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I believe this is true, I read that because the Blofeld part in OHMSS was much more physically demanding (ski chases, bobsleigh runs etc.) Pleasance would of been unsuitable. I think it was a valid decision to change the actor, Bond had changed, the tone of the films had changed and it probably did stop audiences from wondering why Blofeld didn't recognise Bond after their last encounter.
I definitely think Savalas got the most to do/best script for his time as Blofeld than either Pleasance or Gray. Definitely a better script than Gray got...
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kxF371gMSro/SIE0o0-c8lI/AAAAAAAAC1Y/6ZBC5zboMO4/s320/blofeld.jpg
Apparently a substantial amount of his screen time was edited out in the final cut, still if it was done to save the entire sequence of Kim Bassinger dancing about badly in a pink leotard to dodgy 80's music, well it was probably a worthwhile sacrifice! ;)
That's funny because General has been used even more.
General Gogul, General Orlov, General Pushkin, General Koskov, General Ourumov, General Chang, General Moon and finally General Medrano.
Yes I did have the exact same thoughts as you @Murdock
And not forgetting the US General at the circus in OP :-)
And not actually seen on screen but namechecked - General Russhon.
I admit this is probably a minor question in the movie with ice palaces and invisible cars and flagrant violations of the laws of physics.
He's James Bond, he can do anything.
...even parasail away from a falling iceberg, as embarrassing as that is to know and see.
Seriously, though, any time someone cuts their own hair in a film, it always ends up looking like some professional salon job. It's just how it works.
A colonel is going to be someone around the age of 50 and it is very likely that a Colonel is also a field officer. You also have to remember that the Colonel the Army equivalent to a Naval Captain which would outrank Bond.
I'm not asking about the funds from the British government, but only about his personal accounts. Does he have stocks or investments? His parents seemed rich because Bond inherited a lodge or manor--whatever it's called in UK. Can someone confirm or cite evidence from novels or movies?
yes but generals I understand, they are higher ranking.
I guess rogue field marshals would be pushing it;-) but why those colonels? For at least some of them they could have been generals.
I've wondered that myself. Sometimes it seems as if he just pretends the lifestyle as required for his cover. Though his home in London, as written, is richie rich, it was likely nice back then but not worth the millions of pounds it would be today.
I like to think that he supplements his government pay with gambling winnings and such. I also suspect that he would never pay a cover or have to pay his tab much of the time.
I he creatively lives a rich lifestyle without being rich.
After Bond and Holly have made the surprisingly small jump from the cable car, how did Drax deploy the bogus Ambulance crew to capture Bond and Holly so quickly?
Does he have rent a villain bogus medical crew on standby for just such an occasion?
They were part of Jaws and the bald guy's posse and the plan was for Jaws to climb onto the cable car and kill/subdue Bond and Holly then when the cable car came back to the station Jaws would pose as a doctor and they would be taken away in the ambulance. The ambulance guys watched the whole thing from the cable car station car park (which is conveniently located 10 seconds drive from where Bond and Holly landed) so when the plan when tits up they used their initiative.
Possibly.
Or maybe they were just an ambulance crew gone bad. Perhaps they were involved in an organ harvesting criminal enterprise and just happened upon Bond and Goodhead by chance :-)
During his banter with Vesper, I think there's a clue
Vesper Lynd: All right... by the cut of your suit, you went to Oxford or wherever. Naturally you think human beings dress like that. But you wear it with such disdain, my guess is you didn't come from money, and your school friends never let you forget it. Which means that you were at that school by the grace of someone else's charity: hence that chip on your shoulder. And since you're first thought about me ran to "orphan," that's what I'd say you are.
[he (Bond) smiles but says nothing]
-I think by the grace of someone else's charity refers to her aunt, Charmain Bond.
Or, Vesper is plainly wrong with her assumption
I've always wondered that. Especially at the end of the scene when he picks the shotgun up again and fires at them as they make their escape by car. Surely from that distance, rock salt can have no effect!
I think it would kind of ruin the genteel quiche and bottle of wine ambience if Bond had just double tapped three blokes brains all over Stacey's front room.
I don't think he is, although he comes into money sporadically when he wins at cards, etc, I think Bond is definitely middle class. In MR it is said that M is not a rich man, and he's a high ranking naval officer and head of MI6!
That's so funny. Brilliant as ever Wiz :))