[Potential Spoilers] Official SKYFALL Photo Thread (Part II)

Salomé wrote:

No time to translate the whole thing, so I limited myself to the headlines and the big-font quotes:

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Skyfall

All about the shooting of the new Bond

2012 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the James Bond saga. Studio Ciné Live was detached to Pinewood for the first visit on the stages of this 23rd heavily anticipated episode.

After four years of interruption, the James Bond Saga returns with a new episode directed by Sam Mendes. An exclusive visit on the Pinewood sets, where the director has promised us he will push Bond to his ultimate limits.

James Bond dies today (big orange headline)

We could not change Bond, who is a legend, but we could adapt him to the tastes of the day. (below Craig’s picture)

Daniel Craig was the first to have the idea of Sam Mendes directing a James Bond movie.

Bérénice Marlohe – Code name: Severine. Together with Naemoie Harris, she makes up the new duo of James Bond girls, pardon, James Bond ladies. First meeting.

Sam Mendes’ characters tend to change their life during their trajectory. At times they lose track. Here he is, today, the director of Skyfall. James Bond risks to go through a difficult period.

This time, Bond is not in the position to tell himself he’ll survive and get through it once again.

Exclusive visit? Yes just us, except for Entertainment Tonight, the BBC and MTV.... Actually, it may have been exclusive at the time they did the interviews (it appears there's a picture of the writer's pass, with a Frbruary date), but it was timed to come out the same time as all these TV interviews from last week.

There might have been a press embargo that meant they cou;dn't actually publish it until this week.

Harmsway wrote:

The White Tuxedo wrote:

Is James Bond wearing a scarf tie?

I do think he's actually wearing a tie underneath the scarf. I wear my scarf like that sometimes. :::ducks tomatoes:::

It's ok. I do too. Sometimes that small strip of chest gets cold and I think, "man, I wish I had a scarf right over this part."

A purple coat, eh?

Well, why not? Why not, indeed?

Still walking around like a fucking ape, I see.

Salomé wrote:

No time to translate the whole thing, so I limited myself to the headlines and the big-font quotes:

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James Bond dies today (big orange headline)

http://www.slashfilm.com/skyfall-set-visit-preview-photos/bond-car-skyfall/

More official stills:






First one looks like a screen grab. Shot from the trailer, perhaps?

The first pic, I assume that's from the raid with Bond leading commandos?

How do you know about that plot point, Python? Has a script been leaked?

And I'm guessing Fiennes isn't becoming Dench's predecessor.

Loving it. the Aston one reminds me of the one of Connery leaning on the car in the country-side.

Jack Wade wrote:

http://www.slashfilm.com/skyfall-set-visit-preview-photos/bond-car-skyfall/

More official stills:






First one looks like a screen grab. Shot from the trailer, perhaps?

That second pic had me worried about BS soul-searching until I noticed Severine (I assume that's her) is in the window across the way.

I'm still in a "wait-and-see" mode as to whether or not I'm worried about this film being some Babs BAFTA fantasy money shot.

Actually, the second pic looks like Bond hung himself.

Empire has a few more photos. A couple of them were in the French magazine article, so I didn't post them, but can be found in the link to Empire's story below.






http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=33637

Anybody else think Eve looks like Rosie Carver, only better-looking?

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Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaacist!

You can't tell me you don't see the similarities. It's mostly the hair. And I can think Naomie Harris is better-looking than Gloria Hendry without being racist, thank you. I wonder if Harris' look was consiciously inspired by Rosie. If so, it's a weird choice; Rosie wasn't exactly a high point for the series. She was fairly weak and under-written, and to this day I'm puzzled how somebody so clearly incompetent was employed by the CIA (without Paul Haggis writing it).

Anyway, Empire has a whole host of photos that Wade didn't post (and which I haven't seen before). I particularly like this one

Well yes, she does. In terms of what we know of her character, Carver thought she was a competent agent also, but realistically she wasn't. Interesting... And Mendes did say he was inspired by LALD. Honestly, not sure why - LALD is one of the weakest IMO. Couldn't he go for something like DN, TB or OHMSS?

Photos look good though! :D

EDIT: The photo with the DB5 should have been the first official photo. Not Bond by a pool, or a bearded OO7 next to some lights.

I doubt she was inspired by Rosie Carver. Though I hope she dies in the movie and Bond gets Severine. But it won't happen because the press will go nuts and say EON is racist.

I'm a bit annoyed by Naomie Harris being a Bond girl. I was in support of her when I thought she was playing Moneypenny, I wasn't saying it was the downfall of Western civilization because Moneypenny would be black. I think she's good looking, but she's just not a very inspired choice for a Bond girl. And she's ANOTHER God damn secret agent Bond girl.

I still think Eve is going to turn out to be Moneypenny.

At any rate, I'm digging all the photos. They have me quite excited for SKYFALL.

Prisoner Monkeys wrote:

Anybody else think Eve looks like Rosie Carver, only better-looking?

Nope. Next you'll say Andrea Anders looked like Octopussy. :drunken:

The White Tuxedo wrote:

And she's ANOTHER God damn secret agent Bond girl.

I don't think she's a secret agent, but more of an agent with standard field training who is assigned to a station that Bond visits.

Harmsway wrote:

I still think Eve is going to turn out to be Moneypenny.

A black, machine gun wielding Miss Moneypenny...

Gritty.

CJB wrote:

A black, machine gun wielding Miss Moneypenny...

Gritty.

There could be a reasonable explanation for that. As Moneypenny, Eve would be M's secretary, and so would have access to some of of the agency's most sensititve secrets. She would obviously have to be somebody entirely trustworthy, perhaps with a security clearance that is even higher than Bond's. It would make sense to promote an outstanding field agent into the role, but since it is an office job, very few agents would be willing to take that position. Since we know Eve "thinks she is Bond's equal, but is really his junior", that could mean that Eve is willing to become M's secretary when she finds that she is no longer comfortable with being a field agent.

SKYFALL also revolves around secrets from M's past. If Eve were to uncover something that she was not supposed to know, something that would always be a threat to her, then she could be appointed to the position of secretary for a new M because a) she already knows where the bodies are buried, and b) she needs to be protected.

So I think that there is plenty that could be done with the character to explain why she goes from gun-toting field agent to Moneypeny as we know and love her and still be intersting without being melodramatic. But personally, I would prefer it if Eve does not become Moneypenny.

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I would prefer it if Eve does not become Moneypenny.

Me too, especially after that possible storyline. Why can't they just hire Rachael Stirling and make Moneypenny the loyal and helplessly flirtatious character we all know and love, without the unnecessary story?

CJB wrote:

Harmsway wrote:

I still think Eve is going to turn out to be Moneypenny.

A black, machine gun wielding Miss Moneypenny...

Gritty.

Deep and stuff.

Bond has to move with the times. Nobody has secr-- err, P.A.'s who are white and have never nunchucked anyone.