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The theories of Bond films! Help me with the opening scenes of TB and SPECTRE.

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  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    edited August 19 Posts: 18,894
    As I've said elsewhere on the forum I think they will only use the Bond continuation novels as a source if they are really in a creative bind of some kind with the script. Only if they're caught between a rock and a hard place, so to speak. That's why the torture scene dialogue from Colonel Sun was used in the Spectre torture scene after they'd tried and rejected another scene between Blofeld and Bond. Sadly that's the only way I can see them really using the Bond continuation novels as a source - if they really have to. And I say that with much regret as a big fan of the Bond continuation - check my username for proof of my commitment to the cause! I think there are some excellent Bond continuation novels they could adapt but I think they'll keep on churning out their own scripts and mostly keep the Bond continuations at arm's length.
  • thedovethedove hiding in the Greek underworld
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    Let's do a frivolous one after being so serious about literary Bond.

    What is your theory on the indestructability of Jaws?

    When I was a mere child watching a VHS copy of TSWLM on my TV I was scared and amazed at Jaws. A towering man who could survive trucks banging him into walls, buildings falling on top of him, car crashes into villas. He seemed to be indestructible. Fast forward to me watching the MR in the drive in as a 10 year old boy. This time Jaws survived cable car collapses, falls without a parachute, and plunges down waterfalls. Pretty impressive and one of the only henchmen that our man never killed.

    Lets have some fun and come up with some creative theories on just how or why is Jaws indestructible?
  • MalloryMallory
    edited August 20 Posts: 2,337
    Jaws didn't just have metal teeth, he had a metal skeleton much like Wolverine. Hence almost indestructible.
  • GerardGerard
    Posts: 6,213
    Jaws was looking all these years for Sarah Connor.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    Posts: 15,331
    No steel caps on the work site though, tut tut.
  • thedovethedove hiding in the Greek underworld
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    Okay something that has always left me wondering. After the exciting PTS of TB we find ourselves in Paris and a man pulls into a spot marked no parking. An officer is quick to shout "Hey no parking here...oh sorry Mr. Largo."

    Does this mean that the officer is a SPECTRE agent? Or is the officer bought and paid and "dirty" as the Americans say? Why would SPECTRE have a street cop on payroll or be dirty? Not knowing French policing it would seem to be a low level cop on the beat, maybe it was to allow SPECTRE to park illegally on the street?

    Secondary to that, Largo is seen entering a crowded office where clearly some work is going on with loans to people who need assistance. This would appear to be a money laundering operation. Except one of the clients say they will pay back "everything" and the clerk say there will be no need due to benefactors. This means it wouldn't be money laundering as money is coming in but it is going out to people who aren't involved in the scheme. I think for money laundering to work it needs to come back...clean.

    So why does SPECTRE run the charity? Merely as a place to run cover for their meetings?

    Tackle one or both, but share with me,

    What's your theory on the opening scenes of TB and SPECTRE?

  • LudovicoLudovico
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    Regarding the police officer, it simply shows that Largo is seen as a perfectly legitimate gentleman, even by the police. If he allows himself to park there, it's because he gives himself the right to. The French tend to be hierarchical by nature, they respect social and political standing. So the cop doesn't need to be corrupt: he just knows Largo is a wealthy man with a spotless reputation, a man who is used to this part of town, giving his precious time to a charity, no less, so he doesn't cause trouble to Monsieur Largo. Monsieur Largo has obviously better things to do than driving around finding an available parking spot in Paris Had he ordered Largo to move his vehicle, he would have had problems with his superiors at the gendarmerie.

    As for the charity, it's both a great financial and reputational cover.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited August 27 Posts: 18,901
    The charity (is it for missing persons?) is explained in the novel. I'll have to have a look.
  • thedovethedove hiding in the Greek underworld
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    Maybe you are right @mtm been a while since I gave it a read. I am only going by the dialogue and the poor guy

    "We will pay back everything!"

    "There will be no need. We have certain..." I love how the clerk drops his voice while delivering the sentence.
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    I think the charity is both a money laundering operation and a way to give good publicity to the SPECTRE members with some kind of a public persona, like Largo.
  • thedovethedove hiding in the Greek underworld
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    I always thought the police officer was bought and paid for. That it wouldn't matter if the person was well thought of or not. Interesting angle to say he recognizes that Largo is a man of substance. Going to have to re-think my thoughts.
  • GerardGerard
    edited August 27 Posts: 6,213
    No, the officer was not corrupt. ?The parking spot was simply reserved for the higher-ups at FIRCO. They were the only ones allowed to park here, and the policeman probably knew who had the right to park, and who doesn't. As for why he didn't recognize Largo's car, which, for France at the time period, was pretty distinctive, especially with a foreign plate like "CZ421", well, Emilio had changed cars firly recently, that's all.
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    thedove wrote: »
    I always thought the police officer was bought and paid for. That it wouldn't matter if the person was well thought of or not. Interesting angle to say he recognizes that Largo is a man of substance. Going to have to re-think my thoughts.

    For me it just shows that Largo is a villain with a good reputation. Like Alain Charnier/Frog One in The French Connection.
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