James Bond In Skyfall - Part 7

[Brian Braddock]

Went to see Spidey in IMAX 3D yesterday and we got the Bond trailer.

Needless to say the crowd loved it.

 

[Ajendo]

Yep same here. SF is going to be epic.

 

[Gold Samurai]

I saw MIB 3 a few weeks ago.

When the Skyfall trailer finished I saw someone in front doing a head nod like "Hell yeah...."


Semi off topic

I was watching "The World is not enough" and I was thinking that "Skyfall" could have been a good way to close out Brosnan's era.

 

[Dr Lee]

we had the Bond trailer with Spidey...... looked bloody cool on the big screen.... and the hint of the iconic theme at the end is growing on me....

 

[Ajendo]

Looking forward to the actual theatrical trailer.

 

[Crockett]

First pic of Q.

http://www.007.com/007-gets-his-quartermaster/

 

[obin_gam]

Looking good there! I hope its not going to be a comic relief, but I dont think it will be either.

 

[Dr Lee]

First pic of Q.

http://www.007.com/007-gets-his-quartermaster/

Looks the part i guess.... though it's going to be very hard ot avoid the comparisons with the original Q....

 

[Tacit Ronin]

He'll be on the level of the original Q within 50 years. No sweat.

 

[Webhead2006]

Not bad can't wait to see how there dynamic plays out.

 

[chamber-music]

Cool Ben Whishaw is a good actor so I'm sure he will do fine.

 

[ThePhantasm]

First pic of Q.
http://www.007.com/007-gets-his-quartermaster/

Q is The Scarecrow??

 

[regwec]

I see that we're getting a space-age briefing room at MI6, again.

I dislike that, and prefer filing cabinets and pin boards.

 

[chamber-music]

Well considering its the Q branch hi-tech section of MI6 I think it makes sense to have giant touch screens and advanced but believable technology.

 

[obin_gam]

I see that we're getting a space-age briefing room at MI6, again.

I dislike that, and prefer filing cabinets and pin boards.

You do realize were living in that reality now right?

 

[regwec]

No we're not- the technology exists, but there is no way that a public sector department would spend wildly on huge plasma screens and designer desk lamps. It's unrealistic.

You might find that sort of stuff in the lobby of Goldman Sachs or Clifford Chance, but there is no Earthly reason why MI6 would have it in a briefing room, nor could they get it past the secretary of state.

 

[obin_gam]

I disagree. Its not the lsightst sci-fi or spacey. The stuff exists and can be gotten hold of - therefore its fair game to use without it being called unrealistic.

 

[Marvolo]

No we're not- the technology exists, but there is no way that a public sector department would spend wildly on huge plasma screens and designer desk lamps. It's unrealistic.

You might find that sort of stuff in the lobby of Goldman Sachs or Clifford Chance, but there is no Earthly reason why MI6 would have it in a briefing room, nor could they get it past the secretary of state.

Plasma screens and lamps aren't that expensive nor is the technology on display in that picture "space-agey". Its the standard tech of this decade. And a head section chief can furnish her office however she sees fit as long as it comes out of her pocket or can be figured into the budget. As for Q well that is his department in the picture and he works for MI6 and needs up to date equipment to do his job so he gets what he needs. Most important of all, this is a movie. Secret agents don't have Bond's life nor does 90% of the other stuff in these films actually happen so I wouldn't get hung up on lamps and TVs.

 

[Dr Lee]

If that is Q's office they're in... then i can't see why he'd not be given state of the art equipment and tech...

the touchscreen tech seen in QoS is in use today (though they did spruce it up a little bit)

 

[regwec]

I'm aware that it is a film.

A 288" plasma screen is, nevertheless, a ridiculously expensive extravagance for a public sector department. It wouldn't happen, especially when a cheap projector does exactly the same job.

Let me stress that I do not think this sinks the film; I am merely pointing out that it is tonally unrealistic and that I personally find it a bit jarring.

 

[OptimusPrime114]

Q is The Scarecrow??

That's not Cillian Murphy.

 

[Marvolo]

I'm aware that it is a film.

A 288" plasma screen is, nevertheless, a ridiculously expensive extravagance for a public sector department. It wouldn't happen, especially when a cheap projector does exactly the same job.

Let me stress that I do not think this sinks the film; I am merely pointing out that it is tonally unrealistic and that I personally find it a bit jarring.

Screens that size are used in the Pentagon and other defense sectors in the US and they are "public" sector. MI6 and organizations like the CIA aren't like the military. They have off the books expenses and are allowed more spending simply because of where they stand in the hierarchy of the government. Public sector doesn't mean the same thing for all organizations nor is the budget automatically cheap simply for being in the public sector. MI6 is called "public" in name only and their budget exceeds lesser public sector organizations.

 

[regwec]

MI6 doesn't stand anywhere in the "hierarchy of the government", because it is not a member of the government, though it is a section of Ministry of Defense. The MOD is a wing of the executive, under the theory of the divisibility of political power, but it does not occupy some sort of protected position whereby its members enjoy absurd and unnecessary luxuries. "Public sector" does mean the same thing for all of the institutions it describes: it describes a public service paid for by the Treasury and ergo by taxpayers' money. They have to budget thriftily and submit detailed accounts to Treasury auditors. While you might be correct to speculate that the intelligence agencies receive extra funding from other wings of the executive, I fail to conceive of a scenario where this would be spent on a massive telly.

Regardless, it is just a stylistic flight of fancy that I happen to dislike. You're perfectly free to like it, obviously.

 

[Marvolo]

MI6 doesn't stand anywhere in the "hierarchy of the government", because it is not a member of the government, though it is a section of Ministry of Defense. The MOD is a wing of the executive, under the theory of the divisibility of political power, but it does not occupy some sort of protected position whereby its members enjoy absurd and unnecessary luxuries. "Public sector" does mean the same thing for all of the institutions it describes: it describes a public service paid for by the Treasury and ergo by taxpayers' money. They have to budget thriftily and submit detailed accounts to Treasury auditors. While you might be correct to speculate that the intelligence agencies receive extra funding from other wings of the executive, I fail to conceive of a scenario where this would be spent on a massive telly.

Regardless, it is just a stylistic flight of fancy that I happen to dislike. You're perfectly free to like it, obviously.

Massive tellys allow for more varied uses. MI6 may be paid for by tax dollars, but if you think everything they do and pay for is on the level and the knowledge of tax auditors you're fooling yourself. Government organizations routinely come up with jargon to cover up expenses and bury things to hide expenses. It's irrelevent though, because that tech is current, and is in use in the public sector. Hell bigger TVs than that have been used, and lets not even get into projectors that run upwards of $10,000 a piece.

 

[vanson]

i really liked the tabletouchscreen from QoS.. that looked pretty neat imo