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Well? DC as we all know has now completed 3 films of his tenure. I just feel that DC's Bond should take care of the Quantum organisation as opposed to a resurgent SPECTRE!
I think a new Bond in the future can deal with Blofeld should he return? However? You do not want to see him in the debut outing of the New Bond. But this is only my humble view, how about you? What do you think? And who would you have play him?
Who to play him? To be honest, I don't know. I'm gravitating towards the Fleming version (and MCClory's, lest I be threatened with a lawsuit by the man's ghost), which is quite unlike the bald dude with the scar. So, I suppose I don't quite know who could do it. I could see Jason Isaacs, the underrated Michael Wincott and Christoph Waltz in the role though. They have a commanding presence I think.
Great call on Jason Isaacs! Though he was brilliant as the villain in "The Patriot". Have to say DD? We may have gone off topic?! ;) lol!
That would be telling? ;) Just means you will have to watch a great movie again and then look at the credits. :D
Yes, same guy. Too lazy to look it up.
:)) Thank you!
I've always wondered this. In 1971 they likely had two options: (1) kill Blofeld off definitively or (2) leave his death open-ended in case they determined that they had the rights to Blofeld.
Did Eon think they had the rights to Blofeld in 1971? Clearly they thought they did in 1967 and 1969.
Then we had standalone villains in 1973 and 1974, and eventually in 1977 (which is when a lot of Broccoli-McClory litigation was happening).
Has it ever been discussed in the Broccoli or McClory autobiographies?
We are in a different legal world these days. If McClory had an arguable claim to Blofeld in the '60s but we had an '00s litigation mindset (restraining orders), we probably wouldn't have gotten Blofeld in YOLT, OHMSS, and DAF! Frightening to contemplate.
Oh wow, that's an awesome question! Now I'm extremely curious to find any old DAF scripts and such, hahaha. It might be like Tee Hee in LALD or Nick Nack in TMWTGG- their bosses are clearly dead and finished, but they would like their revenge for 007 ruining their chances at more wealth from the drugs in Tee Hee's case, and for destroying the luxurious island in Nick Nack's case. Wint and Kidd might have attempted revenge for ruining their chances at hauling in lots of cash from the big laser satellite blackmail scheme. However, if they had already been paid their lot before everything went down, especially because they had killed off everyone involved in the pipeline, then it could be that Ernst survived and issued a final attack strategy. Still though, assuming that not a lot of time passed between when the oil rig blew up and Bond and Tiffany boarded Willard Whyte's cruise ship, then that was a speedy recovery!
Interestingly enough, Tom Mankiewicz says on the commentary for the Superman II: Donner cut DVD that they could never kill Blofeld like they could never kill Lex Luthor. I think EON had every intention of Blofeld and SPECTRE eventually returning and were blindsighted by McClory's lawsuit when TSWLM went into pre-production.
That's exactly what makes me think Blofeld didn't die in that lame attempt on the oil rig, maybe crippled like we see in FYEO (probably happened if say he leaped from the baffle sub), but not dead. Wint and Kidd were professional hit men, they weren't going to do anything without orders and payment. Sure, their professional pride may have been wounded by Bond's numerous escapes from their planned demise for him, but there really wasn't anything else in it for them. Why take a chance next time Bond gets them (obviously he did) instead? They knew by then how tough he was. I say Blofeld gave them orders to kill him and Tiffany and paid for it, the bigger question is did he give the orders before the oil rig attack, or afterwards? We may never know the answer and given Mankiewicz's script, he may not have either.
I don't think any old bold, scarred pussy toting cripple would attempt to kill of a secret agent just because he felt the urge to do so.
<font color=blue size=7><b>Fields' offscreen death reduced its dramatic impact.</b></font>
I didn't care what happened to the character either, she was on screen far too briefly as it was. But, Yes, if the killing had been witnessed, it would of had greater impact on the viewer, there's almost an apathy of her predicament, when we only see the aftermath. It would of fared better if we had seen the dastardly deed carried out, so Thesis seems accurate. Never liked the scene in question though, it should never have been re-attempted
Fields whole role in QoS was bever too clear for me, as an agent she was badly trained and her death was reduced to nothing due to the absurd demise of Mathis which had a too large WTF level to be really bothered with the Field character.
As I said before QoS would have been better served with a decent script to begin with. The deaths of allies in this fragmented story leave not the required impression behind, but one of frustration.
Not a fan of this particular homage. Some things in the franchise shouldn't be tinkered with--same thing as with the attempts to recreate Andress coming out of the ocean.
It's also executed (pardon the pun) poorly. Compare if we had seen a final frightening shot of Fields alive a la Della in LTK.
Harris or Marlohe, nude, covered in sprinkles and toppings? One can only HOPE that he is involved in the candy business.
I disagree. It have more impact that we don't see who murder Fields. It it also part of the naief M and there whant give us the same feeling as Bond. Bond say he never left, but he did a couple of times in QOS and atleast twice in CR.
I don't remember seeing Masterson being drown in gold either. Since her death is offscreen as well, I suppose we can say that same thing about Goldfinger?
Yes, we can apply this equally to the Goldfinger death also, same as with Della Churchill in LTK, and any other scenario with Bond girls you may think of along these lines
So disagree.