leeper@mtgzz.UUCP (m.r.leeper) (06/03/85)
I am surprised that nobody has mentioned this on the net yet, so here
goes:
Plot sysnosis of FROM A VIEW TO A KILL:
A master criminal who appears to be a respected businessman
has a plot to corner the market on a certain valuable
commodity. Here is his plan, he is going to take the
world's greatest source of this commodity and destroy it, so
his supply will become much more valuable. He assembles a
group of backers. One wants no part of it so the villian
has that backer killed. Of course James Bond is already on
the trail of villian at this point, but he started
investigating this particular villian because the villian
was cheating at an unrelated game. It seems the villian,
who raises horses, just likes to win at whatever he does.
Of course the villian does not fight Bond directly, but has
an incredibly powerful bodyguard do his fighting for him.
Well, Bond is right there where the villian intends to
detonate a bomb which will set his plan in motion, the
problem is that Bond has to make sure the bomb does not
damage. That isn't easy because the villian has left his
bodyguard behind. Bond does succeed but the villian gets
away. Luckily Bond gets his chance to destroy the villain
in a battle high above the ground.
OK, Bond buffs, where have we seen this plot before? (Yes, that is a
rhetorical question!) I know that there is nothing significant to the
fact that both Lincoln and Kennedy had Vice-Presidents witht he same
last name, etc., etc., etc. But these similarities seem too much for
coincidence. Is Richard Maibaum starting to copy his own stuff?
Comments, people?
Mark Leeper
...ihnp4!mtgzz!leeper