History Headscratchers / DieAnotherDay

** As for how he's just peachy afterwards, he only won by pulling the chute cord at the end. Many stun gun hits can be shrugged off though once the voltage is shut off, specially one so low powered as 100k volts.

*** According to the novelisation, the ammo was in there, but the firing pin was disabled/bent.

* James is astonished that [=MI6=] are trading him for Zao because the standard policy for [=MI6=] agents is "No deals". Far enough, if a little harsh. But [=MI6=]'s rationale for trading him then was that somebody (actually Miss Frost) was leaking classified intel. So let's get this straight: [=MI6=] policy is "Keep quiet and we'll leave you to rot, start talking and we'll deal to get you out immediately." Can there be a stupider policy in terms of encouraging captured agents not to spill their guts?

** It's the classic fiction portrayal of the NSA - they're like the CIA, but somehow even cooler because they were secret for longer. Unless she was going after Zhao and Graves for interfering with US communications with that satellite...
** [[FridgeBrilliance]] - she ''claims'' to work for the NSA.

* How did [=MI6=] manage to miss the fact the Frost was on the Harvard fencing team with the son of a high ranking North Korean officer? Even if the did, but the NSA did manage to pick up on it, why wouldn't SHE be suspected by them as the one who leaked the information?
** They assumed Moon was dead, so maybe they assumed the leak couldn't have been an associate of Moon, so they never bothered to look at his personal history any more, perhaps they started looking into it once the connection between Zao and Graves was made, but by then, Frost and Bond were in Iceland, it's subtle, but if you watch knowing Frost is the mole, and then look at M's conversation with her, it sounds like M slightly suspects her.
* This potentially breaks new ground as "Fridge Stupidity," but during the climax, rather than farting around with trying to start the MD500N's engine in freefall (which, sorry, ain't happening in time), why didn't Bond just perform an autorotation landing? Autorotation is part of basic helicopter pilot training, so Bond should be well-acquainted with the procedure.
** Despite Bond seemingly being skilled at everything, has he ever been shown able to fly a helicopter prior to this? Every time I recall helicopters appear in the series they're either attacking Bond, or he's in them being flown by someone else (or about to be blown up, in ''Film/GoldenEye''). He did fly Little Nelly, but augyros work differently from helicopters, and it probably had a simplified Q-control scheme.

* Speaking of which, why does Bond look so shocked when Moon calls him by his real name? Isn't obvious that Moon's figured out who he is? Why doesn't he realize it earlier? He's looking right Moon and Zao (and seems to even be within hearing distance while they talk and cast furtive glances at him).

* Icarus's self-defense system was just firing the laser at anything that threatened it. Why didn't the military fire more than missiles at it from more than one direction? Icarus doesn't look like it can turn on a dime, and the missile they launched at it was pretty close before Icarus fired at it. Fire two missiles from two directions and BAM, suddenly it's raining little bits of Icarus everywhere. Better yet, they could've done a MacrossMissileMassacre.

* James is astonished that [=MI6=] are trading him for the Big Bad's brother because the standard policy for [=MI6=] agents is "No deals". Far enough, if a little harsh. But [=MI6=]'s rationale for trading him then was that somebody (actually Miss Frost) was leaking classified intel. So let's get this straight: [=MI6=] policy is "Keep quiet and we'll leave you to rot, start talking and we'll deal to get you out immediately." Can there be a more retarded policy in terms of encouraging captured agents not to spill their guts?

* Why does Graves's suit have an "electrocute self" button on the chest?

*** It does not - autogyros operate differently than helicopters despite looking similar - but even then, an autogyro exclusively uses ''autorotation'' for its operations. If Bond flew an autogyro before, he'd have more familiarity with the technique than a helicopter pilot!

*** In the teaser of ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'', Bond flies a helicopter through a building, picks up a man in a wheelchair, and drops him down a chimney. There's also "Little Nellie" from ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice'', which may or may not qualify as a helicopter.

** No, it was to set off the bomb. Its just that he assumed that Moon ''would'' be with the diamonds, and the only reason he wasn't was because [[spoiler: Moon was having them taken to be used for [[KillSat Icarus.]]]] Bond's only mistake was the reasonable assumption that Moon wanted the diamonds for money, in which case he probably would have been in close contact with them at some point. He was surprised when Moon had them taken away.

* How long was Bond imprisoned in North Korea? The film implies it's only been a couple of months, but wouldn't it taken Gustav Graves years to build up his Bond-ian reputation? [[spoiler: Not to mention how long the "gene therapy" would've taken to transform him from Col. Moon]].
** Most fans [[HandWave hand-waved]] that with the idea that [[KillAndReplace Moon murdered the real Gustav Graves, who had already established himself, and assumed his identity]]. Bond was imprisoned for 14 months and we've seen how rapid Zao's transformation already is, so it's not too much of a stretch to think that [[spoiler: Moon's transformation could have been just as fast]].
*** [[spoiler: Moon did not kill the real Gustav Graves. Graves showed up out of nowhere, and his business was based on diamond mining but the mines were entirely a cover for laundering money from his arms dealing. As to the question, Moon had been plotting his Icarus scheme for ''years''- that's why he has the diamonds taken away at the start of the movie. Bond "killing" him simply forced him into some XanatosSpeedChess- its possible, even likely, that Moon had ''always'' intended to become Gustav Graves, since he needed an excuse to put a KillSat in orbit without the world stopping him, in which case the Graves identity was probably at least partially set up already. Bond almost did him a favour.]]

* James is astonished that MI6 are trading him for the Big Bad's brother because the standard policy for MI6 agents is "No deals". Far enough, if a little harsh. But MI6's rationale for trading him then was that somebody (actually Miss Frost) was leaking classified intel. So let's get this straight: MI6 policy is "Keep quiet and we'll leave you to rot, start talking and we'll deal to get you out immediately." Can there be a more retarded policy in terms of encouraging captured agents not to spill their guts?

*** There was also the possibility that it was the CIA who wanted him pulled out. They're the ones who were certain he talked, perhaps they pressured MI6 into making the trade so they could find out what else he told the North Koreans.
*** When you capture a spy, it's preferable to keep him. Bond was released in exchange for Zao. No doubt MI6 would have preferred to keep Zao and let Bond die.

** Bond is old-fashioned, and has been an Mi6 agent for at least 40 years at that point. He seems to have no interest in – if not outright contempt for – internal politics. Maybe it was "No deals" during the Cold War, and now it's "We protect our own". Bond just hasn't noticed that the world has changed, which is a major theme in the Brosnan era.

** Incentive or not, an agent should have the moral loyalty not to talk, since it compromises their country and certain individuals (like the American agent that was executed). If they ''do'' talk, it throws into question their qualification and trustworthiness as an agent, and even if MI6 did bust them out, they'd face serious consequences for having done so. Even after being traded off, Bond was still being held in custody until it could be verified whether he had been compromised or not.

* How did MI6 manage to miss the fact the Frost was on the Harvard fencing team with the son of a high ranking North Korean officer? Even if the did, but the NSA did manage to pick up on it, why wouldn't SHE be suspected by them as the one who leaked the information?

*** Natalya re-routes the 2nd Goldeneye satellite so that it burns up on re-entry (That's what she was doing during the hellish EscortMission in the video game), so that threat is averted at least. The first one was deactivated the moment it fired- the satellites are only good for one shot. One could assume that now that Graves was dead, it was easy enough to shoot Icarus down, or send a ship up to get the diamonds back off both his and Blofeld's KillSat.

** Despite Bond seemingly being skilled at everything, has he ever been shown able to fly a helicopter prior to this? Every time I recall helicopters appear in the series they're either attacking Bond, or he's in them being flown by someone else (or about to be blown up, in ''GoldenEye''). He did fly Little Nelly, but augyros work differently from helicopters, and it probably had a simplified Q-control scheme.

** Its obvious that Moon has figured out who he ''isn't''- a South African diamond smuggler. Thats not the same as knowing who he is - a British assassin whose identity is top-secret.

* Icarus's self-defense system was just firing the laser at anything that threatened it. Why didn't the military fire more than missile at it from more than one direction? Icarus doesn't look like it can turn on a dime, and the missile they launched at it was pretty close before Icarus fired at it. Fire two missiles from two directions and BAM, suddenly it's raining little of Icarus everywhere. Better yet, they could've done a MacrossMissileMassacre.

*** [[spoiler: Moon did not kill the real Gustav Graves- Graves showed up out of nowhere, and his business was based on diamond mining but the mines were entirely fake. As to the question, Moon had been plotting his Icarus scheme for ''years''- that's why he has the diamonds taken away at the start of the movie. Bond "killing" him simply forced him into some XanatosSpeedChess- its possible, even likely, that Moon had ''always'' intended to become Gustav Graves, since he needed an excuse to put a KillSat in orbit without the world stopping him, in which case the Graves identity was probably at least partially set up already. Bond almost did him a favour.]]

** Despite Bond seemingly being skilled at everything, has he ever been shown able to fly a helicopter prior to this? Every time I recall helicopters appear in the series they're either attacking Bond, or he's in them being flown by someone else (or about to be blown up, in ''GoldenEye''). He did fly Little Nelly, but augyros work differently from helicopters, and it probably had a simplified Q-control scheme.

* This potentially breaks new ground as "Fridge Stupidity," but during the climax, rather than farting around with trying to start the MD500N's engine in freefall (which, sorry, ain't happening in time), why didn't Bond just perform an autorotation landing? Autorotation is part of basic helicopter pilot training, so Bond should be well-acquainted with the procedure.

* How did MI6 manage to miss the fact the Frost was on the Harvard fencing team with the son of a high ranking North Korean officer? Even if the did, but the NSA did manage to pick up on it, why wouldn't SHE be suspected by them as the one who leaked the information?

** [[TimeLord And he only stopped ''one'' heart.]]

* How the hell did the VR Bond partly undress Moneypenny? We see her hands throughout that scene and she's not touching her own clothes. (Also, was she really fake-kissing the air? Just what would that have looked like to an external observer?) Or did Q invent the holodeck?

** He wasn't selling the hovercrafts, he was selling what was on them, weapons and ammo,other vehicles (some hovercraft are built to take TANKS) but the area where he was hiding them was in the middle of "1 million landmines" which the hovercraft could navigate without setting them off.

* Why is Moon paying for the diamonds with hovercraft? They aren't going to be useful in a lot of places other than North Korea, and if he expected the person he was getting the diamonds from to sell them (the hovercraft), why didn't he just save them some trouble and sell the hovercraft for cash to buy the diamonds with?

** And while we're at it, Zao is rather conscious, mobile, and capable of taking Bond on in a fight for someone ''who's just had all his bone marrow taken out''. By its own explanation, the movie's henchman is running around with no DNA or bone marrow in his body at all.