6. Intimacy Indifference
While the kill count has gone up with subsequent generations of Bond, the amount of women tallied up by the actors has taken a marked decline since Moores
lothario. Its likely that this is a sign of the franchises attempts to get away from the (unavoidably) misogynistic stereotype of the Bond novels but theres also reason to believe that there will be less intimacy too. Whereas it has often been film Bonds prerogative to fall somewhat in love (certain unromantic pedants may take issue with this but were being jovially nonchalant here) with his girl, in the books Bond takes less of an intimate line of sight. At one point he even looks upon a strange beauty and plots the sequences of their hypothetical affair from slap up meal to inevitable doorstep slap weeks later as he breaks the news of his boredom with her; ultimately he decides not to bother making the effort. Much like Sherlock Holmes Irene Adler being referred to in later stories as
that woman Vesper Lynds legacy will manifest in Bonds apathy towards other women. This can definitely be seen in his treatment of both Bond girls in Quantum of Solace. Lets face it Arterton was mourned for a millisecond and Kurylenko didnt get a look in!