# Bond 22 is officially entitled. . .

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bond-22-is-officially-entitled/436071>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 3, 2008, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bond-22-is-officially-entitled/436071 "2008-02-03T06:58:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bond-22-is-officially-entitled/436071/41 "2008-02-06T08:55:53Z")

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[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew]  
Yeah, it’s kind of a catchy number.  
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That’s some Bond, that Bond 22.

“Quantum of Solace” might be a good title if it was attached to some newly discovered manuscript by Asimov or something. But probably not.

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**Author:** ![WILLASS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/54ee81/32.png) [@WILLASS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WILLASS)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bond-22-is-officially-entitled/436071/42 "2008-02-06T09:17:03Z")

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[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers]  
I didn’t like _Casino Royale_ for (among other reasons) its claim to show Bond at the beginning of his career, while Craig had a lot of the “I’m too cool for you” aspects of Roger Moore, coupled with M’s Yosemite Sam-ish frustration at him. That’s the kind of cockiness one can assume _after_ becoming established, not before.  
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As mentioned before I would have thought cockiness and supreme confidence would be a pre-requisite for secret agent/trained killer. It wouldn’t be something you’d develop as you got better at it because if you weren’t the best (and knew it) to start with you’d probably be dead.

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**Author:** ![mamboman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mamboman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mamboman)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bond-22-is-officially-entitled/436071/43 "2008-02-06T09:20:14Z")

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[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew]  
Which is stupider: the Tarzan yell in _Octopussy_, or the use of “California Girls” in _A View to a Kill_?  
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The slide whistle in “The Man With The Golden Gun” trumps them all!

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