Quantum of Solace or Much Ado About Nothing?

WTF? How could a blog in which "007 Movies" is proudly and prominently touted as an integral and recurring theme poo-poo the next Bond film?

Good question.

Loyal readers of this fair blog will recall that I thoroughly loved watching Casino Royale and respected Craig's role in it. They will also remember me disparaging Craig, calling him an inept, towheaded, jackass before I watched Casino. Well, I have every reason to believe that Bond 22, a.k.a. Quantum of Solace, set for release in November, will be just as dark, fantastic, and brilliant.

So what am I complaining about? It's the revelation yesterday of the film's title. Specifically, it's the fact that on google news, there are currently 735 articles from the last 24 hours reporting the film's title, and nothing else of substance or interest about the film. Despite all the fanfare and hoopla, the only news is the title itself. That 735 paid scribes can fill their columns with hundreds of words, when the only substantive information can be summed up in a sentence, i.e. The next Bond movie is called Quantum of Solace, tells me that the "legitimate" media's work product is 1% fact-based and 99% fluffy bullshit.

This just in: Bond film to have beautiful female co-stars!

While the media is using barrels of ink on this story and other pressing matters like Mary Kate Olsen's phone log or Matthew McConaughey's abs, five million people died in the Congolese civil war, opposition protesters and innocent bystanders are shot and killed point blank in Kenya, and Israel has the Gazans locked and caged like rabid, feral animals. But wait, this breaking news: Media coverage of Britney Spears' slow meltdown is worth $100-120 million to our faltering economy.

Shocking report: The next Bond film may contain gratuitous violence!

I don't mean to rain on anyone's parade, least of all the parades of fellow Bond fans. But the coverage of the non-story that is Bond 22 today perfectly exemplifies our society's blindness to what matters, and what doesn't.

Now that I've bummed everyone out, how about a pick-me-up or two?

Unofficial Fan-Created Trailer


Quantum Theme Song Audition

CKY