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There's no indication it will have gadgets in and it will only be Bond's own car. I doubt it will have much screen time in the film, only really at the end. Relax.
Ah, that's ok then. Still, I don't really mind if it's barely in there but I'd rather they just didn't use it at all. So are any of the cars getting gadgets?
I think people were whining for AN Aston, not one that should be left in the past instead of being bought back again.
The Aston is one Bond tradition I don't care about, especially the DB5. All the Astons nowadays look the same, and the DB5 is pointlessly bought back film after film, and now it's getting boring.
I was hoping the jag would be Bonds main car this time, as it would be something new. Someone else said on another thread that another Lotus would be cool, and I agree.
I cannot speak for everyone but yes, 'I wanted some of the old back', but in the sense of the 'feel' of the films, not literally bringing back old props from the past. We've had this discussion before, but I don't actually understand how a Bond fan can NOT care about supposedly small 'details' like the car. At their best, the cars have added so much to the richness of the films and helped give the Bond movies a classic contemporary look. There are some beautiful contemporary British cars around, that would have complemented the supposedly contemporary but classic feel Mendes is going for. Bringing back the DB5 is a bit like bringing back Little Nelly or the suitcase from FRWL - it's out of time and out of place. And IMO a bit lazy.
Absolutely. Actually I would far prefer to see Little Nellie back than the DB5 which has been flogged to the point of parody now.
A modern updated LN would be class to be honest.
Just because it's definitive doesn't mean it needs to come back. The series did fine without it for years.
And I don't think there is a definitive Bond car. I think there's a definitive Bond car make (AM), but I prefer the Vantage, the Vanquish and the Lotus Eprit to the DB5.
You took the words right out of my mouth, Sandy.
I meant definitive to me. My opinion is unlikely to change. I agree however that as a make AM is surely definitive in terms of Bond's prefered make, but neither AM in or it's iconic DB5 has to be in a Bond movie to make it work. The same can be said of other 'Bond' elements. I just love the DB5 and will never tire of it.
It would have been nice to have seen it in other films but in those movies Bond was driving company cars for the purpose of his assignment. We never saw him driving when off duty. In GE when he was being evaluated in Monaco, he wasn't actually on assignment and when he was he had the BMW in the West Indies. Based on the synopsis, I'm presuming in SF he's helping out M and that he's not on a proper assignment.
Well the Bentley is actually the definitive Bond car - would we like to see him driving that in SF?
The Bentley in FRWL looks like a relic even in 1963 so how long will people be fine with Bond driving the DB5 before it looks ridiculous?
For the 100th will be happy with Bond trundling around in the DB5 because its 'classic Bond' and because the car still looks nice?
A chase in 2062 where all the villains are in the latest models of hyrdogen powered flying cars while poor Bond chugs around in his 100 year old petrol car will be fine will it?
They just about got away with the chase in GE as it wasnt a proper chase but today your average family saloon would outperform the DB5. Nice car and I'd love to own one but its just not up to the job anymore.
Personally I like that the DB5 is returning. Bond enjoys the finer things in life, and beautiful cars are no exception. You only have to look at the Shanghai filming video EON released to see that there are other cars in the film that play a role. Having the DB5 as his personal car is a nice touch, I think. It's not the sole Skyfall car, but I'm glad it's there when he returns to his ancestral home.
New omega watches,suits,what is he doing driving a db5 which can be outrun by a hyundai?
Imagine if he gets chased by his enemies and he's driving a db5.He'll get his $$$ kicked.
Please, don't compare the DB5 with a Hyundai. I have a Hyundai, they are good cars, but the Aston Martin DB5 is the kind of car that makes you hold your breath each time it shows up, it's not a question of speed.
But in a car chase, it is though. And Bond has alot of car chases.
The Bentley may well be in the books but not the movies and this is a thread about the DB5 appearing in the new movie. You may well be right about it becoming irrelevant as a plausable vehicle in 2062, but you may also be way off the mark. Who's to say by 2062 they'll even be still using old-fashioned hydrogen flying cars, maybe Bond will just simply use a star trek syle transmat to get around as he chases villians around Mars.
Seconded.
It's hard to believe that some don't want it in the film. I guess these people just prefer everything to be modern. I myself love classic cars.
"The Bentley in FRWL looks like a relic even in 1963 so how long will people be fine with Bond driving the DB5 before it looks ridiculous?
For the 100th will be happy with Bond trundling around in the DB5 because its 'classic Bond' and because the car still looks nice?
A chase in 2062 where all the villains are in the latest models of hyrdogen powered flying cars while poor Bond chugs around in his 100 year old petrol car will be fine will it?"
I don't think it should be featured in a chase scene but it's perfectly fine and most appropriate for Bond to simply drive it to get from A to B. Many people own classic cars and use them simply to get around.
Does the film really have enough running time to waste showing Bond popping out to Tescos or going for a nice sunday roast at a carvery in the country?
And as its blatantly not the same car as in CR - wheel on the wrong side, English number plate - I just dont see the continuity with Craigs Bond. It just strikes me as a lazy reference to Bond past and the sort of cliche of the Brosnan era that I thought we had moved on from.
Bond driving from A to B in a 1960's db5 while assassins are chasing him is not a good look.
He should be driving a Aston 1-77 as his personal car as he always has the best in clothes ,watches etc.
Useless in a chase but great in the thrilling scene where Bond drives up the M1 from London to Scotland and stops off for a Ginsters pasty at a Welcome Break service station.
Oh yeah and washes it down with a Heineken.
My cup runneth over.
Why would he want to keep and drive around in a murderers car?