In a perfect Bond world, I would have imagined the great majority of Bond fans would boo what is obvious, that CR introduces the Anti-Bond. But Blofeld has pulled off his greatest project, and many eyes have been blinded. For example, in the olden days an Anti-pope would be one who would be both against and in lieu of the 'accepted pope'. An Anti-Christ would not be just against, but a substitute.
So, taking the second definition of Anti-Bond as substitute for the real thing: (off the top of my head)
1. James Bond is no longer a commander in the Royal Navy. This is a huge insult. This fact alone is heavy evidence for the Anti-Bond. This is equal to replacing Superman's S with a Z.
2. The Anti-Bond doesn't have the sense of fun of 007, either book or films. The film Bond is well known to have this trait. I've read all the books, and with the exception of CR, Bond exhibits an increasing humour, much of it self-aimed. In Live and Let Die, Bond and Leiter are practically a comedy team. By the time of the Blofeld Trilogy, he is nearly the Connery-Bond. TB: Felix: "I'm strictly a chocolate sailor." Bond, after meeting Domino, says to himself with a sardonic smile: "Bitch." OHMSS: Bond sees Irma Bunt's waddle: "Hm! Irma no so la douce!" The scene with Griffon Or is a bone-cracker. In YOLT, Bond and Tiger (and Bond and Dikko) are a laff-a-minute.
3. Bond is a creature of habit. He loves his traditions. To have Bond say about his beloved (film) martini, "Do I look like I give a d**n?" (or whatever is the exact quote) is equal to Bond's stripping of his RNVR CMG.
Every Bond trait is fair game. He can then be red-headed, born in Transylvania, educated in Berkeley as a metallurgist, never was in the secret service, never was in the military, he never had a friend named Felix except his cat. SPECTRE is his dry cleaner. A female can portray him.
Like the frog swimming in the simmering water, we aren't supposed to notice that Bond is now from the army SAS, that he doesn't know enough to choose his own dinner clothes, that he doesn't approach the 'very good-looking' description of his creator, that he seems to bleed all over the place (oops, since I haven't seen CR, I should stop
PPK: I have heard the theme song. A Bond song should have a beautiful melody; this is subjective so I shall keep my peace on this.
In brief, Bond IMO should be bigger than life, an entertainment. There are many action stars who are 'gritty' and 'realistic' but there is only one James Bond. Why dilute the very character of Bond? If Bond is portrayed truly as realistic, he would be wounded very badly in the first mission, and killed in the second. After a punch-up his face would be disfigured for a month.
I am not fooled, Mr. Anti-Bond. But I commend you, SPECTRE, my compliments!
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