Month: May 2006

(thanks to for pointing this out>

The teaser trailer for the new Bond movie, Casino Royale, is now available online.

Thoughts:

• With the black-and-white opening, for a second I thought they were making this a period piece.
• M’s line about “I knew it was too early to promote you” makes it sound like it IS a period piece, of sorts….they’re revamping the character to the beginning of his Double-0 career.
• I had thought they were going to darken his hair, but I guess not. No matter– after seeing Daniel Craig in “Layer Cake”, I’m confident he’ll be an excellent Bond.
• M refers to Bond as a “blunt instrument.” Woo-hoo!!!
• Lots of action shots. I suppose casino shots don’t make for an exciting trailer.

Could this be a “For Your Eyes Only”-esque move away from the gadget-laden superhero tone of the recent films? I really hope so. The teaser has me VERY hopeful.

George W. Bush, earlier this week:

” “I think the national anthem ought to be sung in English, and I think people who want to be a citizen of this country ought to learn English and they ought to learn to sing the national anthem in English.”

Although….

It turns out that candidate Bush used to sing the anthem in Spanish himself during campaign appearances in 1999, and, as President, had Jon Secada sing the National Anthem in English and Spanish at his first Inaugural ceremony.

Say it with me now:

“Oops.”

Let’s see if we can get the approval ratings down into the 20s by the time the midterm elections come around, shall we?