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[DamnCoffee]

I think it was just mere coincidence.

[Shrublands]

I think it was just mere coincidence.

To add to a whole host of other coincidences.

Only two people saw all this spectacle in central London.

They both opened a Twitter account in the last hour.

They both started posting about the same events, almost in unison, even though they had been going on since 2 o’clock this afternoon.

Neither mention this until afterwards.

[Luigi Ferrari]

empiremagazine Empire Magazine
First official shot of Bond from SKYFALL to be unveiled tomorrow. Set your alarm clocks (that also double as rocket launchers) for 8am.


empiremagazine Empire Magazine
We're taking bets on 007's pose in that official pic. Most are going for Blue Steel. Some are going for 'Thumbs Up Besides a Giant Fish'

Edited by Luigi Ferrari, 31 January 2012 - 06:42 PM.

[Luigi Ferrari]

Strangely enough, after I wrote here that the scene in Smithfield Market was expected to be a day shot, another new Twitter account is reporting that the shooting started at 2 p.m. The guilty is reading us...Plus, this account may have been created just with the purpose to add credibility to what the other account had said. We need more confirmations.

Edited by Luigi Ferrari, 31 January 2012 - 06:54 PM.

[Shrublands]

Strangely enough, after I wrote here that the scene in Smithfield Market was expected to be a day shot, another new Twitter account is reporting that the shooting started at 2 p.m. The guilty is reading us...Plus, this account may have been created just with the purpose to add credibility to what the other account had said. We need more confirmations.

Exactly, as you and I raised questions here, shortly afterwards they are answered there.
Coincidence, don’t think so.

[Royal Dalton]

Sounds like quite a good action sequence, anyway. Whether it's in the film, or not, is another matter.

[Skudor]

Got to love the internet.

[Vauxhall]

This was inevitable. Utter bollocks and not even a well thought out and constructed hoax. Nice try guys (assuming you're still lurking and reading) - you need to try better than that. Your grasp of filming, publicity, fact-sourcing, etc is sadly lacking in all departments.

Let's please stop posting fan fiction in this thread now please!

Today's real news - image release tomorrow morning UK time, approximately 12.5 hours from now.

[DamnCoffee]

Diane Summerby @DianeSummerby
Daniel Craig running through the rain soaking wet with a PPK. YES PLEASE! This film is just looking better and better #Skyfall


Have to admit that this is a better attempt.

[Luigi Ferrari]

This was inevitable. Utter bollocks and not even a well thought out and constructed hoax. Nice try guys (assuming you're still lurking and reading) - you need to try better than that. Your grasp of filming, publicity, fact-sourcing, etc is sadly lacking in all departments.

Let's please stop posting fan fiction in this thread now please!

Today's real news - image release tomorrow morning UK time, approximately 12.5 hours from now.

Holy words. + Rep for you, Vauxhall.

Edited by Luigi Ferrari, 31 January 2012 - 07:36 PM.

[Luigi Ferrari]

Let's leave fan fiction and go back to the genuine espionage.
As I previously reported they've planned to film some exciting action sequences on the water ( possibly involving jet-ski). Here's my latest scoop:

@tamsinamy_ Tamsin Amy
cannot believe my dad has managed to blag his way into the new james bond movie

@roberta_u Roberta Usai
@tamsinamy_ bo knows where it's at

@tamsinamy_ Tamsin Amy
@roberta_u they asked him to drive a damn speedboat and wear a tux, now he thinks he's brad pitt

Edited by Luigi Ferrari, 31 January 2012 - 10:08 PM.

[univex]

Why would he think he´s brad pitt?!

Speedboat and tux eh?

[Skudor]

It's the obvious conclusion. Tux, blondish hair, speedboat. Gotta be Pitt. Obviously.

[killkenny kid]

This was inevitable. Utter bollocks and not even a well thought out and constructed hoax. Nice try guys (assuming you're still lurking and reading) - you need to try better than that. Your grasp of filming, publicity, fact-sourcing, etc is sadly lacking in all departments.

Let's please stop posting fan fiction in this thread now please!

Today's real news - image release tomorrow morning UK time, approximately 12.5 hours from now.

Indeed, great work V. Maybe its Sam and Daniel having a good laugh.

[Shrublands]

Forgive the translation, but I think this sounds very interesting.

Club James Bond France
Great news, our President has been invited by Sony to attend the filming of Skyfall at Pinewood. The date, is for the moment, a secret but he will attend the filming of a scene between James Bond, a Komodo dragon and a body guard. All on a floating casino.
http://www.facebook....nce/40598789261

[Luigi Ferrari]

Forgive the translation, but I think this sounds very interesting.

Club James Bond France
Great news, our President has been invited by Sony to attend the filming of Skyfall at Pinewood. The date, is for the moment, a secret but he will attend the filming of a scene between James Bond, a Komodo dragon and a body guard. All on a floating casino.
http://www.facebook....nce/40598789261

Hence the speedboat and the tux. Good news.

[Vauxhall]

Forgive the translation, but I think this sounds very interesting.

Club James Bond France
Great news, our President has been invited by Sony to attend the filming of Skyfall at Pinewood. The date, is for the moment, a secret but he will attend the filming of a scene between James Bond, a Komodo dragon and a body guard. All on a floating casino.
http://www.facebook....nce/40598789261

Wow!

[SecretAgentFan]

A Komodo dragon!

[Shrublands]

A Komodo dragon!

I just watched a video of one killing a Water Buffalo – ferocious things. I think they could be a great addition to the Bond pantheon of lethal, exotic animals.
Wonderfully ugly and deadly.

[The Shark]

7 Reasons a Komodo Dragon is the Ideal Pet

The Komodo dragon: A carnivorous lizard that can grow up to 9.8 feet in length might, to the uninformed layman, seem like a poor choice of pet. But it isn’t. The Komodo dragon is, in fact, the ideal domestic animal for many people. And here are seven reasons why.



1. They’re Cool. Just look at it! It’s a veritable behemoth of a dinosaur/land-crocodile/lumbering monster. It’s got a forked tongue and a pointy tail! It makes next door’s dog look rubbish in comparison. In fact, it will probably eat next door’s dog. Then you won’t have to put up with the damned thing barking at aeroplanes and at your bicycle all night. You’ll be the envy of your neighbourhood because being the owner of a Komodo dragon is cool, and being the owner of a missing dog is not cool. Even if you do a very good job on the posters.

2. Health. For elderly people, a pet can be most advantageous to their health. A small dog can keep them company and provide them with stimulation in the form of exercise. But, for young, active people, a small dog doesn’t go far enough. You need larger, more demanding pet. The physical and mental challenge of getting past a Komodo dragon in your hallway every morning will leave you feeling alive, alert and invigorated. If you are successful, that is. If you’re not successful then at least you may have lost some weight. And you’ll be better motivated the next time. And how many limbs do you really need anyway?

3. Eggs. Komodo dragons lay eggs. This is beneficial as the conventional method of getting fresh eggs is to keep chickens, which are scary creatures with cruel, unblinking eyes and alarmingly pointed beaks that make clucking noises and peck you when you’re not expecting it. But if you keep a Komodo dragon as a pet, you can have fresh eggs for breakfast without ever having to suffer the presence of a chicken again.

4. Return To A Simpler, Bygone Age. “It was much better in my day”, we’re often told by nostalgic elders, wistfully pining for a return to the society of their youth; “we could go out all day and leave our doors unlocked”. And with a Komodo dragon as your pet, you too will be able to go out all day and leave your doors unlocked. Hell, if your Komodo dragon grows big enough, you won’t even need doors. And if the elderly are to be believed, this will be bloody marvellous. In the fullness of time, you’ll be able to bore your grandkids senseless about how nice it was in your day without keys/locks/doors/bolts/alarms or any other security paraphernalia, just good old Tufty guarding the house and the odd bobby on the beat strolling by. That’s if your grandchildren haven’t been eaten by Tufty, of course. And even if they have been, that’s all the more Werther’s Original and Jamaica ginger cake for you. There is literally no downside to Komodo dragon ownership.

5. Feeding. Now I know what you’re thinking and stop that right now: He will not find you less attractive if you wear the shoes with the smaller heels, and she will not notice that the browsing history’s disappeared from the laptop again. Well, she will now, I should never have mentioned it. Sorry. Anyway, I also know that you’re thinking: A Komodo dragon will eat me out of house and home; surely I’d be better off getting a cat. But you’re wrong. Because cats need feeding twice a day, and Komodo dragons can eat on as few as twelve occasions per year, which is 718 less feeds per annum than a cat requires. Admittedly your Komodo dragon will probably need something more substantial than a bowl of Whiskas; a couple of kilograms of mince, perhaps. Or a goat. But that still seems like less food than a cat would consume. In fact, you may never need to feed it at all as, if you let your Komodo dragon out of the house, it will happily forage for pedestrians all by itself.

6. Reproduction. Now I’m not an expert on the reproductive systems of Komodo dragons but, at 7 Reasons (.org) we are nothing if not well-researched.* And, during the initial minute of my study into fauna native to the island of Komodo, I unearthed this amazing fact: The Komodo dragon does not have a diaphragm. This is great for the Komodo dragon owner, as it means that they’ll be fantastically easy to breed: The female won’t have to disappear to the bathroom for ages beforehand, and the male won’t get bored waiting and begin to think about chips. You can’t argue with science like that. A little knowledge truly does go a long way.

7. Home Movies. Many owners film their pets and then show the movies to their friends. But other people’s pets are really dull (unless they have a Komodo dragon, of course). And friends and family can only stand to watch a film of your hamster chewing some string or your cat staring at a gate so many times before their thoughts begin to turn to murder. But if you had a Komodo dragon, built a small set, and filmed in a B-movie style, your pet-movies would be like Godzilla. And that would be beyond amazing. That would be so awesome that we’d need to invent a new word for it: Preferably one that will survive predictive text and is easy to type with the odd missing digit/hand, and while running down a hallway.

I have finished writing now, so go forth to your pet shops and purchase Komodo dragons.

http://7reasons.org/...s-the-ideal-pet

[SecretAgentFan]

Wow, fights with huge lizards! Could surfing glaziers also be included?

[Shrublands]

Wow, fights with huge lizards! Could surfing glaziers also be included?

What about a giant squid then?

[Vauxhall]

If the fight involving a komodo dragon is true, then I'm surprised that I'm not more concerned about it. In most regards, it sounds pretty daft - but firstly, I can't see Sam Mendes doing something ludicrous, and secondly, I think it harks back to the days of Bond having to deal with tarantulas, sharks, alligators, tigers, etc. It introduces a genuinely dangerous and unpredictable natural element into the predicament that Bond faces, and it excites me a great deal.

Article about the dangers of komodo dragons: http://news.bbc.co.u...ine/7443648.stm

[Shrublands]

If the fight involving a komodo dragon is true, then I'm surprised that I'm not more concerned about it. In most regards, it sounds pretty daft - but firstly, I can't see Sam Mendes doing something ludicrous, and secondly, I think it harks back to the days of Bond having to deal with tarantulas, sharks, alligators, tigers, etc. It introduces a genuinely dangerous and unpredictable natural element into the predicament that Bond faces, and it excites me a great deal.

Me too.
And even if Bond doesn’t actually fight it, it would be just lovely if the villain fed someone to it during the film.

[The Shark]

Same here. Bring back the critters from hell!

[DamnCoffee]

Love the idea of this! Would be nice to see Bond fighting a few animals like the good old days!

[SecretAgentFan]

If the fight involving a komodo dragon is true, then I'm surprised that I'm not more concerned about it. In most regards, it sounds pretty daft - but firstly, I can't see Sam Mendes doing something ludicrous, and secondly, I think it harks back to the days of Bond having to deal with tarantulas, sharks, alligators, tigers, etc. It introduces a genuinely dangerous and unpredictable natural element into the predicament that Bond faces, and it excites me a great deal.

Article about the dangers of komodo dragons: http://news.bbc.co.u...ine/7443648.stm

Always coming back to Mendes´ outspoken love for LIVE AND LET DIE, this could be his answer to the famous crocodile farm sequence.

[Skudor]

Anyone else seeing the Dr No nod with the dragon? And possibly (stretching here) with the whole arrival by speedboat (not so much the floating casino - that's more Octopussy).

I'm guessing the Komodo Dragon itself will be for atmosphere rather than fighting. Possibly someone will be fed to one, but I suspect that's hoping for too much.

[Royal Dalton]

Now that sounds awesome.

[Shrublands]

Anyone else seeing the Dr No nod with the dragon? And possibly (stretching here) with the whole arrival by speedboat (not so much the floating casino - that's more Octopussy).

A speedboat to a casino says Thunderball to me - and I love it!