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[Vauxhall]

Extremely well spotted!

That'll be the sniper rifle then, I reckon.

[Marketto007]

Sévérine's Bodyguads.



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[univex]

Guy has sneakers. Good call for a sniper. He could have to run away fast from the spot.

[Royal Dalton]

In the 1991 film there was going to be a henchman character called Rodin who was a sniper. I wonder if he's another recycled element?

[univex]

Rodin would be a cooler name though.

[Pussfeller]

Well, Rodin is a surname and Patrice is a given name. So one doesn't exclude the other.

[thecasinoroyale]

Christ, Severine is delicious!!





Oh, yeah....nice spot Marketto! Good eye! No wonder I missed that, I wasn't looking at the suitcase!

[dirtymind]

You think Severine is supposed to be Chinese or maybe half-Chinese?

[S K Y F A L L]

She's dressed to kill, a real barbie doll. Good eye on the brief case.

[DamnCoffee]

Didn't notice the briefcase either. Would suck if Petrice grabbed too early and dropped it.

[The Shark]

Eurasian= someone from either Europe or Asia.

Nope. Someone from Europe AND Asia. Mixed race, in other words.

[Simon]

What's this "Eurasian" nonsense? Eurasia = Europe+Asia. Eurasian= someone from either Europe or Asia. Nicolas Sarkozy is just as "Eurasian" as Jackie Chan.

Oh dear!

Collectively, Europe and Asia might, at best, be considered by the Australians as antipodean. Otherwise I am not sure there is a collective noun for northern hemisphere types as labeled by those IN the northern hemisphere.

Does that offer 'sense'?

[univex]

Well, Rodin is a surname and Patrice is a given name. So one doesn't exclude the other.

Patrice Rodin. I like it, very nice. Would be cool.

[x007AceOfSpades]

WOW! I'm Speechless over Berenice Marlohe!

[Simon]

Huh?

Czechoslovakia used to be a country. The same has never applied to Eurasia. The logic you complain of is just etymology and in this case, the English language has never sold itself on logic.

To confuse still further, just the word Asian does Not mean someone of Chinese and Japanese and Taiwanese mixed race either. Still with me?

[Pussfeller]

This phenomenon is called polysemy. In natural human languages, words often have more than one precise sense, and sometimes not everyone is familiar with all the senses of a word. Context is usually sufficient to resolve ambiguity, but some people insist on rigid definitions.

OED, second edition, 1989:

Eurasian, adj.

1. Of or pertaining to Eurasia, i.e. to Europe and Asia considered as forming in reality one continent.

2. Of mixed European and Asiatic parentage.

Even if you're familiar only with the first sense, it's obvious from the context that BattleshipgreyGT uses the word in the second sense. Both usages are established in English. There is no grounds for arguing that BattleshipgreyGT ought to have used some other word. He uses "Eurasian" in a perfectly cromulent sense.

[Bryce (003)]

Perhaps she's supposed to be French/Vietnamese.

[ggl]

Or perhaps she is in a good disguise, like Silva, and we have two chameleons for the prize of one...

(And that could explain the great secretism around...)

[007jamesbond]

I am guessing we wont be getting any clapperboard this week since we got one late? maybe next week is more likely?

[Matt_13]

We got two production vids so I'm guessing we won't be seeing any pics.

[Simon]

.......... polysemy. ............. cromulent ......

A couple of words I had never come across.

Cromulent seems to be less defined in terms of Google dictionary searches. Is it real? The Simpsons is referred to in its defintion.

[Captain Tightpants]

I still don't think there is anything to these "Severine is Eurasian" rumours. The character name first appeared when the producers were said to be looking for a Chinese actor to appear in the film. Someone put two and two together and got "Severine is an Asian character". But then Marlohe was cast in the role, and that was changed to "Severine is Eurasian", despite the fact that Marlohe clearly isn't even remotely Asian.

[Vauxhall]

Cromulent seems to be less defined in terms of Google dictionary searches. Is it real? The Simpsons is referred to in its defintion.

It was created by The Simpsons writer David Cohen for no particular reason in 1996.

I am guessing we wont be getting any clapperboard this week since we got one late? maybe next week is more likely?

They seem to almost be on 8-9 day intervals currently, so perhaps Tuesday, if we're lucky.

[Royal Dalton]

I still don't think there is anything to these "Severine is Eurasian" rumours. The character name first appeared when the producers were said to be looking for a Chinese actor to appear in the film. Someone put two and two together and got "Severine is an Asian character". But then Marlohe was cast in the role, and that was changed to "Severine is Eurasian", despite the fact that Marlohe clearly isn't even remotely Asian.

The character was described as "a beautiful Asian woman named Severin."

Personally, I'd be very surprised if Marlohe hasn't got at least a little bit of Asian blood in her.

[Captain Tightpants]

The character was described as "a beautiful Asian woman named Severin."

We never had confirmation of it - like I said, it could easily be explained by someone seeing the call for "Severin" and seeing separate auditions for an Asian character, and then adding two and two together to get five. Especially since we now know the character's name to be "Severine", which is a French name. We also believe that Ola Rapace is playing a character named "Patrice", which is another French name (they may even be related), so it stands to reason that Severine is European, and not Eurasian.

And the character detail could easily be changed; Camille was originally written as Bolivian, but was changed to Russian-Bolivian because Olga Kurylenko's Ukrainian accent kept showing through (the scene in the cave is the most obvious example of it).

[Kristian]

The character was described as "a beautiful Asian woman named Severin."

We never had confirmation of it - like I said, it could easily be explained by someone seeing the call for "Severin" and seeing separate auditions for an Asian character, and then adding two and two together to get five. Especially since we now know the character's name to be "Severine", which is a French name. We also believe that Ola Rapace is playing a character named "Patrice", which is another French name (they may even be related), so it stands to reason that Severine is European, and not Eurasian.

And the character detail could easily be changed; Camille was originally written as Bolivian, but was changed to Russian-Bolivian because Olga Kurylenko's Ukrainian accent kept showing through (the scene in the cave is the most obvious example of it).

We haven't received confirmation of her not being Eurasian either. Three elements that help support the "Severin may be Eurasian" theory.

1. The initial descriptions of Severine as "a beautiful Asian woman"

2. The fact that, yes, Berenice Marlohe is c l e a r l y made up to look part-Asian on the escalator.

3. The fact that the scene is clearly in China (as evidenced by all the chinese characters in the signs nearby - more visible in the video).

Just saying.... It's looking more and more like the character may be of Asian descent.

Edited by Kristian, 31 March 2012 - 02:42 AM.

[Captain Tightpants]

2. The fact that, yes, Berenice Marlohe is c l e a r l y made up to look part-Asian on the escalator.

3. The fact that the scene is clearly in China (as evidenced by all the chinese characters in the signs nearby - more visible in the video).

So because she's wearing mascara in a long shot and is riding an escalator in Shanghai, she's "c l e a r l y" Asian?

Try again.

[Royal Dalton]

http://www.comingsoo...ws.php?id=81220

Has Ben Whishaw Been Cast in James Bond 23?

Source: Edward Douglas August 19, 2011

Over the last few months, there's been plenty of rumors and very few confirmations about who might be appearing in Sam Mendes' upcoming and untitled James Bond movie currently dubbed Bond 23.

Javier Bardem and Ralph Fiennes are still being considered for two unnamed leads, but one name we haven't heard mentioned but who seems to already be attached is actor Ben Whishaw. According to our sources, the 30-year-old British actor who has appeared in movies like Bright Star, I'm Not There and Layer Cake (with current Bond Daniel Craig) will be co-starring in the movie in an undisclosed role.

We also have learned from the same source that the two "Bond Girls" this time around will be a "beautiful English Agent" and a "Beautiful Asian woman" named "Severin."

Their source was right about Whishaw and the "beautiful English Agent" and that was months before either were confirmed by the people involved. I think it's safe to say they were right about Severine, as well.

[Captain Tightpants]

Their source was right about Whishaw and the "beautiful English Agent" and that was months before either were confirmed by the people involved. I think it's safe to say they were right about Severine, as well.

Just because they're right about one thing, it doesn't automatically make them right about everything. They did, after all, report that the character's name was "Severin" rather than "Severine". Sure, that might just be a mis-spelling, but it demonstrates that they are not infallible.

[Kristian]

Their source was right about Whishaw and the "beautiful English Agent" and that was months before either were confirmed by the people involved. I think it's safe to say they were right about Severine, as well.

Just because they're right about one thing, it doesn't automatically make them right about everything. They did, after all, report that the character's name was "Severin" rather than "Severine". Sure, that might just be a mis-spelling, but it demonstrates that they are not infallible.

2. The fact that, yes, Berenice Marlohe is c l e a r l y made up to look part-Asian on the escalator.

3. The fact that the scene is clearly in China (as evidenced by all the chinese characters in the signs nearby - more visible in the video).

So because she's wearing mascara in a long shot and is riding an escalator in Shanghai, she's "c l e a r l y" Asian?

Try again.

Not necessary to try again. I'm comfortable with the "circumstantial evidence."

Have a wonderful day.