As I said in my other thread, pretty much all the Craig films are connected. "Skyfall" seemed to be self-contained plot wise but SPECTRE pretty much stated that Silva was working in some capacity for SPECTRE in addition to his own vendetta, and that one of M's last acts before her death was to finally figure out what the organization was really up to, and M's death also is a plot point in some other parts of SPECTRE as well.

Before Craig the Bond films were generally more self-contained, with some exceptions such as SPECTRE being a threat throughout the sixties (outside of GOLDFINGER), some nods to old gadgets, and later on some references to Bond's short, tragic marriage. The films of course featured recurring 'support' characters (M, Q, Moneypenny, Felix), and this grew somewhat during the Roger Moore era with the introduction of Defense Minister Grey and KGB head Gogol (Also the Brosnan era with Jack Wade and Valentin), but pretty much each film could be enjoyed as it's "own thing" without having to watch the others to understand what's going on).

The Craig films sort of became a saga of sorts (Given his connection to everything in a sense, plus Madeline, one might even call it the Mr. White saga) but is it time for a Bond that isn't so serialized? Or given that the MCU's format, constantly setting up the next step, still seems to be working, is that a thing of the past?