Amazon, this is a wish list in sincerity.

The world around him can, though.

Bond is by many metrics a conservative ("…like listening to The Beatles without earmuffs!")

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and stubborn man who sticks to what he knows, with an inability to trust anyone.

A smart narrative doesn’t need to change these foundational qualities.

It shouldn’t, in fact.

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2Please Respect the Formula

It worked for over half a century.

It doesn’t need fixing.

There’s more, but you get the gist.

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That’s not to say the formula can’t be played with, carefully; it should be.

Other essential parts of the Bond formula are perhaps more purely technical.

Let’s cool it a while.

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it’s possible for you to’t force this.

Bond is tortured and isolated.

He could be killed at any moment.

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His distance and unwillingness to truly connect is a key to what makes him so interesting.

Just let that breathe for a while.

5But the Series Really Needs to Up the Sex Quotient

By a lot.

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The Craig era really dropped the ball here.

It’s past time to heat things back up.

A neutered Bond franchise makes about as much sense asFast and Furiousbut with bicycles.

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Well, perhaps there’s no time like the present.

TheOppenheimerfilmmaker has expressed interest in helming a period Bond film.

It’s hard to imagine such a picture not making its money back several times over.

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7Bring the Gadgets Back in a Big Way

Make Q great again.

8For the Love of God, No Spinoffs

Nobody wants this.

Negative people want this.

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For the love of God.

Here’s an interesting idea: don’t do that.

Just don’t do it, like, ever.

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So maybe just don’t.

10Let’s Have Some Fun

This is the most important directive of all.

It’s not really hard to see why.

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It was a soggy buzz kill.

Anyone can enjoy these movies, but that’s a part of their DNA.

Don’t mess with it.

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