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Well Gemma Arterton (Agent Strawberry Fields) was born with six fingers and if you read the TSWLM novelisation by Christopher Wood all of this is in fact explained.
Yes, but it's not official, is it? It's solely your opinion and it does not tally with what Christopher Wood wrote in his officially sanctioned novelisation of TSWLM.
Well fair enough.
Sounds a bit like a Klu Klux Klan cook-out, no? Interesting, nonetheless.
Because Bob Simmons! And the fight between Bond and Bouvar was awesome.
Agreed very much on "the power of eyes" as windows to the soul and all that jazz. It's interesting to note that The Master of Disguise himself, Bond's archenemy Ernst Stavro Blofeld actually uses green tint contact lenses to change his appearance in Fleming's OHMSS (1963).
Largo with his eye patch, Dr No's hands, LeChiffe's left eye and so on.
Dominic Green was just a whuzzy and we did not need him at all.
Silva's blond hair...what is it with Bardem movie characters and hair? Have you seen him in the previews of the new Ridley Scott movie, "The Counselor".
Jeez.....
In a more sophisticated way. I thought people would think of Eyes Wide Shut actually. I find Venetian masks very creepy.
Yes, I like your esoteric tastes, just what Bond villains are in need of, in fact.
Yep. That was a creepy scene.
"And you want us to put us in bed with those guys?"
"I need to know that you're with the program, Felix. That you value your career."
Yes, and it realistically reflected the American geopolitical scene too for once, of course.
A new take would be a female lead villainess. And not some hot chick like Electra in TWINE but some middle aged woman like Jessica Lange or Barbara Hershey (she's still smoking at 60-plus, but thats besides the point)
Yes, I like your mask idea and the no deformities one too.
On female villains Kate O'Mara would be a good choice perhaps - she's on record years ago saying she'd love to play a Bond villainess and I'm sure she'd make a great job of it too in a Rosa Klebb and Irma Bunt sense! She has form in the spy area as she was in the Roger Moore The Saint episodes "Double Take", "Counterfeit Countess" and "Fast Women".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_O'Mara
As long as they don't end up imitating V for Vendetta, of course.
Well, no Guy Fawkes of course, simply some elegant yet menacing Venetian masks. If they go slightly the Eyes Wide Shut route I am all for it...;-)
I've not seen that one, but I really need to go now and Google Image Venetian masks, @Ludovico! I love this thread.
Or Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the Thunderball novel.
Darnit, that is what I had written in my double post, which by mistake I lost. I was thinking more about Blofeld, but yes, Jack Spang could work too of course. There might even be a dash of General G from FRWL in it. I think it is always a good idea to go back to Fleming.
Going back to Fleming? Certainly, I'll all for that.
He reminds me, in both appearance and character, of Kristatos. Charnier works better in the French Connection than Kristatos does in For Your Eyes Only, precisely because of how different the two films are. The French Connection is a realistic thriller based on a true story with flawed heroes and a fairly mundane evil plot, as evil plots go. The Bond series is forever fantastical, with a hero who is idealized even as he's flawed, and eternally over-the-top evil plots.