tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post115551378577823294..comments2023-08-18T04:37:47.001-04:00Comments on Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Sunday Burst of WeirdnessKelly Sedingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10704114189919711467noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-1155614467220119612006-08-15T00:01:00.000-04:002006-08-15T00:01:00.000-04:00Man, that's sad on so many levels, not least of wh...Man, that's sad on so many levels, not least of which is robbing Moore of his best outing as Bond, <I>by far</I>.Jayme Lynn Blaschkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02919766841748858790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-1155607308947130192006-08-14T22:01:00.000-04:002006-08-14T22:01:00.000-04:00I rather agree with the quote about Bond and the C...I rather agree with the quote about Bond and the Cold War, or at least the idea lurking behind it.<BR/><BR/>Of course Bond was never realistic, and you're quite correct in your linked post that the Bond movies only occasionally dealt with the USSR or the Cold War as such. (I know nothing about the books.) But it seems to me that the whole idea of technologically sophisticated supervillains was rooted in the <I>mythos</I> of the Cold War - back in the days when the Soviets were beating us into space, nuclear-powered bombers were taken seriously, etc.<BR/><BR/>Bond fighting Latin drug lords never felt right - they belong in GangsterWorld, not SupervillainWorld. Even contemporary Muslim fundamentalists wouldn't quite work; 9/11 was fiendishly brilliant enough for a Bond villain, but done with box cutters, not beeping gizmos. <BR/><BR/>My own bias is that Bond doesn't really fit in the contemporary world; his natural home is c. 1960. (Which was the underlying premise of Austin Powers; but that doesn't invalidate the argument.) If I were doing a Bond movie, I'd do it as a period piece.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16932015378213238346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-1155570904915103502006-08-14T11:55:00.000-04:002006-08-14T11:55:00.000-04:00You don't think Bond is believable? I guess you a...You don't think Bond is believable? I guess you aren't buying into the "Planet of the Apes" movies, either. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com