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Wow, amazing spot!
Well that’s really amazing! Bravo!
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If they keep all these interior items from previous films, it makes you wonder how huge their storage must be, doesn't it?
I remember a couple of years ago the makers of a fictionalised documentary about the beginnings of Doctor Who saying they were trying to get hold of something that could double for large ornate columns which were on the original TARDIS set in 1963, and when they tried a prop hire house for something similar they found they still had the very same columns in stock!
Yes, some of these items are probably likely to belong to prop hire companies. I can just imagine one of the set decorators though, finding this old painting all the way at the back of a dusty old storage room, thinking: "Ah, that'll do for M's home!"
…or even better, that they watched OHMSS, thinking: "We need that framed painting for M's home."
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Fictionalised documentary? Was it some sort of This Is Spinal Tap with a Dr. Who setting?
Yeah definitely!
Good one, @mtm.
I find it fascinating that painting would have been saved all those years.
Both OHMSS and CR tend to rank in the top 2 among many fans. That painting is in excellent company.
A bit like the Becoming Bond, then? :)
I see that this one is written by Mark Gatiss as well (unsurprising given his involvement with the series). Wouldn't mind having him and Steven Moffat having a go at writing a Bond script at some point.
‘Sherlock’ (Despite mentioning Bond by name as fictional in an early series) even made an oblique reference to a ‘blunt instrument’ that one of Mycroft’s colleagues at MI6 liked to use! :)
Torgeirtrap, you should be working for the government on counterfeit or forgery cases. It must make watching the films we've seen many, many times in some cases, fresh when you make those discoveries.
Nah it was great. I watched all of it.
I think so too. I definitely think they could solve many of the issues the series has had with scripts the last 20+ years.
Which episode was that, @mtm? I think I must have missed that line.
You should give Sherlock a try! Haven't seen the Dracula series, so I can't comment on that one.
It would be quite the experience, that's for sure.
Haha, I wish! No, that would require much more attention to detail than spotting a few things here and there :-) Looking for these items does make the viewing experience a bit more fun though. I've learned to appreciate the set designs more than I did before.
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It really is. Does anyone know who the artist might be?
Interesting. Maybe there's a deleted or extended scene where he tells his guys to get a good night's sleep first and get Bond first thing in the morning. "At any cost, Bond must die. Get your rest, first, thought."
Is it supposed to be very early in the morning? I feel like Bond is all for getting out to check the field as early as possible. And then Baron Samedi tells them it's going to be a beauuuuutiful day when they're on the way which suggests it's early. Maybe it's a case of the studio lighting being more appropriate to the time of the day than the location filming?
I always find it funny how half-hearted that helicopter attack is: they shoot a bit, Bond and Solitare run under cover, and that's it :)
Yeah, it really does seem to have some budget limitations. Why not have that helicopter go after the bus too if you have it at your disposal?
It's so godawful i did wonder how it even got to the filming stage. It's like something out of a 'Carry On' film....
Yes I know what you mean. I do wonder if perhaps a lot of the gags look similarly bad before proper editing... but perhaps this one could never be saved so they ditched it! :)
It does appear to be absolute garbage though. And not cheap either!
Amazing! :)
I suspect the paintings might have featured in more films too, but can't be sure until I watch them again!