Verily I say unto thee..in the passage of time the Craig era will be looked upon as what led to the final demise of the franchise no matter how long that might take to arrive.

Oh yes, this is EXACTLY what the Bond franchise ordered and so desperately needs yet another dour and depressing film!
I'd rather at this point they steer far away from this and the Craig films and bring back the classic Bond adventures. Casino was great, but Quantum sucked and Skyfall/Spectre are both vastly overrated.

Well, they went halfway there but didn't add the highlights:
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"Security - release the badgers."

Elsa Lanchester as a Bond girl?
Ceterum censeo OCTOPUSSY esse delendam.

With a big creation scene in a castle on a dark and stormy night that ends with the unveiling of the Bride of Bond?
"Security - release the badgers."

Verily I say unto theeToby Stephens like the similar Damian Lewis can bring a lightness of touch to his performances that Daniel Craig would be incapable of emulating.

Vesper was the Tracy of the Craig films. I'm not sure if I'd want to see another story focusing on some great love that Craig's Bond immediately loses.
I've been listening to the Toby Stephens Bond radio dramas, and they are pretty good. I almost wish they were movies, based closer on the books. I'm not exactly for remakes, but if they explore these characters I'd rather see them adapted again and in order of the books published. And frankly a new actor.
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I want them to kill Swann in the PTS, introduce and kill Tracy in the first act, kill Quarrel and Quarrel jr. in the second, and blow up the DB5 again in the third. Then Bond must go on the roaring rampage of revenge that we all need to see in a post credits scene. And it will include killing Logan for melodramatic interfamilial storytelling.
Then we will all at last be happy.
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The screenwriters should go on week of meditation or something so they learn how to wash out all "lets copy" instincts and learn to trust their brains when original ideas come. But maybe they dont have it
Maybe some of us should help them. Lets write a letter

How did it turn out, ring?
Well, I'm glad you asked.
A double pigeon double take, eh? I'm in.
Here here!
Connery, Moore, and Brosnan! Accept NO substitutes!

They already brought back Blofeld and look how that turned out.
How did it turn out, ring?
About the only thing that needs a comeback is a pigeon or two.
A double pigeon double take, eh? I'm in.

Stop it with this "bring back." nonsense. They already brought back Blofeld and look how that turned out. Let's have some originality for a change. Stop bringing people back. About the only thing that needs a comeback is a pigeon or two. But that's it!
Here's an idea! In the next film Bond is sent on a mission. A mission that we've never seen before with characters we've never seen before. Gee, what a novel idea!? Isn't this what script writers are paid for? To come up with story ideas, not to rehash stuff that's been done before?
Connery, Moore, and Brosnan! Accept NO substitutes!

Verily I say unto theeof course they could abandon all this interfamilial crap and have a plot that can be condensed as "Madman tries to take over the world, Bond stops him".

They could establish Madeline being a long-lost half-sister to Tracy, with her mother being Marc-Ange Draco's first wife before marrying Mr. White. Or something like that to follow up the great Bloberhauser scheme.
Ceterum censeo OCTOPUSSY esse delendam.

Why not just use Madeline in place of Tracy?

I wasn't replying to you, I was replying to the poster implying that Quarrel (and Tracy) wouldn't be able to appear due to deaths in the prior timeline.

He would be re-introduced, like Felix and the others.

Quarrel hasn't appeared in the Craig timeline yet.

Thank you for sharing that, we're all pulling for you.

Verily I say unto theesure, people recover from a fatal head wound all the time.

I think they should bring back Quarrel (or one of his relatives)

You need three films for that, though.
Save it to establish a new actor in the Bond role. Doesn't even have to be the next Bond actor, use it when the franchise needs a shot in the arm.
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Like I said when someone mentioned killing Madeline in another recent thread, giving Craig two tragic love stories just drifts into melodrama.
OHMSS is too perfect for me to most likely view a remake attempt as worthwhile anyway.