The Rock is DEFINITELY a James Bond Movie

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Sean Connery in The Rock is James Bond - and I can prove it. On the 25th anniversary of Michael Bay’s 1996 action classic The Rock, starring Sean Connery and Nicholas Cage, this video essay looks at the evidence in WAY too much detail to definitively prove once and for all that Sean Connery’s character in The Rock is James Bond 007.
This video essay doesn’t just look at the surface level similarities between The Rock/James Bond. It relies on information from all six of the Connery Eon Bond movies (Dr. No, From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice, Diamonds Are Forever) and from actual world history, as well as the backstory of Sean Connery’s The Rock character John Mason (who is 100% James Bond).
By the end of this video I guarantee that you’ll either agree with me, or you’ll wonder why you spent twenty minutes of your life watching a cartoon penguin talking about movies.
00:00 - Introduction
00:38 - The Rock movie recap
01:20 - The Rock/James Bond theory summary
01:45 - Disclaimer for fellow Bond geeks
02:07 - Part One (name)
04:51 - Part Two (1962-3)
07:27 - Part Three (1963-71)
09:53 - Part Four (1972)
12:57 - Summary
14:04 - There's just one problem...
14:25 - Part Five (Hummel)
17:09 - Conclusion
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SOURCES
The Rock full movie script - imsdb.com/scripts/Rock,-The.html
Fan Theories: The Rock is a James Bond movie: fantheories.fandom.com/wiki/T...
Fan Theories: James Bond is a Codename: fantheories.fandom.com/wiki/J...
Independence of Jamaica: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indepen...
1962 in spaceflight (July-September): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1962_in...)
Alcatraz closure: www.bop.gov/about/history/alc...
S.S. Canberra: www.wikiwand.com/en/SS_Canberra
J Edgar Hoover footage: AP Archive: • FBI director J Edgar H...
Led Zepplin North American Tour 1972: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zep...
Tet Offensive: www.history.com/topics/vietna...
Hong Kong in the Vietnam War: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/1...
You Only Live Twice newspaper prop: www.mymodest007collection.net/...
US / UK RELATIONSHIP STUFF
A strained partnership?: US-UK relations in the era of détente, 1969-77: www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt18m...
Anglo-American relations during the Nixon years: ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?u...
Edward Heath and Anglo-American Relations 1970-1974: A Reappraisal: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/1...
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@PentexProductions 2 жыл бұрын

Subscribe if you enjoyed, and if you want to see more of my James Bond videos, you can find them all here: kzfaq.info/sun/PLGKyAwPbirg9xCsjSvrc_e3N_f887xJnG Also, to address a recurring theme in the comments, I see each Bond actor's tenure taking place in its own continuity. The only time they "officially" rebooted it onscreen was Casino Royale. So for example Roger Moore laying flowers on Tracy's grave could be a reference to Moore's Bond's offscreen backstory, but also doubles as an easter egg for fans of OHMSS. So the different actors are all playing the same character of James Bond, just different versions of him in different timelines (like how we have had lots of Bruce Waynes and Peter Parkers). The existence of recurring actors like M, Q, and Moneypenny don't change this because they never reference events of previous films. So this theory just looks at the continuity of Connery's Bond.

@5k8r 2 жыл бұрын

I like this video, made me smile so ty for that 😊

@TacShooter 2 жыл бұрын

In GoldenEye Brosnan's Bond refers to the drinking preferences of the previous M.

@richardgrant517 2 жыл бұрын

'never reference events of previous films'...you literally just mentioned a reference to the previous films they had with Moore's Bond visiting the grave of his wife Tracey. The references to his wife are one of the recurring bits of continuity in the Bond series pre-Craig reboot, that helped establish it was continuing with the same character.

@jeffreyrigged 2 жыл бұрын

@@richardgrant517 craigs later films even reference earlier bonds. my take is they are all the same just telling different events in his life. the db5 and spectre for example like its building into the movies from the 60s.

@richardgrant517 2 жыл бұрын

@@jeffreyrigged The DB5 isn't so much a reference to an event as it was iconography. They've never reference any actual events with the car. (And the appearance of Spectre in Spectre the film doesnt line up at all with the 60s films.) With Tracey on the other hand that is an actual event that happened- the wedding and her death. And in For Your Eyes Only they very clearly show the date of her death as well...so its not quite the same thing I feel.

@raygudel5492 2 жыл бұрын

Poor Sean Connery, his final Bond girl was played by Nicolas Cage.

@ebertmadwoman 2 жыл бұрын

Or............he finally 'matured'. ;-)

@Jack75188 2 жыл бұрын

You mean good for him? Because Nicolas Cage is BEST GIRL

@sulaimanfaisal5263 2 жыл бұрын

Well Sean Connery is gay now

@viptiger6633 2 жыл бұрын

@@sulaimanfaisal5263 😃😃

@LeitoAE 2 жыл бұрын

You don't say! 😜

@ThejollyFrenchman 2 жыл бұрын

The idea that Bond got captured and thrown in prison because he wanted to get laid is endlessly funny to me.

@douglasquad2684 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah lol, it lines up perfectly with his character. Then he loses almost 30 years of his life in prison XD.

@ashroskell 2 жыл бұрын

My first thought was, “But, Bond was a Navy Commander, not a Captain of the SAS?” It’s a much higher rank, basically a ship’s captain who hasn’t got a ship, but who can run a ship at any point. Discuss? 😉

@mikespearwood3914 2 жыл бұрын

@@ashroskell I think it's got nothing to do with commanding a ship, but being in Navy special forces equivalent of the SAS. Bond does lots of underwater stuff in his movies, doesn't he?

@heroicDale 2 жыл бұрын

@@mikespearwood3914 SBS

@mikespearwood3914 2 жыл бұрын

@@heroicDale Not around in Bond's era. Reformed in the 80's (or something?)

@MARTINespartano1 11 ай бұрын

Sean Connery himself changed the script to be a former SAS operative in the film. He would only appear in the movie if they changed the script and approved his changes. He was probably the genius who gave us the last and greatest James Bond movies under the cover of the Rock. Masterpiece.

@Hibernicus1968 11 ай бұрын

Except Bond was not in the SAS. He was a Royal Navy officer who had been seconded to MI6. James Bond did not spend 30 years in a US prison. They're different characters, from different fictional universes, who happen to have been played by the same actor, and therefore share many of the personality traits with which that actor imbued his characters. People really overthink the _shit_ out of some things.

@MARTINespartano1 11 ай бұрын

@@Hibernicus1968 so? Don't get so emotional pal.

@Hibernicus1968 11 ай бұрын

@@MARTINespartano1 Spare me. This is _not_ me getting emotional. Trust me, you'd notice if I did. Disagreeing with you is not getting emotional. This is not a James Bond film, that's all.

@timberwolf27 11 ай бұрын

@@Hibernicus1968 There's already alt universe bonds, Connery came back to do Never Say Never Again like the same year Roger Moore had a bond out

@timberwolf27 11 ай бұрын

@@MARTINespartano1 hes wrong anyway, connery did alt univers bonds

@bloodeagle6458 Жыл бұрын

Man the screen writer who wrote the The Rock was a real James Bond fan and penned a james bond movie without anyone knowing who knew the internet would come together to figure it out

@nicholasjanke3476 Жыл бұрын

Yup. And he even managed to hire Sean Connery!

@porko882 Жыл бұрын

I wonder if that actualy is true?

@cup_and_cone Жыл бұрын

@@porko882 It's not, LOL. Script was written well before Connery was onboard, according to the casting director.

@ScottFairley Жыл бұрын

@@cup_and_cone Scripts aren't set in stone, though. Changes are made throughout production and The Rock in particular had a lot of people involved in the writing process including Bond superfan Quentin Tarantino and screenwriters chosen by Connery after he was cast.

@musicman4557 Жыл бұрын

There are way to many things that line up in this film to be coincidence. Some of the incredible details could have come from Sean Connery himself. I saw an interview with Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay that took place right after the movie was made, and they said they had to work Connery hard to get him to agree to the part, AND that Connery was very involved in the script re-writes. Who is to say that this may have been a swan song of sorts for Sean Connery's last Bond Film? Additionally, both Bruckheimer and Bay have denied that the Film was indeed about Bond. However, it could not be included in the Cannon of Bond Films because it was not produced by the Film company that owns the James Bond Franchise, so legally, they had to deny it. I would have liked to have heard Sean Connery's take on it, and I have seen some interviews with him right after the "Rock" was released, but never heard him mention the "Bond" correlation.

@jimike7297 2 жыл бұрын

Connery said in an interview after the release of "The Rock" that he got to portray James Bond without playing Bond.

@pskopsyke 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I saw that too.

@tyaty 2 жыл бұрын

He also played the same character as in The Rock when he palyed Allan Quatermain in the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen movie. And the same goes for Red October.

@davidbalfour3390 2 жыл бұрын

Sauce please?

@roninsdog261 2 жыл бұрын

@@davidbalfour3390 lol, sauce? What like tomato or bbq sauce?

@mala6238 2 жыл бұрын

@@roninsdog261 come on.

@pallyjaius 2 жыл бұрын

Was not expecting to add The Rock to my James Bond rewatches, but here we are

@nenabunena 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah me too. Now I want to watch all of Connery's bond films & conclude them with the Rock

@spooneater9001 2 жыл бұрын

You won't regret it if you didn't watch it, it's bays second best film, after bad boys 2

@abrahamlincoln9758 2 жыл бұрын

We always watched The Rock with the feeling that Connery was playing James Bond. It always felt natural.

@abrahamlincoln9758 2 жыл бұрын

@@spooneater9001 The Rock is the most stereotypical 90s action movie, because it is the best!

@hiddentalentfilms994 2 жыл бұрын

Don't, he's full of it.

@dr.loomis4221 Жыл бұрын

If memory serves correctly, I remember Connery saying on an interview he decided to play the character like Bond, so in a way he acted out his personal conclusion to Bond the way he intended, and we were lucky enough to catch it!

@AJ___USA Жыл бұрын

16:16 the Marine Commander called him a Sailor because he arrived on the rock with a Navy seal team with the same uniform so the Marine Naturally assumed he was a sailor, he wasn’t testing him or anything, the Marine literally thought that agent was a sailor However I do agree that the army response could have just been him staying in cover

@lanarkorras4411 Жыл бұрын

Which of course might just be a means to by any means necessary hide the secret plug-in as much as possible.

@staticgrass Жыл бұрын

But Bond is a naval commander and wouldn’t have any problem going along with it. He looks nervous which he rarely does, and looks at the guy with a gun and goes on to tell a lie.

@shapshooter8669 Жыл бұрын

Came to say the same thing… still plausible, but him knowing they were SEALs it’s only logical he’d assume that Bond/Mason was navy

@Wlerin7 Жыл бұрын

I think the army response is even simpler than that. He might have originally been in the Navy, but the SAS is under the British Army.

@AJ___USA Жыл бұрын

@@Wlerin7 Yea probably 🤷‍♂️ I feel like these guys are overthinking the fuck out of this

@thatbloomer5642 2 жыл бұрын

They probably intended to make this into a Bond film dedicated to Sean Connery's Bond, but wasn't given a greenlight. Rather than scrapped the entire thing, they probably went with John Mason instead of James Bond. Fans might've been able to point out that Mason is Bond as proven here, but on paper, they didn't break any rules. Brilliant. Always want to see a retired, old man Bond and it was right there all along.

@jamesatkinsonja 2 жыл бұрын

Very unlikely. It was an original script long before Connery was cast in it and many writers worked on it leading to a dispute over the credit.

@geeebuttersnap2433 2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesatkinsonja that’s just like, your opinion man.

@jamesatkinsonja 2 жыл бұрын

@@geeebuttersnap2433 Not really. The pre-production of this film is quite well know now a days and this film went through a lot of changes as it went on. It was originally a 'spec' script that was picked up and then worked upon [Bond doesn't really look at spec scripts as they use a stable of writers then bring in guests for a polish] and other people were in mind for the roles before Connery and Cage were cast [I've heard Arnold Schwarznegger was offered Cage's role for example] rather than any actor in particular so any Bond in jokes were added during the writing process after Connery's casting [and the plot doesn't resemble a Bond film much anyway, more a 'Die Hard on an X' type of film and one of the best examples]. The production was quite troubled with Micheal Bay almost replaced at one stage so the script was probably altering when filming [as is the case in most films]. The Seagal film 'Half Past Dead' was also written around this time and was actually called 'The Rock' but shelved as the script was deemed to close to this film until the early 2000's.

@jamesatkinsonja 2 жыл бұрын

The 1981 Clive Cussler novel 'Night Probe' features as a supporting character what is very probably an aging James Bond but he is using the codename 'Brian Shaw'. He meets his now decessed bosses old secretary in his introduction scene who has married since leaving the service [hence they can use Miss Moneypenny as she's no longer called that] so the idea of doing something similar without leagal issues was there before.

@jamesatkinsonja 2 жыл бұрын

@@geeebuttersnap2433 A good example of how things often work on films is Last Action hero which was a spec script bought by the studio. When Arnold Schwarzenegger was cast, the spec script was largly ignored [so those writters only got a story credit] and the writers credited for 'screenplay' on the final film were hired. However, Shane Black [one of those writers] says his work was heavily revised by several others so the film doesn't resemble his script very much.

@izzynobre 2 жыл бұрын

The "but of course you are" if what really sells it for me.

@LifesGuardian Жыл бұрын

I'm sure it's been mentioned, but the reason Hummel says "Name and rank, sailor." Is because Mason was captured in the company of Navy SEALs. He likely assumed that he was attached to that outfit.

@PatrickKniesler Жыл бұрын

Good point. He's also a lot older than them and obviously a special attachment, so I think I'd give closer to equal weight to which reason is real.

@Deathbecomesme3 Жыл бұрын

I came to say the exact same thing. Glad somebody beat me to it.

@pendragonshall Жыл бұрын

Yea he missed that BUT. It RATTLED Connery's character.. Which seemed odd and out of place. Until this video.. I kind of hope the writer/Connery knew the real reason during filming..

@PrototypeBMX Жыл бұрын

@@pendragonshall or its an easter egg and not the actual plot

@Red80008 11 ай бұрын

@@Deathbecomesme3 I came to say the exact same thing. Glad somebody beat me to it.

@majmage Жыл бұрын

The Bond reference was clearly intended at face value just by having Connery as an actor, but the fact that it also went so deep on a lore level surprises me (and thanks for doing the legwork on all that, must've taken forever!). The Rock was one of my favorite action movies growing up (due in large part to the _killer_ Hans Zimmer score that still holds up today) so it's super satisfying to see someone go so much deeper investigating its lore than I ever did.

@sigmahyperion955 2 жыл бұрын

You think that last part is a "bit of a stretch", but I gotta say that Mason's reaction to the "Name and Rank, Sailor" thing actually SEALED IT for me. That is a definite "This guy might be calling me on my shit, but there's no way he knows the truth, and I've got no choice but to double-down" reaction. He has a bit of a combination sigh/stutter right there before the "Army, actually". There is absolutely no way that's accidental. The character is clearly lying and he's done it in a way to let the audience know he is.

@dafspeed 2 жыл бұрын

Except for the fact he's just stormed the island with a bunch of navy seals, dressed as a navy seal and to be a navy seal you have to be a sailor.

@sigmahyperion955 2 жыл бұрын

@@dafspeed him being called "sailor" has nothing to do with it. The whole remembering him from a headline 50 years ago part is beyond far-fetched. The point is, as I said, Mason's reaction to the question not the question itself. He's lying.

@carlberry5494 2 жыл бұрын

@@sigmahyperion955 Technically he's not, although Bond was a Royal Navy Commander he's supposed to have joined the SAS (both in The Rock and Bond), the SAS is the army branch of UKSF, a member of the Royal Navy would normally join the SBS but it is technically possible for anyone to jump from any branch into one of the other UKSF teams (although I doubt the SBS take anyone that isn't Royal Navy). So at this point the last UK military job Bond had was soldier.

@TheLAGopher 2 жыл бұрын

@@carlberry5494 It could have worked like this. Bond started out in the Royal Navy as a submarine officer and rose to the rank of Lt. Commander where he would rate being called "Commander" for everyday military use outside an official function such as certain ceremonies and proceedings where his full fank of Lt. Commander would be used. It's the same concept behind why Hummell who is a one-star Brigadier General is simply addressed as General which formally is a 4-star rank but can be applied to those General officers of lesser grade. Bond then joins the SAS which is open to applicants from across the UK armed forces. While Royal Navy and Marines typically gravitated towards the SBS, there was no official ban on officers and men from those services joining the SAS. Since the SAS is an Army unit, Bond would have to hold an Army rank on a temporary basis while a member of the SAS. It was also customary for officers and men in the SAS to hold a reduced rank upon joining the SAS Regiment because people of lower rank in that unit held the responsibilities they would have at a higher rank elsewhere because of the experience level in the SAS being so much higher than the regular UK armed forces. Since Bond was a Lt. Commander in the "regular" Royal Navy, his Army equivalent rank would Major, and a one rank reduction to hold a SAS billet would be to that of an Army Captain. It would have been from the ranks of the SAS that Bond was recruited into MI-6. Since SAS service is looked upon as a special assignment. Once recruited into MI-6, Bond's military service of origin and the rank he held there would revert to that of a Lt. Commander in the Royal Navy. Since MI-6 is British Military Intelligence, he would still be considered on active duty status with the RN but on a different Special assignment. That is why Bond could continue a career in the Navy as he worked in the 00 section at MI-6, and even be promoted to a full RN Commander by the time of his faked "death" in You Only Live Twice. We saw this play out in the Craig Bond films where Vesper refers to Bond being recruited to MI-6 out of the SAS in Casino Royale, but after Bond's "death" in Skyfall, M is writing his obituary referring to Bond being a Commander in the Royal Navy at the time of his death.

@EverettBurger 2 жыл бұрын

I would have accepted Mason/Bond to reply: "That's Need To Know".

@martinstallard2742 2 жыл бұрын

After faking his death he became an art thief and teamed up with Catherine Zeta Jones In Entrapment

@reggie7716 2 жыл бұрын

And finally gave up the life of crime to mentor a young minority in the art of writing.

@benbcnz1 2 жыл бұрын

OK But when in that timeline did he put on the red leather underpants?

@deanrussell2224 2 жыл бұрын

@@benbcnz1 they were always under his tux 🤣🤣🤣

@tlshortyshorty5810 2 жыл бұрын

@@benbcnz1 THE GUN IS GOOD

@bdub2623 2 жыл бұрын

she dips beneath lazers

@shawnpedersen6330 Жыл бұрын

Not only have you convinced me it’s a Bond movie I’m also now pretty sure James Bond is real!

@bloodpuke4146 Жыл бұрын

Based on a real person.

@smallfaucet Жыл бұрын

@@bloodpuke4146 Quite right in fact. Ian based JB on himself and also got the name from an Ornithologist that wrote a book on Birds of the West Indies.

@Dog-whisperer7494 Жыл бұрын

@@smallfaucet quite right birds of the West Indies was written by James Bond . It was Flemings favourite book and so used the author’s name for the character in his own novels starring with casino royal, he based the character on his own exploits wile serving with naval intelligence.

@smallfaucet Жыл бұрын

@@Dog-whisperer7494 I really wonder who will be invited to be the next Bond. I hope not Henry Cavil.

@Dog-whisperer7494 Жыл бұрын

@@smallfaucet whoever it is will have to British. And it can’t be a woman. Also 007 is not his code name it is his service number 00 with the prefix of 7 which gives him a licence to kill who he wants when he wants were he wants and for whatever reason he wants.

@Honest_Max Жыл бұрын

I can help with the last detail that you said was a stretch. If James Bond was in the SAS, he it necessarily means he was in the army - the SAS is an army unit. If personnel from the navy join the SAS, and for what it’s worth they regularly do, then they effectively leave the navy and join the army. Great video mate. 👍

@Apolita1987 2 жыл бұрын

The biggest issue with this theory is that I simply can't imagine Connery's Bond at a Led Zeppelin concert.

@xxxCrackerJack501xxx 2 жыл бұрын

maybe that was a lie/cover told to the daughter to further hide things?

@chrissonofpear1384 2 жыл бұрын

Or he first met her as she was leaving the concert, I guess...

@lagofala 2 жыл бұрын

Precisely. He needs earmuffs to listen to the beatles.

@LeBlondeJames 2 жыл бұрын

The things he does to get laid.

@davidjames579 2 жыл бұрын

@@chrissonofpear1384 Yeah that tracks. They met in a bar after the concert.

@mammadyusubov 2 жыл бұрын

That final "name and rank, sailor" was not a stretch at all. It is probably the most compelling clue.

@dougpowers2 2 жыл бұрын

You have to remember that they infiltrated with a SEAL team, so Hummel assumes that John Mason is a SEAL Theory is solid, until he adds that part in.

@tmcuzzan 2 жыл бұрын

@@dougpowers2 ya i'm with you on this, Hummel refers to the Seals multiple times in the film, and is probably more intimate with the US Military and it's branches than anyone so the last segment was a stretch (albeit one that fills an interesting gap). That said, it's still fun to think that he saw Mason's photo in the paper 30 years prior and somehow toys with him

@mammadyusubov 2 жыл бұрын

@@dougpowers2 true

@terryyocumiii9645 2 жыл бұрын

@@PazuzuStalker Not likely, if Mason wanted to create a bond he would have said he was a royal marine, since Hummel is a US Marine. I think the look is more a "This jack ass just called me a sailor, but I need to mind my P's and Q's because they have me at gunpoint" Look.

@joelweinmaster 2 жыл бұрын

@@terryyocumiii9645 why i would disagree with this is that if he said he was a marine hummel could easily ask him marine type questions and expose him, he probably knows hummel isn't army so he chose that one as he wouldn't be as intimitately familiar with their protocols... i also like the fact he said army instead of navy as that is close to his real identity.. if the writing really went this far, it's brilliant.

@ideologybot4592 Жыл бұрын

I've thought for years that the writers put Mason into the film with the idea that it was Bond under an alias, but I never thought to check this against the timelines, both fictitious and real world, like you did. Given how well the details line up, now I actually think they sat down with the Connery Bond movies and worked this out like you did. Or at least, some of it: might have been reaching with a few of those details. Still, I applaud your benevolently entertaining form of OCD and hope it's not too debilitating in everyday life.

@Mediaworkscpv 5 ай бұрын

Wow, this is very interesting, the timeline, and the theory. I remember the first time I watched The Rock when it was released in theaters. I thought it was a sendoff to Sean Connery's James Bond, it just really felt like that without knowing all this information. Thanks for putting this together!

@dantraficonte8752 2 жыл бұрын

One small additional thing you may have missed - the Fairmont Hotel (the hotel where Mason gets a haircut) is on Mason Street in San Francisco. Bond probably liked staying at the hotel in his earlier life and picked Mason as his fake name for that reason.

@toweypat Жыл бұрын

Good catch!

@pigs6486 Жыл бұрын

hella smart

@DotToryX Жыл бұрын

Big brain

@dantraficonte8752 Жыл бұрын

@@DotToryX thank u

@Jencediggity Жыл бұрын

Nerd! (In the best way possible)

@childofthesun32 2 жыл бұрын

I think it's very likely that he's James Bond, because the actor almost looks the same as the actor who played James Bond, just an older version of him.

@ChristoTitan 2 жыл бұрын

I.... I can't tell if this is a joke. Am I getting r/whooshed here??

@childofthesun32 2 жыл бұрын

@@ChristoTitan Yeah, it was a joke. I'm Scottish. I know who Sean Connery is.

@WakenerOne 2 жыл бұрын

I think he's really Allan Quartemain, who is really Juan Sanchez Villalobos Ramirez!

@miloelite 2 жыл бұрын

You had me convinced at this comment. Didn’t even finish the video.

@yaff1851 2 жыл бұрын

I don’t think the resemblance is that close, neither to Danie Craig, nor Pierce Brosnan, nor Timothy Dalton, nor Roger Moore, nor George Lazenby, nor David Niven. Did I miss one? 😆

@jdmathys1 Жыл бұрын

Even the hair stylist at the hotel was a memorable character, this whole film was gold.

@devounwohoopizzamango 8 ай бұрын

Just watched The Rock today. It was by far one of the best action movies I have ever watched. The story is simple yet enjoyable, The Villain's motives are reasonable enough to see why he did it, And the fact this works as Sean Connery's last James Bond film is brilliant. In my headcanon, this is the very last James Bond film for Sean Connery. Truly delights me

@seankkg 2 жыл бұрын

You say the sailor evidence is the weakest but I think it's the best part.

@VanIsleNuckFan Жыл бұрын

Yes

@LifesGuardian Жыл бұрын

Best part, sure, but it certainly is weak. You see, Mason was captured along with several Navy SEALs. So, it's logical to assume that he would be a SEAL. Thus, asking for his name and rank while addressing him as sailor. I like the possible backstory connection, but it's tenuous, at best.

@NoobNoobNews Жыл бұрын

@@LifesGuardian SEALS and special forces in general pick up specialists from other branches of the military and occasionally civilian world for specific operations. Everyone in that room knows this, and the accent was a big flag if Mason said "Yes, I am totally a Navy Seal." It is a test of some sort. Has to be.

@peterj.h.2697 Жыл бұрын

I had a friend who worked in photo. recon. for the RAF later worked for GCHQ where one day he went into work only to be stopped for being out of uniform it turns out his department had been transferred to naval intelligence so now he was navy. So bond being in army and ending up navy is not in fact impossible it just means the department he was at changed which service it was under.

@mugensamurai 2 жыл бұрын

"James?" "Now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time." -John Mason

@rooksfoot1184 2 жыл бұрын

an elegant comment from a more civilised age...

@nrthe2videos514 2 жыл бұрын

“I heard he was dead”

@jpharkerwales 2 жыл бұрын

@@nrthe2videos514 oh, he's not dead...not yet

@nrthe2videos514 2 жыл бұрын

@@jpharkerwales“oh you know him?”

@WakenerOne 2 жыл бұрын

@@nrthe2videos514 "Of *_course_* I know him. He's not me!"

@oddjob465 Жыл бұрын

As a huge Bond fan , that was a superb job! You went into so much detail there that no matter if that's true or not, I loved it!

@_blackmesa 11 ай бұрын

I LOVE stumbling up on channels like this one. - Where there's real work being put in and studied, thought out and hard-evidence based. following.

@abavariannormiepleb9470 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine if Michael Bay would put that much effort into the plots of his later movies. 🙃 Note to non-native English speakers: Don’t use the Sean Connery James Bond movies to “learn” English pronunciation, did that as a kid in the pre-streaming Internet age, teachers were “lesh than amushed” 😭

@nectarinedreams7208 2 жыл бұрын

Michael Bay didn't write The Rock, and this theory has nothing to do with the plot of The Rock.

@rus0004 2 жыл бұрын

Learning English pronunciation from a Scotsman with a speech impediment 🤔

@angryginger791 2 жыл бұрын

@@nectarinedreams7208 I was thinking the same as aBavarian, that the most unbelievable part of this theory is that Michael Bay put this much thought into one of his movies, but you are correct, he didn't write it, he probably just bought the screenplay and added some explosions.

@maximimaxima3327 2 жыл бұрын

@@nectarinedreams7208 may be thats why its better then usual.

@mikoajpiatek6716 2 жыл бұрын

Look up the Video of all the times Connery slapped a woman. After showing it to my GF she now sometimes wants to be shlapped. 🙈😂

@yvesandrethevenot3489 2 жыл бұрын

Plus : the last shot of Mason in the movie is actully the gunbarrel shot where you can see a shadowy Mason in the background walking as in the infamous Bond precredit icon.

@SteGoughdotCom Жыл бұрын

if only the aperture he stood in was round! Perfect throw back...

@thomassadowski7706 Жыл бұрын

I wish modern Hollywood put a 1/4 of the thought in to any of their movies that you did on this. Well done!

@nybakg 10 ай бұрын

Christopher Nolan does 😂

@TequilaToothpick 10 ай бұрын

If only Michael Bay had put as much thought into the movie itself.

@user-fr1ys2wn4t 11 ай бұрын

The need for "the feeling of a suit" and the hotel suite convinced me.

@booqueefious2230 2 жыл бұрын

The filmmakers knew what they were doing... Sean Connery knew what they were doing... the little details don't have to line up, but clearly, they wanted people to think Mason might be old James Bond

@darthkek1953 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly. It was an intentional riff on Connery's career as that legend.

@patinho5589 2 жыл бұрын

Indeed this is so obvious. How on earth is this video here even bothered to be made.

@darthkek1953 2 жыл бұрын

@@patinho5589 It's nice to see a thought-through version so no shade on the maker, but yes the heart of it should be obvious.

@davidbanan. 2 жыл бұрын

i mean 100% you can't not make a brittish spy played by Sean Connery james bond

@TheMysteryDriver 2 жыл бұрын

@@patinho5589 need content, make content

@tbrown7662 2 жыл бұрын

You have to admit the name "Stanley Goodspeed" has a rather Bondesque feel to it as well! Amazing theory!!! I'm 100% on board with you!

@charlesreid1311 2 жыл бұрын

James Bond is a fictional charcter and the movies based on fictional books.Duh!

@tbrown7662 2 жыл бұрын

@@charlesreid1311 who said he wasn't? Haven't seen a single person say he was real 🙄

@orarinnsnorrason4614 2 жыл бұрын

One might say that Goodspeed is the Bond-girl :)

@MarcillaSmith 2 жыл бұрын

"Of course we do"

@kimondamogos8059 2 жыл бұрын

@@charlesreid1311 so is MCU and Starwars saga. Your point being?

@mysteriousstranger9496 Жыл бұрын

This is amazing. The Rock was one of my all-time favourite movies when I was young, and I was also a huge Bond fan. I had no idea this theory existed. Love it.

@shellbell6190 Жыл бұрын

It's not a Bond Movie

@mysteriousstranger9496 Жыл бұрын

@@shellbell6190 Yes it is, MGM have announced that it is in fact Canon, that the film was based off of an unreleased Fleming script regarding Bond post MI6, and EON revealed that they will be including The Rock in future James Bond collection releases.

@shellbell6190 Жыл бұрын

@@mysteriousstranger9496 no

@mysteriousstranger9496 Жыл бұрын

@@shellbell6190 I just thought one stupid comment deserved another =)

@shellbell6190 Жыл бұрын

@@mysteriousstranger9496 you describe your comments very well

@linkbond08 Жыл бұрын

Yo this is crazy!! I thought Sean Connery was putting a lot of "Bond" into The Rock's Mason, but I thought that was just Sean Connery being himself, this tied it nice, and neatly into what I suspected from the first time I saw The Rock.

@ringbearer1420 10 ай бұрын

It’s not true. It’s a fan theory.

@robertdavis8969 2 жыл бұрын

Being a huge Bond fan from the 80's, I had to throw my 2 cents in. It's said in 1959, the 23rd regiment SAS was renamed the Reserve Reconnaissance Unit. With a specialty in escape and evasion. If Bond was assigned to a military intelligence unit after the SAS, it would make sense. A commander in the British Navy is 2 ranks up from a captain in the army. It's possible that Bond transferred to the Navy, he had a rank increase. After a couple years, he had another rank increase to Commander. The reason he told Hubble he was a captain in the army is because it was the last rank he had as a soldier. And he wanted to address Hubble as one soldier to another since his other 2 ranks were as a spy. And spies lie for a living. So in his attempt to speak equally to Hubble, Bond used his last rank as an actual soldier to create equals. And for that rank, Bond would still be in the SAS for that rank. So that's why he used his REAL military rank and service to Hubble.

@VorpalDerringer 2 жыл бұрын

Seems plausible.

@PCinLA Жыл бұрын

Dude, bravo that is awesome and like this video now canon in my head.

@Timberwolf1992 Жыл бұрын

Most importantly, he revealed to Godspeed that he was trained by none other than the British Intelligence. And ever since the inception of the franchise, Bond has operated under pseudonyms, be it Peter Franks(DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER), James St. John Smyte(A VIEW TO A KILL), Van Biguel(DIE ANOTHER DAY), Arlington Beech(CASINO ROYALE). John Mason was just another of them, and fit quite accurately in Connery's saga.

@Theluckyonesss Жыл бұрын

James Bond also at times will put truthfulness mixed with lies

@kennethboyer2338 Жыл бұрын

Hummel, not Hubble.....

@larrytalbot3824 2 жыл бұрын

And to complicate matters, there's that deleted scene where, as he's reunited with his daughter, Mason yells: " _Junior!!!_ "

@Drew_Vernon 2 жыл бұрын

hahahahahahaha, that literally made me laugh my ass off.

@davidjames579 2 жыл бұрын

@@Drew_Vernon "We named the dog Jade"

@jirensentry7609 2 жыл бұрын

So he had a son who went trans huh?

@larrytalbot3824 2 жыл бұрын

@@jirensentry7609 it's all the range nowadays

@Geronimo_Jehoshaphat 2 жыл бұрын

Yep, Indiana Jones moved to San Francisco and transitioned. 😆

@gt5512 Жыл бұрын

This made me miss Sean Connery more. One of the greats.

@pianoandguitarlover2773 Жыл бұрын

He lived a long life. But it still sad that he is gone now.

@thegreypath1777 8 ай бұрын

What a sense of humor.

@TheChooseAName123 Жыл бұрын

That's a lot of work done for validating a fan theory and I respect the hell out of that. No regrets here.

@CloakerJosh Жыл бұрын

I don't care whether this was ever intended or not. It's now officially canon to me, no one can change my mind.

@nonplayercharacter6478 Жыл бұрын

@Michael Fonseca Yeah, I'm on board. It wraps up Bond's life so neatly. It's good to know what happened to that retired spy, I hope he found the life he wanted, a poet or a farmer, probably. =)

@peteg475 8 ай бұрын

Yeah, the point is these things are supposed to be FUN for viewers to think about. It doesn't really matter if it was intentional. It's very clever and interesting. That's enough for me.

@stevewardlaw 6 ай бұрын

How do you do this entire deep dive and miss the most obvious Bond moment of all - “I want a suite, shower, shave, and the feel of a suit.”

@justinegonzalez6461 Жыл бұрын

Great work! I actually think this is all fairly plausible. I remember watching The Rock years ago and loving all of these references that made it seem like he was Bond - but figured they were just Easter eggs. Thanks for putting this together!

@vspe0000 2 жыл бұрын

Major kudos on the terrifically researched and articulated fan theory.

@PentexProductions 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much - it took much more time than I care to admit, but was great fun.

@Quatft 2 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry, but there are pretty big holes in this theory. For example- the missile launch in Dr. No, what is shown is a Titan 1, which was not launched from Canaveral after late summer or early fall of 1960. Most the rest of the evidence shown is pretty circumstantial, I'm afraid. Bond was a jet setter, and every other British Intelligence officer like him would have been as well, they would have been in HK and SF multiple times per year.

@redberries8039 2 жыл бұрын

...but when did he steal the Red October?

@ValkyrieMagnus 2 жыл бұрын

@@PentexProductions when I saw the video title I have to admit I was skeptical but after watching the video I believe this was Michael Bay’s intention for John Mason to be James Bond. Especially with the sailor remark.

@niftyifty 2 жыл бұрын

@@PentexProductions did you post this to Reddit too or did that post spark this? The timing is questionable

@mactastico1818 2 жыл бұрын

This fits together so well its scary .like bay secretly made a bond movie

@elliott2513 2 жыл бұрын

Well he totally has a ton of respect for Connery and his work. With him and so many other well talented film fans working on this movie it totally makes sense that they just stuck in Easter Egg after Easter Egg. Makes this movie even more rewatchable.

@SideWays8Productions 2 жыл бұрын

I wouldn’t be surprised if it was intentional, all the writers would have to do is write a loose script based off of Bond’s exploits, and then fact check the dates and events of Bond’s timeline, and adjust the script to fit them, and leave it at that. Don’t allude to anything else, just adjust dates and times of certain plot points and worst case you have a decently developed character, best case your audience puts the pieces together and discover a whole new meaning to your movie and you become a cult classic for very minimal effort.

@curtjames 2 жыл бұрын

Has Bay ever addressed these coincidences or facts?

@smudgepost 10 ай бұрын

I really appreciate the work put into this. I'm a huge Bond fan though I caveat that with 'older' bond movies, especially as I grew up with Roget Moore. This level of detail provides so much more to the psyche of the characters (Bond) than just the on screen action can tell. I particularly liked the nugget of recognition by Bond about Kansas @11:43

@Electricshrock 2 жыл бұрын

"Michael Bay action classic" This is definitely the only movie where that phrase wouldn't make me laugh out loud.

@wickywills 2 жыл бұрын

But what about Transf……sorry never mind. Don’t know what came over me.

@jerry12314 2 жыл бұрын

pretentious...

@Jack75188 2 жыл бұрын

@Romanogers4ever it was definitely better than Pearl Harbor, that's for god damn sure.

@EnjoySackLunch 2 жыл бұрын

@@Jack75188 actual Pearl Harbor was better than the Pearl Harbor movie

@georgemelitsis2607 2 жыл бұрын

@@EnjoySackLunch Hehe!

@YourFitnessQuest Жыл бұрын

As a Bond fan, I thought this might be just some cute theory you had, but after seeing all the homework you did and details to back it up, I'm sold. Great job! Now could you work on the JFK assassination and get us all up to speed?

@KaawSauce Жыл бұрын

Kaw

@priceyinbowen Жыл бұрын

Agree. Was good. Am going to steal it for dinner conversation.

@DLFLux Жыл бұрын

One of his very first arguments is that Bond isn’t a code name, they are all the same person (with the exception of Craig as his films are a reboot) so that means every Bond after Connery is still Connery. Thus, destroying everything else his says after.

@romevang Жыл бұрын

@@DLFLux so everything else is just a coincidence? Now, I don't completely buy that.

@DLFLux Жыл бұрын

@@romevang if every Bond after Connery is still Connery, then Connery’s Bond can’t be in Alcatraz, as he’s off doing Bond stuff.

@Irishdrivingbloopers Жыл бұрын

As far as having your homework done before posting a video, you definitely went above and beyond the call of duty with this one. Excellent stuff!!

@user-jn7tc3tp2x Жыл бұрын

What you have done here, is absolutely breathtaking!! Congrats on a superb video!! This was awesome!!

@GeminiLibra73 Жыл бұрын

Yup! I was explaining the video to my wife, and she said that someone has too much time on his hands, and I asked whether she meant the person who made the video or the person watching it. She said yes... 😁

@hipking23 Жыл бұрын

Lol 😂

@Apudurangdinya Жыл бұрын

Protect her with all cost

@FigmentHF Жыл бұрын

I’m often told I have “too much time on my hands” by people who spend most of their life playing candy crush and watching reality TV

@plugmanjohnson7456 Жыл бұрын

@@FigmentHF im often told I have too much thyme on my hands when I spill thyme on my hands

@Sssilk84 Жыл бұрын

Awesome

@davelutherable 2 жыл бұрын

Totally 100% works. I doubt they even realised how well it all fit in while making the movie, but no way they just had Sean Connery chillin on set, playing an ex British spy, and everyone was all “you know, all this feels weirdly familiar”. He’s 100% supposed to be Bond. That’s why Sean was even in the movie.

@salomaonplanetsaturn674 2 жыл бұрын

Homage )

@karaokewaywardson7543 8 ай бұрын

The last bit isn’t a stretch at all!! He gets noticeably nervous when asked sailor and seems to say sailor under his breath by accident before he says army! I’m sure you noticed that. Such a great video! Thank you for doing all the diving!

@DH-. 11 ай бұрын

You earned my subscription, alot of effort and logic, like dude you deserve a promotion

@Hefizto 2 жыл бұрын

So this is the secret "Oldman Bond" movie, makes sense since no studio would greenlight a spinoff like that, cant wait to see Pierce Brosnan doing a old Bond flick without telling anyone

@Cr1ms0nRav3n 2 жыл бұрын

Brosnan did the movie November Man. About a rogue secret agent where his wife was shot. Probably full of nods to James Bond.

@Bat_Rag 2 жыл бұрын

The last Bond movie Brosnan did was Mama Mia

@finnpendleton4615 2 жыл бұрын

Brosnan plays a retired secret agent in the matador if I remember correctly.

@AWSVids 2 жыл бұрын

@@Bat_Rag What’ll blow your mind even more is that his FIRST James Bond movie was Mrs. Doubtfire.

@lainal3960 2 жыл бұрын

He played an older British agent in the movie No Escape too, although he seemed to have an australian accent in that one.

@jmwall24 2 жыл бұрын

The likely explanation is he is James Bond, but they didn't have permission to use the name, so they changed it but it's based on the same character.

@TacShooter 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the movie even has the Bond formula: teaser, chase sequence, thrilling location, evil mastermind and his demands (or large numbers would die), henchmen, lovely ladies, (Marcil and Forlani), and the final assault on the enemy base.

@iainreeve4522 2 жыл бұрын

I certainly agree that they didn't have permission to use the name. The problem with the idea of John Mason being James Bond is that the role was originally offered to Arnold Schwarzenegger. I think the movie became a vague Bond homage when Connery signed up, but the writers left enough discrepancies between Mason and Bond that EON couldn't sue.

@Scottendo 2 жыл бұрын

@@iainreeve4522 Arnold was set to play Nic Cage's character, not Mason.

@famicomnintendo 2 жыл бұрын

@@iainreeve4522 so it became a ''bond movie'' only after Sean Connery was hired for the role?

@iainreeve4522 2 жыл бұрын

@@Scottendo That's not what IMDB says. Maybe they got it wrong?

@markallen7215 Жыл бұрын

The amount of research you put into your theory is astounding!!! 👍👌

@chriss4084 Жыл бұрын

This is facinating. Thanks for the deep dive into Bond. Someone spent the time to make Bond feel real, Im sure they are greatful you noticed all their hard work

@johnnyseattle7385 2 жыл бұрын

You utter fucking madman, this is the best theory I've seen in forever, and as a hardcore fan of James Bond I'm ashamed this never really occurred to me. The Rock is one of the true masterpieces of the cheesy action genre, and I watch it every time I'm flipping through channels and it's on. Great work on this.

@PentexProductions 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, I'm so glad you enjoyed it - but I think you commented on the wrong video!

@hiddentalentfilms994 2 жыл бұрын

It's rubbish, he's not Bond.

@hiddentalentfilms994 2 жыл бұрын

If you're a big Bond fan check out The New James Bond Show With Krazy Kajeevie.

@kevfullo 2 жыл бұрын

This was was accepted when the film came out, it was a cheeky Bond film that didn't have a license. Like never say never again, but more subtle.

@benconway9010 2 жыл бұрын

@kevinshort3943 2 жыл бұрын

Connery Apparently told Bay, that he wold be playing the roll as James Bond.

@joshuadiaz4529 2 жыл бұрын

Role?

@Dunwelll 2 жыл бұрын

The role of John Mason. Makes sense for a character after to use his past work to inspire new roles they're playing

@MJKToys 2 жыл бұрын

@@joshuadiaz4529 He kneaded to play it that way...

@BrianAnim 2 жыл бұрын

@@MJKToys Like bread?

@inspectorwinship9538 2 жыл бұрын

@@MJKToys Pretty half-baked, if you ask me.

@Red80008 11 ай бұрын

GREAT work, I love it! Finally a theory - and boy, what a theory that is! - that can actually and finally link two of my favorite movie characters the way I always felt they were linked but never saw enough links myself. You just made my world! ^^

@metallicasnake 11 ай бұрын

Love this. Thank you for going into such magnificent detail.

@HughsReviews 2 жыл бұрын

This has completely blown my mind. The Rock is one of my favorite movies and I always had my suspicions. But never knew so many similarities existed. The Rock is totally the last chapter of Sean’s 007 James Bond. Then he ended up as an art thief with Katherine Zeta Jones.

@Cykablyat-ps6vb 2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@oesandb24 2 жыл бұрын

Connery was not James Bond Actor if Cary Grant Roger Moore and David Niven CAN Inside Bond movies documentary

@madquest8 2 жыл бұрын

Someone needs to rescore the Rock with the James Bond theme where needed.

@ajivins1 2 жыл бұрын

Or every now and then, the first two bars of Goldfinger...

@offspringfan1288 2 жыл бұрын

Hans Zimmer score in The Rock is a masterpiece though

@abrahamlincoln9758 2 жыл бұрын

@@offspringfan1288 That music with Hummel's opening monologue...

@foghornfilms 2 жыл бұрын

@@offspringfan1288 Zimmer is now doing James Bond. The Circle is complete!

@davidbalfour3390 2 жыл бұрын

Like the incredibles?

@markmarderosian9657 Жыл бұрын

Well done and well researched with the corresponding real world events.

@EryckBednarski Жыл бұрын

Great job! The amount of research you must have done... ♥

@rassicr 2 жыл бұрын

I'm convinced. This rocks. Pun absolutely intended. You rock, too.

@PentexProductions 2 жыл бұрын

Your comment rocks too!

@onsejussi 2 жыл бұрын

You could say this theory is rock solid.

@deanrussell2224 2 жыл бұрын

And it would be a rock hard task to discredit it after all of the research too

@dcorica79 2 жыл бұрын

When my dad first saw "the rock" he thought that Connery's character was james bond.

@eclecticx 11 ай бұрын

Mason was without a doubt James Bond. The writers behind Bay's Rock did a masterful job of presenting him as Bond without claiming him as Bond, leaving it up to the viewer to make the rather obvious connection.

@markgy Жыл бұрын

Well done, terrific video sir!

@paulvoorhies8821 2 жыл бұрын

Gotta say: The Rock was that rare action film that was just waaay to good. Highly entertaining!

@jp3813 Жыл бұрын

Especially considering that it was by Michael Bay, who got a bad rep as a filmmaker at the turn of the millennium. The key to the film are the three main characters: Mason, Hummel, & Goodspeed. All three could've carried their own movies, but instead we got a crossover of their stories that elevates the concept from being just another Die Hard knockoff.

@CoralCopperHead Жыл бұрын

@@jp3813 I'm remembering an old saying about how a thousand monkeys at a thousand typewriters typing every day for eternity will eventually produce Shakespeare.

@jp3813 Жыл бұрын

@@CoralCopperHead Which reminds me another saying that I hear it's amazing when the famous purple stuffed worm in flap-jaw space with the tuning fork does a raw blink on Hara-kiri Rock. I need scissors! 61!

@pacifiedbeaumonte Жыл бұрын

I always wonder what its like to think like a normie

@jp3813 Жыл бұрын

@@pacifiedbeaumonte Just go to their channel. They have very popular reaction videos.

@inthefade 2 жыл бұрын

His reaction when he says "Army, actually" is very convincing.

@Jim-Mc 2 жыл бұрын

Been a long time, but why does the villain just assume he's Navy? That by itself is convincing.

@AirsoftReviewArgentina 2 жыл бұрын

@@Jim-Mc but if Mason was SAS he was Army. You go to the SBS if you are Navy. As if he said he was Navy SEAL but was Army personnel...

@drno62 2 жыл бұрын

@@Jim-Mc Because he arrived with Navy SEALs

@md_vandenberg 2 жыл бұрын

@@Jim-Mc Because General Hummel knew it was the U.S. Navy assaulting his position at Alcatraz. Assuming that Mason was a Sailor isn't outrageous. In case you need a refresher, a member of the Navy is a Sailor.

@corriblehunt4554 2 жыл бұрын

@@AirsoftReviewArgentina Not true. All members of uniformed tri-sevices are eligible to join the SAS. Navy (including Royal Marines), Army or RAF personnel can join the SAS

@fettbub92 Жыл бұрын

Im glad I'm not alone in this. Great vid

@herbsuperb6034 Жыл бұрын

Biggest clue against the theory is that James Bond was Royal Navy. Not SAS (Army). Hummel called him 'Sailor' because he was with a team of Navy SEALs, and was in Navy Gear.

@Timberwolf1992 Жыл бұрын

Part of the intelligence business is creating fake aliases and affiliations. When Bond was first captured and profiled, he sought to avoid MI:6 the embarrassment of his arrest and gave a testimony that he was a part of the SAS rather than the RNVR. He escaped and not long after, Alcatraz was officially closed. When he was captured again a decade later having stolen the microfilm, he resorted to maintaining the identity he gave at Alcatraz.

@caseyreed5231 11 ай бұрын

It’s part of his cover James mason SAS operative. When he really is JB007 license to kill! Come on! This is brilliant he is absolutely James Bond

@damned.swordsman 9 ай бұрын

Well, Daniel Craig mentioned his rank as Commander, which is a navy officer rank. I think one of the movies also mention the SBS not SAS, but i could be wrong

@memememe609 3 ай бұрын

Him being SAS under his cover identity disproves nothing. In fact, the clear discomfort that Mason showcases for a second after Hummel refers to him as a sailor makes no sense if Mason had no relation to the Navy.

@ThatCapnGeech 2 жыл бұрын

This weird penguin makes a damn good argument. Touche weird penguin, touche.

@UFOUAPMagnet 2 жыл бұрын

I read your comment in John Olivers voice, and it was perfect.

@firagabird 2 жыл бұрын

There are a few movie connection conspiracies this outrageous I sincerely believe. One is Charlie from Willy Wonka became the villain in Snowpiercer. After watching this video, my list has grown.

@Kinos141 2 жыл бұрын

This proves is that Michael Bay has respect for Sean Connery and his James Bond career.

@hd591 2 жыл бұрын

Well said.

@Pixis1 Жыл бұрын

I always loved this theory. Nice job presenting the evidence. Now I'm even more convinced!

@pctong5387 11 ай бұрын

Well researched video. Thank you. I enjoyed it a lot 😊

@maximusprimus827 2 жыл бұрын

Hummel called Mason a “sailor” because he was dressed in the same uniform as the Navy SEALs, so he just assumed he was a sailor.

@MechaKluh 2 жыл бұрын

No fun!

@numbersix1555 2 жыл бұрын

SAS is a British Army unit too, and it's established in this movie that's what he was, while Vesper Lynd was only referring to a special operations "type" of person in Casino Royale.

@mrjack8849 2 жыл бұрын

That's what I figured too. However, its an interesting twist.

@SkylerKing 2 жыл бұрын

If he had been a younger guy in a Navy uniform, yeah. But when you seen a guy in his 70s dressed in that gear, your reaction is more likely "who is this guy?" and assume he just hitched a ride with the Navy guys they had just encountered. If he didn't recognize him, he might assume he a chemical weapons expert that tagged along to help with the proper handling of the VX gas. But when you see this older guy and wonder "who is this?" until he gets within arms reach, you have a clear view of him, and it occurs to you that you recognize this guy, that is when the "testing" type of questions come out.

@daredemontriple6 2 жыл бұрын

@@SkylerKing I agree. The most convincing part is the reaction. The entire film Connery's character is portrayed as being a hardened veteran, fearless. The kind of man who's been on the wrong end of a gun so many times he probably feels more uncomfortable when he's not got one pointing at him. And yet, with that one simple - and to any other military man, routine - question, he is taken aback. If only for a moment, he has to think and question what this guy really knows, before doubling down on his false identity. It's not about what prompted the question, or the choice of Sailor over Soldier, it's about the reaction. Name and rank is standard procedure when taking in a prisoner of war, all combat personnel know this. In-fact the only odd part is that he didn't also ask for a serial number. That's besides the point though, which is that to any other man/woman in the forces that question is just as unremarkable as "What time is it?" or "How are you doing?", and the reaction would be an almost robotic response thanks to years of military routine. The only reason why this question would challenge Connery's character is because the man asking it already knows the answer. Because he's not really asking him for his name and rank, he's telling him "I know who you are"

@anthonysvenforsic4760 2 жыл бұрын

“If you’re British and don’t know America very well…”. James Bond knows EVERYTHING very well. Every time M or someone in M’s office had a question he always had an answer.

@Kyrelel 2 жыл бұрын

The British know a hell of a lot more about America that Americans do about anything that's not American (including English).

@OldMovieRob Жыл бұрын

This is a fantastic analysis. I remember seeing this in the theater years ago and thinking, you know, that could be Bond locked up all these years. Thanks for helping validate that idea.

@GL-xz3xk Жыл бұрын

Mind. Blown. Great investigative work!

@rawschri 2 жыл бұрын

The English comedy writers, Ian La Frenais & Dick Clement ( Likely Lads and Porridge ) were called in by Connery to rewrite bits of the script, fleshing out the character of John Mason and adding the quips and one liners said by Connery, certainly got their inspiration from Connery's previous incarnation as James Bond ...

@PentexProductions 2 жыл бұрын

Those two writers also worked on the unofficial Connery Bond film Never Say Never Again.

@VaelinAlSo 2 жыл бұрын

I read the whole post on reddit then still came here to watch the whole video, Good job man ! Liked and Subscribed

@PentexProductions 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks heaps! It was a lot of work but people seem to be enjoying it, so that makes it all worth it.

@nwerve 2 жыл бұрын

Same

@awelcomedistraction1355 Жыл бұрын

This video is way more than I expected. Bravo. I am absolutely convinced. 👏👏👏

@everettbethel7843 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video…I’ve always fully believed that the script for The Rock began its life as a pitch for one final Connery Bond film… Considering Sean Connery kicked off a career renaissance when he won the academy award for best supporting actor in The Untouchables…Makes complete sense that someone, somewhere had the thought that it would be a good idea to revisit Connery’s Bond and give the character a proper send off… This idea was attempted with Never Say Never Again but was a legal nightmare at the time…This was only a little over a decade since that all played out…I mean there was void in the Bond where they had a gap after the critical failure of License to Kill in 1989, coincidentally right at the same time Sean Connery’s career resurgence began… ION likely eventually passed on the idea because they were looking to reset the series and update it for a 90’s audience, which they did with Brosnan in Goldeneye…Rather than scrap The Rock as a Bond film, or force it through (Like what happened with Never Say Never Again), Bruckheimer et al just lightly retooled the script for a character named John Mason and here we are talking about it today…

@ScottSchapiro 2 жыл бұрын

If Die Hard can be a Christmas movie (it most certainly is! 🤣🎄) then The Rock can absolutely be a Bond movie! Nice work putting this together, very well done.

@hydguy 2 жыл бұрын

Die Hard isn't a Christmas movie. Watch the 'roast' of Bruce Willis. He tells you exactly what kind of movie Die Hard is.

@Dreadpirateflappy 2 жыл бұрын

@@hydguy Not up to Bruce willis who has the charisma of a teaspoon. Of course it's a christmas movie... It has a bearded man saying "ho ho ho"

@Beery1962 2 жыл бұрын

This is fricken awesome. I always bought the "Mason is Bond" theory, but I had no idea how much evidence there was to support it. Thanks!

@Charlie-ph1ql Жыл бұрын

Mind blown. Well done, sir. Well done!

@ElizaStarling 10 ай бұрын

I'm fully on-board with this theory! Great video. :)

@killer72619 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic! Makes perfect sense and elevates the Rock to a masterpiece.

@benmuise 2 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't say Masterpiece, but it definitely made it better. Like walking into someone else's cologne cloud and the hot girl thinks it's you.

@PCinLA Жыл бұрын

[insert meme] always has been…

@stevefairfull9912 2 жыл бұрын

I usually ignore and roll my eyes at fan theory, but this is pretty great. I'm willing to go with it :-)

@TheBcoolGuy Жыл бұрын

why your pfp soyface?

@OconByrd519 Жыл бұрын

I greatly appreciate your research on this topic. Great dinner conversation for anyone interested.

@samvakarian Жыл бұрын

Fantastic deep dive, i love this kind of stuff and appreciate the time and effort put into constructing the argument/doing the research. My late godmother husband's is Dick Clement, a man who did uncredited rewrites on The Rock. I might bring this up next time I speak to him lmao.

@shill1444 2 жыл бұрын

The Rock is Michael Bay's BEST film to date.

@SuperHns 2 жыл бұрын

also Bad Boys 1 is great

@barry5547 2 жыл бұрын

You just made a believer here. Thank you. My love for the cheesy The Rock is even better now. I'm calling it now. You just made The Rock rentals/streams have a boost that will be noticeable over next few months.