Self-referencing in the Bond Movies

edited May 2015 in Bond Movies Posts: 2
Hi you guys,

I just registered here, because i'm interested in the Self-Quotations in Bond Movies.
I recognized a few, like the Aston Martin in Skyfall which was also used in Goldfinger, but maybe you can help me to get to know some more. :)

I'm really looking forward to hear from you guys.
Thanks a lot in advance. :)

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  • WalecsWalecs On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    edited November 2014 Posts: 3,157
    Regarding Skyfall: http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/3668/skyfall-past-bond-references/p1

    Die Another Day and Skyfall were full of shout-outs to previous entries;
    DN: The bar on the beach in SF and Halle Berry coming out from the water in DAD
    FRWL: Klebb's shoe in Q's lab in DAD
    GF: The Aston Martin, indeed
    TB: Bond's jetpack in DAD and the deers in Skyfall's lodge
    OHMSS: In DAD novelization, Colonel Sun-Moon says "we have all the time in the world"
    DAF: DAD was a remake of this one
    LALD: Bond walks on the Komodo dragon in SF just like he did on the crocodiles in LALD
    TMWTGG: SF was heavily influenced by this one (the villain lives on an island and dares Bond in a shooting challenge, the woman who works for the villain asks Bond for help, but he fails to protect her)
    FYEO: Bond says "for her eyes only"
    LTK: Walther PPK in SF is coded to Bond's palm print
    GE: Q mentions the explosive pen in SF
    TWINE: SF's locations, M's close relationship with the villain and the attacks to MI6
    CR: "Do not touch your ear" is said by Bond to Moneypenny in the casino in SF

    Also;
    in OHMSS there is a scene where Bond visits his office and you can see old gadgets he used in Dr. No, From Russia with Love and Thunderball (and the theme music from those movies are played in the background), and earlier in the movie you could hear a guy whistling Goldfinger's main theme

    in TSWLM, Bond says "just as things were getting interesting", like Sylvia Trench had told him in Dr. No and From Russia with Love; also, in the movie novelization Anya once says "we have all the time in the world", whereas in the movie itself she mentions Bond's brief marriage

    MR is a remake of TSWLM recycled in space

    in FYEO's PTS, Bond is seen leaving some flowers on Tracy's grave; you can briefly hear Nobody Does it Better's melody as the code to Q's lab

    in LTK Bond's marriage is also briefly mentioned
  • HASEROTHASEROT has returned like the tedious inevitability of an unloved season---
    edited November 2014 Posts: 4,399
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  • TokolosheTokoloshe Under your bed
    Posts: 2,667
    You mean self-referencing.
  • TripAcesTripAces Universal Exports
    Posts: 4,554
    Anyone notice that the deer at the entrance of the Skyfall estate is the same as the deer on top of the building where Connery escapes via jet pack in the opening sequence of TB???
  • TripAcesTripAces Universal Exports
    edited November 2014 Posts: 4,554
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    The TB scene was shot at the Chateau d'Anet. That deer is still there. But the SF deer is most definitely modeled after it.
  • TripAcesTripAces Universal Exports
    Posts: 4,554
    Sorry, my bad. Somehow I missed this:

    "TB: Bond's jetpack in DAD and the deers in Skyfall's lodge..."
  • Hi you guys. Thanks so much for your help. I watched the movies over and over again and hope i recognized all self-references. I might have to watch some again because i forgot to write down how many martinis 007 drank in every movie. :D
  • M_BaljeM_Balje Amsterdam, Netherlands
    edited April 2015 Posts: 4,438
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    But one of my favorites are stil the CR Statue's vs Bond at the bar in Skyfall.
    (The focus should not only be on Bond.)

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    CR With a mirror twist from the original http://screenmusings.org/movie/dvd/Casino-Royale/pages/Casino-Royale-0532.htm Better picture from Skyfall http://screenmusings.org/movie/blu-ray/Skyfall/pages/Skyfall-0346.htm

    The rainbow of light in maintitle of QOS and rain bow of light/fire in Skyfall.

    http://screenmusings.org/movie/blu-ray/Quantum-of-Solace/pages/Quantum-of-Solace-0085.htm
    http://screenmusings.org/movie/blu-ray/Skyfall/images/Skyfall-1669.jpg
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