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The Bond Supremacy?


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#1 Righty007

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Posted 10 February 2006 - 10:28 PM

Is it just me or does the usage of technology (cell phones, laptops/computers, and implanted homing devices) remind you of the Jason Bourne series (specifically The Bourne Supremacy)? I have no problem with it but no other James Bond plot has relied so much on modern technology.

#2 stamper

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Posted 10 February 2006 - 10:31 PM

I became bored reading that review the third time someone connected to the internet.
Beavis & Butthead have done it again. A script problem ? Let's log to the phone / internet !

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Posted 10 February 2006 - 10:38 PM

Using the internet, a sign of the times perhaps... after all where are we discussing this :tup: Where are terrorist groups posting their raving and movie clips...? Seems only logical to me that in 2006 the intelligence services would be using the internet as well.

#4 Righty007

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Posted 10 February 2006 - 10:56 PM

Does anyone get what the text message "Elipsis" means? I think it's just a lame attempt to incorporate text messages into the plot of Casino Royale. :tup:

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Posted 10 February 2006 - 10:58 PM

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#6 Roebuck

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Posted 10 February 2006 - 11:23 PM

It's more Jack Bauer than Jason Bourne. Bourne is low tech, while the use of communications technology and the way the terrorist threat is handled in the Casino Royale script feels like it's influenced by 24. I wonder how fandom would react to a Bond 22 done in real-time? :tup:

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Posted 10 February 2006 - 11:31 PM

It looks like Casino Royale is going to be a mish-mash of ideas, influenced by the likes of 24, Bourne & Batman Begins. I have to say, as much as i loathe Die Another Day, it's first act reads 100 times better than this supposed opening to Casino Royale.

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Posted 10 February 2006 - 11:45 PM

I have to say, as much as i loathe Die Another Day, it's first act reads 100 times better than this supposed opening to Casino Royale.


I completely disagree. Everyone always hails "Well if the second act of Die Another Day was as good as the first it would be the best OO7 film!" while I find the first act of that film to be just as bad as the rest of it.

The first half of Casino Royale seems to be packed with gritty action and espionage, which is what made Bond what it is today.

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Posted 11 February 2006 - 12:08 AM

The first act of DAD was indeed very good and original for the series, 007 as a POW (or PO espionage). :tup:


The idea was great but very poorly executed in my opinion but thats a whole different topic all together.

I find it appauling that you actually hope for low-box office returns. You also talk like this is the first time EON has "copycat"-ed something.

Who really cares what audiences think? I'm in on this film for my enjoyment, not those people who go and pay for xXx or cheap horror movie remakes of the week.

Edited by Andrew, 11 February 2006 - 12:09 AM.


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Posted 11 February 2006 - 12:25 AM

Uh...the point of making of the film is that it has nothing to do with the last 20 films. I'm not sure what you think "classic OO7" is though so I can't say much on that point.

Classic OO7 to me is tense action mixed with espionage which seems like what we're going to get.

Edited by Andrew, 11 February 2006 - 12:28 AM.


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Posted 25 February 2006 - 04:41 PM

"Classic" 007 is the novels and Connery's first few movies. They had suspense, down and dirty, low key but exciting action, exotic locales, romance and mega sex-appeal, and plenty of international intrigue. CR has every one of those from what I gather.

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Posted 25 February 2006 - 05:18 PM

Is it just me or does the usage of technology (cell phones, laptops/computers, and implanted homing devices) remind you of the Jason Bourne series (specifically The Bourne Supremacy)? I have no problem with it but no other James Bond plot has relied so much on modern technology.


And Ethan Hunt connected to the internet in the first M:I film. Plentiful use of and reliance on the very latest technology isn't new - it's been around since, oh, um, THUNDERBALL. Bond survives by using technology in every film, I think. Even in the gritty etc FRWL, it's the gadget-laden briefcase that saves him from being killed by Red Grant.

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Posted 25 February 2006 - 05:29 PM

Plentiful use of and reliance on the very latest technology isn't new - it's been around since, oh, um, THUNDERBALL.


Plus, on the subject of Thunderball and technology, in that film it is interesting to note that Bond makes use of a tiny homing device which has been hidden within his body. :tup:

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Posted 25 February 2006 - 06:22 PM


Plentiful use of and reliance on the very latest technology isn't new - it's been around since, oh, um, THUNDERBALL.

Plus, on the subject of Thunderball and technology, in that film it is interesting to note that Bond makes use of a tiny homing device which has been hidden within his body. :tup:

Yup. I definitely took it as a reference to that and GOLDFINGER, where he also has a homer. So it was all in tradition, I feel.