# Die Another Day **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 26, 2003, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/die-another-day/184441 "2003-06-26T03:22:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/die-another-day/184441/1 "2003-06-26T03:22:46Z")
I’m a James Bond fan. Oh, I’m not rabid or anything. I have all 20 films in the series, plus _Casino Royale_. (I’ve heard that the DVD of _Never Say Never Again_ has been cut, so I haven’t bought that one. Besides, I have _Thunderball_.) I’ve read most of the books. But I’m not a “rabid” fan. I’m not a TruFan. So I’ve just watched _Die Another Day_ for the second time. (The first time was in the cinema. It’s a bit of a stretch between viewings.) There are little “nuggets” in it. For example, John Cleese issues Bond his watch and says (paraphrasing here), “This is the 20th one. Try to bring this one back.” The shot of Halle Berry coming out of the water is a nod to _Dr. No_ where Ursula Andress does the same. The car Bond drives in Cuba looks an aweful lot like the one he was picked up from the airport in in _Dr. No_. And then there’s the Union Jack parachute, the shoe with the knife in it, and the various gadgets from other films of the series that we see when Cleese is taking Bond through his workshop. I’m sure there are other things that I’ve missed. What are they? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/die-another-day/184441/2 "2003-06-26T03:24:41Z")
Try Another Forum. Moving this to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/die-another-day/184441/3 "2003-06-26T03:26:33Z")
Thanks **Czarcasm**. I thought I was in Café, but I guess I missed with my mouse. I was just going to ask it to be moved. ---
**Author:** ![ChaosGod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ac91a4/32.png) [@ChaosGod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChaosGod)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/die-another-day/184441/4 "2003-06-26T03:52:20Z")
I think many of these curiosities can be found in the Internet Movie Data Base [imdb.com](http://imdb.com) , in the trivia section ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/die-another-day/184441/5 "2003-06-26T04:50:49Z")
The most important and subtle reference I caught in the movie was in Cuba when Bond picks up a book called “A Field Guide To Birds of the West Indies” and goes on to masquerade as a bird watcher as his cover. When Ian Fleming was selecting the name for his secret agent character he was looking for something fairly “bland” and settled on the author of a book titled, you guessed it, “A Field Guide To Birds of the West Indies.” Very clever touch and a nice nod to the Bond novel history. ---
**Author:** ![Mercutio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Mercutio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercutio)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/die-another-day/184441/6 "2003-06-26T05:04:07Z")
This one made swiss cheese of the laws of physics and common sense, much like various other ones starring Pierce as Bond. ---
**Author:** ![RTA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@RTA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTA)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/die-another-day/184441/7 "2003-06-26T12:45:06Z")
I would rather listen to _Grandma got Run-Over by a Reindeer_ than that piece of crap tune that Madonna did for that flick. Just dreadful. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/die-another-day/184441/8 "2003-06-26T13:30:54Z")
> [@](#): > > This one made swiss cheese of the laws of physics and common sense, much like various other ones starring Pierce as Bond. True. As a pilot I really had a difficult time suspending my disbelief during the scene on the cargo plane and the helicopter. And the invisible car idea is one that I’ve had for years and years, but I’ve thought it out in much more detail and know it wouldn’t make it actually invisible. But it’s a Bond film. You have to expect outrageous “science”. > [@](#): > > I would rather listen to Grandma got Run-Over by a Reindeer than that piece of crap tune that Madonna did for that flick. Just dreadful. But the unbelievable science and the title song don’t have anything to do with the “nuggets”. **ChaosGod** : I’ll have a look at IMDB later. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Gjorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@Gjorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gjorp)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/die-another-day/184441/9 "2003-06-26T15:24:16Z")
Don’t forget that Jinx was strapped to a table and about to be killed by a laser beam.