However, now that we have new aspects of Bond's character, namely that he's not as seasoned and is fallible, the hard task for the character will be to continue the dynamic that was begun here, WITHOUT adding more jokes and beginning to turn Bond back into the cartoon. Also, it is important to avoid the other mistake, which is an obligatory major mission-screwup to show Bond isn't infallible. Either of those paths are easy to drift into, and both work to thin out James Bond as a character. Like Frodo's mission to destroy the ring, the putative well-written scripting of James Bond stands upon the edge of a knife.
Onto plotting...it will be important to avoid copying the plot structure of this film too closely, as well as trying to make all stunts bigger, faster, and "better." In regards to Vesper's cameo, it will be a major task to give good characterization to the new girl so that Vesper doesn't completely overshadow her (any more than she already will). It will also be another major task to go one way or another with characters such as Felix (either he's gonna be Bond's friend
or he's gonna bow out 
, but it has to go one way or another) and Mathis (many things to be cleared up here 
). All this in addition to developing the primary villain(s) as believable people.Basically, as you can see, it is important to avoid placing CR on too high a pedestal when considering how to (God help us) "formulate" Bond 22. It cannot be another Casino Royale (though it will hopefully surpass its quality!).
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