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[JimmyBond]

That's not really a goof. Lots of times trailers will use certain shots that don't end up in the final film. Connery just did a different reading of the line that was used for the trailer.

[Monsieur B]

I don't know. Both shots are pretty much identical. Besides, why would the producers not have used the shot from the trailer with the smoother introduction? It just seems odd that Connery's re-introduction was sort of rushed like that and a better take was not used. What was so good about that delivery?

[JimmyBond]

Maybe they wanted the faster introduction. Bond was in a rather hurry trying to locate Blofeld, I doubt he'd waste time introducing himself. I always felt it was a fine delivery myself.

[jb0074]

Well it seems the majority of us agree that the ultimate flubb can be found in DAF, but I have to say that the end of the car chase where he goes in th alley on the right two wheels and pops out on the left two was the worst. To me it made a goofy car chase worse-"I think Larry, got 'em, good work Larry..Larry?" Just the thought of it makes me cringe. And what is worse, if you watch the Guy Hamilton interview on the special edition dvd, he admits to knowing it was filmed wrong and decided it was just easier to input the sound effect of him flipping the car over midway throught the stunt! Rediculous!! When did anyone ever make a sucessful Bond film by saying "Let's just take the easy way out". No we see what happens when they do say that.

[SecretAgentFan]

The para-sailing in DAD really is the worst for me. As if there hadn

[icecold]

The most obvious, jaw droppingly awful 007 goof? the last 45 mins or so of DAD. How could they start off decent and relatively promising and screw it up like that? It boggles my mind still even 4 years after I first saw it.

[SecretAgentFan]

It

[bondrocks14]

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[stamper]

In DAF, Bond voice is indeed actually very strange until Connery appears, like it's dubbed or something, until the "my name is..." line. I wondered about that since first time I saw the movie. Anyone on this board in the knows, please inquire. Is connery dubbed ? Language speeded up ? Why ?

[james st.john smythe]

i think all of vijays tennis gags r crap in octopussy

[doublenoughtspy]

I vote for the DAF Mustang as well.

As JB0074 says - it goes against what Bond films stand for - first class action & entertainment where every dollar is on the screen.

There were some issues with 2nd unit footage on Goldfinger of the Ft Knox aerial raid. So they went back and reshot. They didn't film with toy models or take the cheap way out.

Same director but entirely different ways of correcting mistakes on GF & DAF.

I can just see how happy Sean would be when they told him they would have to film a new scene in the interior of the Mustang to make up for the mistake.

"Bloody .... this better not interfere with my golf..."

[Bon-san]

The "fire" and "explosions" in "China" when DAF's Blofeld strikes with the diamond-encrusted laser-weapon-from-space thingy. Did that cost even a hundred bucks to film?

Also, the weak screams of agony from the "Chinese soldiers" in the same scene.

[double-O-Durg]

in Casino Royale - M promoting Bond to double-O despite working with him for 11 years. Don't get me started about Felix.

[bondrocks14]

in Casino Royale - M promoting Bond to double-O despite working with him for 11 years. Don't get me started about Felix.

Hahahahahahaa!!!!!

[JimmyBond]

I vote for the DAF Mustang as well.

As JB0074 says - it goes against what Bond films stand for - first class action & entertainment where every dollar is on the screen.

There were some issues with 2nd unit footage on Goldfinger of the Ft Knox aerial raid. So they went back and reshot. They didn't film with toy models or take the cheap way out.

Same director but entirely different ways of correcting mistakes on GF & DAF.

Well, Connery's salary did take up half the budget. I imagine if they had the money to fix it they would. They just felt securing Connery one last time was more important.

[Qwerty]

The "fire" and "explosions" in "China" when DAF's Blofeld strikes with the diamond-encrusted laser-weapon-from-space thingy. Did that cost even a hundred bucks to film?

Also, the weak screams of agony from the "Chinese soldiers" in the same scene.

A good choice, Bon-san, I'd completely forgotten about that one (although may that's the idea).

[Publius]

The "fire" and "explosions" in "China" when DAF's Blofeld strikes with the diamond-encrusted laser-weapon-from-space thingy. Did that cost even a hundred bucks to film?

Also, the weak screams of agony from the "Chinese soldiers" in the same scene.

A good choice, Bon-san, I'd completely forgotten about that one (although may that's the idea).

Ugh. I agree. The "graphics" in DAF are cringeworthy (and I mean that literally, I do cringe when I see it). At least YOLT, which is almost as bad in the awful special effects department, can claim the excuse of coming four years earlier. Granted, that so-called lava at the end, the painfully obvious use of cheap blue-screen for the plane crash, and the original-War-of-the-Worlds look of Blofeld's spacecraft are still deplorable...

I've also gotta admit Krest's exploding head in LTK was laughable. It would have been a more powerful scene by simply cutting to a shot of Sanchez through the glass, and having it suddenly splattered with blood. As it stands, however, it's even more out of place in the film than Pam's crying or that winking fish.

[K1Bond007]

The "fire" and "explosions" in "China" when DAF's Blofeld strikes with the diamond-encrusted laser-weapon-from-space thingy. Did that cost even a hundred bucks to film?

Also, the weak screams of agony from the "Chinese soldiers" in the same scene.

I don't know if that counts as a goof. And I love that scene now because it's so awesomely-ridiculously-stupidily done. Heh.. Seriously everytime I see that movie with someone I make a note to point it out right before it happens so everyone can laugh. The Chinese guy on fire only adds to the hilarity.

[stamper]

I hope they fix the bad graphics sfx of YOLT and DAF with the new DVDs remasters in 4K, it's pretty easy to do with digital now. I do say fix, not redo some entirely different shots

[SecretAgentFan]

I say: let

[Santa]

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I say: let

[stamper]

I disagree, I think it's better to fix the glitches. If we follow your way of thinking, we would still watch the first superman with his costume color changing from shot to shot.
As the movies have stictly not any more relationship, colors and grain wise, with what was in the theaters back in the days, I say go with it full lenght. Don't reedit or anything, but fix badly made composites so that they still look as made in the sixties, but are not cheapo fake looking. They did this extremely well on a lot of movies... And you don't even know because they dont make the hype about it.

[SecretAgentFan]

If we follow your way of thinking, we would still watch the first superman with his costume color changing from shot to shot.

If they made the mistake the first time then it just is that way. Why is everybody so obsessed with perfection nowadays?

[007Travis]

One thing that I always noticed is in TSWLM. They take over the Liparus and Bond is changing the coordinates so that they will destroy each other. When you look at the map on the globe the sub is already across the Atlantic Ocean. That would take days to do...

[Colossus]

The effects in YOLT are The Empire Strikes Back compared to the ones in DAF.

[Dr. Noah]

In OHMSS, during the ski chase. When Bond slips through the trees and lands on his stomach just short of the edge of the cliff, you can see the safety line tied around the stunt man's ankle.

[DLibrasnow]

One thing that I always noticed is in TSWLM. They take over the Liparus and Bond is changing the coordinates so that they will destroy each other. When you look at the map on the globe the sub is already across the Atlantic Ocean. That would take days to do...

Yes, that always irked me too. In fact when I was watching The Spy Who Loved Me with my girlfriend this weekend she pointed that out.

[Jim]

The World Is Not Enough contains perhaps the most jarring, jaw-droppingly inept goofs ever to be committed to celluloid -

In the mine, Renard is escaping and Bond fires his gun at him point blank. Check how long it takes for the bullet to hit the glass - it must be slowest moving bullet in the history of man. That appallingly p*ss poor moment makes the makers of The World Is Not Enough look like Keystone Cops in their downright ineptitude and inability to properly edit a simple scene.

Considering the oft-repeated claim that you haven't seen this film since 1999 and then only the once, that's a hell of a memory you've got there.

Although I accept that it may have irritated you that much...

[Tanger]

One thing that I always noticed is in TSWLM. They take over the Liparus and Bond is changing the coordinates so that they will destroy each other. When you look at the map on the globe the sub is already across the Atlantic Ocean. That would take days to do...

That and the trajectory of the missiles projected on the globe is just plain wrong. They should be flying straight at the opposite sub but instead they fly out, go miles out of their way and then come back to hit the subs.

[DLibrasnow]

Well, it's pretty hard to forget the universal moan mixed with incredulous laughter that met it in the theater. Also, my friend turning to me and asking WTF was with that?!