Yes, I know, but Goldfinger is the one who decides what he will do, and he’s crazily unpredictable. He’s clearly re-assuring Ling as the beam pushes toward Bond, and he’s confident enough to persuade anyone of anything. If Bond did know anything about Grand Slam, the reasonable thing was to let the beam persuade Bond to tell what he knew, and if it sliced through him, well, too bad. That would persuade Ling that the threat was taken care of.
As far as I can see, letting Bond off the hook accomplished nothing, except to let the film proceed with an un-bisected hero.
Having never seen the movie, maybe he dressed it up as a cloud seeding project? It probably wouldn’t be at all practical, but once the engineers have fulfilled their obligations by telling him it wouldn’t work, that’s his problem.
No, there’s a scene where a couple of techs are moving one of the satellites and a vial falls off; it’s clear from their reactions that they know they’re fucked. You could make a case that the ground crews working to launch the shuttles from Drax’s lair didn’t know what the boss had planned for them, but it’s clear that some people must have known and participated in a plot that would lead to their own deaths.
The same problem applies to other movies, too. In You Only Live Twice, Blofeld has a small army in his volcano lair to help fight off the ninjas and cover his escape. What could they be fighting for, money? “Sorry boss, you ain’t paying me enough money to take a bullet while you hide behind the blast-proof doors and sneak out the back way. I can’t spend it if I’m dead.”
Interesting. One question: what’s the incentive for C to “lend” their stock in the first place? What do they get out of the deal?
Also, can you do the end to Trading Places?
In the latest movie - Quantum of Solace - Bond manages to figure out whats going on, and sends a message to the members of the “ring” - all of whom immediately stand up and start to depart the area.
All they really had to do was kill the earpiece and enjoy the rest of the performance.
Global masterminds of crime, indeed.
Well, by that reasoning a plan where he reduces his existing stock of gold would admittedly be problematic. But this is a plan where he’s still got just as much gold after making himself richer – and we already know he’s down for that, right? I sure didn’t have a problem with him cheating at cards; that plan was also for him to (a) still have just as much gold at the end, and (b) get richer. Did that bug you?
So, okay: he’s a well-connected guy who knows enough about Fort Knox to pull off a win for Red China (a) without losing any of his gold, to help folks (b) who’ll presumably make him richer. What’s the problem? (If you like, feel free to throw in CalMeacham’s point: figure Goldfinger can even pick up a bar of gold while he’s rummaging around in Fort Knox – at which point he’ll end up with more money and more gold!)
What, you don’t hold your liquid helium in open vats right below walkways with substandard railings?