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It didn't quite work though. I think mainly because the role was miscast.
And underwritten, and too hammy, and given a terrible name (Ernst Stavro Blofeld -> Brad Whitaker(!))
Yes that too. But I don't know if a better actor could have salvaged some of it. Koskov was not exactly well written either, but Krabbe does give weight to the role.
Krabbe makes him memorable and certainly does a better job than Joe Don Baker, but doesn't quite give him weight. He's a bit too hammy for that. Koskov comes off as a wacky goof rather than a villain. The general silliness of Koskov and Whitaker was without a doubt TLD's greatest weakness.
Please. :))
It's James Bond. The series with hollowed-out volcano lairs. Ridiculous villains are par for the course.
The villains still have to be menacing. Anyway that is off topic.
He is a intelligent terrorist who is advanced at hand to hand combat and is advanced at weaponry. He wants revenge on England
Sounds like an update of Sir Hugo Drax, only more physical.
Yes, I think that the revenge aspect for villain motivation was well enough covered in Skyfall. I doubt that we'll see that again for a while.
Stunning originality. Suggest you e-mail EON post haste as they will surely want you on board as a scriptwriter.
Perhaps there could also be a beautiful girl who Bond shags and a car with gadgets? =D>
The Great Sarcasmo strikes again!!! :))
I had an idea for a stupid terrorist, but not so sure.;-) I don't want to be cruel, but "advanced at" sounds like a video game character.
Well I mean really....?
As if you didn't know...!
Which makes me wonder: what would be the profession of the head of Quantum? The ruling members seem to come from the highest circles of politics and espionage (mixed of course with international businessmen), so what should the head of Quantum, if indeed there is a leader, be by trade?
I would love to see a pirate kind of villain, maybe freely modeled after Captain Nemo. Although for Bond 24 I want a villain motivated by something else than revenge.
I think we got the Captain Nemo with Stromberg in TSWLM. after half a century Bond has covered the whole spectrum of bad guys...maybe not.
Mr. White is still out there...waiting...and waiting....
I would like to see them use the villians they had originally envisioned for TSWLM...a group of young Turks from every known terrorist group of the late sixties and seventies who take over SPECTRE, kill the old guard and decide to destroy civilization and start all over.
But Stromberg belonged to scifi territory. I would have someone more believable. I love the idea of a modern day pirate in a Bond movie. After all, piracy is still a problem.
Obviously such a rich warlord could have a proper lair, and even some grander scheme in which the attacks on specifically British shipping would be a 'personal' twist against England, leaving room for some backstory as simple as 'once was humiliated by some Brit'.
Plus, how about an actor or a magician as a profession of a future villain. I'm thinking here of David Dragonpol from John Gardner's Never Send Flowers specifically. He was an ex-actor turned serial killer. All I can say is: inspired!
Yes it could. Are there any pirates using any sort of submarine? I know modern day pirates often use small boats. Still, a pirate with more resources and better equipment could be a great starting point for a plot.
That would be a good way to start off a new story. I think that there would be some interesting things that they could do with such a setup that could be a bit different from what we've seen in the previous films.
I'd like to see Bond square off against someone that can match him both physically and mentally. The last few villains we've had have been more of the cerebral type. I think it's time for Bond to come across a main villain that actually poses a physical danger to him and who might actually have the upper hand on him if they engaged in hand-to-hand combat.
And I have just started Djibouti by Elmore Leonard, which is about modern day pirates. I think the time may be up for a contemporary pirates story for the big screen.
Indeed. John Gardner's already been there as I indicated above.