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Top Gear Special: 50 Years of Bond Cars


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#1 Vauxhall

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Posted 22 October 2012 - 05:03 PM

Not seen this anywhere else, so apologies if it's a double post.

Top Gear's Richard Hammond has put together a special on Bond's cars for the 50th Anniversary, to be broadcast next Monday. There's a decent trailer at the link below. Looks good. It appears they aim to recreate the underwater Lotus Esprit sequence, and includes contributions from Sir Roger Moore, Guy Hamilton and Daniel Craig.

http://www.topgear.c...cial-2012-10-15

#2 marktmurphy

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Posted 22 October 2012 - 06:37 PM

Looking forward to the Lotus bit: looks like actually improved on Bond and got it working! Looks like an Excel rather than an Esprit, but close enough! :)

A Bond fan obviously put the trailer together: they show the Golden Gun roll jump with a car engine soundtrack and no slide whistle!

#3 GrinderAK

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Posted 24 October 2012 - 08:21 AM

Woah, my two favorite british things, James Bond and Top Gear. I cannot wait.

#4 marktmurphy

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Posted 29 October 2012 - 08:45 PM

Just about to start.

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Posted 29 October 2012 - 10:00 PM

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#6 marktmurphy

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Posted 29 October 2012 - 10:25 PM

That was a great show: the Lotus was amazing!

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Posted 29 October 2012 - 10:32 PM

What a stunning show. Truly superb.

Nice to see they looked at the Bentley and the origins of Aston in the books too.

I cannot believe they actually made the Lotus work too; cement in the tyres. Who'd have thought?

Don't forget the BAFTA special later this evening ...

#8 marktmurphy

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Posted 29 October 2012 - 10:38 PM

And was it me, or did the invisible Transit... sort of work? Especially from behind- you could see how that concept could actually function.

The Skyfall footage looks amazing in HD- I can't wait for the Blu Ray!

Thanks for the heads-up on the BAFTA thing!

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Posted 29 October 2012 - 10:52 PM

Yes - I must admit even when DAD was released, I was semi believing there was this whole thing about the technology sort of existing. I could see how this 'five minutes into the future' ethos was perhaps argued through in the board room to allow for the idea of the invisible car.

So, with forgiveness, and the 50th anniversary, and perhaps even vindication, it was nice to see some TV boys giving it a crack and making something of it.

Hammond's delivery was spot on, and his enthusiasm and total love for the various cars' personalities as being something over and above 'better car chases' such as Ronin, was also a nice touch. He totally got it, and I must admit I had a big fat stupid grin all over my face from the first to the very last minute of watching it.

Well done fellas.

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Posted 29 October 2012 - 11:06 PM

It was excellent and they clearly knew their Bond history. Good to see they thought as much of the BMW era as most Bond fans.

Did you notice what the invisibility system on the Transit was actually called??

;)

Edited by lazenbyland, 29 October 2012 - 11:07 PM.


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Posted 29 October 2012 - 11:15 PM

Ben Collins is rather cool isn't he? He should have appeared on tele without the helmet years ago.

#12 quantumofsolace

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Posted 30 October 2012 - 08:21 AM

http://www.guardian....years-bond-cars

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Posted 30 October 2012 - 08:30 AM

I recorded this so will watch it tonight - glad it's good good reviews from you chaps, I look forward to it!

#14 Simon

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Posted 30 October 2012 - 08:31 AM

There currently seems to be a proliferation of Guardian writers who think they're funnier and better scribers than they actually are.

Case in point, this one.

Aside from lazy repetition, some of it is just plain rude. There is nothing wrong with being highbrow, but I think the exemplification should come through the writing, not derision.

#15 marktmurphy

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Posted 30 October 2012 - 12:01 PM

Interesting that they showed the Golden Gun barrel roll without the slide whistle. It looks much more impressive that way, but I wonder if Eon were happy with their stuff being messed with like that?

There currently seems to be a proliferation of Guardian writers who think they're funnier and better scribers than they actually are.

Case in point, this one.

Aside from lazy repetition, some of it is just plain rude. There is nothing wrong with being highbrow, but I think the exemplification should come through the writing, not derision.



Hammond talks to a couple of actual Bonds too. The current one –Daniel Craig – who likes the car from You Only Live Twice: "Is it the Datsun?"
"Toyota 2000," Richard corrects him.
"Is that what it is?" says Daniel.

And he meets Roger Moore, who likes the car from For Your Eyes Only, "the little two-stroke whatever it was ..."
"2CV," says Richard, not bothering to correct the two-stroke bit. Interesting, that these real Bonds don't seem to care much, certainly don't know much, about their cars. Could it be that properly cool people aren't Top Gear Twerps and vice versa?


Ironic that he says that whilst pointing out that the 2CV wasn't two-stroke. So basically correcting Hammond. Could it be that properly cool people don't work for the Guardian?

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Posted 30 October 2012 - 02:44 PM

James Bond had the nicest cars ever, I can't stand it. I mean I am not a car person, but those cars are nice.

#17 S K Y F A L L

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Posted 02 November 2012 - 02:44 AM

I can't believe how well done this special was and in depth. I thought it would be a few Bond cars but the show goes over every car in detail. What an awesome episode. :)

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Posted 02 November 2012 - 05:31 AM

I definitely wanted to see this, given that I am both a car geek and a Bond fan. Any way to see it in the States?

#19 quantumofsolace

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Posted 04 November 2012 - 09:52 AM

http://www.telegraph...Two-review.html

#20 marktmurphy

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Posted 04 November 2012 - 12:20 PM

I definitely wanted to see this, given that I am both a car geek and a Bond fan. Any way to see it in the States?


I believe it's on BBC America on the 12th of November.

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Posted 04 November 2012 - 08:01 PM

Just watched this and loved it - nice detailed look at the most popular cars and the stories behind them.

Great BTS footage from 'Skyfall' also included and a fantastic test to build a real-life working Lotus submarine car!

Brilliant stuff.

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Posted 04 November 2012 - 08:46 PM

Just watched it and got the chills from how superbly done it was. The Particularly Enigmatic New Invisibility System cracked me up. Took me a while to catch the hidden acronym.

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Posted 04 November 2012 - 10:15 PM


I definitely wanted to see this, given that I am both a car geek and a Bond fan. Any way to see it in the States?


I believe it's on BBC America on the 12th of November.


Thanks. For the record it's on at 8:30 pm on Nov 12, Eastern Time Zone.

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Posted 05 November 2012 - 01:22 AM

Anyone else disappointed they skipped over the 1969 Aston Martin? It didn't have gadgets granted but not only did play into introducing the new James Bond but also was a part of the emotional climax of OHMSS. I guess they wanted to really play up the Aston's return in TLD so after leaving the Connery Aston they didn't bother to mention the newer model that appeared two years after YOLT.

#25 marktmurphy

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Posted 05 November 2012 - 02:08 PM

Anyone else disappointed they skipped over the 1969 Aston Martin? It didn't have gadgets granted but not only did play into introducing the new James Bond but also was a part of the emotional climax of OHMSS. I guess they wanted to really play up the Aston's return in TLD so after leaving the Connery Aston they didn't bother to mention the newer model that appeared two years after YOLT.


It was a shame but they were always going to miss a few out. No mention for the FYEO Lotuses either.
It was a nice change to see the Octopussy Alfa highlighted- I love how that's driven in that chase.

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Posted 05 November 2012 - 02:19 PM

That Alfa Romeo certainly has a great chase sequence in 'Octopussy', I agree - totally unexpected but a great sequence.

Also, no real mention about the best car chase use in the Craig era which was, IMO, the Aston Martin vs Alfa Romeo pre-titles. Shame, but it was an hour so with so many cars they could have used, not everything was going to make it.

#27 marktmurphy

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Posted 05 November 2012 - 04:29 PM

Also, no real mention about the best car chase use in the Craig era which was, IMO, the Aston Martin vs Alfa Romeo pre-titles. Shame, but it was an hour so with so many cars they could have used, not everything was going to make it.


I expect they would have found that as offensive as the GoldenEye chase: why a DBS can't get away from a Alfa saloon is pretty ridiculous. It's an okay chase- not my favourite.

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Posted 05 November 2012 - 08:44 PM

...made utterly ridiculous by the hopelessly inappropriate music.

And to think I loved Serra's stuff in The Big Blue.

#29 marktmurphy

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Posted 05 November 2012 - 09:56 PM

Not as inappropriate as Mr Barry's slide whistle for the TMWTGG stunt! Which the Top Gear folks saw fit to remove. I'm still wondering if Eon approved that.

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Posted 05 November 2012 - 10:09 PM

Ref the Eon approval, that is an interesting question.

Don't know if you read the interview I did with the Sky chap who put together the Sky HD 007 channel car chase advert, but certainly the visuals were not to be tampered with in any way. That said, they were forced to completely re-record the sound due to the way the original sound was laid to track but the finished product was probably indiscernible to the common ear from the original sound.

I must wonder also if Mr Barry was responsible for the slide whistle...? Is it documented anywhere as such?