Bring it back in one piece!

2»

Comments

  • HalfMonk HalfHitmanHalfMonk HalfHitman USAPosts: 2,324MI6 Agent
    It's fun to speculate, but one might as well wonder how Bond has a 2012 N Peal sweater, limited edition (and altered) To Ki To Barbour jacket, and C&J Islays waiting for him at the childhood home he hadn't been to in 30 years. (Yeah, yeah, they were in the boot of the DB5, of course...)
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    :)) That's why he's Bond, and we aren't.
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • always shakenalways shaken LondonPosts: 6,287MI6 Agent
    Every field agent has a back up escape and evasion plan ,
    By the way, did I tell you, I was "Mad"?
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    ..... and a good supply of clean underpants. ;)
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Gassy ManGassy Man USAPosts: 2,972MI6 Agent
    zaphod99 wrote:
    This is making my head hurt. It's like having a loose tooth, I know I should leave it alone but...I'm both impressed and appalled by our level of Nerdery. Guys guys, there is SO much almost criminally sloppy about both films that Cargate gets lost in the noise for me and yet... ;)
    In a better constructed film, these sorts of errors would be less likely to happen. The car issue therefore gets magnified. To use a car metaphor, it's like when purchasing a Chevy. One expects the doors to not fit right or the ergonomics to be poor. It's a Chevy. But when purchasing an Aston Martin, would expect these issues to be resolved. If the hood deviates in symmetry by a couple of inches, we notice. If Aston Martin were producing cars with the same slapdash quality as an American production car, we'd wonder how it could justify the hundreds of thousands of dollars price.
  • zaphod99zaphod99 Posts: 1,415MI6 Agent
    IanT wrote:
    That's so true. But it's that sloppiness that leads to debates like this!

    We will all have our own interpretation of it. I'm just presenting my (overwhelmingly brilliant :)) ) case for it being an MI6 car.

    Which you have done with insight and elan :007)
    Of that of which we cannot speak we must pass over in silence- Ludwig Wittgenstein.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,061MI6 Agent
    Gassy Man wrote:
    it's like when purchasing a Chevy. One expects the doors to not fit right or the ergonomics to be poor. It's a Chevy.
    2014-Corvette-Stingray-5.jpg

    ???
    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
    #1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
  • Gassy ManGassy Man USAPosts: 2,972MI6 Agent
    Still not an Aston Martin.
  • LoeffelholzLoeffelholz The United States, With LovePosts: 8,988Quartermasters
    Gassy Man wrote:
    Still not an Aston Martin.

    But would be a fun romp as a stolen ride for Our Man...I'd love a shot at penning that scene B-)
    Check out my Amazon author page! Mark Loeffelholz
    "I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
    "Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
  • Gassy ManGassy Man USAPosts: 2,972MI6 Agent
    It would be cool! But I'll be honest -- I'm not crazy about the quality and styling of a lot of modern sports cars. The Corvette doesn't do much for me. But I'm a fan of the classic Corvettes.
  • zaphod99zaphod99 Posts: 1,415MI6 Agent
    Gassy Man wrote:
    It would be cool! But I'll be honest -- I'm not crazy about the quality and styling of a lot of modern sports cars. The Corvette doesn't do much for me. But I'm a fan of the classic Corvettes.

    Design by wind tunnel delivers superb aerodynamics but tends towards homogeneity which smooths out eccentricity and flair for me at least. I can get off on the efficiency but it does not stir the soul.
    Of that of which we cannot speak we must pass over in silence- Ludwig Wittgenstein.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,061MI6 Agent
    Gassy Man wrote:
    But I'm a fan of the classic Corvettes.

    corp_0801_03_z%2B1973_chevrolet_corvette_movie_car%2Bfront_view.jpg

    ?
    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
    #1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,644MI6 Agent
    # Little red Corvette! # :D
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • mpoplawskimpoplawski New Jersey, USAPosts: 128MI6 Agent
    It is all good clean fun. Remember in Skyfall M says, you still have this? Well if it is a company car, with weapons, you mean the quartermaster lost track of it? I don't put any emphasis into it other than it is a joke. The DB5 was a company car in the books and the early movies. Bond had a choice of the Jag or the DB5. Why would MI6 put all that money into a privately owned car, that Bond won in a game. So I see this as just playing with the whole Bond history.
    Bond: "But who would want to kill me, sir?"
    M: "Jealous husbands, outraged chefs, humiliated tailors . . . the list is endless."
  • The Domino EffectThe Domino Effect Posts: 3,631MI6 Agent
    mpoplawski wrote:
    Well if it is a company car, with weapons, you mean the quartermaster lost track of it?

    Government agencies make public money disappear all the time, so why not an expensive car? :D

    In all seriousness though, I agree entirely, "It is all good clean fun."
  • MilleniumForceMilleniumForce LondonPosts: 1,214MI6 Agent
    IanT wrote:
    How do you know it's Bond's personal belongings in the lock up?
    How did M know about the armaments?

    I still stand by my original premise that it is a mothballed MI6 DB5 that Q knew about and allowed Bond to use. There is clearly a period of time between Bond 'kidnapping' M and arriving at the lock up (day to night). In that time I believe Bond has made a call to Q who has let him use the DB5.

    If Bond had made a call to Q in that time, M would have been in the car and heard him make the call. So why would she at first make the joke about hiding in the garage?
    1.LTK 2.AVTAK 3.OP 4.FYEO 5.TND 6.LALD 7.GE 8.GF 9.TSWLM 10.SPECTRE 11.SF 12.MR 13.YOLT 14.TLD 15.CR (06) 16.TMWTGG 17.TB 18.FRWL 19.TWINE 20.OHMSS 21.DAF 22.DAD 23.QoS 24.NSNA 25.DN 26.CR (67)
  • MilleniumForceMilleniumForce LondonPosts: 1,214MI6 Agent
    Here's how I see the DB5 situation in the Craig movies:

    Bond won a DB5 in CR that he later sold.

    Then, between QoS and SF, he buys an old car that MI6 had in storage. A car MI6 had given to an agent in the 60's.

    That way, M would know of the car's existence, but Bond would have got it before Q started working at MI6.

    Then when Bonds stuff had been sold, the DB5 was simply left in the garage, waiting to be moved.

    Bond then asked Q, as a friend, to repair the DB5 (or essentially build a replica one, because apparently only the steering wheel was left).

    Then it being all done by the end of SP is beyond me. Q basically had to build a whole new car, and he finished it in supposedly a few months?
    1.LTK 2.AVTAK 3.OP 4.FYEO 5.TND 6.LALD 7.GE 8.GF 9.TSWLM 10.SPECTRE 11.SF 12.MR 13.YOLT 14.TLD 15.CR (06) 16.TMWTGG 17.TB 18.FRWL 19.TWINE 20.OHMSS 21.DAF 22.DAD 23.QoS 24.NSNA 25.DN 26.CR (67)
  • IanTIanT Posts: 573MI6 Agent
    IanT wrote:
    How do you know it's Bond's personal belongings in the lock up?
    How did M know about the armaments?

    I still stand by my original premise that it is a mothballed MI6 DB5 that Q knew about and allowed Bond to use. There is clearly a period of time between Bond 'kidnapping' M and arriving at the lock up (day to night). In that time I believe Bond has made a call to Q who has let him use the DB5.

    If Bond had made a call to Q in that time, M would have been in the car and heard him make the call. So why would she at first make the joke about hiding in the garage?

    He pulled over and pretended to need a dump and made a quick call to Q
  • always shakenalways shaken LondonPosts: 6,287MI6 Agent
    Just in case ,if any of you out there are interested ,the lock up (my dads old garage) used in Skyfall ,to hide the Aston is in Deptford London ,If you want to see it on google earth ,type in Childers street Deptford London ,and on the map you will see a a junction with Abinger grove .Go to the Earth view key ,and you will get the real street scene .You will see on the corner ofChilders street a pub painted blue ,called the Lord Palmerston , this is where Millwall supporters go pre match for a beer . drag your mouse and keep the pub on the right side ,and you will see a double arch in the back ground .Go towards the arches and turn immediately right ,here is the alley where the DB5 was stashed ,I hope you find this useful ,and would like to hear if any of you looked this up .
    My dad ran his workshop there for a number of years ,and I used to help him out on days off ect ,and we would have the odd beer in that pub . :D never in a million years did we ever think that one day this would be a glamorous Bond location :)) The only Bond connection we had came in a mug with chimps on it :) (think about it )
    By the way, did I tell you, I was "Mad"?
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,061MI6 Agent
    WOW!!!! So COOL!! -{
    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
    #1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
  • IanTIanT Posts: 573MI6 Agent
    So, maybe you can answer the big question...

    Was your Dad's lock up used to store MI6 equipment, or Bond's personal stuff???? :))

    But that is pretty cool!

    On a similar note I used to have a horseshoe that was later borrowed by Thwaites brewery for a TV advert. They gave it back after filming.




    Okay, so not quite as cool as your Dad's lock up....
Sign In or Register to comment.