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[DamnCoffee]

I thought this deserved it's own thread.

"In SKYFALL, Bond's loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost."


This sounds amazing! Bond not questioning M's loyalty and not the other way around. Could M be a mole? Dame Judi's last. I had a feeling that something related to M could pop up!

[Pussfeller]

It does sound like this might be Dench's final outing. But to be clear, that's just a conjecture, right? They haven't actually said that?

[DamnCoffee]

I really do have a feeling that M will be killed off you know.

[Zorin Industries]

There might be another reason some characters cannot be named (other than them being familiar).

[Captain Tightpants]

This sounds amazing! Bond not questioning M's loyalty and not the other way around. Could M be a mole? Dame Judi's last. I had a feeling that something related to M could pop up!

No, I don't think she's a mole. CASINO ROYALE made it pretty clear that she is one of the last Cold Warriors. M may have done something in the past that is coming back to haunt her - and I'll bet Albert Finney was in on the conspiracy and Ralph Fiennes wants revenge for it.

[Jim]

1. He's going to have to kill her (and thereby face dilemma and "Ac-Ting").
2. He's going to have to kill her (and thereby face dilemma and "Ac-Ting") and it turns out he's mistaken / exploited by the villains (and thereby face further dilemma and "Ac-Ting"). Bit of a downer.
3. He's going to have to kill her (and thereby face dilemma and "Ac-Ting") and it turns out he's mistaken / exploited by the villains (and thereby face further dilemma and "Ac-Ting"). Bit of a downer until it turns out it was a fake assassination to draw out a coup to take over the British Government or Cheshire or something.
4. He's going to have to kill her (and thereby face dilemma and "Ac-Ting") and it turns out he's mistaken / exploited by the villains (and thereby face further dilemma and "Ac-Ting") until it turns out it was a fake assassination to draw out a coup to take over the British Government or Cheshire or something except in a final double-twist it turns out he intended to kill her all along anyway, and does. "Ac-Ting" ahoy.

It all sounds very jolly.

Except that this time, it's really, really personal and we mean it.

[Pussfeller]

I really do have a feeling that M will be killed off you know.

So do I. Her character is too belligerent to be forced into retirement. This is shaping up to be an interesting film.

[Quantumofsolace007]

is the site live yet?

[Peckinpah1976]

1. He's going to have to kill her (and thereby face dilemma and "Ac-Ting").
2. He's going to have to kill her (and thereby face dilemma and "Ac-Ting") and it turns out he's mistaken / exploited by the villains (and thereby face further dilemma and "Ac-Ting"). Bit of a downer.
3. He's going to have to kill her (and thereby face dilemma and "Ac-Ting") and it turns out he's mistaken / exploited by the villains (and thereby face further dilemma and "Ac-Ting"). Bit of a downer until it turns out it was a fake assassination to draw out a coup to take over the British Government or Cheshire or something.
4. He's going to have to kill her (and thereby face dilemma and "Ac-Ting") and it turns out he's mistaken / exploited by the villains (and thereby face further dilemma and "Ac-Ting") until it turns out it was a fake assassination to draw out a coup to take over the British Government or Cheshire or something except in a final double-twist it turns out he intended to kill her all along anyway, and does. "Ac-Ting" ahoy.

It all sounds very jolly.

Except that this time, it's really, really personal and we mean it.

Of course, we could have a film without "Ac-Ting" but then that would be a "Doc-U-Ment-Tary"....

[Captain Tightpants]

Her character is too belligerent to be forced into retirement.

But killing her off is so ... boring. Have her resign in disgrace or something.

My only concern about this is that a lot of films and television shows have an older character with a deadly secret that comes back on them tenfold. "NCIS" did it; Mark Harmon's character assassianted a cartel leader who murdered his family. "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" did it; Anthonry Steward Head's character experimented with dark magics in his youth, summoning a demon that lay dormant for thirty years until it started killing again. "Castle" did it; one of the characters was revealed to be a corrupt officer complicit in the accidental death of an FBI source.

So I really hope that whatever SKYFALL has up its sleeve, it's done really, really well.

[Pussfeller]

Ac-Ting, head of station S, Shanghai.

[The Shark]

From the sound of it, this is shaping up to be TWINE Part II.

God help us all.

[The ides of Mark]

This leaves me begging for even more info...

[Captain Tightpants]

From the sound of it, this is shaping up to be TWINE Part II.

God help us all.

Here we all are, enjoying a lovely press conference, and you have to go ruining it by introducing negativity.

[Matt_13]

From the sound of it, this is shaping up to be TWINE Part II.

God help us all.

Oh c'mon, only like, 2 sentences exist regarding the plot. We literally know nothing. Reducing a 2+ hour movie to such a small bite would make anything sound run of the mill. I really don't think this is the sort of "personal" angle some people are predicting, either. I think the word could simply mean a standard conflict for the character since M is an ally, nothing more. There will be no vendetta or anything like that. Still, until we hear more, we really don't know. It'll fine though. At least Mendes seems to know what he's doing.

[Jim]

Apart from this Earhole woman or whatever she's called, this is some heft of cast, innit?


Bring on the

Ac-Ting

[Quantumofsolace007]

From the sound of it, this is shaping up to be TWINE Part II.

God help us all.

And the negativity over skyfall begins. In the offical pool of first negative post I had 30 minutes who had 5? all i know is I lost my 20 bucks.

[Pussfeller]

Marlohe is the only bit of casting that surprised me. As one of only two principal Bond girls, her role is likely to be sizable. Here's hoping she doesn't turn out to be the poor man's Sophie Marceau.

[Matt_13]

Marlohe is the only bit of casting that surprised me. As one of only two principal Bond girls, her role is likely to be sizable. Here's hoping she doesn't turn out to be the poor man's Sophie Marceau.

Doubtfall. I'm sure she'll be great. Hope bits of the conference make its way onto Youtube soon, I'm dying to see it.

[Captain Tightpants]

Marlohe is the only bit of casting that surprised me. As one of only two principal Bond girls, her role is likely to be sizable. Here's hoping she doesn't turn out to be the poor man's Sophie Marceau.

Or the poor-man's anything, really. She's the one cast member I find questionable - given the talent around her, she could really stick out as a poor performer.

It's interesting that the film is taking place in China, but Tang Wei is not in.

[PPK_19]

Part of the conference on the BBC: Skyfall press conference

M is going to catch a bullet by the sound of it. Is this what Mendes meant when he said: "There are lots of surprises, I will say that." ?

Edited by PPK_19, 03 November 2011 - 01:05 PM.

[Pussfeller]

Of course I hope Marlohe will surprise us. She's a completely unknown quantity. Based on her looks and origins and the name "Severine", I'd say "thickly accented femme fatale".

[Dustin]

That really considered surprising, M getting shot? I'd say it would surprise me much more if Bond got shot by M.

[Cyclone49]

Interesting plot synopsis. Could wind up being brilliant or terrible depending on how its executed.

[Captain Tightpants]

If China figures into the plot, then I hope EON do it right. The Chinese are notorious for banning films that do not depict them "accurately". They backed out of shooting in India because the Indian govenrment meddled too much and insisted on being shown "accurately", so I hope EON don't backflip because they don't want to upset Beijing.

M is going to catch a bullet by the sound of it. Is this what Mendes meant when he said: "There are lots of surprises, I will say that." ?

I'm not hearing it. I think you're jumping to conclusions based on previous speculation. There was nothing in the conference to suggest that M will be shot.

[Tybre]

Could go either way really but on what little we have it certainly sounds interesting. I mean sure, it's not the most innovative of plots but really who gives a damn? End of the day as long as it's executed well, I'm sold.

[Vauxhall]

A beautifully sculpted snippet of a teaser of information. Really super stuff. The appetite is whetted, as they say.

[Col. Sun]

All good stuff.

Mendes comes across and incredibly excited and confident. Much stronger than Marc Forster did in the QOS Press Conference.

I have a very good feeling about SkyFall.

[David Schofield]

Apart from this Earhole woman or whatever she's called, this is some heft of cast, innit?


Bring on the

Ac-Ting

WORSE! Not only does she have a crap CV when compared to the rest, she's also taller than Craig!

That damn box'll have to come out again! Cue cries of derision from the anti-Craig brigade!!!

Why, oh why, did they go and cast her?

[occhile007]

"I thought the story was fantastic," Sam Mendes said. "I love Daniel and Judi. This is an enormous challenge."

He added that Skyfall "is its own story" and "doesn't connect with the last two movies".

So I guess that rules out the rumors about Mr. White and that the organization of Quantum will be back? Or are they hiding something?

Either way I'm excited. I already watched CR twice this week. It's time for a Bond marathon...speaking of which, I wonder if there is a Thanksgiving Bondathon...


"The first thing you should know about is...is that we have people everywhere..."

"Who is this organization Bond? How can they be everywhere and we know nothing about them?"

Edited by occhile007, 03 November 2011 - 01:43 PM.