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This is the only Bond film that has a shark

posted 6 months ago by KingBob (2125)
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That really had no reason to have a shark.

The Thunderball and Live and Let Die novels had sharks in them so it made sense for the films to.

For Your Eyes Only and Licence To Kill both featured scenes from the Live and Let Die novel that had sharks so it made sense for sharks to be in those films also.

But in TSWLM it seems they just threw a shark in to bank off of the popularity of Jaws which came out two years earlier.

[–] FootOfDavros (8172) 6 months ago

But Stromberg is a big marine biology guy... Why wouldn't he have sharks? 🤔

[–] pjl69 (2647) 6 months ago

Who gives a shit about some random sharks. There was a more blatant reference to Jaws and it was a bad guy called Jaws. It worked so well he returned in the next movie.

[–] HellFire (561) 6 months ago

It's there for a joke. A man nicknamed Jaws bites into a shark instead of the other way around.

Get a sense of humour.

[–] KingBob (2125) 6 months ago

I never said anything that implied I don’t have a sense of humor, I was pointing out a fact, nothing more nothing less.