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M writing Bond's obituary - NOT A REFERENCE
Bond Dies - NOT A REFERENCE
Explosion at MI6 HQ - NOT A REFERENCE
Scorpion - NOT A REFERENCE
To Q, "You must be joking" - Reference to Goldfinger.
DB5 - A reference to many previous Bond films, not specifically to Goldfinger.
Bond being issued PPK - Maybe a reference to Dr. No.
Palm reading gun - NOT A REFERENCE
"Be careful of what you wish for" - NOT A REFERENCE
Bond, tied to a chair, with Silva - NOT A REFERENCE
Silva next to fallen statue - NOT A REFERENCE
Train top fight - NOT A REFERENCE
Shower sex scene - NOT A REFERENCE
Secluded villain's island - NOT A REFERENCE
Scotland locations w/ Helicopter - NOT A REFERENCE
Stag statue - NOT A REFERENCE
How on earth can it not be a reference ? How more in-your-face can you be about LTK than having another palm reading gun ? That's a bit of an extreme claim...
You could have optioned to just pm with DC and all was good.
You say that *after* an moderator suggested to open this thread ? So I guess you are saying the mods are the ones in the wrong here ?
Why would the mod team close a thread after they suggested such a thread to be opened ?
:-B
The palm reading thingy from LTK might have consciously or subconsciously inspired the writers but that doesn't make it a reference.
It would be a reference if they included it in the screenplay so that Bond fans can point at it and say 'hey, it's from LTK'. I seriously doubt this is the case.
I'm more interested in the fact that SKYFALL is all one big 50th anniversary present back to the fans...DC007, do you think Eon have done the decent thing?
I suppose the blonde hair on our evil queen villan is a Grant thing.
We do have a bike chase ala TND.
Big hole in MI6 is TWINE.
I love this thread idea and we should keep it open to both ladies and gentlemen.
Anyway ship ahoy at the cycling...come on GB stuff it to the French.
GB win a gold yes!
Makes up for Vikki being chucked out.
Additionally, the Skyfall photo thread was getting seriously derailed. (Just a reminder that derailing a thread is not encouraged here and can lead to a warning.) So, rather than edit the thread and send out friendly warnings to a bunch of people, I thought it would be better to have this thread created.
I hope that clears that up.
@Germanlady @DaltonCraig007
@Germanlady The photo thread got derailed, so thanks to the suggestion of A MOD, I made a thread where people could talk about the references in SF, and so people who didn't want to discuss them, like you, wouldn't have it thrown in their faces on a thread that had nothing to do with it.
And I don't see why this should be locked, which would stop the rest of us from discussing it, just because 1 or 2 people had an argument over the topic on a different thread. I was actually trying to help, but hey, if you want to have a go at me for stirring up trouble you go ahead.
Most of what you posted could be right, but this I thought was obviously a reference to LTK.
GL (nice short name ;) ) I think locking this jues because some people can't control themselves is ignoring the problem. locking the people would solve the problem, though.
Anyway:
M writing Bond's obituary - Tomorrow Never Dies (Carver writing Bond's) not M, so no reference.
Bond Dies - You Only Live Twice. Bond dying was a plan in YOLT, in skyfall it isn't, so no reference.
Explosion at MI6 HQ - The World Is Not Enough this might be, altough really thin.
Scorpion - Diamonds Are Forever part of the drinking game, so definately no reference.
To Q, "You must be joking" - Goldfinger This is a school example of a reference.
DB5 - Goldfinger Same as above.
Bond being issued PPK - Dr. No. Don't know for sure, if it's replacing his current gun, maybe.
Palm reading gun - Licence to Kill Definately.
"Be careful of what you wish for" - Quantum of Solace. Just script overlapping. In this logic, "Bond, James Bond" should be a reference too.
Bond, tied to a chair, with Silva - Casino Royale. Definately not.
Silva next to fallen statue - GoldenEye. Thin, but I'll count it in.
Train top fight - Octopussy This is a big one.
Shower sex scene - AVTAK. No.
Secluded villain's island - Dr. No / TMWTGG. Not really.
Scotland locations w/ Helicopter - FRWL. Very thin.
Stag statue - Thunderball Unless he flies over it or mentions it, no reference.
Also, between the end of YOLT and TMWTGG books Bond is missing, presumed dead.
Sadly I haven't read all the Bond books. I'm reading YOLT once I've finished OHMSS. But it sounds like it could be a reference though.
That's true. Maybe some of them are references, just put in accidentally.
Fantastic...spot on.
Bond disappearing for a few months...maybe finding true love...marriage? OHMSS ref, it could be...
Cheers, mate. I do like my snaps.
Yup, @Germanlady, I've been a member of this and the previous forum for over seven years and have been a mod since the last forum.
On topic, I think there will be some literary references, too. Both Craig and Mendes have spoken about how they went back and looked at the books for Skyfall, so I'd be surprised if we don't see something come out of those discussions.
When I saw the Skyfall teaser with Bond being "assessed" with his word association, I immediately thought of this. Perhaps there's a reference in that?
Cos I like my avatar just the way it is. ;) However, I might get the logo to avoid this sort of confusion in the future.
On topic, which other films has Bond shooting his cuffs like that?
Hush hush need to know old chap...
That reminds me of PB'S tie wiggle in the now classic city Tank chase.