Gotta love those villains. They do know how to make an entrance. So which one's the best of them all? You all know the drill: one vote every 24 hours, one point to the intro of your choice, two points from the one you like least, until we've arrived at the grandest entrance of them all. Let the sport commence!
Dr. No: 10
Rosa Klebb: 10
Auric Goldfinger: 10
Emilio Largo: 10
Blofeld (YOLT): 10
Blofeld (OHMSS): 10
Blofeld (DAF): 10
Kananga: 10
Francisco Scaramanga: 10
Karl Stromberg: 10
Hugo Drax: 10
Aris Kristatos: 10
Kamal Khan: 10
Max Zorin: 10
Georgi Koskov: 10
Franz Sanchez: 10
Alec Trevelyan: 10
Elliot Carver: 10
Elektra King: 10
Gustav Graves: 10
Le Chiffre: 10
Dominic Greene: 10
Raoul Silva: 10
Blofeld (SP): 10
Lyutsifer Safin: 10
DN: "One million dollars" and dinner with Dr. No
FRWL: Klebb tours SPECTRE Island and tests Grant's fitness
GF: Bond turns the tables before Goldfinger can take his pigeon to the cleaners
TB: Illegal parking in Paris and one smoking SPECTRE meeting
YOLT: Blofeld introduces himself to 007
OHMSS: Blofeld returns from the lab to discuss ancestry with Sir Hilary
DAF: Bond shoots the wrong Blofeld in Willard Whyte's penthouse
LALD: Kananga arrives with his squad and plays a tape recording
TMWTGG: Scaramanga sunbathes, then hunts Rodney in his funhouse
TSWLM: Stromberg feeds his traitorous secretary to a great white
MR: Drax plays Chopin, quotes Wilde, and presses Bond to a cucumber sandwich (unsuccessfully)
FYEO: Kristatos and Bond enjoy Glühwein and ice skating
OP: Khan outbids Bond for the Property of a Lady
AVTAK: MI6 observes Zorin at the races
TLD: Koskov evades death by sniper and takes a ride—first in a boot, then in a pipe
LTK: Sanchez has no heart, so he gives Lupe somebody else's
GE: Trevelyan reveals himself to be Janus in a Soviet statue graveyard
TND: Carver video conferences with his golden retrievers
TWINE: Elektra appeases the villagers by rerouting the pipeline
DAD: Graves drops by Buckingham Palace to the Clash
CR: Le Chiffre makes a deal with Obanno
QOS: Greene makes known his suspicions to Camille on the dock
SF: Silva talks of rats, marksmanship scores, and some of his Freudian hang-ups
SP: Blofeld leads a SPECTRE meeting in Rome
NTTD: Safin stalks young Madeleine in his noh mask
Comments
Dr. No: 10
Rosa Klebb: 10
Auric Goldfinger: 10
Emilio Largo: 10
Blofeld (YOLT): 10
Blofeld (OHMSS): 10
Blofeld (DAF): 10
Kananga: 10
Francisco Scaramanga: 10
Karl Stromberg: 10
Hugo Drax: 10
Aris Kristatos: 8 (-2)
Kamal Khan: 10
Max Zorin: 10
Georgi Koskov: 10
Franz Sanchez: 10
Alec Trevelyan: 10
Elliot Carver: 10
Elektra King: 10
Gustav Graves: 10
Le Chiffre: 10
Dominic Greene: 10
Raoul Silva: 11 (+)
Blofeld (SP): 10
Lyutsifer Safin: 10
Dr. No: 10
Rosa Klebb: 10
Auric Goldfinger: 10
Emilio Largo: 10
Blofeld (YOLT): 10
Blofeld (OHMSS): 10
Blofeld (DAF): 10
Kananga: 10
Francisco Scaramanga: 10
Karl Stromberg: 10
Hugo Drax: 10
Aris Kristatos: 8
Kamal Khan: 10
Max Zorin: 10
Georgi Koskov: 10
Franz Sanchez: 11 (+1)
Alec Trevelyan: 10
Elliot Carver: 10
Elektra King: 10
Gustav Graves: 10
Le Chiffre: 10
Dominic Greene: 10
Raoul Silva: 11
Blofeld (SP): 8 (-2)
Lyutsifer Safin: 10
It's talking about the rigged card game that Bond thwarts.
Dr. No: 10
Rosa Klebb: 10
Auric Goldfinger: 10
Emilio Largo: 10
Blofeld (YOLT): 10
Blofeld (OHMSS): 10
Blofeld (DAF): 8 -2
Kananga: 10
Francisco Scaramanga: 10
Karl Stromberg: 10
Hugo Drax: 10
Aris Kristatos: 8
Kamal Khan: 10
Max Zorin: 10
Georgi Koskov: 10
Franz Sanchez: 11
Alec Trevelyan: 10
Elliot Carver: 10
Elektra King: 10
Gustav Graves: 10
Le Chiffre: 10
Dominic Greene: 10
Raoul Silva: 11
Blofeld (SP): 9 +1
Lyutsifer Safin: 10
Dr. No: 10
Rosa Klebb: 10
Auric Goldfinger: 11 +1
Emilio Largo: 10
Blofeld (YOLT): 10
Blofeld (OHMSS): 10
Blofeld (DAF): 8
Kananga: 10
Francisco Scaramanga: 10
Karl Stromberg: 10
Hugo Drax: 10
Aris Kristatos: 8
Kamal Khan: 10
Max Zorin: 10
Georgi Koskov: 10
Franz Sanchez: 11
Alec Trevelyan: 10
Elliot Carver: 8 -2
Elektra King: 10
Gustav Graves: 10
Le Chiffre: 10
Dominic Greene: 10
Raoul Silva: 11
Blofeld (SP): 9
Lyutsifer Safin: 10
Dr. No: 10
Rosa Klebb: 10
Auric Goldfinger: 12 +1
Emilio Largo: 10
Blofeld (YOLT): 10
Blofeld (OHMSS): 10
Blofeld (DAF): 8
Kananga: 10
Francisco Scaramanga: 10
Karl Stromberg: 10
Hugo Drax: 10
Aris Kristatos: 8
Kamal Khan: 10
Max Zorin: 10
Georgi Koskov: 10
Franz Sanchez: 11
Alec Trevelyan: 10
Elliot Carver: 6 -2
Elektra King: 10
Gustav Graves: 10
Le Chiffre: 10
Dominic Greene: 10
Raoul Silva: 11
Blofeld (SP): 9
Lyutsifer Safin: 10
Wednesday
Dr. No: 10
Rosa Klebb: 10
Auric Goldfinger: 12
Emilio Largo: 10
Blofeld (YOLT): 10
Blofeld (OHMSS): 10
Blofeld (DAF): 8
Kananga: 10
Francisco Scaramanga: 10
Karl Stromberg: 10
Hugo Drax: 10
Aris Kristatos: 8
Kamal Khan: 10
Max Zorin: 8 -2
Georgi Koskov: 10
Franz Sanchez: 11
Alec Trevelyan: 10
Elliot Carver: 7 +1
Elektra King: 10
Gustav Graves: 10
Le Chiffre: 10
Dominic Greene: 10
Raoul Silva: 11
Blofeld (SP): 9
Lyutsifer Safin: 10
Dr. No: 11 (+1)
Rosa Klebb: 10
Auric Goldfinger: 12
Emilio Largo: 10
Blofeld (YOLT): 10
Blofeld (OHMSS): 10
Blofeld (DAF): 8
Kananga: 10
Francisco Scaramanga: 10
Karl Stromberg: 10
Hugo Drax: 10
Aris Kristatos: 8
Kamal Khan: 10
Max Zorin: 8
Georgi Koskov: 10
Franz Sanchez: 11
Alec Trevelyan: 10
Elliot Carver: 7
Elektra King: 10
Gustav Graves: 10
Le Chiffre: 10
Dominic Greene: 10
Raoul Silva: 9 (-2)
Blofeld (SP): 9
Lyutsifer Safin: 10
Dr. No: 12 (+1)
Rosa Klebb: 10
Auric Goldfinger: 12
Emilio Largo: 10
Blofeld (YOLT): 10
Blofeld (OHMSS): 10
Blofeld (DAF): 6 -(2)
Kananga: 10
Francisco Scaramanga: 10
Karl Stromberg: 10
Hugo Drax: 10
Aris Kristatos: 8
Kamal Khan: 10
Max Zorin: 8
Georgi Koskov: 10
Franz Sanchez: 11
Alec Trevelyan: 10
Elliot Carver: 7
Elektra King: 10
Gustav Graves: 10
Le Chiffre: 10
Dominic Greene: 10
Raoul Silva: 9
Blofeld (SP): 9
Lyutsifer Safin: 10
I planned for the game to begin on Wednesday. I think you must be in that one sliver of the world where it was still Tuesday. ;)
But for anyone in Australia or wherever else Wednesday was virtually over when the game began, feel free to take your Wednesday vote now.
Dr. No: 12
Rosa Klebb: 10
Auric Goldfinger: 12
Emilio Largo: 10
Blofeld (YOLT): 10
Blofeld (OHMSS): 10
Blofeld (DAF): 4 (-2)
Kananga: 10
Francisco Scaramanga: 10
Karl Stromberg: 10
Hugo Drax: 10
Aris Kristatos: 8
Kamal Khan: 10
Max Zorin: 8
Georgi Koskov: 10
Franz Sanchez: 11
Alec Trevelyan: 10
Elliot Carver: 7
Elektra King: 10
Gustav Graves: 10
Le Chiffre: 10
Dominic Greene: 10
Raoul Silva: 9
Blofeld (SP): 9
Lyutsifer Safin: 11 (+1)
Rosa Klebb: 10
Auric Goldfinger: 12
Emilio Largo: 10
Blofeld (YOLT): 10
Blofeld (OHMSS): 10
Blofeld (DAF): 5 (+1)
Kananga: 8 (-2)
Francisco Scaramanga: 10
Karl Stromberg: 10
Hugo Drax: 10
Aris Kristatos: 8
Kamal Khan: 10
Max Zorin: 8
Georgi Koskov: 10
Franz Sanchez: 11
Alec Trevelyan: 10
Elliot Carver: 7
Elektra King: 10
Gustav Graves: 10
Le Chiffre: 10
Dominic Greene: 10
Raoul Silva: 9
Blofeld (SP): 9
Lyutsifer Safin: 11
I can hardly believe I'm giving points to DAF here, but this is probably the best scene in the whole film and a very respectable and memorable villain intro in my book. Carver's intro scene is pretty good too. I would have upvoted his if not for the early beating DAF is taking!
Yes!! I was thinking that too, probably the one redeeming thing about DAF for me is this scene.
Dr. No: 12
Rosa Klebb: 10
Auric Goldfinger: 12
Emilio Largo: 10
Blofeld (YOLT): 10
Blofeld (OHMSS): 10
Blofeld (DAF): 5
Kananga: 8
Francisco Scaramanga: 10
Karl Stromberg: 10
Hugo Drax: 10
Aris Kristatos: 6 (-2)
Kamal Khan: 10
Max Zorin: 8
Georgi Koskov: 10
Franz Sanchez: 11
Alec Trevelyan: 11 (+1)
Elliot Carver: 7
Elektra King: 10
Gustav Graves: 10
Le Chiffre: 10
Dominic Greene: 10
Raoul Silva: 9
Blofeld (SP): 9
Lyutsifer Safin: 11
Trevelyan is a little "Silva before Silva" for me, and the music is one of the best tracks in the whole franchise, IMO.
It was my first ever villain reveal, and it made me think Bond did indeed deal in the supernatural, and that he actually did come back from the dead! :))
Surprised Trevelyan's intro in this game isn't in the beginning in Arkhangelsk, on par with the likes of Koskov, Kristatos (before we know they're bad) etc.
We considered some of these points in the "So you want to start an elimination game?" thread. You have a point about the comparisons to Kristatos and Koskov, but I can't recall a particularly memorable "intro" scene for either of those two once their villainy has been revealed. The other difference with Trevelyan (as with Graves) is that he has assumed a new identity of sorts that's being revealed in his second appearance.
Dr. No: 12
Rosa Klebb: 10
Auric Goldfinger: 12
Emilio Largo: 10
Blofeld (YOLT): 10
Blofeld (OHMSS): 10
Blofeld (DAF): 5
Kananga: 8
Francisco Scaramanga: 10
Karl Stromberg: 10
Hugo Drax: 10
Aris Kristatos: 4 (-2)
Kamal Khan: 10
Max Zorin: 8
Georgi Koskov: 10
Franz Sanchez: 11
Alec Trevelyan: 11
Elliot Carver: 7
Elektra King: 10
Gustav Graves: 10
Le Chiffre: 10
Dominic Greene: 10
Raoul Silva: 9
Blofeld (SP): 10 +1
Lyutsifer Safin: 11
Dr. No: 12
Rosa Klebb: 10
Auric Goldfinger: 12
Emilio Largo: 10
Blofeld (YOLT): 10
Blofeld (OHMSS): 10
Blofeld (DAF): 5
Kananga: 8
Francisco Scaramanga: 10
Karl Stromberg: 10
Hugo Drax: 11 (+1)
Aris Kristatos: 4
Kamal Khan: 10
Max Zorin: 8
Georgi Koskov: 10
Franz Sanchez: 11
Alec Trevelyan: 11
Elliot Carver: 5 (-2)
Elektra King: 10
Gustav Graves: 10
Le Chiffre: 10
Dominic Greene: 10
Raoul Silva: 9
Blofeld (SP): 10
Lyutsifer Safin: 11
Dr. No: 12
Rosa Klebb: 10
Auric Goldfinger: 12
Emilio Largo: 10
Blofeld (YOLT): 10
Blofeld (OHMSS): 10
Blofeld (DAF): 5
Kananga: 8
Francisco Scaramanga: 10
Karl Stromberg: 10
Hugo Drax: 12 (+1)
Aris Kristatos: 4
Kamal Khan: 10
Max Zorin: 8
Georgi Koskov: 10
Franz Sanchez: 11
Alec Trevelyan: 11
Elliot Carver: 3 (-2)
Elektra King: 10
Gustav Graves: 10
Le Chiffre: 10
Dominic Greene: 10
Raoul Silva: 9
Blofeld (SP): 10
Lyutsifer Safin: 11
Dr. No: 12
Rosa Klebb: 10
Auric Goldfinger: 13 (+1)
Emilio Largo: 10
Blofeld (YOLT): 10
Blofeld (OHMSS): 10
Blofeld (DAF): 5
Kananga: 8
Francisco Scaramanga: 10
Karl Stromberg: 10
Hugo Drax: 12
Aris Kristatos: 4
Kamal Khan: 10
Max Zorin: 8
Georgi Koskov: 10
Franz Sanchez: 11
Alec Trevelyan: 11
Elliot Carver: 3
Elektra King: 10
Gustav Graves: 10
Le Chiffre: 10
Dominic Greene: 10
Raoul Silva: 7 (-2)
Blofeld (SP): 10
Lyutsifer Safin: 11
Dr. No: 12
Rosa Klebb: 10
Auric Goldfinger: 13
Emilio Largo: 10
Blofeld (YOLT): 10
Blofeld (OHMSS): 10
Blofeld (DAF): 5
Kananga: 8
Francisco Scaramanga: 10
Karl Stromberg: 10
Hugo Drax: 13 +1
Aris Kristatos: 4
Kamal Khan: 10
Max Zorin: 8
Georgi Koskov: 10
Franz Sanchez: 11
Alec Trevelyan: 11
Elliot Carver: 1 - 2
Elektra King: 10
Gustav Graves: 10
Le Chiffre: 10
Dominic Greene: 10
Raoul Silva: 7
Blofeld (SP): 10
Lyutsifer Safin: 11
Dr. No: 12
Rosa Klebb: 10
Auric Goldfinger: 13
Emilio Largo: 10
Blofeld (YOLT): 10
Blofeld (OHMSS): 10
Blofeld (DAF): 5
Kananga: 6 - 2
Francisco Scaramanga: 10
Karl Stromberg: 10
Hugo Drax: 13
Aris Kristatos: 4
Kamal Khan: 10
Max Zorin: 8
Georgi Koskov: 10
Franz Sanchez: 11
Alec Trevelyan: 12 +1
Elliot Carver: 1
Elektra King: 10
Gustav Graves: 10
Le Chiffre: 10
Dominic Greene: 10
Raoul Silva: 7
Blofeld (SP): 10
Lyutsifer Safin: 11
Dr. No: 12
Rosa Klebb: 10
Auric Goldfinger: 13
Emilio Largo: 10
Blofeld (YOLT): 10
Blofeld (OHMSS): 10
Blofeld (DAF): 5
Kananga: 6
Francisco Scaramanga: 10
Karl Stromberg: 10
Hugo Drax: 13
Aris Kristatos: 4
Kamal Khan: 10
Max Zorin: 8
Georgi Koskov: 10
Franz Sanchez: 11
Alec Trevelyan: 12
Elliot Carver: 0 (-1) *ELIMINATED*
Elektra King: 10
Gustav Graves: 10
Le Chiffre: 11 (+1)
Dominic Greene: 10
Raoul Silva: 7
Blofeld (SP): 9 (-1)
Lyutsifer Safin: 11
ELIMINATED:
25: Elliot Carver
Dr. No: 12
Rosa Klebb: 10
Auric Goldfinger: 13
Emilio Largo: 10
Blofeld (YOLT): 10
Blofeld (OHMSS): 10
Blofeld (DAF): 5
Kananga: 6
Francisco Scaramanga: 10
Karl Stromberg: 10
Hugo Drax: 13
Aris Kristatos: 2 -2
Kamal Khan: 10
Max Zorin: 8
Georgi Koskov: 10
Franz Sanchez: 11
Alec Trevelyan: 12
Elektra King: 10
Gustav Graves: 10
Le Chiffre: 11
Dominic Greene: 10
Raoul Silva: 7
Blofeld (SP): 10 +1)
Lyutsifer Safin: 11
ELIMINATED:
25: Elliot Carver
Am I the only one who thinks the Rome board meeting is actually one of the best parts of Spectre?
Dr. No: 13 +1
Rosa Klebb: 10
Auric Goldfinger: 13
Emilio Largo: 10
Blofeld (YOLT): 10
Blofeld (OHMSS): 10
Blofeld (DAF): 5
Kananga: 6
Francisco Scaramanga: 10
Karl Stromberg: 10
Hugo Drax: 13
Aris Kristatos: 0 (-2) Eliminated
Kamal Khan: 10
Max Zorin: 8
Georgi Koskov: 10
Franz Sanchez: 11
Alec Trevelyan: 12
Elektra King: 10
Gustav Graves: 10
Le Chiffre: 11
Dominic Greene: 10
Raoul Silva: 7
Blofeld (SP): 10
Lyutsifer Safin: 11
ELIMINATED:
24. Aris Kristatos
25: Elliot Carver
Definitely not, and in a vacuum the scene is great; I just can't separate it from the later Blofeld "reveal". This whole meeting with all the cinematic SPECTRE/Blofeld earmarks but, sure, I'll believe for the next 90 minutes that the guy running the meeting isn't Blofeld. Sours the whole scene for me.
Dr. No: 14 +1
Rosa Klebb: 10
Auric Goldfinger: 13
Emilio Largo: 10
Blofeld (YOLT): 8 (-2)
Blofeld (OHMSS): 10
Blofeld (DAF): 5
Kananga: 6
Francisco Scaramanga: 10
Karl Stromberg: 10
Hugo Drax: 13
Kamal Khan: 10
Max Zorin: 8
Georgi Koskov: 10
Franz Sanchez: 11
Alec Trevelyan: 12
Elektra King: 10
Gustav Graves: 10
Le Chiffre: 11
Dominic Greene: 10
Raoul Silva: 7
Blofeld (SP): 10
Lyutsifer Safin: 11
ELIMINATED:
24. Aris Kristatos
25: Elliot Carver
Dr. No: 14
Rosa Klebb: 10
Auric Goldfinger: 13
Emilio Largo: 10
Blofeld (YOLT): 8
Blofeld (OHMSS): 10
Blofeld (DAF): 5
Kananga: 6
Francisco Scaramanga: 10
Karl Stromberg: 10
Hugo Drax: 13
Kamal Khan: 10
Max Zorin: 8
Georgi Koskov: 10
Franz Sanchez: 11
Alec Trevelyan: 12
Elektra King: 10
Gustav Graves: 10
Le Chiffre: 11
Dominic Greene: 8 (-2)
Raoul Silva: 8 (+1)
Blofeld (SP): 10
Lyutsifer Safin: 11
ELIMINATED:
24. Aris Kristatos
25: Elliot Carver
Friday (11/19)
Dr. No: 14
Rosa Klebb: 10
Auric Goldfinger: 13
Emilio Largo: 10
Blofeld (YOLT): 8
Blofeld (OHMSS): 10
Blofeld (DAF): 5
Kananga: 4 (-2)
Francisco Scaramanga: 10
Karl Stromberg: 10
Hugo Drax: 13
Kamal Khan: 10
Max Zorin: 8
Georgi Koskov: 10
Franz Sanchez: 11
Alec Trevelyan: 12
Elektra King: 10
Gustav Graves: 10
Le Chiffre: 11
Dominic Greene: 8
Raoul Silva: 9 (+1)
Blofeld (SP): 10
Lyutsifer Safin: 11
ELIMINATED:
24. Aris Kristatos
25: Elliot Carver