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** It is probably all the wheelchair Villan had left considering how many times Bond has defeated him.
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* Why did the Wheelchair Villain who may or may not have been Blofeld think Bond would accept his offer of "a delicatessen in stainless steel"? Did Bond ever express a desire to retire from the spy business and make a living selling cold cuts and green salad? Yes, he was panicking, but why was that the first thing that came to mind?
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** Melina wasn't the only possible eye witness, there were multiple other people around, so the only option would be to kill all of them or destroy the whole yacht.

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--->'''Gonzales''': A Walther PPK. Standard issue British Secret Service. License to kill (he looks to Locke, who gives Gonzales a nod of approval), or be '''killed'''. Take him away.

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--->'''Gonzales''': A Walther PPK. Standard issue British Secret Service. License to kill (he looks to Locke, Locque, who gives Gonzales a nod of approval), or be '''killed'''. Take him away.



*** Was Locke actually on the job that day? I assumed he was visiting because he does absolutely nothing when Bond does nothing. He signals his associate at the pool not to shoot and waits at his table. I assumed he intentionally didn't shoot Bond because he wasn't hired to do so.
*** Locke was tasked with paying Gonzales, so he was working that day (killing is not the only part of his job description). He just didn't intervene because with Gonzales dead, that's one less loose end, money saved and an opportunity for Locke and his associate to leave quietly while the others are occupied. Why get involved when there were plenty of others willing to do the dirty work? He may have also been quietly sizing up Bond and was clearly expecting to encounter him again if he survived.

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*** Was Locke Locque actually on the job that day? I assumed he was visiting because he does absolutely nothing when Bond does nothing. He signals his associate at the pool not to shoot and waits at his table. I assumed he intentionally didn't shoot Bond because he wasn't hired to do so.
*** Locke Locque was tasked with paying Gonzales, so he was working that day (killing is not the only part of his job description). He just didn't intervene because with Gonzales dead, that's one less loose end, money saved and an opportunity for Locke Locque and his associate to leave quietly while the others are occupied. Why get involved when there were plenty of others willing to do the dirty work? He may have also been quietly sizing up Bond and was clearly expecting to encounter him again if he survived.


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* When Bond is scaling the cliff at St. Cyril's, a henchman at the top is able to reach several pitons and knock them loose using a relatively short length of rope. A wider shot reveals that many, if not all, of said anchor points are in a horizontal line, very close to the cliff edge (i.e. the point where the remainder of the climb becomes significantly easier). The plan all along is for Bond to reach the building from which he can operate the winch and lower the basket for the rest of the team to ride up in, not set a line for others to use. If he was that close to the top, why, other than RuleOfDrama, take the time to set so many belays instead of simply finishing the climb before he's spotted and getting on with things?
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** Could of been another doppleganger or at least assumed at first until they had time to confirm it was the real one

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** Could of have been another doppleganger or at least assumed at first until they had time to confirm it was the real one
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** It's not her grave at all. It's the grave of Creator/RogerMoore's predecessor, the agent played by Creator/GeorgeLazenby who took on the mantle of Bond, and he's paying his respects.
** Well, the traditional Multiple Bond Theory idea is that ''is'' her grave - Lazenby-Bond is just [[TearJerker buried with her.]]

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** 1981. A deleted bit of dialogue (likely for Lawyer-Friendliness) has Blofeld explaining "I've been waiting 10 years for this day." What happened 10 years prior? "Diamonds Are Forever."

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** 1981. A deleted bit of dialogue (likely for Lawyer-Friendliness) has Blofeld explaining "I've been waiting 10 years for this day." What happened 10 years prior? "Diamonds Are Forever."
''Film/DiamondsAreForever''.



** Didn't they say her mother was English in OHMSS?
** [[FridgeBrilliance It's not her grave at all. It's the grave of Moore's predecessor, the agent played by George Lazenby who took on the mantle of Bond, and he's paying his respects]].

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** Didn't they say her mother was English in OHMSS?
''OHMSS''?
** [[FridgeBrilliance It's not her grave at all. It's the grave of Moore's Creator/RogerMoore's predecessor, the agent played by George Lazenby Creator/GeorgeLazenby who took on the mantle of Bond, and he's paying his respects]].respects.



*** Then again, it's possible that Kreiger wasn't trying to kill Bond but further sell him on the idea that ''Columbo'' wants him dead. Bond probably didn't know Kreiger was a KGB agent at the time.

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*** Then again, it's possible that Kreiger wasn't trying to kill Bond but further sell him on the idea that ''Columbo'' wants him dead. Bond probably didn't know Kreiger was a KGB agent at the time.time.
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***Definetly happened off-screen before the other events in the movie. Why Bond wouldn't have reported there were two bodies and a helicopter to take care of? The first thing he logically did was to contact MI-6 to tell he had to land a helicopter with "Universal Exports" written on it and with a least one additional device that could contain a bomb. Sometimes, an introduction scene is a whole standalone narrative and there's then no need to insert connection between it and the rest of the movie.
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*** In fact, standard procedure in the military or intelligence for classified equipment or materials that was in danger of falling into the enemy hands is to destroy it rather than try to salvage it later. It's what happened with a US Military plane during the "Hainan Island incident". Before the plane landed, the crew used hammers to smash sensitive equipment to bits and tossed stuff overboard into the sea.
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*** Destroying the ATAC was actually the ''first'' option. It had a dedicated thermite charge and destruct mechanism. The CO's last order was "destruct ATAC system" and it just didn't happen because the person who tried to pull destruct lever drowned. Bond and Melina removed the ATAC instead of setting the timer was likely for safety reasons. They were several hundred feet underwater, had little time to work and couldn't rely on explosives and detonators that were exposed to salt water. By the time Bond had the ATAC in his hands, he was literally standing right in front of Gogol and an armed guard. So he threw it over the cliff and destroyed it.
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*** Locke was tasked with paying Gonzales, so he was working that day (killing is not the only part of his job description). He just didn't intervene because with Gonzales dead, that's one less loose end, money saved and an opportunity for Locke and his associate to leave quietly while the others are occupied. He may have also been quietly sizing up Bond and was clearly expecting to encounter him again.

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*** Locke was tasked with paying Gonzales, so he was working that day (killing is not the only part of his job description). He just didn't intervene because with Gonzales dead, that's one less loose end, money saved and an opportunity for Locke and his associate to leave quietly while the others are occupied. Why get involved when there were plenty of others willing to do the dirty work? He may have also been quietly sizing up Bond and was clearly expecting to encounter him again.again if he survived.
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*** I think part of it was Locke was sizing Bond up and the other part is that with Gonzales dead, that's one less loose end, money saved and an opportunity for Locke and his associate to leave quietly while the others are occupied.

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*** I think part of it was Locke was sizing Bond up and tasked with paying Gonzales, so he was working that day (killing is not the other only part is that of his job description). He just didn't intervene because with Gonzales dead, that's one less loose end, money saved and an opportunity for Locke and his associate to leave quietly while the others are occupied.occupied. He may have also been quietly sizing up Bond and was clearly expecting to encounter him again.

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-->'''Gonzales''': A Walther PPK. Standard issue British Secret Service. License to kill (he looks to Locke, who gives Gonzales a nod of approval), or be '''killed'''. Take him away.

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*** I think part of it was Locke was sizing Bond up and the other part is that with Gonzales dead, that's one less loose end, money saved and an opportunity for Locke and his associate to leave quietly while the others are occupied.
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\n**** Was Locke actually on the job that day? I assumed he was visiting because he does absolutely nothing when Bond does nothing. He signals his associate at the pool not to shoot and waits at his table. I assumed he intentionally didn't shoot Bond because he wasn't hired to do so.
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*** Then again, Kreiger wasn't trying to kill Bond but further sell him on the idea that ''Columbo'' wants him dead. Bond probably didn't know Kreiger was a KGB agent at the time.

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*** Then again, it's possible that Kreiger wasn't trying to kill Bond but further sell him on the idea that ''Columbo'' wants him dead. Bond probably didn't know Kreiger was a KGB agent at the time.

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