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Film franchises lose their way all the time, and the Bond series has more baggage than most -- but Skyfall acts as a lithe, brutal case study in how characters can stay vital no matter how many stories they've already told.

A close up of Daniel Craig’s eye ends Skyfall’s credit sequence. It’s a touch of Vertigo and reminds us this franchise will “keep ticking,” or at least the hands of time don't plan to stop moving. The clock motif is subtle but bigger than Bond's Omega product placement. This Bond is greying, wounded and unfit for service—but his legacy as MI6’s energizer bunny makes him the ideal (if the only) candidate to defeat a villain too internet savvy to track and too ephemeral to identify.

When Daniel Craig was chosen to replace Pierce Brosnan as the new James Bond, there were some questions about his fit for the role. He silenced his critics with his performance in Casino Royale and made the role entirely his own. When we think of those who have played the role, Craig is probably the third name to pop up after Sean Connery and Roger Moore.