The Bond character will always be anchored in the 1960s and in the values of the 1960s. It`s so anachronistic when you put it in the world we live in today that Mike Myers made a fortune with his own spy franchise (Austin Powers) - it makes for great comedy. Bond is an imperialist and a misogynist who kills people and laughs about it, and drinks martinis and cracks jokes. Bourne is a serial monogamist whose girlfriend is dead and he does nothing but think about her. He doesn`t have the support of gadgets, and he feels guilty for what he`s done.
- Matt DamonOne couldn`t help thinking of Princess Diana when writing some passages, although I don`t make a mention in the text, which would be anachronistic.
- Antonia FraserThe way unions are presently structured is often anachronistic. They don`t want to recognize that the world has moved on. Management isn`t treating employees like they were in the 1930s or `40s.
- Rick BermanAfrican nationalism is meaningless, dangerous, anachronistic, if it is not, at the same time, pan-Africanism
- Julius K. Nyerere