Big Mi6 James Bond henchperson ranking game - NUMBER 25

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• 007HallY

  February 28 edited February 28 Posts: 4,699

  QBranch wrote: »

  'Richard' Stamper. Not very German indeed.

  
  It’s not is it? 🤣 I do wonder if he was written as German. Or any nationality specifically. Unlike the good Dr. Kaufman he doesn’t scream German to me in theory.
• QBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.

  February 28 edited February 28 Posts: 14,872

  Previous comment edited after further research:
  
  'The name Richard comes from Old High German and is made up of the words ric and hard. It means "brave ruler" or "strong king".'
• j_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'

  February 28 Posts: 9,163

  As @QBranch already pointed out, Richard is a perfectly normal German name (Richard Wagner, Richard von Weizsäcker), as it is a perfectly normal English and French name. The only difference is the pronunciation. And it is not really a name that is currently used much, but old-fashioned first names tend to come back (Adolf might take a little longer). But I never knew that Stamper's first name was supposed to be Richard. And Dr. Kaufman(n) should be spelled with a double-n at the end.
• goldenswissroyale Switzerland

  12:47am Posts: 4,509

  I ranked Stamper #13. I somehow like this guy as a henchman. He is very mean in his first scene (I like the "knock knock" and him killing all the poor guys in the water is brutal...to be fair, the similar scene with Xenia in GE is more shocking and better, imo). I like how he appears on the ship after harpooning a guy (after Bond's diving scene) and when he is explaining that Kaufmann was like a father for him. And more important: the end fight is good stuff. It's not as good as the GE finale but compared to the TWINE end fight, this is a masterpiece if a fight and the look on his face is gold right before he is killed (Sidenote: Götz Otto said that he still has a scar from Pierce's knife attack.)