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You don't know how many people I heard asking who Moneypenny and Q were right after the midnight premiere of SF ended. The general public seems to have no idea, so they'll definitely be in for a treat come October/November when they figure it out. Of course, I could be absolutely wrong, and it'd be nice if that's the case, but you said it yourself: they just reacquired the rights to Blofeld, so why would they ever do that and title the film 'Spectre,' just to not feature Blofeld at all?
(I'm pretty sure Blofeld is in the public consciousness)
I'd like to think Blofeld is in the public consciousness, especially after the popular Dr. Evil parody from the Austin Powers films, but honestly, if Blofeld is that well known, shouldn't MP and Q be, just as well? Yet like I stated, you don't know how many random attendees showed up for a midnight premiere to the newest Bond film, just to walk out asking who characters like MP and Q were.
And of course someone like CW will be the only mayor villain - therefore Oberhauser=Blofeld or no Blofeld at all. And because I don't believe CW will return I don't think he's Blofeld.
But in case he is, I got another theory :D
Exactly, I don't think Hollywood's PR people didn't learn out of that. They announced CW with quite some fanfare and they sure as hell know what the public would believe him to be.
that is the most likely scenario. People here expect a twist for the sake of it. Don't think they'd mess up an inspired casting decision for the sake of a pointless twist. Like they screw it up in Iron Man 3. Again people: you don't cast Waltz in a movie to have your main villain be Andrew Scott. Ain't gonna happen. Not that they cannot make that mistake, but it's unlikely they would.
So my money is on a Jekyll and Hyde twist.
Yes, that would be the second most probable hypothesis. But then they'd have to think of a new casting for Blofeld for Bond 25. And after Waltz, that would be even more challenging. In the original timeline, I don't think they ever got Blofeld completely right once he showed his face, not even in OHMSS.
And there are also other elements, from what we could gather in various interviews and so on, that makes me believe that Christoph Waltz is Blofeld.
My bet is that the early treatments had a proto or crypto-Blofeld, when they were not sure they could use the character, then they decided to go forward with Blofeld when they knew they could use him.
Me neither. Neither can I see them casting somebody else as Blofeld. And it is very unlikely that they kept a casting very close to their chest for Blofeld.
Me neither. People thinking Waltz isn't Blofeld are overthinking things in my opinion. The twist is surely 'how', not 'if'.
Very likely.
Again, The Jekyll and Hyde twist. You read the novella for the first time, you see the double identity was written as a shocking revelation, an unexpected twist. But you don't read it as such, because you know the gist of the story before even reading the first line. Your expectations are different.
This is in my opinion what is being done with the Blofeld character here. They know we know. They will do as if we don't. Because let's face it, no matter how one cuts, who among the cast right now could be Blofeld and satisfy the public with the revelation? Who else than Waltz?
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This, most certainly. Now it'll just be a matter of when he goes from being known as Oberhauser to being introduced as ESB. Should prove interesting!
Just a great big wild guess. Based on what we have seen so far. I do not read script leaks.
Now hear me out,
Jouno's have already picked up on other Live & Lets Die elements were seeing in Spectrem Mendes's personal favorite Bond movie.
What if Mendes wants to use the same Mr big reveal moment with his own twist?.
We have seen Waltz with with CGI stickers on his face, some think its to project a scar, but the motion dots were all over his face, which would give the indication they wil impose either someone elses bursting through Waltz face or vice/versa. So my guess Blofeld is Andrew Scott who is both Oberhauser and Denby, but he is not the real Oberhauser Bonds surrogate brother
I think Sherlock fans would disagree with you Ludovico. Many regard Scott as the best to portray Moriarty he is an equally impressive actor in the role of a villain. My only concerns is if they go down said root that it has been done again since LALD with Zao and I think Sherlock fans would disagree with you Ludovico. Many regard Scott as the best to portray Moriarty he is an equally impressive actor in the role of a villain. My only concerns is if they go down said root that it has been done again since LALD with colonel moon/Gustav Graves
die another day
Sherlock fans are but a fraction of the public. I am sure Andrew Scott is a talented actor but he's not exactly Christoph Waltz in stature. Not yet anyway. You don't cast Waltz in a movie to have Scott as a villain.
Also: "It was Denbigh all along" sounds really lame. I can see Oberhauser being revealed as Blofeld. But a British bureaucrat, not really.
And it was a terrible idea in Iron Man. Fans felt cheated and rightly so.
Agreed. Which In itself was a rehash...
And it was weak.
Yes and with Skyfall there were location from Taken 2 and some of the imagery from Shanghia was just the Dark Knight. Clear Logan, Mendes and EON are prepared to take ideas from other places. As I said I was only going by the motion tracking stickers across Waltz face, it was the only conclusion I could come to. If they were to CGI I don't know why you would cover his full face with the sensors.
So they can track his entire face. Whatever vfx they are cooking up they will want mapping markers across his entire face. It's not dissimilar to the way they went about shooting two-face in TDK, with the same kind of retro-reflective markers (used for low light - remember the shoot was a night shoot). They triangulate the positions with their 3D model of Waltz's face. I don't necessarily think this is merely a 'scar', but some kind of full or part facial disfiguration. It's entirely possible (and quite likely) that they will use make up for most of the key shots in this scene, as we've heard they have