The Bond franchise is an interesting one because they’ve essentially been remaking the exact same movie since Doctor No, and although there are definitely ups and downs, on balance it’s still a good franchise! Virtually no continuity. Only occasional meta nods. In essence, every single Bond movie consists of…

• Bond goes to exotic location

• Bond engages in romantic shenanigans with one or more partners

• Bond faces a threat ranging from personal to world-ending

• Bond is menaced by a villain with some personal quirk

• Bond engages in a popular extreme sport

• Bond deals with a number of nameless goons plus at least one ascended chief goon, probably named, with their own particular quirk

• Bond foils the plans of the bad guy and has an epilogue with a romantic partner

Change some variables, rearrange the furniture a little, but this is basically every single James Bond movie for the last sixty two years, and we still love them! It makes me think that originality is overrated.