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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJames Bond Has a 'Severe, Chronic' Alcohol Problem, Researchers Conclude
Other than the confirmation that Daniel Craig will be adjusting an expensive pair of cufflinks for the fifth and final time, and that new director Cary Fukunaga is frantically rewriting the script, there arent a lot of details surrounding the next James Bond movie, which will be the 25th in the franchise.
Regardless of the plot details, or whether or not Rami Malek will be cast as the villain who will inevitably be defeated in the final 15 minutes of the film, one thing that feels safe to assume based on the history of the 007 flicks is that Bond will be borderline drunk on high-dollar cocktails when hes fighting, boning, and doing other things that are required of British spies. But thatthe drinking partis a huge problem, at least according to researchers from New Zealands University of Otago.
In a recently published (and extremely tongue-in-cheek) paper called License to Swill, the four authors conclude that Bond has a severe chronic alcohol problem and should consider seeking professional help so he can better handle his on-the-job stress. They arrived at this conclusion after watching the 24 previous Bond movies, and determining that he had 4.5 drinking events per film.
Those beveragesshaken, stirred, or otherwisedidnt stop him from engaging in a lot of risky behaviors, including (but not limited to) high-stakes gambling, fights, car chases, flying helicopters, operating nuclear power plant machinery, having contact with dangerous animals, and a lot of sex, sometimes with women who were actively trying to kill him. (It is highly probable that much of his sexual activity is unsafe, as he never discusses barrier contraception and does not appear to have condoms at hand (particularly when having spontaneous sex underwater), the authors note.)
Bonds drinking has remained reasonably consistent, regardless of the films time period or of the actor playing him, but Bond attained his highest-ever estimated blood alcohol content during 2008s Quantum of Solace.
https://munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/59vjek/james-bond-has-a-severe-chronic-alcohol-problem-researchers-conclude?utm_source=vicetwitterus
Regardless of the plot details, or whether or not Rami Malek will be cast as the villain who will inevitably be defeated in the final 15 minutes of the film, one thing that feels safe to assume based on the history of the 007 flicks is that Bond will be borderline drunk on high-dollar cocktails when hes fighting, boning, and doing other things that are required of British spies. But thatthe drinking partis a huge problem, at least according to researchers from New Zealands University of Otago.
In a recently published (and extremely tongue-in-cheek) paper called License to Swill, the four authors conclude that Bond has a severe chronic alcohol problem and should consider seeking professional help so he can better handle his on-the-job stress. They arrived at this conclusion after watching the 24 previous Bond movies, and determining that he had 4.5 drinking events per film.
Those beveragesshaken, stirred, or otherwisedidnt stop him from engaging in a lot of risky behaviors, including (but not limited to) high-stakes gambling, fights, car chases, flying helicopters, operating nuclear power plant machinery, having contact with dangerous animals, and a lot of sex, sometimes with women who were actively trying to kill him. (It is highly probable that much of his sexual activity is unsafe, as he never discusses barrier contraception and does not appear to have condoms at hand (particularly when having spontaneous sex underwater), the authors note.)
Bonds drinking has remained reasonably consistent, regardless of the films time period or of the actor playing him, but Bond attained his highest-ever estimated blood alcohol content during 2008s Quantum of Solace.
https://munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/59vjek/james-bond-has-a-severe-chronic-alcohol-problem-researchers-conclude?utm_source=vicetwitterus
Eh, he's still got nothing on Archer!
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James Bond Has a 'Severe, Chronic' Alcohol Problem, Researchers Conclude (Original Post)
Initech
Dec 2018
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Trumpocalypse
(6,143 posts)1. Welcome to hell, AA
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,700 posts)2. As my dear departed aunt Faye was wont to say
Youre only an alcoholic if you go to meetings!
wryter2000
(46,130 posts)4. I love that
Doodley
(9,176 posts)3. Sounds like a reason to start drinking. You too can be James Bond. Save the world and let beautiful
women throw themselves at you.
lame54
(35,345 posts)5. Ian Fleming points it out in the books...
Nothing new revealed here