AJB live commentary on SKYFALL

HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
edited May 2020 in Off Topic Chat
Time for another group-viewing, this time, it‘s

SKYFALL



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London Summertime: 20:00
Paris Summertime: 21:00
New York local time 15:00
LA local time 12:00

PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT WE ARE ALL STARTING 10 MINUTES LATER !


PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT WE ARE ALL STARTING 10 MINUTES LATER !

The 19:00 deadline is set so that everybody has enough time to find their DVDs/Blu Rays, boot their players and get done with the menus and pause right before the gunbarrel sequence.

WE ARE STARTING PRECISELY AT 19:10


- Please make sure that everybody has their BluRay/DVD/VCR ready and start the player latest 19:00 GMT to get done with all the dodgy menus.
- PAUSE YOUR PLAYER RIGHT BEFORE WHERE IN ALL RATIONALITY THE GUNBARREL SEQUENCE SHOULD BE AND
- HIT PLAY PRECISELY AT 19:10.
I‘ll post some timecodes during the thread just in case that somebody has messed it up
President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
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Comments

  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Barbel, can you please stickie this one and unstickie the other one?

    Thanks! :x
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.
    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • JTMJTM Posts: 3,027MI6 Agent
    Haven’t seen Skyfall in ages—very keen for the rewatch!
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,998MI6 Agent
    Happy to be able to join in for this on Friday.
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,998MI6 Agent
    Higgins wrote:
    - PAUSE YOUR PLAYER RIGHT BEFORE THE GUNBARREL SEQUENCE STARTS AND
    - HIT PLAY PRECISELY AT 19:10.

    Wait... does this mean we're watching only the end titles, this time?!
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • bosoxfanbosoxfan Posts: 611MI6 Agent
    Hope to join in, a bit confused by the column on the time chart above that says "Planner" please educate me.
  • JTMJTM Posts: 3,027MI6 Agent
    edited April 2020
    bosoxfan wrote:
    Hope to join in, a bit confused by the column on the time chart above that says "Planner" please educate me.

    It’s the date at that current time in the listed location. That picture showing all the time zones is old though—from April 4 (04/04)—or the date on it is incorrectly set. But going by that image, 2000 on the April 4 in London makes it 0700 on April 5 in Wellington.

    Below is an updated version (with correct dates) for the Skyfall viewing.

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  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Thanks, and I have updated the chart.

    I have been recycling the old one from early April, never thought that anyone would care about the date :D
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.
    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,854Chief of Staff
    Shady Tree wrote:
    Higgins wrote:
    - PAUSE YOUR PLAYER RIGHT BEFORE THE GUNBARREL SEQUENCE STARTS AND
    - HIT PLAY PRECISELY AT 19:10.

    Wait... does this mean we're watching only the end titles, this time?!

    Don't worry, Shady, I've fixed it... :007)
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Now I know, why in most of my posts come over like I am a total jackass.
    That‘s just because Barbel has been fiddling around with them and nobody can see! X-(
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.
    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,854Chief of Staff
    Higgins wrote:
    Now I know, why in most of my posts come over like I am a total jackass.
    That‘s just because Barbel has been fiddling around with them and nobody can see! X-(

    1st sentence, true.
    2nd sentence, false.
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    :)) :))
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.
    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • Asp9mmAsp9mm Over the Hills and Far Away.Posts: 7,535MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    Higgins wrote:
    Now I know, why in most of my posts come over like I am a total jackass.
    That‘s just because Barbel has been fiddling around with them and nobody can see! X-(

    1st sentence, true.
    2nd sentence, false.

    :)
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  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,998MI6 Agent
    edited April 2020
    Barbel wrote:
    Shady Tree wrote:
    Higgins wrote:
    - PAUSE YOUR PLAYER RIGHT BEFORE THE GUNBARREL SEQUENCE STARTS AND
    - HIT PLAY PRECISELY AT 19:10.

    Wait... does this mean we're watching only the end titles, this time?!

    Don't worry, Shady, I've fixed it... :007)

    Cool! So with SF, it begins with the MGM logo, followed by the Columbia Pictures logo. Our starting point, I'd venture, should be when the Columbia Pictures logo fades, just before the first shot of the movie proper...
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,330MI6 Agent
    I'm looking forward to Skyfall :007)

    https://giphy.com/gifs/skyfall-3LOi5dAB1XPxu/fullscreen
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,854Chief of Staff
    I'm looking forward to it, too. This time I won't be doing my usual discussion of the musical cues, since there are a lot of them and they're mostly very similar.
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    I‘ll be missing your comments, Barbel.
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.
    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,854Chief of Staff
    They will be back, when you pick a film with a better score! Newman's work hasn't impressed me, I'm afraid (even less with SP). I do like Adele's song, though.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,330MI6 Agent
    If there only was some other aspect than the music you could comment on …
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,854Chief of Staff
    8-) Yes, cos that's all I have ever commented on previously.
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    He has a broad knowledge about german beer and Scotch whisky - not sure how helpful that would be :D
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.
    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,330MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    8-) Yes, cos that's all I have ever commented on previously.

    Good, because that's what I thought. :D

    On a slightly other topic: At some point we'll run out of Bond films or we'll feel the need for more variation. Do you (plural) think we can expand to other films? I know the chanses everyone has excess to a particular movie, but this is so much fun I think we should consider it. We won't get everyone each time, but I think it could work. Perhaps other spy movies (Jason Bourne, Mission Impossible etc.) or classical special operations films like "The guns of Navarone" or "The eagles nest". I think there'll be enough of us for it to work.
    Discuss. :)
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,854Chief of Staff
    Hey, hold on there N24!!!! Far too soon!!!
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,330MI6 Agent
    It's far too soon to do it, but I don't think it's too soon to talk about it. I look forward to watching the Bond films we skiped in the first round, but I think it could be nice to watch for example "The guns of Navarone" together at some point.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,854Chief of Staff
    It's a good film, and David Niven is in it, but it'll be a while before we get to that.

    Alistair MacLean is a good subject for us Bond fans to get into, but if we go there eventually I'd suggest "Where Eagles Dare" first.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,330MI6 Agent
    I was actually thinking of "Where eagles dare" when I wrote "The Eagles nest", I just translated the Norwegian title without thinking. :))
    I don't think we'll watch it in May, but we may be ready in June.
  • JTMJTM Posts: 3,027MI6 Agent
    The issue with non-Bond films, even some big ones, is that a lot of members won’t have them on disc or might not be subscribed to a streaming service that has them. But this being a Bond forum, there’s a pretty good chance that most have access to all the Bond films; which is why these rewatches have worked.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,854Chief of Staff
    But guys, plenty more Bond movies to watch first!
  • JTMJTM Posts: 3,027MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    But guys, plenty more Bond movies to watch first!

    Including Skyfall...which is what this thread is meant to be about :))
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,854Chief of Staff
    {[] Exactly!
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,998MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    They will be back, when you pick a film with a better score! Newman's work hasn't impressed me, I'm afraid (even less with SP). I do like Adele's song, though.

    I know nothing technical about music, but I think this is a gem; from an article by Warren Ringham, 'What Is The James Bond Sound?' in his 2019 souvenir programme for Q The Music's James Bond Concert Spectacular:

    "In 2012, Paul Epworth called the Minor 9 chord the 'Bond chord' [courtesy of John Barry] and used it at the start (and end) of the song 'Skyfall' which he composed with Adele."
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
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