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* After Onatopp murders everyone at Severnya, Natalya tries to hide in the ventilation shaft but later we see that she was hiding elsewhere. Yet, Onatopp shoots at the ventilation anyway and we hear someone dying. So, did there just happen to be a different person hiding in there that Natalya accidentally got killed, or is Natalya just really, really good at throwing her voice?
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* So, the yacht is leased by a front for the Janus crime syndicate, but was the guy who attacked Bond a murderous thug or was he just some random ObliviouslyEvil employee of the front who has no idea he was working for a criminal organization and was simply attacking an intruder who was breaking and entering into the ship (meaning Bond beat up and possibly killed an innocent man)?
* After Onatopp murders everyone at Severnya, Natalya tries to hide in the ventilation shaft but later we see that she was hiding elsewhere. Yet, Onatopp shoots at the ventilation anyway and we hear someone dying. So, did there just happen to be a different person hiding in there that Natalya accidentally got killed, or is Natalya just really, really good at throwing her voice?
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* So, the yacht is leased by a front for the Janus crime syndicate, but was the guy who attacked Bond a murderous thug or was he just some random ObliviouslyEvil employee of the front who has no idea he was working for a criminal organization and was simply attacking an intruder who was breaking and entering into the ship (meaning Bond beat up and possibly killed an innocent man)?
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** He might also need to finish getting the Cuba side of the operation set up as well.
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** Boris is temperamental and over-dramatic. Pulling the plug is the simpler option, but he's getting stressed at the thought of someone being a better hacker than him. He's panicking and throwing a tantrum, basically.
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** Where's it said the CIA ''didn't'' know it was there? Bond and Natalya had to find where it was somehow, as did Jack Wade and his special forces guys. They just might not have known exactly what it was for. It was probably just hidden because Trevalyan didn't want the ''locals'' to know what he was up to (seeing as the Cuban government might not have been overly thrilled at his running an off-the-books operation to completely destroy London in their back yard).
** Also, the Cold War had been over for about five-six years by the time the movie was released; their attention might have lapsed slightly.
** Also, the Cold War had been over for about five-six years by the time the movie was released; their attention might have lapsed slightly.
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*** It really doesn't matter WHAT year it is. Every internet connection can be severed by pulling a power cord or a data cable somewhere. Now in the case of public WiFi or mobile wireless, that connection could be not known or inaccessible. However, any office (private or government) will have cords that can easily be pulled kill any connection. This is different from a police trace in that they are looking for the general location of where the call is routed (i.e. your house, not a specific phone in your house).
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**** Except that still doesn't explain why the U.S. doesn't know about it. We watched Cuba VERY closely during the Cold War. That's why The Cuban Missile Crisis happened.
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** Probably because he's got a score he wants to settle with Bond as well. He ''does'' blame him for half his face being burned off, he's probably been alerted from Xenia that Bond's on the case, so he might as well kill two birds, lure Bond out and deal with him as well.
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* Why was the satellite dish so needlessly huge? They needed to communicate with a satellite, which I can do with a commercial dish that sits on top of my house. The two dishes they use are big enough for radio astronomy. I'll give the Severnaya one a pass, because they were almost certainly using it for other stuff besides communicating with the Goldeneye satellites, but the one in Cuba was built specifically for the purposes of communicating with the Goldeneye satellites and doesn't need to be very big at all to do that.
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* Why was the satellite dish so needlessly huge? They needed to communicate with a satellite, which I can do with a commercial dish that sits on top of my house. The two dishes they use are big enough for radio astronomy. I'll give the Severnaya one a pass, because they were almost certainly using it for other stuff besides communicating with the Goldeneye satellites, but the one in Cuba was built specifically for the purposes of communicating with the Goldeneye satellites and doesn't need to be very big at all to do that.
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** Speaking of Trevelyan's plan, why did it take ho so long to execute it after stealing the Goldeneye? After the event at Severnya he had Boris, he had the satellite, yet he doesn't do anything with them until after Bond has been deployed to Russia and uncovers the plot. Why wait? Why not execute the plan as soon as possible?
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** At one point, Bond quips, "See, I have no problem with female authority." Perhaps, part of the idea was to see how well Bond responds to being ordered around by a woman, since the new M is one.
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** At one point, Bond quips, "See, I have no problem with female authority." Perhaps, part of the idea was to see how well Bond responds to being ordered around by receiving orders from a woman, since the new M is one.
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** At one point, Bond quips, "See, I have no problem with female authority." Perhaps, part of the idea was to see how well Bond responds to being ordered around by a woman, since the new M is one.
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** [[TheAlcoholic Let's face it, it's Bond]].
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** Worth noting that aside from the ones we see Bond and Trevelyan shoot, we don't know how many people were still in the facility when it was destroyed. They could have been evacuating the bulk of the staff during the final confrontation. But ultimately, as others have said, this is the USSR. They had a huge population to begin with; it was a central part of their military strategy. A few dead soldiers / technicians can be easily replaced.
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** He'd only really need the first bullet in the chamber to be a blank for the effect. He makes sure to load a blank round into the chamber, and then the rest of the bullets in the magazine can be live rounds and no one's the wiser.
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** Also, [[RuleOfCool he's James Bond.]]
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*** It's not like the bad guys don't already ''know'' that Bond's chasing them in a tank; they probably did hear him, but they're also seconds from boarding a train when he arrives and are likely operating under the assumption that he's too far behind them to catch up to them before they're steaming at full speed away from St. Petersburg. They just don't anticipate him cutting them off further down the track.
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*** It's not like the bad guys don't already ''know'' that Bond's chasing them in a tank; they probably did hear him, but they're also seconds from boarding a train when he arrives and are likely operating under the assumption that he's too far behind them to catch up to them before they're steaming at full speed away from St. Petersburg. They just don't anticipate him cutting them off further down the track. On rewatching, it also looks like the tank is just about to but hasn't quite entered the bridge before the other characters enter the train, meaning it's not as loud as it would be if it had already started rolling on the bridge.
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*** It's not like the bad guys don't already ''know'' that Bond's chasing them in a tank; they probably did hear him, but they're also seconds from boarding a train when he arrives and are likely operating under the assumption that he's too far behind them to catch up to them before they're steaming at full speed away from St. Petersburg. They just don't anticipate him cutting them off further down the track.
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** It's just banter. Alec says "Closing time, James. Last call!" which is just a banterous way of saying "The mission's nearly over. Let's get out of here!". James keeps the joke going by responding "Buy me a pint!", which is what you stereotypically drink in a pub.
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** Even taking into account the above, he usually drinks wine and vodka martinis when he's in a classy hotel-casino environment when that sort of drink would be expected. If he's just out with a friend for a quiet drink down at the nearest pub after a long day at work, he might be more willing to knock back a pint or two. He probably drinks fancy expensive stuff imported from Germany, even.
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** Even taking into account the above, he usually drinks wine and vodka martinis and the like when he's in a classy high-class hotel-casino environment when that sort of drink would be expected. If he's just out with a friend for a quiet drink down at the nearest pub after a long day at work, he might be more willing to knock back a pint or two. He probably drinks fancy expensive stuff imported from Germany, even.
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** Even taking into account the above, he usually drinks wine and vodka martinis when he's in a classy hotel-casino environment when that sort of drink would be expected. If he's just out with a friend for a quiet drink down at the nearest pub after a long day at work, he might be more willing to knock back a pint or two. He probably drinks fancy expensive stuff imported from Germany, even.
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*** Trevelyan must have spent years feigning friendship with Bond and hating every minute of it. It would be have been bad enough to put up with that for so long, but then to have Bond turn around and shorten the timers, and realise that Bond didn't are enough to give him enough time after all must have made things even worse.
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*** Trevelyan must have spent years feigning friendship with Bond and hating every minute of it. It would be have been bad enough to put up with that for so long, but then to have Bond turn around and shorten the timers, and realise that Bond didn't are enough to give him enough time after all must have made things even worse.
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*** It almost certainly ''was'' built by the USSR, back when the killsat was first made operational. They'd need stations in as many places across the globe as possible to operate and track it, and would be much better positioned to construct it in secret.
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** [[RuleOfCool Because he's James Bond.]]
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** But that's when the force is at its strongest, pulling him upwards with more acceleration than gravity is pulling him downwards.
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** Trevelyan must have spent years feigning friendship with Bond and hating every minute of it. It would be have been bad enough to put up with that for so long, but then to have Bond turn around and shorten the timers, and realise that Bond didn't are enough to give him enough time after all must have made things even worse.
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*** This also becomes an example of fridge brilliance when it's said that Ourumov sees himself as the next "iron man of Russia". Even this early in the timeline he was cultivating a bloodthirsty reputation, willing to expend men to meet his goals. In fact this setup might have even been an excuse to rack up some more bodies to cement his reputation.
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** Trevelyan must have spent years feigning friendship with Bond and hating every minute of it. It would be have been bad enough to put up with that for so long, but then to have Bond turn around and shorten the timers, and realise that Bond didn't are enough to give him enough time after all must have made things even worse.
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** It's a quip in the heat of battle, not a plan for what they literally plan to do later on. You're thinking about it too much.
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**P'raps his gun was loaded with X amounts of live rounds, then a blank and he knew to only fire off so many rounds before "shooting" 006. Yeah, a blank at close range'll still do some damage, but then this franchise isn't exactly known for its realistic treatment of firearms.
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* Isn't SeanBean a tad too young to have had his parents killed by Stalin after the war? He was born in 1959 and was 35 at the time of filming.
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* Isn't SeanBean Creator/SeanBean a tad too young to have had his parents killed by Stalin after the war? He was born in 1959 and was 35 at the time of filming.
