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On a side note, I’m surprised that Blofeld never got his own thread. Especially on this site.
Yes, though you could generalize it by making it a SPECTRE thread or Blofeld and SPECTRE thread.
Where it's not just Blofeld, as we could have a chance to discuss the organization as a whole itself, and understandably it involves Blofeld.
I personally wonder why they didn't have Pohlmann in YOLT. With the scar. Maybe it's because voice actors are not always good "physical" actors?
Changed it! If Charlie Higson is writing Adult Bond for the long term, Blofeld will have an appearance. It seems likely, in my opinion. Dynamite Comics brought Blofeld, Mr. Big, Goldfinger and Oddjob back, it seems like he would follow in particular with Blofeld.
Agreed; feels like TB novel Blofeld for sure.
Very much so. My sentiments exactly.
I agree with you both. There is technically hope one day!
I have been saying this for years. He's my dream cast for Blofeld. When I read TB I imagine him in the role.
Not so much contrarian as common sense. As you said, resurrecting the character would have required re-conceptualizing and re-visualizing him to avoid decades of self-parodic tropes. The filmmakers failed to do so in 2015, and they also gave him a silly backstory to give him a unnecessary personal connection to Bond. This version of the character was killed off in the next film, and it will probably be a long time until Blofeld can be re-introduced, to wash the bad taste out of the public's mouth.
I agree that we can and should have a new Spectre, whether or not Blofeld is involved. John Gardner was able to resurrect the organization under different leaders, most effectively under Tamil Rahani. So let's bring in some new modern leaders for a still relevant nemesis. The idea of a freelance terrorist organization that's run like a modern corporation is too good to discard, especially since it's unlikely that future films will have the Chinese or Russian governments as villains (though now would be a great time for a version of SMERSH based on the Wagner Group!).
Good shout. I think he would have had a lot more immediate gravitas and menace than Waltz, which I think is needed for Blofeld.
My biggest complaint with modern day SPECTRE is that they crammed everything into the one film. They followed the template with the fashion and even the eye and scar. I would have preferred a fresh take on the character.
Don't remove Blofeld from the shadows. He should not be a tycoon, or a well known member of the public. He is best as a shadowy figure doing dirty things from behind a curtain.
I've also probably already said that I went to the same school as Donald Pleasance! Decades apart, obvs. It was a grammar school when he was there and a sinkhole comp by the time I arrived, so I'm guessing we had different educations. ;)
I'd still vote for Herzog as a bad buy. Such a charismatic man!
That's a brilliant suggestion. Herzog had never crossed my mind for the part, but he would have brought the right brand of otherworldly Teutonic creepiness to it. Now I'm rewriting Spectre in my head.
Absolutely. He'd be so good. Weirdly 'other' and convincingly menacing too - you'd believe a Herzog Bond villain was capable of anything.
It is a brilliant suggestion, Revelator - but unfortunately I can't claim the credit for it :D. cwl007 suggested it a couple of years ago and I haven't been able to unsee it since. I did exactly the same as you and immediately revisualised SP - Herzog would've been so good. We'd've been spared Brofeld too! Thought it deserved a mention in a dedicated thread.
He's ruthless and evil, but his creepiness gives off an unpredictability that I think Blofeld should have.
Yep absolutely. He should have been Blofeld, it would have been the perfect twist they were looking for. Mr White was in the background throughout the Craig run, then finally he emerges from the shadows to be revealed as Blofeld.
I wouldn't personally really have wanted Mr. White to be Blofeld, but have Blofeld be someone up the chain from him. But certainly they could have done it better than how it was actually done.
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I've been advocating for him as Blofeld (or pseudo Blofeld when they didn't have the rights) since 2006 at least. Now I think he's too old, sadly. Blofeld must be more mature than Bond, but physically capable to take him on. Hinds would have been perfect not only because he's a great actor but because he looks like the Blofeld of the novels.
That is one of the many things that should change with the next version of Blofeld. A man who’s not afraid of doing his own dirty work. I strangely want to see his gold tooth from YOLT make appearance as well.
He's a bit old now. At least for the physical side of the character. There is something else in his background that fitted Blofeld: he is of mixed heritage (having an Italian mother). Hinds is the great Bond villain that never was.
Same with Sir Anthony Hopkins. Ironically, I don’t know who they could or would cast as Blofeld next. One suggestion would be Eddie Redmayne, in a few years. I’m just guessing, given EON’s recent casting trademarks.
Plus in hindsight, Blofeld really needed to be drastically reinvented, because it no longer became about stepping out of the shadow of previous portrayals, but also axing any comparisons to Dr. Evil, which I don’t think EON was that successful at doing.
Besides, did Fleming seriously think Blofeld was the big bad to beat in all his books? He seemed more interested in building up SMERSH from the few novels I’ve read.