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* PlotDemandedManualMode: In the climax, James Bond and Holly Goodhead use a laser-armed space shuttle to locate and destroy three globes filled with nerve gas. As per RuleOfThree, the first two are destroyed easily, but as the shuttle enters the atmosphere the automatic targeting starts to malfunction from the heat and vibration, so Bond has to aim it manually using a fold-out joystick.



* PlotDemandedManualMode: In the climax, James Bond and Holly Goodhead use a laser-armed space shuttle to locate and destroy three globes filled with nerve gas. As per RuleOfThree, the first two are destroyed easily, but as the shuttle enters the atmosphere the automatic targeting starts to malfunction from the heat and vibration, so Bond has to aim it manually using a fold-out joystick.
* PoliticallyCorrectVillain: Drax may be a megalomaniac who wants to end human civilisation as we know it, but he's no racist -- as evidenced by the fact that the beautiful people in his space station are by no means exclusively white.



* PricelessMingVase: Bond and Chang are fighting in a Venice glass museum where they smash just about everything in the exhibition. At one point during the fight Bond picks up an item, hears the alarm that reminds him that it's "priceless," and carefully replaces it; seconds later, Chang smashes it.

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* PricelessMingVase: Bond and Chang are fighting in a Venice glass museum where they smash just about everything in the exhibition. At one point during the fight Bond picks up an item, hears the alarm that reminds him that it's "priceless," "priceless", and carefully replaces it; seconds later, Chang smashes it.



** Bond with the girl at the end, being interrupted by his superiors trying to get in touch with him (this was a common gag for the Moore films, only [[Film/LiveAndLetDie two]] [[Film/{{Octopussy}} of which]] did not include it).

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** Bond with the girl at the end, being interrupted by his superiors trying to get in touch with him (this him. This was a common gag for the Moore films, only [[Film/LiveAndLetDie two]] [[Film/{{Octopussy}} of which]] did not include it).it.



* StrongerThanTheyLook: After Jaws fails to kill Bond in the cable car scene he is trapped under a very large wheel or gear. He can't lift it off of himself. Who can? ''Dolly,'' a five foot nothing girl with big glasses and pigtails[[note]]Partly justified by leverage; Jaws is unable to stand or bring his full strength to bear on the wheel, while Dolly can put her full body weight and strength into pushing it off, not to mention Jaws is helping her as best he can[[/note]].

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* StrongerThanTheyLook: After Jaws fails to kill Bond in the cable car scene he is trapped under a very large wheel or gear. He can't lift it off of himself. Who can? ''Dolly,'' ''Dolly'', a five foot nothing girl with big glasses and pigtails[[note]]Partly justified by leverage; Jaws is unable to stand or bring his full strength to bear on the wheel, while Dolly can put her full body weight and strength into pushing it off, not to mention Jaws is helping her as best he can[[/note]].



* SuddenlySpeaking: Jaws finally breaks at his silence at the end, when he says one line, "Here's to us," while proposing a toast with Dolly.
* SuperBreedingProgram: Drax plans to do some omnicide, and repopulate the planet Noah’s Ark style with pairs of men and women he has determined to be the best specimens of the human race.

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* SuddenlySpeaking: Jaws finally breaks at his silence at the end, when he says one line, "Here's to us," us", while proposing a toast with Dolly.
* SuperBreedingProgram: Drax plans to do some omnicide, and repopulate the planet Noah’s Noah's Ark style with pairs of men and women he has determined to be the best specimens of the human race.



* VillainDecay: The film is often criticized for making Jaws more buffoonish than in ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'', where he was genuinely menacing.

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* VillainDecay: The film is often criticized for making Jaws more buffoonish than in ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'', where he was genuinely menacing. Here, he falls in love, does a HeelFaceTurn and (unlike most Bond villain henchmen) survives.



** The "ideal humans" vanish from the narrative once Bond reaches the space station. Whether any actually survive is never revealed. This is actually noticeable as the film takes pains to focus on that the women among them are the same ones Bond sees earlier at Drax' estate and in the glass factory in Venice, yet we never learn their fate and the only people being seen killed on screen are Drax' male troops.

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** The "ideal humans" vanish from the narrative once Bond reaches the space station. Whether any actually survive is never revealed. This is actually noticeable as the film takes pains to focus on the fact that the women among them are the same ones Bond sees earlier at Drax' estate and in the glass factory in Venice, yet we never learn their fate and the only people being seen killed on screen are Drax' male troops.



** Well they ''were'' willing participants in his conspiracy to ''kill everyone on Earth''.

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** Well they ''were'' (presumably) willing participants in his conspiracy to ''kill everyone on Earth''.

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** Some assassins in boats come at Bond in the canals of Venice with knives and guns, but his motorised gondola helps him escape.

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** Some assassins in boats come at Bond in the canals of Venice with knives and guns, but guns. Bond kills the knife-throwing assassin by throwing one of his own knives back at him, then escapes in his motorised gondola helps him escape.gondola.



* ChekhovsExhibit: There's an entire ''museum'' full of glass artifacts. Not thirty minutes later, we get to see every last bit of it trashed when Bond fights Chang, a Kendo champion who insists on going after him with a shinai. Bond manages to repel him with a glass-handled sword that was shown earlier.

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* ChekhovsExhibit: There's an entire ''museum'' full of glass artifacts. artefacts. Not thirty minutes later, we get to see every last bit of it the whole lot trashed when Bond fights Chang, a Kendo champion who insists on going after him with a shinai. Bond manages to repel him with a glass-handled sword that was shown earlier.



* CutLexLuthorACheque: Drax has succeeded in not just planning but ''building'' a fully-functioning space station with a built-in radar-jamming cloaking device which renders it undetectable from Earth. Were he not a psychopath intent on wiping out humanity and creating his own master race out of the people on the space station, he could've made a fortune from the cloaking device alone by selling it to NASA (for whom he ''makes space shuttles'', so he already has legitimate and doubtless lucrative business links with them).



* DullSurprise: Dr. Goodhead on numerous occasions, including when the shuttle they are riding is at risk of ''burning up on reentry''[[note]]This last could be justified; this is a trained CIA agent and shuttle-qualified pilot, neither of which you become if you go to pieces easily. She's holding herself under control to keep the shuttle aimed at the last globe, in order to prevent hundreds of millions of deaths[[/note]].

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* DullSurprise: Dr. Goodhead on numerous occasions, including when the shuttle they are riding is at risk of ''burning up on reentry''[[note]]This last could be justified; this is she's a trained CIA agent and shuttle-qualified pilot, neither of which you become if you go to pieces easily. She's holding herself under control to keep the shuttle aimed at the last globe, in order to prevent hundreds of millions of deaths[[/note]].






* GoKartingWithBowser: Frederick Grey mentions that he plays bridge with Drax.

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* GoKartingWithBowser: Frederick Grey mentions that he plays bridge with Drax.Drax, a nod to the card-playing sequence in [[Literature/{{Moonraker}} the original novel]].
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* RoadRunnerVsCoyote: Jaws keeps trying to catch Bond, fails every time and ends up crashing in things in ways that would kill normal men [[MadeOfIron without so much as an injury]], this time with an OhCrap face when plummetting without a parachute, being in a gondola at full speed with an inevitable crash and facing the InevitableWaterfall. And he keeps coming back.
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* RevealingCoverup: Bond wasn't interested in Drax until he started trying to have him killed.

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* RevealingCoverup: Bond wasn't interested in Drax until he Drax started trying to have him killed.

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* MookHorrorShow: The death scream uttered by the unnamed villain whose parachute Bond steals is one of the most disturbing sounds ever heard in cinema.
** It was subsequently recycled in ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'' and ''Film/TheLivingDaylights'' for the deaths of Gobinda and Necros, respectively.

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* MookHorrorShow: The death scream uttered by the unnamed villain whose parachute Bond steals is one of the most disturbing sounds ever heard in cinema.
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cinema. It was subsequently recycled in ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'' and ''Film/TheLivingDaylights'' for the deaths of Gobinda and Necros, respectively.
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** Also, regarding the ActionPrologue / BatmanColdOpen, we are never shown what happens to the stewardess who was working with Jaws and the Pilot henchman to try and kill Bond. Whether she had a spare parachute or whether she went down with the plane is never revealed, but it might likely be the former.

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** Also, regarding the ActionPrologue / BatmanColdOpen, we are never shown what happens to the stewardess who was working with Jaws and the Pilot henchman to try and kill Bond. Whether Bond, though considering we see her putting on her own parachute, she had a spare parachute or whether she went down with the plane is never revealed, but it might likely be the former.bailed out after Jaws did.
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* StrongerThanTheyLook: After Jaws fails to kill Bond in the cable car scene he is trapped under a very large wheel or gear. He can't lift it off of himself. Who can? ''Dolly,'' a five foot nothing girl with big glasses and pigtails.

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* StrongerThanTheyLook: After Jaws fails to kill Bond in the cable car scene he is trapped under a very large wheel or gear. He can't lift it off of himself. Who can? ''Dolly,'' a five foot nothing girl with big glasses and pigtails.pigtails[[note]]Partly justified by leverage; Jaws is unable to stand or bring his full strength to bear on the wheel, while Dolly can put her full body weight and strength into pushing it off, not to mention Jaws is helping her as best he can[[/note]].

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* RunningGag: Victor Tourjansky as the "man with the bottle" in St. Mark's Square who does a double take on seeing Bond drive by in a gondola. in the previous film he was the man on the beach who does a DoubleTake seeing Bond's Lotus drive out of the water.

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Victor Tourjansky as the "man with the bottle" in St. Mark's Square who does a double take on seeing Bond drive by in a gondola. in the previous film he was the man on the beach who does a DoubleTake seeing Bond's Lotus drive out of the water.
** Bond with the girl at the end, being interrupted by his superiors trying to get in touch with him (this was a common gag for the Moore films, only [[Film/LiveAndLetDie two]] [[Film/{{Octopussy}} of which]] did not include it).
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** Lampshaded and inverted when Bond suggests Q put one of his deadly gadgets into the stores for Christmas[[note]]And if you're wondering, no they did not make a toy of this gadget that could have been in stores[[/note]].

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** Lampshaded and inverted when Bond suggests Q put one of his deadly gadgets into the stores for Christmas[[note]]And if you're wondering, no they did not make a Real Life tie-in toy of this gadget that could have been in stores[[/note]].
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** Lampshaded and inverted when Bond suggests Q put one of his deadly gadgets into the stores for Christmas.

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** Lampshaded and inverted when Bond suggests Q put one of his deadly gadgets into the stores for Christmas.Christmas[[note]]And if you're wondering, no they did not make a toy of this gadget that could have been in stores[[/note]].
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* NoPlaceForMeThere: Deliberatly triggered by Bond. During Drax's MotiveRant, Bond asks if Drax will keep his new human race perfect by purging anyone with imperfections. When Drax confirms it, Jaws and his glasses-wearing girlfriend realize that applies to them, prompting a HeelFaceTurn.

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* NoPlaceForMeThere: Deliberatly Deliberately triggered by Bond. During Drax's MotiveRant, Bond asks if Drax will keep his new human race perfect by purging anyone with imperfections. When Drax confirms it, Jaws and his glasses-wearing girlfriend realize that applies to them, prompting a HeelFaceTurn.
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* NoodleIncident: M asks Moneypenny if Bond's back from "that African job". Whatever that may be.

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* NoodleIncident: M asks Moneypenny if Bond's back from "that African job". Whatever that may be.be (though it's likely a reference to Moore's [[Film/TheWildGeese previous, non-Bond film]]).
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* MoodWhiplash: As pointed out in the ''James Bond Encyclopedia'', the scene where Corrine is pursued and attacked by Drax's Dobermans is genuinely chilling, and stands out from the outlandishness of the rest of the film.

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* MoodWhiplash: As pointed out in the ''James Bond Encyclopedia'', the scene where Corrine is pursued and attacked by Drax's Dobermans is genuinely chilling, and stands out from the outlandishness of the rest of the film. Drax and his evil plan to commit ''genocide'' also stands in contrast to the rest of the silliness.
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* FatalFlaw: Hugo Drax's tendency to gloat.

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* FatalFlaw: Hugo Drax's tendency to gloat.gloat, and his need to make people suffer instead of [[JustShootHim killing them immediately]].
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* DullSurprise: Dr. Goodhead on numerous occasions, including when the shuttle they are riding is at risk of ''burning up on reentry''[[note]]This last could be justified; this is a trained CIA agent and shuttle-qualified pilot, she's holding herself under control to keep the shuttle aimed at the last globe, in order to prevent hundres of millions of deaths[[/note]].

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* DullSurprise: Dr. Goodhead on numerous occasions, including when the shuttle they are riding is at risk of ''burning up on reentry''[[note]]This last could be justified; this is a trained CIA agent and shuttle-qualified pilot, she's neither of which you become if you go to pieces easily. She's holding herself under control to keep the shuttle aimed at the last globe, in order to prevent hundres hundreds of millions of deaths[[/note]].
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* DullSurprise: Dr. Goodhead on numerous occasions, including when the shuttle they are riding is at risk of ''burning up on reentry''.

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* DullSurprise: Dr. Goodhead on numerous occasions, including when the shuttle they are riding is at risk of ''burning up on reentry''.reentry''[[note]]This last could be justified; this is a trained CIA agent and shuttle-qualified pilot, she's holding herself under control to keep the shuttle aimed at the last globe, in order to prevent hundres of millions of deaths[[/note]].
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* DenserAndWackier: A shining example of this from the series, is was the slow VillainDecay of Jaws from genuinely menacing PsychoForHire to DumbMuscle and finally outright comic stooge.

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* DenserAndWackier: A shining example of this from the series, is as was the slow VillainDecay of Jaws from genuinely menacing PsychoForHire to DumbMuscle and finally outright comic stooge.stooge. Drax and his plan, however, avert this, being one of the most monstrous villains in the whole series; here, genocide isn't just an incidental by-product of his plan, genocide pretty much ''is'' the plan.
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* BodyHorror: Implied when we see a laser gun in Q's lab being used to melt a mannequin's head; later, we see the same type of weapon being used to shoot people on Drax's space station.

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* BodyHorror: Implied when we see a laser gun in Q's lab being used to melt a mannequin's head; later, we see the same type of weapon being used to shoot people on Drax's space station.station (though here they just yell and fall down).
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* BatmanColdOpen: The cold opening shows Jaws trying to kill Bond by pushing him from an airplane without a parachute. His 'chute fails but lucky for him (and Bond), there's a nearby circus tent.

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* BatmanColdOpen: The cold opening shows Jaws trying to kill Bond by pushing him from an airplane without a parachute. His 'chute fails but lucky for him (and Bond), there's a nearby circus tent.tent (with a safety net set up for a high-wire act inside).
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* ArtisticLicenceSpace: Drax's space station is not detected until Bond and Dr. Goodhead deactivate the radar jamming system. However, the station is over 200m in diameter, which is twice as big as the International Space Station, and it would have easily been visible to the naked eye.

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* ArtisticLicenceSpace: Drax's space station is not detected until Bond and Dr. Goodhead deactivate the radar jamming system. However, the station is over 200m in diameter, which is twice as big as the International Space Station, and it would have easily been visible to the naked eye.eye, never mind your average amateur astronomer with a backyard telescope.
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'''Creator/GeorgeLazenby:''' ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService''\\
'''Creator/RogerMoore:''' ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'' | ''Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun'' | ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'' | '''Moonraker''' | ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'' | ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'' | ''Film/AViewToAKill''\\
'''Creator/TimothyDalton:''' ''Film/TheLivingDaylights'' | ''Film/LicenceToKill''\\
'''Creator/PierceBrosnan:''' ''Film/GoldenEye'' | ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'' | ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough'' | ''Film/DieAnotherDay''\\
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By Creator/EonProductions:\\
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'''Creator/GeorgeLazenby:''' ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService''\\
'''Creator/RogerMoore:''' ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'' | ''Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun'' | ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'' | '''Moonraker''' | ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'' | ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'' | ''Film/AViewToAKill''\\
'''Creator/TimothyDalton:''' ''Film/TheLivingDaylights'' | ''Film/LicenceToKill''\\
'''Creator/PierceBrosnan:''' ''Film/GoldenEye'' | ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'' | ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough'' | ''Film/DieAnotherDay''\\
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[[caption-width-right:300:''[[Music/ShirleyBassey Wheeeeeere are you?\\
Why do you hiiiiiide...]]'']]

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Why do you hiiiiiide...]]'']]
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* ArtisticLicenceBiology: Drax designs a chemical that will kill humans but not animals or plants. Humans actually ''are'' animals and a ''huge'' chunk of animals roaming the world have similar respiratory systems, meaning that they'd be killed too.

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* ArtisticLicenceBiology: Drax designs a chemical that will kill humans but not animals or plants. Humans actually ''are'' animals and a ''huge'' chunk of animals roaming the world have similar respiratory systems, meaning that they'd be killed too. The only way a chemical like that would only harm humans would be if it was gene-based (like the weapon from ''Film/NoTimeToDie''), but ''Moonraker'' has no indication that it is.
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* RoyalRapier: During Bond’s fight with Chang in Venice, Bond briefly uses a rapier to cut Chang’s bokken in half.

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* RoyalRapier: During Bond’s fight with Chang in Venice, Bond briefly uses a rapier to cut Chang’s bokken shinai in half.
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[[caption-width-right:300:''[[Music/ShirleyBassey Wheeeeeere are you, why do you hiiiiiide...]]'']]

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* CassandraTruth: Every time Bond runs into Moneypenny he tells her why he's late, but as the explanations are along the line of "I fell out of an airplane without a parachute" or "I just fell off a mountain", she doesn't believe him.

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* ShoePhone: Bond uses four gadgets across the movie. One he was issued by Q, one he borrowed from Holly, and two that came out of nowhere with no explanation.

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* ShoePhone: ShoePhone:
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Bond uses four gadgets across the movie. One he was issued by Q, one he borrowed from Holly, and two that came out of nowhere with no explanation.explanation.
** Bond identifies Holly as an allied agent thanks to her "standard CIA equipment", which consists of pen that squirts poison, a diary that fires a dart, a handbag that's a radio and a perfume sprayer that's a FireBreathingWeapon!
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* ArtisticLicencePhysics:
** Bond is placed in a centrifuge that can test the durability of potential astronauts against a g-force of up to twenty gs, which Dr. Goodhead remarks would be fatal. In actuality, Air Force Colonel John Stapp had set the record for a human's sustainability against g-forces of up to 46 gs in ''1954'', twenty-five years before the film was released.
** The skydiving scene, exciting as it is, takes ''much'' too long. Bond freefalls for about two full minutes before he pulls the ripcord, which means he fell for approximately 18,000 feet. He sure doesn't start out that high, and he doesn't even seem to be much closer to the ground when he opens his 'chute.
** Kudos to the film for dealing with artificial gravity in a realistic way, by spinning the station. The problem is, that only works on surfaces perpendicular to the center of rotation. The control center has floor surfaces parallel with the center of rotation— everybody would be stuck on the walls. Certainly for budget reasons, as really doing it correctly like ''Film/TwoThousandAndOneASpaceOdyssey'' would have been extremely expensive.
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* ItsAlwaysMardiGrasInNewOrleans: Bond's visit to Rio is of course during the thick of Carnival.

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