I'm a fan of the ol' James Bond theme melody... and some of those renditions are horrible. And majority of the gun barrel sequence are pretty standard fare stuff. But there are a few that are terrible.

I heard the winning Eurovision song for the first time right now and immediately thought the same -- how fit for a 70's James Bond theme

Here comes your next James Bond theme song.

I find quiet a few things wrong with this trainer/movie.
Days of Future Past? wtf is this? are we using james bond movie titles now?
Jennifer Lawrence does not suit as a younger Rebecca Romijn.
The whole movie does not feel like previous xmen movies.
Unless it'll be 3+ hours long, they can't do justice to address time travel topic.

Quantum of Solace - James Bond - Intro Song has been added as a related post - related requested by radx on that post.

To say we haven't hyper masculinized our culture is just plain ignorant. If you look throughout history, you can see the gradual progression towards an ungodly amount of "manliness". Same goes for women too. A lot simply comes down to advertising and commercialization, the segmentation of the have's and have not's and so forth.

You want to have respect? Be a man! Want money? Be a man! But what IS being a man? Is it punching some dude in the face for "disrespecting" you? Or if it laughing it off knowing the other guy is just a loser?

In reality, it comes down to money. To people who are poor, violence is usually the solution. There is no question about that; statistically speaking poorer men are more likely to lash out violently than those with more. Mostly because the poor man only has his respect. The rich man, well, he could get sued, lose his job, get hurt, lose his house and fancy car etc.

Knowing this, how do you advertise to the male with little? You tell him if he wants to be anything, he needs to be a man! Like James Bond or something. 6-pack abs (despite a long history of that not being the ideal form, i.e. early black and white movies or dress makers changing the sizes of their clothes from a size 12 being "average" to a size 6.)

I know we love to say men are being feminized and turning into "wussies." Fox news loves talking about how the NFL is worried about brain injuries (despite all the evidence showing clearly there is a ton of it) and Christian groups claiming bullying is GOOD for society because it weeds out the gays. For a "man" to, I have no idea actually, whatever it is the Fox News thinks men should be . . . Are "men" supposed to always be violent? They should always resort to shooting each other over trivial things?

What exactly is "being a man" all about anyway? Not being gay? Not being like a woman? And why is being a woman, or gay, so terrible? Why is it that high heels and make up were originally a "man" thing? Or frilly clothes . . . Why is it that 100 years ago, little boys and girls wore the same clothes, which were usually dresses? Hell, Ernest Hemmingway (a man's man) wore a dress as a child. There are plenty of pictures of him in it, and it's even on display at his house in Key West. So is he less of a man now?

And if wearing a skirt is so not manly, why are Scot's so manly then? Or is it manly to say fuck society, I'll do what I want? Is it manly to go against the flow? Stand up for what you believe? For instance, the story of the father who wore dresses because his son wanted to wear a dress, and the father didn't want his son to feel ashamed for being who he is? I'm pretty sure that father, as some say, has some pretty big brass balls. Would you do that for your kid? Or would you bow to societal pressure instead?

A worthy topic of discussion . . . I mean, right after ending the pointless wars and stopping the NSA from finding out whether or not you wear your wife's panties . . .

Adam Curtis: maybe the real state secret is that spies aren't very good at their jobs and don't know very much about the world.

His story about the origin of MI5 is pure comedy gold. These intelligence officers are less James Bond and more Chicolini and Pinky or Desmond Simkins.

It's a long-ass exposé, but believe me, it's as entertaining as anything I've read on this subject.

I'm personally rooting for the space elevator...

'Skyhook' and 'Slingatron' both sound like names of characters or devices in a James Bond film.

This kickstarter video is pretty dry. Not sure if they will get the wide appeal and enthusiasm to get funded. We'll see.

Doesn't seem that expensive to test. Wonder why NASA hasn't tried it?

The first James Bond I ever watched was Goldeneye. That movie made the biggest impression on me, more than any other movie before or since. Still my favorite too.

"This guy is brave."

And he laughs like a James Bond villain.

The new James Bond looks pretty cool!

Some rich guy bought the Aston Martin used in the very first two James Bond films. Complete with machine guns that pop out of behind the head lights.

Not sure why this video made me think of that.

Nope. Not sure at all.

That's some James Bond shit right there.

i'm straight but I would say his physique and his James Bond add a lot to his attractiveness.

But you see, this is the thing you learn about James Bond. Vesper Lynd gets it - he's a common thug in a Savile Row suit. Ordering such a malapropos beverage as a shaken vodka martini is one of the ways Fleming let his readership know what sort of chap Bond is - either studiously disdainful of what his upper-class schoolmates might have considered correct, or clueless.