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[Judo chop]

I beleive CGI has no place in stunts. It's good for a sci-fi or fantasy film, but NOT for James Bond. I think stunts need to go back to being more realistic, as some of them today are too much to believe.

I agree. If it can't be done for real, then it just simply can't be done. The stuntmen that the studios hire are of the highest caliber, so if they can't find a way to do the stunt, then they probably cannot be done, which means that they have no place in a Bond movie, IMO. Leave the CGI for science fiction and other action franchises, but not for Bond.

I also agree. I don't even need to see death-defying stunts, although they are welcomed if done using only humans and sweet mother nature. My personal fave of the whole series is the croc-hopping stunt in LALD, and it's not like that's too, too hair-raising. More than anything, I want to be surprised by Bond's escapes. I want that pre-escape moment of "how the hell is he getting out of this one?" followed by the "aha! So THAT'S how! Brilliant!".

Just go out there and find a maniac like that croc-farmer dude again, and you might be able to save yourself a couple bucks in stuntman fees while keeping this fan entertained.

[JimmyBond]

I'd love to see a stunt along the lines of the croc crossing again. That ones a real crowd pleaser

[Robert Watts]

[quote name='Mister Asterix' post='538289' date='30 March 2006 - 10:45']
[quote name='Robert Watts' post='538278' date='29 March 2006 - 16:29']
Basic physics make the plane stunt impossible to do for real.

Brosnan would way at least 30 kilograms less then the plane (I can't be bothered to research how much a plane like that would weigh) so the plane will always fall faster due to a little thing called gravity

(Sure the plane may really keep on going for a while but you catch my drift)

as for the Ice Wave... don't get me started...

(All that said the plane stunt looks 5000 times more real then the Ice Wave)
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[mra]Sorry, but you show a lack of understanding for basic physics. (Google "Galileo's Experiment at the Leaning Tower of Pisa")

Gravity pulls on all things equally. So barring wind resistance (which is what causes planes to fly) the two objects

Edited by Robert Watts, 06 April 2006 - 08:36 AM.

[Santa]

I beleive CGI has no place in stunts. It's good for a sci-fi or fantasy film, but NOT for James Bond. I think stunts need to go back to being more realistic, as some of them today are too much to believe.

My thoughts exactly. I always used to be able defend my JB obsession against charges of incredibility by pointing out that that everything in JB could be for real. If it can't be done by a stuntman, it can't be done.

[I Like Sharks]

The good old days