History YMMV / TomorrowNeverDies

* RetroactiveRecognition: A young Creator/GerardButler plays one of the crew members of the HMS ''Devonshire'' and a pre-''Series/DowntonAbbey'' Hugh Bonneville amongst the crew of the HMS ''Bedford''. Those familiar with ''Film/Downfall2004'' and its [[WebVideo/HitlerRants many parodies]] will also recognise Stamper as being played by Creator/OttoGunsche.

* RetroactiveRecognition: A young Creator/GerardButler plays one of the crew members of the HMS ''Devonshire'' and a pre-''Series/DowntonAbbey'' Hugh Bonneville amongst the crew of the HMS ''Bedford''. Those familiar with ''Film/Downfall2004'' and its [[WebVideo/HitlerRants many parodies]] will also recognise Stamper as being played by Gunsche.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: Carver making exaggerated kung fu moves and noises in front of Wai Lin. Under normal circumstances it would be offensive, but Creator/JonathanPryce's performance makes the scene hilarious.

** The BigBad, Carver, is a CorruptCorporateExecutive who is in charge of a large media conglomerate, and his goal is to get exclusive broadcasting rights in China. To achieve that end, he engages in false flag attacks and fake stories to start a war between China and the UK, so that a friendly politician would take control of the Chinese government in a coup. UsefulNotes/RupertMurdoch, a real life media mogul who Carver is based on, has been criticized in the ensuing years for utilizing fake stories and other unethical methods in several of his publications for political influence, such as The Sun and News of the World in the UK, which led to a parliamentary investigation into a phone hacking scandal; and Fox News Channel in the USA, which led to the rise of right-wing populists like UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump in the 2010s, noted for their usage of exaggerated stories.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: In China, the movie has a audience rating of 9.3 out of 10 rating on video streaming website BilliBilli, while some other much more beloved entries in the 007 franchise are close or has a smaller rating, with ''Film/GoldenEye'' having an 8.3 and ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove'' having a 9.0.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: In China, the movie has a audience rating of 9.3 out of 10 rating on video streaming website BilliBilli, while some other much more beloved entires in the 007 franchise are close or has a smaller rating, with ''Film/GoldenEye'' having an 8.3 and ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove'' having a 9.0.

** The BigBad, Carver, is a CorruptCorporateExecutive who is in charge of a large media conglomerate, and his goal is to get exclusive broadcasting rights in China. This is darkly prophetic how major corporations such as Creator/{{Disney}} and Creator/BlizzardEntertainment would face scrutiny for accusations of pandering to the Chinese government, despite their questionable practices, so that their products wouldn't get BannedInChina.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: Despite coming equipped with gadgets galore, the BMW Z3 had criminally little screentime in ''Film/GoldenEye'' and never got a chance to deploy its arsenal. Bond gets so much [[JustForPun mileage]] out of the BMW 750iL, his new ride for TND, that the car itself probably warrants an entry on the character sheet.

* CharacterPerceptionEvolution: Elliot Carver was originally seen as just a veiled parody of Rupert Murdoch, with his plot lacking the more forward thinking of other Bond villains and making him seen at best mid-tier. As social media rose up with both regular citizens and network news channels going to great lengths to get bigger and bigger viewer numbers and increasing scrutiny from the public, Carver's plan to watch the world burn while he gets wealthy off being the first to cover it became much more relevant satire.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: Despite coming equipped with gadgets galore, the BMW Z3 had criminally little screentime in ''[[GoldenEye]]'' and never got a chance to deploy its arsenal. Bond gets so much [[JustForPun mileage]] out of the BMW 750iL, his new ride for TND, that the car itself probably warrants an entry on the character sheet.

* RetroactiveRecognition: A young Creator/GerardButler plays a one of the crew members of the HMS ''Devonshire'' and a pre-''Series/DowntonAbbey'' Hugh Bonneville amongst the crew of the HMS ''Bedford''. This familiar with ''Film/Downfall2004'' and its [[WebVideo/HitlerRants many parodies]] will also recognise Stamper as being played by Gunsche.

** Also, the bad guys on the helicopter are all sitting perfectly still with their arms down by their sides when the helicopter crashes, making it obvious that the actors have been replaced by dummies.

* ValuesResonance: Despite the fact that this movie [[TechnologyMarchesOn doesn't mention the Internet at all]], this film paints a surprisingly accurate picture of mass media scaremongering tactics today. Elliot Carver's line "Words are the new weapons; satellites, the new artillery" seemed plain [[LargeHam hammy]] when first released, but the rise of 24-hour news networks like Creator/CableNewsNetwork, MSNBC, and Fox News, along with TV political pundits, increasingly polarized news judgments (including [[LuridTalesOfDoom fake news and misinformation]]), and electronic warfare make Carver's line hit home harder than ever. In addition to that, the major reason why Carver launches his whole scheme is because China refused to allow him access into their markets, similar to how [[ChinaTakesOverTheWorld many Western companies are either banned or must submit to heavy regulation]] to be able to operate within China today. That Carver is a satire of media barons like Rupert Murdoch, Ted Turner, William Randolph Hearst, etc. also makes sense given that the same news networks are owned by large conglomerates.

* OlderThanTheyThink: When the debate about if James Bond should be played by a women emerged in TheNewTens, Bond fans pointed to Wai Lin as an example that successful female equivalents can co-exist with a male Bond.

** The creepyy circuit board girl in the opening credits. Mid-90s CGI was not quite up to it yet.

** K.D. Lang is made of WIN. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zIbOL8SSCY Listen here.]]

** After the score of ''[=GoldenEye=]'' was soundly criticized for its drastic departure from the usual Bond motifs, new composer Music/DavidArnold gave an apology to the fans in the form of making sure no Bond Moment was complete without the classic tunes of the series. In fact, the James Bond theme is heard in four of the first five scenes Bond has!

* BrokenBase: A great number of fans prefer K.D. Lang's song "Surrender" as the film's true theme, especially since the orchestral version of the song is laden throughout the movie. However, the Music/SherylCrow version, despite being a last-minute replacement, is absolutely beloved by many and is often regarded as one of the best themes of the Brosnan-era if not the whole franchise.

** Wai Lin was received as one of the best Bond Girls, and many fans believe she was one of the few Bond Girls who deserved the honour of returning to the franchise one day.

* FanPreferredCutContent: A lot of people wish that K.D. Lang's "Surrender", which plays over the closing credits, hadn't been replaced late in production by Music/SherylCrow's "Tomorrow Never Dies" as the main title song.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: In China, the movie has a audience rating of 9.3 out of 10 rating on video streaming website BilliBilli, while some other much more beloved entires in the 007 franchise are close or has a smaller rating, with Film/GoldenEye having an 8.3 and Film/FromRussiaWithLove having a 9.0.

* MoralEventHorizon: Carver and his henchman, Stamper, cross it almost immediately when Carver orders Stamper to mercilessly gun down several defenceless and unarmed sailors who had just barely survived the sinking of their ship. As we find out soon after, Carver seems to have made his entire career off of crossing this line just for a story.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Prepare to do a double take when the opening credits give a nod to somebody named [[Franchise/JohnWick Chad Stahelski]] for being the game's motion capture director, along with [[Film/JohnWick David Leitch]] working alongside him as a stunt performer.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Prepare to do a double take when the opening credits give a nod to a duo named [[Franchise/JohnWick Chad Stahelski and David Leitch]] for working as two of the game's stuntmen, along with the former being the game's motion capture director.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Prepare to do a double take when the opening credits give a nod to someone named [[Franchise/JohnWick Chad Stahelski]] for directing the game's motion capture performances.

* FanPreferredCutContent: A lot of people wish that k.d. lang's "Surrender", which plays over the closing credits, hadn't been replaced late in production by Music/SherylCrow's "Tomorrow Never Dies" as the main title song.

* AuthorsSavingThrow:
** After two eclectic scores, the producers brought Music/DavidArnold in to provide a more traditional Bond score.
** The {{novelization}} of the movie reveals that in ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice'', Bond lied about studying Oriental languages when Moneypenny tossed him the book about Instant Japanese, explaining why in this movie he has no idea how to read the Chinese keyboard in Wai Lin's hideout.

** [[BigBad Elliot Carver himself]] also qualifies. EON didn't have the rights to [[GreaterScopeVillain Blofeld]] and his [[NebulousEvilOrganization SPECTRE]], so, Carver and his company could be the new GreaterScopeVillain. But, instead, his death at the end of the film meant he didn't feature in the [[Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough next]] [[Film/DieAnotherDay two]] movies before the ContinuityReboot in ''[[Film/CasinoRoyale2006 Casino Royale]]'' at all.

* SoOkayItsAverage: It generally has a reputation of being "that mediocre/okayish Bond movie after ''Film/GoldenEye''." Wai Lin is a great Bond Girl, and the action scenes are quite good, but Carver -- an evil news mogul -- is generally regarded as a very silly and cartoonish villain.

* RetroactiveRecognition: A young Creator/GerardButler plays a one of the crew members of the HMS ''Devonshire'' and a pre-''Series/DowntonAbbey'' Hugh Bonneville amongst the crew of the HMS ''Bedford''.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: In China, the movie has a 9.3 out of 10 rating on video streaming website BilliBilli