Well someone needs to do the catering.
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Honestly, I think the most gratuitous usage is in Casino Royale as that DB5 isnāt even the same car. Itās left-hand drive for crying out loud! 
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But at least they try to contextualize there - Goldeneye and Skyfall both have the reference but just hope youāll not ask about it. TND, TWINE and Spectre Iāll let slide, as they are keeping their predecessors reference. Skyfall was a single convoluted line away from passing the judgement back to CR.
Thereās also TND where heās just driving it to his meeting and TWINE where itās just randomly in Turkey despite Bond taking the BMW Z8 on his mission. (which, itself, was in Azerbaijan). However, I do believe the novelization has Bond having both cars shipped.
All at the expense of the British tax payer, I presume. 
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We have had one or two expense scandalsā¦
The power and influence of the DB5ās appearance in Goldfinger wouldāve single handedly assured its legacy forever. Having appearances in TB, GE, TND, CR, SF, SP and now NTTD push that legacy way past Draxās space station. The powers that be have had the intention of making this āBondās official personal carā. Iām eager to see the Matera chase, but if the vehicle never appears again itās had a run unlike any other. Iād rather they moved on now.
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Itās definitely time for them to retire it after NTTD. If anything, Iām more excited about the return of the V8 from The Living Daylights (hands down the best Aston Martin, IMO), but after NTTD, Iād rather that they retire Aston Martin for a while and go with a different car for the next guy, like they did for Moore and Brosnan with Lotus and BMW respectively.
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Totally. Itās much more thrilling to see Daltonās Aston again for the first time since 1987 opposed to the DB5, as weāve hardly had enough time to miss it. Itās only been five years. Iām all for a new direction. Some fans werenāt crazy about BMW, and that goes for Brosnan himself - based off his recent Goldeneye watchalong comments. But at least that allowed his incarnation a sense of individuality.
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The V8 blows.
That āgadgetā was added secretly just for Bond no doubt.
Doesnāt actually call for its own thread since itās not really a surprise.
When the Financial Times broke this Palmer was still unaware. He seems to be one of the few people in important positions who really take the concept of lockdown seriouslyā¦
A whole boatload of BTS stills from Greg Williams ha surfaced (with thanks to Contraband on MI6Community) https://www.picturedesk.com/bild-disp/search/specialsLB.action?ts=1590426082946&data=eyJiciI6W10sInJiemlkIjoiTDIwMzkzMTMiLCJycyI6MSwicmJ6cGF0aCI6IlNwZWNpYWxzIiwibnJwIjoyMDAsInBuIjoxfQ&searchID=b56ae2fb-7c28-4796-8574-b5423bac61e4
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He really should have watermarked the photos so nobody could steal them.
Canāt see anythingā¦ Has it since been emptied?
Looks like it. There were definitely pics there when I checked last night.
Nope - nothing is popping up. All I see is a white and green page with contact information in German.
If it matters there were about 50 watermarks per pic
Actually there were pics under the watermarks.
I didnāt see anything spoilery with the photos. They were mainly from the Matera and Cuba scenes.