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That would be a laugh: a bit like that Kingsman movie where they visit the US equivalent. It would be quite funny to meet the American equivalents of M and Moneypenny (I guess if Gogol had a 'Rublevich' then the CIA head needs a 'Miss Buckycentz' or something :D ) - with his denim padded door to the stage right of her office or something :)
Yeah I think Blofeld stands up to repeated reimaginings; Scaramanga is interesting though. I think the film version is pretty iconic in a way (the gun itself is very recognisable) and yet the film isn't very good and doesn't really use him very well. So I'd almost like to see that version again, but in a film which is more about the greatest assassin in the world.
I think the greatest split I saw among fans was for Van Halen, when Sammy Hagar took over as the new frontman.
I think it has something to do with how infrequently we get new content to talk about.
Like rats in a bucket, we begin to eat eachother.
Rublevich :)) Amazing.
I only had it pointed out to me last year I think: I never noticed! :D
Christopher Lee is good, but Scaramanga on the page feels like a much younger character than the way he plays him.
There's room to redo him (yes, I know some say Sanchez = Scaramanga). A younger, cockier Scaramanga. Oscar Isaac could play him perfectly.
I agree that the following should be brought into the series or be modernized:
Blofeld, Goodnight, May, Tanaka and Trevelyan would be my top 5.
That’s how Tom Mankiewicz felt too. This is why he made Scaramanga in the film more of an analog to Bond. A gentleman assassin like Bond, but the big difference being he actually enjoys killing people. Bond hates Scaramanga because he sees a side of himself he recognizes and intensely dislikes. “I admit, killing you would be a pleasure”.
I think that’s the one aspect Mankiewicz was fascinated with the most which is why it’s the strongest part of that film, and everything else is kind of a mess.
It's a pretty compelling idea and I wouldn't mind a remake with that version of the character (ditch all the Solex stuff).
In fact I think he's the character who could make a good spinoff because he is so close to Bond and gives the audience the same sort of thrills, and yet is still different enough to not just be a clone.
I still maintain that they could do something cool with the TMWTGG novel opening for B26. "It's another nut who says he's James Bond. Even knows his code number. Says he wants to speak to M. personally." would be a good opening line for a new tenure after THAT ending to the previous one.
But I also always want to know more about the inside of Fleming's MI6. Those chapters are a goldmine for that, but I understand that it isn't exactly the most cinematic.
Maybe... I always worry that it's so Man From UNCLE-style naff though.
But there's me, myself, and I. Not to mention, My Conscience and My Desire, my Ego and my Id, the angel on one shoulder and the devil on the other. Oh, man, it's crowded in here !
Except that Paloma was exceedingly competent for the action stuff.
Ahh, indeed. And with that, I bid you GoodAfternoon !
That's not a euphemism!
It looked better than the last ep of S2 of The Mandalorian, but still nowhere near good enough even for the short screentime the character got yesterday, let alone a feature length film. They should have just recast the role.
I'm fine with all of them being revisited, but how it's done is key... Blofeld definitely needs to be purged of the cartoon Pleasence take in favor of TB book adaptation, imo. It may be sacrilege, but I always find the book Grant way more interesting and terrifying than the movie version
As weird as this sounds I always thought Charles Grey looked most like Flemings Blofeld because of the description in OHMSS. Minus the shiny chrome eyes of course.