7 replies to this topic

[Mcx]

If Bond knew that the guy at the desert airport where gonna sell them out why didn't he just tie him up at the bathroom or something and just steal the plane? Or have I missed something?

Edited by Mcx, 12 April 2010 - 11:52 PM.

[The Shark]

That was more a small private air-field, rather than an airport.

[Vauxhall]

If Bond knew that the guy at the desert airport where gonna sell them out why didn't he just tie him up at the bathroom or something and just steal the plane? Or have I missed something?

Perhaps he thought it would be too time-consuming.

Plus if Bond hadn't ended up getting chased in the plane, he would never have fortuitously parachuted into a sinkhole and discovered the underground water source.

[DamnCoffee]

I was more concerned as to why Bond took a massive off jet, when there was a perfectly good, decent sized plane right next to it, then acted surprised when it got shot down.

[dinovelvet]

I was more concerned as to why Bond took a massive off jet, when there was a perfectly good, decent sized plane right next to it

He has a slight inferiority complex.

[DaveBond21]

I was more concerned as to why Bond took a massive off jet, when there was a perfectly good, decent sized plane right next to it, then acted surprised when it got shot down.

I assumed that Bond thought that if Quantum were looking for a plane that might contain him, they would be looking for a modern jet rather an a rundown plane.

[Double-Oh Agent]

If Bond knew that the guy at the desert airport where gonna sell them out why didn't he just tie him up at the bathroom or something and just steal the plane? Or have I missed something?

It's just a bad part of the script--one of the very worst, actually. It makes no sense for Bond to know that the airfield guy is going to call Greene and then let him do just that while at the same time making himself an easy target to shoot down in a big, slow, unwieldy plane. It just makes Bond look stupid and/or inept, which Bond should never be.

What should have happened is Bond makes the exchange of the car for the plane and takes off, and as he is taking off, the airfield guy makes the call to Greene with Bond oblivious to the fact that he is being double-crossed. That scenario makes much more sense (while at the same time not making Bond an idiot) and would have gotten us to the exact same place in the story that we did.

I was more concerned as to why Bond took a massive off jet, when there was a perfectly good, decent sized plane right next to it, then acted surprised when it got shot down.

My only response would be that the airfield guy probably wouldn't give up that smaller, faster (and more expensive?) plane in exchange for the SUV. The only plane he would be willing to trade for the SUV was the big, old, slow, and run-down one that Bond wound up getting.

[JimmyBond]

I was more concerned as to why Bond took a massive off jet, when there was a perfectly good, decent sized plane right next to it, then acted surprised when it got shot down.

My only response would be that the airfield guy probably wouldn't give up that smaller, faster (and more expensive?) plane in exchange for the SUV. The only plane he would be willing to trade for the SUV was the big, old, slow, and run-down one that Bond wound up getting.

I won't try to debate the first part of your post, only to say that not every bit can be perfect.

But I do like the explanation for why Bond took the huge, slow plane. It's so simple I can't believe I didn't think about it.