Bond is the longest-running franchise ever and there's a reason for that: they are action movies but they are also touched by current events without being political or too serious.

I'm not really a current events guy, sadly.

I really like action movies. The 'Die Hard' franchise. And the 'Bourne' movies.

I come from a newspaper background, so maybe I'm attuned to current events.

Remind me," Jubal said to her, "to write a popular article on the compulsive reading of news. The theme will be that most neuroses and some psychoses can be traced to tthe unecessary and unhealthy habit of daily wallowing in the toubles and sins of five billion strangers. The title is 'Gossip Unlimited' - no, make that 'Gossip Gone Wild.'

Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule.