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Opening Scene:
Black and White scenario:
Pre-title sequence:
We see Bond driving away from a grave stone reveled to be that of Dr. Madeline Swann.
Flash Back: (Black and White cont.)
As Bond is driving away from the cemetery and leaving Swann’s gravesite, we see Bond fighting his way into a brothel in an unnamed Eastern European country where he finds a nearly nude Dr. Swann, stripped of her clothing and dead on a mattress on the floor from a drug overdose. A tourniquet and syringe with a used spoon on the floor nearby.
In this black and white flash back that Bond is having, we see interspersed with him fighting his way into the building, that Swann is kidnapped and then sold into slavery, where she soon dies, leaving only a diary for Bond to find. In it he discovers that she was captured by one of Bloefelds agents and sold to a organized crime kingpin who’s specialty is in marketing illegal organs, trafficking women and selling drugs.
Bloefeld is still in the Tower of London (or wherever top tier criminals and terrorist are sent), but perhaps still directing operations of his now fractured Spectre organization, even from prison.
End of pre-title sequence.
Title Sequence etc.
The movie now begins with Bond as usual taking on some megalomaniac madman who deals in death, destruction and corruption.
It should be that.
Fleming never kills off M.
And the killing of M in Skyfall was an absurdity and out of relevance. An enforced idea. If only I could scrap that entire film out of existence...
Actually Fleming sort of did: in TMWTGG it is mentioned that M's predecessor was murdered and in his office.
Of course people break up and fall out of love all the time and I'm not saying this wouldn't happen with Bond and Madeleine. It's just that SP wants us to believe (and many of you think it fails miserably) that she is so much more than just another Bond girl. There's the implication that she is the only one who could possibly understand Bond because she is the daughter of an assassin. She even tells Bond that she loves him, although it was during an extremely stressful moment. She basically gives Bond an ultimatum to choose between her or his job and of course he chose her.
So now, if a fifth Craig film happens and we just basically ignore her, the ending of SP will be even more stupid than it already is. Again, maybe that's what some of you want, to basically wipe this film out of existence. I can't say that I entirely blame you but I think it would actually make more sense to just end Craig's tenure here. He's made his choice to walk away from this dangerous lifestyle. He finally gets the girl at the end and they ride off happily ever after. Let's just leave it at that.
The difference though is that Bond doesn't make a life changing decision to be with the girl at the end of most Bond movies.