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#1 ·
Just got back from the Movie Theater.
Saw the new James Bond Movie - Skyfall.
It was Great - The audience was cheering, laughing, clapping and totally into the whole Bond Movie experience.

I can't believe we have been watching Bond Movies for 50 Years now.

I'm off to make a Martini - Shaken, not stirred. :)
 
#5 ·
Daniel Craig is the only real challenger to Sean.

The Aussie effort was lame.
Rog the Dodge was gay.
Pearce is a girl.
Dalton was OK as a fill in.

I am not a nerdy Bondy, but I like the toys and the chics.
 
#7 ·
Interesting thing about Daniel Craig... He is styled after Steve McQueen. This is not just my weird opinion.. There are lots of things scattered between his films that directly link him to McQueen. Mostly clothing items, sunglasses, etc that are shared and it has been done intentionally. In planning his image, they wanted the effortless cool that McQueen had. Most interesting to us though was his comment in the girl with the dragon tattoo that he had a motorcycle before; a triumph. It was very noticeable because it was an oddly forced statement. I'm just waiting for the James Bondeville special edition :)


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#8 ·
Hey Pop,
Yes, i guess I am an Old Fart.
I remember when Commando's and H1's were the 'SuperBikes' - I owned both:)
I remember when Barry Sheene and James Hunt ruled the world.

But I still get a kick out of my Bonny ,Tom Sykes, Jonathan Rea, Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton.
I just love Bikes, Racing, and the UK.
 
#12 ·
This time it's annoying. Half (ro 2/3rds) of the commercials running during regular programme make direct references to the movie. Every second show on TV makes references to this movie. Even car magazines pull lists from out of the dark with "The coolest James Bond car" and wutnot.

You really can't escape it because even on the radio they dissect James Bond and make "funny" remarks or impersonations *yawn*

I can't remember any previous movie of this franchise causing such a hype.
 
#13 ·
I can't remember any previous movie of this franchise causing such a hype.
That is a very interesting paradigm. Although I`m not sure if paradigm is the right word because I don`t know what paradigm actually means and when I looked it up, I didn`t understand the wikipedia explanation. But it sounds good.

:)

So anyhoo, calling James Bond a franchise, is almost correct. Like a Starbucks cofee shop that has changed hands many times, but no matter who runs it, it keeps making money for the franchise and the customers keep turning up and buying the coffee because they trust the brand and trust it will always be good quality. Interesting.
 
#14 ·
Watched it last night, thought it was great.

I'd intentionally tried to stay clear of spoilers so the end did surprise me, made me a bit sad too.

There were a couple of bits I thought could have been better but on the whole a return to form especially after quantum of solace which did nothing for me.
 
#22 ·
So Craig is a rather unattractive, beady eyed, middle aged loser whom chics find hideous. Us blokes like him because when he pulls a bird as Bond, we are given hope that maybe that could be us if we get a swish suit and a Walther PPK.

Got it.
 
#25 ·
I shed a tear for the DB5.
 
#27 ·
A lot of it was done with a 3D printer.

Pretty cool stuff.
 
#30 ·
Bond has always been about product placement. Even in the old films.

I don't even notice it now. If it wasn't for the adverts and complaints I couldn't even have told you what beer/watch/irrelevant car it was.
 
#33 ·
By boning a chook HAP, you get chicken fillets. Now here's the strange habit: Manufacturers replicate the fillets with silicone, and alike, and sell them to women who then fool us with them.

If I got caught with a pair of sox in my undies, I'd be laughed outta town.

It's a cruel world.
 
#35 ·
Hmmmm, got me there.

No hang on: How do you know that I was in a position where I may have been caught - eh? - you been watchin?
 
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