BLOG 2: tumblr 20/07/2015 24/07/2015Things That Are NewOn Wednesday 22 July 2015, the trail for the latest James Bond lm, Spectre, was unleashed upon the world. I think its safe to say I very much enjoyed the trail. Very much.Then again, it would take a cock up the likes of which this world has never known, to ruin a James Bond lm for me. I even, though I understand were not supposed to (or at least not admit to) like Quantum of Solace. Flawed, sure. But some great beats. And I even like the titles.My original post was going to be about the world at our ngertips, and this constant strain to connect, be part of something overwhelmingly vast that is placed upon our shoulders. But then I saw the trail, and couldnt really be bothered anymore. (And I wrote more for this in the time it took me tor write one sentence for the previous post.) Who knows, I may yet return to the topic of being so constantly wired to the rest of the world. Or I may not; its a lotto, and thats what makes this blog so fun. Yay!Theres an essentially wonderful thing about James Bond: a constant back and forth between new and old, past and present, yesterday and tomorrow. It looks forward, backward, and very much to the here and now. With the tide of years, the shifting sea allows us new views of James Bond. Sometimes the currents produce sharp, cutting angles, sometimes a blunt instrument. And these motions run much the same with Doctor Who.In Hall H at Comic Con this year, on 9 July, another trail was released upon an unsuspecting world. Doctor Who series 9 will land in September, as Peter Capaldis Doctor enjoys his second year aboard the good shop Tardis.I confess, at the time of Peter Capaldis announcement, a teensy, tiny, little part of me was. Hes been in Doctor Who before! And Torchwood! Greedy bastard. How do they think theyll get away with this. Unprecedented! I knew it wasnt; I was simply swept up in the moment. It was a gentle reminder from someone on Twitter, that brought me to myself as I realised I was playing the part of one of Them. The dark and deeply depraved part of fandom (just about every fandom) I absolutely loathe. Those angry little people who bitch and moan incessantly, who cant see anything positive about what is being put out, who constantly bemoan it Isnt as good as it used to be, despite the fact that it has made huge and wonderful leaps and bounds, becoming better than it ever was.And I learnt to stop taking it so seriously. Its a television programme, safeguarded in very capable hands. Yes therere the odd faults, yes the companions wont bloody well die so we can mourn properly, yes sometimes it gets a bit too catchphrase-y, but it continues to be great telly: a smashing way to spend a Saturday evening (even if, at times, the BBC didnt seem to know when the programme should be broadcast).Sufce it to say, I quickly learnt to accept Capaldi, then started to admire him/his casting. Then Deep Breath aired, and he was magnicent. And very quickly, with each passing weekend, Capaldi nudged his way to the top of my Doctor Who leaderboard.It was the Doctor in a new light!And thats what Bond does too. It shows James through new eyes, but he remains, quintessentially, the same. It brings us The New, whatever that might be. And I think, that scares some people. Terries them. But its like life, ever changing, always evolving, constantly taking on new shapes.And what could be more wonderful than that?2012s Skyfall did that brilliant thing of presenting us with a new James Bond without having to change the lead actor. To my mind, it completely revamped the series (even if that meant ditching the Quantum thing), and brought it nally, truly to the modern age.And Im sure Spectre will do the same (as I am sure Peter Capaldi will, in this coming series, snatch the throne David Tennant has so long held in my heart).To all things bright and new, let us learn to grump less.Here endeth the lesson.Kyle