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  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    @JBFan626, my thoughts exactly. Many times, this has happened, and I'm not sure why there are countless trolls inbound lately, but it's really disgusting.
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
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    The main event is coming closer so the crazy people come out of the hills once again. O:-)
  • SandySandy Somewhere in Europe
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    Yes, they are coming out of their holes, where they have been hybernating (:| Just ignore them, they will eventually go back into the hole.
  • AgentJamesBond007AgentJamesBond007 Vesper’s grave
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    chrisgreethamhaislet wrote:
    obrady is a daft mindless twit. as much as love the old roger moore style of jokes and romance amongst doing the saving the world with a bit of british flare...craig takes us back to the bond of old, but with an excitement and a sexy flare never before seen. i am looking quite forward to the next installment. obrady.....PISS OFF!

    1. He is one of the biggest Daniel Craig fans on here.
    2. 0Brady is one of my favorite members with his fan art. Don't pay attention to the guy, he's probably a j7wild in the making...
    3. @ChrisGreethamHaislet, You're a mindless troller who probably likes the films because of Craig and haven't actually seen any of Connery's.
    4. In the words of my friend, Timothy Dalton... "Piss off!"

    Excuse me mods, if this comes as inappropriate
  • ZekidkZekidk
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    Fun with GTA:
  • JWESTBROOKJWESTBROOK
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    Zekidk wrote:
    Fun with GTA:

    That was brilliant!
  • tqbtqb
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    haha nice
  • StartStoppingStartStopping
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    Haha thoroughly enjoyed that :D
    Nice work sir!
  • AgentJamesBond007AgentJamesBond007 Vesper’s grave
    edited June 2012 Posts: 2,634
    Very nice, @Zekidk
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    edited June 2012 Posts: 28,694
    Zekidk wrote:
    Fun with GTA:

    You had me in the first second. :D
  • slyfoxslyfox
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    Was watching the teaser again yesterday. It may have been said before but the bridge the Location Scouts are looking at in the Videoblog is obviously the inspiration/copy of the bridge Bond goes under to reach the Floating Casino in Macau.

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  • JWESTBROOKJWESTBROOK
    edited June 2012 Posts: 5,745
    There are 8 coffins in the trailer and 9 '00' agents.

    Think its a thing or not a thing?
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    JWESTBROOK wrote:
    There are 8 coffins in the trailer and 9 '00' agents.

    Think its a thing or not a thing?

    But Bond is alive, that's why. I don't understand your question.
  • JWESTBROOKJWESTBROOK
    edited June 2012 Posts: 5,745
    I meant is Bond the last remaining double 0 agent.

    9 agents - 8 die = 1 left (Bond)

    So is it 8 random deaths or the death of 8 double 0's, which would be really striking if so.

    Do you think they killed off the other 8 double 0's is what I meant.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    JWESTBROOK wrote:
    I meant is Bond the last remaining double 0 agent.

    9 agents - 8 die = 1 left (Bond)

    So is it 8 random deaths or the death of 8 double 0's, which would be really striking if so.

    Do you think they killed off the other 8 double 0's is what I meant.

    I think it is in one big attack, but I don't like thinking about the plot. I try to stay wary of threads involving Skyfall for a fear of spoilers.
  • Suivez_ce_parachuteSuivez_ce_parachute
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    Have you seen Taken 2 trailer ? It's out less than a month before Skyfall, and there are stunts on the very same roofs of Istanbul ! Oh, and there's also a car hitting a similar train !
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Suivez_ce_parachute wrote:
    Have you seen Taken 2 trailer ? It's out less than a month before Skyfall, and there are stunts on the very same roofs of Istanbul ! Oh, and there's also a car hitting a similar train !

    Is this sarcasm? I hope so, because we've already been down that road: tons of other films in the past have included cars and trains at the same time, along with Istanbul foot chases, I'm sure. Is SF copying them, then, too? I'm not throwing SF under the bus and defending 'Taken 2,' I'm just stating that it's ridiculous to trash one of two films, out in the same year that use slightly similar stunts, when tons of other films years before them have done nearly (or exactly) the same thing.
  • thelivingroyalethelivingroyale
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    Suivez_ce_parachute wrote:
    Have you seen Taken 2 trailer ? It's out less than a month before Skyfall, and there are stunts on the very same roofs of Istanbul ! Oh, and there's also a car hitting a similar train !

    Assassin's Creed Revelations had chases on the Istanbul rooftops. Obviously Bond and Taken are ripping that off!!! Cars and trains?? This sounds familiar... They're ripping off the Speed!!!! Somebody tell Keanu Reeves!!! :-w
  • Suivez_ce_parachuteSuivez_ce_parachute
    edited June 2012 Posts: 2,015
    Well, first answer the beginning of the post : Have you seen the trailer for Taken 2 (which has just been released) ? I was quite shocked to see that the same location (with a foot chase on the paths on the roofs instead of a motorbike chase) was used. The car and the train stunt was just the ice on the cake of how similar things were looking on this Istanbul location (Taken 2 will take place there). We're talking about movies that are released in the same few weeks. It's done Dante Pic / Inferno or Armageddon / Deep Impact obviously, but it's quite some synchronicity though, no ?

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  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    edited June 2012 Posts: 28,694
    Suivez_ce_parachute wrote:
    Well, first answer the beginning of the post : Have you seen the trailer for Taken 2 (which has just been released) ? I was quite shocked to see that the same location (with a foot chase on the paths on the roofs instead of a motorbike chase) was used. The car and the train stunt was just the ice on the cake of how similar things were looking on this Istanbul location (Taken 2 will take place there). We're talking about movies that are released in the same few weeks. It's done Dante Pic / Inferno or Armageddon / Deep Impact obviously, but it's quite some synchronicity though to have a chase there in Istanbul in two movies about a secret agent on a personal mission in October 2012, isn't it ?

    Istanbul is a great place to shoot. Sue them. A lot of spy films are personal missions. Just coincidence.
  • Suivez_ce_parachuteSuivez_ce_parachute
    edited June 2012 Posts: 2,015
    Spatial coincidence AND Temporal coincidence, hence it's quite remarkable, IMO. We're not talking about a coincidence with Topkapi or whatever, but about a movie that will be out at the same time, and whose trailer uses lots of view of Istanbul and action scenes there. My bet is that to avoid confusion, maybe no promotional material from Skyfall will heavily feature Istanbul. In the trailer it's already basically zero (the motorcycle stunt is seen with no Istanbul background)
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    edited June 2012 Posts: 41,011
    Suivez_ce_parachute wrote:
    Spatial coincidence AND Temporal coincidence, hence it's quite remarkable, IMO. We're not talking about a coincidence with Topkapi or whatever, but about a movie that will be out at the same time, and whose trailer uses lots of view of Istanbul and action scenes there. My bet is that to avoid confusion, maybe no promotional material from Skyfall will heavily feature Istanbul. In the trailer it's already basically zero (the motorcycle stunt is seen with no Istanbul background)

    That was a teaser trailer, meant to tease; hence, we don't really see a lot, do we? Just quick shots and snippets of action. I highly doubt SF will steer clear of Istanbul in the marketing because of Taken 2 - I also doubt the general audience will make such a connection, and opt for one film or the other because of a location.

    Now, if you want to speak in coincidences, it's funny that I have never really heard of any 'White House takeover' films - I'm sure they're out there, and I'll probably kick myself for neglecting the obvious because I'm a self-claimed movie buff - but we have two of them coming out next year, and they're on the fast track to compete with one another.
  • GermanladyGermanlady
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    Actually I see his point, as I thought the same. It might take away some of the freshness of the stunts and location for basically the same audience. I wouldn't mind the other way around, but with Taken being released first...
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    No need getting worked up. Think about the hype surrounding Taken 2, then multiply it by a gillion to get the ever-growing hype for Skyfall.
  • GermanladyGermanlady
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    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote:
    No need getting worked up. Think about the hype surrounding Taken 2, then multiply it by a gillion to get the ever-growing hype for Skyfall.

    True, still not happy with it. We had similar with the International, but that film wasn't very hyped or very successful. We will see...
  • thelivingroyalethelivingroyale
    edited June 2012 Posts: 12,837
    A chase on the Istanbul roofs...

    http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=AC+revelations+parkour&hl=en&gbv=2&tbm=isch&tbnid=hnZOLVFCQ67btM:&imgrefurl=http://www.tweaktown.com/gaming/4474/assassins_creed_revelations_playstation_3_review/index.html&docid=Etw89wo0wdjkxM&imgurl=http://images.tweaktown.com/content/4/4/4474_1_assassins_creed_revelations_playstation_3_review_full.jpg&w=1280&h=720&ei=LmPpT6GBCqbG0QWRx4CpAQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=557&vpy=165&dur=2225&hovh=168&hovw=300&tx=149&ty=62&sig=117862997819191510270&page=1&tbnh=106&tbnw=188&start=0&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:0,i:78&biw=1366&bih=650

    Nobody is ripping off anyone. I think it's just a coincidence and I doubt the two films will be similar.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    It's mostly people complaining to complain, satisfying their mundane lives by incessantly throwing crude criticism at two or more properties.
  • Comte_de_BleuvilleComte_de_Bleuville
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    In my opinion, it is a very unfortunate coincidence. With all the permissions that Eon had to have granted to film on the Grand Bazaar roof, someone should have made absolutely certain that no other action film would (or had been) filmed up there, that would be coming out in such close proximity. This devalues the whole novelty of it – considerably.
  • Suivez_ce_parachuteSuivez_ce_parachute
    edited June 2012 Posts: 2,015
    Germanlady wrote:
    True, still not happy with it. We had similar with the International, but that film wasn't very hyped or very successful. We will see...
    I'm convinced EON is not happy with this. We're not talking about something "gazillion less" popular, frankly. Similar US Box office between Taken and QoS. Similar number of views of the trailer in the first days for Skyfall and Taken 2. Skyfall will ultra-dominate Taken 2 outside US, sure, and it will be quite surprising if Taken 2 do as well as Taken in the US but still, it's quite unfortunate indeed.

    If we were people looking for reasons to complain, we would also make a snapshot of the firework above the water in Taken 2 trailer and say "see, they even copied the firework they did above the water in Skyfall"... But here, we're talking about exact same location, quite unused until then as far as I know. In Assassin Creed, from what I saw, you see nothing close to what we see in Taken 2 and in Skyfall (the hard paths on the roofs that allow running and cycling).



  • GermanladyGermanlady
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    Bond just has to spin his magic. I am sure, he can and will though. I said, i am not happy with it and that is true but I doubt, people will think, Bond copied from Taken.
    In the end - its the story that carries a film and from what I know, there is not mjuch of that in Taken or was - even though I really enjoyed part 1. Not sure, there is need to see the same again...
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