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http://sploitz.blogspot.com/2008/09/qua ... olace.html

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Just watched the trailer on Quantum of Solace and I'm not impressed just yet. At a glance, there's the usual violence, expensive cars, vivid villians, and the 'Bond Girl' (featuring Ukrainian-born Olga Kurylenko).

But to me it just isn't the Bond I knew.

For one, you can't blame a guy for being so used to that image of Bond that has been implanted into my mind since I could say Bond.

He's none other than Irish-born Pierce Brosnan. I admire him for his unparalleled coolness, tenacity that portrays from his eyes and above all the shaken-not-stirred charm that all men would love to have and just have to love.

I can never forget the opening chase scene from Tomorrow Never Dies (I think, lol) where he's chasing a car and the target jumps onto a speedboat. He then casually zooms towards the water along the bridge and *woosh* his car turns intoa speedboat itself and together with him, it dives underwater. In the 3 seconds that they're showing him underwater amidst all the chasing madness and near-death stunts, he straightens his tie.

Oh, the embodiment of masculinity - where ego is above all else. And it's probably due to this too that lets him get.all.the.d**n.girls. ALLuv them. You may say it's just a show, but.. you really think he can't?

Also, he pulls off great dialogues like:
Q: Would you need collision coverage?
Bond: Yes.
Q: Property destruction?
Bond: Definitely.
Q: Personal injury?
Bond: Accidents do happen..
Q: Grow up Double-oh-seven

And do you know what I just found out?

With just RM1.50, now everyone can be Bond
The new Bond is going to be drinking Coke Zero.

8.0 on the WTF-o-meter

But unlike me, some do appreciate the new Craig-Bond. Perhaps I'll get in the mood get a Diet Coke and watch Casino Royale after a 2 year boycott. Did I mention that I loved the Pierce-Bond?
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The Old Fakir wrote:http://sploitz.blogspot.com/2008/09/qua ... olace.html

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Just watched the trailer on Quantum of Solace and I'm not impressed just yet. At a glance, there's the usual violence, expensive cars, vivid villians, and the 'Bond Girl' (featuring Ukrainian-born Olga Kurylenko).

But to me it just isn't the Bond I knew.

For one, you can't blame a guy for being so used to that image of Bond that has been implanted into my mind since I could say Bond.

He's none other than Irish-born Pierce Brosnan. I admire him for his unparalleled coolness, tenacity that portrays from his eyes and above all the shaken-not-stirred charm that all men would love to have and just have to love.

I can never forget the opening chase scene from Tomorrow Never Dies (I think, lol) where he's chasing a car and the target jumps onto a speedboat. He then casually zooms towards the water along the bridge and *woosh* his car turns intoa speedboat itself and together with him, it dives underwater. In the 3 seconds that they're showing him underwater amidst all the chasing madness and near-death stunts, he straightens his tie.

Oh, the embodiment of masculinity - where ego is above all else. And it's probably due to this too that lets him get.all.the.d**n.girls. ALLuv them. You may say it's just a show, but.. you really think he can't?

Also, he pulls off great dialogues like:
Q: Would you need collision coverage?
Bond: Yes.
Q: Property destruction?
Bond: Definitely.
Q: Personal injury?
Bond: Accidents do happen..
Q: Grow up Double-oh-seven

And do you know what I just found out?

With just RM1.50, now everyone can be Bond
The new Bond is going to be drinking Coke Zero.

8.0 on the WTF-o-meter

But unlike me, some do appreciate the new Craig-Bond. Perhaps I'll get in the mood get a Diet Coke and watch Casino Royale after a 2 year boycott. Did I mention that I loved the Pierce-Bond?
Did anyone like QOS apart from the CommanderBond Craig fanatics?
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Flandry, I'm assuming that is a rhetorical question :lol:
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Zero Coke Bond taht is a good name for him
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Bond77 wrote:Flandry, I'm assuming that is a rhetorical question :lol:
Yes!

By the way Old Fakir you ought to visit CommanderBond: there are loads of fakirs on there.
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Capt. Sir Dominic Flandry wrote:
Bond77 wrote:Flandry, I'm assuming that is a rhetorical question :lol:
Yes!

By the way Old Fakir you ought to visit CommanderBond: there are loads of fakirs on there.
And MI6 - some silly old fakir designed their new forum. :wink:
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Coke Zero is awful. Worst.Product placement idea.Ever. :cuss:
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Funny thing, Bond never even had that drink. I think there was a brief shot of a bunch of cans of those at Greene's party but that was it. :lol: Pretty strange considering the commercials I saw of Coke promoting Bond.
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Capt. Sir Dominic Flandry wrote:Did anyone like QOS apart from the CommanderBond Craig fanatics?
A few pretentious film students. It gives them a chance to feel superior by pulling out the "great unwashed masses regard the film as an incoherent mess, but clever people like me who talk loudly in restaurants see it as a brilliant deconstruction of the action genre which thrillingly frees itself of the obligation to show the audience what the f**k is happening on screen" line.
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Not that I like the idea of product placement(I don't!) but if they're going to do it, actually have it be something Bond would actually drink.Just sayin'. :mrgreen:
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Well, I'm not from CB.n and I liked it. Or at least I like it more than not. I regard it as more of a middle of the road Bond along with GoldenEye and Licence to Kill, both flicks I like yet have major problems with.
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I agree Katied, If they are going to use product placement then it should be for things someone in Bond world would use/drink. I can't imagine Bond knocking Back a can Of Zero after a heavy roof chase, Then again, ............................................................................ Mabey next time ! :lol:
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The stuff is hella nasty...and, as I said, not something Bond would drink. I just can't defend there being product placement in every other scene. I mean, one or two things is OK, but when it becomes a feature length commercial?Not so much.
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Jif lemon have signed a deal to sponsor Bond 23. :wink:

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