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Fact and Fiction Behind Bond's Gadgets

Posted by michael on from the movie-promotion-entirely-coincidental dept.

bubblegoose writes "With the new 007 movie coming out soon MSNBC is running a story about some of the fact and fiction behind the Bond gadgets."

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  1. The interviewee doesn't get it by DougJohnson · · Score: 5, Insightful
    A big part of this article is how the movie "Just doesn't get it" which is of course the biggest load.

    Of course the movie gets it. What the commenter doesn't get is that the movie is about fantasy. It's not trying to be a realistic portrayal of life as a spy, it's about selling copies, giving kids a fantastical role model, and being down right entertaining. everyone (well, men) want to be Bond at some point of Bonds career or another, loads of people mimic Bond's speach. I'd say that Hollywood gets it

  2. At least he's driving a British car again. by m.lemur · · Score: 5, Insightful

    mmmm Aston Martin.

    I'm so glad they got rid of the BMWs

  3. Product Placement by zuhl · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I used to enjoy the Bond flicks. They were fun. Connery was witty and all the Bonds are sleek and the women are certainly easy on the eyes.

    But the last few movies seem to have been nothing more than extended commercials for huge corporations. Ericsson, BMW. etc. Convergence with a vengence. Now there never really was much of a plot or meaning in Bond films, but now they border on the ridiculous. Even the action scenes are completely subsumed by the products they are hyping. James Bond remote controling his super-neat-o BMW with his tricked out Ericsson phone.

    I will see the movie and probably drool over Halle Berry, but I will never, ever buy anything that they are "advertising" in the film. Branding a product or company is fine, but I have a problem with it completely subverting a movie. And the Bond francise seems to be ONLY about pushing specific products/gadgets down our collective throats.

  4. Does anybody ever feel sorry for Q? by CaffeineAddict2001 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    He makes all these awesome gadgets and James uses them in some unintended way and they always break.

    If I were Q, I'd keep the laser\toothbrush and replace it with a real toothbrush.

    James would probably save the day anyway.

  5. The Tank by IPFreely · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Of all the gadgets I've seen in all the Bond movies, the only one that really grabbed me and made me say "I want THAT!" was the soviet tank he drove through the streets of Moscow. All the rest was tripe or too unbelieveable to even illicit interest.

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