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[Shrublands]

http://www.bbc.co.uk...t-arts-15889689

[SecretAgentFan]

http://www.bbc.co.uk...t-arts-15889689

Boy, EON and Medes will be very happy with the agent talking to the press...

So they go younger with Q. A logical step. That SKYFALL indeed has Q is interesting. If Eve is indeed Moneypenny then we will have the full set back. Well, lots of opportunities for complaining...

[marktmurphy]

Good stuff; what we'd hoped for in fact.
He's different but not a full-on comedy character. I'd hoped a new Q wouldn't be too much of a reaction against old versions, and this feels right.

[lechero]

Bold choice, but I like it.
A young Q will add a new dynamic to the series. I wonder if Whishaw has already signed on for more than one film. Would certainly make sense.

[TCK]

Holy .

[MarkA]

I think it kind of makes sense. I can see him as a nerdy boffin.

[marktmurphy]

I'm hoping with an actor like Whishaw it won't be too nerdy: I hope they're taking it seriously and not making him too Algenon-y, or like the rubbish Q substitute in that Alias TV show.

[Captain Tightpants]

A young Q will add a new dynamic to the series.

I'm very curious to see where EON go with this: a brash, arrogant youngster who endears himself to Bond? A socially-awkward near-genius? I just hope they don't go in for the stuffy inventor trope in the vein of Desmond Llewellyn and John Cleese too soon, but to leave the path open for that. For example, by having him provide Bond with something that he is "particularly proud of", only to be disappointed/heartbroken when Bond brings it back in ten pieces.

[tdalton]

Shouldn't this have been in the spoiler section (and with a thread title that didn't give this away on the main page)?

Considering that Mendes went to great lengths to say that this role, amongst several others, was one that he "could tell us nothing about", I didn't want to know this information.

[Captain Tightpants]

Shouldn't this have been in the spoiler section (and with a thread title that didn't give this away on the main page)?

Considering that Mendes went to great lengths to say that this role, amongst several others, was one that he "could tell us nothing about", I didn't want to know this information.

I was about to say the same thing.

[marktmurphy]

I'm very curious to see where EON go with this: a brash, arrogant youngster who endears himself to Bond? A socially-awkward near-genius? I just hope they don't go in for the stuffy inventor trope in the vein of Desmond Llewellyn and John Cleese too soon, but to leave the path open for that. For example, by having him provide Bond with something that he is "particularly proud of", only to be disappointed/heartbroken when Bond brings it back in ten pieces.

I'm sort of hoping he's just a professional guy doing his job.

One thing this news may mean is... do we get a couple more gadgets this time around? I love a gadget.

[MarkA]

Shouldn't this have been in the spoiler section (and with a thread title that didn't give this away on the main page)?

Seeing this is going to be splashed everywhere I hardly think a spoiler notice would have made much difference. It is huge on the BBc website for a start.

[tdalton]

Now that this has been spoiled for me, I have to say that I really don't like the idea of Q returning to the series. It would have been nice to see them continue along the path they were already going down rather than bringing back a character that has done as much to define the checklist formula that the new films should be looking to break away from rather than embrace.

Seeing this is going to be splashed everywhere I hardly think a spoiler notice would have made much difference. It is huge on the BBc website for a start.

Then we could have let the news outlets spoil it rather than having it spoiled here. I've gone out of my way to avoid spoilers on every news/entertainment site about SkyFall, so it's possible that I could have avoided this on a news/entertainment site. Plus, I'm not sure how much play it would get in the US anyway, considering very few people (I'm guessing) over here know who Ben Wishaw is.

Edited by tdalton, 25 November 2011 - 01:49 PM.

[The Shark]

It was only a matter of time, really. After the cold turkey of the last two movies, the public wants its fix.

[Royal Dalton]

Shouldn't this have been in the spoiler section (and with a thread title that didn't give this away on the main page)?

Seeing this is going to be splashed everywhere I hardly think a spoiler notice would have made much difference. It is huge on the BBc website for a start.

Yep. And it's not exactly a shocker, is it? Pointless of them to try to cover it up in the first place, really.

He should be good, though. I'm expecting quirky rather than nerdy.

[marktmurphy]

The idea of this being a spoiler amuses me; if you frequent Bond forums you're going to be seeing info about the new Bond film, and generally who's playing who does get mentioned occasionally!

[Pierce - Daniel]

It makes sense for Q to be a younger man. After all the tech hounds these days are young upstarts, look at Zuckerberg and all the Facebook guys, the idea of young geekish Q seems to mesh with tha idea entirely.
I think he's a perfect fit, it's nice to see Whishaw in a Bond film, he's from the same town as me as well.

[tdalton]

The idea of this being a spoiler amuses me; if you frequent Bond forums you're going to be seeing info about the new Bond film, and generally who's playing who does get mentioned occasionally!

It is a spoiler if the filmmakers didn't want us to know the identity of the character, which they obviously didn't.

I guess there's no reason for there to be a spoiler section in this forum anymore if we're just going to post everything up on the main page in easily visible thread titles. And, NO, I shouldn't have to see information about the new film in the regular forums when there is a perfectly good Spoiler Section that is meant for such information. That's the entire point of the Spoiler Section, if I'm not mistaken.

I guess I can look forward to a story on the site's main page next week spoiling the ending of the film and the meaning of the title as well.

Surely, the thread title could have simply been "Wishaw's character revealed" or something like that?

Edited by tdalton, 25 November 2011 - 01:59 PM.

[Righty007]

The idea of this being a spoiler amuses me; if you frequent Bond forums you're going to be seeing info about the new Bond film, and generally who's playing who does get mentioned occasionally!

It is a spoiler if the filmmakers didn't want us to know the identity of the character, which they obviously didn't.

I guess there's no reason for there to be a spoiler section in this forum anymore if we're just going to post everything up on the main page in easily visible thread titles. And, NO, I shouldn't have to see information about the new film in the regular forums when there is a perfectly good Spoiler Section that is meant for such information. That's the entire point of the Spoiler Section, if I'm not mistaken.

I guess I can look forward to a story on the site's main page next week spoiling the ending of the film and the meaning of the title as well.

This isn't a spoiler. Knowing the cast of a film before the release date isn't spoiling anything. Stop being childish; it's annoying but I've come to expect this from tdalton unfortunately.

[Shrublands]

This isn't a spoiler. Knowing the cast of a film before the release date isn't spoiling anything.

Exactly.

It’s quite ridiculous to suggest that this bit of casting news is a spoiler.

The reason all the cast and character names was not released at once, was so Eon could drip-feed the news through over the months - it sustains interest. The agent in question has confirmed this at this stage because he/she has been told that they can now.

Knowing the cast and who they are playing is not a spoiler, unless it’s something to do with a secret identity. Which this isn't.

[The Shark]

Q kills Bond...

[marktmurphy]

The idea of this being a spoiler amuses me; if you frequent Bond forums you're going to be seeing info about the new Bond film, and generally who's playing who does get mentioned occasionally!

It is a spoiler if the filmmakers didn't want us to know the identity of the character, which they obviously didn't.

Yet. But I bet they would have. Just as I'm sure the name of Fiennes' character will come out before the film does; they're just dribbling info out.

If the film's plot hinges on a surprise reveal of what Q looks like (!) I'll eat my keyboard.

[stromberg]

Well, personally, I don't see it very much as a spoiler (especially as I expected and predicted this).
But at this early stage, some people may consider it as spoiler (as we can see from the discussion in this thread).

Anyhow, I'd say a change of the thread title is in order, but move to the spoiler forums? Come on...

[Napoleon Solo]

http://www.bbc.co.uk...t-arts-15889689

Boy, EON and Medes will be very happy with the agent talking to the press...

So they go younger with Q. A logical step. That SKYFALL indeed has Q is interesting. If Eve is indeed Moneypenny then we will have the full set back. Well, lots of opportunities for complaining...

There was evidently a new round of Whishaw-as-Q-stories in the tabloid papers. So the agent (perhaps in consultation with Eon, perhaps not) confirmed it to the BBC.

[killkenny kid]

Great choice. I'm really enjoying this cast.

[jaguar007]

IT is currently the lead story on IMDB, so even if it was posed with a spoiler tag, everyone would have known abut it by the time the movie comes out anyhow.

[DamnCoffee]

Niiiiiice!

[MattofSteel]

Great choice if true. Can easily picture him playing an uptight, pompous, technology-first, young Quartermaster with no respect for the complexities and layers of the intelligence world - all he cares about is his hardware. Great comedic skill as an actor, too. Can picture him sparring with Craig over the gadgets.

[Mr_Wint]

I was expecting this. Terrible, absolutely terrible.

[zencat]

It makes sense that Q would be young.