![]() Turning the clock back to the beginning of Bond's career in international espionage, we start off seeing how he secured his '00' status. In Craig, the Bond series has not only uncovered the natural successor to Edinburgh's most famous milkman, but it's arguably found a presence closest to the one suggested by Ian Fleming's novels. Whether Daniel Craig could restore the series to high estate has interested many and obsessed some ever since the news broke that the role of Bond was being handed to a serious actor. And since the last film, Die Another Day, was the sort of miss that suggests the Brocolli/Wilson producer team would have a hard time hitting a cow's arse with a banjo, it's lately looked as if Bond's as much a relic of yesteryear as the Cold War. ![]() ![]() In reality, Bond on the big screen has been a hit-or-miss affair almost from the beginning. Indeed, if previous generations were to be believed, the 007 saga was an effortlessly excellent affair peppered with Coward-esque bon mots and performances that recall Laurence Olivier in his pomp. Few pop cultural phenomena prove that the memory deceives quite like the James Bond series. ![]()
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