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The PTS of FYEO
I think it deserves its own topic, as it is a controversial PTS, maybe the most controversial one. I used to dislike it, now I love it, in spite and sometimes because of its flaws. There is a lot to love: Bond visiting Tracy's grave, which actually connects to the themes of loss and vengeance that is at the core of the movie, a great action scene and the final destruction of Blofeld. Yes, he was turned into a buffoon, but it is not like DAF never happened before (the true desecration of the character IMO, which had started in YOLT). And Blofeld in FYEO was a broken man, physically and mentally, who was but a shadow of himself. Ten years before, I would have wanted something more dignified, but at the time of FYEO, there was no other way to dispose of him.
Anyway, what do you think of it?
Anyway, what do you think of it?
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I don't see DAF as a sequel to OHMSS because the PTS of DAF starts off in Japan. I like to think that DAF is the direct sequel to YOLT and OHMSS follows it. So you get all the Connery films in order, then OHMSS. But that's my own little theory and arrangement of canon.
The producers had to find a way to put the tedious lingering Blofeld question to bed without being able to use his name. Achieving that in the PTS with a nice bit of action thrown in is perfect.
Well done, Commander.
And let's not forget Conti's fantastic score!
To Kevin McClory
Having said that, I'm not a fan of the Blofeld bit. I find it a bit camp (I'm sure that's what they intended though) and not a fitting enough end. I recognize that due to the rights issue with McLory they could not get into it more but regardless, it's a bit unsatisfying to me given what could have been.
Personally, I prefer a lot more pretitles, including TSWLM (But James....I need you. - So does England), MR (This is where we leave you, Mr Bond. - A little premature, isn't it?), GE (Half of everything is luck James - and the other half?), CR (Made you feel it, did he?), SF (take the bloody shot!), OP (fill er up please!), TB (My dear Colonel Bouvar, you shouldn't have opened that car door by yourself), GF (shocking, positively shocking), TLD (If only I could find a real man......), FRWL etc. etc.
So it's good, but not great to me.
I always thought this was partially why was turned into a joke, like they were making him a grotesque caricature of McClory.
=)) Great pic!
On the PTS? It started off really promising, but then got a little silly for me as much as i love dear old Roger!
And while at first, I didn't understand Bond's attitude. He seemed quite cheerful about the whole ordeal. But then I think it made sense: Blofeld has turned completely mad, he is broken, he is but a shadow of himself and he probably spent his retirement money on his electronic device. Why would Bond be anything else than happy? Instead of showing anger and thus give his old enemy some dignity, Bond finally humiliates him with a punch line and by dropping him down the chimney. it would have been unfit after OHMSS. But after DAF, it all made sense.
That settles that. \m/
Interesting. So John Glen thinks that DAF is either out of continuity or that the badguy in it was not Blofeld.
I don't know why he did'nt think much of DAF because when I was about to ask him he suddenly started to compare Tim and Dan. He was such a nice guy!
How about this as a theory which has just struck me as making the whole Blofeld thing more plausible:
All the Blofelds in DAF were doppelgangers and the real Blofeld, paralysed in OHMSS, was playing them from behind the scenes sat in his wheelchair.
This not only makes sense of why Blofeld in FYEO is still in the neck brace last seen in OHMSS but also makes the end of DAF more tolerable as what happens to the Blofeld in the bathosub doesn't really matter anymore as he is just another Blofeld clone.
As for the FYEO PTS itself - I don't dislike it but there's not a lot that stands out as ultra memorable. It's better than the likes of YOLT, DAF, LALD and TMWTGG but some way behind a lot of others - GF, OHMSS, TSWLM, MR, OP, TLD, GE, TWINE, CR and SF are all considerably better. I would have it somewhere in the bottom half probably.
The Tracy's grave stuff is great and for some reason I really like Rog's suit in this scene. The stunt work is excellent without being jaw dropping but Blofeld is a bit too Dr Evil-esque and lets not forget it features possibly the worst line of dialogue ever committed to celluloid which I'm amazed no one has even mentioned yet.
I like to watch the "Blofeld trilogy" In the order of YOLT, DAF then OHMSS. I like to think that Henderson was just another doppelganger. (My own in mind explanation of why Charles Grey is both Henderson and "Blofeld.")
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082398/faq#.2.1.7
"It seems that a delicatessen was a popular mafia commodity back in the roaring 20's and 30's, and the most valuable delis were the ones with stainless steel countertops (easy to clean, thus less bacteria-laden than wooden chopping blocks). Consequently, a "delicatessen in stainless steel" was considered a worthy gift and thus a potent bribe. It is reported that the phrase is attributable to Albert R. Broccoli."
So Blofeld, now a raving lunatic, was totally regressing here...
Glen said that the "delicatessen-line" was something that Cubby came up with in last few minutes. They did not put much thought into it. They just thought of it as something amusing. I even recorded him saying it. I'l try to find the recording and upload it somewhere. It's me talking to Glen for 10 minutes about FYEO and other Bond movies.
;)
What I will say for FYEO's PTS is that I like some of the aerial stunts. It gets especially tense when Blofeld flies Bond into the building interior. But the silliness overwrites the seriousness.
:))
Not perfect, but I still loved it back then, & now. =D>