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craig needs a giant henchman to fight in skyfall (maybe jaws???)
key features of bond films: fast cars, hot girls, scheming villians, and a big henchman thats physically tougher than bond.
oddjob, jaws, red grant, all of these henchmen were big brutes who could kick bonds ass. they were stronger and some were even invincible. this trait seems to have died down ALOT during the late brosnan era and the craig era. Alot of people say that craig needs a villian thats just as physically tough as he is. I don't think thats true. Of course we need more intresting villians but that villian doesn't have to be tough. I mean cmon, look at goldfinger and stromberg. They were nowhere near as tough as bond but they kicked his arse, well they didn't, but their invincible bodyguards did.
The fights between bond and the jaws/oddjob types are intresting because bond has to use his wits rather than his fists. I think craig is becoming too much of a big tough guy and he needs a giant to put him in his place.
So, we create a new character. Now that can be hard, its hard to think of henchmen with a good gimmick and bond has done it all. Tee hee had his arm, jaws his teeth, oddjob his hat. But eon have trouble on the henchmen front, look at rip-of red grant from TND as an example. So if you can't think of any new guys, bring back some old guys. Well, one old guy...
Jaws (this reboot is eons chance to save the character moonraker ruined. make Jaws a badass again, who angrily charges like a bull chokes someone and quickly bites into thier neck, giving the same effect a stab to the throat would. Kaws to me is the only one i see really working as he's an assasin for hire, to bring in oddjob you'd need goldfinger as those two were a pair, oddjob was goldfingers personal bodyguard not just an assasin he hired to kill bond. So bring back jaws on the condition that richard kiel chooses who plays him.
oddjob, jaws, red grant, all of these henchmen were big brutes who could kick bonds ass. they were stronger and some were even invincible. this trait seems to have died down ALOT during the late brosnan era and the craig era. Alot of people say that craig needs a villian thats just as physically tough as he is. I don't think thats true. Of course we need more intresting villians but that villian doesn't have to be tough. I mean cmon, look at goldfinger and stromberg. They were nowhere near as tough as bond but they kicked his arse, well they didn't, but their invincible bodyguards did.
The fights between bond and the jaws/oddjob types are intresting because bond has to use his wits rather than his fists. I think craig is becoming too much of a big tough guy and he needs a giant to put him in his place.
So, we create a new character. Now that can be hard, its hard to think of henchmen with a good gimmick and bond has done it all. Tee hee had his arm, jaws his teeth, oddjob his hat. But eon have trouble on the henchmen front, look at rip-of red grant from TND as an example. So if you can't think of any new guys, bring back some old guys. Well, one old guy...
Jaws (this reboot is eons chance to save the character moonraker ruined. make Jaws a badass again, who angrily charges like a bull chokes someone and quickly bites into thier neck, giving the same effect a stab to the throat would. Kaws to me is the only one i see really working as he's an assasin for hire, to bring in oddjob you'd need goldfinger as those two were a pair, oddjob was goldfingers personal bodyguard not just an assasin he hired to kill bond. So bring back jaws on the condition that richard kiel chooses who plays him.
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But that doesn't mean I was Jaws back or Red Grant or Oddjob remakes... But please put atleast one memorable and iconic original henchmen in SF.
I believe we need a henchman that can handle himself, be equally or more intimidating than Bond and provide convincing and satisfying fight scenes. We don't need anything more. We don't need men with metallic teeth. This is an era of Bond movies where fantasy is still the name of the party but that element of credibility still needs to be there. The Bond films need to bring back credible adversaries in the mould of the likes of Red Grant, Peter Franks and a few others. Look at what fast 5 did with Diesel and The Rock; that fight IMO should have gone on slightly longer but nonetheless it was a serious and credible fight scene between 2 physically capable guys without any bs. That's what Bond needs.
We saw that picture of the shoot, and someone brought up that its origin was in Scotland..
*PC disclaimer: the character does NOT have to be Asian to play the role*
Here' a video of Chiaki Kuriyama as Gogo Yubari:
and the famous:
(WARNING, GRAPHIC)
Just another reason for Quentin Tarantino to at least write a Bond film.. the VILLAINS!
-Jaws
-Baron Samedi
-Tee Hee
-Nick Nack
-Irma Bunt
Those are the only ones I can think of who were major henchman and were not confirmed dead by the end of the movie. For a Daniel Craig Bond movie, I think Tee Hee or Jaws would work, but only if Jaws had the same menace he had in TSWLM. However, he has already returned twice, so I think Tee Hee should get a shot at Skyfall. Baron Samedi could work great if used correctly. And of course, I doubt their would be any use for Nick Nack or Bunt.
Maybe there was, but I'm not recalling it. I mean, look at **lowers voice** "Mister Kill".... what a lame villain. I'm sure people can be more creative than that.... Showing an old Re-occurring villain would be awesome, but almost impossible for being such an old age.
Yes, the Mr Kill character from Die Another Day was lame, posed no threat whatsoever, he reminded me a bit of Gabor from TWINE and the latter was miles better
I wouldn't mind a return of some Oddjob variation, that was a neat idea, throwing steel rimmed hats as a weapon, maybe it could work again.
Would love a new version of Jaws. If anyone has seen the lastest Sherlock Holmes film there is a giant guy in that played by an actor I belive called Robert Maillet(not sure about spelling!) who is similar in height to R.Kiel. He would be pretty awesome. He certainly kicked RDJ's ass in that film!
Someone who could be Bond's equal - A ruthless and cunning rogue agent or henchman that can match Craig's Bond both physically and mentally throughout the production.
I have not seriously considered actors capable of such a sinister role, but perhaps Tom Hardy?
attle Royale.