"the new daniel craig movies are prequels so it would show how biofeld started off as a evil genius, unless they kill him off which would make no sense whatsoever
but bond 23 is supposed to introduce characters like Q and Moneypenny who were cut fron the last 2"

"No, Casino Royale and Quantum Of Solace are NOT set before the first 20 movies.
This is a fresh start. Not part of the same continuity as before..."

"I can't believe that so many people actually think CR and QoS are prequels. They're NOT! They aren't set before Dr. No because if that was the case then Bond wouldn't have a 2008 Aston Martin, or cellphones, etc.
The Craig Bond films reinvigorated the 007 series by freeing the franchise up from over 40 years of continuity and starting a fresh new timeline. Blofeld and SPECTRE aren't returning (the Producers said so themselves) because they are part of the previous timeline and have nothing to do with CR and QoS. QUANTUM is the new mysterious organisation for Bond to do battle with now. I say again, these new films AREN'T prequels at all - hope this clears things up..."

"That would be cool if Blofeld made another appearance, but Michael Sheen looks too young. That said, he just doesn't look like Blofeld would. I think Tim Curry should play him. He's British, a good actor, has villainous experience, and he's still pretty spry for his age. And he has an evil laugh to top it off. Plus, Tim Curry's never been in any kind of Bond adaptation (movie, video game, etc.). Who thinks Tim Curry should play the next Bond villain?"

"Before we go blasting off about brining any villain back, let us look back at some hard numbers at what has happened every time Blofeld has been brought back as a villain. All this information is verifiable through three sources - IMDB.com (type in Blofeld for list of movies appeared in) / the-numbers.com (box office numbers) / and bls.gov (Bureau of Labor Statistics - inflation calculator).
I have taken each movie that Blofeld appeared in and ran the numbers...as you will see there is over a $1 billion loss since the first movie - From Russia and the last - Never Say Never. All these numbers have been adjusted for inflation to reflect actual totals in the year of release and current value.

Please use the following codes when looking at this information (US = US gross receipts in year of release / USI = gross receipts adjusted for inflation / W = Receipts world wide in year of release / WI = gross receipts adjusted for inflation)

FRWL - 1964 (Connery) - US: 24.8M / USI: 172.5M / W: 78.9M / WI: 1.9B (highest grossing)
Thun - 1965 (Connery) - US: 63.6M / USI: 435.4M / W: 141.2M / WI: 966.8M
YOLT - 1967 (Connery) - US: 43.1M / USI: 278.3M / W: 111.6M / WI: 720.7M
OHMSS - 1969 (Lanzby) - US: 22.8M / USI: 134M / W: 82M / WI: 481.9M
DAR - 1971 (Connery) - US: 43.8M / USI: 233.2M / W: 116M / WI: 617.7M
FYEO - 1981 (Moore) - US: 54.8M / USI: 130.3M / W: 195.3 / WI: 463.4M
NSNA - 1983 (Connery) - US: 55.5M / USI: 120.19 M / W: 160M / WI: 346.4M (lowest grossing)

Based on these numbers it shows a substantial loss of revenue when Blofeld is recreated into the script. The last time Blofeld was brought back it cost not only revenue but it took out the career of Timothy Dalton; no one took Bond seriously until Brosnan, people seem to like Craig (I personally don't). Doing anything except moving forward would again send the Bond franchise into a downward spiral, I don’t know if it can recover this time."

"I disagree on the "new continuity" thing, I think this was a good move, otherwise if they kept going with the first timeline Bond would be an 80+ year old man by now. But I agree we don't need to rehash old villains. We have an awesome new mysterious organisation with a lot of possibilities and they don't need to re-do old villains in order to make it work - it already does!"