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.
2Please Respect the Formula
It worked for over half a century.
It doesn’t need fixing.
There’s more, but you get the gist.
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.
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.
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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