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I doubt it will ever happen but who knows what is planned.
Sign me on for that. Doesn't even have to be Blofeld, I'd love Kevin Spacey as a Bond Villain.
He also had build-in sunglasses, covering his entire eyes. Making his eyes look entirely black, like an alien.
Difficult to keep such secret nowadays. And people would recognize the voice if he is famous.
How about Bond 39 or Bond 243 ?
It's getting goddamn ridiculous sometimes, people looking so far ahead. We've only just had the last release a short while ago and some people are like foaming at the mouth or falling over themselves to see the next damn release or even subsequent entries
Last word on this, and I don't care even if the franchise has been re-booted, I wouldn't want to see a return of Ernst Stavro Blofeld in todays Bond. Just wouldn't feel right, the character hasn't even been seen (officially) for over forty years and a resurrection now, just seems like a poor idea
I hope all this 'Blofeld resurrection' business is eventually dead in the water and we never see this character back in 21st Century Bond, but you know that you're going to be in for (another) eventual disappointment
Or at least for the 'uncredited Blofelds' an unfamous actor? That is being dubbed?
How often was the Joker used in the various Batman movies? Blofeld can reappear in a fresh, inventive way.
I think your tone and voice doesn't add to the fun certain Bond nerds like me have. It's a bloody 2,5 years until we see a new Bond film again. For me it adds to the fun of being a fan. Hell, that's why we have this forum.
But why saying 'it's getting goddamn ridiculous'? Why not give a nuanced answer with nuanced arguments of why you do not want to see Blofeld...instead of ranting like an angry Blofeld....
Moreover, 're-inventing the wheel' is what made the Daniel Craig Bond films BIG. If you keep ranting about bringing Blofeld back, then why not ranting about how 'Q', Moneypenny, 'M' and Bond itself have been re-invented in the past three Bond films??
Also, do not forget the Bond franchise is not 5 films big, it is a frikkin' 23 (+1, 1954, + 1 1967, + 1 1983) films big. Re-inventing the wheel becomes some sort of necessity then. I wanna bet Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson would agree with me here.
Gosh, he is a great actor and I loved him in The Wire and think he may win an Oscar, I think he should become a Bond villain, that said Idris Elba is NOT Blofeld. Buonaparte Ignace Gallia, certainly, but Blofeld? No.
John Logan is writing the next two films so why shouldn't we discuss them?
And what the hell do you want us to talk about if not the next Bond film? It's always been about talking with each other about what we'd like to see in the following films. You act as if this is something new.
If Blofeld had been done completely and perfectly in the previous movies, like Dr. No, I would say yes, let leave him the past. But let's face it, they were so inconsistent with him and the character has been so massacred that he needs a proper revamp.
I still think Blofeld should remain a part of the past. When they ditched Blofeld after DAF they had some of the best villains of the series, freed from the SPECTRE chains. SPECTRE and Blofeld on film were boring and dull - like Kingsley Amis said just run up on the spot for Bond to have target practice on. None of Blofeld's actual background or character really made it onto the screen (apart from OHMSS, of course). There are plenty of original Fleming villains (Le Chiffre, 2006 for example) that never made it to the screen first time around - they should have a look at doing them or doing something similar instead.
Indeed. I'm glad to hear of that from such high authority. That should put the 'Bring Blofeld Back' campaign to bed rather, one would hope. It's all pointless really - idle chatter, if you will.
That's not to say they can't use Blofeld in future Bond games. A James Bond game where you take on SPECTRE would be exciting, but with the direction FPS are going and the unpopularity of TPS's I shan't hold my breath.
SPECTRE on film was used for DN, FRWL, TB, OHMSS, hardly boring and dull films. Blofeld was overused after OHMSS and was rather weak in YOLT, but what created the issue was not so much the use of a nemesis for Bond, but the overuse of him, and a very poor follow up after OHMSS. I am all in favor of not overusing a recurring adversary, but Bond, like many heroes, has a nemesis in Blofeld and this can leads to great stories and great characterization. If not Blofeld, then a Blofeld-like character, a recurring adversary. That does not prevent the franchise to introduce unused Fleming characters: the Spangs, Hammerstein, Grubozaboischikov, etc.
Yep, its a different timeline anyway, so Blofeld does not exist anyway.
Just for the sake of clarity I meant the Blofeld of YOLT and DAF more than his other film appearances. These Blofelds bore little to no resemblance to the complex character created by Ian Fleming. This is why I think Blofeld is rather stale news and should not be reused in any of the Bond films. They had their chance to create Blofeld in YOLT and DAF and they pretty much blew it. Blofeld became a cartoon villain and very little else. Blofeld should remain in the past. Dead and buried. The Austin Powers series of spoof films also did irreparable harm to the Bond films' depiction of Blofeld and the figure is more than a bit of a joke nowadays, and probably rightly so.
And yes, his last appearances where mainly for the sake of fun (DAF, FYEO). But what stays in our minds still is that mysterious, uncredited villain in FRWL and TB. A villain that strokes a cat, has an eery voice and just by pushing a few buttons creates death.
I also think that the use of Blofeld in the early Bond films would have been better if they used Fleming's novels in chronological order. As you know, Harry and Cubby used the novel that was easiest to film at that time, creating several chronological mistakes (the main one Blofeld not recognizing Bond in OHMSS).
With the reboot of James Bond in the Daniel Craig films, Bond producers Michael and Barbara created a much better environment to stay loyal to chronological correctness. In that environment I think Blofeld could be re-introduced much better, in a realistic and nuanced way. Perhaps not even as the bald, cat stroking villain, but at least as a credible, returning antagonist to Bond and MI6.
Concerning Michael and Barbara's remarks about introducing Blofeld: Please give me a written source or the actual interview. From what I know it still is the screenplaywriter who writes the initial story/plot for Bond 24 and not Michael and Barbara. And it is John Logan himself who clearly said: "James Bond must always fight Blofeld".
Well, there is a reason for his absence from the Bond films after DAF (not counting the uncredited FYEO PTS appearance, again due to legal reasons) is due to the legal problems with the ownership of the Blofeld character and SPECTRE. Blofeld and SPECTRE were meant to return in TSWLM in 1977 but they were prevented from doing so by renewed legal action by Kevin McClory and they had to create a new villain in Karl Stromberg instead. although he was pretty much a clone of Dr. No and Blofeld under a new name.
Having said all that, SPECTRE and Blofeld as legal entities are of course back in the hands of Eon so the ball is in their court - Kevin McClory having died in 2006. I would be more on for a Fleming-faithful version of Blofeld, but I'd prefer it if the character were not allowed to return at all.