Bond. Bail Bond.

I saw Skyfall over this past weekend. While watching it, the movie began to comment not only on itself, but on the progression of Bond over the past 50 years since he first graced the silver screen. That's right. Bond has been killing the bad guys, killing his drinks, and being a lady killer longer than any other franchise. James Bond's killing spree spans over 5 decades and to put that in perspective, the first Bond movie came out before Neil Armstrong stepped foot on the moon.

From Dr. No to Skyfall, Bond the film history of Bond has changed dramatically over the years. From the campy spy films of the 60's, to the bright colors of the 70's and the multiple explosions of the 80's, with the stylized look of the 90's culminating to a more realistic look through the 00's James Bond films have changed just as much as the man in the suit. The mystique of Bond transcends even that of a spy. He is a lifestyle. A dream people wish they could become. With that being said, the evil he encounters mirrors that of the current decade the film resides.

Back track to my original thought, Skyfall began commenting on its change of villains. No longer is it some mad man with infinite supply of money, guns, and gadgets who is trying to hold the world hostage, but a single person with a single idea and the will to execute it. That is the real villain. It's no longer about what flag is supported or what nation they are backing. The world evil has become about individualism and the power one man can have with the right tools and a wrong moral compus.

This leaves me to believe that anybody around us can be the evil villain we all wish we weren't. Technology has abled us to gain personal information more readily than ever before. People now live their lives through the internet and have become so technology dependent that some of the worlds most evil people are actually the ones who keep us logged in and tuned out. [I'm looking at you Zuckerburg].

Now, this may be true, and it may be fantasy dreamed up in my head, but either way, I agree with Skyfall's commentary that we should be more cautious about our enemies because they do not exercise restraint in their ways. They are free to go about and target whom they wish. So, in the terms of the British: Keep Calm and Carry On.