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[Germanlady]

Or perhaps he's been brainwashed and is on his way to kill M. He looks rough, tired, possibly drunk - all intentional I'm sure.

In the National gallery? Not likely. I suppose, what ever is haunting M has come and got her. He looks less pissed then very worried, shaken...

[Captain Tightpants]

Or perhaps he's been brainwashed and is on his way to kill M. He looks rough, tired, possibly drunk - all intentional I'm sure.

I think the idea that the opening of TMWTGG will be filmed is little more than fan fantasy right now.

[Skudor]

Or perhaps he's been brainwashed and is on his way to kill M. He looks rough, tired, possibly drunk - all intentional I'm sure.

In the National gallery? Not likely. I suppose, what ever is haunting M has come and got her. He looks less pissed then very worried, shaken...

The national gallery is right accross from the Admiralty, where M used to be based, and a stone's throw away from Downing Street - so it's within the realms of possibility. But yes, in the context of the plot, he's probably just a bit shaken and stirred about M's betrayals etc. Sigh.

Or perhaps he's been brainwashed and is on his way to kill M. He looks rough, tired, possibly drunk - all intentional I'm sure.

I think the idea that the opening of TMWTGG will be filmed is little more than fan fantasy right now.

Leave my fantasies alone!

Location: M's office in the Admiralty, late at night.
Bond walks in, pulls out his gun [insert your favourte type, I don't really care], looks at M blankly, aims and fires a single shot. Camera shows DD-M slumped in her chair, a single red dot on her forehead. The camera then gets knocked sideways and falls to the floor, as Bond is taken out (shot in the shoulder, or whatever else non-lethal).

A bit too self referential, and Bond focused - but it's worth it for this.

[Captain Tightpants]

But the reason why that scene works is because we are led to believe that the man who shoots M might not be Bond. He only claims to be Bond. And the problem with putting that on film is that we can clearly see that it is Bond from the moment he enters MI6. The alternative is to use it to introduce the next Bond, but that would just feel cheap.

Besides, the failed assassination doesn't work with the SKYFALL plot synopsis. Bond must question his loyalty to M because of what M did; the assassination would be the opposite of that.

[Skudor]

But the reason why that scene works is because we are led to believe that the man who shoots M might not be Bond. He only claims to be Bond. And the problem with putting that on film is that we can clearly see that it is Bond from the moment he enters MI6. The alternative is to use it to introduce the next Bond, but that would just feel cheap.

Besides, the failed assassination doesn't work with the SKYFALL plot synopsis. Bond must question his loyalty to M because of what M did; the assassination would be the opposite of that.

All good points. But...

1) This doesn't have to be adapted verbatim or with the same context as it was in the novel. And even then, the right shots of a scruffy type preparing a gun (no face shown), hands shaking, walking down corridors, only shown from behind. Suitably non-Bondian in appearance, and never showing his face... it could be made to work. But personally I'd ditch the 'is it really him' concept and rather go with 'will he really do it'? (with the answer being: "Yes he just did, didn't he! Surely she's not really dead". And my favourite "I can't believe they did that".

2) Bond's loyalties are questioned, perhaps to such an extent that he is convinced by greater powers (say a respectable and powerful Mandarin in the civil service) that he must take her out. Unfortunately in EON world that would probably end up being a fake assassination, as in TLDL... but, as above, I'd personally rather see them play it through and then solve the dilemma of Bond having killed M but still remaining in the service. Could be solved through M's past being murky enough and the orders having come from someone high up enough.

I'm certainly not saying this will happen - but I'll fantasise away.

[Marketto007]

Marketto, you have a pm..

Replied.

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[Luigi Ferrari]

Here's the gallery of Skyfall shooting in Trafalgar Square, last Saturday.


http://jamesbondbras...afalgar-square/

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Great job, Marketto007! + rep
Did you rearrange the photos or are they placed in the order they were taken? It is important to understand the evolution of the sequence, since it seems to me that a few images refer to a scene that was shot several times and other pictures show Craig as he is repositioning to reshoot the scene.

[Marketto007]

Did you rearrange the photos or are they placed in the order they were taken? It is important to understand the evolution of the sequence, since it seems to me that a few images refer to a scene that was shot several times and other pictures show Craig as he is repositioning to reshoot the scene.

The photos were courtesy of Dedicated To Daniel. I've made the gallery based on the original post order at DTD.

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[zencat]

So the steps of the National Gallery (and that drop box) is now a Bond location to visit. Sweet.

[Marketto007]

So the steps of the National Gallery (and that drop box) is now a Bond location to visit. Sweet.

Sure. 29 days from now I hope I visit the place

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[Germanlady]

2) Bond's loyalties are questioned, perhaps to such an extent that he is convinced by greater powers (say a respectable and powerful Mandarin in the civil service) that he must take her out. Unfortunately in EON world that would probably end up being a fake assassination, as in TLDL... but, as above, I'd personally rather see them play it through and then solve the dilemma of Bond having killed M but still remaining in the service. Could be solved through M's past being murky enough and the orders having come from someone high up enough.

I'm certainly not saying this will happen - but I'll fantasise away.

Yes, I think, this would be taking it a bit too far. Sure, we are in a more gritty and real world, but its still the world of Bond and this would just be too much reality - for my taste, a tad too dark...not seeing this happen either.

[DominicGreene]

Here is a gunbarrel I made out of Daniel's "walking" picture,

Edited by DominicGreene, 23 November 2011 - 11:15 PM.

[Cody]

Night shoot clapperboard

[The Shark]

Defiantly looks like the Shanghai office to me.

[Marketto007]

Defiantly looks like the Shanghai office to me.

Yep, probably.

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[Shrublands]

Night shoot clapperboard

Very, very glad to see these wide-angle lenses (35mm, 27mm) being used, that sort of thing for Bond interiors fell out of favour after the 60s and 70s unfortunately.

I knew Deakins would be a class act.

[Quantumofsolace007]

perhaps a shanghai club?

[Vauxhall]

On the left-hand side of the picture, it looks like there is a word reversed in the glass, with the letters ETNI visible, which logically becomes INTE. Several options what the rest of the word could be, but INTELLIGENCE is the first that comes to mind - although admittedly I guess very few good intelligence agencies would label their offices on the front door.

[The Shark]

Night shoot clapperboard

Very, very glad to see these wide-angle lenses (35mm, 27mm) being used, that sort of thing for Bond interiors fell out of favour after the 60s and 70s unfortunately.

I knew Deakins would be a class act.

Do you know what angle lenses the last two films used, Shrubster?

[Skudor]

On the left-hand side of the picture, it looks like there is a word reversed in the glass, with the letters ETNI visible, which logically becomes INTE. Several options what the rest of the word could be, but INTELLIGENCE is the first that comes to mind - although admittedly I guess very few good intelligence agencies would label their offices on the front door.

And above it, there are two letters that look like QU and possibley E (my first thought was quantum, which of course makes no sense - que ... could be a lot of things).

Are the symbols Chinese? They don't really look Chinese to me.

[Marketto007]

On the left-hand side of the picture, it looks like there is a word reversed in the glass, with the letters ETNI visible, which logically becomes INTE. Several options what the rest of the word could be, but INTELLIGENCE is the first that comes to mind - although admittedly I guess very few good intelligence agencies would label their offices on the front door.

And above it, there are two letters that look like QU and possibley E (my first thought was quantum, which of course makes no sense - que ... could be a lot of things).

Are the symbols Chinese? They don't really look Chinese to me.

QUANTUM INTERNATIONAL perhaps?

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[Skudor]

On the left-hand side of the picture, it looks like there is a word reversed in the glass, with the letters ETNI visible, which logically becomes INTE. Several options what the rest of the word could be, but INTELLIGENCE is the first that comes to mind - although admittedly I guess very few good intelligence agencies would label their offices on the front door.

And above it, there are two letters that look like QU and possibley E (my first thought was quantum, which of course makes no sense - que ... could be a lot of things).

Are the symbols Chinese? They don't really look Chinese to me.

QUANTUM INTERNATIONAL perhaps?

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Nails and heads and hitting and all that.

[DamnCoffee]

Found this on IGN accompanying the Wilshaw as Q article. Is this our first look at him in costume? He looks very Qish. It could be just from another movie though. Thought I'd share anyway.

http://moviesmedia.i...25095435038.jpg

[Royal Dalton]

It's from The Hour.

[dinovelvet]

Defiantly looks like the Shanghai office to me.

So we have a logo reading:

QU
INTE

Probably INTErnational. As for the QU, it looks like the third letter is an E. Definitely not an A though, so no surprise appearance from Quantum. Anyone able to read the Chinese text?

[Pussfeller]

Night shoot clapperboard

Obviously it's a renegade Canadian spy bureau:

QUEBEC
INTELLIGENCE

[Single-O-Seven]

Night shoot clapperboard

Obviously it's a renegade Canadian spy bureau:

QUEBEC
INTELLIGENCE

Many of le Quebecois tend not to consider themselves Canadian anyway, so maybe they have formed their own "national" intelligence agency. Unfortunately, the French for "intelligence" is "renseignement" and le Quebecois would certainly never use the Anglophone word (in fact, it's not allowed on signage in Quebec), so your theory is already full of holes.

[Pussfeller]

That's the English signage. The French signage is off-camera.

[Skudor]

Can anyone tell if that really is Chinese - I'm not so sure it is.

QU could be quartermaster

Military Intelligence 6 Quartermaster....

Doesn't look like an "a" though...

[Royal Dalton]

Looks like it might be a nightclub.

The sign could be saying "QUEUE HERE" or something like that.