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OLD VERSION: WAITING FOR THE NIGHT (Now Discontinued)
A 1hr, 18 minute cut of Skyfall with a happy ending for (almost) everyone.
Timeline
-MGM/Columbia Logo
-Film opens with M writing Bond’s obituary
-M and Mallory discuss the loss of the list and the trasnsition building to her retirement-
-MI6 attacked
-Bond in a right state abroad, hears of the attacks on the news
-Opening credits. Depeche Mode’s “Waiting For The Night” plays instead of Adel’s “Skyfall”
-Aftrt the titles, we open on M looking over the caskets of the fallen MI6 employees
-Bond visits M at her home
-Bond visits the new MI6 headquarters.
-Bond goes through the training and gets breifed. Psychiatric evaluation failed because he calls M “bitch”. Skyfall reference omitted
-Bond removing the bullet shrapnel from his chest cut, as well as all reference to it, since the opening pre-credits has been cut, we don’t see him being shot with the bullet that clues them in to Petrice, instead it’s just implied they’re going on Bond’s memory, which will become a bit clearer later. I’ve had to do a bit of creative editing here.
-M tells Bond to await further instructions at Shanghai, but does not tell Bond to “terminate” Petrice.
-Bond meets Q. Exchange between them heavily trimmed to omit the weird bit about not pulling anything in pyjamas. Q gives Bond his things after the much frostier line “every now and then a trigger has to be pulled”
-Bond flashbacks to the day he was accidently shot by Naomi Harras whilst swimming, just so this little mystery is wrapped up without having to cover the whole thing. Flashback ends when Bond hits the water and we cut back to him staring out at the pool
-Movie resumes as normal for a bit
-When Bond is on the boat, the scene of him activating the radio has been cut, it’s better when it’s revealed at the end.
-M and Mallory watch as more of the NATO agents are compromised. Dialouge trimmed to omit talks of the hearing.
-When reviewing Bond’s evaluation, Sylva does not bring up the “unresolved childhood trauma”
-Sylva is captured and has his scene with M. M reveals Sylva’s background to Bond.
-“Two Months Later”: Bond atop rooftop, Harras gives him the dog, as M’s job is done and she’s retired. No revelation she is Moneypenny or that Mallory is the new M (I wanted to keep this, but the continuity with Mallory’s arm prevented it)
-Gunbarrle ending. Credits.
New Version: Skyfall-Prodigal
A 50 Minute trim of Skyfall with a happy ending for everyone
Details coming soon