Do you want to just introduce yourself and tell us what you cover?

Yes, my name is Eric Schwartzel. I am a reporter in the Los Angeles Bureau of the Journal.

Didn't you mean to say Schwartzel? Eric Schwartzell.

You know, I do like a cold martini

Oh, shaken or stirred?

I actually prefer stirred.

I think most people do.

That's where Bond and I differ.

The only thing that Bond and I differ on, yes.

Eric, of course, is talking about James Bond,

007, the world's most famous super spy.

Welcome, Martini.

Shaken, not stir.

James Bond is here.

N's orders, 007.

You'll be using this Aston Martin, DB5 with modifications.

207 reporting for duty.

It is a long and storied franchise that has really survived so many eras of Hollywood and the world.

I mean, it's hard to think of a 20th century character that has had the imprint that

James Bond has like that. Three years ago, Amazon, which has been growing its footprint in Hollywood,

bought the distribution rights to the James Bond franchise, and the company had big ambitions

for what to do with it. But those ambitions haven't panned out.

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