“The boat chase through the bayous was originally written in the script as just “Scene 156 – The most terrific boat chase you’ve ever seen”. Bond’s speedboat jump made it into the Guinness Book of World Records for its distance of 110 feet, a record that stood for three years. Clifton James’ spontaneous character acting in that scene was kept in the final print. The second boat was not scripted to collide with the police car, but after this happened while shooting the stunt, the script was changed to accommodate it.”

January 25, 2009 at 11:19 PM

errr
there is one effect you have not considered
if the metal is conductive and moving through a magnetic field then eddy currents are created and thus the metal will act as a magnet.
This can be demonstrated with a simple electrich ( dc brushed) motor
take a simple motor ( like the ones used in toys) and put a pully on th eshaft to act as a flywheel
spin it and see how long it takes to slow and stop
then short out the connectors and try again
you will see it stops MUCH quicker.

the motor stays the same the only difference is that the eddy currents are directed. The metal having the effect is usually copper ( the windings) and are also no effected by a magnet.

Moving in a magnetic field has different effects to being still sorry but thats fact.

if a bullet made from any conductor was the interract with a powerfull enough magnetic field I would expect some divergance from the “field off” path. As the bullet slowed the effect would lessen so it improbable the bullet would actually hit the magnet.

Bond could be a crack shot where he fires a few rounds faster then you can see/hear in the exact same place, first shot weakens the the tank, second shot breaks through.

Don’t tell me you haven’t seen those Texas types that on TV that can fire more then 1 shot when you could swear you only saw/heard him fire 1 shot off.