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He's probably done it in one of the casino scenes or something. It really does remind me of Brosnan straightening his tie but I doubt that's a reference.
As has every man who's ever put on a tuxedo.
If you're just going to post sarcy comments, shoot down ever reference suggestion and generally just act like a dick, why hang around this thread? You've made your point, you don't think there are references, so now just move along.
Sean did it after the shocking line...sure of it.
For example, Field's death by oil was direct reference to Goldfinger (and a pretty obvious one at that, unfortunately).
Bond wearing a tux, or saying "Bond......James Bond", or having a car filled with techy gadgets, are signatures of the Bond series.
The fact that Bond straightens his cuffs, gets tied to chair, or for that matter, speaks in an British accent and shoots right-handed, is nothing more than something that is the same between movies.
But if it's the same car (DB5), then it's a reference to past films the car has been in.
Judi Dench's look and having glass in her hand with talking with another chacter remember me to Twine too when she talk with Bond.
M looking to villian in cage - In Twine it be the other way around, Villian looking to M in a cage.
Statue's - Statue's Goldeneye
Bond waiting on some one who comes outside of some elivator - Bond is waiting on Janus in GE
Swimming pool - Swimming pool Goldeneye
Showing Mi6 bulding - Twine.
M behind the PC - Casino Royale
Beer water - Die Another Day under the ice.
Helicopter - Helicopter DAD
In Another thread i wrote something about grave machiene be a symbol of DC era. Look like a train be symbol too. In QOS you can see a train station with a train. A boat be a Pervis and Wade symbol and nice to see there also find a way to have a boat in Skyfall.
I agree. There are some obvious references, which are different to staples from the series, just as there are things that are just there and we shouldn't read too much into them.
The DB5 is a reference, but also a series staple now. It's not like they've just brought it back for Skyfall. The palm reader PPK is a reference to LTK but also a ref to DN and a series staple. Bond being cuffed to his chair is probably just Bond being cuffed to a chair.
Ha ha ha if you want a chat or company just say so....but don't deny the most obvious reference ever in the history of ever dude.
I forgot to read don't in ur quote...so I agree with u
She then takes a business man back to her hotel room and waits for the sniper's bullet.
She is selling stolen art and using it as bait to trap an assassination victim.
In the Imax trailer, after the window of her room has been shot out, you can see a large painting leaning against the wall in the background. I recognised it as a Modigliani. So I thought I’d run a search for stolen famous art in general and Modigliani in particulate.
Well, I’ve found the painting.
It’s ‘Women with Fan’ by Modigliani which was stolen from the Musee d’art Moderne Paris.
http://artitis.wordpress.com/tag/stolen-modigliani/
In the above article, the writer even says that he suspects that the stolen painting will end-up in China.
There seems to be a reoccurring theme regarding famous paintings in Skyfall.
And using a real life stolen work of art is a nice reference to Dr No.
Those High pitch techno hit sounds used in the score and gunbarrel music? Flangered edits of the opening notes from Goldfinger's gunbarrel music! and of course the DB5
As for Skyfall's Past Bond references, better played than Die Another Day that's for sure.
Why does it matter that it's M writing the obituary? Why isn't the obituary itself a reference?
I could maybe accept this, but I don't see why it can't be a reference.
Again, I don't see why it can't be a reference.
But I'm certain you say that the scorpions in DAD are a reference to DAF. I mean, after all, they were used on Bond, not a dentist who's a part of a diamond smuggling operation, the connection is obvious.
I have nothing to say here, we're in agreement.
Again, nothing to say.
I see this as a reference, since, like in DN, Bond's previous gun is being replaced by the PPK (though, in this case, a PPK is being replaced by a PPK).
I honestly forget there's a palm reading gun in LTK, so I can't say anything here.
I agree here, though they may have been thinking of the scene in question when the new one was written.
Much like the above example, I agree, but they may have had the CR scene in mind.
Maybe. It could be a reference, but it doesn't need to be. Though if it were the case, if I stand next to a fallen statue, it's a reference to GoldenEye.
I'll allow it ((c)Mills Lane)
It could be a reference to AVTAK, or a reference to the Bond/Vesper scene in CR. Or neither.
I was completely unaware a villain's secluded island was a location in Skyfall, but why can't it be a reference to DN/YOLT/LALD/TMWTGG?
Maybe, maybe not.
Maybe, maybe not.
DAD part 2 anyone? (runs and hides in a tree!)
Seriously, I`m none to keen on the idea myself. And, I see Dench has put her overdramatic stamp on it with her trademark "bloody" and "what the hell" remarks. Jeez....
My thoughts exactly - didn't even think of TND!
Bond shooting--all Bond films.
Bond wearing a tux--all Bond films.
Okay, I'm not in the spirit of this thread. A reference is a deliberate reminder of a previous film. We saw a few of those very clearly in Casino Royale in order to link the new Bond with the old: Bond coming out of the water (DN), the classic Aston Martin, Goldfinger look-alike with Land Rover and at the bar, etc. At this point in the Craig series, I don't believe the producers are trying to reference previous films. Similarities are not references. Did the same thing in OHMSS with opening credits and Lazenby looking at memorabilia from previous adventures.
Inclusion of the DB5, I feel is a character thing (it's his car, it's part of his identity as 'Bond') rather than a reference but I completely understand and support people saying it's a reference.
Yes. Thank you! The point I've been trying to make, but expressed much clearer.
The argument here isn't so much Bond trivia based, it's a question of the proper use of the english language (and yes, I admit right up front I'm a bit of a language geek.) If you want to point out similarites between films, great. But you defeat your argument (and confuse a lot of people) by continuing to misuse words like "reference".