the baa detective

Some half-corrections, omissions and/ or observations: 1. Regarding to the sex- fight scene between Zorin and May Day -- when I was watching the movie for the first time years ago -- I thought it was a routine judo/ karate practice session that ended getting both of them aroused and excited. I mean, She did give Zorin advices, pointing t out his mistakes like a proper martial art instructor. Now I’m not so sure. I assume the scene was used to illustrate both Zorin’s skill as a fighter (that he’s capable of close-quarter combat, just not as good as May Day) and the nature of his romantic relationship with May Day. That there was a sadomasochistic tone to the relationship, and their love was rough and violent. By the way, May Day told Zorin he needed to “Keep your guard up higher. And retain your balance.” And the final fight in Zorin’s life took place on the top of a bridge, and ended with him falling to his death. So…she was foreshadowing? 2. I looked up “soft-shell crab” on Wikipedia, and was surprised to find that the soft-shell crab was actually not a particular species of crab, as I had previously assumed, but a culinary term for any crab that just molted its shell. And cooks and chefs in the US normally used the Atlantic blue crab for a dish that contains soft-shell crabs, while in Japan, where the dish is very popular, people use the Japanese blue crab. So if you want to make the dish, you don’t ask the fishmonger for soft-shell crabs – you will ask him if he has any blue crab. That being said, “Do you have any soft-shell crab?” is still not a very good code word. You could quite easily stumble into the world of Cold War espionage, if you don’t know a lot of seafood and crabs and is preparing to make a soft-shell crab dish for the first time (or has been asked to buy one.) The CIA probably thought, oh, surely anyone who knows about and/ or is into soft-shell crabs must know about the blue crab and all the soft-shell crab-related culinary knowledge and cannot possibly ask a question like “Do you have any soft-shell crab?” 3. Why did Zorin only bug James Bond’s room and not put a hidden camera in as well? He was a high-tech mogul, therefore he should have known that it’s not very difficult to get around a concealed listening device. Furthermore, he had already become highly suspicious of 007, so it made no sense he’s not being extra careful with the man. 4. Okay, I’m now convinced “Sin-jun” is the correct pronunciation. However, I don’t think Bond should prancing around the party with that name, simply because it sounds so unusual and therefore wound bound to attract a lot of unwanted attention. If you’re doing infiltrating and undercover work, shouldn’t you keep a low profile? 5. When the butterfly show began, Roger Moore had a “What-the-fuck” the expression on his face, as if he, too, like us, was thinking, what the hell are they doing with these fake butterflies?