Spooks is back - 20th September 2010

Spooks is back - 20th September 2010

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KaraK

13,184 posts

209 months

Tuesday 21st September 2010
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Victor McDade said:
Was hoping that Lucas would shoot the young girl's mother in the leg in an attempt to get the girl to call off the subs.

Or have I been watching too much 24?
I thought exactly the same... but then I'll freely admit I watch too much 24 smile

Nom de ploom

4,890 posts

174 months

Tuesday 21st September 2010
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so is he a double agent then?

who was the guy with the case at the end?

sorry newbie questions...

I thought the ep was good - has to be a bit tecchie in places to drive the plot and the terrorists were good (what happened to the rst of the crew the ones in orange overalls?)

lest we forget this is bbc not hollywood and they could easily have filled it with crap effects. overall teh script is pretty good..

remedy

1,649 posts

191 months

Tuesday 21st September 2010
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Nom de ploom said:
lest we forget this is bbc not hollywood and they could easily have filled it with crap effects. overall teh script is pretty good..
They did, the CGI sea off the side of the supertanker was terrible.

Overall, I enjoyed it. But I was willing Lucas to shoot the mum in the head, before and after the bomb went off. Erm... it's your fault Jack.

audidoody

8,597 posts

256 months

Tuesday 21st September 2010
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Memo
From: A. Pedant
To: "Spooks" scriptwriters

The correct form of greeting between Muslims is "As-Salaam-Alaikum".

It's not "Shalom" which is Hebrew, the official language of Israel, and therefore tends not used by Al Qaeda operatives for fairly obvious reasons!


rsv gone!

11,288 posts

241 months

Tuesday 21st September 2010
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audidoody said:
Memo
From: A. Pedant
To: "Spooks" scriptwriters

The correct form of greeting between Muslims is "As-Salaam-Alaikum".

It's not "Shalom" which is Hebrew, the official language of Israel, and therefore tends not used by Al Qaeda operatives for fairly obvious reasons!
I thought that!

(Well, the Hebrew bit.)

Edited by rsv gone! on Tuesday 21st September 13:09

Victor McDade

4,395 posts

182 months

Tuesday 21st September 2010
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audidoody said:
Memo
From: A. Pedant
To: "Spooks" scriptwriters

The correct form of greeting between Muslims is "As-Salaam-Alaikum".

It's not "Shalom" which is Hebrew, the official language of Israel, and therefore tends not used by Al Qaeda operatives for fairly obvious reasons!
laugh

Thought it was just me hearing things but obviously not.

The initial couple of 'Shalom's' did eventually change to 'Salaam' though after a while.


kevsmev

235 posts

258 months

Tuesday 21st September 2010
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Did anyone else notice the continuity error about the launch of a new ship in Devonport? Half way thru they said it was an Aircraft Carrier and then about 8 minutes later, they said it was one of the new Type45 destroyers!

theironduke

6,995 posts

188 months

Tuesday 21st September 2010
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kevsmev said:
Did anyone else notice the continuity error about the launch of a new ship in Devonport? Half way thru they said it was an Aircraft Carrier and then about 8 minutes later, they said it was one of the new Type45 destroyers!
Not just me then!

Initially it was the new "Endurance" (i think) class carrier...then it was a Type 45.

kevsmev

235 posts

258 months

Tuesday 21st September 2010
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"Endurance" was the name used for both in the programme! The new carriers are QE (Queen Elizebeth)class.

MiniMan64

16,932 posts

190 months

Tuesday 21st September 2010
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The general thought on campus in uni this morning was that Plymouth probably wouldn't miss Devonport that much these days.

JerseyS2000

379 posts

218 months

Tuesday 21st September 2010
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Anybody else notice that the American airbase seemed to be the Top Gear track, complete with ex-Casino Royale jumbo in the background?

How to save money the BBC way!

theironduke

6,995 posts

188 months

Tuesday 21st September 2010
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JerseyS2000 said:
Anybody else notice that the American airbase seemed to be the Top Gear track, complete with ex-Casino Royale jumbo in the background?

How to save money the BBC way!
I've always wondered what the history of the funny jumbo was, is it a non flying mock up then? r does it fly?

jonnylarge

295 posts

169 months

Tuesday 21st September 2010
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kevsmev said:
Did anyone else notice the continuity error about the launch of a new ship in Devonport? Half way thru they said it was an Aircraft Carrier and then about 8 minutes later, they said it was one of the new Type45 destroyers!
I think you'll find regardless of ship type, each "has a different dynamic signature".

I am determined to get as many quotes in as I can on this thread.

Jonny671

29,397 posts

189 months

Tuesday 21st September 2010
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theironduke said:
JerseyS2000 said:
Anybody else notice that the American airbase seemed to be the Top Gear track, complete with ex-Casino Royale jumbo in the background?

How to save money the BBC way!
I've always wondered what the history of the funny jumbo was, is it a non flying mock up then? r does it fly?
It flew into Dunsfold, but I think they've done stuff to it now so it can't fly any more.

Primo

1,930 posts

222 months

Tuesday 21st September 2010
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Jonny671 said:
theironduke said:
JerseyS2000 said:
Anybody else notice that the American airbase seemed to be the Top Gear track, complete with ex-Casino Royale jumbo in the background?

How to save money the BBC way!
I've always wondered what the history of the funny jumbo was, is it a non flying mock up then? r does it fly?
It flew into Dunsfold, but I think they've done stuff to it now so it can't fly any more.
I believe the lack of engines would hinder its takeoff somewhat...

JerseyS2000

379 posts

218 months

Tuesday 21st September 2010
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IIRC it was a retired jumbo that was mocked up to be the twin podded superjumbo thing for the Bond film. The jumbo was then used for VW's publicity stunt where a diesel Toureg SUV managed to tow it, thus proving once and for all that diesels are, in fact, completely st.

thatone1967

Original Poster:

4,193 posts

191 months

Tuesday 21st September 2010
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It's an BA Aircraft (G-BDXH or J I think) had B52 style engines fitted for the bond movie...


CatherineJ

9,586 posts

243 months

Wednesday 22nd September 2010
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JerseyS2000 said:
Anybody else notice that the American airbase seemed to be the Top Gear track, complete with ex-Casino Royale jumbo in the background?

How to save money the BBC way!
Now I thought it was either there or Kemble Airfield.

anonymous-user

54 months

Wednesday 22nd September 2010
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The Dunsfold 747 is/was being offered up as a conference facility, but why anyone would want to hold a meeting in a disused airliner on the far side of a breezy airfield near Guildford is lost on me confused

5potTurbo

12,543 posts

168 months

Sunday 26th September 2010
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I was all excited about the return of Spooks - only to quickly realise, when I read the content of the new series on iPlayer, that I've only gone and missed the entire previous series!

How the hell did that happen?

The last I saw was Harry getting bundled into the boot of a car by the Russians. Oh, arse.

Just had to buy the entire last series on DVD so I can catch up, and have downloaded the newest stuff from iPlayer to watch after.....