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100 things We learned from Watching Spectre


I'll get us started:

1. This installation of the franchise solidifies it once and for all: running through a plate glass window won't mark you with so much as a scratch, especially if you're wearing a tuxedo during said stunt.

2. MI6's susceptiblity to corruption(we're talkin' personnel that isn't content to sell intell to the opposition: they're actively working for the pukes) that makes the Mexican police and army look certifiably Mayberry-ish by comparison

3.Lea Seydeux: Living testament that being the spawn of two close relatives can, on occasion, produce an achingly delectable result, with nary a web between one of those fingers or toes.

4. Slamming into a car with two seasoned covert operatives seated inside will render them immediately unconscious.

5. Claim to be the chief of British Secret Intelligence to any cop in London; they'll not only bite without so much as asking for ID, but obey a directive to stand their fellow officers down without hesitation.

6. If you're a hatchet man for an international criminal organization tasked with the liquidation of both one of the 00 program's top operatives and the daughter of an assassin, don't bother bringing a gun to the ambush. You won't have to worry about either getting shot by your quarry, much less having a rope and barrel looped round your neck and thrown off of a train.

7. Carrying a back up gun(ankle holster, underneath the rear waistband of one's trousers, etc.)is anathema to one of the world's most formidable Action Men, even when a blood thirsty Dave Bautista is on your tail.

All I's got at present. Someone else go...

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74) Despite being drilled two times for several seconds and experiencing a close-proximity blast, there's still enough ability for a man to be able to have the immediate strength and mental capability to wield a high-recoil assault rifle with commendable marksmanship and still have enough time and accuracy to pick off the last guard for a full 3 second staredown before the man can shoot back.

75) Human Intelligence is obsolete - because drones can act as an inside man and have the capability of gaining as much details as a man in proper cover.

76) A quartermaster has a head for knowing non-alcoholic beverages inasmuch having the ability to order a man a Digestive Prolytic Enzyme Shake.

77) A quartermaster thinks he knows better than a 00 what he saw at a Roman meeting that he never witnessed; despite that, the quartermaster states that the agent is crazy and that his alleged foster brother is dead, something he only read in old headlines.

78) A watch has the capability of cutting a precise gash from eyebrow to jawline.

79) A boat is to still be kept in a condemned building rigged for demolition.

80) Even with a highly populated city like Rome and with limited traffic, Roman cops could give a damn if there's a high-speed car chase running rampant through the streets.

81) Even when surrounded in the enemy's lair, a seasoned agent thinks that charging the enemy with the intent of hurting him to shut off the screens of another enemy operative committing suicide is a good idea, and that he can't possibly stopped by highly trained guards.

82) An operative of counterintelligence can be poorly trained and when hit with shattered glass, provokes said operative to fall off a balcony.

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83. If you go missing at the age of 16 after an avalanche kills your father, twenty years later you'll look like you're 58.

All this machine does is swim, and eat, and make little sharks. -- Matt Hooper, JAWS

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83. If you go missing at the age of 16 after an avalanche kills your father, twenty years later you'll look like you're 58.


Props for to your observational prowess, Clash. Didn't even pick up on that particular nuance myself.

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84. If you rescue a girl from a building that's about to explode, just jump from the top floor, there will conveniently be a net rigged at the bottom to catch you.

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"84. If you rescue a girl from a building that's about to explode, just jump from the top floor, there will conveniently be a net rigged at the bottom to catch you."

The net is there to protect workmen from falling debris while they prime the building for demolition.

It's shown as Bond enters the building and he notices it as he walks in.

All pretty plausible.

By the way aren't these lists supposed to be funny?

Was it a millionaire who said "Imagine no possessions"?

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By the way aren't these lists supposed to be funny?


There's always the list over on Twelve Year's a Slave's board, if we're too morose for your tastes, Leo.

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84 a a. If you are caught on the roof of a collapsing building, there will be a sofa situated perfectly to catch your fall. In a sitting position. So that you can simply adjust your tie and walk off, without any worry of further collapse.

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85. When you're a highly trained assassin explaining the use of a handgun to somebody you think has never handled one before, make sure you put it on the table of a moving train with a round in the chamber and a full magazine after your previous instruction was "You just point it, you squeeze the trigger, you try not to close your eyes. Please... try it."

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86. In an organization where you can easily get promoted for brutally killing a competitor, there is no cause to worry when a large muscular guy steps up next to you after an announcement for challengers to your potential promotion.

87. No one looks deeper into the fact that the only opponents to a global intelligence coalition recently suffered terrorist attacks that made them drastically change their minds.

88. Voting in an intelligence dictatorship run by shadowy organizations requires a unanimous vote and nothing less.

89. Agents in the field know when to pull a trigger, and when Not to pull a trigger.

90. No one background checks the private citizens bankrolling a huge building and organization that will control all of the intelligence agencies for the modern civilized world.

91. Always postpone the champagne drinking when youve just let yourself get caught by the enemy and are touring their villain hideout.

92. A remote desert is the best place to run a criminal agenda that requires 100% internet connectivity.

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93. A huge explosion causing the collapse of a large building will not faze the Mexican people in their "Dia de Las Muertas" parade," nor will an out-of-control helicopter flying overhead.

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94. James Bond is a kite dancing in a hurricane.

95. Nothing can be as painful as listening to Oberhauser talk.

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95. Nothing can be as painful as listening to Oberhauser talk.


96. This version of Bond was obviously never subjected to re runs off The Nanny prior to falling into the clutches of Hans Landa.

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97. assassinations and other super secret spy missions are best conducted in the most public places possible during the biggest possible festivals.

98. they stole the plot for skyfall from the dark knight. they stole the plot for spectre from the avengers.

99. all the bond villains from now on are people from his past that turned bad because they got their feelings hurt. mi6 should keep a watch on its former associates.

100. spectre is a bad movie.

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101. When imploding a building, place the detonator's activation button inside the structure instead of outside at a safe distance. And include a timer in case someone wants to stick around and watch the countdown.

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102. Rome streets at night is very quiet.

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103. Slamming an Jaguar sideways into a wall with truck may not make side-curtain airbags deploy and Range Rovers and custom Land Rovers don't have them either. But when you tap the front bumper of a Fiat 500 on a parking pillar, a giant comedy airbag will immediately erupt into the driver's face.

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102. Rome streets at night is very quiet.

Well, it was supposedly around two A.M. in the morning...



Send her to the snakes!

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104. Remove Bond's watch if you want to restraint him. Blofeld didn't and suffered a permanent scar on his face..LOL..

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105. When adopting kids, always take time to make sure your biological children are really OK with this or they may kill you, fake their own death and start an evil empire.

106. If you want to start an evil empire, the best way to go about this is to fake your death at 16 and disappear. Don't worry about how you will feed yourself, find somewhere to live, get a new identity, complete your education, finance your giant desert hideaway, acquire monosyllabic henchmen or any of that stuff because it will all just happen off screen.

107. When the dingbat woman you needed to tell you where to find the clue to lead to the bad guy and who then inexplicably and instantly fell in love with you suddenly decides that "she can't go back to this life again", don't make her wait at the safe house until you're done with the operation and have finished off the villain who has eyes everywhere. Just say "OK then, well bye!" and let her walk off into the night to be kidnapped by him.

108. When a virtually unique supercar crashes into a river in Rome, lots of people will appear instantly to watch it sink, even though the streets were completely empty moments ago. However, none of them will notice that a man just ejected out of it and is now flying through the sky on a paraglider.

109. Bond=Freddy, Miss Moneypenny=Daphne, M=Velma, Q=Shaggy and Tanner=Scooby Doo.

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THIS-IS-NOT-REALITY!STOP-NITPICKING!NUFF_SAID!!

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Sorry that lighthearted enjoyment isn't your cup of tea. Try a more serious thread or a forum for a less comedic movie.

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