Friday, October 20, 2006

“I can blow off someone’s head at close range and splatter blood, but I can’t light a good Cuban.”

The producers of the new Bond movie (which comes out November 17) banned new Bond Daniel Craig from smoking in the film "in order not to send a bad message to young fans."

While I personally believe that what we see on television affects us more than we know or understand (why do people have nightmares about things they see on TV if it doesn't?), this is ridiculous. So they acknowledge that kids might be influenced to smoke but not to be violent? Today the first of a group of high school football players who decided to rob a convenience - upper middle class white kids, mind you, so you don't form a stereotypical impression - was tried for his role in the robbery. What made these kids decide that it would be fun to rob the store? Just asking...

I wish they had kept Pierce and hope that Craig is able to hold his own in this film. I'll be in the theater November 17 - can't wait! From what I've seen of the trailer, there is a lot blowing up in Casino Royale, so I hope there's some substance to it.

Hear the new Bond song here, performed by Chris Cornell. It isn't the final mix, and in my opinion, there needs to be less Chris and more strings.

New Bond film, new U2 CD/DVD, new Congress...man, November is going to be a killer month!

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