An Extraordinary Machine

[an0ther_dreamer]

Fandom: Skyfall (James Bond)
Subject: Q
Title: An Extraordinary Machine
Warnings/Notes: Spoilers for Skyfall. Picspam heavy. 8tracks stream and DL available.

Q (standing for Quartermaster), is the head of Q Branch, the fictional research and development division of MI6. He is in charge of giving special agents equipment for their secret missions. In Skyfall, he is introduced as a much younger man than in previous incarnations and he is presented as more of a hacker than the traditional beleaguered gadget inventor.

Well, I'll hazard I can do more damage on my laptop sitting in my pyjamas before my first cup of Earl Grey than you can do in a year in the field.
-Q

Q is a computer security expert who has designed some of the most sophisticated security protocols in existence. However, Q’s short-sightedness as he is attempting to decode cyber-terrorist Raoul Silva’s security system inadvertently allows Silva to hack into MI6’s servers and use them to find M’s location and escape from MI6 custody. Q hacks into the security cameras of the London underground to aid Bond in his chase after Silva. Q then helps lay a trap for Silva by creating an electronic trail for him to follow to Bond and M’s location.

Q is intelligent and capable but his overconfidence can lead to his downfall. However, he is able to regain his footing and use his skills to help save the day.

Rules Don't Stop by We Are Scientists
Don’t be alarmed
It’s not the end of the world
If we’re breaking the rules it’s fine
I disregard this kind of problem all the time

It’s not as if it’s gonna kill anyone
If there’s no victim then there’s no crime
Just draw another if you think we’ve crossed the line

Rules don’t stop me
Forget about it
Rules don’t stop me
We’ll get around it
Rules don’t stop me
Forget about it
Don’t stop me
Don’t stop me



Infra-Red by Placebo
One more thing before we start the final face-off
I will be the one to watch you fall
So I came down to crash and burn your beggar's banquet
Someone call the ambulance
There's gonna be an accident

I'm coming up on infra-red
There is no running that can hide you
'Cause I can see in the dark
I'm coming up on infra-red
Forget your running
I will find you
Find You



Our Velocity by Maxïmo
A stream of numbers hit a screen
And you're expected to know what they mean
Throughout the conflict I was serene
I can't outrun the sadness I've seen
Are you willing to resist for people you've never met?
The devil's wheel revolves but it needs to be reset

Never, never try to gauge temperature
When you tend to travel at such speed
It's our velocity



Icarus by Bastille
Standing on the cliff face
Highest fall you'll ever grace
It scares me half to death

Look out to the future
But it tells you nothing
So take another breath

Your hands protect the flames
From the wild winds around you

Icarus is flying too close to the sun
And Icarus's life, it has only just begun
And this is how it feels to take a fall
Icarus is flying towards an early grave



High and Dry by Radiohead
Two jumps in a week
I bet you think that's pretty clever, don't you boy?
Flying on your motorcycle
Watching all the ground beneath you drop

Kill yourself for recognition
Kill yourself to never ever stop
You broke another mirror
You're turning into something you are not

Don't leave me high
Don't leave me dry
Don't leave me high
Don't leave me dry



It's Time by Imagine Dragons
So this is where you fell
And I am left to sell
The path to heaven runs through miles of clouded hell
Right to the top
Don't look back
Turning to rags and giving the commodities a rain-check

I don't ever wanna let you down
I don't ever wanna leave this town
'Cause after all
This city never sleeps at night

It's time to begin, isn't it?
I get a little bit bigger but then I'll admit
I'm just the same as I was
Now, don't you understand?
That I'm never changing who I am



Some Nights by fun.
This is it, boys, this is war
What are we waiting for?
Why don't we break the rules already?
I was never one to believe the hype
Save that for the black and white
I try twice as hard and I'm half as liked
But here they come again to jack my style

Well, some nights I wish that this all would end
'Cause I could use some friends for a change
And some nights I'm scared you'll forget me again
Some nights I always win
I always win



Extraordinary Machine by Ben Sollee
I am the baby of the family
It happens so
Everybody cares and wears
Their sheep's clothes while they chaperone
Curious you're looking down your nose at me
While you appease
Courteous to try and help
But let me set your mind at ease

If there was a better way to go
Then it would find me
I can't help it the road
Just rolls out behind me
Be kind to me
Or treat me mean
I'll make the most of it
I'm an extraordinary machine

 

 

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Comments

[haebin.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for sharing this fanmix! :)

[an0ther-dreamer.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for listening to it! :)