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[Vauxhall]

Dijon, France

???
Well, I've visited this city, and even if it's rather nice it didn't scream "Bond" at me. Why would you like to see it in a Bond film?

I had the same reaction when I saw Freiburg on this list! Some quirky suggestions for sure.

[MkB]

Dijon, France

???
Well, I've visited this city, and even if it's rather nice it didn't scream "Bond" at me. Why would you like to see it in a Bond film?

I had the same reaction when I saw Freiburg on this list! Some quirky suggestions for sure.

As a side note, I was in Geneva a couple of days ago, and even if it is supposed to be an important city for Bond (the Fleming Bond at least), I really don't get any Bondian vibe in this town. A bland city, full of watch snobs (well, maybe this is Bondian ) and an international crowd in armani suits hanging about in fancy restaurants. Some nice spots in the told own (and the Lake Leman helps a lot too), but nothing that can't be seen elsewhere. Geneva has money, but to me it lacks class and thrill.
I had the thought that even Fleming had his quirky ideas about Bondian places

If Bond ever visits an open-cut mine, this baby needs to be in it:

It doesn't need to be used in a set-piece, just simply there for atmosphere. Its name is Bagger 288, an it's currently based in Germany (it won't be leaving any time soon as it's huge and incrediby slow to move). In fact, it's so big that it's even larger than the vehicle used to transport space shuttles at Cape Carnaveral. It can move 76,000 cubic metres of earth a day at a rate of ten metres per minute. It's so powerful that it has picked up a bulldozer and thrown it like a child's toy. More pictures - including the bulldozer accident - and information can be found here.

Now this is something I like!
The shape of this monstruous plant really evokes a dragon to me. It would be nice to set it in the Villain's lair, with Bond-St George having to slay it.

[Skudor]

I've seen a video of that digger and it is monstrous. Absolutely huge.

[Captain Tightpants]

If Bond ever visits an open-cut mine, this baby needs to be in it:

It doesn't need to be used in a set-piece, just simply there for atmosphere. Its name is Bagger 288, an it's currently based in Germany (it won't be leaving any time soon as it's huge and incrediby slow to move). In fact, it's so big that it's even larger than the vehicle used to transport space shuttles at Cape Carnaveral. It can move 76,000 cubic metres of earth a day at a rate of ten metres per minute. It's so powerful that it has picked up a bulldozer and thrown it like a child's toy. More pictures - including the bulldozer accident - and information can be found here.

Now this is something I like!
The shape of this monstruous plant really evokes a dragon to me. It would be nice to set it in the Villain's lair, with Bond-St George having to slay it.

It doesn't even have to do that. While the script would naturally stage some kind of action sequence on top of it - like Bond driving a bulldozer into its maw, climbing out and fighting his way through sheets of falling gravel while Bagger picks the bulldozer up and throws it, much like in the pictures I linked to - it could justas easily be sitting in the midst of an open-cut mine. Bond wouldn't have to go anywhere near it; it would simply add to the ambience and contribute some kind of scale to the sene.

[Captain Tightpants]

Pardon the double-post, but what if Bond went to a Formula One Grand Prix. I know Charlie's Angels dd something similar and ended with Cameron Diaz driving an Indycar through the streets of Southern California, but it doesn't have to end with Bond in the cockpit of one of the cars.

For example, what if he's following a lead that takes him to a businessman with a vested interest in the sport, or even runs/owns his own team? And when Bond gets spotted or found out, we end up having a half-footchase, half-cat and mouse game between the two, with the engines of the cars drowning out the noise of footsteps and guns being reloaded.

Formula One is certainly glamourous enough for Bond, and there's a few locations he couldeasily visit. I can't see a closed circuit working a well as an urban one, so that leaves us with Monaco, Valencia, Abu Dhabi and Singapore. Monaco is naturally Bondian as he's been there before, but there's not much of an infield as most of the lap is run on roads that are really very close together. Like Monaco, Valencia is also run around a marina, but I believe part of the circuit runs around the City of Arts and Sciences. The Abu Dhabi race isn't ready yet, but will be built on an island made especally for the circuit. I've seen the architecture in promotional videos, and it's similarly stunning. It, too, has a marina. And for its part, the Singaporean Grand Prix is run around downtown Singapore, and has the distinction of being the first-ever night race, with the circuit illuminated by stadium-like floodlights, and goes past the Singapore Flyer; personally I think Singapore would be best, though there's only a very limited time in which you'd be able to film.

As an aside, there was talk that Aston Martin may enter the championship under the Prodrive banner. While that team never eventuated due to contractual reasons, it's still possible Aston Martin will appear on the grid in 2009 as there's room for two more teams under the current agreement. If Bond were to go visiting the pit lane, they'd be the obvious choice.

Edited by Captain Tightpants, 27 July 2008 - 11:48 PM.

[Captain Tightpants]

Alright, my above post makes mention of the Singaporean Grand Prix. It's glamourous, it's atmospheric, and it was completely ignored. But this weeknd is the week of the actual race, and I've got some photos to show why it's the perfect locale for a Bond film. Seriously, I think a sequence where Bond tails a villain around the outer edge of the circuit and/or through the infield with the sounds of the engines drowing out everything else and the exceptionally fast cars providing a distraction as they blast past just at the edge of your vision ...

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See? It's perfect!

[Santa]

Like Monaco, Valencia is also run around a marina, but I believe part of the circuit runs around the City of Arts and Sciences.

It does and it would be a fabulous place for Bond to go!

[Captain Tightpants]

Shame the race failed to deliver when it promised so much, though.

Still, if Bond visited the glamour of a Grand Prix, it would have to be Singapore purely for the atmosphere.

Edited by Captain Tightpants, 27 September 2008 - 11:39 AM.

[Captain Tightpants]

So ... no-one liked my idea of Bondvisiting a Grand Prix like Singapore!? Oh, well, I've got some more locations. Like Tajikistan's Pamir Highway, the second-highest international highway in the world and once a part of the ancient Silk Road, but now in dangerous disrepair. It's been damaged by earthquakes, erosion, landslides, avalanches and civil war, but it remains the only route trhough the exceptionally difficult terrain of the isolated southern Tajikistan. Here's a picture:



And here's a video. And here's another (but itdoes go for over twenty minutes).

[Cody]

They could try Macchu Picchu again, since they got rained out of it on QoS.

Another location scouted for QoS that they could use in the future is the Stelvio Pass in the Italian Alps.

[Bond_Assassin]

I had an idea a few days ago that Bond 23 can start out with Bond in Dubai and then the villain having a plan with countries like Haiti and the Dominican Republic. I don't know the reason why they couldn't really film in Haiti in QoS, but it's a beautiful country and I think one that can make for a great location.

[Captain Tightpants]

For the same reason why they couldn't film in Bolivia: no support. Both Bolivia and Haiti are impoverished nations (compared to their neighbours especially) and are unable to support a film production.

Anyway, if snow is on the cards for BOND 23, how about the Russian resortcity of Sochi, which will host the 2014 Winter Olympics? I have this vision in my head of Bond fighting bad guys in a luge or skeleton chase, but with the added danger of the run only being half complete.

[Bond_Assassin]

Captain, have you been to Haiti?

[Byron]

Captain, have you been to Haiti?

I'm not the Captain, but i think you may be referring to the security situation in Haiti. Yes it's one of the most dangerous and politically unstable countries in the world. Security as well as facilities would definately have been an issue for the production.

Saying that, the French film "Heading South" was filmed in Haiti, fairly recently. Admitedly it was a much smaller production than QOS. Great film btw, with Charlotte Rampling excellent as always, beautiful natural scenery combined with the poverty of Haiti, and a good story set against the backdrop of dictator Baby Doc's reign of terror in the 70's.

My other choices for settings would be Cape Town and South Africa in general as well as French Canada. Table Mountain in Cape Town or Cape Point would be an excellent setting for some mountain climbing or chase action ala Gibraltar in TLD.

[danielcraigisjamesbond007]

What about sending Bond up north? The idea was done in DAD, but it would be a beautiful location to shoot in. If that fails, what about Tierra del Fuego in Argentina? Also, we haven't seen Bond in Ireland yet; that would be an interesting location

Iceland:
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Edited by danielcraigisjamesbond007, 02 January 2009 - 06:19 PM.

[Commander Shaun]

Scotland, America and Italy again, Sienna maybe, where they did the car chase in Quantum of Solace.

What about this building?



It's the Australian Academy of Science in Canberra. The building is known as the Shine Dome.

It's almost 50 years old, but I think it has a cool retro-futuristic thing about it that could work pretty well for some exterior shots.







"The Shine Dome has received numerous awards, and is one of seven projects the Royal Australian Institute of Architects has nominated to the World Register of Significant Twentieth Century Architecture." (See this page.)

The interior is less impressive - just a lecture hall and some offices. But that's why we have the magic of movies: so the Eden project can become a diamond mine, and the Shine Dome can become a villain's lair or something else equally cool!

Thoughts? Opinions?

I think that would make a perfect little place, for example, it looks good for an organization, like in Quantum of Solace, where he held that "party".

[Double-O-Nine]

Like Monaco, Valencia is also run around a marina, but I believe part of the circuit runs around the City of Arts and Sciences.

It does and it would be a fabulous place for Bond to go!

I agree. And Bond in Psris is a good idea.

[Bond_Assassin]

Captain, have you been to Haiti?

I'm not the Captain, but i think you may be referring to the security situation in Haiti. Yes it's one of the most dangerous and politically unstable countries in the world. Security as well as facilities would definately have been an issue for the production.

Saying that, the French film "Heading South" was filmed in Haiti, fairly recently. Admitedly it was a much smaller production than QOS. Great film btw, with Charlotte Rampling excellent as always, beautiful natural scenery combined with the poverty of Haiti, and a good story set against the backdrop of dictator Baby Doc's reign of terror in the 70's.

My other choices for settings would be Cape Town and South Africa in general as well as French Canada. Table Mountain in Cape Town or Cape Point would be an excellent setting for some mountain climbing or chase action ala Gibraltar in TLD.

I wouldn't say it's the most dangerous, if it was, I wouldn't be vacationing here in Haiti for two weeks. Politically unstable yes, the government in Haiti is to blame for that. I've been having a great time in Haiti, it's the most relaxing country I could ever stay in. There are about three great hotels and i'm staying at the Hotel Montanta. With the current economic crisis in the states, Haiti is a great place to make some money. Another thing I realize is that you can't find one person that's miserable, everyone is living. Ok, yes there are some that resort to criminal activity, but really, for those that don't, it's their faith in god that keeps them going. That's why, there's nothing to worry about. Talk about relaxing, I have my own maids and servants, and even at the gas station you don't have to pump your own gas, someone does it for you.

So when I talk about locations for a Bond film, there's everything here. You have mountains, beautiful locations (say for a dinner party) areas for rooftop chases and etc. I drove all the way up to the mountains and that area could make for a great car chase. Matt Damon was in Haiti a few months back and he himself had a jolly old time. He's going to help the areas in need....So in conclusion, if you guys haven't been to Haiti, my suggestion is you go to see what i'm talking about cause honestly? I don't feel like leaving!


Another thing to note is that the reason I think people have such a different idea of Haiti is because of what is shown of the country on news channels. All they show is the slums and the bad parts, there's more to the country than one would think.

Edited by Bond_Assassin, 01 January 2009 - 06:02 PM.

[maersk seeland]

an old sheep station turned fortress in the northern territory of australia would be amazing. it was the HQ for my own quantum villain, john lasalle and his henchmen.......would be amazing if they did this in a real movie........


also the russian far east would be great, vladivostok, khabarovsk, magadan, petropavlovsk, all would be amazing settings for bond..............


hawaii would be good

michigan's upper peninsula

toronto ontario

khazakstan

israel

venezuela

algeria

[MkB]

I'm all for Khazakstan or Uzbekistan too. Amazing and contrasted landscapes, and not well known to European / US audiences!
Khazakstan deserves a better introduction than this Borat movie!











The top peaks of Kazakhstan are about 7000m high, so we could even see Bond having some adventure skiing, in real SAS/SBS conditions rather than at some posh ski resort in the Swiss Alps.



Honestly, I want Bond to go wild. I'm getting tired of high end hotel suites and Tom Ford suits.

[Bond_Assassin]

Send Bond to Haiti. Oh yes, I won't stop saying it.

[maersk seeland]

the crimean grand canyon......an amazing place for a bond setting.

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[Santa]

Send Bond to Haiti. Oh yes, I won't stop saying it.

Ahhh, but people may stop listening.

[Captain Tightpants]

I wouldn't say it's the most dangerous, if it was, I wouldn't be vacationing here in Haiti for two weeks.

The Gaza Strip probably gets that aware at the moment. I wouldn't be too keen on Darfur, either. But I think the most dangerous region of all time is Chechnya and the Caucasus Mountaints. It's the only place in the world where if you go in and get yourself lost, your embassy will not send someone after you. If you get suck in Israel or the West Bank and Gaza, they will probably send someone in as soon as they can, but if you go missing in Chechnya or any one of those tiny little areas along the Russian border that are trying to establish themselves as breakaway nations, you're on your own.

[Ultraussie (Jordan.adams)]

Anyone fancy Bond going to The Goldcoast? (With Paul Hogan pointing a gin at my head)
Honestly, Worlds Tallest Residental Building, nice beaches, nice everything. And something funny could be happening back in the hinterland. Love a car chase in The Hinterland or the busy Surfers Paridise.
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[Vauxhall]

I wouldn't say it's the most dangerous, if it was, I wouldn't be vacationing here in Haiti for two weeks.

The Gaza Strip probably gets that aware at the moment. I wouldn't be too keen on Darfur, either. But I think the most dangerous region of all time is Chechnya and the Caucasus Mountaints. It's the only place in the world where if you go in and get yourself lost, your embassy will not send someone after you. If you get suck in Israel or the West Bank and Gaza, they will probably send someone in as soon as they can, but if you go missing in Chechnya or any one of those tiny little areas along the Russian border that are trying to establish themselves as breakaway nations, you're on your own.

Agreed. I'd probably add Somalia to that list as well.

[Byron]

I'm all for Khazakstan or Uzbekistan too. Amazing and contrasted landscapes, and not well known to European / US audiences!
Khazakstan deserves a better introduction than this Borat movie!











The top peaks of Kazakhstan are about 7000m high, so we could even see Bond having some adventure skiing, in real SAS/SBS conditions rather than at some posh ski resort in the Swiss Alps.



Honestly, I want Bond to go wild. I'm getting tired of high end hotel suites and Tom Ford suits.

Excellent pics MkB. Did you take these yourself?

Seeing Bond roughing it up, mountain climbing, skiing, hiking, kayaking rapids, surviving in the wild would be great (at least for part of the movie). In Kazakhstan there is plenty of wildlife too (bears, wolves etc). Maybe they could work these into a film like the mongoose/snake fight in CR.

[Byron]

Captain, have you been to Haiti?

I'm not the Captain, but i think you may be referring to the security situation in Haiti. Yes it's one of the most dangerous and politically unstable countries in the world. Security as well as facilities would definately have been an issue for the production.

Saying that, the French film "Heading South" was filmed in Haiti, fairly recently. Admitedly it was a much smaller production than QOS. Great film btw, with Charlotte Rampling excellent as always, beautiful natural scenery combined with the poverty of Haiti, and a good story set against the backdrop of dictator Baby Doc's reign of terror in the 70's.

My other choices for settings would be Cape Town and South Africa in general as well as French Canada. Table Mountain in Cape Town or Cape Point would be an excellent setting for some mountain climbing or chase action ala Gibraltar in TLD.

I wouldn't say it's the most dangerous, if it was, I wouldn't be vacationing here in Haiti for two weeks. Politically unstable yes, the government in Haiti is to blame for that. I've been having a great time in Haiti, it's the most relaxing country I could ever stay in. There are about three great hotels and i'm staying at the Hotel Montanta. With the current economic crisis in the states, Haiti is a great place to make some money. Another thing I realize is that you can't find one person that's miserable, everyone is living. Ok, yes there are some that resort to criminal activity, but really, for those that don't, it's their faith in god that keeps them going. That's why, there's nothing to worry about. Talk about relaxing, I have my own maids and servants, and even at the gas station you don't have to pump your own gas, someone does it for you.

So when I talk about locations for a Bond film, there's everything here. You have mountains, beautiful locations (say for a dinner party) areas for rooftop chases and etc. I drove all the way up to the mountains and that area could make for a great car chase. Matt Damon was in Haiti a few months back and he himself had a jolly old time. He's going to help the areas in need....So in conclusion, if you guys haven't been to Haiti, my suggestion is you go to see what i'm talking about cause honestly? I don't feel like leaving!


Another thing to note is that the reason I think people have such a different idea of Haiti is because of what is shown of the country on news channels. All they show is the slums and the bad parts, there's more to the country than one would think.

Interesting to hear from someone that's been there. I'm not doubting that Haiti has a lot of offer or that it is a relaxing country. It's natural beauty was showcased in "Heading South". However i would imagine that the majority of tourists over there never leave their all inclusive resort/hotel (in Jamaica too) to see the real country. Be that as it may, how safe would a tourist be walking around on their own in Port-Au-Prince or any other Haitian city? Personal security must be an issue in such a poor country.

I also agree that Sudan and Somalia are total no-no's as furture locations.

[Dainshdude118]

Maybe go back to whereever Obamo and his goons came from (i forget which country)

[MkB]

Excellent pics MkB. Did you take these yourself?

Alas, no! But I'm interested in Central Asian countries, and I hope to travel in Kazakhstan / Uzbekistan.

Seeing Bond roughing it up, mountain climbing, skiing, hiking, kayaking rapids, surviving in the wild would be great (at least for part of the movie). In Kazakhstan there is plenty of wildlife too (bears, wolves etc). Maybe they could work these into a film like the mongoose/snake fight in CR.

Good idea! It could be an "original" way for a Villain to meet his fate.
There are giant snakes in Kazakhstan too, apparently, that would gobble any mongoose in one mouthful


Let's not forget that the Baikonur Cosmodrome is also in Kazakhstan: