It’s good to know the James Bond movie producers pay attention to Gizmodo. Just three weeks ago we were begging for more gadgets in Skyfall, the next Bond flick, and now British actor Ben Whishaw has been cast as gadget-wrangler Q. More »
Great news: the 23rd James Bond film now has a title: Skyfall. Even better, we know it will be out before Christmas next year. There’s just one more thing we need: a bevy of gadgets. More »
If you want to be the gadget inventor for Her Majesty’s Intelligence Service, the MI5—British Military Intelligence Section 5— is actually offering the real post now. The best thing: It’s part-time.
I watched Quantum of Solace on Blu-ray over the weekend, and while watching the 1080p version on my 50-inch Panny plasma was an exhibition of ocular pleasure, when it came to special features, plus my current lack of surround sound, I began to wonder whether having the DVD version may have suited me just as well. More »
The James Bond series has always had gushing reviews of their gadgety goodness, even before Jesus’ take on Quantum of Solace. This January 1966 article, “James Bond’s Weird World of Inventions” look backs to the time when Sean Connery was filling 007′s shoes. Remember the Disco Volante, the110-foot hydrofoil floating fortress? How about the Bell jet-pack Bond uses in the opening scenes of Thunderball?
The latest Bond is the perfect Bond Movie. Yes. It is. In fact, Quantum of Solace is not only the perfect Bond movie, it’s the best Bond movie ever, period. Even surpassing Casino Royale–and I mean both the Craig’s one and the original Peter Sellers, David Niven, and Woody Allen’s delirium–which to me surpassed Connery’s best (I know, sacrilege). It has everything a Bond film must have and more: Cars, cocktails, airplanes, boats, cocktails, smart hot girls, evil baddies, slimy baddie sidekicks, cocktails, and gadgets. Yes, the new Bond has some really cool gadgets in it. I don’t mean cheesy stupid mini-rockets firing from the exhaust pipe of an Aston Martin or laser watches that can cut through steel and french lingerie. I mean cool, believable technology that integrates in the movie transparently.
Quantum of Solace, the new James Bond movie scheduled for release in mid-November might be a fine movie, but something is missing. There is no Q.
For a cheap-at-half-the-price sum of just $US30million you could be the owner of the Basra Breeze—a 270-foot superyacht that Bond himself, or perhaps, more fittingly, a Bond-style supervillain would be proud of. Why? Because as well as your standard superyacht golden faucets, the Breeze has a helicopter landing deck, and a bullet-proof atrium.
In case you’re a huge James Bond fan just on the verge of buying a laptop, Sony’s auctioning off a hundred 007-branded VAIO TTs to promote the Nov. 14 release of Quantum of Solace. Each 1.3kg TT packs an Intel Centrino 2 processor, 4GB RAM, a 64GB SSD, an 11.1-inch XBRITE LCD screen and a built-in webcam. Along with the laptop, you’ll also get a matching leather carrying case. In case you think Sony’s just trying to get its Goldfinger on, all proceeds from the auction will go to 1% For The Planet, a charity that gets companies to donate 1% of their sales to environmental organisations. [Ebay]
