion that forms underneath thanks to the canyon walls. So no passing out needed to survive. I was always wondering about the c47 chase, but it was explained to me that all Bond's actions, including creating extra smoke, are for real and executionable. I think qos is one of the most realistic films in the franchise. The only thing that I still can't really fathom is how Bond launches the badguys' boat after he just picked up Camille. But I think that's due to editing as it seems he is throwing an anchor overboard a second before hooking up that boat.
That's the grabbing hook, the anchor itself he (presumably) tosses over just before. It's hard to see and it looks like it, but you have to look at it frame by frame and then still it isn't clear. SO it's an anchor with a grabbing hook, which makes sense for the kind of boat he's using (but doesn't account for the strong jolt it gives to the boat, unless it gets stuck under water.
Doesn't matter which of the two boats this anchor belongs to, you're not gonna flip that enemy boat by throwing it back into the enemy boat! It's gotta go in the water.
It's annoying because it's a good idea, and quite Bondy, and I'm not sure I've seen it in anything else, but the audience are left wondering what happened. Did they just not get the footage? It's very odd.
At least in the plane chase everything is sort of given to the audience, it's just a bit more technical and harder to understand and you have to know about stall speeds and everything.
However this question makes me want to dig a little deeper
The ineternet says
Modern parachutes, including those used in sport skydiving, deploy and inflate very quickly, often within a few seconds of being pulled.
There are those that BASE jump off fixed objects (like a bridge), that get an open chute in a handful of feet, because there’s no deployment bag, or other staging devices to slow the opening. If you jumped from a plane and reached terminal velocity (usually around 120 mph) with a chute packed that way, you’d likely blow up the chute, or your balls would pop out of your trousers on opening.
(Unless your name is James Bond!)
The start of Spy sees Bond in "Austria" but in reality Canada (got to rep my country!) and he's seen leaving the chalet and the Russians lie in wait. But how did the men know that he would be leaving at that moment? After all it was a random message from M to "pull out". No way the Russians would be aware that Stromberg would capture a British sub. Yet there they are setting up when they get the message from the female double agent. How is that possible? Was it a fluky thing?
Beyond that, just how and why did Bond manage to have a parachute as part of his outfit? Was his leaving the chalet always going to culminate with a air jump? If that was the case, just how did he and the female get to the chalet in the first place?
Questions, questions, questions all I do is ask questions!
What is your theory on how the Russians knew the right time to ambush Bond?
What is your theory on why Bond had a parachute packed for leaving the chalet?
Secondly Bond always carrys a parachute in his bag, right next to his supply of condoms and ski-pole gun, just in case of an unexpected emergency.
Thirdly they came up in a cable car and skiied across to the chalet
The parachute was for a training mission later, but Bond smelt a rat with the girl so he took it just in case.
the swlm novel is vile
That is the hook, which, presumably, is attached to an anchor. Which Bond then drops. Iirc there's a move by him that can be interpreted that way. But I completely agree, they should've made it visual, it's a very cool move, if that is indeed what happens.
I presume you're talking about the Fleming work as you detest the man and his works, but I'm referring to TSWLM novelisation, which was based on the film script and written by Christopher Wood.
Who is the tourist in TSWLM, MR, FYEO?
A fun Easter egg in these three movies is a man who appears during chase or action scenes in these three movies.
He is first found on the beach in Spy and checks his wine bottle when the Esprit comes up the beach.
In MR he is found in Mark's Square and again checks out his wine bottle as Bond drives the gondola boat.
In FYEO he is on the deck when Bond comes skiing through with motorbikes in pursuit. This time he stands up with a wine glass in hand and stares in disbelief.
So who is this guy and why is he showing up where Bond is? An enemy agent? A wine connoisseur? Or happenstance.
I remember Goldfinger's quote about encountering the same person multiple times."Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, third time is enemy action."
Simple. The girl was there to 'keep him warm' and in place until the Ruskies got there. She says 'he just left', and the reply is 'we're waiting'. We saw them just get into that position, so they were lucky Bond didn't get the signal earlier to 'pull out'. But it was his escape route anyway, that's why he had the parashute ready in the chalet. It is normal voor SAS troops to leave through the most unlikely route, to avoid beeing followed or detected by the opposition. Jumping off of that cliff to get away from anyone trying to follow would definately work, so it was part of the pull-out procedure. Mind, every operation is meticulously planned, with all eventualities counted it, to make sure agents get back safely.
He's the unexpected acquaintance of Sheriff J.W. Pepper. They met on vacation. (It was Maybelle's idea. All three of them.)
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