• James Bond will swig Heineken instead of Martinis in upcoming "Skyfall"
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You guys are looking into this too much, the contract only says the script has to have Bond request a Heineken by name at least once.
Will there be dragons in Skyfall? nah I'm just kidding but James bond movie should do less product placement. But he will always have that martini
Meh, it's a stupid move, but to be honest they've already ruined Bond. Don't get me wrong, I like Casino Royal and Quantum of Solace as movies, just not a Bond movies. They aren't the same.
[QUOTE=Rastadogg5;35479501]Meh, it's a stupid move, but to be honest they've already ruined Bond. Don't get me wrong, I like Casino Royal and Quantum of Solace as movies, just not a Bond movies. They aren't the same.[/QUOTE] How have "they" ruined Bond? Explain.
OMG he doesn't drink martini MY LIFE IS RUINED
[QUOTE=NuclearJesus;35478410]This is hardly the weirdest thing to happen in the James Bond universe. There's this gem. The first filmed adaptation of a Bond novel: Casino Royale. With Jimmy Bond of the C.I.A. [video=youtube;cYhQqTAGd7k]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYhQqTAGd7k[/video][/QUOTE] This casino royale is the best. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N530arcf22E[/media]
[QUOTE=Rastadogg5;35479501]Meh, it's a stupid move, but to be honest they've already ruined Bond. Don't get me wrong, I like Casino Royal and Quantum of Solace as movies, just not a Bond movies. They aren't the same.[/QUOTE] You know Bond was pretty much an armed psychopath in the books, right? He went from what essentially amounted to a government-sanctioned terrorist to a dude in a tuxedo who shot bad guys. He's meant to be like a genuine spy, ruthlessly carrying out his assignments in as subtle or brutal a manner is necessary. He is [I]meant[/I] to be willing and able to do anything he has to. That's what spies do.
I like the fan-theory that James Bond and 007 is just a codename moved from the best agent to the other, which explains why he can exist in such different time periods and why his personality can change so drastically. With that in mind, I don't mind that the new agent occasionally just orders a beer he personally enjoys other than the drink linked to his codename.
Just to piss everyone off they should put in a scene where Bond spots someone drinking a martini and points and says "what a fuckin loser" then puts on sunglasses and orders a Heineken
[QUOTE=BANNED USER;35478482]Stopped watching after Brosnan. Whatever.[/QUOTE] Casino Royale was actually a really really good Bond film, if not my favourite. It had the charisma of Bond in it.
In the books he doesn't actually drink much martinis, he drinks much more beer. [editline]8th April 2012[/editline] He drinks Heineken in gold finger
[img]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_19d6fs5nC40/S_xxd5mUWyI/AAAAAAAAAcA/u8e5fOlLcyQ/s400/computer-out-window.jpg[/img] If theres one thing that REALLY gets on my nerves it's product placement, i can't find a single fucking youtube video nowadays without some dr dre beats in the background.
Why would Bond drink beer? He's meant to be classy.
[QUOTE=carcarcargo;35481610]Why would Bond drink beer? He's meant to be classy.[/QUOTE] He's meant to be a spy, not some cocktail-sipping tuxedo-wearing pop culture joke. And, as this is apparently new news to most people, somebody in a job that requires they perform regular assassinations, infiltrations, killings and bombings is probably not gonna be a particularly classy person.
Maybe they'll turn it into a plot point like some of the more sensible posters already said .
Edit: double post. Ignore this space.
[QUOTE=Cone;35482589]He's meant to be a spy, not some cocktail-sipping tuxedo-wearing pop culture joke. And, as this is apparently new news to most people, somebody in a job that requires they perform regular assassinations, infiltrations, killings and bombings is probably not gonna be a particularly classy person.[/QUOTE] Even though that's not how Ian Flemming intended him to be? What's the point in taking a charachter from a book to put in a film if you are just going to completely change him?
[QUOTE=Cone;35482589]He's meant to be a spy, not some cocktail-sipping tuxedo-wearing pop culture joke. And, as this is apparently new news to most people, somebody in a job that requires they perform regular assassinations, infiltrations, killings and bombings is probably not gonna be a particularly classy person.[/QUOTE] But James Bond is a cocktail-sipping tuxedo-wearing pop culture joke, that's what made Bond so popular. Also considering most of his enemies are rich being classy is one of the ways he gets close to them and figures out what is going on.
[QUOTE=Cone;35482589]He's meant to be a spy, not some cocktail-sipping tuxedo-wearing pop culture joke. And, as this is apparently new news to most people, somebody in a job that requires they perform regular assassinations, infiltrations, killings and bombings is probably not gonna be a particularly classy person.[/QUOTE] James Bond wasn't written to be a literal spy, he's meant to be charming and suave with quirks, one of them being he likes martinis. This is ripping the balls out of that image
Can't wait until nobody watches the movie because of a fucking drink
[QUOTE=JaegerMonster;35475150]James bond threads on FP are cancer, you guys whine till ears bleed. "this isn't james bond!!!" Yes it is ffs, the reboot so far has been closer to the actual Fleming novels than any of the previous movies. Pro tip: The martini isn't characteristic of Bond either, he orders whiskey more often. In fact if i remember correctly, he consumes a wide variety of alcoholic beverages, no special emphasis was ever placed on the martini until the films. Casino Royale was very, very well made. Yes we all know quantum of solace sucked, get over it, it had an unsuitable director. That's one hit, one miss and yet you all act like Craig has sabotaged the series. In Casino Royale, Bond is a rookie 00 agent recruited straight from the SAS. Of course he isn't going to be dapper and smooth yet. That whole film has him fucking up multiple times for a reason. It's showing he hasn't found his groove yet, and he's not mature enough as an agent to be emotionally detached from the situation. QoS was just a shit film so I'm not going to comment on that as part of the growing Bond. Although, again, it's set directly after the events of CR and he's still a rookie. I'm more than willing to give skyfall a chance. If you're so offended by the changes brought on by the reboot, go watch any of the other 20 films that don't star craig and have voodoo people and jetpacks or whatever the fuck.[/QUOTE] Apart from a shitty director, there were two problems that causes Q of S to be terrible, which meant that it was out of people's hands whether it was good or not. 1) At the time of writing, Hollywood has the Writer's Strike, therefore the script didn't even have a first draft yet and only a rough plotline 2) Production needed to start because of MGM was going to go bust if it didn't. It also didn't have enough money to start production from scratch. Rewrites were going as its was being filmed. No wonder the director look shit. No director, no matter how good, could control what was happening. So basically, the film was substandard and was released anyway. It was completely out of anyone's control the film's quality, not that people in production were incapable of doing their jobs. I really feel sorry for everyone involved in the making of the film, especially Craig and the director. It actually got so bad that they personally had to do a lot of the rewrites because they were the only ones legally allowed to at one point. No idea why though. To be honest, if this was Craig's first Bond film, it would have likely have been his last! It must have been a fucking nightmare for everyone involved.
[QUOTE=Source;35472541]Vodka Martini is a fucking iconic part of Bond......you can't just change shit like that fucking retarded product placements, why can't he just drive his aston martin through a Heineken billboard or some shit?[/QUOTE] MGM actually nearly went under so i can see why their doing this even if it's stupid.
[QUOTE=Lance99;35472777]Oh come on, it is the same as putting Batman into a rat costume.[/QUOTE] No, it would be like changing the Batmobile to the Tumbler. And look how that went.
I don't care, I still want to see this movie. Mostly because the villain is this guy. [IMG]http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/anton.jpg[/IMG]
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Wait, people are actually getting pissy about this?... Bawhahahaha!
In the next one, Bond will tweet about Heineken from his iPad 3
I kinda felt the same way the first time I saw a Bond movie where he didn't use his iconic little Walther PPK pistol. [QUOTE=electric926;35489097]I don't care, I still want to see this movie. Mostly because the villain is this guy. [IMG]http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/anton.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] God damn yes, Javier Bardem makes such a badass bad guy.
[QUOTE=Mr. Agree;35480992]Casino Royale was actually a really really good Bond film, if not my favourite. It had the charisma of Bond in it.[/QUOTE] It was also much grittier and brutal than most of the other James Bond movies. In a way it's good because it makes it much more intense and plausible than most of the other films, in another it's a bit meh because originally James Bond has never really been about realism and coherent spy behavior and more like about how you can save the world and stay as classy as possible. [editline]9th April 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=electric926;35489097]I don't care, I still want to see this movie. Mostly because the villain is this guy. [IMG]http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/anton.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] I hope he is as batshit insane as in no country for old men. I have to watch this movie again.
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