Umm... so... you do stir Martini's.

Yeah, maybe this is Seth's first martini, as you don't really shake them (unless the Gin's too strong for you)

I make dirty martinis by adding 4oz vodka /4oz brine left in 10 oz olive jars saved in the fridge from making pizza at least 10 times a month-dry vermouth tastes like ass, me-a no need dat.
3 ice cubes, seal jar, shake , pour. Every time the last stuffed olive is eaten, another dirty martini is born.

Shaken martini's are poor, watered down excuses for martini's.
Chipped ice from the cubes during the shaking exposes more surface area of the ice, in turn melting occurs faster......and you get more water in your drink

so do you want Fleischmann's or Gordon's vodka in there?

Vodka? I love me some vodka, but not in my martini.

And a touch of vermouth ain't a bad thing.

I suppose it's all in personal taste preference, but I think a splash of vermouth in my gin martini is delicious.

Please!??....An affordable potato vodkas' fine (Monopolva) - Tito's or Finlandia. for a step-up.

If you pour that cheap shit through a Britta charcoal filter about five passes it smooths it right out.

...tellin' y'all, a few ice cubes er not with 4oz & 4oz...chill the vodka, chill the brine, pour..dry Vermouth may have an edge that can't be duplicated so add it if ya will, but ya can't go wrong with, and nothing hits the spot quite like, chilly olive brine and vodka from the freezer standing stiff on her own-S'pecially after a long day at the (insert physically demanding discipline here.)

Bond drinks Heineken now..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaken,_not_stirred#Purpose_of_shaking

(Also noted i didn't hit the sarcasm in the fist post -- my mistake)

I think tito's is a fantastic vodka. It's from a (more or less) small distillery and is priced extremely reasonably!

but looking at the cost of killing of a brita filter vs just buying tito's -- just buy tito's. Well, unless you are going to filter A LOT of vodka.

I bartend and shaking a martini is something I generally don't do. Most places aren't fancy enough to use 0-day ingredients where it could make a difference. I find it like ordering a Margaretta with patron, then adding strawberry flavoring and blending it.... UGH!! Look at I can just charge you more if it makes you feel better. I like Seth, but expected more from him. Also thinking, shouldn't Bond be more of a gin drinker?

Respect the alcohol -- drink the alcohol!!

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.