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- names of secret agents operating revealed: Mission Impossible
- Komodo Dragon: Star Wars
- Bond looking over London: Batman (looking over Gotham City)
- MI6 cage: Silence of the Lambs
- Skyfall lodge: Home Alone/ Straw Dogs
Maybe it was a good idea afterall, that they left out the Indiana Jones-scene.
Really liked that one, a reference but not nostalgic and more "don't ruin this mission like that other douche did".
Two things I've been thinking: The "exploding pen" line was a blatant GoldenEye reference but a touch odd as that's a well regarded entry and a decent gadget. When watching the film I first thought of the pen gun in NSNE!
More pressingly, in Kim Newman's empire review he mentions there's a reference to the 1967 CR. Anyone spotted this yet, or did I fall asleep during Woody Allen bit?
star wars?
I had this thought as well.
M's reaction to Bond's death -> The Man From Barbarossa
M's "retirement" -> Cold Fall.
Forget what's past, move on and bin the references!
Couldn't have been. China didn't take over Hong Kong until 1997, which would have been 5-6 years after the attempted third Dalton film. Also, the year TND came out.
Let's see:
DN: Being issued a Walther PPK
FRWL: Turkish bazaar
GF: Ejector seat
TB: Underwater fight
YOLT: Bond's "death"
OHMSS: Invasion of an isolated compound
DAF: Scorpion
LALD: Jumping on the kimono dragon to escape
TMWTGG: Hideout on isolated island
TSWLM: Silva pulling out his dentures
MR: Patrice falling to his death.
FYEO: Silva having a knife thrown into his back
OP: Fight on top of the train
AVTAK: Shower scene
TLD: Patrice as the sniper
LTK: Signature hand gun
GE: Fallen statues at compound
TND: Writing Bond's obituary
TWINE: Explosion at MI6
DAD: "You must be joking"
CR: Bond being tied to the chair and breaking into M's house
QOS: "Be careful what you wish for"
I know, I know, some of these might be a stretch.
For example:
- references: "you must be joking", the ejector seat, exploding pen.
- connection: signature hand gun, shower scene, fight in top of the train, scorpion, Istambul, ecc.
In "Goldfinger" Q says, with regard to the DB5 "we'd appreciate you bringing it back, along with all your other equipment. Intact for once when you return from the field."
He said this, she said that, i've never read so much rubbish.
-Scorpion... that is definitely a reference as he is taunting death with it, and it was used to kill in DAF.
-Palm Reading Gun... LTK
-DB5... Obviously GF, Thunderball
-"You must be joking" - Reference to Goldfinger.
-Bond being issued PPK - Maybe a reference to Dr. No.
Mate, none of these make any sense. Where the hell are komodo dragons in Star Wars? Did Lucas recently edit them in or something, or are we all cracked? Bond looking over London is just simply him looking over London, and not a Batman ripoff. They aren't remotely the same. So every time a character stands and looks at a city they are ripping off Batman? HAR HAR. I won't even touch on the Home Alone thing, as that is just too unworthy of the time.
Opening credits, the first glimpse of a female looking over her shoulder underwater - looks very much like Vesper in CR.
TWINE - personal vendetta against M.
I like the "pit of some animal", this one happens to be a Komodo dragon. YOLT has the piranhas, I forget the other times that this happens in Bond films.
I also like his line about how he knows what a woman looks like who is scared and is trying to conceal it. Definitely a Vesper reference there.
I came online looking for references and found a ton on here. Keep it up, this is fun.
Also, not sure if mentioned already, but when bond hands in those bullet fragments to Tanner and says "For her eyes only".
I wouldn't say that's a CR reference, just good cinematography and tension build up.
I think it might be a reference to DN. Yeah he needs his gun, but why make a point that he's getting a new one?
The gun itself is definetly a LTK reference.