Ah well, it seems like Pierce Brosnan is stepping down from being James Bond and passing on the torch to someone else to keep James Bond alive. And from rumours on the street, it seems like MGM and UA has settled on who shall carry on the legacy of James Bond. The new James Bond is to be Dougray Scott, known from blockbuster movies such as Ripley’s Game, Mission: Impossible II and Deep Impact.

Other candidates were Clive Owen, Ioan Gruffudd and Eric Bana. I can’t say that I fully agree with their choice, I would rather have gone for Clive Owen which I think is a great actor. On the internet, he’s become somewhat of an cult figure starring in BMW’s effort into short movies with the series The Hire displaying BMW’s in all their glory. My personal opinion is that he has much more of what is needed to carry the current James Bond figure than any other, seeing as Pierce Brosnan is stepping down. But then again, Dougray Scott has this “evilness” over him that kind of makes you draw parallels to the original James Bond, Sean Connery.

Being the huge James Bond fan I am, I’m will be waiting in great anticipation for Dougray’s first Bond movie. I don’t think I’ll be disappointed, but I would have loved to see Clive in his shoes instead. James Bond will always be James Bond, none of the movies are really great. Don’t get me wrong, the movies are good but they don’t leave your breathless. Being a boy, you’ve always had this urge and dream of being a secret agent, having lots and lots of toys at your disposal and of course riding around in fast cars with a lady in every port. I think this also goes for many females, and this is the illusion that we all live after and make James Bond what is it. A semi believable adventure that we would like to take part in, and thus forget some of the flaws that the James Bond movies have. We still love him, and we keep on coming back. It’s James Bond after all.

Update
As it turns out, the rumours  that  leaked regarding  the new James Bond was, as many rumours tend to be, false. The new James Bond is not Dougray Scott, but Daniel Craig. A name not considered by many, but what I think might be a very interesting choice.

Ah well, the summer Olympics has been launched with a huge open ceremony as always with modern Olympics with well trained athletics just bursting to prove that they’re the worlds best and to set new world records. I have to admit, I’m not overly enthusiastic with this years Olympics, not at all. It might be that I’m a bit superstitious, but I’ve had a bad feeling about this Olympics for a long time, and when I heard news that the Olympic flame went out just a few days ago I became even more “nervous”. I have a feeling that something bad will happen during these games. What it is, I don’t know but it will be something. One thing that it will be remembered for, is the amount of participants that will be proven to have used anabolic steroids.

Another thing is the amount of firepower and security these games have, which I can perfectly understand in these days of modern terrorism. But many of the images I’ve seen published on the net the last few weeks are very disturbing. Right in the middle of urban areas we now see mounted firepower in such masses that it easily could be enough to settle a small war. The amount of money spent on both military arsenal and other security forces, plus the added amount spent on the games themselves (stadiums, advertisement etc etc) are enormous! I don’t know, but I just get the feeling that this money could have been spent otherwise. The way I see it, the last few Olympics has all been about who could build the best and largest stadiums, much like a “I got a bigger penis than you have”-competition. This is not what the Olympics are about, it’s about bringing a diversity of people together to enjoy each others company and to compete on equal grounds. I think this is all overclouded by the commercialism of the modern games, the use of illegal drugs and the massive military presence. Let’s just hope that the future proves me wrong, and that the Greeks have a great event that will be remembered for what it was, a great sporting event, not just a theater for the masses to prove the commercial value of what the modern games has turned out to be.