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I'm very confused as to why the production has reverted back to the PPK. Here is my argument... The switch from the PPK to the P99 in the films was as drastic as the switch from the Beretta to the PPK in the books, given Bond's background with his Beretta. Secondly, if the "new" Bond is meant to be the "updated" version, why oh why have they reverted back to such an old school, but not necessarily old fashioned, weapon? As I stated in a post about the DBS, that supposedly issued gadget is actually sort of comical. Are we supposed to believe that MI6 just issues out flashy $220,000 sports cars to all of their "undercover" operatives? If so, if I were a British citizen, I would be seriously concerned about where my tax money is going. In Skyfall, they fixed that issue. In Skyfall, MI6 issued Bond no Astons and we routinely saw Jags as company cars which is far more logical. Also, we saw that Bond had claimed his DB5 as his personal car, which, in the books, tinkering with cars was one of Bond's only personal pashions. This is also much more logical (as long as you subtract the completely illogical missiles and machine guns someone supposedly installed). In the same respect, issuing out PPKs instead of P99s or the newest PPQ is nearly the same as issuing Bond a telephone booth instead of a cell phone. If we were to believe Bond runs around with a PPK, the production should have woven into the story that the PPK is Bond's personal gun and they should've issued a P99 in the art gallery. Now I know that the UK has all sorts of gun bans and all that, but I could bring up the DB5's armory issue again. I also understand that the PPK is much smaller than the P99 and easier to conceal, but has that real life issue ever been a problem for Bond? Nope. I'm a big fan of the PPK but this choice just makes no sense.