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  • danielcraig007 wrote: The last third is the first film to show Bond been the kickass hero without any gadgets since Dalton's LTK (although Skyfall tops that). Wasn't there a mysterious Machine Gun and Ejectorseat packed DB5 from another Tim…
  • As you might guess from my "Name" Mr. Hamiltons creation is very near and dear to my Heart so i naturally couldn't resist to throw my two pence in. As long as you shun the Books written AFTER the very excellent "The Terrorizers" (which really put…
  • RC7 wrote: Matt_Helm wrote: RC7 wrote: @Ludovico Oh I didn't say it was bad, someone else did. In context I don't like it in the movie though, it's something that is integral to Chinatown but a mere McGuffin in QoS. I don't think 'realism'…
  • RC7 wrote: @Ludovico Oh I didn't say it was bad, someone else did. In context I don't like it in the movie though, it's something that is integral to Chinatown but a mere McGuffin in QoS. I don't think 'realism' is justification, so called 'realis…
  • Strelik wrote: RC7 wrote: Are you kidding? P+W wrote SF. It's as simple as that. Logan added some flourishes but P+W wrote the movie. Where did you hear rumblings it was Logan's? In the forty-five minute Empire Online podcast for Skyfall,…
  • bondbat007 wrote: Wow even if you don't like Skyfall you can't deny that Logan has written some great scripts. Gladiator, Sweeny Todd, and Hugo are just some of which comes to mind. Don't let your (unjust) hatred for Skyfall blind you of Logan's t…
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: Matt_Helm wrote: 0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: @Matt_Helm, you even have moments where you shoot yourself in the foot and point out how much of a missing piece there is in a part of the film or how completely bonk…
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: @Matt_Helm, you even have moments where you shoot yourself in the foot and point out how much of a missing piece there is in a part of the film or how completely bonkers it is. You know that doesn't help your case, rig…
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: Skyfail wrote: Yes, I did say that , When I said "Enlighten me". I meant on the plot holes that I was not aware of which you seem to have found. *Bond has a completely different hair style and is dressed …
  • battleshipgreygt wrote: I didn't find Skyfall to be melodramatic. I think the same amount of drama and character development is fine, they just need to stay away from the "inside man/mole" angle and the "this time it's personal" vendetta type stor…
  • Risico007 wrote: I just think Gilroy was rush with legacy with a good script from Logan he can deliver a great film. "a good script from Logan" - that would certainly be News indeed,since i haven't seen a decent Film penned by him (well exe…
  • baronsamedi76 wrote: myworldisenough wrote: tomjcull wrote: Is it conceivable that On Her Majesty's Secret Service would ever get re-made with Daniel Craig or the next Bond? It seems that Lazenby is so maligned and yet this book, even f…
  • When i mentioned in another thread my believe,that With very slight changes ( i wrote about 3 Lines added, 3 changed and 2 minutes extra filmed to be exact) and a tad easier Approach to the editing, QoS would be an absolute gem in the Series,complet…
  • Sandy wrote: Matt_Helm wrote: 0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: There is already a thread for this: http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/1290/fix-a-bond-film/p1 Not really. All the comments in that thread consist from the …
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: There is already a thread for this: http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/1290/fix-a-bond-film/p1 Not really. All the comments in that thread consist from the likes of "would make that you Name it …
  • actonsteve wrote: SaintMark wrote: [The reasons given for most actions in SF seem a cop out, a reasoning to justify something that could have been written a hell of a lot better. I read about all the improvement and more realism put in the cur…
  • thelordflasheart wrote: Skyfall007silva wrote: Matt_Helm wrote: Again, trying to make Sense of the senseless. Oh and by the Way i am not lacking Imagination but i also Feature some Sense of Logic, which simply doesn't allow me to buy just …
  • Skyfall007silva wrote: Matt_Helm wrote: Skyfall007silva wrote: The idea of taking M to Skyfall was to get her out in the open, to use her as bait to lure Silva out of his comfort zone. They could have had an army of SAS waiting for Silva a…
  • Skyfall007silva wrote: The idea of taking M to Skyfall was to get her out in the open, to use her as bait to lure Silva out of his comfort zone. They could have had an army of SAS waiting for Silva at Skyfall, but that really wouldn't have worked.…
  • JR_747 wrote: "When there's no one left to trust, when there's nothing left to believe in - will you still know, what to fight for?" Very,very good. I mean it!
  • Ludovico wrote: I would take a Sherlock Holmes story to an Agatha Christie one any day. Doyle may have created an archetypal ''thinking machine'', the universe he worked in was much more realistic than the ones of whodunits. Holmes is the ancestor…
  • Ludovico wrote: Actually, yes I can compare James Bond to Sherlock Holmes, it has been done before actually, among others by Anthony Burgess, who drew comparisons between the two in hos foreword to YOLT a couple of years ago. Holmes is paraliterat…
  • Ludovico wrote: Matt_Helm wrote: Well, that's Easy. Not only no, but HELL NO!!! Please no more selfreferencing Bond anymore! It started with DAD (which at least had the excuse of being Nr 20 and of introducing 007 to the 21. Century), became e…
  • Well, that's Easy. Not only no, but HELL NO!!! Please no more selfreferencing Bond anymore! It started with DAD (which at least had the excuse of being Nr 20 and of introducing 007 to the 21. Century), became embarassing in CR,made a delightfull Pau…
  • RC7 wrote: Matt_Helm wrote: It is my firm believe,that If there were only about three Lines altered , just as many added and a Maximum of 2 minutes extra filmed (combined with a tad easier approach to the editing) QoS would stand Out as the ul…
  • 001 wrote: In my opinion, anyone who thinks that qos is great or highly rated has no taste in movies. It is my firm believe,that If there were only about three Lines altered , just as many added and a Maximum of 2 minutes extra filmed (comb…
  • Sandy wrote: The fencing scene was the only good thing about that film. Mojitos are good but it's a drink that doesn't quite strike me as one Bond would enjoy, but when in Cuba... The fencing scene to me is actually where the Film begins to…
  • thelordflasheart wrote: Matt_Helm wrote: jetsetwilly wrote: Matt_Helm wrote: "There are no right or wrong opinions." Political correct or not, there are!!! Yes, and your opinion is wrong...... :P The wisdom and matureness…
  • jetsetwilly wrote: Matt_Helm wrote: "There are no right or wrong opinions." Political correct or not, there are!!! Yes, and your opinion is wrong...... :P The wisdom and matureness of your answer makes Buddha pale in comparison (…
  • thelordflasheart wrote: Matt_Helm wrote: 1. I'm not arguing about Silva coming back for revenge (hell, i think he has any reason for it). It is just not something of Logic or not, it is just about the oldest Plot right After Kain and Abel. …