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Kill Bill and now Sherlock Holmes have done that recently (villians face not seen, just a voice). Chances they got the idea from the early Connery films (especially true with Kill Bill since Tarantino is a fan), but still.
Hence the "sort of". But the Dueling pistols and the way he kills Severine screams twisted Scaramanga to me and it's quite similar to Andrea Anders's Death.
Blofeld with a white tiger sounds awesome, along with the "Garden of Death" could work out excellent if it was maze of dangerous plants with Bond trying to escape while also avoiding the tiger.
and if he looked like at least one of these, I'd be happy.
Exactly. He was in fact supposed to be the villain in The Spy Who Loved Me but that's when the thunderball issue arouse so tey couldn't use him.
Another excellent point. After Licence to Kill many critics voiced negative opinions when it was announced that GoldenEye would revive the series. Their claim was that Bond was a Cold War invention and that it should remain in the past but as the success of GoldenEye and all the other Bonds succeeding it have proven they were dead wrong. Bringing Blofeld back is an amazing idea he would fit so well into todays world so I hope that they are seriously considering re-introducing him in Bond 24 [-O<
There's a Siegfried & Roy joke in there somewhere...
Me too but to be fair to Murdock, P+W did say Scaramanga (Novel) was the inspiration for Silva.
I supose you're right. Maybe a a normal tiger, or a lion then? I just like the idea of his personall pet being deadly. The snake idea would make him seem like he belings in the Chamber of Secrets to be honest. At least a cat would be more trainable, and much more photogenic for the film.
Blofeld's character become somewhat of a parody of itself. They couldn't bring him back with a white cat, a scar over his eye, and cement-grey overalls. The most they could use is his name.
The writer's don't need to bring up Blofeld. Skyfall has proven that an original villain (but based off of previous) is the way to go.
1. The series don't need this "open for parody" character
2. We still have the shadowy organization Quantum and Mr. White
3. Also there may still be some legal issues involving that character and SPECTRE as to who owns the rights. You ever notice how it and the name is not mentioned in any more films since DAF ? You think that was by accident or choice of EON?
EON now owns the rights to SPECTRE and Blofeld. I believe this came about around the same time they aquired the rights to Casino Royale...
McClory and his camp had the rights to SPECTRE, Blofeld, and the NSNA/TB storyline until the late '90s when MGM and/or EON bought them out.
Interviewer: "Of course we fans followed John Logan’s cryptic Blofeld comment that Bond is nothing without Blofeld, and I think I know how that applies to Silva in Skyfall. If he chose to include Blofeld in the next movie, do you guys have the rights to that character back?"
Barbara Broccoli: "I mean, we’ve talked about Blofeld over the years. The thing is Blofeld was fantastic for the time but I think it’s about creating characters that are, villains that are more appropriate for the contemporary world. It’s more exciting for us to create somebody new."
God I hope Babz is playing tricks with us. Logan clearly wants Blofeld and he would be a very appropriate character for the contemporary world, IF THEY RE-INVENT HIM!!! It's one thing if they recast SPECTER as Quantum, but if they try to make a Blofeld-like character without naming him Blofeld, that’s just idiotic! Batman fights the Joker, not Crazy-Clown-Man. He has to be Blofeld! Honestly, all this says to me is that either Babz is an idiot, or they simply haven’t secured the rights fully. Or hell, maybe they're just going to try and keep it a surprise like they did with M in Skyfall...
It seems people missed my original post with that one...
No it's not, It's taking a step forward into fresh territory rather than going back and using an already used villain who has already been in three Bond films for the sake of the fans. For this I praise EoN for not remaking anything that was already used. Bond is not Batman. Batman villains die and come back all the time. Bond villains don't. Blofeld has seen his day. And it's time for new villains.There is nothing wrong with creating a character like Blofeld, but I don't want to see "Ernst Stavro Blofeld" again.
If Eon can make it work with Le Chiffre (still the best villain of the modern era) then they can make it work with Blofeld.
I never really felt they ever captured the Fleming Blofeld on screen, nor the mechanics of SPECTRE as detailed in the novels. For this reason I think there is definitely room to manouvre. He's such an enigmatic character, that unfortunately became a card board cut-out comic book villain, thanks in no small part to YOLT. Savalas did his best but I still don't think we've ever seen the character absolutely nailed on screen. The advantage of Blofeld is that his character is not time-specific, he could easily be slipped into a modern day scenario. In fact, as others have pointed out, his character could be more relevant now than ever. I wouldn't want the name shoe-horned in, I'd want a fully formed and rounded character, something to get my teeth into. It wouldn't have to span a whole host of films, you could do a Blofeld story across two films and tie it up neatly.
It's funny how some here denounce the Blofeld personality as being passé yet blatantly ignore the similarities between their so-called "fresh ideas" and the interchangeable ones of past glories.
Of course, what you say about Bardem's performance is an echo of mine with "naunced" (see above) and on that we agree. I'm not so sure that I can agree on the rest of your strongly held beliefs with regards to being "completely believable" and "standing toe-to-toe with Craig". I felt LeChiffre did this better in CR at the poker table and when he gave Bond a beating with a rope knot.
I understand you may not have been directing the other comment at me; I still am a bit in the dark as to why you felt the need to add it into your original comments.