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I am not a fan of TSWLM but it would have been a better send off for Blofeld. Anthony Burgess in his script had imagine for the villain "a gross Orson Welles in a wheelchair". Imagine Blofeld like this for his last showdown.
There is no way they can know. Not only that Bond survived, but that Carver went down with the ship. There's nothing to suggest either as far as what the Royal Navy know.
I can't see any reason why they couldn't leave it as Bond missing. Carvers whereabouts unknown, presumed dead.
The audience knows. Exactly how long were Bond and Wai Lin prepared to float around on the debris? Makes no sense, sloppy ending for me.
I understand they called in case they were alive.
It would of been great, hell you could say the same with Moonraker. Drax's plan sounds a lot like a plan Blofeld would do.
The ship? Yes, but it's said to M that "Carver went down with the ship. Seems that Bond made it." There's no way they could know either of these things, while subsequently being unaware of Bond's fate.
I have a soft spot for YOLT. Aki is underrated in the Bond canon.
I love it too, however it ranks around the middle of my list
I'll second that.
If there's a movie I forget about entirely, it's YOLT. Falls in the not-that-bad, not-that-great category. Connery's boredom with the role becomes noticeable.
Once i read the book the movie became a really bad taste in my mouth
Agreed...at least there is still good material to be used from the book,as from DAF and TMWTGG.
They need to start using some of it !!
I don't really think it helps that they filmed the books all out of early. What really should've followed Thunderball was OHMSS. Connery was not happy with the direction the films were taking, he was quite interested in going back to the style of Dr. No and FRWL, and allowing more character development. That wasn't what YOLT offered. Despite being a good movie in my opinion, and one of the most memorable in the whole series, it felt too much like it was becoming parody, not to mention the stresses of filming in Japan must've pissed Connery as well. I love the OHMSS we have now, but to see Connery in OHMSS followed by YOLT would've been amazing.
Eon didn't want OHMSS to follow TB, as they saw it as "TB on skis." But to pick YOLT and upend the series order was really strange.