| Revealed: Rinspeed sQuba | | By Henry Biggs
February 14 2008
I defy anyone to look at these pictures of this sQuba concept without inadvertently humming the james bond theme tune.Always to be relied upon to introduce to the world a car that no-one needs but everyone secretly wants, the, shall we say esoteric, Swiss firm Rinspeed has outdone itself with its new submersible concept, to be unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show.A full 30 years after Roger Moore drove his submersible Esprit into the Mediterranean in The Spy Who Loved Me, the film-makers fantasies have finally become reality with a car which Rinspeed says "flies" underwater. Fittingly enough it is also based on a Lotus, this time the Elise, although mindful of the old joke about screen doors on submarines, perhaps the closed-roof Exige would have been a better starting point. Like most modern submarines the sQuba is electrically powered but thankfully there is no nuclear reactor on board, simply rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, ready to be plugged in to your local hydroelectric power-station. The car/boat/sub/whatever houses three electric motors; one which provides motive power on land and one... | |
| | Harry Potter surpasses James Bond as the most successful movie franchise | | The Harry Potter movie series surpassed the james Bond movie series as the most successful movie franchise of all-time. The first 6 movie adaptation of J.K. Rowling's books amassed a total of $5.4 billion in earnings worldwide edging out the 22 films considered under the james Bond series which totaled for $5 billion globally. Inflation wasn't considered in counting the total earnings for both films so both are considered equally even though the james Bond series started way before Harry Potter.In US alone, neither Harry Potter nor the james Bond series topped the charts. The 6-film Star Wars saga topped in the US with a total of $1.9 billion in earnings compared to the Harry Potter series is second with $1.7 billion and James Bond with $1.6 billion.However, despite being surpassed in earnings, the james Bond film series is still considered as the most successful film franchise in film history. Since their first showcase of "Dr. No" in 1962 as the... | |
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| James Bond? Which of the six 007 actors get's your vote? | | Since[i]'Dr No'[/i] was released in 1962, there have been 22 James Bond films with six different actors playing the famous spy.Sean Connery
George Lazenby
Roger Moore
Timothy Dalton
Pierce Brosnan
Daniel CraigTo me, probally as I was around at the offset of these films in the 60's, there is only pone[b]REAL[/b] James Bond - the inimitable Sean Connery.[em]cheering[/em]I thought he had the charisma, the looks (back in the day) and more especially the humour that Fleming's character needed.I thought the worst of all the actors was George Lazenby, I could never accept Moore as Bond - to me he[b]WAS[/b][i]'The Saint'[/i]Yes Craig had a nice bum in the last film but give me Sean anyday!![em]whistle[/em]What do you think?[em]whistle[/em] | |
| | Who do you think is the best James Bond actor? | | James Bond films has been there forever. But which James Bond actor do you like best?I think it's Pierce Brosnan. I think his looks really shows elegance and could really prove that James Bond character is a hearthrob and a womanizer. He is also dazzling and moves well.I do have respect for the other James Bonds, but none could compare to him, I think.What do you think? | |
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| Is Daniel Craig lame as James Bond? | | Do you think that Daniel Craig is any good as James Bond?Me personally, I think he is awful, I really do not understand why they used him and think they should replace him.Why does he have blonde hair? Bond has always had dark hair, also he seems so cocky.The other thing, the first movie Craig was in was supposed to be before he got his licence to kill (a kinda reboot if you will, which I guess would allow the blonde hair) but they kept the same "M" (a woman!) but the original stories he was a man.So what do you think? | |
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| better charecter- james bond? | | Mass hero of many film is calm and didn't talk too much for example take james bond movies. But in the real life if you have to shine you have to talk lot to all to gain knowledge, opportunity, money, respect and lot more.Is it true? | |
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| | James Bond | | hey guys, what's about the movie "Quantum of Solace"?
do you feel Daniel Craig is fit for 007?
and wht abt Olga Kurylenko? | |
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