mappi - Jude Law, Clive Owen - add them to the list - as serious contenders as probable Bonds, and finally DC was chosen!

Spectre - is a very classy Bond - we get to know how Henry Blofeld was 'created' and his connection to Bond himself - wow! Bond is even more human here - Q, M and Money Penny all get important screen presence..

My pet peeve is Christoph Waltz was not given more screen time - one of the more suave, sophisticated bad guys..

I see that the Bond franchise needs to compete with films like those of Christopher Nolan that have already created a huge fan base - Nolan imbibes the human element so well even in his superhero Batman films - and if Bond was any less grittier, the franchise would not have regained the fan base.