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#1321 terminus

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Posted 07 November 2010 - 01:21 AM

That is true. I can change it with the eventual post.

I'm not sure we need many more gadgets - though the computer device Bond has Yelena install on Sephotho's computer could count as one too.

I think this is pretty much done, with the exception of, as I said above - Whatever Happened To Emeric Hildebrand!?

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Posted 07 November 2010 - 01:23 AM

Agreed. I think we might just need chrisno1 to give it a look over as he did with KALEIDOSCOPE to polish things up a bit.

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Posted 07 November 2010 - 01:25 AM

That was an awesome rewrite that really polished items up.

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Posted 07 November 2010 - 02:17 AM

Yeah - I figured that since the submission of the Aston Martin was an honest misunderstanding, I should try to get both of them in.


It was an honest mistake on my part. I hadn't been following this round as closely as the others, and didn't know that a car had been suggested. Just trying to do my part to fill up the proforma so that we can continue on to the next round, which I'm very much looking forward to. Don't hesitate to delete my suggestion for the car if it proves to be problematic in any way. :)

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Posted 07 November 2010 - 02:27 AM

I don't see a problem - the two car choices fit in quite naturally.

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Posted 07 November 2010 - 03:27 AM

What are we going to call Hauer's character? I mean we introduce him here, and he's been decided on by group consensus, but I think he needs a name. I know he's Germanic, and we can certainly write that into his character, but I think we could do a Hugo Drax and make him part-English because I think a really good name would be William Fey. Or maybe William Loomis. Or even William Loomis Fey (I really like this for some reason). You've got "William", which is a traditionally strong, masculine name, noble in its connotations. Then there's "Loomis", which sounds like "looming", which is what he's doing - looming over the entire Bondverse. And then you've got "Fey", which has several connotations from various Germanic languages, such as "appointed for death", "ungodly" and "wicked". So I think that William Loomis Fey would be a really good name for Hauer's villain.

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Posted 07 November 2010 - 03:38 AM

I'd not thought of that - wondered if we even needed to give him a name, in this round at least, given he's essentially just a two minute cameo at the end of the movie.

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Posted 07 November 2010 - 03:51 AM

I think a name is important. I don't know what other people have in mind for UB28, but if Quantum is declaring war on MI6 and Bond, Bond will need to reply. I think the plot will largely revolve around finding the head of Quantum and killing him. So I think if the end of UB27 could have Bond learning the villain's name, it would be something to carry over. And I really like the name William Loomis Fey.

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Posted 07 November 2010 - 04:22 AM

I was thinking about taking a leaf out of the SPECTRE book actually and just using 'Number One' or something similar (I considered suggesting using the Greek Pantheon and Titans as 'codenames' for the senior boardmembers - with Zeus or Kronos for the leader) so we'd not need to name him, at least, not yet.

I don't like the idea of Bond learning his name quite yet - a large part of UB28 will presumably see Bond going after Quantum and Quantum going after MI6 and finding out who the Head of Quantum is would play a large part of that plot. I've got an idea about how to mix up the elements that we already need to have in UB28 (the Quinn Arc factors in quite tightly) and I look forward to applying that when the pieces start being put into place - tomorrow night.

So, no, I don't think we need Bond to learn his name - and we don't need to name him quite yet, if at all.

This still hasn't given us a way to get rid of Emeric Hildebrand - unless we just go with my original concept of putting him on the train in Germany and having Bond throw him off the bridge. I will ponder other methods of offing our esteemed macguffin overnight - and postulate my favourites in the morning.

Hopefully we're still on schedule to begin UB28 tomorrow evening.

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Posted 07 November 2010 - 05:06 AM

Hell, I think we could probably start it now. The write-up we already have is good enough; to add more - gadgetry, whatever - would just detract from it.

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Posted 07 November 2010 - 06:20 AM

What are we going to call Hauer's character? I mean we introduce him here, and he's been decided on by group consensus, but I think he needs a name. I know he's Germanic, and we can certainly write that into his character, but I think we could do a Hugo Drax and make him part-English because I think a really good name would be William Fey. Or maybe William Loomis. Or even William Loomis Fey (I really like this for some reason). You've got "William", which is a traditionally strong, masculine name, noble in its connotations. Then there's "Loomis", which sounds like "looming", which is what he's doing - looming over the entire Bondverse. And then you've got "Fey", which has several connotations from various Germanic languages, such as "appointed for death", "ungodly" and "wicked". So I think that William Loomis Fey would be a really good name for Hauer's villain.

I like this name. Clearly some thought went into it, and it sounds like a man with power. :tup:

Tightpants, can you offer a suggestion on what should happen to Dr. Hildebrand?

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Posted 07 November 2010 - 06:39 AM

Well, I don't really know his alleigance. Is he good (ie forced into it), evil (chooses to do it) or neutral (somewhere in between)?

I'd perhaps make him really quite naive, unaware that he is being used by Quantum (and possibly unaware of their existence at all), and only pursuing his research. Qunatum plan to kill him off once they have no need further of him, and he pleads with Bond to help save him. In a moment of coldness, Bond lets Quantum kill him in order to see what they do next (kind of like the staged assassination of Pushkin in THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS) because he knows that so long as Hldebrand is alive, he'll be forced to protect the scientist and will be unable to prevent the wider plot of bankrupting Germany.

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Posted 07 November 2010 - 06:49 AM

Well, I don't really know his alleigance. Is he good (ie forced into it), evil (chooses to do it) or neutral (somewhere in between)?

In the current outline, he's a baddie; he betrays Bond in Nambola, allowing him to be captured by Sephotho.

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Posted 07 November 2010 - 08:04 AM

Maybe he could betray them through complacence rather than malice. That way we can get a cold moment in there.

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Posted 07 November 2010 - 09:34 AM

I like William - my first assocation is with William the Conqueror, truly one of history's underrated monsters. William, or Willem rather, also crops up a lot in Dutch history. There's William the Silent, a national hero who fought the Spanish, and his great-grandson, the brilliant William III of Orange, who faced off against Louis XIV, won the Battle of the Boyne and became King of England in the Glorious Revolution. I'm rather less than enthused with Loomis and Fey, particularly the latter, which puts me in mind of nobody so much as Mr Wint and Mr Kidd. I think it would be interesting to have Rutger play Dutch for once - there's last names like Keyzer (Emperor), Adelaer (Eagle), Doornhart (Thornheart), Draek (Dragon). Of course, whatever his name ends up being, I reckon it won't be revealed until UB28. He could also go by a codename for most, maybe all of the story. A villain with absolutely no discernable background can be scary.

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Posted 07 November 2010 - 10:37 AM

Sorry, but I think names like Keyser and Adelaer and Draek are again too obvious. You might as well call him William Badguy. That's why I suggested Fey; I think it's appropriate because it's downplayed. To me, if you hear the name "William Keyzer", you think "Yeah, he's the CEO of Evil, Inc." - but if you hear "William Fey", you don't thikn that.

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Posted 07 November 2010 - 02:12 PM

As far as naming the leader of Quantum, I think I'd prefer to go with an unused Fleming name for the character. There are still a few, such as Jack Spang (which would be my first choice out of the unused names), Seraffimo Spang, Von Hammerstein, and Mr. Sanguinetti, to name a few.

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Posted 07 November 2010 - 02:32 PM

Maybe Wilhelm von Hammerstein, with William Fey as a pseudonym, but ... I'm against the idea of using Fleming names (and material) for the sake of it. If I hear the name Jack or Seraffimo Spang, then there's a certain connotation that those characters have because of the role their play in the story they appear in. To simply name a character who bears no resemblance to their namesake simply because that name hasn't been used yet is like sticking a Ferrari badge on a Datsun. You might fool people who don't know the difference bewteen Ferraris and Datsuns, but that's about it.

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Posted 07 November 2010 - 02:40 PM

Besides Hildebrand's fate, there's one last thing for THR--a title sequence description. Any takers?

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Posted 07 November 2010 - 04:02 PM

I do like the William von Hammerstein/William Fey idea - it would be a bit like the Drax/von der Drache thing in Moonraker.

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Posted 07 November 2010 - 04:03 PM

I do like the William von Hammerstein/William Fey idea - it would be a bit like the Drax/von der Drache thing in Moonraker.

Decided on a way to deal with Hildebrand yet, terminus?

Also--is the UB28 pro forma still on track for tonight?

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Posted 07 November 2010 - 04:10 PM

Nope - still pondering a few methods of offing Hildebrand. Hopefully we should still get the UB28 proforma tonight, yes.

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Posted 07 November 2010 - 11:01 PM

For some reason, I feel the Head of Quantum should have a personal connection to the name -- hell, he could be named Quentin, or some such.

Quentin Fey... dunno; makes me think of a male Liz Lemon. :P

Quentin Tree? Environmentalism could come back into play... :)

Actually, how about Quentin Moray? Not only does it sound similar to Quantum, but a Moray eel is very slippery, indeed... also, James Stewart, Earl of Moray, was the first man in world history to be assassinated by firearm, by a man named James.

James Hamilton. ;)

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Posted 07 November 2010 - 11:03 PM

Hopefully we should still get the UB28 proforma tonight, yes.

Good. I already have an idea in mind for my first submission and it's a real cracker. :tup:

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Posted 07 November 2010 - 11:10 PM

I think my planned first submission will make people do a double-take, maybe not quite as much as they did when we got given the moon as a location, but it should still be fun to see how people include it.

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Posted 07 November 2010 - 11:28 PM

Okay - hopefully this will be the final revision of the plot. I've got Bond's death at the end - this can be removed, if needed, or it can be 'retconned' in the next film that it was part of MI6 faking Bond's death - a la YOLT:



LONDON, ENGLAND



Eric Wright (Stephen Moyer), an MI6 desk officer, is being stalked through the streets of a city. We don't immediately realise where we are - but it becomes clear we're in London. Wright can't see his pursuer, as she is hidden in the darkness, with only a silhouette that is visible. She stalks him for several minutes, as Wright ducks into several establishments trying to lose her. Eventually he is cornered in an abandoned square when she catches up to him, shooting him in the leg. He's left immobilized, allowing the woman corner him. When she's revealed to the audience, we see that it is Quinn. She holds a gun on him, explaining that he has outlived his use. "You promised you wouldn't shoot me if I helped you." "You're correct," she says, lowering the gun. "I promised not to shoot you. Unfortunately for you, he didn't make that promise." A shot rings out, and Wright falls to the ground. Quinn turns to walk away, joining a figure in the darkness that we see only as a silhouette ...


CB.n PRESENTS

DANIEL CRAIG
as Ian Fleming's James Bond 007

in

CBN MEMBERS'
THE HILDEBRAND RARITY


Inna Korobkina
Kerry Condon

Giancarlo Esposito
Melanie Laurent
Jason David Frank

Jeany Spark
Wolf Kahler
Stephen Moyer
Tyler Mane

Jeffrey Wright
Emily Blunt
Jesper Christensen

Yvonne Strahovski
Max Minghella

with Rutger Hauer

and Timothy Dalton as M

"The Hildebrand Rarity" sung by Depeche Mode
"The Hildebrand Rarity" composed by Depeche Mode and Elliot Goldenthal

Soundtrack by Elliot Goldenthal

Directed by Christopher Nolan

Written by Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan



SAO PAULO, BRAZIL



Felix Leiter and the CIA are monitoring the apartment of the deceased Quantum agent Marcus (a brief remark lets us know that they know that he was killed in the Grenadines), hoping that, though slim odds, Marcus will have left something in his apartment of great value to Quantum; lo and behold, an "agent" slipping something out of a safe and into his pocket is revealed, at the last second, to be a fake; upon being stopped outside of the apartment door, he shoots his pursuers and barrels out through the hallway window.

Felix, fed up with his cramped quarters, the bureaucratic slowdowns, and the seeming incompetence of his fellow agents, rips off his headphones and runs out of the ramshackle surveillance house (located conveniently near the apartment complex) after the henchman -- and we now see that Felix is running on a pair of Cheetah running legs, giving him a leg up on the pursuee. (Felix footage would be made up of a trained Cheetah legs runner, seen only from behind, close shots of Jeffrey Wright from the legs up, and wide shots painstakingly synchronized of both Wright and the runner, digitally spliced together.)

After a pursuit across busy streets, footpaths, and through the Cathedral De Se and up the breakdown lane of a highway, the henchman is finally cornered near a ledge halfway up an overpass -- and traffic below is fast. The goon takes his last few shots at Leiter, who ducks and slides across to the henchman, bumping into his ankles with the Cheetah legs. The henchman, now off balance, drops his gun and careens over the side, but Felix, supporting himself with one elbow, reaches up with his legs and scissors them between the goon, keeping him pinned, upside down, to the ledge.

Slowly, painstakingly, with his other arm, Felix reaches into the operative's inside coat pocket to fish out what he stole from Marcus's apartment, but the goon thinks fast -- as Leiter pulls it out, the henchman pulls Felix's gun from its holster, but it's too late; Leiter has the goods. With his other arm, Felix unstraps the Cheetah legs from his thighs, sending them -- and the trapped goon -- down into the busy traffic below.

Felix hauls himself up as best he can and looks over the ledge, wincing at the sight of his gorgeous Cheetah legs smashed to bits within the pulpy remains of the Quantum henchman, then looks at what he's retrieved from the dead man's pocket. We don't see what he has clearly, but shock sweeps across Leiter's face; he quickly pulls out his walkie-talkie and radios his superiors, saying that the Quantum man is dead, but they've got a new, and more dangerous, lead.

"Dangerous to who, Leiter?"
"To everyone!"

Reverse shot of Leiter's trembling hand, as sirens wail in the background, and we finally see his morbid prize: A Ministry of Defense identity card, registered to one Dr. Emeric Hildebrand.

Meanwhile ...


NEAR BEYAPAZARI, TURKEY



Bond breaks into what, at first, appears to be an abandoned and half-ruined fort in the middle of nowhere - it is revealed that it is actually the heart of a drug operation, kind of like the concealed poppy fields in 'Live And Let Die'. But when Bond reaches the gardens, he discovers only acres of rhododendrons. He takes a sample of the flower - but is discovered. And must escape from the facility before being caught - eventually finding his way to an underground garage. Surveying his option of vehicle for escape - a half dozen delivery trucks, a couple of jeeps and a single off-road quad bike. Bond selects the quad bike after taking a covert snap of the logo on the side of the delivery trucks. He flees, pursued by gun-toting thugs - the ruined fort exploding in the background - and takes the chase off-road, the thugs are hampered but the off-road quad bike gives Bond the advantage and he guns the vehicle towards the edge of a cliff - sending it flying over the edge.

However, Bond uses the momentum to grab onto the edge of the open cargo door of a Chinook that was hovering out of sight - hauling himself into the back of the helicopter, he unslings his backpack and makes his way to the cockpit where a handsome, fresh faced youth is sitting in the pilots seat.

Meet Geoffrey Hastings, 0011. Bond pulls a bottle out of his backpack - it's full of a clear liquid: Raki - and presents it to Hastings. "A graduation present, 0011".


MI6 HEADQUARTERS



Bond arrives at headquarters in a sleek Maserati Mistral - hands the sample of the rhododendron flower and the blurred photographs of the logo on the delivery trucks to Moneypenny and steps in to see M. Felix is also present. Felix explains the events in Sao Paulo - including the discovery of the MOD ID card belonging to Hildebrand. M, in turn, explains that Eric Wright was found murdered in Mitre Square. The two events, at first, appear to be unconnected - but, Hildebrand was presumed dead in a plane crash one month earlier and Wright was the MI6 officer responsible for planning Hildebrand's travel itinerary. The two events must be connected.

Furthermore, M reveals that CCTV in the vicinity of Mitre Square picked up a woman in the area at the time of the murder. Bond recognises the woman as Quinn. M explains that they managed to trace her to Heathrow Airport and, from there, to St. Petersburg in Russia. Bond is suspicious - 'It's a trap'. M and Felix agree.

Bond leaves - and prepares to head to St. Petersburg. Moneypenny informs him that the flower sample is a rhodeodendron flower and that the partial logo on the blurred photograph appears to belong to a honey supplier. MI6 believe that Bond has destroyed the nerve centre of a grayanotoxin production facility - the case, it seems, is closed.


ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA



Bond works with field operative, Aoife Daly, to keep an eye on Quinn - and, as part of their investigation, they discover Mr White too. M agrees that this MUST just be a bigger part of the trap but Bond points out that it's too good to resist and requests that M sends him some back-up - which arrives in the form of Geoffrey Hastings, 0011 (who takes a shine to Aoife), and Mary Goodnight, 008. The trio of agents - with logistical support from Aoife - set about luring Mr White into the open and eliminating him.

As part of the mission - 0011 must masquerade as a hotel porter to break into Mr White's hotel room, search for any information and return that information to Aoife. He discovers an iPad in the room, but is discovered by Mr. Roberts. The pair fight in the close quarters of the hotel room - decimating it. But Hastings overcomes Mr. Roberts by wrapping the curtains round his neck and throttling him to death - Hastings' David overcoming Mr Roberts' Goliath. Hastings returns to the safehouse - but, upen returning to the safehouse, he finds that Aoife has been stabbed and her tongue cut out. As 0011 rushes to save Aoife - she tries to warn him of something but because she has had her tongue cut out, he can't understand her. Unseen to 0011 - a bomb has been connected to the phone and as he picks up to call for help, the bomb detonates, shredding the safehouse to rubble.

Simultaneous to this, Bond is pursuing Mr White through the Scarlet Sails - with 008 providing cover fire. However, whilst 008 provides cover fire to Bond, Quinn is providing cover fire for Mr White and her gunfire rips Goodnight's shoulder apart forcing Goodnight to retreat. Bond comes under fire from Quantum snipers - and is forced to break off his pursuit of Mr White in order to stop himself from being shot, taking up pursuit of Quinn instead.

Bond and Quinn end up fighting atop a hovercraft that is negotiating it way around ships and galleons out in the water (around here) during the eight of the celebrations - middle of the night, fireworks; everything. Bond and Quinn's fight ends with the two of them falling from the hovercraft; Bond is able to swim away, but Quinn is pulled under - presumed dead.

Bond is able to resume his pursuit of Mr White, the chase taking them through the star shaped Peter and Paul Fortress - and ending on the top of a building overlooking a glass roofed art gallery. "You should have killed me when you had the chance," says Mr White. "Yes, I should've. Fortunately, I don't make the same mistake twice -" Bond shoots Mr White, who falls off the building, through the glass ceiling of the art gallery and ending up impailed on a spear wielded by a statue.

As Bond looks down on the body of Mr White, we cut to the banks of the river as Quinn hauls herself onto a dock protruding into the river, her face hideously scarred from the fight with Bond ...

The following day - M and Bond walk through the ruins of the safehouse. M explains that Goodnight has been medevaced back to London but 0011 and Aoife are lost causes - something which the iPad that 0011 found in Mr White's hotel room narrowly escaped. Although it has been heavily damaged in the explosion, technicians have been able to find a connection between Emeric Hildebrand's abduction and the highest echelons of power in Nambola. This assignment, says M, will require a great deal of tact and diplomacy - 'God help us all'.


GUSTAFFSBERG, NAMBOLA



Bond arrives as part of the delegation to do with the space tourism program - part of the celebrations include a performance of 'Swan Lake' on a specially constructed stage with the space shuttle as a backdrop. Bond watches the performance - entranced by one of the dancers - and keeps an eye on President Henrik Saphotho, the Nambolan leader. Later, with the help of another delegation member, Vera, he meets Saphotho - who has taken a shine to the ballet dancer that Bond noticed during the performance, Yelena. Bond tries to make contact with Sephotho - but his approach is continually halted by the President's omnipresent bodyguard, Mesquito.

Yelena is invited to spend the night at Saphotho's palace and, after seducing her in his luxurious bedroom and undressing her by a bubbling jacuzzi discovers her 'chernobyl necklace'. Disgusted at her imperfection, he brutally abuses her. Bond has been keeping the palace under observation - and approaches Yelena to plant a bug on the palace's computer system. Over lunch at a local restaraunt, she agrees - and this leads Bond to a mine (preferably a lead mine) where Emeric Hildebrand is conducting his research. Bond helps Hildebrand to escape - but, after revealing Sephotho's plan for 'The Hildebrand Rarity', Hildebrand turns out to be a willing abductee and betrays Bond (and Yelena, by default) to Saehotho.

After he is tortured, Bond escapes Sephotho and rescues Yelena - but doesn't initially realise she has been poisoned with grayanotoxin. He realises (due to familiarity with the toxin due to Turkey) and must break into a clinic to save her. He saves her - and leaves her in the hand of medics as he rushes to - the space tourism launch site where the inaugral civilian launch is set to take place. Included on the guest list on the shuttle is - President Henrik Sephotho.

At the same time as Bond rescues Yelena and treats her, Sephotho has his right hand man, Mesquito, bring Hildebrand before him - the scientist has outlived his use, the process to create the formula has been documented and enough generated that the first stage of their plan. Sephotho has no need for him - takes a gun from Mesquito and shoots Hildebrand between the eyes.

Upon arriving at the launch centre and stealing Vera's ID card, Bond enters the VIP car-park at the launch centre, surveys the cars, settles his eyes on an ASTON MARTIN ONE-77. Using the universal door lock key fob to open the car - he guns it towards the launch tower - but Mesquito manages to intercept Bond before he reaches the shuttle - and the launch countdown begins. Bond gets the upper hand in the fight, throws Mesquito from the launch gantry as the five minute countdown begins. Bond escapes the fury of the rockets exhaust - but Mesquito isn't so lucky and becomes a crispy critter as the shuttle takes off.

Unable to stop Sephotho - he must instead stop Sephotho's plot, calls M and asks for a flight to be chartered to Germany.

SOMEWHERE IN GERMANY



Saphotho and Quantum are planning to use Hildebrand's formulae to turn the gold in the German stockpile into lead - sending the German economy plummeting. At the same time, they will turn Nambola's stockpile of lead into gold - sending the countries wealth skyrocketing overnight. A noble goal, but one that will do more harm than it will do good. Needless to say, Bond stops the use of the formulae in the following sequence:

The Deutche Bundesbanke plan to move it's bullion to three temporary back-up locations whilst they overhaul the bullion storage facility in Berlin - a third will travel by air, a third will travel by rail and a third will travel by autobahn. Quantum plan to launch a multi-pronged stealth attack on the three - grounding the plane at a remote airfield , stopping the train and preventing the road convoy from proceeding further. Bond must work with NATO forces to intercept and prevent the theft of the bullion - taking part in one of the preventative actions himself.

NATO soldiers replace the crew on the airplane - and gun down the Quantum thugs at the remote airstrip. A bridge over the autobahn explodes, blocking the road - but NATO snipers have been loaded into the trucks providing security for the convoy and they take out the thugs there. Bond provides security for the train convoy - and ends up throwing a thug from the train as it passes over a snowy mountain valley: "He was just a fall guy".

The gold bullion, in turn, was never on any of the three convoys - as Bond managed to inform the authorities about Sephotho's plan before the transfer began. Bond has turned the trap on Quantum themselves.


THE UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK



M watches from a viewing platform as soldiers enter the main hall of the United Nations and place President Sephotho under arrest, charging him with a terrorist act - planning to destabilise the world economies. Sephotho is led out of the building in handcuffs, but is shot by a sniper just as he is being shoved into the back of a police car.


Locations: TBC



We meet the Head of Quantum - who declares all out war on the worlds intelligence communities, beginning with MI6 and with Bond. Bond reunites with a recovered Yelena - but the boat they are on is seen to blow up. It appears as if Quantum have made their first move.


JAMES BOND
WILL RETURN IN
'SHATTERHAND'



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Posted 07 November 2010 - 11:44 PM

I like how you handled Hildebrand's character. Very much in Sephotho's nature to do something as cold as that. :tup: Everything else looks good as always, and I think the stage is well set for the big epic conclusion to the trilogy.

#1348 terminus

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Posted 07 November 2010 - 11:58 PM

Okay - on the presumption that the just posted treatment for THR is acceptable, here's the proforma for the final part of the trilogy:


UB28: 'SHATTERHAND'

1 Bond - Daniel Craig

2 Bond Girl 1 (Main ie Vesper/Camille):
3 Bond Girl 2 (Minor ie Solange/Fields):
4 Bond Girl 3 (Background Girl): (there was some discussion about bringing Lucia back for the finale, but this doesn't need to be done)

5 Henchman:
6 Henchman 2:

7 Villain: (a Largo-esque figure)
8 Villain 2:
9 Villain 3: Rutger Hauer as The Head of Quantum (named to be confirmed)
10 Villain 4: Melanie Laurent as Quinn

11 M: Timothy Dalton
12 Moneypenny: Emily Blunt

13 Ally 1: Yvonne Strahovski as Mary Goodnight, 008
14 Ally 2: Jeffrey Wright as Felix Leiter
15 Ally 3: - (a new trainee Double-Oh operative)

LOCATIONS - There are no restrictions on locations, but please try to avoid using locations we've previously used, if at all possible.

16 Pre-Titles Location:
17 Location 1:
18 Location 2:
19 Location 3:
20 Location 4: The Antarctic. Specifically - a hidden lair composed of sunken ships, oil rigs and submarines welded together. Almost a hodge-podge steampunk meets futuristic version of Atlantis (from TSWLM).

KEY PLOT POINTS

21 Villains Plot: A 'nuclear bomb' sort of movie (think Thunderball) - mixed in with Quantum declaring all out war on MI6.

22 Pre-Title Sequence Stunt:
23 Major Stunt 1:
24 Major Stunt 2:
25 Major Stunt 3:
26 Finale Stunt:

STUFF

27 Bond's Car (inc. car gadgets):

28 Gadget 1:
29 Gadget 2:

PRODUCTION

30 Director:

31 Music By:

32 Themetune Sung By:
33 Themetune Written By: (if different from themetune singer and soundtrack writer)

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Posted 08 November 2010 - 12:03 AM

Please, please, for the love of Zod, get rid of that "fall guy" quip; it's horrendous. :S

Also... this puts me in mind of an idea for Shatterhand's opening sequence. B)

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Posted 08 November 2010 - 12:10 AM

I think you should include the field for Title Sequence description; on the other hand, no one ever submitted one for THR. :(

UB28: 'SHATTERHAND'

1 Bond - Daniel Craig

2 Bond Girl 1 (Main ie Vesper/Camille):
3 Bond Girl 2 (Minor ie Solange/Fields):
4 Bond Girl 3 (Background Girl): (there was some discussion about bringing Lucia back for the finale, but this doesn't need to be done)

5 Henchman:
6 Henchman 2:

7 Villain: (a Largo-esque figure)
8 Villain 2:
9 Villain 3: Rutger Hauer as The Head of Quantum (named to be confirmed)
10 Villain 4: Melanie Laurent as Quinn

11 M: Timothy Dalton
12 Moneypenny: Emily Blunt

13 Ally 1: Yvonne Strahovski as Mary Goodnight, 008
14 Ally 2: Jeffrey Wright as Felix Leiter
15 Ally 3: - (a new trainee Double-Oh operative)

LOCATIONS - There are no restrictions on locations, but please try to avoid using locations we've previously used, if at all possible.

16 Pre-Titles Location:
17 Location 1:
18 Location 2:
19 Location 3:
20 Location 4: The Antarctic. Specifically - a hidden lair composed of sunken ships, oil rigs and submarines welded together. Almost a hodge-podge steampunk meets futuristic version of Atlantis (from TSWLM).

KEY PLOT POINTS

21 Villains Plot: A 'nuclear bomb' sort of movie (think Thunderball) - mixed in with Quantum declaring all out war on MI6.

22 Pre-Title Sequence Stunt: Bond has to infiltrate the fleet headquarters of an open-cockpit flying boat squadron to blow them up--one of the boats makes a getaway and Bond has to climb on board and stop it. The idea was taken from the recent unveiling of Iran's new war machines. (This would be a standalone PTS in the vein of MR, FYEO, or OP, i.e., not necessarily connected to the film's plot)
23 Major Stunt 1:
24 Major Stunt 2:
25 Major Stunt 3:
26 Finale Stunt:

STUFF

27 Bond's Car (inc. car gadgets):

28 Gadget 1:
29 Gadget 2:

PRODUCTION

30 Director:

31 Music By:

32 Themetune Sung By:
33 Themetune Written By: (if different from themetune singer and soundtrack writer)

34 Title Sequence Description: