Edited by iBond, 16 March 2011 - 11:50 PM.
"I could do with some plastic."
#1
Posted 16 March 2011 - 11:49 PM
#2
Posted 16 March 2011 - 11:53 PM
#3
Posted 16 March 2011 - 11:55 PM
#4
Posted 17 March 2011 - 01:42 AM
#5
Posted 17 March 2011 - 04:30 AM
Whatever Q cooked up was probably a combination of what used to be called gelignite (or nitrogel) and one of the above. I remember laughing when I saw the name on the tube.
I've got some experience with explosives. My uncle was a chemical engineer. Gave me first exploding pen and a friend of mine's cousin works for a police bomb squad.
Now BOT - The line always made sense to me..But that's just me.
#6
Posted 17 March 2011 - 05:42 AM
That's how I took it. He had all this cash, and it would have been less of a burden to pay by card.Oh, he wasn't referring to American Express ?
Don't leave MI6 without it.
#7
Posted 17 March 2011 - 11:18 AM
Yes agreed. If I remember correctly credit card ads, particularly American Express, were all over in the late 80's telling everyone about the advantages of a plastic card over cash. There is a definite tongue in cheek to Daltons delivery.That's how I took it. He had all this cash, and it would have been less of a burden to pay by card.
Oh, he wasn't referring to American Express ?
Don't leave MI6 without it.
For what it's worth around TLD time I think Dalton was offered to front an American Express ad in the states as well. He (allegedly) turned this down which makes the line even more ironic.
#8
Posted 17 March 2011 - 02:31 PM
Yes agreed. If I remember correctly credit card ads, particularly American Express, were all over in the late 80's telling everyone about the advantages of a plastic card over cash. There is a definite tongue in cheek to Daltons delivery.
That's how I took it. He had all this cash, and it would have been less of a burden to pay by card.
Oh, he wasn't referring to American Express ?
Don't leave MI6 without it.
For what it's worth around TLD time I think Dalton was offered to front an American Express ad in the states as well. He (allegedly) turned this down which makes the line even more ironic.
Agreed. I've always assumed that this refers to credit cards too, particularly as he has cash by the suitcase-load.
#9
Posted 17 March 2011 - 03:07 PM
#10
Posted 17 March 2011 - 03:15 PM
No doubt, but I would argue Dalton is clearly having fun with the line, in spite of how it's written. There's no way Dalton wasn't thinking about credit cards when he said it.It's plastique, as in plastique explosive. In the shooting script itself Bond's dialogue is written as: "I could do with some plastique."
#11
Posted 17 March 2011 - 03:20 PM
#12
Posted 17 March 2011 - 03:23 PM
Yeah, and a good actor making the best of his script.Well, obviously. That's joke, ain't it.
#13
Posted 17 March 2011 - 03:35 PM
#14
Posted 17 March 2011 - 03:43 PM
Dalton suffered in this respect I think because he followed Moore, who would probably say himself he let the audience know before a joke was coming.
#15
Posted 17 March 2011 - 03:45 PM
Well, obviously. That's the joke, ain't it.
I think you're reading a bit too much into it!
#16
Posted 17 March 2011 - 03:54 PM
#17
Posted 17 March 2011 - 05:09 PM
Yes agreed. If I remember correctly credit card ads, particularly American Express, were all over in the late 80's telling everyone about the advantages of a plastic card over cash. There is a definite tongue in cheek to Daltons delivery...
That's how I took it. He had all this cash, and it would have been less of a burden to pay by card.
Oh, he wasn't referring to American Express ?
Don't leave MI6 without it.
Yeah, I knew there was something in that delivery. Definitely tongue in cheek.
#18
Posted 25 March 2011 - 02:02 AM
Well, obviously. That's the joke, ain't it.
I think you're reading a bit too much into it!
Yeah, I'm with you, I never saw it as a joke. To me it was just Bond commenting on the fact that he could use the plastic explosives.