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  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    @barryt007, do you have any Bond blu-rays?
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    I've a question regarding an accessory from the Bilbao Bank scene in TWINE. Briefly I noticed the brand logo of Armani on the spectacles case, but to this day I fail to see which model of glasses does Bond wear in that scene. Anyone able to identify this?
  • barryt007barryt007
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    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: »
    @barryt007, do you have any Bond blu-rays?

    I haven't got a blue ray player even Brady...just a regular DVD player and loads of DVD's.
    And my SKY Q box of course.

  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    Recently I bought all the Bonds on Google
    Play movies in HD for £109, they are fantastic
    Quality. Like many others I also have them on
    Bluray and DVD.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    edited March 2017 Posts: 40,968
    @Thunderpussy, it's always nice having them digitally, too, in case of an emergency where you need a Bond fix but aren't home.

    EDIT: I'm sure it has been asked before, but what does Magda say to Octopussy when she asks where Kamal is going after Bond defuses the bomb? Her line is "Back to India," but her mouth says something else.
  • QuantumOrganizationQuantumOrganization We have people everywhere
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    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    I've a question regarding an accessory from the Bilbao Bank scene in TWINE. Briefly I noticed the brand logo of Armani on the spectacles case, but to this day I fail to see which model of glasses does Bond wear in that scene. Anyone able to identify this?

    They are Calvin Klein.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    QuantumOrganization wrote: »
    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    I've a question regarding an accessory from the Bilbao Bank scene in TWINE. Briefly I noticed the brand logo of Armani on the spectacles case, but to this day I fail to see which model of glasses does Bond wear in that scene. Anyone able to identify this?

    They are Calvin Klein.
    Oh yes, sorry. Must've confused them. Know the model? I'm willing to go for one if I find one.
  • MalloryMallory
    edited March 2017 Posts: 2,162
    I'm trying to work out the timeline of Spectre...

    Day 1: Mexico City.
    Day 2: Trip back to London
    Day 3: Dressing down by M, meeting with Moneypenny (mention's Sciarra's funeral is in 3 days)
    Day 4: Q Briefing, steals the DB10
    Day 5: Leisurely travel to Rome
    Day 6: Sciarra Funeral, Lucia, Spectre Meeting, Car Chase
    Day 7: Travel to Austria. Sees White.
    Day 8: Travel to Hoffler Clinic
    Day 9: Meets Madeliene (says White shot himself two days ago) (also, amazing he could book in and get an appointment so quickly);
    Day 10: Travel to Tangiers, explore hotel room (luckily it wasn't already booked) (C mentions 9 Eyes goes online in 3 days)
    Day 11: Train Travel, Hinx Fight, Night of Love
    Day 12: Oberhausen Base, escape
    Day 13: Travel back to London. MI6, 9 Eyes HQ, Westminster Bridge
    Day 14 (?) Leaves with Madeleine in the DB5.

    So, a two week period?
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
    edited March 2017 Posts: 15,423
    Why is there a separated day between meeting Madeleine and travelling to the Clinic?
  • MalloryMallory
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    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    Why is there a separated day between meeting Madeleine and travelling to the Clinic?

    When Bond informs Madeleine of White's death, he says he shot himself two days ago. So that explains the day in between.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    Mallory wrote: »
    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    Why is there a separated day between meeting Madeleine and travelling to the Clinic?

    When Bond informs Madeleine of White's death, he says he shot himself two days ago. So that explains the day in between.
    Interesting! Never noticed that consciously before...
  • BondAficionadoBondAficionado Former IMDBer
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    I searched this site for a thread regarding SPECTRE's "single-take" PTS scene but I never found it, so let me post the question on this thread:

    How many individual takes are in the opening tracking shot? I counted 4 (3 cuts- poster/man walking past/window) but some people went even further and said 7 shots? Thnx.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    I think there are three cuts: the opening scene (which cuts when we see the poster), the second scene of Bond and Estrella going through the hotel/elevator/entering the room (which cuts as Bond exits onto the ledge), with the third scene following him across the rooftops. Didn't notice the cut with the man walking, but I haven't seen it in a while, so that's probably why.
  • BondAficionadoBondAficionado Former IMDBer
    edited March 2017 Posts: 1,889
    Creasy47 wrote: »
    I think there are three cuts: the opening scene (which cuts when we see the poster), the second scene of Bond and Estrella going through the hotel/elevator/entering the room (which cuts as Bond exits onto the ledge), with the third scene following him across the rooftops. Didn't notice the cut with the man walking, but I haven't seen it in a while, so that's probably why.

    I think you meant takes/shots(?).

    About the man walking past the camera, I think that it was intentional because the whole frame is blacked out momentarily but that doesn't mean that they actually cut it. But whatever, I'll count it as a cut I guess.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    I did, poor wording on my part. Three shots, two cuts, or if the man walking past is used for a cut, then it's four shots and three cuts.
  • BondAficionadoBondAficionado Former IMDBer
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    thanks :)
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Not sure if this is just clicking, or if someone mentioned something akin to this recently and it's just now reappearing in my memory, but when Bond disposes of Mathis' body in QoS, Camille asks "Is that how you treat all your friends?", to which Bond replies "He wouldn't care." I always assumed it was just a throwaway line, but then the scene from CR popped into my head, where Mathis mentions that "being dead doesn't mean one can't still be helpful."

    Is this a bit of a nod to that line, since he takes Mathis' money and tosses him in a dumpster to make it look like an ambush by some criminals? Or, am I just reading into things too heavily?
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
    edited March 2017 Posts: 15,423
    I'm assuming the latter, Creasy. I think it was just a throwaway line, Mathis being dead, he wouldn't care any longer.
  • barryt007barryt007
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    Agreed..he just made it look like a mugging gone wrong.
  • MilovyMilovy
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    Does anyone know why Ken Adam never worked on another Bond film after Moonraker?
  • MalloryMallory
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    Does anyone know, in percentage terms, which film features Bond the least.

    I imagine they're all fairly close...
  • tanaka123tanaka123
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    Milovy wrote: »
    Does anyone know why Ken Adam never worked on another Bond film after Moonraker?

    You need to read Some Kind of Hero.
  • NicNacNicNac Administrator, Moderator
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    Milovy wrote: »
    Does anyone know why Ken Adam never worked on another Bond film after Moonraker?

    He didn't make any film for 6 years after Moonraker for whatever reason. Did he suffer ill health I wonder?
    Mallory wrote: »
    Does anyone know, in percentage terms, which film features Bond the least.

    I imagine they're all fairly close...

    Bloody good question. If Bond isn't featured it usually cuts to the villains, so maybe FRWL?
  • moneyofpropre2moneyofpropre2 France
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    Yeah, probably FRWL (he doesn't appear until the 17th minutes).
  • NSGWNSGW London
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    TWINE comes to mind, there's two main villains with Elektra and Renard that get scenes of their own, and M has a more sizeable role than usual.
  • MilovyMilovy
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    tanaka123 wrote: »
    Milovy wrote: »
    Does anyone know why Ken Adam never worked on another Bond film after Moonraker?

    You need to read Some Kind of Hero.
    I have been meaning to!
    NicNac wrote: »
    Milovy wrote: »
    Does anyone know why Ken Adam never worked on another Bond film after Moonraker?

    He didn't make any film for 6 years after Moonraker for whatever reason. Did he suffer ill health I wonder?
    I didn't know that @NicNac.
  • PropertyOfALadyPropertyOfALady Colders Federation CEO
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    I think
    Mallory wrote: »
    Does anyone know, in percentage terms, which film features Bond the least.

    I imagine they're all fairly close...

    Remember the stats thread? I think you may have just given me an idea.
  • barryt007barryt007
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    PropertyOfALady wrote: »
    I think
    Mallory wrote: »
    Does anyone know, in percentage terms, which film features Bond the least.

    I imagine they're all fairly close...

    Remember the stats thread? I think you may have just given me an idea.

    Oh no,you're not going to time Bond's appearance on screen in each film are you ?

  • tanaka123tanaka123
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    PropertyOfALady wrote: »
    I think
    Mallory wrote: »
    Does anyone know, in percentage terms, which film features Bond the least.

    I imagine they're all fairly close...

    Remember the stats thread? I think you may have just given me an idea.

    Do it.
  • PropertyOfALadyPropertyOfALady Colders Federation CEO
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    I think I should!
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