The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.
Bond is a classic archetype character, a character that's embedded in our heads forever, one of a lone warrior setting out to avenge a nation - and you find that character across cultures.
Whenever you do anything with Bond, you've got Cubby Broccoli and Sean Connery looking over your shoulder.
To paraphrase Jane Austen, it is a truth universally acknowledged that a married man in possession of a vast fortune must be in want of a newer, younger wife.
Our enemies are real. But so are the moral questions and long-term political implications of drone strikes.