My take on Skyfall's (possible plot) after seeing the teaser...
#1
Posted 22 May 2012 - 12:47 PM
I just saw the teaser today and my mind was blown away by the stunning visuals, but also by the promise of an intricate plot. So far, we've had very little to go on with regards to what Skyfall's going to be about, but the recent teaser has provided a few meager clues. So this is my take on what I think Skyfall's plot will be-
'Skyfall' I think is the code-name for a Secret Service operation (much like 'Thunderball') which M was involved in decades ago; perhaps an operation which went really wrong and is an embarrassment to MI6 and the British government, which is why M has largely kept her mouth shut about it. Maybe the lodge we see burning in the trailer had some connection to the 'Skyfall' operation.
At the start of the film (in the PTS) Bond goes on a mission (to Turkey?). During the course of the mission he learns something about Skyfall and M's involvement with it; he learns that whatever went on years ago regarding that operation has returned and is a potential threat to Britain and MI6. The mission goes bad and Bond comes back to England, and is possibly taken off active duty. The debacle has re-focused attention on the old Skyfall conspiracy-Ralph Fienes' character Mallory is probably a Whitehall-appointed agent tasked with investigating the old scandal, and its connection to Bond's failed mission. Bond is being evaluated in the wake of the failure, but he refuses to talk about Skyfall...he possibly guesses it has something to do with M and out of loyalty to her, he keeps Mallory from learning about it.
Whatever the threat connected to Skyfall was strikes in an attack in London, which leads to several deaths (possibly even of MI6 agents). M is getting steadily discredited because of her past connection to the operation. Bond alone remains loyal to her, and continues to investigate the Skyfall conspiracy, and is tasked with finding the man behind the fresh attacks-Silva. At the same time, he's forced to defend M from the political maneuverings against her made by Mallory...perhaps Bond and M are both forced to go on the run and work together in the field, and revisit the site of the 'Skyfall lodge'...
#2
Posted 22 May 2012 - 02:51 PM
You may be onto something. I think you're close, but perhaps with a few tweaks. My personal thought is this: Skyfall is in fact the ancesteral home of Bond. But it may be - as you surmised - also an operation that went horribly wrong in the past. It will connect his family to Mi6. Bond is initially unaware of this - until things begin to unfold in the film. In his absence, a series of attacks on Mi6 occur. Bond, who was severely injured in the PTS and is convalescing, is brought back in for a psych evaluation to clear him for duty (scenes in teaser) - M confides in him about operation Skyfall, what happened and the current threat. The key will be the characters of Patrice - the assasssin that he lost in Turkey - and Severin. This will send him to Shanghai - and eventually to Silva. From there - I'm lost.
#3
Posted 22 May 2012 - 02:52 PM
That is what I really want to see - how they link an MI6 operation with a Scottish manor house, because it ain't a coincidence!
#4
Posted 22 May 2012 - 02:53 PM
#5
Posted 22 May 2012 - 02:55 PM
Is Bond beared just at the beginning?
He's clean shaven in Istanbul. He returns to London after the terrorist attacks, with a beard. He gets shaved in Shanghai/Macau by Eve.
#6
Posted 22 May 2012 - 02:58 PM
If so, does the London chase sequence happen after he's back, almost like another attack??
#7
Posted 22 May 2012 - 03:03 PM
#8
Posted 22 May 2012 - 03:25 PM
One when Bond is away, and again when he is back and leading him to chase Silva through the city/underground etc?
#9
Posted 22 May 2012 - 03:37 PM
#10
Posted 22 May 2012 - 04:31 PM
Spoilerish:
You may be onto something. I think you're close, but perhaps with a few tweaks. My personal thought is this: Skyfall is in fact the ancesteral home of Bond. But it may be - as you surmised - also an operation that went horribly wrong in the past. It will connect his family to Mi6. Bond is initially unaware of this - until things begin to unfold in the film. In his absence, a series of attacks on Mi6 occur. Bond, who was severely injured in the PTS and is convalescing, is brought back in for a psych evaluation to clear him for duty (scenes in teaser) - M confides in him about operation Skyfall, what happened and the current threat. The key will be the characters of Patrice - the assasssin that he lost in Turkey - and Severin. This will send him to Shanghai - and eventually to Silva. From there - I'm lost.
Spoilerish:
You may be onto something. I think you're close, but perhaps with a few tweaks. My personal thought is this: Skyfall is in fact the ancesteral home of Bond. But it may be - as you surmised - also an operation that went horribly wrong in the past. It will connect his family to Mi6. Bond is initially unaware of this - until things begin to unfold in the film. In his absence, a series of attacks on Mi6 occur. Bond, who was severely injured in the PTS and is convalescing, is brought back in for a psych evaluation to clear him for duty (scenes in teaser) - M confides in him about operation Skyfall, what happened and the current threat. The key will be the characters of Patrice - the assasssin that he lost in Turkey - and Severin. This will send him to Shanghai - and eventually to Silva. From there - I'm lost.
I have mixed feelings about any plan to link Bond's family to MI6 or any other kind of espionage and intrigue-on the one hand, it would make for a great story no doubt, but on the other hand, this cliche of tying the protagonists' past and/or his family to the villain or conspiracy he/she is facing in the present is starting to get a bit too old and predictable. It's been done to Spiderman in 'The Amazing Spiderman', it was done to Batman way back in the '89 Burton film...hell, it was sort off done to Bond himself in the Carte Blanche novel. If it IS done, I hope its done in a way that doesn't come across as being needlessly contrived and/or stupid. For instance, I certainly hope there isn't something as hackneyed as Andrew Bond being the 'original' 007, or Bond's parents having been killed by Silva or someone else connected to Skyfall, making this another 'personal mission'...
#11
Posted 22 May 2012 - 04:45 PM
#12
Posted 22 May 2012 - 04:49 PM
#13
Posted 22 May 2012 - 04:53 PM
#14
Posted 22 May 2012 - 07:23 PM
#15
Posted 22 May 2012 - 07:25 PM
#16
Posted 22 May 2012 - 08:48 PM
It could also be used as a MacGuffin, where we think it's this, but it's something we don't even know and probably won't know unless they tell us(which would kind of ruin the purpose of the MacGuffin.) Just a thought.
#17
Posted 22 May 2012 - 09:12 PM
I think Skyfall will certainly have multiple meanings, and we know that one of them refers to Skyfall Lodge, so I expect the crux of the movie is based around why the other meaning of the word (probably an old operation) is named after Bond's ancestral home.What if Skyfall has a double meaning? Bond and his family. MI:6 operation gone wrong?
It could also be used as a MacGuffin, where we think it's this, but it's something we don't even know and probably won't know unless they tell us(which would kind of ruin the purpose of the MacGuffin.) Just a thought.
#18
Posted 23 May 2012 - 07:55 AM
Silva character has a radio that might be something like a 'ghetto blaster' which causes the train crash in London. (I think that ones Vauxhall's idea but I think I've been calling it the ghetto blaster)
The 8 coffins could be the other double O agents, 001, 002, 003, 004, 005, 006, 008, 009.
I the biggest plot point and 'big hook' is what is connects M's past, operation SF with SF manor.
Some one has pointed out that one of the graves at SF lodge has a connection with the area which is called SF. Some ideas about the connections have been something like;
M may have done something to do with Bond parents death
I've been say in the plot synopis thread;
and the thought just occurred to me is that M hide Bond past from him cause his family history involved fighting againest England.We all know that Ian Fleming created "Operation Golden Eye" in WW2 and named his estate in Jamaica "Goldeneye."
Perhaps, M and Kincade like Fleming created Operation SkyFall (OSF) and named it after Bonds parents estate because OSF involved recruiting orphans who are in service, Bond being in the Navy at the time. Bond's family estate was erased from the records by M and Kincade so that Bond has no ties to anything but his duty, although Kincade secretly confiscates it. Silva is chosen as a recruit but after learning of OSF he attempt's to escape and is arrested. When Silva escapes he murders the rest of the OSF agents in MI6 who helped arrested him, then goes after M and maybe even Kincade?
#19
Posted 23 May 2012 - 08:06 AM
#20
Posted 23 May 2012 - 08:18 AM
#21
Posted 23 May 2012 - 05:17 PM
What's in the Box? I think Pussfuller thought of this one; the bulldog on M's desk.
Really? I don't see the relevance. Unless it's just a sentimental keepsake of M's but....seriously? The bulldog in the box? Not sure about that one.
#22
Posted 23 May 2012 - 05:34 PM
#23
Posted 24 May 2012 - 01:09 AM
What's in the Box? I think Pussfuller thought of this one; the bulldog on M's desk.
Really? I don't see the relevance. Unless it's just a sentimental keepsake of M's but....seriously? The bulldog in the box? Not sure about that one.
I'd rather this not be the case, but if it was. It would be extremely funny. It would fit in well with Bond protecting Britain. Bond looking down at the bulldog. Having a little smirk, putting it in his pocket and going "I love you too, M." Then looking over the London skyline from the rooftop. Cue credits.
#24
Posted 24 May 2012 - 01:29 AM
#25
Posted 24 May 2012 - 07:27 AM
Well you can, but nothing so small to fit in a box that big, apart from maybe a cup of tea.
#26
Posted 25 May 2012 - 09:13 PM
what if the thing in the box is a picture and audio/video reel tape of his parents?
#27
Posted 25 May 2012 - 09:37 PM
what if the thing in the box is a picture and audio/video reel tape of his parents?
Let's hope not.
#28
Posted 26 May 2012 - 04:07 AM
I the biggest plot point and 'big hook' is what is connects M's past, operation SF with SF manor.
Some one has pointed out that one of the graves at SF lodge has a connection with the area which is called SF. Some ideas about the connections have been something like;
M may have done something to do with Bond parents death
I hope it's not that direct a connection (M--> Bond's parents). That could be kind of cheesy.