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Perhaps he would be revealed in the final act of Bond 24 setting up a cliffhanger for Bond 25. Quantum would be determined to be just a funding arm of the villains true intentions which are some kind of Malthusian plot. At least that's how I'd write it.
Well with Quantum it's pretty much the same. They fund Terrorism while also having a hidden agenda with Manipulating Governments and attempting to get a monopoly on water. We've only seen a small portion of what they are capable. I hope they shall return for Bond 24 and maybe by Bond 25 Craig will have them destroyed in time for his swansong.
I could not agree more, Specter or Quantum are perfectly plausible organization in todays world of international terrorism and cyber war. I'm always amaze how skeptical people are about re-introducing Blofeld, even when they like the character and would like to see him again. Sure he would open himself to parody if he was bald and sat in a chair stroking a white pussy-cat, but only an idiot would use that template again. I'm confident that a writer like John Logan could come up with a very new and creative way of interpreting Blofeld as a more sensible, less camp villain who is still evil as all hell. Have some faith, he'll be back, and he'll be better than he ever was.
Also in my opinion Donald Pleasence will always be Blofeld (up to now anyway ;) )
+ think Quantum should firmly be left alone and quickly forgotten about as with QoS.
Agreed. I just hope that if they don't make Blofeld the main villain in Bond 24 that they will at least give us a brief introduction that he exists, like in FRWL and TB. Failing to do that would be a grave misstep...
Don't know much about Shatterhand? However i would happily go with the rest of your post! :-bd And just too add to it? Use one if not two unused Fleming titles whilst Craig stays with the role? [-O<
I think the Hilderbrand (probably spelt wrong I know) Rarity sounds terrible and like QOS, would just be using a Fleming title for the sake of it. I think just because a title is Fleming, it doesn't make it better.
Shatterhand is the name which Blofeld takes on in YOLT the novel to hid his identity from the world, and I would love it if they used that name in a film for once.
As for Blofeld being "Sean's villain" I think thats rubbish! Sean is the essential Bond character, and to bring some of that magic back is paramount to this new re-boot era! Sure a bald man with a white cat is old fashioned, but if they re-imagined the Blofeld character in a 21st century way, he could be the perfect villain. It is however all up to Lgan as the writer of Bond 24...
For the "Fat Bully" Blofeld I'd say John Goodman. His performance in The Big Lebowski shows he can play a rather crazy threatening Character. for the "Gameshow Host/Des Lynam" Blofeld, I'd say Brent Spiner. He can play a good villain too.
I think there is another option available; they could use some of Fleming's chapter titles as movie titles. For example, Night Passage, Dragon Spoor, Killing Ground, or A Shower of Death might work as Bond movie titles.
Salvador Dali even kept one as a pet back when it was legal to do stuff like that!
What he said. Modern audiences don't even know the name of Blofeld, they know the parodised image of Blofeld. You have a man named Blofeld looking like the novel's Blofeld, and nobody will make the connection but us Bond fans.
So I am not the only one thinking it was the mistake with GE and the whole Brosnan era: failing to create a recurring enemy. Trevelyan could have easily been the commander in the field of Janus while the head of the organisation would have returned in a subsequent movie. With obviously some changes, TWINE could have easily been a follow up on GE (and maybe a better movie).
I see where you're coming from but I guess, particularly during the Brosnan era, they were aware that the stability they had in the earlier films and the 80's (with Glen) had all but disappeared. It was obvious that they would be changing up Directors from film to film and they only really settled on P+W with TWINE (which may not have lasted).
For that reason alone I think it's difficult to create a story element, be it an organisation or a specific character and expect future director's to step in and continue the through line. I mean, even the cutting of QoS by Forster was an admission that the then future director of Bond 23 may not want to resolve the issue of Quantum. This isn't to say Quantum won't return but unless writers and directors are locked in for multiple pictures I think it's hard to incorporate this level of continuity. The spectre of old was a cartoon cut-out to all extents, they never really nailed the wealth of detail Fleming had instilled in the organisation through his novels. The kind of detail that I believe would have to be incorporated to really grab a modern cinema audience.
Basically, the pictures can't work like they did back in the day. They'd have to put some real work into making Quantum, Spectre, whoever, relevant and exciting for the audience. The simple fact that Quantum made little impact in QoS was reason enough for them to break away. All that being said, the character has to come first, the organisation and scheme second. If they can combine the two then they could be on to something great. In my personal opinion reviving Quantum just because they happen to have been established in previous films is not reason enough to bring them back. If it doesn't work, leave it and move on. If they have a great way to bring it back with a bang then I'm all for it.
Although you make very good points RC7, the logic applies to Spectre and Blofeld surely? As this thread suggests it doesn't matter what Bond24 is? The villain HAS to be Blofeld? Makes no sense to me? Also you here Craigs Bond is a reboot, new timeline......etc. Then Blofeld will not appear in the Craig era. Especially seeing as the next one will be his 4th of 5. Why reintroduce an iconic charactor so late in a tenure? If they do it? It will happen with a new Bond.