Story here.
The stunt in question involves a motorcycle jump from onto the packed roof of a moving train, followed by a leap onto another, equally crowded train roof. But traveling on train roofs is illegal in India (Ha!), the government helpfully pointed out, and this would put the train system in a bad light.
I like this bit, for a show of complete cluelessness:
…yeah, we’ll get right on that.
God forbid there should be any depiction of illegal activity in a James Bond movie.
That may be illegal, but it is actually done in India. So, what’s their point?
P.S: cool news, the next Bond is in India.
I suspect that IS their point. If nobody did it, it wouldn’t be a problem to show it on screen - what they want to avoid is “hey, James Bond does it, it must be ok”
Maybe someone should tell them that James Bond is precisely not a standard for either proper nor safe behaviour. Maybe someone could lend them a copy of “Octopussy” as well.
I also hear that getting out of the train and crawling along the top is not allowed either.
hmm how about shooting loads of people? is that ok?
Maybe it would be OK if they show Bond losing an arm doing it.
Never mind.
Maybe it’s because they can’t find 2 trains with enough space on the roofs for a motorbike?
Yeah, my first thought was how implausible it would be to have JB jump onto the top of an train in India that was all ready fully occupied with people. Does he just land on them? Does he just accelerate through the crowd to jump onto the next crowded train roof? How was that supposed to work?
It might work as a safety warning - if you sit on the top of a train, you are at risk of being hit by a motorbike.
From the article:
“Daniel Craig, who plays the world’s most famous secret agent, was supposed to jump from a motorcycle onto a moving train roof packed with travellers and then leap to another equally crowded train top, according to the script.”
So it sounds like the motorcyle isn’t going onto the train - Bond jumps from the motorcyle (going over a bridge maybe?) onto the train, then leaps to another train.
Wouldn’t that make him the world’s worst secret agent? 
Malory Archer: Most secret agents don’t tell every harlot from here to Hanoi that they ARE secret agents!
Sterling Archer: Then why be one?
Yes, I was too was thinking the motorbike landed on the train, but it appears that is not the case.
Heh, maybe the railway should hire Daniel Craig for a series of PR ads in which he busts the heads of some of these rampant lawbreakers a la Great Depression railyard-agent days. That’ll show 'em.
That’s not the point. If you read the article, you’ll see that they said the stunt is fine, but only if James Bond is the only one on the roof. Regular passengers can’t be up there.
So have a scene where he gets a license to dice on trains, and it’s all nice and legal.
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That’s not the point. If you read the article, you’ll see that they said the stunt is fine, but only if James Bond is the only one on the roof. Regular passengers can’t be up there.
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Correct. People ride on the roofs of trains in India quite frequently, but it’s illegal. The railway does not want the moviemakers showing what is essentially the reality; they want to pretend it never happens.