“How Safe Do You Feel?”: James Bond, Skyfall , and the Politics of the Secret Agent in an Age of Ubiquitous Threat

Abstract

Whe n e xamining the proce s s of the banaliz ation of warfare , the his tory of the mode rn s tate inte llig e nce apparatus provide s one of the mos t s ig nificant e xample s of s uch a trans ition. This article , throug h analys is of the 20 12 Jame s Bond film Skyfall, looks at how the world's mos t s ucce s s ful s py franchis e has adapte d to this

The Agency of the Agent in <i>Spectre</i>: The Heroic Spy in the Age of Surveillance

“…11 In a similar vein, see also James Smith's (2016) Spectre is in many respects a direct sequel to Skyfall. 13 Spectre also leads into Bond's childhood and so gives his relationship with the villain a personal note of envy for a (step)father's attachment.…”