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Just about sums it up.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Alright it’s been long enough, I guess I need to get this bloody thing over with now. You may have noticed I’ve put off commenting on the No Time To Die theme song by Billie Eilish for some time now. You would think such a momentous occasion would have sent me running out of the woodwork immediately to weigh in on the title track and give it a swift shellacking or begrudging praise.<\/p>\n Pictured: Begrudging praise.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The problem is, I couldn’t muster the “Quantum of Solace” to do so. Last rant I linked to an excellent article from my friend Ian Dunross<\/a> on the Fleming short story of the same name. As Mr. Dunross explains, it’s a rather un-Bondian novella from the master of over the top espionage, eschewing the gunfire and Soviet plots for a quiet story of marital discord, related by the Governor of the Bahamas to Bond over some after dinner drinks. I bring this up to define the phrase for you, despite what Dan Craig and EON would have you believe from the haphazard film, titled after the Fleming tale, the “Theory of the Quantum of Solace” (QOS) is not about revenge, vengeance or “to make himself happy with the world again<\/a>.\u201d But, rather the amount of concern one human has for another:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n “When all kindness is gone, when one person obviously and sincerely doesn’t care if the other is alive or dead, then it’s just no good. That particular insult to the ego\u2014worse, to the instinct of self-preservation\u2014can never be forgiven…. I’ve thought about this and I’ve invented a rather high-sounding title for this basic factor in human relations. I have called it The Law of the Quantum of Solace.”<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Think of it along this line, to have a QOS for someone or something, one must love or hate them, to care if they live or die, here is a visual scale:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n -10__________0__________+10<\/p>\n Hate\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Nothing\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Love<\/p>\n \u00a0The Scale of the Quantum of Solace<\/strong><\/p>\n Pegged squarely on 0 for this song!<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Since that movie came out 12 years ago, you’re asking yourself:<\/p>\n Hang on old boy, I’m getting to it.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The answer is very simple, the theory of the QOS perfectly exemplifies how I feel about this new theme song. That is to say I feel nothing. I don’t like it, but I can’t even muster enough emotion to dislike it, it’s so bland it just exists. It’s the flavor of air, the smell of beige, it just is. This song is on par with elevator music, but less memorable. It just sits there and occupies space. Here see for yourself:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/danielcraigisnotbond.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tenor.gif\")
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