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[Jim]

Do you need to react at all, though?

If one forum member has the right to express an opinion, then every forum member has the right to agree, disagree or abstain as they see fit.

_{I'm not convinced it's that subjective a criterion.}

[Captain Tightpants]

What are you expecting me to say? That I don't need to post? If I don't need to post, then why does any member need to post at all?

[Jim]

What are you expecting me to say? That I don't need to post? If I don't need to post, then why does any member need to post at all?

Seems like a sensible way of moderating one's own behaviour, certainly.

[Captain Tightpants]

I'm sorry, but I'm not certain what I've done wrong, aside from post at an hour that was appropriate for me to post. If you look at the timestamps, it's not like I was posting that two minutes after Major Tallon. It was closer to forty-five minutes, and in that time, I double-checked to make sure that Fleming actually did write Bond's flat as being at Wellington Square, searched for any substantial news that the scenes shot at Cadogan Square were indeed intended to be Bond's flat, and used Google Maps to work out where Wellington and Cadogan were in relation to one another. So I'm a little bemused as to why I'm the bad guy, simply because I took the time to construct an actual argument. Especially considering that, at the time of my disagreeing with Tallon's post, I had only posted twice in this thread in the space of twenty-four hours. Or is this because I read Tallon's post as a criticism of EON for not shooting at Wellington Square? If so, please: tell me how else I am supposed to read it. I don't see any other way of reading it.

If anybody here is in the wrong, it's Mharkin, for jumping down my thoat when all I did was take the time to construct and present a case for disagreeing with Tallon, and then posed it in the forum of a question (actually several of them) so that he could reply and I could maybe understand why he felt that way. It would have been a problem if I had said "no, you're wrong, go away". But I didn't do that at all. I'm sorry, but I haven't done anything wrong here. And I'm beginning to feel like I'm being judged based on the content of my posts in other threads rather than the content of the post I made. At least when I posted, I made a case based on the content of the post I was replying to, and not the person posting it.

[Tuxedo]

All I'm doing is reading his post, and looking at the language used.

But please be tolerant in doing so. In my case I don't use my native language in this forum. That's why I can't express myself in the way I'd love to.

[Luigi Ferrari]

Matt Cooper @cooper_m
Filming a documentary in London at Westminster. Bond movie scenes being shot alongside. Slightly different budget.

Phil Harris @phileasphil
So is that #B23 #Skyfall #Bondfilming in Parliament Square ??

Edited by Luigi Ferrari, 19 February 2012 - 10:40 AM.

[Captain Tightpants]

Matt Cooper @cooper_m
Filming a documentary in London at Westminster. Bond movie scenes being shot alongside. Slightly different budget.

I wonder ... could he be filming the documentary on the production of SKYFALL and the fiftieth anniversary?

[Vauxhall]

Matt Cooper @cooper_m
Filming a documentary in London at Westminster. Bond movie scenes being shot alongside. Slightly different budget.

I wonder ... could he be filming the documentary on the production of SKYFALL and the fiftieth anniversary?

The gentleman in question appears to be an Irish radio presenter, so I figure he's filming something to do with that, and it's an unrelated documentary.

Beautiful day in London, but sadly can't make it to Westminster or Whitehall today. Hopefully someone else can...

[Luigi Ferrari]

Paul Byrne @PaulByrneUK
Just seen the new Bond film being shot around Parliament Square

Issi @Issi_Australia
@cravengossip The new Bond film is being filmed on the Pall Mall!!! Go there for a Daniel Craig Crave!!!

[Vauxhall]

I'd wager they're using Pall Mall/The Mall as a unit base again, and the real action is around Parliament Square or Whitehall.

[Major Tallon]

They appear not to recall that Bond's flat is in Wellington Square.

1) Where has it been confirmed that Bond's flat will feature in the film?
2a) Is it really so critical that the film depicts the flat as being in Wellington Square as opposed to Cadogan Square?
2b) How does having Bond's flat in Cadogan Square instead of Wellington affect the quality of the film?
3) Cadogan Square is just 470 metres from Wellington, so do you really think anyone - outside Fleming purists with an intimate knowledge of London geography within a quarter-mile radius of Knightsbridge - is going to notice the difference if Cadogan Square is presented as Wellington?

Aw, c'mon, Captain Tightpants I intended it as a lighthearted remark, not a serious complaint. I'm excited for the new film and having fun with the various revelations we've seen about it. If you took serious offense at my little comment, I humbly and profoundly apologize.

[marktmurphy]

I did hear on the radio that there's congestion around the Rotherhithe tunnel due to filming today. No idea if it's Mr Bond or not.

What are you expecting me to say? That I don't need to post? If I don't need to post, then why does any member need to post at all?

Please stop being such a dick. I'm tired of the way your aggression derails these otherwise fun threads.
You're wrong: you annoy people: end of. Don't bother arguing with Jim about it. On other forums I go to moderation isn't to be discussed and you'd get a temporary ban for it; shame they don't do that here in your case.

I'm not going to argue with you about this, incidentally: unlike you I'm not looking for an argument. Don't bother replying.

[Single-O-Seven]

They appear not to recall that Bond's flat is in Wellington Square.

1) Where has it been confirmed that Bond's flat will feature in the film?
2a) Is it really so critical that the film depicts the flat as being in Wellington Square as opposed to Cadogan Square?
2b) How does having Bond's flat in Cadogan Square instead of Wellington affect the quality of the film?
3) Cadogan Square is just 470 metres from Wellington, so do you really think anyone - outside Fleming purists with an intimate knowledge of London geography within a quarter-mile radius of Knightsbridge - is going to notice the difference if Cadogan Square is presented as Wellington?

Aw, c'mon, Captain Tightpants I intended it as a lighthearted remark, not a serious complaint. I'm excited for the new film and having fun with the various revelations we've seen about it. If you took serious offense at my little comment, I humbly and profoundly apologize.

Yep. See what you've done!

[Luigi Ferrari]

Michael Ruse @RuseMichael
Behind the scenes in the new James Bond film! Got asked to be an extra in the whitehall road scene! #win http://pic.twitter.com/wosNjshs

[thecasinoroyale]

Loving all these updates...it's all coming together well in London it seems.

[Luigi Ferrari]

Dorina @Dorina335
Sadly had to leave James Bond filming on Whitehall to catch train home so missed Judy Dench. Daniel Craig filming in Greenwich tomorrow

[Vauxhall]

Naturally unverifiable but one Twitter user who has been on set today says that Daniel Craig will be filming in Greenwich tomorrow. Random thing to make up if he's not been told that!

[DamnCoffee]

Just seen this post on Tumblr.


So I spent today showing London to a girl from the same program as me who came down for The Woman in Black last night from Scotland. After the play another kid from the program who I’d met on my second day here but goes to a different college suggested we show her around on her only day in London. So, we were walking around and these guys in official looking jackets with walkie talkies were like telling us sidewalk people to keep walking or wait at the bus stop ahead of us or else it’ll look like we’re staring into the camera and we were like huh? And looked across the street to see a camera crew and a bunch of on lookers and we were like what’s the film? And one of the official “location marshalls” was like. James Bond. and we were like. heart attack. So there is a .03% chance you can see me walking down the sidewalk in the latest James Bond movie that I didn’t even know they were making. But in all honestly you probably won’t see me because they probably weren’t filming yet because I’m lucky like that :(

But still. we just accidentally happened upon the filming of a James Bond movie. What is my life right now? That’s seriously cool. Even if it was most likely just b-roll footage and no famous people were probably around. And the further down we walked the more it was obvious a movie was being made because there were camera vans and local police were directing the traffic and there were cars stopped that we suspected were purposely waiting for their cue to drive for the footage.

It was totally boss. So I’m happy with my day. Also. I got fish and chips for lunch which is always awesome and I called Coleman and asked where the place that ruined hot chocolate for me on my first day in London was and got some of that heavenly stuff. And also, we kept happening upon interesting stuff going down everywhere we went (like there was a parade in front of Backingham Palace for like. no reason.. that I know of lol).
And then we helped Katie buy her ticket to King’s Cross and now I’m back at my flat kinda cold and sleepy and ready to clean my room and relax before I start cooking dinner and start on some “homework.”

Edited by Mharkin, 19 February 2012 - 04:46 PM.

[Vauxhall]

Astonishing that people actually insert the word "like" in the pauses of their sentences. I wonder what happened to the English language. Admittedly, my frustrations about that are not relevant here obviously.

Thanks for posting.

[Royal Dalton]

I know. It's, like, really annoying.

[Vauxhall]

I know. It's, like, really annoying.

I originally wrote my post in that style but felt too dirty to submit it. Respect.

[Jim]

So there is a .03% chance you can see me walking down the sidewalk in the latest James Bond movie that I didn’t even know they were making.

Real people; aren't they just utterly scrumptious?

It was totally boss. So I’m happy with my day. Also. I got fish and chips for lunch which is always awesome and I called Coleman and asked where the place that ruined hot chocolate for me on my first day in London was and got some of that heavenly stuff. And also, we kept happening upon interesting stuff going down everywhere we went (like there was a parade in front of Backingham Palace for like. no reason.. that I know of lol).
And then we helped Katie buy her ticket to King’s Cross and now I’m back at my flat kinda cold and sleepy and ready to clean my room and relax before I start cooking dinner and start on some “homework.”

Bless.

[Luigi Ferrari]

Emma Townsend @emmatownsend90
Great weekend being a london tourist. accidently stumbled across judi dench filming for james bond. ahh #bffl @RachelBown1 @tobysmith1990

ẢNDERSON.© @IA2293
Going past the O2 , they are filming the new James bond movie
14 mins ago

Robert Mulligan @RobertMulligan5
Filming new James Bond movie on Whitehall today car chase scene about to start, awesome Sunday afternoon! pic.twitter.com/LLfQrj60

Robert Mulligan @RobertMulligan5
@itsmerachyroo hey Rach! Lol that wasn't the car but I waited for 20 mins and all it was, was a jag driving at 20mph down a road no action!

Michael Ruse @RuseMichael
#JamesBond filming pic.twitter.com/qZMl9BAh


Filming will continue through the night. Keep your eyes open, Londoners.

Edited by Luigi Ferrari, 19 February 2012 - 09:23 PM.

[Captain Tightpants]

With the number of people stumbling upon filming, is SKYFALL going to be filled with scenes of people tripping over?

[Luigi Ferrari]

http://www.imdb.com/...t/195108153?p=1

They filmed at Waterloo first thing, then Parliment Square and Whitehall late morning. Sam Mendes came along with Judi Dench to shoot a very small scene and he didnt like the lighting of the earlir footage so they had to reshoot the Waterloo/Parliment Square parts.

Nothing too exciting, Just a bunch of cars driving around, one of which had Judi Denches character in it. Her double did most of the work though, as you couldnt really see through the windows.

I also saw Rory Kinnear at the base, but I didnt see what he filmed. There was a car with a camera mounted to the side, so I assume he was in that shot with Judi that Sam Mendes directed.

From what I heard from the crew, Daniel was at Pinewood filming in the big water tanks, supposedly for a scene set in Shanghai, but don't quote me on that one.

Heres some pics, nothing too excting I'm afraid.

The Skyfall Slate http://i1270.photobu.../MH87/Slate.jpg

Judi Denches double http://i1270.photobu...7/JDsDouble.jpg

Ms Car http://i1270.photobu...MH87/JDscar.jpg

The Camera Rig http://i1270.photobu...08/MH87/Rig.jpg

[Tuxedo]

Alexander Witt is mentioned on the Skyfall clapperboard.

[Matt_13]

Alexander Witt is mentioned on the Skyfall clapperboard.

Great catch, second unit work then.

[Mr. Blofeld]

For... Scene 22, if I've got that right? That's even before the Vauxhall shooting...

Where'd you take the slate photo: Waterloo, Parliament Square, or Whitehall?

[Vauxhall]

That slate is from Whitehall or Parliament Square, I'd say. It's probably all part of the same sequence anyway.

[Shrublands]

They appear not to recall that Bond's flat is in Wellington Square.

Fleming never actually said it was Wellington Sq. John Pearson came up with that one for the ‘Biography’ based on the general description and directions in the Fleming novels.

It’s as good a choice as any, but Fleming described a bay window and none of the buildings in Wellington Sq have bay windows.
Others have said it must be Markham Sq or even Royal Avenue.
So, I think it’s just as legitimate for the filmmakers to use Cadogan Sq.