Batman Begins Hommage to James Bond movie?

[Shedhut]

I found this interesting theorie on the Nolan-board:

"OK, so I'm Johnny-come-lately or in my case Ronnie-come-lately but I just viewed "Batman Begins" for the first time last night via DVD.
Toward the end of the film during the monorail sequence there are cutaways to a radio operator and his voice and face jumped out at me. I recognized them from the fifth Sean Connery/James Bond installment "You Only Live Twice", 1967. I checked it out on IMDB and sure enough the actor's name is Shane Rimmer. He played virtually the same part in both movies (in the JB flick he's a radar operator) and from my memory he is shot at the same angle in both films. I know this is minute trivia but does anybody know if director Nolan did this on purpose or how Rimmer got to be cast in the Batman movie? It's like a 38 year difference in release dates for the two titles. I somehow feel the director sought him out based on the earlier movie."

http://www.christophernolan.net/board/viewtopic.php?t=279

 

[Two-Face]

This is interesting, also Morgan Freeman's character was bit like Q where he was showing Bruce the weapons.

 

[Shedhut]

yeah, I'll always be a Bruce Bond fan

 

[Superman: Idols]

I found this interesting theorie on the Nolan-board:

"OK, so I'm Johnny-come-lately or in my case Ronnie-come-lately but I just viewed "Batman Begins" for the first time last night via DVD.
Toward the end of the film during the monorail sequence there are cutaways to a radio operator and his voice and face jumped out at me. I recognized them from the fifth Sean Connery/James Bond installment "You Only Live Twice", 1967. I checked it out on IMDB and sure enough the actor's name is Shane Rimmer. He played virtually the same part in both movies (in the JB flick he's a radar operator) and from my memory he is shot at the same angle in both films. I know this is minute trivia but does anybody know if director Nolan did this on purpose or how Rimmer got to be cast in the Batman movie? It's like a 38 year difference in release dates for the two titles. I somehow feel the director sought him out based on the earlier movie."

http://www.christophernolan.net/board/viewtopic.php?t=279

It may be intentional. Nolan has made it obvious, thur interviews, that he loves the Bond films.

 

[CoinFlip]

That's a really cool factoid. Thanks!

 

[Shedhut]

thank ronny

 

[Jack Napier]

The scene with Wayne showing the secretary how to putt a golf ball reminded me a lot of 007 flirting with Moneypenny.