Thread: James Bond -- Skyfall

I haven't seen it yet. Will the scene make my wife be more likely to decide I'm sane or crazy for taking up this hobby? No way she's gonna confuse me with Daniel Craig tho (or Sean Connery or Roger Moore or Pierce Brosnan or....)

My wife's more likely to confuse me with Baldrick from Blackadder

She attended barber school (3 weeks, probably not daily), shooting school, and another school (which I forget). She has commented in interviews that the Production staffs devotion to accuracy was uncommon in the film industry and part of the "Bond" legacy.

That certainly does not look like a rubber blade to me, probably more logical to just buy a Dovo and dull it down from factory.

Studios have props for everything. They would never take the chance of a mishap with a real razor.

Razor sales shot up after Sweeney Todd came out and it was mostly the garbage being sold to unsuspecting people. This will be another fad. Of those who buy and try 98% will drop it fast. Straight shaving does not fit into modern folks lifestyles.

I was trying to see the brand of the razor but I couldn't. My guess is the razor is a prop or a kropp.

That just blows my mind. Three years ago I did not know that anyone shaved this way or if you could even obtain a straight razor. I thought a straight razor was like one of those bicycles of the 1800s with the huge front wheel that people were having accidents using.

Everyone I know thinks I should get my head examined for shaving in such a dangerous manner.

I was hoodwinked for 40 years, thinking the junk in the post-DE era was the only things you could get.

The awareness of straight razors has increased so much! Why would a movie producer want a shaving scene so much that an actress would be sent to barber school to learn how to do it?

I'm wondering if this is a growing fad to shave the old fashioned way, or if this is the beginning of a consumer revolt against the high prices and irritation today's razors give people. Back in my day everyone shaved. The last 20 years people will show up for work unshaven, even dress up and go out unshaven. I've had a couple of people tell me that there's no way their face could take a daily shave. My face couldn't take it either but I did it because I thought I had do. My face can take daily shaving with the retro equipment.

Daniel Craig's Bond movies have gone away from the ever increasing technology used in all previous 'superhero' Bond movies, and has gone back to a truer rendition of the Bond as he is in the original novels written by Fleming. Human, able to be hurt...Badly at times. And less of the high tech than in previous Bond Movies. Changes for the better in my opinion.
I haven't seen Skyfall yet though. We'll be seeing it in a few weeks if we can.


Mick

Not sure if any of you read this blog post on the economist.

James Bond and male grooming: Getting stroppy | The Economist

Originally Posted by CaliforniaCajun

That just blows my mind. Three years ago I did not know that anyone shaved this way or if you could even obtain a straight razor. I thought a straight razor was like one of those bicycles of the 1800s with the huge front wheel that people were having accidents using.

Everyone I know thinks I should get my head examined for shaving in such a dangerous manner.

I was hoodwinked for 40 years, thinking the junk in the post-DE era was the only things you could get.

The awareness of straight razors has increased so much! Why would a movie producer want a shaving scene so much that an actress would be sent to barber school to learn how to do it?

I'm wondering if this is a growing fad to shave the old fashioned way, or if this is the beginning of a consumer revolt against the high prices and irritation today's razors give people. Back in my day everyone shaved. The last 20 years people will show up for work unshaven, even dress up and go out unshaven. I've had a couple of people tell me that there's no way their face could take a daily shave. My face couldn't take it either but I did it because I thought I had do. My face can take daily shaving with the retro equipment.

I am hoping for your latter paragraph to be most true. Everybody needs to take a step back in this fast pace world and see what is important. We can't keep wasting resources on this planet and expect to survive here much longer. The consumer has the power, they just need the brains and the will.

From the dinner tux to the Martini (shaken not stirred), Bond is the ultimate in class. In my opinion, there's nothing classier than stropping your blade, lathering up and skillfully navigating your face with a blade that can kill you with a slip of the wrist (or a kid barging into the bathroom unannounced), or having a hot girl do it for you.

Originally Posted by CaliforniaCajun

That just blows my mind. Three years ago I did not know that anyone shaved this way or if you could even obtain a straight razor. I thought a straight razor was like one of those bicycles of the 1800s with the huge front wheel that people were having accidents using.

Everyone I know thinks I should get my head examined for shaving in such a dangerous manner.

I was hoodwinked for 40 years, thinking the junk in the post-DE era was the only things you could get.

The awareness of straight razors has increased so much! Why would a movie producer want a shaving scene so much that an actress would be sent to barber school to learn how to do it?

I'm wondering if this is a growing fad to shave the old fashioned way, or if this is the beginning of a consumer revolt against the high prices and irritation today's razors give people. Back in my day everyone shaved. The last 20 years people will show up for work unshaven, even dress up and go out unshaven. I've had a couple of people tell me that there's no way their face could take a daily shave. My face couldn't take it either but I did it because I thought I had do. My face can take daily shaving with the retro equipment.