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Agreed. 80's kid too and a BTTF fan. I don't even think it's debate.
Maybe the problem is that the DB5 was not there in all Bond films. It got lost in the 60s and disappeared throughout the whole Moore and Dalton era. That is why I am not sure whether casual viewers really have such a strong memory of this car as Bond fans have. Also keep in mind that there have been other memorable Bond cars - like the Lotus Esprit. If Bond had only had the DB5 as the one particular car it would have certainly had a stronger impact....
Definately... Everyone knows this car.....
even though I hate Knight Rider :-)
spiegel.de/auto/aktuell/delorean-bis-k-i-t-t-filmautos-klicken-sie-sich-zu-ihrem-kultwagen-a-1134311.html
At the bottom you can choose your favourite movie car by clicking on the one you like better, until only one is left. Should be self-explaining even if you don't speak English.
+1.
Danke schön... Ist eine tolle Auswahl an Autos .... Den Bericht hatte ich damals echt übersehen :-)
That is true but the DB5 was not so much in the focus in any of the Bond films as the Delorian was in Back to future. Quite often the DB5 is hardly used in the Bond films. Even in GF it gets destroyed pretty early in the film. Furthermore, it completely disappeared for more than a generation.
The Delorean hasn't been on screen for nearly 30 years, so I don't really see the argument, if I'm honest.
The car is certainly well known, very much so, but the DB5 is widely revered as 'the most famous car in the world' - it was the pre-eminent icon of blockbuster cinema. Every kid had a DB5.
You could equally argue that Ecto 1 is as famous using the logic being brought to the table.
What I wanted to say is that while the DB5 is used in more films, it has never been in the focus on amy of these films. Its screen time is relatively low and those who don't care much about cars won't remember the DB5 as the typical Bond car (especially since they had seen plenty of other Bond cars in the meantime). The Delorian, however, is relatively memorable not just as the car used in Back to the future but also as the time mashine which is the essential plot element of the film. The DB5 on the contrary has never been an essential plot element in any Bond film.
But I agree, people who grew up in the 60s certainly had a much stronger emotional connection to the DB5 than to any other film car. And the DB5 is certainly the most beautifull film car.
It is estimated that half the world's population has seen a Bond film. The same can't be said for BTTF. So I don't see the argument if I'm honest.
Yes but there is not a DB5 in every Bond film and even if there is one its screen time is usually very limited. If you were to explain someone shortly the plot of "Back to the Future", you would of course mention the Delorean as the time mashine. Would you mention the DB5 to explain what Goldfinger is about?
However, if one is talking about iconic memories of cars, and iconic scenes with such car, then it's the DB5 all the way as far as I'm concerned. The number plate rotation, the ejector seat, the bullet protector, the oil spray, the circular saw from the wheel, the GPS tracking etc. etc. I saw all of this first in GF. I'm sure more people have watched GF over the years (on tv, vhs, dvd, blu ray etc.) than any BTTF film.
Additionally, SF was watched by more than 1 billion people, and the DB5 made an iconic appearance there.
Not super controversial, but maybe. I think SP is Craig's second best Bond film, after CR. And would easily place it in the top half of the series. :-O
@Benny what is it about SP that makes it the 2nd best Craig Bond for you?
Of course I know what we think about it. But then the Lotus Esprit should be second....
Quite frankly, I think the Batmobile in various guises is probably up there too. More so than the Delorean actually. "Chicks dig the car"
Even though the DB5 is my favourite Bond car, I find that the Lotus Esprit transforming into a submarine is the most memorable car scene in the Bond franchise.....
But the DB5 in GE and TND had registration BMT214A, showed no indication of having machine guns and the like, and in TND was only shown parked outside Oxford University during Bond's brushing-up exercise. If that counts as iconic, may I point out that it was also iconically presented in that satellite surveillance film at the end of TWINE.
And the car Bond won from Dimitrios in CR is an entirely different one anyway, cf. left-hand steering.