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[Nick-Nack]

i've been reading somewhere on another forum, that there is going to be no gunbarrel scene on CR. What!? Is this true? An 'official'james bond movie without the traditional gunbarrel? Scandalous. Thats what sets aside bond films from any other movie. Please someone tell me this isn't true?

[DLibrasnow]

There is a gunbarrel sequence, but it is not at the very start of the movie as it is with the other James Bond movies.

[Nick-Nack]

Oh no, [in the words of victor meldrew] i don't believe it! Why? i mean, it just won't feel right. anyone else feel strongly against this?

[stamper]

Nope, I am all for it. It's logical after all, when the movie start, he is not a double 0 yet.

What you will be able to do on DVD is skip the pre-credit sequence, so that way you will get your gunbarrel at the beginning of the movie, and we will all be happy.

[zencat]

Never fear, Nick-Nack. There is a gunbarrel, it's just done a little differently this time. It's going to be cool.

[Publius]

Oh no, [in the words of victor meldrew] i don't believe it! Why? i mean, it just won't feel right. anyone else feel strongly against this?

Not me. Hell, they could do away with the gunbarrel for all I care. Never found it that interesting.

However, I do like how they're making creative use of it this time around. I honestly could be embarrassed by it before, it was just painfully cliche.

[Nick-Nack]

i just hope and pray it is done good. i'm all for being creative and moving forward,but like i said, for me,that is what makes a bond movie so special.

[Publius]

i just hope and pray it is done good. i'm all for being creative and moving forward,but like i said, for me,that is what makes a bond movie so special.

So do I, but I think it will be. You can get a glimpse of what to expect in the teaser trailer, and that looked good to me (I'd say one of the better parts, actually).

Anyway, call me a Bond minimalist, but as long as the movie stars a reasonable interpretation of the James Bond character on an interesting mission with intriguing antagonists, features a few chords of the Bond theme, and maybe has the famous introduction, I could do without most of the rest.

[pieffra]

Probably we'll have it at the end of pre credit sequence...

[WhiteKnight2000]

Looks like the gunbarrel happens in a mens room if the teaser is anything to go by.

[stamper]

You mean the gunbarrel happens just after the True Lies men's room action scene hommage

Which is good, after all, True lies paid hommage to Goldfinger pre-credit sequence also

[Jericho_One]

However, I do like how they're making creative use of it this time around. I honestly could be embarrassed by it before, it was just painfully cliche.

You realize a lot of Bond is cliche, don't you?

[Publius]

However, I do like how they're making creative use of it this time around. I honestly could be embarrassed by it before, it was just painfully cliche.

You realize a lot of Bond is cliche, don't you?

Hence the "painfully" modifier. In other words, cliche even by Bond standards.

[Evil Doctor Cheese Returns]

As long as they don't have a bullet shooting at the screen then I'm happy.

Happy 40th anniversary Bond... we've screwed up your most iconic image. I like that this gives us anchorage on a bizzare surrealist image that has been with the series since day one. Also makes me want to see it at the start of Craig's next rather than being "been there done that" or waiting for what Arnold's done with the music this time... as with Brosnans - which was a little Dorian Gray for me... it stayed the same age as Brosnan grew greyer and greyer!

Looking forward to this and DC's next gunbarrel!

G x

[JimmyBond]

It's interesting, Moneypenny was a joke in DAD, in Casino Royale she's absent. The gunbarrel was ruined in DAD, in Casino Royle it's absent (well, changed). In DAD Q was useless, in Casino Royale he's absent. I see a trend

Anything else?

[Harmsway]

It's interesting, Moneypenny was a joke in DAD, in Casino Royale she's absent. The gunbarrel was ruined in DAD, in Casino Royle it's absent (well, changed). In DAD Q was useless, in Casino Royale he's absent. I see a trend

Anything else?

Well, DIE ANOTHER DAY on the whole was just one big Bondian cliche (and for celebrating 40 years of 007 in a sort of retrospective fashion, that's not necessarily all that bad). But because it was that, it leaves ground to go strip away some of the cliches and go in a different direction.

[JimmyBond]

In other words, where do you go from there. Still, part of me would have liked to see, where they would have gone from there.

But just a part of me

[Tarl_Cabot]

Never fear, Nick-Nack. There is a gunbarrel, it's just done a little differently this time. It's going to be cool.

I think it's gonna bring the house down the way it's set up...at least I think it will be. And there won't be a CGI bullet this time!

[stamper]

I heard the shot a real bullet at the camera, and killed the cameraman. It's in a tabloid.