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Still my arguments apply.
Last two?! They're not running out are they?!
That's exactly what I did in my story treatment. Albeit with some "Thunderball"-flair and "Living Daylights" tension:
Yet in the novel OHMSS the plan was to capture Blofeld.
Of course it is.
But, he wasn't captured. He is, however, captured in the Craig films. Maybe thay's just where his story ends. I don't know.
He wasn't captured but my point is if capturing him was the plan Bond had to follow through, then capturing Blofeld is not un-Bondian. They have plenty of reasons to keep him alive. Beside, letting him alive was a form of humiliation.
Thar makes sense. However, my gripe with Bond letting him live was that it seemed out of character for Blofeld to be suicidal in asking 007 to 'Finish it'.
I agree. They did that to make Bond's choice between killing him and not killing him more dramatic, but Blofeld wouldn't encourage him to do it, at least not the Blofeld presented in the film. He thinks too highly of himself for that.
Except that Blofeld is not suicidal. He expects to be killed so he reacts by being defiant. Le Chiffre would have begged for his life to be spared, other villains too but Blofeld has more pride, not to mention arrogance.
blofeld needs a reason to exist, not just because the previous movie had a blofeld
I think it's a given that he'll be back at some point. Instead of Chandler's Law, let's call this Blofeld's Law: "when in doubt, have Blofeld show up in some capacity".
I think Bond 25 should just ignore Madeleine, Blofeld, and SPECTRE, and it very well might. My guess is the film will be set a fair amount of time after SP takes place - maybe with Bond already back in the service without the need to show the time in between? They have a lot of options, but good execution is the key.
Next time, after a soft reboot, that comes with every new actor taking the role of Bond, they can just ignore Brofeld and reintroduce him without any of the brotherly ties to Bond. Just leave that in the Craig era.
Not necessarily. When they made OHMSS they ignored Bond and Blofeld meeting in the previous movie and there was a two years gap between them. New Bond actor, new Blofeld actor, it's all it takes.
If they use Blofeld in the next actor's movies.
There's that as well.