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Very well thought. Don't know why they don't think like that and rather use an unmovable, light-wise, image of a bun barrel, or a cgi version of it. Couldn't someone just get creative?
It probably wasn’t feasible in 1962, or even 1995 given it was all shot on film. Today with digital cameras? Might be possible. If it’s been tested by Kleinman I’d love to know.
Me too. Perfectly feasible now.
The gunbarrel is part of the Bond folklore. Definitively not something that should be changed just to please potential audiences who may or may not become Bond fans,
Think of how tiny it is and how any tiny vibration would show up onscreen. Just not really worth the effort of trying to shoot actual action down it. CG is fine.
They should feel free to change whatever they want if they have a good reason for it.
Photography has come a long way since 1962, especially with advancement of stabilizers. I don’t think it would hurt to test out live gun barrel footage.
The amount of work it would take though. It's just not worth the effort just to get some reflections which you'd get a better matching result by CGing in.
I don’t see how it would be such a hassle.
Yes, it would be art. And why not? Film is not supposed to be art anymore?
My version would be art too; you think Kleinman’s titles aren’t art because they use CG? Film is not supposed to be art any more?
Do the audience really care that much? I mean, care about the gunbarrel. We do, but do they, I would be surprised.
Yes, that was my point.
He may have already! My suspicion is it won't work/look any good.
Why would they laugh at Binder's design? Don't understand that one. Eon still use it heavily in promoting Bond anyway.
Why not use it?
Too slick? That is like saying something is too Bondian.
Exactly. Moreso when you look at the gunbarrels since, that have all been well below standard in one way or another. 1/2 of a gunbarrel, 3/4 of a gunbarrel, wrong place, wrong colour, too fast. ~X(
Yes, that's a great idea. I am being sarcastic. Sorry.
That is Binder's design.
Exactly. The GE gunbarrel is essentially a CGI version of Binder's giving the image additional movement and depth.
The only element I don't care for is post gun shot, apparently there wasn't enough time to present the melody in it's full glory. Hence, in the first two Arnold scores he chooses to remove the melody altogether. In DAD the guitar riff is shortened. Actually, one could still play the theme properly, quicker, a'la FRWL and it would be ending just as the iris opens.
If Arnold were to recycle the Brosnan gun-barrel design and insert Craig, I'd be happy.
That’s why I love it. Just slow down the post-shot scene so it can fit the proper music section and it will be perfect!
It's actually only marginally quicker: if you play it to the music from a Roger gunbarrel or Tim it fits perfectly well: it's only really TWINE which has a really short ending. The circle starts wobbling from side to side about half a second earlier, but there's not much in it. In GE the music actually ends before the circle has opened up on the plane, whereas in most Bond films the music is still playing as the circle opens onto the film.
One quite nice touch I'd not noticed before is the gunbarrel gets smaller and tighter around him as he walks into the middle of the screen.
IMO, the gunbarrel design for QoS looked more like something you'd see on a SIMPSONS episode that spoofs Bond rather than the real deal.
I just don't like the Brosnan posing. It's like he tries to hard, as if he has a back injury...standing up that straight. Nah, the SP-gunbarrel for me is the best since Brosnan became Bond. But then again, it's also a matter of taste :-).