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Maybe Tommy will go into outer space, holding his breath and clinging to the outside of the spacecraft and find Xenu for us earthlings. I'd pay to see that. Otherwise, I'll chuckle at the slurpers.
He was also a Scientologist during QoS, as well.
Back on topic, anyone have other ideas for stunts that can possibly top what we've received in GP and RN?
They will be in MI-6.
:D
@Creasy47, I've been trying to think of great action sequences that the MI team could employ.
One thing the series does well is in choreographing action set pieces in settings that allow them to use a lot of kinetic, high-thrills sequences. The Burj Khalifa stunt and the car park fight in MI:GP are some of the most inventive and exciting sequences I've seen realized on film in the last few years. The MI team is great at using locations like the car park in GP and the theater in RN that allows them to use elements of that location in a dynamic, kinetic way. In the car park fight, all the action is based around the constant shifting motion/movement of the cars, always changing the landscape of the scene. This is employed to a lesser extent in RN in the theater, as a lot of the sequence stages the action on and around the shifting backstage lighting platforms of the production, which again changes the scene and give it a great sense of movement. I loved that as Hunt was fighting the baddie on the platforms they were constantly changing elevation in relation to each other as the production went on; quite clever.
To continue the theme, a lot of the action in number 6 should use locations to set action against that can change on a dime in interesting ways. Maybe an scene where a chase breaks out in the innards of an airport where Hunt has to navigate and fight around moving luggage and machinery as he races to a boarding plane (reminds me of Max Payne 3's finale). Toy Story 2 did this kind of sequence beautifully, for instance. Pixar did a similar sequence the following year in Monster's Inc. in the sequence where Sully, Boo and Mike hang onto constantly moving and shifting doors. These kinds of sequences are so indescribably fascinating, I think largely because you never know how the action is going to change or complicate itself next.
Another cool setting could be a factory in an exotic country. I've worked inside a factory before and you could stage a lot of thrilling action around the constant movement of the machinery. The movie could have Hunt posing as a factory worker in an area that is producing a valuable commodity he is searching for (possibly a dangerous one like nuclear material), a la Bond in TWINE. Thoughts?
I agree, but I didn't want to say anything for fear of a backlash.
Amongst the many and varied criticisms I've heard, it being long isn't really one. One of the first things my wife said was how swift she thought it was considering the run time.
Yeah I thought it breezed by to be honest, actually The Force Awakens felt longer to me which I also enjoyed.
As I said earlier on this thread, I didn't get a chance to typically fiddle with my notebook during my first watch on blu ray a few wks back because I was just glued to the proceedings throughout. It's as good as the shorter early Bourne films or QoS in this respect, and that's saying something in my book.
It's extremely selfish and unfair, but it really is jarring to think that we wait three to four years now for a film to arrive, months of speculation and theorizing, and that initial experience of seeing it for what it is in its final form lasts a mere two and a half hours of that time. I think my biggest disappointment in SP was simply that it was over too soon that first time I watched it, and I couldn't believe all that waiting had been leading up to such a short experience, as it always does with films. As I left the theater I knew painfully that the next wait to see Bond 25 had begun, with all those emotions of longing welling up again. I guess that's a point in SP's favor, if anything, because I wanted to wind back the clock and never let it end.
It's like waiting all year long for Christmas, and, once December hits, it all goes flying by in seconds. When December 26th comes around (always faster than expected), you realize painfully that all the joys of the season are over for yet another long, arduous year. This is the experience of the Bond films I have now, for better or worse.
Regarding Rogue Nation, I've only seen it once, and loved it. But I'm biased towards Bond. And I enjoyed Spectre miles more.
The production has been part of it for me. I've said this before when discussing SP, but because I was so disconnected with its production in an effort to avoid the kind of spoilers I found when following SF's, I in some weird way found myself saddened by missing it. It was like the great big party that was SP's production was going on right next door, and all I could do was sit alone in an empty room and hear the murmurings of it from afar. So in that way, though I'm glad I went into it blind, I do feel like I lost something by not being privy to what was going on during production, at least in part.
With SF's production, I truly felt like I was part of it all, not only because I was following a lot of the developments and behind the scenes stuff, but also because it was Bond's 50th year and I think that made us all feel special for supporting the franchise in our own little ways throughout the years.
Of course, I'd probably be slapping myself right now for doing with SP what I did with SF, knowing too much, but humans are complex and contradictory and though I am not one, I have absorbed some of those traits through osmosis in the past few years.
I suggest you join the party next time! Many studies have shown that knowing spoilers prior to seeing a movie won't worsen the experience.
P.S. To which species do you belong? I believe others like Thunderfinger fall into a similar ecosystem.
I honestly don't see myself following productions again, despite how I feel this time around. I'd much rather go in blind as I do with most things than know all.
As for what I am, I thought at one point that I was actually from Krypton, but I found out at a young age that jumping off my couch six feet into the air and landing didn't actually count as fly per se, so I gave up on that dream. Such is life; ambitions clashing with reality.
This is the funniest thing I've read on this forum for some reason :D
*pumps fist into air* I've won the Internet for the day!
Like I said Rogue nation is my favorite film of 2015 and honestly may end up being in my top 10 film list will it beat jaws no probably not but it will be top 10
Bummer, I liked that RG had a running joke. Bond doing the "radio" joke in SF was good as well. I'd like "running joke" in B25