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[DamnCoffee]

Yes. Bond twists, and shoots.

[Aris007]

I don't mind the CR gunbarrel! It was something new! I want the same stance for Bond in QoS! The rest of it needs to be changed.

[DaveBond21]

On one of the pics that Royale Dalton posted in another thread, we have a shot of what seems to be the gunbarrel being filmed! BUT It's not Craig.

http://img183.images...174/qos6wg5.jpg

I am pretty sure Craig will do HIS gunbarrel walk himself. Maybe that guy is just doing some rehearsals for the crew.

Exactly.

Here I go again with my gunbarrel fixation!
Do we actually know where that photo is from? If it is from the QoS set, it seems that guy is Craig's stand-in and we will be getting the tux. Cool by me, although I do like the suit idea. I agree and hope Craig's stance was more original than that.. I use the past tense because the scene has probably already been shot. Maybe he's done several takes and the final version will be unlike Brozzer's.
Still my heart is pumping with anticipation for the iconic moment..... I can't wait.

I know what you mean, I can't wait to see it! Quantum of Solace gets off to a bang with the traditional gunbarrel. I wonder what that photo was though.....???

[mrsbonds_ppk]

Quantum of Solace gets off to a bang with the traditional gunbarrel.

That's all I want...a traditional gunbarrel.

[Captain Tightpants]

On one of the pics that Royale Dalton posted in another thread, we have a shot of what seems to be the gunbarrel being filmed! BUT It's not Craig.

http://img183.images...174/qos6wg5.jpg

Is it just me or does this Craig stand-in look like Greg Kinnear?
I wonder if Craig will wear the same shoes?

I was wondering why Mark Hamill was playing Bond???

Damn, not the tuxedo again...

For all we know, the stand-in was so excited to be the stand-in for the gunarrel sequence that he dressed up specially.

[SecretAgentFan]

Found this on youtube: http://www.youtube.c...feature=related

After having seen it, I must say, I preferred the Moore gunbarrels to the Connerys because they were better lit and framed. Also Connery´s jumping seems a bit too much (yes, I know, Connery didn´t film the first gunbarrels...)

I think Lazenby´s and Dalton´s gunbarrels were fine but not better than Moore´s. Finally Brosnan´s DAD-gunbarrel with the bullet flying at us was IMO spectacular.

But Craig´s gunbarrel from CR simply was the best. I´d love this one to become the iconic image of the Craig era. It could start every film of his.

[DamnCoffee]

Quantum of Solace gets off to a bang with the traditional gunbarrel.

That's all I want...a traditional gunbarrel.

Traditional as in design? Or how it plays out?

[David Pro]

I expect something like this:

[DamnCoffee]

Ewwwww, that's horrible.

[lazenbyland]

Kleinman's Brosnan version would be fine with a powerful Diamonds Are Forever Bond theme.

However, to distinguish that this is reboot film, have the dots come in from the right, and Bond walk in from the left.

Mind you its a bit awkward for a right-hander to swing around from the left and make it look good.

[DamnCoffee]

Kleinman's Brosnan version would be fine with a powerful Diamonds Are Forever Bond theme.

However, to distinguish that this is reboot film, have the dots come in from the right, and Bond walk in from the left.

Mind you its a bit awkward for a right-hander to swing around from the left and make it look good.

Ahh, I wouldn't like that, I've tried this on Movie Maker, it looks atrocious.

[deth]

I expect something like this:

that's almost the exact same one as Brosnan.

[DamnCoffee]

It is Brosnans just with a lame bloody Daniel Craig head stuck on the top.

[Captain Tightpants]

Which begs the question: how is it a concept?

[deth]

Which begs the question: how is it a concept?

it isn't purely a concept... it's concept is the reconfiguration of traditional iconographies and their reintroduction -or perhaps even reconsideration- in a post archetypal cinematic conceptualization.

[Blonde Bond]

How about a pitch black screen, then music starts to build up, beat, one bullet hole to the left, beat, one bullet hole to the right, beat, the final bullet hole in the middle, we see Craig, the camera zooms closer, play out the bond theme.


Yeah, not good.

[JimmyBond]

I expect something like this:

Booooooooring!

[stamper]

If we get the traditional gunbarrel, it will mean a traditional Moore _ Brosnan Bond movie, everything CR was not -- i'm bummed if it's the old gb AGAIN I want them to use CR one, the old one was cool but doesn't make sense.

[Safari Suit]

If we get the traditional gunbarrel, it will mean a traditional Moore _ Brosnan Bond movie, everything CR was not --

It's 20 seconds at the beginning of the movie, and it's not being used as semiology, don't be daft.

[Mister E]

I just hope that they've gone back to the traditional rifle/pistol barrel and not repeated the howitzer barrel they used in CR (big mistake).

I agree actually. It just dosen't look good and I don't care how realistic it appears.

[DamnCoffee]

I didn't have a problem with the Casino Royale Gunbarrel myself, it was a refreshing change from the Binder - Kleimnan ones.

[Mister E]

I didn't have a problem with the Casino Royale Gunbarrel myself, it was a refreshing change from the Binder - Kleimnan ones.

I think the new blood was a nice touch.

[Aris007]

Yes the blood reminds me something from comic books like Spiderman for example!

[DamnCoffee]

Just been looking through my old files and I came across this.

I think I made this ages ago! Before Casino Royale was released infact!

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[Aris007]

Good job!

[stamper]

It's the first seconds of the movie, it's a statement of intent -- not having at in CR right there just was saying "this will be a different Bond movie than the last 4, where we will redefine the character".
Having a traditional GB at the beginning of QOS just rings to me as "same old, same old, and as for those who liked CR, you can sod off, we prefer the mainstream audience who started the craignotbond site out there there are more numbers than you ardent supporters".
But then, they probably made a bold new gunbarrel which will end up stating the same thing as in CR, we will see

[Safari Suit]

You are reading way too much into it. If they had put the gunbarrel at the beginning of Casino Royale would that suddenly have made it excessively formulaic. Are FRWL, Moonraker and LTK all the same? They certainly all start with gunbarrels. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

[Aris007]

Another interesting alternative is: The dots appear normally, they focus in the centre, when we see Bond's back walking. Then the dots stop following him, he walks a little bit more turns and shoots fust like in CR. How about this one?

[DamnCoffee]

Having a traditional GB at the beginning of QOS just rings to me as "same old, same old, and as for those who liked CR, you can sod off, we prefer the mainstream audience who started the craignotbond site out there there are more numbers than you ardent supporters".

It sounds as if you are saying we haven't had a good Bond movie until Casino Royale.

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service was different, as was Licence to Kill and From Russia With Love. The fact that the gunbarrel opens a Bond film doesn't necessarily mean that every Bond movie that opened in the same way is garbage.

[Royal Dalton]

So, if the gunbarrel design's similar to the one in the Coke advert, we'd all be pretty happy with it, wouldn't we?

http://img185.images...unbarrelxm0.jpg