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Confused over DB5

b17nutb17nut
edited November 2012 in Skyfall Posts: 1
I was wondering if anyone else was confused by Bonds DB5 having the ejector seat and machine guns in this film. I know it's a reference to Goldfinger, but I thought in CR he won it in a card game. I thought that was a great way to explain how it came to be his personal car.

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  • AgentprovoAgentprovo
    Posts: 86
    b17nut wrote:
    I was wondering if anyone else was confused by Bonds DB5 having the ejector seat and machine guns in this film. I know it's a reference to Goldfinger, but I thought in CR he won it in a card game. I thought that was a great way to explain how it came to be his personal car.

    Hi this has been discussed a lot. Here's the link I was given, you'll see your not the only one to question it's place in the film.

    http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/4315/sf-db5-spoilers/p2
  • fire_and_icefire_and_ice
    Posts: 6,432
    There is no logical explanation for it, its just a 50th anniversary homage.
  • JamesCraigJamesCraig Ancient Rome
    edited November 2012 Posts: 3,497
    fire_and_ice wrote:
    There is no logical explanation for it, its just a 50th anniversary homage.

    Which is good. But I hope that they'll have modern AM's in B24 & 25... :-$
  • fire_and_icefire_and_ice
    Posts: 6,432
    The fate of the DB5 could be perceived as symbolic and there is a good chance we won't see it again for a long time.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    edited November 2012 Posts: 28,694
    I saw it as the same car that Bond had modified by MI6 tech maybe?
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
    Posts: 16,333
    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote:
    I saw it as the same car that Bond had modified by MI6 tech maybe?
    That's the way I saw it.
  • SandySandy Somewhere in Europe
    Posts: 4,012
    Murdock wrote:
    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote:
    I saw it as the same car that Bond had modified by MI6 tech maybe?
    That's the way I saw it.

    Either that or, if we consider these cars were used by the MI6 in the 60's, and since Bond loved the car so much, he could have managed to get an old "service car" for his personal collection.
  • Master_DaharkMaster_Dahark
    Posts: 4,813
    It does sort of ruin the brilliant way they managed to include the car in Casino Royale doesn't it...
    I'll just pretend that as a OO agent, your personal car gets a machine gun and ejector seat installed as standard opporating precedure- just in case.
    Maybe there's another OO agent out there with a Smart Car with the same treatment, lol
  • DRESSED_TO_KILLDRESSED_TO_KILL Suspended
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    This is just one of many flaws with skyfail, the writers just completely took a big dump on CR's portrayal of the DB5.

    Instead of relying on past homages to include in the film , why not introduce fresh ideas and new memorable moments. When I saw Daniel firing the machine guns out of the DB5 I almost got up and walked out. I felt like a idiot. as if the writers just thought so lowly of us to just completely forget about the fact he won that car in CR. The movie at best was a grade B generic action film with no real solid story or plot. Seriously a car shooting generic henchman outside of Bonds home? what is this home alone 5 ?
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    The way I see it, Bond won the DB5 in the poker game. In that time between CR and SF Q-Branch was probably tired of wasting DBS's on Bond so they modified his DB5. Not to difficult to Imagine, and with the recycled Casino Royale music it fits my theory even more. :)
  • LudovicoLudovico
    Posts: 14,842
    Murdock wrote:
    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote:
    I saw it as the same car that Bond had modified by MI6 tech maybe?
    That's the way I saw it.

    Same here. I had no problem with it, in any case, I thought it was about time we had a recurring, retro-tech gadget, not a new car with lazer and missiles and what not.

  • myworldisenoughmyworldisenough
    Posts: 1,143
    Remember it was six years prior that The Reboot Bond won the DB5 in a card game. Plenty of time for him to get it back to England, have it modified and with the help of The tech wizards at Q-branch to add the gadgets. There may have been a previous Q or similar person that modified it.

    To have prevent the unanswered questions maybe it would have been fun if the new Q had it modified and this could have been his introduction to the movie.

    In any event the reason why the gadget DB5 was in Skyfall was to pay homage to the glorious past and to help celebrate the 50th Aniversary. It was a nice touch and I am grateful for its appearance as it is a beautiful car.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    Posts: 28,694
    DRESSED_TO_KILL wrote:
    This is just one of many flaws with skyfail, the writers just completely took a big dump on CR's portrayal of the DB5.

    Instead of relying on past homages to include in the film , why not introduce fresh ideas and new memorable moments. When I saw Daniel firing the machine guns out of the DB5 I almost got up and walked out. I felt like a idiot. as if the writers just thought so lowly of us to just completely forget about the fact he won that car in CR. The movie at best was a grade B generic action film with no real solid story or plot. Seriously a car shooting generic henchman outside of Bonds home? what is this home alone 5 ?

    What do you mean? The DB5 is a classic car, one of the best. I would want it in my film to. It's tops, the best of the best. That stuff bugged you in Skyfall, but all the generic soliders/bodyguards/henchman that Bond kills/injures in CR don't bother you in the slightest? CR is just as unfounded as Skyfall can be, especially when you consider Bond did flip after flip after flip after flip after flip after flip after flip in the Aston yet didn't receive any devastating injuries that would impede his movement or anything. I love CR, but there are tons of moments where liberties are taken to the extreme. It wouldn't be Bond without them, and until you face the fact that CR and Skyfall are alike in those ways you will just be in denial for all of us to laugh at.
  • 00130013
    Posts: 1,817
    DRESSED_TO_KILL wrote:
    This is just one of many flaws with skyfail, the writers just completely took a big dump on CR's portrayal of the DB5.

    Instead of relying on past homages to include in the film , why not introduce fresh ideas and new memorable moments. When I saw Daniel firing the machine guns out of the DB5 I almost got up and walked out. I felt like a idiot. as if the writers just thought so lowly of us to just completely forget about the fact he won that car in CR. The movie at best was a grade B generic action film with no real solid story or plot. Seriously a car shooting generic henchman outside of Bonds home? what is this home alone 5 ?

    If you want to blame someone, the machine guns were Sam Mendes' idea, not the writers. And that was one of my favorite moments in the movie.
    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote:
    I saw it as the same car that Bond had modified by MI6 tech maybe?

    That's also my assumption. The convert into a right wheel and add the modifications as been regular in MI6 (that's way M knew about the ejector seat). However, that's just a minor rationality of a great film!
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