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[Invincible1958]

Out of all Bondmovies "Tomorrow Never Dies" was the only one where Bond is not losing his consciousness.
I don't remeber a scene in QOS where Bond is unconscious. So that makes it only the 2nd movie out of 22, where Bond is awake all through the film.

[Captain Tightpants]

When did it happen in TWINE?

[sorking]

There's a deliberate point being made in QoS that, in fact, I missed the first time around - he can't sleep. At all. Part of the momentum is because of this. M asks about it early on, Mathis catches him mid-movie, and Camille asks if he'll be able to sleep now at the end. He works through the nights, never sleeps when checked into a hotel or while travelling.

It's a great little theme, subtly laid in. And yeah, being knocked out would have somewhat got in the way of that!

[double o ego]

what the hell is this thread about?

[MkB]

There's a deliberate point being made in QoS that, in fact, I missed the first time around - he can't sleep. At all. Part of the momentum is because of this. M asks about it early on, Mathis catches him mid-movie, and Camille asks if he'll be able to sleep now at the end. He works through the nights, never sleeps when checked into a hotel or while travelling.

It's a great little theme, subtly laid in. And yeah, being knocked out would have somewhat got in the way of that!

Ah! Thanks sorking, I had missed this "can't sleep" thing too, but I think you're right about that. I'll pay more attention on the second viewing Very interesting!

[bondrules]

He'll sleep when he leaves Russia...

[Mojito133]

Wait - he sleeped with Fields, didn't he? So he was getting some rest after all.

[sorking]

Wait - he sleeped with Fields, didn't he? So he was getting some rest after all.

A little restless but he got off eventually.

[bondrules]

Wait - he sleeped with Fields, didn't he? So he was getting some rest after all.

When he was in the room the last thing that was happening was anyone getting sleep....maybe Fields took a nap after...not him

[Nicolas Suszczyk]

Neither he was in Tomorrow Never Dies and The World is not Enough...
and in Never Say Never Again, of curse

[Nicolas Suszczyk]

WAIT! HE DID get unconcious...

After the freefalling, he opens the parachute and quickly falls into the sinkhole. There he (and probably Camille) loses conciousness

[Publius]

It's a subtle nod to Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

[JimmyBond]

It's a subtle nod to Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

Are you talking about the scene where Greene rips the heart out of the Indian boy?

[Publius]

It's a subtle nod to Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

Are you talking about the scene where Greene rips the heart out of the Indian boy?

No, I mean the part where Greene serves llama genitals for dinner.

But seriously, if memory serves me correctly, Indy gets maybe one chance to rest in all of ToD, and even then it's dubious whether Willie and her lovely voice let him sleep a wink.

However, I think the more apt QoS/Indy comparison is this, where Indy = QoS and the man in black = what many of these reviewers obviously wanted QoS to be.

[Se7en]

WAIT! HE DID get unconcious...

After the freefalling, he opens the parachute and quickly falls into the sinkhole. There he (and probably Camille) loses conciousness

I think you might be right. It certainly did look like Bond lost consciousness.

[Nicolas Suszczyk]

As General Orlov would have put it: "That would be the most plausible explanation"