What would my take on James Bond be like?

Given how fast and loose a lot of the adaptations are, you could go back and do much closer versions. Cold War setting and all. Lose some of the not-okay-then-let-alone-now opinions. Have a black and white version streaming along with the colour one.

Maybe start with Moonraker, where the film kept the villain’s name and that a flying machine of some kind was involved.

Want new stories? Look at the new novels, comics and so on.

Or buy another spy series and use them, like the Die Hard sequels use unconnected screenplays and in one case an article about computer security threats.

Include a really cool stunt in the first scene. I remember the audience reaction to the jump in GoldenEye, and we’d already seen the start in the trailer.

Personally I’d follow the Daniel Craig films making him a miserable bastard. Everybody else at MI6 has a better work-life balance. The villains are having a great time. He’s held together with vodka and painkillers. But he keeps going because someone has to do this. Not because he enjoys it.

(Which would be cool for a prestige-y streaming take, a movie might need him to be more fun to watch even if not a fun person to be around.)

No nodding towards James Bond being a codename or a Time Lord or anything like that. Until the first actor leaves anyway.