I was clearly posting in max's voice.
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Monday, 26 November 2012 16:39 (eleven years ago) link
when are they gonna let the guy who directed donnie darko take a crack at a bond movie?
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Monday, 26 November 2012 16:42 (eleven years ago) link
max is british now?!?
― mh, Monday, 26 November 2012 16:45 (eleven years ago) link
has De Palma ever expressed an interest? cause boy would i love to see that.
― piscesx, Monday, 26 November 2012 16:55 (eleven years ago) link
tbh next one shd be Mike Leigh or gtfo
― Shane Breen is a gigantic tool (Noodle Vague), Monday, 26 November 2012 16:57 (eleven years ago) link
tim burton, we can find out how bond's dad tried to crush his creative spirit as a child, then after that we could get a superbond reboot where bond lands on the tower bridge into the surprised yet kindly arms of michael caine, a child fleeing the destruction of his home planet
― bill paxman (darraghmac), Monday, 26 November 2012 17:08 (eleven years ago) link
wes anderson's james bond !
― AlXTC from Paris, Monday, 26 November 2012 17:12 (eleven years ago) link
now THAT would be stylish !
max would totally rock a monocle
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 26 November 2012 17:16 (eleven years ago) link
Maxacle
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 26 November 2012 17:26 (eleven years ago) link
is he saying "mum" or "ma'am"?on some subtitled brit shows, it says "ma'am" when I thought they were saying "mum"
― Philip Nunez, Monday, 26 November 2012 18:26 (eleven years ago) link
he's saying "ma'am." to an American, the vowel he uses (as in "palm") might sound something like "mum" but it's not the same word.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Monday, 26 November 2012 18:45 (eleven years ago) link
ma-dam versus ma-dahm
― mh, Monday, 26 November 2012 18:55 (eleven years ago) link
xp yes but it's not spelled "malm."
― grossly incorrect register (in orbit), Monday, 26 November 2012 18:56 (eleven years ago) link
tbf britishes don't really pronounce the l in palm, either
― mh, Monday, 26 November 2012 18:57 (eleven years ago) link
is it a subtle or big distinction in pronunciation between ma'am and mum?
― Philip Nunez, Monday, 26 November 2012 19:04 (eleven years ago) link
In the US? Huge. First of all, ma'am almost has two syllables? More so in the south and southwest but I think most people from most US places have a slight hesitation that extends the As.
― grossly incorrect register (in orbit), Monday, 26 November 2012 19:07 (eleven years ago) link
I rewatched Casino Royale after Skyfall though and they definitely say maam the american way a few times. so I think all the moms in Skyfall were probs intentional
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Monday, 26 November 2012 19:08 (eleven years ago) link
i guess they feel like m is part of the fumily
― mookieproof, Monday, 26 November 2012 19:09 (eleven years ago) link
in the UK i think it's a North/South thing too re "ma'am". up North no one says "Ma'am" as "mum" i don't.. think. then of course there's "Mam" which people in Newcastle say which sounds more like "Ma'am" than "Mum" does.
― piscesx, Monday, 26 November 2012 19:12 (eleven years ago) link
Imagine Bond would say 'mother', but then you are in Avengers territory.
It is definitely 'ma'am'. Longer sound than 'mum'.
― Go Narine, Go! (ShariVari), Monday, 26 November 2012 19:14 (eleven years ago) link
christ's sake
― goole, Monday, 26 November 2012 19:15 (eleven years ago) link
did albert finney mishear and call her "Emma" the whole time?
― Philip Nunez, Monday, 26 November 2012 19:16 (eleven years ago) link
haha, yes
― mh, Monday, 26 November 2012 19:17 (eleven years ago) link
yes i think so. the one good joke of the thing!
― goole, Monday, 26 November 2012 19:17 (eleven years ago) link
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― max, Monday, 26 November 2012 19:21 (eleven years ago) link
according to wiki, the filmmakers chose to cast finney rather than sean connery because they didn't want to resort to 'stunt casting' that would overshadow the enterprise.
gtf over yourselves, you are making a james bond movie
― mookieproof, Monday, 26 November 2012 19:22 (eleven years ago) link
the two vowels in "ma'am" and "mum" (at least for the "palm" pronunciation of "ma'am") are relatively close to one another in vowel terms... one is open mid back unrounded, the other is open back unrounded. an american watching skyfall could be forgiven for conflating "ma'am" with "mum." some dialects of british english pronounce "ma'am" the same way most americans do, rhyming with "ham." as in orbit notes, some american dialects diphthongize it into something that sounds like "my-um."
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Monday, 26 November 2012 19:23 (eleven years ago) link
lol the aston martin was basically stunt casting
― max, Monday, 26 November 2012 19:24 (eleven years ago) link
people who think they were saying "mum" dont watch enough british spy/police movies/tv imo
― max, Monday, 26 November 2012 19:25 (eleven years ago) link
they call helen mirren "ma'am" prounounced, sort of, "mahm" in prime suspect all the time
how is prime suspect? I watched the americanized version and it was ok
― mh, Monday, 26 November 2012 19:27 (eleven years ago) link
literally the best television show of all time, probably.
― max, Monday, 26 November 2012 19:28 (eleven years ago) link
they call her "guv", n00b
― goole, Monday, 26 November 2012 19:28 (eleven years ago) link
thanks for the recommendation!
― mh, Monday, 26 November 2012 19:29 (eleven years ago) link
what is james bond's philosophy of tipping
― mookieproof, Monday, 26 November 2012 19:29 (eleven years ago) link
just the tipping?
bond thinks tipping is just some city in china you fly to in order to assassinate people.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Monday, 26 November 2012 19:30 (eleven years ago) link
― goole, Monday, November 26, 2012 2:28 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
they call her a LOT of things,
― max, Monday, 26 November 2012 19:31 (eleven years ago) link
don't they ever!
― goole, Monday, 26 November 2012 19:32 (eleven years ago) link
between takes, they call her dame!
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Monday, 26 November 2012 19:33 (eleven years ago) link
da'am
― jabba hands, Monday, 26 November 2012 19:50 (eleven years ago) link
they weren't saying "mum"
― caek, Monday, 26 November 2012 20:17 (eleven years ago) link
max ... what would you have had on the soundtrack for the shanghai scene
http://thumbs.anyclip.com/tX6oFxr4U/tmb_4380_480.jpg
― caek, Monday, 26 November 2012 20:18 (eleven years ago) link
i mean i was thinking why have any music cues at all, just the sounds of the fight and glass breaking and the wind whipping in the tower
im not really arguing for vangelis but the way they used the music in that scene was so annoying -- you had this great evocative photography & staging that was already communicating a vibe and the score just ends up pushing it over the top and ruining it
― max, Monday, 26 November 2012 20:23 (eleven years ago) link
i didn't really notice the music in that scene. i did notice that they forgot to put spots on Q when they called to attention how spotty he was.
― Philip Nunez, Monday, 26 November 2012 20:33 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i didn't really thought it stuck out as being bad but then the incidental music in Bonds DID used to be the most amazing incidental music ever.
― piscesx, Monday, 26 November 2012 20:43 (eleven years ago) link
it's been a mixed bag, really
― mh, Monday, 26 November 2012 21:09 (eleven years ago) link
ma'ambling
― bill paxman (darraghmac), Monday, 26 November 2012 21:17 (eleven years ago) link
Connery would've turned them down
― Raymond Cummings, Monday, 26 November 2012 21:36 (eleven years ago) link