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The story they are telling takes place in the year they're telling it. If you watch SF it's 2012. If you watch SP it's 2015 and SF is several months before. I really don't understand how difficult this is to grasp. THERE'S NO DATE SPECIFIC TIMELINE. GET OVER IT.
In this case, to me, CASINO ROYALE takes place in 2006 because it says so. QUANTUM OF SOLACE starts moments later, so it's not 2008. And where the party invite says 2008, that's foreshadowing: a typo, an introduced flaw indicating the pending downfall of Quantum.
Still, the stuff of but-this-one-goes-up-to-eleven conversations.
Yeah, because you've taken the time to assign a date to it.
And this is a big deal to you why?
Im confused. You implied you don't care, but you've obviously considered it.
Refreshing. Ditto.
Edited for content.
(anyone love these cheese-fest, man-cave movies as much as me???) Therefore Rocky ages inside of the stories, not in real-time as Sly was.
If we follow the time-line of DC BOND, and not real time, we also get a guy in his mid-40s (like his passport states in the last Omega presentation) and not a guy closing in on his fifties. As a man and athlete, DC can be younger. And I was following this timeline to make sense of the stories.
Does that make sense?
This is what it could look like:
How do you explain the invitation to Dominic Greene's event that has a 2008 date?
Yeah.
Typo. People make them everyday.
Except for the Casino Royale surveillance video with the 2006 time stamp, the Quantum invitation with the 2008 date, etc.
Except for Michael G. Wilson saying Quantum took place "literally an hour" after the end of Casino.
MGW opened this can of worms. Not Marvel. And that was nine years ago, just when Marvel was getting started.
So I'm not so serious about all this, but I do recognize CASINO ROYALE as 2006, and QUANTUM OF SOLACE picking up directly from that. I've been around. I have my reasons. Not demanding agreement. And it's not complicated.
On to BOND 25! Which will take place in the year it's presented as. When it exists as a film.
More like a screw up.
Again, if Michael G. Wilson had *never* said Quantum took place "literally an hour" after Quantum, it's not an issue. But Wilson and others on the production team kept talking about how special the story was, how it was the first "direct sequel," etc.
Eon *invited* more scrutiny on the continuity issue. MGW couldn't help himself.
Whatever.
At least the "typo" explanation avoids over-the-top explanations that it took Bond two years to track down Mr. White.
Even with 2006 cell phone technology, Bond could track down White if he had his phone number. That's the whole point for Vesper's sacrifice, ensuring Bond got the phone number.
Even in 2006, street criminals were smart enough to use disposable phones. Mr. White was *at least as smart* as street criminals.* Once Bond had Mr. White's phone number, he had a short time to track him down. He certainly didn't have two years to do so.
Just observations, here. BOND 25 ahoy.
Plus the BOND 25 announcement, I mean. Separately.
Oh damn. Mic drop
Sure, man but only looks were discussed. Most guys don't say "I refuse to sleep with this woman because she's not stunning, only pretty (or even average for that matter)." There's a difference between judging how someone looks and deciding on whether you'll sleep with them or not.
I certainly wouldn't say no to Monica Bellucci just because she's not stunning anymore.
This is often a problem in Bond films. Bond flicks aren't known for their character movement (I wish they were) which is why I wonder why they hire character directors. I don't get it.
I'm sorry, but how is this an issue? It's not a typo or a screw up. When they produce a Bond it takes place in the moment. QoS does directly follow on from CR. If you're watching CR the action takes place in 2006. If you're watching QoS the story is taking place in 2008. You view the narrative through the prism of the film you watch. To have the Greene Planet invite reading 2006 is to make the narrative date specific, which they simply wouldn't do.