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34737 No. 34737
Bond... James Bond.
SKYFALL - Official Traileryoutube thumb
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>> No. 35754
>>35752

They did...
No One Lives Forever 2 final traileryoutube thumb
>> No. 35758
>>35742
That island scene may have had a rather different ending...
>> No. 35764
>>35754
Oh yeeeeah. I've been waiting for them to bring that series back. What with TF2 and Borderlands and Monday Night Combat, the cartoony, hilarious, colorful shooter is back again.
>> No. 35771
>>35758

"Control, we have eyes on 007. He seems to be engaged in some sort of naked wrestling."
---
"Control, the package is on board, request medical assistance, agent is bleeding profoundly from the anus."
>> No. 35810
>>35730
Well, Casino Royale was a reboot, so those kind of timelines issues aren't exactly applicable.

That is to say, while Skyfall explicitly shows James Bond is not a code name for Craig's character (we see his parent's grave and it they both have Bond in their names), it doesn't invalidate the theory for pre-Casino Royale films or any theoretical post-Craig ones.
>> No. 35820
>>35810
I just hope that even though this is a reboot, that doesn't mean they're remaking any of the older films. It doesn't seem like they are, though.

And all jokes aside, I still feel like we could someday have a gay James Bond. Not yet, but in the future. Unfortunately it's 2012 and people are still skeevy about black protagonists and the idea of a good guy with a tattoo, which makes me want to facepalm, but...
>> No. 35829
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35829
Daniel Craig chasing someone on a motorcycle in the Middle East, through a marketplace, into a building, and then fighting someone with construction equipment?
>> No. 35830
>>35829
TinTin was a rad movie, and that chase scene was one of the best chase scenes I have seen in a movie.
>> No. 35831
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>>35830
Exactly! It was rad as fuck and I was glad that Skyfall (potentially) referenced it.
>> No. 35832
KINDA SPOILERSISH but I think that this new thing with the female M being gone and Mallory replacing her as "M" while keeping the name sets a pretty good precedent for the new movies if they're going to retain any kind of continuity. While in the old Bond films, they're all supposed to be one guy, I think it'd be a good way to introduce Idris Elba as the new Bond-- have him inherit the code name like we've all been saying this whole time.
>> No. 35834
>>35832
I like that idea. The thing that fucks up the "the Craig movies are the first ones canonically" idea is that the 60's ones are very clearly set in the 60's, and Skyfall tackles very moden issues and references the older movies.

The other solution is that it's set in anachronistic order and Bond is a Timelord.
>> No. 35836
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35836
>>35834
Alternatively it's just comic book continuity and Craig Bond went through adventures very similar to the older films inbetween Quantum of Solace and Skyfall.

Y'know, like this game pretty much says he did.
>> No. 35838
>>35836
>>35834
I thought Casino Royale rebooted the franchise? And I figured the references to all the 60s stuff in Skyfall were just that-- references (and callbacks to the ridiculousness of 1960s spy-stuff) but not stuff Bond himself ever used or something.
>> No. 35839
>>35838
It was a reboot yeah, but there's a six year gap in the plot since Quantum of Solace, so he could have gone through a lot of stuff very similar to the pre-Craig movies. Which is basically the premise of 007 Legends, Craig Bond reliving updated versions of his past adventures(Goldfinger, OHMSS, DAD, Moonraker, and LTK) after he's shot at the beginning of Skyfall.
>> No. 35844
>>35839
...holy shit that sounds awesome. is the game any good?
>> No. 35846
>>35844
Classic Game Room - 007 LEGENDS reviewyoutube thumb
>> No. 35847
>>35846
Cool. Sold. (But seriously, Die Another Day? Really?)
>> No. 35855
Read the review Rock Paper Shotgun did of the game. They were not kind to it, although it could always be a shitty PC port of an otherwise fine game.

Also I agree with them that there is too much product placement.
>> No. 35862
i have some rather teary eyes that only a good english whisky could release, and i'm going to see that they get their freedom.
cheers to you, M. you did your duty.
>> No. 35864
What's all this talk about Idris Elba? Craig just signed up for another 2 movies.
>> No. 35872
>>35820
>gay James Bond

I just want a Bond that will shag anything vaguely attractive.
>> No. 35874
>>35872
So...
Pansexual Bond?
>> No. 35875
>>35874
>Pansexual Bond?
guuuh.
2 sexes dude. Bisexual.
Omnisexual if we wanna push it.
Captain Jack if we wanna give it a formal name.
>> No. 35876
>>35875
Pansexual just refers to a person who is bi, but will also have sex with someone who pre or post-op transgender or intersexed (sometimes called hermaphrodites, but it's not entirely correct terminology). Something tells me Captain Jack would fall under this, but I haven't seen enough Torchwood to know.

On-topic though, someday I want to see a fight between Oddjob and Jaws just to see who'd win. I don't know why, but it's been something I've been wondering ever since I was a kid and they started doing those summer James Bond marathons on Spike (the only decent thing they've ever aired, those and the Star Wars marathons).

>>35862
Manly tears were shed in my case, too. I have a feeling this was done partially because Dame Judi Dench is apparently going blind and might not have long to be able to do movies, which is heartbreaking. But she went out well and I liked that Bond had a very sweet, mutual, platonic relationship with a woman.
>> No. 35878
>>35874
Randy Bond.
>> No. 35879
Hmm so kinda like Bruce Willis in The Jackal (I will do you to get from point A to point B)
>> No. 35880
>>35862
This was honestly the biggest surprise of the entire movie because I literally never saw it coming. I hadn't kept up with James Bond news so I didn't know Dame Judi Dench was leaving the movies after Skyfall. I let out an audible "oh my god!" right there in the theatre when I realized she was dying. I'm still sort of bummed about it, though I knew she had to go eventually. It's just such a god damn shame to see a really great, well developed female character in a position of authority leave one the longest running movie franchises ever. M was brilliant and I will miss her dearly
>> No. 35882
>>35879
Mebbe. It'd be nice if he was bi/pan and not just "gay for sake of male honey trap", but it'd be a start.

>>35880
Amen. Very well put. I was in a state of shock when it happened, very "They wouldn't. They're not going to," state of smugness, and then my heart sank and the whole audience just gasped when Bond closed her eyes and started crying. I saw it with my family, and this happened as soon as we got out of the theatre.

Mom: So, whatcha think?
Me: ...M.
Mom: ...Yeah. I know.
Me: Damn.

>> No. 35883
>>35876
Doesn't it all come down to the junk, though?
Like, "you'd screw someone in the bumhole if they have a tunk, even if they wear makeup and a wig" kinda thing?
I know there's a spectrum to this stuff, but I just feel everyone's starting to take trasngenderism into account, regardless of sex being more about Sex than it is about Gender.
>> No. 35884
>>35883
The idea of transgender is that you are what you identify as, even though you were born as something else. And unfortunately there are some people who, if told their partner was born [x] but is now surgically/chemically [y], would leave them or throw up or throw slurs their way. I think pansexual is just being accepting of that surgery, or desire for it, and not calling them the gender they don't identify as, even if that's what they still are biologically.
>> No. 35886
>>35883
Freeg I think it's time to stop posting.
>> No. 35888
Thinking back on the movie, I noticed some broad comparisons to Metal Gear Solid. Q is Otacon (he even looks like him), Bond is Old Snake, and M is a platonic version of The Boss.
>> No. 35889
>>35888
Well M does stand for Mother..hell now I want Hideo Kojima to direct the next Jame Bond film.
>> No. 35890
>>35889
Mm, you're right. Now I'm drawing Archer parallels as well.

Funny how a spoof can unintentionally have elements picked up by the thing that was originally being spoofed.
>> No. 35893
>>35888
It even has a bondesque theme! Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater…youtube thumb
>> No. 35896
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35896
>>35893
Nah that is Bond Theme regardless of its original source. Okay Kojima REALLY needs to make the next Bond movie. Hell the man knows the proper balance of serious and off the wall WTF that it would work. Enough giving homages let the guy do it for reals.
>> No. 35935
Finally saw it.
Sam Mendes is brilliant, Thomas Newman is perfection (I am going to collaborate with him someday, damn it!) great opening sequence, pacing, and the setpieces just flow very damn well.

All in all, its a good film.

>>35886
Yeah, p much my line of thinking as soon as that post went up.
>> No. 35967
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35967
>>35890
Metal Gear was a homage to Escape from New York, Snake always looks like some form of Kurt Russel. MGS3 was the only one that specifically called back to the Golden Age of Bond.
>> No. 35969
>>35967
I'm aware of that. I was referencing MGS3 specifically, although Q looks like Otacon from MGS4. Different glasses, tho.

Is Escape From NY good? Been thinking of watching it if only to see th e Snake parallels.
>> No. 35971
>>35969
>Is Escape From NY good?
is this a joke dude its Escape from New York go go go go
>> No. 35972
>>35969
Can't spell "badass" without the letters s-n-a-k-e p-l-i-s-s-k-e-n.
I realize how stupid that sounds, but you'll agree after watching it and the sequel.
>> No. 35974
>>35969
>Is Escape From NY good?
No.

John Carpenter is capable of making some laugh riot movies (Big Trouble, They Live), and even the odd good one (The Thing), but Escape From New York is just... boring.
>> No. 35975
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35975
>>35974
THIS MAN HAS POO BRAIN

DO NOT LISTEN TO HIM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Glg-DSito6k

>>35971
SHE DOES NOT, LISTEN TO HER.
>> No. 35977
>>35972
Personally im not as HUGE of a fan of Escape from LA as I am of Escape From New York (they had damn near the same plot after all), but it's still a damn fine piece of cheesy action movie. Escape from New York is just GOOD.
>> No. 35979
>>35977
I don't remember too well Escape From New York, and Escape From Los Angeles was REAL cheesy, yeah. But I had to bring it up because of code 666. Now THAT was a "fuck you" if I ever saw one.
>> No. 35980
>>35971
>>35972
>>35974
>>35975
>>35977
>>35979
I apologize-- I genuinely hadn't seen the film, and only knew of it from MGS. Thank you for the feedback, though.
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35986
>>35549
Man, after rewatching every James Bond movie you are without a doubt the wrongest person in the universe.
>> No. 35987
>>35986
Slightly unrelated, but I think Moonraker is where my fondness for couples with major height differences first came from.

Either that, or the Disney version of Beauty and The Beast.
>> No. 36033
>>35986
Rodger Moore funny is different than Pierce Brosnan funny. One at least had the excuse of being in the 70s.
>> No. 36035
>>36033
Maybe it's because I grew up in the 90's, but 70's funny is still cute and funny, while 90's funny is sort of...painful to watch? I felt like the 90's in general had the cool stuff buried under a lot of crap.
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