Quantum of Solace

[Captain Picard's Hair]

The title makes sense but it's one that most people aren't going to "get." I can understand what it means, but the reason I did a double-take is because "Quantum" wasn't a word I expected to see in a movie title.

OTOH, "Star Trek: Quantum" would be a most fitting title.

[Tsukiyumi]

...My read on it is that Bond is getting revenge for what happened to Vespa... but that it gives him only the tiniest bit of solace to do so...

That's all he needs; just something. I also love the title, in context.

[Sionnach Glic]

Hm, in that case maybe it's not such a bad title.

[Mark]

I STILL can't wait to see this movie.

[Tsukiyumi]

I'm excited about it, but then, I loved the last one.

[Mikey]

Meh. I reallt wasn't impressed with Casino Royale. Dench was great, but I wasn't thrilled with Craig.

[Graham Kennedy]

In real physics, a quantum is the smallest possible amount of something.

I thought it referred to such a description for energy specifically, as in "A photon is a quantum of visible light."

It's certainly used for energy in physics, but it's become applied to other things as well. I couldn't tell you if they invented the word for the physics-energy application and then used it elsewhere, or if the word itself just means something like "very tiny" in latin or whatever.

Ah, but Merriam Webster can actually... "Quanta... Etymology: Latin, neuter of quantus how much"

[Sionnach Glic]

Ah, like "quantity".

[Graham Kennedy]

Yeah. Originally it probably refers to any amounts. With physics and Einstein's explanation of the photoelectric effect it came to have the meaning about energy coming in very small amounts.

[Captain Picard's Hair]

Yeah. Originally it probably refers to any amounts. With physics and Einstein's explanation of the photoelectric effect it came to have the meaning about energy coming in very small amounts.

Literally "quantum" as in "quantum physics" doesn't necessarily have to mean a very small amount (though naturally the amounts in quantum physics ARE in fact, very small) but simply a discrete amount. The revelation that kicked off quantum physics was that the energy levels an electron could occupy in atomic orbitals could only take on discrete values, i.e., they were "quantized." "Quantum" in quantum physics, then, simply states that a value is quantized rather than continuous - that it can only take on certain values and not any fractional value possible. The science that followed from this rejiggering of atomic orbitals became very weird indeed (but at the same time became one of the most successful scientific theories ever developed), leading to the connotation of as used here and the more widespread association of the word with all manner of things weird.

[Tsukiyumi]

Ho-kay, since the other link is now going to my photobucket for some reason, I thought now would be a good time for the new trailer.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=x7zmFhxxbGQ

[Mark]

I saw it, and it rocked. A bit light on plot, but hey, it's 007. Reminded me of Liscense to Kill in some sceens, but overall, I like it.

[Sionnach Glic]

Saw it there last Friday. Pretty cool, but the villain seemed pretty lame.

[IanKennedy]

Am I the only one that thinks that this film would have been much better if they had invested in a steady-cam. It really really annoys me when the director thinks it's more realistic if you cannot see a thing that's happening on the screen. It took years to come up with the equipment to make a camera behave like a persons eyes, then they decided to throw it all away for 'realism'. Totally ruined the film for me.

[Mark]

Mayhaps your right.......by the way, the fellows at work were impressed that a Stornway Grey Range Rover Sport Supercharged was one of Bond's vehicles. Naturally, since the movie came out, we've have folks asking if we've got them in stock