“Were you expecting an exploding pen?"

[@McIrish_Lad]

The old school Q gadgets were the best part of Bond movies

[@22steve5150]

that's cause the older Bond movies mostly weren't' very good.

[@i_liek_bois]

@@22steve5150 I fell asleep trying to watch skyfall. Twice.

[@marvinfreitagsmueller9527]

it was clear there must be someone like you...@@22steve5150

[@nemesiscomix]

@@22steve5150 Wow....just wow. Tell me you don't know film without telling me.

[@Masongr5]

​@22steve5150 your mom wasn't very good last night

[@13576bard]

"we dont really go in for that anymore" "it'd be a lot cooler if ya did..."

[@thescooterbrown]

Some will say it's just a joke callback but I think the writers genuinely view themselves as above the older movies

[@aadamali5867]

Well said 😂😂😂

[@FigthAGAINSTSCOIALISM]

@@thescooterbrown They do.

[@chase7767]

@@owenJCC yeah the old ones just had people getting eaten by sharks and flattened in a printing press, no big deal.

[@Aryan-nv9kd]

@@chase7767 I'd prefer that chaos than some constantly emo depressed agent with a tendency for dropping his supposed secret identity casually, every chance he gets and indulging in unsavory affairs with women with ridiculous pick up lines. And on top of that, his agency itself always seems to be lacking in funding, commanded by incapable women or fembois with power/daddy issues with apparently everyone else in the agency is contributing nothing and being clueless penguins while the Depressed Bond gets blown up and figures things out on the move miraculously while dodging all the bullets that were just 2 mins ago, taking out his agency friends with 1 shot each. Compared to the old Bond movies, these new ones are garbage and typical regurgitated mix of clichés sloppily put together.

[@MawileMage]

...And then in Spectre and No Time to Die, he gives Bond an exploding watch. 😂

[@CENTURAFILMZXV54]

Well technically one was an EMP watch but it blew someones mind

[@achaz_]

I remember my parents took me to watch Spectre when I was still a kid and I couldn't stop crying when he got his head drilled

[@FlameClaw-zs4uy]

The old ways are the best

[@Deadmanstrolln]

​@@achaz_ "Watch Spectre... When I was a kid" 😨

[@jobemednigh3057]

​@@achaz_ the movie is PG-13, if your parents took you to see it while you were a child (younger than a teen) then I'm sorry but that's horrible for your development

[@chrishalliday748]

“We don’t really go in for that thing anymore” - Next movie: Bond is infected by blood relative-seeking killer nanobots.

[@michaelmartin9022]

"We didn't say the baddies don't"

[@kirkgriff5117]

i guess i never said the plot out loud.... fk they were stretching for ideas then XD

[@Ryanspeanuty]

Dumbest concept for a threat they could come up with. Nanobots really? All I could think of were the nanobots from Agent Cody Banks.

[@nightyk6]

That movie was just terrible. It was obvious that it was going to be about a pandemic.. then an actual pandemic hit, and they entirely re-wrote the history - turning it into this nonsensical nonsense we ended up getting.

[@filip9587]

Ah yes, the good old rules of engagement.

[@alexesortega4248]

"Grow up" *walks away and fucking explodes*

[@ZouzouCanna]

Right ? Bond’s three clicks should have initiated the 4s delay before the thing blew up.

[@yagashio]

⁠@@ZouzouCanna Q disarmed it when he grabbed it and put it back in his pocket.

[@hello_Blake_Alan]

@@yagashiodefinitely don’t see him click it three times again. 🤷‍♂️

[@HolyChesusCrust]

​@@hello_Blake_Alanyou can kinda hear him clicking it

[@bryanblack4636]

​@@HolyChesusCrustI only heard 2 clicks...

[@emeryoldham48]

“The pen is mightier than the sword…but the wise carry both”

[@RoastTurtle2]

And yet whomever so wields the sword, decides who holds the pen.

[@DaxterL]

@@RoastTurtle2 it's the other way around

[@JamesLudwickDollisen]

"A gun beats both" Some American probably. Pls dont take it seriously

[@empireofitalypsstimfromano5025]

​​​@@JamesLudwickDollisen "And Tank Beats Everything" - Some Random Marine, Probably A Germa

[@RoastTurtle2]

@@DaxterL It really isn't but okay. It's a quote from a video game but it rings true as no pen can beat steel physically

[@holemajora598]

Q , the original, was an absolute legend, flame throwers, net guns, laser watches, jet boats and all the good things that go boom.

[@thatguy7072]

Desmond Llewellyn was irreplaceable. 5 generations of Bond. R.I.P

[@Zach-ju5vi]

Never was the same without him

[@Hardstyl3r17]

true, played Q except in the first 007 then till he passed, think last bond movie came out and he ended up passing away later the same year.

[@Jukantos]

He was a legend, but his successor honored him with a great performance. The irony, the *flaws*, him allowing his own ego to get the whole damn replacement-headquarters hacked in Skyfall gave the character a different kind of depth that simply was never asked of Desmond.

[@grandmasta0079]

The tribute video to him at the start of The World is Not Enough was so well done.

[@ZetzMemp]

@@grandmasta0079Nobody does it better

[@spearheadconsulting5144]

When I was a kid falling in love with the spy James Bond, part of his awesomeness for me was to see what cool gadgets Q would give him for the movie.

[@hvip4]

What I hate about this Skyfall scene is that he acknowledges an exploding pen, therefore he's also basically acknowledging invisible remote control cars, laser watches, jetpacks etc. The "we don't really do that anymore" line just feels kinda cheap, like he's spitting on the legacy. I understand their move to abandon the super OP gadgets and I like the Craig - Bond movies, but this one particular moment was just unnecessary. At least he could have joked about the MI6's budget or something. 😊

[@Trump20-24years]

g a yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[@ripp3rjak934]

Ive always liked that as well. Like a downtime before the actiom really ramps up and sees how bond uses these gadgets

[@thevaccinator666]

​@@hvip4I agree.

[@CyberMew]

This!!

[@giteausuperstar]

The best part of the original scene is when Bond picks up a baguette and asks “what’s this?” To which Q replies “don’t touch that! That’s my lunch” 😂

[@elwick_photo]

And if you go back to never say never again... A bit of a bond..ish movie, they do similar, he keeps looking at or picking this baguette up and then at the end the Q imposter grabs it and starts eating it

[@BeefbrothHD3L]

Yes!

[@esnebta]

Don't forget the ghetto blaster

[@Fosi94]

Absolutely brilliant. That was ACE! 😂

[@codwarhero9883]

There was one (I don’t remember which movie it was) that it was a saddle that had a spike shoot straight up. James looked at it and said “Brings tears to your eyes.”

[@Lomochrome]

It's not really a 007 movie without the gadgets.

[@hawkstringfellow]

Thats what I said !!!!!!

[@jackkemp7256]

Not exactly Christmas without the gadgets.

[@machiel5888]

weird because Skyfall is an Iconic bond movie regardless

[@el-kiote]

Tell that to Timothy Dalton on licence to kill, the best bond movie ever

[@Cxltyy]

Oh really? Then explain Casino Royale and Skyfall's success.

[@CidHighwindRocks]

"Were you expecting an exploding pen?" YES FUCKING PLEASE

[@sidemonsters-x2j]

Yes 👍🏻

[@deepbanerjee5900]

Pierce Brosnan .....no words to describe him...simply charismatic

[@NathanaelBenYAH]

“Charismatic” is a word and you used it to describe Pierce Brosnan.

[@FrogWalrus]

He’s a douche in real life

[@joshuaselate4647]

@@NathanaelBenYAH lol 😂🤣

[@tigerjonn]

I think he was the worst bond.. lol.

[@NathanaelBenYAH]

@@tigerjonn - I think jail is the worst bond.

[@1234MrShane]

The best part of the old series were the gadgets and wondering how he'd use them

[@spaztikenigma]

All ya have to say is, “Oh, Toodles!”

[@kittysmacks-so2nt]

​@@spaztikenigma M I C K E Y M O U S E!

[@macmadness5932]

@@spaztikenigma underrated reply

[@delmuswu-tangbroadnax9056]

Oh man i wonder what he could use a gun and a radio for?😂

[@dickjohnson9582]

No it was imagining that you yourself as a child had the gadgets.

[@endarasman]

For me, The banter between 007 and Q is always be the hilight of the movie 😂

[@kaj7135]

Then they ruined it by replacing Q with a dorky liberal arts college kid. Genius.

[@BoleDaPole]

Don't touch that, it's my lunch! 🥪

[@v4v819]

That would require a script... We don't go for that anymore...

[@endarasman]

Oooh grow up 007

[@robertlangtry5699]

And then there's Atkinson's spy movie, where he asks for a gun and they say they don't really do that anymore...😂

[@sebastianmartinez8282]

The ironic part is that Atkinson starred in the last Sean Connery Bond film.

[@LightsaberGoBrrrrrr]

Johnny English 😂

[@ProxyDoug]

I got that scene literally two shorts down.

[@dan-wd2fx]

@@ProxyDougme too

[@ronnietodd5527]

I got it one short down wtf lol

[@mackenzieowens161]

"Thanks to me, they were right," Most badass movie line ever.

[@mohammadmanhar8839]

No, "it's Explodin' Time" is

[@daveyjoseph6058]

Real white people moment

[@brandonpratt6448]

Not really.. nice try tho 😂😂

[@carlsberg-gs6rl]

"Its called the ghetto blaster". That's the most badass movie line.

[@TomClarke1995]

The random gadgets were such a staple of the Bond films.

[@badluck5647]

Now everything can be done on app

[@tlotpwist3417]

​@@badluck5647you have an app that shoots lasers or turns your car invisible? Gimme the name

[@sridharbah]

Sean Connery and Pierce Brosnan were the best bonds ever, Q was a legend, amazing humour.

[@michalg5082]

Absolutely right!

[@geeebuttersnap2433]

I agree with you fully. Moore and Dalton were passable, and that model guy was okay. But I grew up with Brosnan, he was Bond during my childhood, and I obviously watched all the Connery bond films to great adoration.

[@JachebK]

I think Sean Connery will always be the best bond, but my favourite has to be Roger Moore for some of the craziest adventures Bond has ever had

[@danielriley7380]

Brosnan was a good Bond, pity apart from GoldenEye the films were cheesy af. Moore aged out of the role but wouldn’t give it up when he should have. Dalton was on par Brosnan and had better films. Craig brought a similar grit to the character as Connery. As for the other one, he’s not even worth naming.

[@rodriguezrobbiano]

Agree with Brosnan, this year I watched all the movies in order, and now I have to say that Brosnan was the perfect match between action, humor and plots, and my favourite movie is one with Moore, "the spy who loves me".

[@keenmachine80]

The old Q scenes was some of my favorite scenes, was so zany and fun.

[@DJB10T1C]

haha same! those scenes always got me excited to see what gadgets he is gonna get for the movie xD

[@Tobiasu]

What does this do? 🥖

[@Blackofheart221]

@@Tobiasu Thats my lunch!

[@sglenny001]

They still are tbh the appeal to bond for me is the silliness Roger Moore is my favourite bond and moonraker is my favourite bond flim but as I've got older the behind the scenes the winks and nods simply fantastic

[@rexex345]

Doesn't the latter series chronologically take place before the former? So the joke would be that this moment inspired Q to actually give it a go...

[@JamesCPotter13]

I love that in the original, Bond immediately points out the fuse IS NOT four seconds. This is VERY important info if you need to use it.

[@Ghost-jx5hj]

Wdym... they didn't let more then 3 secs go by...

[@Fdrnghppr]

I counted more than 4 seconds

[@Ghost-jx5hj]

@@Fdrnghppr I used a... timer...

[@Talkshowhost23]

Lol, so he was ready to kill everyone in the room to check it? 😂

[@andrewm.3581]

Pretty sure q had a different pen given, he only clicks it once b4 putting it in his pocket

[@ColtonRMagby]

"Don't say it!" "The writing's on the wall?" "Along with the rest of him."

[@DestronGaming]

LMFAO WHEN WAS THIS!?!

[@ColtonRMagby]

@@DestronGaming Goldeneye.

[@ВиталийЦаль-ч7я]

For you, I have to risk it all, cause the writing's on the wall

[@IglooGaming1775]

@@DestronGamingPierce Brosnans first role as famed super spy 007. “Q” played by Desmond Llewelyn would pass away in 1999.

[@ColtonRMagby]

@@ВиталийЦаль-ч7я What?

[@KallegrandStudios]

Q was mighty calm for someone who knew he'd fine disarming the pen 1 second short.

[@scorpionwins6378]

I remember watching that scene with a friend, stopwatch in hand. The timer actually crept past the 4 second mark if I remember correctly. And this was after we rewound the tape multiple times and averaged them all together.

[@RTplays69420]

Brosnan will forever be my 007. Can't change my childhood with his face on GoldenEye's 64 cartridge.

[@OHQ_Saucey]

Facts

[@someguyO2W]

Mine too

[@gabrieldantas2647]

Mine too 😅

[@Andres-vd1in]

Based comment

[@tyquemtjoboliver1888]

Brosnan the best Bond

[@jobreau1725]

The old Q knew how to have fun with his job

[@frankyfrank2010]

“Don’t touch that…it’s my lunch”

[@username_etc4957]

To this day I can’t pick up a pen without clicking it six times.

[@justcallmesiv]

Congratulations this movie gave you OCD

[@JoeyYamitaro]

What happens if you forget how many times you click it

[@mihirpatel5042]

@@JoeyYamitarohe fails to disarm it and it blows up

[@robert-king-d7t]

*I A M I N V I N C I B L E ! ! !*

[@NightmarenReaper]

Aand a 7th click for good luck. 😂

[@Atomsk2]

The struggle to not look into the camera when saying you don’t do it anymore was real. Like the call of the reference to wink at the camera nearly took him

[@VocalBrony123]

"Oh grow up 007." This line is iconic and I'm tired of pretending it's not.

[@5EK5HUN8]

So good. Insanely iconic

[@omphya6229]

Why pretend its not?

[@manbat4582]

​@@omphya6229I'm guessing it's a meme dialogue

[@zacharyrollick6169]

And then, unfortunately, the modern writers decided to act on that

[@zaynthebrayn]

I still remember the tribute they gave Q in “The World is Not Enough”, RIP Legend

[@lewisgrant7622]

The fact Desmond’s death was an accident. Like he could’ve probably lived if he like walked home or gotten the bus.

[@FiveLeefClovr]

@@lewisgrant7622that applies to literally most deaths. go away.

[@Kevenough]

Never let them see you bleed, and always have an escape plan.

[@TheZProject115]

​@@FiveLeefClovrnot really, most deaths globally are caused by diseases, cancers, strokes etc etc. As you said to the other guy. Go away.

[@DingusMcCringleberry]

​@@FiveLeefClovrNot sure why, but this is the best exchange I've seen in ages.

[@obscure.reference]

“were you expecting something fun? we don’t go in for that anymore”

[@gavinludwig2694]

Sounds like school

[@adamjames8854]

We're you expecting this to be a James Bond movie? How about more generic CGI slop instead lmao

[@Half_Bl00d_H3R0]

@@adamjames8854an exploding pen is very stupid

[@slothfulquagsire199]

@@Half_Bl00d_H3R0 Aaaand that's what makes it fun

[@urbanoutlaw858]

I bet you're fun at parties.@@Half_Bl00d_H3R0

[@nanny287]

The old gadgets were a lot more fun. I always looked forward to the introduction of the latest weapons segment in the older bond films, especially when the original Q was there. Great verbal sparring between him and Bond, James Bond.

[@kaj7135]

They tried WAY too hard to make the new Bond movies all dark and serious. That’s why most of them suck so bad.

[@Zack_410]

​@@kaj7135Bronson's last Bond film almost killed the franchise and made people question whether Bond movies should be made anymore. Didn't see that happen with Craig.

[@jonnypokemon]

that exploding pen single handedly stopped the goldeneye from firing lol

[@Rabbit-the-One]

But Boris was Invincible...

[@jonnypokemon]

@@Rabbit-the-One you sit on it, but you cannot take it with you

[@Klaaism]

The number of clicks turned out to be important. ❤😂

[@Reavezz]

Which movie?

[@midnightfury4584]

“GIVE ME THE CODES, NATALYA! GIVE THEM TO ME!!!”

[@Its-Tonal-Whiplash]

"Were you expecting an exploding pen? Sorry we don't know how to have fun anymore"

[@daakudaddy5453]

Can't stress THIS enough. Old movies: An exciting James Bond. Smart. Suave. Cool gadgets. Charming women. A man's man. Movies made for audiences. New movies: A boring James Bond. Sad. Traumatised. Injured. A helpless puppy. Movies made for critics and juries, which looks down upon the fans of the REAL James Bond.

[@kellygoodine9944]

@@daakudaddy5453 Pretty much nailed it. I had high hopes for Daniel Craig, and thought he would be a great Bond after I saw Layer Cake. He had charisma in that movie... but his Bond films just weren't Bond films... I didn't need to know his back story... I didn't need the films to be personal to his character...I liken it to having the Force being explained by midiclorians (sp?) or whatever. It was diminished by the explanation... some things are just better left unexplored.

[@yoosh9034]

@@daakudaddy5453 Boo hoo, sucks to suck, cry me a river, etc.

[@BiggestRedditor]

It’s pretentious writers who think they are smarter than the original writers. They think they are smart to point out it’s not realistic to have a pen that explodes that big but they are missing the whole point of James Bond movies. Without the fun imaginative gadgets it’s just another spy movie.

[@fightingblind]

Now everyone can use the force... 😂😢​@@kellygoodine9944

[@PabloRichardFernandez]

Dissing the exploding pen is like Luke throwing the lightsaber over his shoulder.

[@danielcastillo9587]

No.

[@Arominit]

“Put a chick in it, make it lame and gay”

[@nunyabidness3429]

@@danielcastillo9587 Ye.

[@lavabrainz2780]

@@danielcastillo9587 No. With both a period and a capital. Just like the new Bond you are unwavering to the old standards and yet seem absolutely benign because of them

[@Mant111]

True. Taking the gadgets away from Bond just turns him into some Bourne cosplayer.

[@Brettskei]

Classic Q was the best! The tribute to the actor at the start of one movie was heartbreaking

[@kabishen]

Absentmindedly clicking the pen and then realizing what you're doing and have to keep clicking forever because you don't know where in the count you are.

[@s14011]

True that

[@Lowlightt]

Throw the pen though?

[@tjmethven2074]

First three are putting the pen into the out position Ex: out in out means it’s armed. Disarming puts it to the in position Ex: armed pen is out so it goes in out in and is disarmed. If the tip of the pets out, and in the writing position, it is armed if the tip of the pen is in it in the non-writing position, it is disarmed after three clicks.

[@Cold_Cactus]

That was the bit in the movie , a minion with a fixation on clicking pens as a nervous habit gets ahold of it and bond tries to keep track of if it's armed or not and I'll not spoil the rest

[@musewolfman]

​@@Cold_CactusI AM INVINCIBLE!

[@a126366184]

that's why I miss old 007

[@Nix-Man]

The entirety of the Q scene in Goldeneye is simply brilliant. Great dialog, great pacing, great chemistry between the actors. Even a few blink and you'll miss it moments. Hasn't been topped sense.

[@logandarklighter]

That PARTICULAR "Q" sequence is also the most IMPORTANT of all! Because Desmond had been introduced in "From Russia With Love" (The previous film) but he had been deferential to Bond in that one - and not that memorable as a result. For Goldeneye - the director told Desmond Llewllyn - "No - DON'T play it deferential! You don't LIKE Bond! He doesn't treat your work with the proper respect in the field and it always gets broken! Bond is an extreme annoyance to you. But you are a professional, and will give him the proper briefing. But you make it clear that you don't LIKE doing this. And you play it with barely restrained sarcasm. Bond might be amused by all this. But to you this is serious. And you INSIST that he treat it seriously as well. At least as long as he's in your domain!" THAT was the dynamic that all the subsequent films copied, to one degree or another. And it made the character of Quartermaster Boothroyd - "Q" - MEMORABLE to the end!

[@theguybehindyou4762]

Never use the phone in Q's lab

[@nwezetx1]

​@@logandarklighter GoldenEye? Makes zero sense, when that was rehearsed in 1994 and filmed in February 1995.

[@maximilianbelmont4901]

​@@logandarklighter I think you mean Goldfinger and not Golden Eye.

[@logandarklighter]

@@maximilianbelmont4901 Yes, I did mean Goldfinger. A bit embarrassing that. Still - my point - about GOLDFINGER, yes - still stands. But oops - Goldeneye, not Goldfinger. Goldeneye sequence still awesome too! I think that covers all the bases now?

[@xanderunderwoods3363]

You can literally watch the decline of Britain with the James Bond films.

[@cuklinz]

that's why old 007 is more 007

[@coldire1016]

Were you expecting a fun slick spy film? Yeah we don’t make those anymore

[@hittheglizzy7337]

Watch the kingsman movies bro

[@rosshugecaulk]

007 was always better as a serious movie. Want a fun slick spy? Kingsmen or Austin Powers should do you fine💀

[@hittheglizzy7337]

@@rosshugecaulk I have your IP

[@columkenn]

Yep. The recent Bonds are awful

[@bennittotheburrito9606]

@@rosshugecaulkboth is good

[@augustus_tiberius.]

“We don’t go for that anymore”: well why the hell not!

[@shadownight5294]

Probably afther he armed it then disarmed then agent 007 armed it agn and then inventor put it in his pocket 😅😂 Notice he do not do the 3 click disarm when 007 give it back 😂😂😂

[@katdraco9999]

@@shadownight5294 i heard at least 2 clicks as he was putting it back, i'm sure the 3rd was there

[@danielturner336]

"Bond films aren't fun anymore" He doesn't have to say *that* twice... 🙄

[@justinberg3616]

​@@shadownight5294 You didn't answer the question 🤷.

[@Edward-Not-Elric]

Because it's not I'm vogue. Bond is just another action hero, nowadays. They want characters like John Wick, or that other guy who's name I can't remember. Something Carter? I don't know. Can't be bothered to look it up.

[@mrjack8849]

Desmond Llewelyn was one of the best parts of the original Bond movies. Somebody who doesn't take Bond's nonsense!

[@risaadyatmika7971]

Q: we don't do that anymore. Bond: shame.....

[@shayan7579]

Yeah that sentence turned Q into a standard armory. A standard armory needs no employees just a weapons locker. Q just became useless in that scene.

[@Splatcake]

Pretty much the only reason i really like bond film was q's crazy spy gadgets. And then they got rid of them

[@wolwerine0007]

@@Splatcake Yup Sucked out all the fun of it.

[@moose8896]

​@@Splatcakeit's weird right, everything has to be dark and gritty now, like every McDonald's looks like a corporate office meeting house now

[@moose8896]

Minimalism

[@optimusprimus89]

Pierce was THE 007 for me. He just had the look and charisma for that character

[@cameronjones8641]

I may be older as i grew up with Connory and Moore but I couldn't stand Pearce. He actually killed my love of Bond while he was doing it and it only renewed with Daniel Craig. Everyone has their own preferences though so fair play.

[@superglue46]

@@cameronjones8641I found the Craig movies to be stuffy, brooding, and mostly just "meh". But, to each their own. I'm with optimus, Pierce ftw.

[@AMVmushroom]

Because its the character you grew up with. Everyone prefers the version they saw as a kid.

[@kingcosworth2643]

@@cameronjones8641 Funny, I felt the opposite, loved Connery, I felt Brosnan had the look of a bond, but with Craig, you could start watching channel surfing and have no idea it's a Bond movie, Craig does not look like a Bond, it's a class thing.

[@Obamas_Nipple]

as long as they dont make the new bond a gay black woman then i dont care who it is

[@DJ_Force]

Ah yes, when James Bond was fun.

[@donaldherman1741]

Yes James Bond is supposed to like being a spy.

[@janeviemuz524]

James Bond supposed to be black dicked lesbian living in rich country @@donaldherman1741

[@donaldherman1741]

@@cybercop3108he is hiding in plain sight.

[@raspvidy]

He's just Jason Bourne now.

[@moose8896]

​@@donaldherman1741telling every girl he meets "hey babe wanna get with a secret agent?" He's basically sterling archer

[@silverhawk8699]

"We don't really go in for that anymore, some people these days can't help but click pens a bit too much, you know? Just ask Sir Johns The One Handed."

[@thedyingmongooselol2253]

"Yeah. Yeah I kind of WAS expecting something cool but that's fine

[@Schller155]

-You expecting a explosive pen ? -Yes.

[@Artificer_Blondie]

“DON’T TOUCH THAT! That’s my lunch!”

[@jessicaregina1956]

A exploding pen is exactly what should be standard issue 😂

[@josef596]

The best Bond and the Best Q. It will never be that good again. RIP Desmond.

[@KaosNova2]

It was sad watching The World is Not Enough, realizing that Desmond was gone.

[@aaronb7631]

@@KaosNova2 He was actually retiring, but happened to pass away after filming! Just wish the could have used Cleese as R, but Daniel "I'm a terrible actor" Craig didn't want the part where they discussed the gadgets!

[@TheSCPStudio]

Interesting how everyone says that about the era of media they grew up with. Almost like the human brain has a tendency for bias.

[@stevebanning902]

Nah connery was the best bond by far

[@josef596]

@@stevebanning902 - Roger Moore would be my next favourite after Brosnan.

[@joshslater2426]

The scene in Skyfall really rubbed me the wrong way. It plays with expectations, but I much prefer Q as an old tinkerer who gives Bond whacky gadgets whilst chastising him for breaking them.

[@glendarjj3991]

Well there's 20 movies where exactly that happens. I see where youre coming from, but I respect what the Craig films did to reinvent bond and change the formula in interesting ways.

[@ambar9232]

​@@glendarjj3991exactly why I like the Daniel Craig films

[@Diggy7Diggs]

​@@glendarjj3991you mean shitty ways. All the Craig movies suck and turn Bond into Jason Bourne. He has no charisma and is pretty ugly too

[@Ramotttholl]

@@glendarjj3991 i dont see stripping as reinventing.. but it was an interesting choice none the less.

[@rcredmon]

I liked the guy that played Q in the new films.

[@videowilliams]

Each classic Bond in its own way. It's all in the attitude, old boy.

[@datboiderrty]

Golden eye was my favorite bond film of all time

[@shawndavis2616]

Same here, it was the first one I saw, and the game for the N64 was fun too.

[@wgebhard1]

Goldeneye, then perfect dark, were perfection. Perfect dark made all the possibilities of goldeneye come true with coop splitscreen as well as multiplayer with bots that had so many settings you could go wild. One of my fave things recently is my friend started recollecting n64 and games and now we play with each other again.

[@AshunPhubu]

*starts the Golden eye N64 pause music*

[@colindelisle3287]

I am invincible!

[@shawndavis2616]

@@wgebhard1 Nice. 👍

[@SSNT4]

What a delightful way to give the finger to the very franchise you're supposed to be upholding. Real classy.

[@leovillant768]

A

[@allonsarder305]

I love the line grow up 007. The new Q never used it then again new era Q and Bond maybe when the next one comes along they will.

[@Roodosutaa]

That's because he still has spots

[@bobdeslob8768]

Wont be allowed to criticize the new Bond.

[@SantomPh]

He's younger than Bond, why say that🤣😊

[@Zer0DigitalStudio]

​@@bobdeslob8768Says who?

[@andrebarreto9177]

@@Zer0DigitalStudio New James Bond will be a black jewish non-binary eco-activist with a disability.

[@robertroberto2487]

Ejector Seat, You're Joking, As Q, I Never Joke About My Work,Bond.

[@liammcmahon7757]

"the whole worlds gonna know uou scratched my balls" 😂 ill never get over hearing that line from 007

[@LoveSickWorld]

Man that was one of the number one things that made it hard for me to get into the new bonds. It used to not be afraid to have some cheeky fun now it’s just Jason Borne staring James Bond

[@TheFounderUtopia]

Exactly. They removed everything that made it Bond. I don't understand it. It's like everyone has to be edgy now and do a dark gritty remaking of classics, but they are all the fucking same. Fine movies if that's what you like, but why call them James Bond? Why take out everything that defines what that is and keep the name? I hate it.

[@jon4715]

Craig’s Bond was humorless. And in hindsight, only Casino Royale was good, and Quantum of Solace at least had a good plot.

[@OfLanceTheLonginus]

What an accurate and apt statement god I hate James Borne

[@StrainHunterSmokey]

He only clicks it twice when he puts it back in his front pocket 😂

[@staticbuilds7613]

He clicked it once when he grabbed it from 007. He then clicks it twice before putting it in his pocket. That's 3 times in total

[@scifi_shop]

Actually he only needs to click one, because it was less than 4 seconds, so 4 clicks means nothing.

[@Lorrdd]

@@scifi_shop🤦🏼‍♂️

[@lockaltube]

Most likely 1 time the pen was pressed right after production

[@stupidratt]

you can hear a click when he grabbed the pen from 007, listen very closely, they give you 9 examples of the sound so you can hear it very clearly

[@purefoldnz3070]

he was expecting something that wasn't lame.

[@timthatshim8037]

The new Bond movies are like "we don't go in for the things that made the movie's cool anymore"

[@SirRizzington69]

Came here to say that 😂😂 wait till the next JAMES BOND is a black woman 😂 Hollywood is insane and ruins anything with a legacy for politics

[@enjoyerofnouns4109]

​@@SirRizzington69 Neither Black women or Exploding pens are political

[@gard3boi311]

​@@enjoyerofnouns4109eh, don't argue with them. The anti-woke crowd have their heads stuck so far up theirs asses that they refuse to see the fact that they keep on complaining about things that don't need to be complained about.

[@dr.s8972]

Skyfall was one of the best Bonds tho

[@quinsey9211]

Me when i see a black women "uhgg why are you being so political right now!? Cant you just be white like the rest of us!??"​@@SirRizzington69

[@marinesinspace6253]

"Where you expecting an exploding pen?" Yes! I can go to a gun store and get what you gave me, how bad was the R & D budget slashed?

[@Klaaism]

Bad

[@rikachu571]

Tory Budget cuts bit hard

[@Wale_Akinloye]

​@@rikachu571This gave me a good laugh.

[@GoSolar]

But can you get it coded to your palm print?

[@Skadidd]

He only clicked it twice before he put it back in his pocket?

[@riffsx501]

No thrice

[@jjging4308]

You can’t tell but he clicked it when he grabs it from him

[@jjging4308]

I’d say it’s more likely that 1 click is the actual mechanism so you have the time to stop the fuse

[@darkenedsoul3003]

This is the legacy of the Bourne movies. They were so successful that the 007 franchise thought that's what audiences want. The gadgets were part of the charm!

[@ToastyMozart]

New Q sure seems confident for someone who'll connect the villain's laptop to MI6's secure network.

[@marcneef795]

Ah, the good old times, when Bond was good 🤩

[@quickfixed4296]

He just nailed the «Sell me this pen»

[@MasterGoku21]

Disrespecting the legendary Q is like Indiana Jones testing the strength of the crystal skull

[@rogerkincaid931]

In _Spectre,_ Q gave Bond an exploding Omega.

[@N-e-o1]

Speaking of exploding Omega, I just came back from taco bell..

[@Madigan1984]

Goldeneye was one of the best bonds

[@superglue46]

*THE best bond.

[@aaronb7631]

And Goldfinger!

[@fliedlice6985]

"I am invincible!" Explodes

[@Terminal-Man]

Last time I checked, James Bond was not a thing anymore. Thanks.

[@manoftherainshorts9075]

Brosnan was the best 007 ever, and I'm going to die on that hill, thank you.

[@someguyO2W]

I stand with you!

[@chickenmuffin]

Agreed

[@visions91]

No time to die on that hill .

[@t0ny1189]

Goldeneye was awesome...especially when the N64 game came out!

[@ethanv7330]

One of the best game adaptations. Mostly loyal to source material.

[@TheMike31b]

Goldeneye was the second stepping stone for FPS back in the day. Then in 2001-2002 halo made the ground breaking step.

[@Bigbigpoopi]

Rareware was amazing in the Nintendo Era. They hardly sucked

[@frosty848]

Music to that game still holds

[@matthewtullis7205]

To this day when I pause a game to run to the bathroom I am humming the pause music from that game.

[@flamingsteve5883]

the older bond movies were just so amazing

[@GodEmperor1981]

Reminds me of “Were you expecting yellow spandex?”

[@samg5463]

They really pooped the bed on the new Bond films.

[@brucevh2525]

It's not as good anymore. Hasn't been honestly since Pierce retired the suit. Craig was a good bond but the older films through 2002 were honestly better IMO.

[@samg5463]

@ tbh I don’t like craigs bond. Casino is a good film and he’s great in it, but to me Bond ended when Pierce left.

[@SuperMario1990]

Skyfall pissed me off with that😂 When Q says “We don’t go for that kind of thing anymore.” I’m like why not?

[@anarchomando7707]

No no I was thinking this zany idea kind of backfired horrifically and they had to do cleen up

[@tsm688]

@@anarchomando7707 Then he should have said that. "were you expecting an exploding pen? not after last time". Just the tiniest grain of humor, instead of "we're big boys now"

[@christiandevey3898]

Desmond Lewellyn’s Q the best supporting character in the franchise

[@TCHorwood-xq7mw]

In any franchise.

[@DoctorPhilGud]

Craig was like "yeah actually, this place is so boring now. If i just wanted to use guns i would have stayed in the army"

[@manjulachintu3250]

The old James bond movie series was just ❤

[@blackopssavage]

🤌

[@BautiNogueira.]

You mean Connery's?

[@manjulachintu3250]

@@BautiNogueira. The one with Peirce Brosnan ,Roger Moore,Sean Connery.... Daniel Craig movies are good but old ones🥴

[@ChuckHaney]

Whoever made this is a genius. Number one, it's just really good. Number two, people are very likely to watch it twice due to the pausing of the split screens. Next level #short editing right here.

[@singsingmei]

"We don't really go in for that anymore" "Shame."

[@heitormedina7098]

Why?

[@billbo3688]

I got the stainless steel Parker pen while I was at school off the back of watching goldeneye. Endless hours twiddling and clicking it in class like Boris 😂

[@BenjaminWhitley]

I never understood the reasoning for making fun of one of the most enjoyable aspects of Bond films, and specifically GoldenEye, which is my favorite film in the entire series.

[@Hay-x7p]

"Subverting expectations" is all the rage when your writers are creatively bankrupt.

[@frankmartinez2987]

The production company was trying to get more viewers in eastern Asia and they toned down a lot of what One might consider “iconic” aspects of the films to try to broaden the appeal. Put another way: dilution of the formula to try to sell more tickets.

[@gristlevonraben]

all aspects of life are being treated this way, it is setting up rage for the marxist revolutions, but also the liberal writers , directors, actors virtue signaling.

[@stephencollins9062]

May it was the message people. ​@@frankmartinez2987 They ruin everything Evil cannot create only corrupt. Tolkien

[@isakaldazwulfazizsunus7564]

On top of what everyone has already said, the Internet gives some writers the impression that they have to be "in on the joke", hence a rise in self-referrential, self-deprecating humour in modern films. It's a reflexion of the writer's insecurity about the quality of their script

[@tpiechnik]

Old Q>new Q

[@VvVN91]

The 90s James Bond was always my favorite

[@WilBgames]

It was really peak Bond. Had the action of the modern movies, while keeping the gadgets and just enough camp of the older ones. I AM INVICIBLE!

[@59spadesofalife52]

Sell me this pen “Explodes” “Sold”

[@DakkTribal]

Newer Bond films are too serious. I prefer the older ones. Fun times

[@alzingafagan7501]

Yeah me too. Sometimes you just want to think of yourself as a suave, internationally known, yet somehow never compromised spy that gets all the coolest toys and the best girls.

[@boredomisbliss6271]

Austin Powers is to blame if you believe Daniel Craig

[@Nightdiver20]

@@boredomisbliss6271 Eh, he's not wrong

[@Mugthraka]

They turned them into a Jason Bourn's Erzsats. Wich is quite ironic when you know that Bourn was just a "meanier" Bond...

[@Ohyeahgetmegyatter]

He literally died in the newest movie

[@AnarchyEnsues]

And that's why the best 007 movies were in the 90s

[@BumFumbler]

"yes...the pen. give me that."

[@ackbeans4829]

It’s a cute reference but I put this on the same level of slander as the “What were you expecting, yellow spandex?” line in X-Men

[@halonut96]

I remember watching golden eye everytime my grandma would babysit me and she would always have chocolate chip cookies and milk ready for me when i watched it.........i miss my grandma 😢 so goldeneye has a special place in my heart

[@styns491]

"what were you expecting, a good movie? we don't go for that anymore"

[@ErickTosar]

Hahaha fabtastic

[@franny98]

Wut? Skyfall was peak James Bond

[@ErickTosar]

@@franny98 Skyfall sucks. You only have bad taste.

[@Brand00d]

Skyfall is the best one by far

[@ErickTosar]

@@Brand00d for losers it is!

[@bikelife9905]

Best - "Sell me this pen" - ever🙌

[@OrionGuards]

"They always say the pen was mightier than the sword." "Thanks to me, they were right."

[@clayppl69]

Pierce Brosnan bond was the best bond. God those movies were awesome. And the video games? Top tier.

[@dereklewis4321]

Even the worst movie of his run Die Another Day is a goofy mess that is highly entertaining to watch. I loved Craig Era but Specter might be the actual worst Bond film ever made, it's just plain bad and boring.

[@darkhobo]

Only GoldenEye was good. The rest of his bond movies were garbage.

[@tricko8000]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@darkhoboI just watched all the pre-Craig Bond films for the first time, and I found Goldeneye one of the worst ones, only above Die Another Day. Brosnan was wooden as fuck in that film, so all the relationships and his dynamic with 006 fell super flat to me. I also couldn't buy Bean as the villain for some reason, he felt more like a henchman. The hacker guy is probably the worst and most annoying character in film history for me. The pacing and dialogue were also atrocious. Overall, I found TND the most enjoyable of the Brosnan era.

[@cujofire594]

I loved brosnan as bond he had the right look and charisma but only goldeneye was good the rest were kinda bad tomorrow never dies was ok the world is not enough was cool but die another die was terrible

[@rubo8931]

​@@cujofire594golden eye was absolutely one of his worst films, no relationships between the characters, wooden acting, bad dialogue and pacing, a villain with no character, honestly, just a complete mess of a movie

[@shikharkapoor8165]

Old bond movies were something else