2/27/2024 0 Comments Jaguar james bondIt is an original Jaguar XF (20MY) or similar and has been modified to be capable of certain specific limited uses by trained professional stunt drivers in a controlled environment for filming only and is not sold as a means of transport. This vehicle is sold as a ‘non-runner’ collector’s item and is sold as seen. Jaguar’s Special Vehicle Operations team worked together with the No Time To Die stunt and action vehicle teams to modify and adapt the vehicles to ensure they could perform the dynamic stunts required. The saloon’s lightweight aluminium-intensive architecture and advanced suspension design enable exceptional handling and agility together with outstanding ride, comfort and refinement. It features Jaguar’s all-wheel drive system with Intelligent Driveline Dynamics, which delivered incredible levels of traction on the low-grip surface of Matera’s street with SPECTRE's henchmen demonstrating that no street is too small and no corner too tight. Jaguar provided six XFs for the production of No Time To Die and this vehicle (VIN 618 – 2020 Model Year) is one of the six supplied. They drive across piazzas and down cobbled steps giving chase to 007. Driven by SPECTRE henchmen, the two XF saloons are seen weaving through the narrow, twisting streets of the ancient city. Oh yeah, and James Bond was an only child!!! Don't waste your time on this one.Continuing Jaguar’s long-standing relationship with the James Bond film franchise, two Jaguar XFs made their on-screen debuts in the twenty-fifth film No Time To Die (2021).Īppearing in No Time To Die’s pre-credit sequence, the Jaguar XFs are seen on the streets of Matera, southern Italy, in pursuit of James Bond (Daniel Craig) and Madeleine Swann (Léa Seydoux). Soon after this show, high quality action cartoons were created like "Batman: The Animated Series" and "X-Men", but this show followed the unfortunate trend at the time of action cartoons talking down to kids all in the name of toy sales. It came at the height of "kid versions" of adult characters (Muppet Babies, Flintstone Kids, etc.) as well as the cartoons inspired by toys. The show was a vehicle to sell a toy line and that was pretty much it. Poor animation, watered down action, corny and cheesy jokes and humor, and anything resembling the classic Ian Fleming works neutered to kid friendly levels. If you couldn't tell, I was never a huge fan of it. The next Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Basically, that's what I imagine how the meeting went when this series was created. isn't that talking down to kids? Blunting what James Bond was really about? Boss: Who cares! Ian Fleming isn't going to walk through that door in disapproval. Boss: Yes yes yes! The toy promotes the cartoon, which promotes the toyline. We drop the violence and sex to be almost non existent, add characters related to other Bond characters that somehow end up at the same school, and have humor only a kid can appreciate. Person #2: Yeah, and we tie the toyline to a TV cartoon. Person #1: But isn't James Bond an only child? Isn't the Junior surname for sons only, not nephews? Boss: Nonsense! An eight year old won't know the difference. We make it a version with younger characters. Person #2: How about James Bond? Boss: Yes! That's exactly what I was thinking! Person #1: James Bond? You mean, the book and film series with violence, sex and dark story lines? How are we going to appeal that to kids? Boss: Easy. Boss: I like where you're going, but we need to tie it to something marketable, something familiar, something that will sell. Super Spy Kid! He'll have weapons, a slick car, and a team that helps him. Person #1: I got it! How about a kid, who goes to an exclusive Prep school, and fights crime as a super secret spy. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles aren't going to be hot forever. (Meeting when the show "James Bond Jr." was conceived) Boss: Okay, team, we need a new toy line to market.
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