Though I also think that the entire reason the Bond franchise worked was because it also never took itself too seriously ... until Daniel Craig. Now it takes itself WAY too seriously, and it sucks. Bond wasn't just out of time. He was outrageous. He was the guy who blew something up, had sex with ten women and then made the baccarat table on time in a flawlessly pressed tuxedo, drank ten martinis and then soberly lit a cigarette while seducing 20 more women.
Bond lost that, and the franchise lost itself.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*