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: I know this is something that only a WIS would
: think about, but did anyone else wonder
: about the abuse Bond's Planet Ocean must
: have endured during the early action scenes
: in the film? After watching them, I actually
: thought, "He can kiss his outer AR
: coating goodbye, since it probably has too
: many scratches to make keeping it
: worthwhile."
: The other thing that I noticed (and off the
: topic of watches) was that TONS of the promo
: posters showed Bond with his old Walther
: PPK, and someone confirmed that the Bond
: people had ordered some for the film. If
: this was the case, then why did he only use
: the P99 throughout the film? Further, he
: used the old style P99 like the one Brosnan
: used. In 2004 the P99 underwent some
: significant cosmetic upgrades, yet even the
: picture of Bond on Omega's website shows him
: holding the old style P99. Maybe the Bond
: people didn't want to invest in new props,
: since the old ones were already converted to
: shoot blanks. Still, I did find it odd that
: he was wearing the newest watches but using
: the older sidearm.
: Interestingly, I did notice that Daniel Craig
: must have been given some half decent
: firearms training for the film. During the
: scene where he retrieves the P99 from his
: Aston Martin, you can see him load the gun
: and then press down on the top of the slide.
: This was done to decock the pistol, making
: it safer to carry. Unless you knew the
: details of all of the P99's safety features,
: you'd overlook this while watching the film.
: Just some useless thoughts...
I thought about the exact same thing! I did notice Bond hitting the decocking lever too. I don't know if it was the older P99 though (couldn't get good views on the trigger guard). Do you think it was a .40 cal or a 9mm?
I'd also imagine that the PO was changed throughout the film, or they just got rid of the AR coating altogether...... There were no watch gagets here, which I thought was for the better (the lasers were a little over doing it I thought).
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