App Brings Iconic James Bond 'Gun Barrel' to Your iPhone

MacRumors · Feb 22, 2013, 02:39 PM

To promote the release of the latest James Bond film Skyfall on DVD, Fox has released a free app that lets users film themselves in the sights of a gun barrel, like in the iconic Bond opening title sequence.

The app itself is very simple, asking users to use the iPhone's camera to record their target, then letting them share it with friends.

Skyfall Gun Barrel is a free download on the App Store. [Direct Link]

Article Link: App Brings Iconic James Bond 'Gun Barrel' to Your iPhone

charlieegan3 · Feb 22, 2013, 02:45 PM

About as cool as Google Glass.

nrose101 · Feb 22, 2013, 02:55 PM

Seems cool for a bond fan..which I 100% am!

rei101 · Feb 22, 2013, 03:00 PM

I was watching this at work, I hope I do not get punish.

SmileyBlast! · Feb 22, 2013, 03:06 PM

Meh! An App. just for the sake of having an App.

Shrink · Feb 22, 2013, 03:07 PM

What an incredibly cool app...if you're 12 years old.

testcard · Feb 22, 2013, 03:10 PM

Great compilation of Bonds down a gun barrel.

roadbloc · Feb 22, 2013, 03:13 PM

I would have loved this when I was younger. The amount of time myself and friends spent staring at each other down spent toilet roll tubes was ridiculous.

testcard · Feb 22, 2013, 03:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by roadbloc

I would have loved this when I was younger. The amount of time myself and friends spent staring at each other down spent toilet roll tubes was ridiculous.

You should have gone to Specsavers.

mrgraff · Feb 22, 2013, 03:19 PM

It needs to have a timing overlay included, so you'll know when to turn and shoot and make it looks as good as possible.

I suppose this would be cool if you were making a fan-made Bond film, otherwise, meh.

olowott · Feb 22, 2013, 03:26 PM

am so gonna add it to my cool app collection

( apps that are just cool and there is nothing else it can do collection)

Ingot · Feb 22, 2013, 08:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by roadbloc

I would have loved this when I was younger. The amount of time myself and friends spent staring at each other down spent toilet roll tubes was ridiculous.

Thank you sir. You are my hero for the night.

RedTomato · Feb 23, 2013, 03:28 AM

Amazing compilation of clips - it's a journey through my childhood. Lovely to see the continuity and variations in dress, pose, stride and subsequent video shot through the decades.

The followup image is nearly always a personal plane or a truck or a beach shot ... And funny to see Roger Moore cock it up in one clip, putting his left hand on top of his right forearm (destroying his aim). He fixed it the next film, (using his left hand to stabilise his right forearm from underneath).

Bubba Satori · Feb 23, 2013, 07:07 AM

And five year olds are being suspended from school for pointing their fingers and going 'bang'.

When Joke Biden finds out about this he's going to try ban it
and tell the proles to replace their iPhones with shotguns.

matteusclement · Feb 23, 2013, 10:46 AM

Gun? I always thought it was a camera and those were iris blades. LOL.

damir00 · Feb 23, 2013, 01:33 PM

What's a "DVD"?

Candlelight · Feb 24, 2013, 03:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by charlieegan3

About as cool as Google Glass.

Google Glass IS cool. And thus so is this app.

Krazy Bill · Feb 24, 2013, 07:37 PM

It's the same scene for each actor. Whoever made this could have shortened it down to 30 seconds. My eyes started to bleed.

Sean Connery was the best 007 BTW. Many of you guys are too young to remember though.

Archer1440 · Feb 25, 2013, 01:47 AM

It's always amusing to see, for those skilled in the matter, just how poorly those actors portray a proper pistol shot. Dalton actually seems to have had some training, but the others...

But with that said, Connery was the best overall. Craig is great too.

rudymalmquist · Feb 25, 2013, 09:25 PM

wait until the first kid is expelled for using this "gun app" in school on another student.

fujitsu · Mar 2, 2013, 07:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by roadbloc

I would have loved this when I was younger. The amount of time myself and friends spent staring at each other down spent toilet roll tubes was ridiculous.

Haha. Funny. Got to agree though that I would have loved this when I was younger (teenager, perhaps?).

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RedTomato macrumors 68040 Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: .. London ..	Amazing compilation of clips - it's a journey through my childhood. Lovely to see the continuity and variations in dress, pose, stride and subsequent video shot through the decades. The followup image is nearly always a personal plane or a truck or a beach shot ... And funny to see Roger Moore cock it up in one clip, putting his left hand on top of his right forearm (destroying his aim). He fixed it the next film, (using his left hand to stabilise his right forearm from underneath).
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Bubba Satori macrumors 68040 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: B'ham	And five year olds are being suspended from school for pointing their fingers and going 'bang'. When Joke Biden finds out about this he's going to try ban it and tell the proles to replace their iPhones with shotguns.
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Krazy Bill macrumors 68000 Join Date: Dec 2011	It's the same scene for each actor. Whoever made this could have shortened it down to 30 seconds. My eyes started to bleed. Sean Connery was the best 007 BTW. Many of you guys are too young to remember though. __________________ We are the iBorg. All your OS X are belong to us.
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Archer1440 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Mar 2012	It's always amusing to see, for those skilled in the matter, just how poorly those actors portray a proper pistol shot. Dalton actually seems to have had some training, but the others... But with that said, Connery was the best overall. Craig is great too.
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rudymalmquist macrumors newbie Join Date: Dec 2012	Schools wait until the first kid is expelled for using this "gun app" in school on another student.
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