They wanted to create a Bond who was nuanced, who had more weight to him than previous incarnations of the globetrotting, womanizing spy.

These modern Bond movies have undertaken an uphill battle: the quest of becoming the ‘serious’ Bond films. What I got out of it was a perspective on the whole phenomenon I had never considered before. I read Surrey’s article first because of the selfish fan Schadenfreude that came from the idea that these stupid movies I love were tangibly screwing up a multi-billion-dollar cinematic universe (as well as the obvious dirty joke in Craig’s lament that ‘Austin Powers fucked James Bond’). My high school girlfriend almost broke up with me junior year because I got so obsessed that I started reflexively talking.Like That (groovy, baby ☹️). The first film is easily one of my favorite movies of all time, and that’s movies, not comedies.

Now, for the sake of putting any and all biases on the table from the get-go, I am an AVID fan of Austin Powers. But recently I came across an article from earlier this year that started putting the picture together for me just a little bit more-it proposed the idea that this newest reboot of the series struggles because it finds itself living in the shadow of parodies and other campy iterations of its genre. I could never put my finger on exactly why I didn’t find them particularly compelling something about them just didn’t click for me, some unidentifiable but obvious element. I myself am violently neutral on this newest Bond reboot (if maybe still a little annoyed from having to hear “Skyfall” on the radio ten times a day back in 2012).

Evidently, not on any streaming platforms, according to the most recent news from producers. Remember all those Daniel Craig Bond movies? No Time To Die is apparently still coming out.eventually.

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