Friday, February 23, 2007

Narrowcast

We all know about services to offer edited R-rated movies to those who believe that watching such a movie in its native state is somehow sinful. I'm just curious... if some religion could go beyond editing scenes to changing content, would they?

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Q
...and I do hope you'll be careful with the newest prototypes double oh seven.

BOND
Such as?

Q
Look, an ordinary communion wafer.

A COMMUNION HOST is held up. Q expertly throws it from this fingers across the lab, where it slices the head off a MANNEQUIN

Q
Carbon fiber reinforcements with speed sensitive nano-mesch. Deadly at a range of 30 meters, or approximately 45 rows of pews.

BOND
He certainly seems closer to God now.

Q
Do try to be serious. Now this I'm particularly proud of:

He holds up a WINE bottle

Q
It looks like ordinary communion wine, but working through the same principles as transubstantiation, it becomes C-4.

BOND
[takes bottle, opens it] This should certainly provide a real presence at parties [sniffs] 1964 Chembertin? An acceptable vintage...

Q
Oh, do try and grow up sometime double oh seven.

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You know, I think they would.

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