It looks like it has already been out for a couple of months so it must have crept under my radar somehow, but I really must check out this documentary as soon as possible. It looks like it will still be a while until we hear anything about the next Bond film, but this doc apparently looks at the guys who actually are named James Bond. Of course, that includes the famed ornithologist who Ian Fleming borrowed the name of his fictional spy from in the first place; but can you imagine growing up with the name of perhaps the most famous fictional character ever? A character known almost universally, and strongly associated with traits ranging from his style of dress to the type of cocktail he drinks, to the cars he drives and even how he introduces himself. As huge a Bond fan that I am, to actually be called James Bond would be awful. I really don’t envy the guys whose parents were silly enough to make such a mistake.

Fortunately I only share my name with a rather obscure artist.