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Colombo uses hair dye, the fop.
Yes I'm aware of the age difference. Be that as it may, it's implied that the character of Bibi is considerably younger than Melina. Whether or not it's believable is a different topic altogether.
Seems a bit of a reach to me now that I have given it some thought.
Implied surely, but crucially, is not visible. They look the same age. In fact, Holly Lyn Johnson is older than Carole Bouquet.
Another problem is the dubbing. Melina doesn't get to speak for herself, even, whereas Bibi's squeak is given carte blanche.
Because he's in a position of authority and therefore capable of coercing the facts.
Colombo turning to crime is another reason. It vindicates Kristatos further. Could an origins tale smooth it all out?
(Dear Amazon: No)
Well, I disagree: I think Bibi looks like a teenager.
And she acts like a teenager.
Edit: from an MI6 article:
Famously, Roger Moore said he decided to end his run as James Bond when he realized Tanya Roberts' mother was younger than he was.
That too.
Yeah, I thought that's what really convinced him to stop being Bond.
I'll concede the point, Peter. I read somewhere Moore said this about Bouquet but for the life of me cannot remember where and now cannot be bothered finding it. You're probably right, anyway.
She is early twenties in my eye, chief, with the teenager persona enhanced via accent. But it's one of those.
Different perceptions. But in any case, she was written as a teenager. It's quite telling that Bond refuses her advances.
May have been better if her age was disclosed.
As far as Kristatos fooling the British for 30-plus years, consider how they whiffed on making Alec Trevelyan a 00 agent and Frederick Grey's constant doubting, like playing cards with Drax makes him above suspicion. Then there's that whole nanobot thing.
Yeah they’re both greyed up a bit aren’t they?
On to a small thing that has always bothered me. A small scene in YOLT where Bond meets Henderson. They seem to hit it off, though I have always sensed a weird tension during the scene and nothing to do with the impending death of Henderson.
As Henderson prepares a martini for Bond he hands it to him and says "stirred not shaken, that was right?" To which Bond replies "Perfect. Cheers".
First question for the theory is how does Henderson know how Bond likes his martini and how did he get it wrong?
Second question why does Bond let this mistake pass? Is he being a charming guest and not wishing to insult his host? Or is it like Craig's Bond so eloquently expressed when given a choice of shaken or stirred. "Does it look like I give a damn?"
Does Bond not really care about how the martini is prepared?
At one time I thought it was a mistake left in the film through an oversight. Now I no longer subscribe to that theory.
What is your theory on Henderson and Bond and the martini scene?
It's a tired Bond
In any event, it was foreshadowing. The death of him.
SPECTRE would not so quickly forget and move on. They would seek to torment 007 with not only Ernst Stavro Blofeld himself taking on the likeness of Henderson in DAF. But also creating multiple replicas of Blofeld Henderson as decoys and bait and distraction and ego massaging.
All to no end. Bond didn't notice. No connection made. Fail.
Plus Henderson's only good for whiskey.
But is it a tired Henderson?
No way!
Charles Gray was such a brilliant actor.
Such a perfect voice for it.
He looked like the Blofeld of the books as well, at least in OHMSS. If DAF had been written seriously, as a straight vengeance story, and had Gray played him like he played in The Devil Rides Out, he might actually have been considered by fans as THE greatest Blofeld.
After Bond leaves the death scene he cautiously pokes his head out to scout for any thugs that may be with Anya. They exchange dialogue and then suddenly these two Russian thugs spring out of seemingly nowhere.
What is your theory on these stealthy Russians? Were they with Anya all along and Bond didn't notice them? Did they appear as camouflaged rocks?
What is your theory on the sudden appearance of the Russian thugs at the pyramids?
As you know from FRWL, Soviet clocks are always accurate. However, Egyptian shows sometimes start a bit early, so they didn't make it in time for the start of the show. Thankfully they were there in time to not be courtmartialled after leaving agent X alone.
Did she incapacitate him?
We see the lights come back on and Jaws isn't there, then Anya looking on in secret.
As to the Russian thugs, they were there to remind us that even though it was an Anglo-Russian operation, that we cannot fully trust those pesky Russians.
Therefore a skirmish with Bond was needed.