History Trivia / DieAnotherDay

** There were talks of doing a movie spinoff with Jinx, but this film's reception meant those plans started off on the back foot, and then the even worse reaction to ''Film/Catwoman'' buried it altogether. Apparently, the script for the first ''Jinx'' movie was surprisingly down-to-earth and even gritty, with a focus on Jinx's background of how she became an NSA agent. Even if the ''Jinx'' franchise was scrapped, this helped inspire EON to take a similar route with Bond for ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006''.

** There were talks of doing a movie spinoff with Jinx, but this film's reception buried those plans very quickly. Apparently, the script for the first ''Jinx'' movie was surprisingly down-to-earth and even gritty, with a focus on Jinx's background of how she became an NSA agent. Even if the ''Jinx'' franchise was scrapped, this helped inspire EON to take a similar route with Bond for ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006''.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Though Toby Stevens was a successful actor before this, he's best-known nowadays for playing Mr. Rochester in the BBC remake of ''JaneEyre''. Interestingly, The first version had TimothyDalton in that role.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: The [[http://www.icehotel.com/ Ice Hotel]].
* CaliforniaDoubling
** Loads, including Hawaii and England for North Korea, and Spain for Cuba. JustifiedTrope since those are still Communist nations.
** Despite fears that the ice would melt and force filming to be moved out of Iceland, the film crew managed to [[AvertedTrope avert this]] and stick around for those scenes.

** There were talks of doing a movie spinoff with Jinx, but this film's reception buried those plans very quickly. Apparently, the script for the first ''Jinx'' movie was surprisingly down-to-earth and even gritty, with a focus on Jinx's background of how she became an NSA agent. Even if the ''Jinx'' franchise was scrapped, this helped inspire EON to take a similar route with Bond for ''Film/CasinoRoyale''.

** There were talks of doing a movie spinoff with Jinx, but this film's reception buried those plans very quickly. Apparently, the script for the first ''Jinx'' movie was surprisingly down-to-earth and even gritty, with a focus on Jinx's background of how she became an NSA agent. Even if the ''Jinx'' franchise was scrapped, this (along with ''Film/BatmanBegins'' proving that a darker, more realistic origin story could be a smash hit) helped inspire EON to take a similar route with Bond for ''Film/CasinoRoyale''.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There was talks of doing a movie spinoff with Jinx, but this film's reception buried those plans very quickly. Apparently, the script for the first ''Jinx'' movie was surprisingly down-to-earth and even gritty, with a focus on Jinx's background of how she became an NSA agent. Even if the ''Jinx'' franchise was scrapped, this (along with ''Film/BatmanBegins'' proving that a darker, more realistic origin story could be a smash hit) helped inspire EON to take a similar route with Bond in ''Film/CasinoRoyale''.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There was talks of doing a movie spinoff with Jinx, but this film's reception buried those plans very quickly.

* FranchiseKiller: An unusual example, as money-wise it was at the time the most successful James Bond film by quite some distance. Its catastrophic critical reception, however, was arguably the sole reason why the Bond franchise was rebooted come the Daniel Craig era.

* FranchiseKiller: The catastrophic critical reception of this film was arguably the sole reason why the Bond franchise was rebooted come the Daniel Craig era.

* HeyItsThatGuy: The gene-splicing MadScientist would later be seen performing a similar role in Seasons 4 and 5 of ''{{Alias}}''.

* ShoutOut: When John Cleese walks behind the invisible car, the light refraction makes him appear to be performing a [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus Silly Walk]].

** Loads, including Hawaii and England for North Korea, and Spain for Cuba.

** Loads, including Hawaii and England for North Korea, and Spain for Cuba. JustifiedTrope since those are still Communist nations.

* ShoutOut: When John Cleese walks behind the invisible car, the light refraction makes him appear to be performing a [[MontyPythonsFlyingCircus Silly Walk]].

* ShoutOut: When John Cleese walks behind the invisible car, the light refraction makes him appear to be performing a [[MontyPythonsFlyingCircus Silly Walk]].

* StockFootage: When the Americans launch a missile at Icarus, it is the exact same one used by the British Navy in ''TomorrowNeverDies''.

** Loads, including Hawaii and England for Korea, and Spain for Cuba. JustifiedTrope since those are still Communist nations.

* ShoutOut / ContinuityNod / MythologyGag: To all the previous Bond films. Most noticeable are ''DrNo'' (Jinx emerging from the sea) and ''TheSpyWhoLovedMe'' (Graves' parachute).
** [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0246460/trivia Full list at the bottom of this page]].
** A rare non-Bond shout-out to John Cleese's career: "[[MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail She's only got a flesh wound.]]"
** "Switch them off, or I'll be [[TheBeatles half the girl I used to be!]]"