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"ski parkour" might be great and better than any action scene in SP other than the train fight.
Black african warlord Blofeld ? Not sure if I hate this or the half-brother angle more..I guess I hate the latter one more....but are dumb but the first one is less ridiculous and has potential.
Female henchman?(or should I say henchwoman) hmm...eh, it depends on who would play the character, but yes, why not I never thought of something like that.
It's interesting how scriptwritters actually have to write too many versions of the "same" script.
That's how I would have done it.
http://www.commander007.net/2015/11/spectre-scripts-8-octobre-9-novembre/
I don't recall reading about a guy named Pruitt.
One is a questionable idea, the other a very bad idea. And the Oberhauser connection can be easily disregarded. The African warlord, not so much.
After Blofeld, and General Grubozaboischikov (spelling?), I dream that Gallia will show up in the movies. As he never truly did yet.
Is there an English version anywhere?
Given how silly these scriptwriters have been, I wouldn't have been surprised if they had thought it smart to add some kind of butterfingered relationship / connection there as well.
Blofeld as an African warlord isn't a particularly good idea, but the code book that yields the name "Blofeld" would have been a good foundation to set things up with. This would have allowed for the film to treat the identity of Blofeld as a mystery throughout the film, rather than pegging Oberhauser as Blofeld from his first appearance.
As it ultimately ended up, there were just too many cooks in the kitchen on Spectre for things to really work. As misguided as it might have been, I think a film with a singular and consistent vision throughout that takes a few risks, even if built on ideas that aren't exactly ideal might have come across better than a film that features a ton of half-baked ideas that never really go anywhere or do anything particularly interesting.
Under that story, Blofeld was an alias. The villain had an African name.
Agreed.
Disagreed.
They've had three years to get the script up to scratch yet it seems as much of a shambles as QOS which had two years and a writers strike to contend with.
I'll grant you it's an enjoyable and a decent romp but it should have been so much more.
Yeah I agree, it was really enjoyable. I stayed clear of all the leaks etc before seeing the film, but was quite intrigued to see what had been revealed after I had seen it. And I agree it's remarkable that it turned out so well given all the issues with the script, I believe at one point Mendes nearly walked too. I wonder if the reason why there is no commentary on the Blu Ray is because of the elephant in the room being the hacks, i.e. it would be a bit odd to do a commentary and not acknowledge the hacks.
Still a terrible idea: Blofeld as a codename with nothing of the original background. At least in the movie we got Blofeld choosing his new name because of family connections.
And then it would make sense if being a local warlord was kind of his legitimate business, while in secret he put together a world-spanning organization with the spoils.
Both played by Tom Hardy... Damn.