But, He Did Die!

                                                                         But, He Did Die!

One of the lines in Spectre has James Bond saying, “But, it did stop,” talking about a fictional meteorite Kartenhoff. Taking the above line to the next movie in the franchise, No Time to Die, I am not ashamed to admit that I did not understand the title. Did it mean that it was not the time for Bond to die, or that Bond had more life in him? To my mind, it was a contest between life and time!

When I saw the latest offering and saw it end with Bond dying, I breathed a sigh of relief. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed every one of the movies, maybe 26? But, maybe a year or more later I read the dispiriting news that the next Bond actor has been chosen.

I wanted James Bond dead. He shall not continue after I am dead, whenever that may be! He is dead now, before my eyes, and let him stay that way; permanently dead.

Raghuram Ekambaram