… According to the author himself, he wanted to give the protagonist “the dullest and plainest sounding name he could think of – JAMES BOND”. It turned out, what has been perceived as dull and boring in the sixties, still has a lot of story fire power left, even sixty years later. The James Bond series with 24 movies is the longest running film series ever and is worth up to 7.04 billion now – the sixth highest grossing series ever produced. By the sounds of it, the British EON Production Ltd. that has been exclusively producing all of the agent stories over the decades, a new James Bond movie, number 25, “No time to die”, will premiere November 12, 2020 in London – Covid permitting. By now, the latest trailer can already be viewed online, and it would not surprise me if theaters are already taking reservations. The British agent series is still a hot entertainment commodity. Like the many 007 before this movie, it too will surely be a success. It seems that for a story that always develops and ends pretty much like the one before, the action and suspense filled, almost superhero like, plot is always able to pull in a new generation of fans. It seems 007 is not just a chameleon that can camouflage himself into any society and survive, his creators were even able to manage and design his appeal to such a degree that the multigenerational fans never got bored of watching a make-over of the previous one. So, what powers this almost seemingly never-ending villain chasing and government killer storyline? …
