Obscure Bond References in Movies/Media in General

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  • Dirty PunkerDirty Punker ...Your Eyes Only, darling."Posts: 2,587MI6 Agent
    The Austin Powers movies, of course.
    More of a parody than a reference but...sure.
    If you want to get a little more...specific (even if you don't need to), go right ahead.
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  • caractacus pottscaractacus potts Orbital communicator, level 10Posts: 3,907MI6 Agent
    As far as I'm concerned there hadn't been a fight scene with silhouettes in a Bond film.
    Lots of naked ladies but no Bond fights (unless Thunderball's underwater sequence counts and maybe the spear guns shot in the titles and or I'm misremembering), so in effect, it could be that Kill Bill's silhouette fight influenced the direction of the Skyfall fight.
    ah, now I got it, Bond-films are themselves influenced by other films.
    But that scene in Kill Bill could have been influenced by typical Maurice Binder opening credits. Those are highly influential.
    Everything in Tarantino is a clever reference to some past influence he loves, the low-er-brow the better ... the low-brow-er... ahem, the more low-brow the better. I bet there are lots of James Bond references in his films for us to find. there were Superman references in Kill Bill, and not just in that never-ending closing monolog.
  • Dirty PunkerDirty Punker ...Your Eyes Only, darling."Posts: 2,587MI6 Agent
    As far as I'm concerned there hadn't been a fight scene with silhouettes in a Bond film.
    Lots of naked ladies but no Bond fights (unless Thunderball's underwater sequence counts and maybe the spear guns shot in the titles and or I'm misremembering), so in effect, it could be that Kill Bill's silhouette fight influenced the direction of the Skyfall fight.
    ah, now I got it, Bondfilmsare themselves influenced by other films.
    Exactly.
    If we crossed over there, North By Northwest influenced the From Russia With Love helicopter scenes and so on and so forth.
    It never ends, does it? :D

    Maybe one moonlit, summer night I may go on the hunt for those. (Tarantino films, I mean)
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  • Wint and Kidd far-outWint and Kidd far-out AustraliaPosts: 109MI6 Agent
    Is it just me or does the final climactic sequence in Chicken Run,

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZpSfV3eyAo

    look like it gained strong inspiration from this memorable, thrilling Bond moment?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17SP5sAM5do
    Roger Moore is my favourite 007 R.I.P.
  • Dirty PunkerDirty Punker ...Your Eyes Only, darling."Posts: 2,587MI6 Agent
    You could also say that they gained inspiration From A View To A Kill with Bond hanging on a thread.
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  • Wint and Kidd far-outWint and Kidd far-out AustraliaPosts: 109MI6 Agent
    You could also say that they gained inspiration From A View To A Kill with Bond hanging on a thread.

    That's an interesting thought, if I do say so myself.
    Roger Moore is my favourite 007 R.I.P.
  • Dirty PunkerDirty Punker ...Your Eyes Only, darling."Posts: 2,587MI6 Agent
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    Again, on Episode 9 of Neon Genesis Evangelion, there is FOR YOUR EYES ONLY on the Nerv documents.
    Shame it wasn't stamped.
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  • Dirty PunkerDirty Punker ...Your Eyes Only, darling."Posts: 2,587MI6 Agent
    Back to Neon Genesis Evangelion, the main action theme is very reminiscent of "007" or "007 Takes The Lektor" from "From Russia With Love".
    If not, at least it's highly influenced by it. The main melody is different but it is there.
    https://youtu.be/PkBs4qI1bb4?t=2m51s
    Still, it's a great rendition of one of the series's best action themes.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
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  • Dirty PunkerDirty Punker ...Your Eyes Only, darling."Posts: 2,587MI6 Agent
    I also needn't mention The Simpsons...
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    Nice catch, TP.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    There's an old Morecambe and Wise film " That Rivera touch"
    In one scene several cars are seen driving off an airplane, the
    first two cars are a Rolls Royce followed by an Aston Martin.
    I've always believed this to be an in joke about Goldfinger, which
    Would have been released just a few years earlier.
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  • FiremassFiremass AlaskaPosts: 1,910MI6 Agent
    Watched The Rat Race (2001) last night and there’s a car chase scene where they bust into a monster truck arena and find themselves as part of the action. Pure nonsense comedy, but it reminded me of the stock car race in OHMSS.
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    There's an old Morecambe and Wise film " That Rivera touch"
    In one scene several cars are seen driving off an airplane, the
    first two cars are a Rolls Royce followed by an Aston Martin.
    I've always believed this to be an in joke about Goldfinger, which
    Would have been released just a few years earlier.

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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    From "The Pink Panther" (2006). Unfortunately someone has dubbed over Clive Owen's line where he says he's 006 (thus ruining the joke). Note the Cubby Broccoli lookalike at about 28 seconds in, admiring Owen's drink.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_Jj8kgMso8
  • JTMJTM Posts: 3,027MI6 Agent
    And the next new female led action comedy up is "The Spy Who Dumped Me"...no seriously, that's the title. A few Bond references in the trailer - an obvious one is the Bond style title sequence at the start.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZsYiWBgFOk
  • bonspybonspy Virginia 20505Posts: 38MI6 Agent
    While realizing this is an old thread, the wife and I just watched "The Spy Who Dumped Me" tonight and I thought it was a lot better film than I was willing to give it credit for initially.

    Also, after watching it and seeing Sam Heughan's performance, we, the wife and I, think he'd make an excellent Bond. Additionally, he does do action sequences very well and makes them quite believable.

    He is Scottish and my wife thought he looked very dashing in a tuxedo as well. She is usually an excellent judge of most things, except of course, she did make the decision to marry me. So, aside from that obvious faux pas, she is an excellent judge of these things.

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    kia
    JTM wrote:
    And the next new female led action comedy up is "The Spy Who Dumped Me"...no seriously, that's the title. A few Bond references in the trailer - an obvious one is the Bond style title sequence at the start.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZsYiWBgFOk
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Late 30s, tall, Scottish... Seems okay so far.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,701MI6 Agent
    Sam Heughan is in the top three on my list of potential Bond candidates. :007) (together with Aidan Turner and Ed Skrein)
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