zustifer | (no subject)

I never cared about James Bond, myself. Mr. Alcott speaketh for me. I hate wish-fulfilment (to me it's usually as laughable as the Beautiful and Approachable Princess of Everything episode of Venture Bros). I think the mythos is SO BORING that even a direct parody like Austin Powers isn't really very funny. I was even dubious about the (now probably defunct) Rupert Everett vehicle in which he was to play a gay James Bond type (even though I enjoy Rupert Everett and am all for gay remakes of movies).
As I recall, the only redeeming value in the movies (I haven't seen so many, though) is the overdone-cultural-meme antecedents, which are funny because I've seen them a million times elsewhere and it's entertaining to see the original (I usually like this phenomenon).

In closing, I am a big jerk who hates culture.