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Of course, there’s no guarantee Amazon won’t try bringing back other villains like Dr. No.
I hope so too. It provides both atmosphere and suspense.
I don't think they'll hold off that long: he's one the most recognisable villains not merely in the Bond franchise, but in all franchises.
If Blofeld returns, I wish they would do him with fewer of the cliches like the bald head, the scar, the white cat. Of these three, the cat is the signifier that it's Blofeld to the general audience, right? The shapeshifter of the novels would be welcome.
One of the missed opportunities of the Craig era was that they didn't establish Jesper Christensen as Blofeld because he did something very interesting with Mr. White that he easily could have pivoted into Blofeld. I mean, he's an amazing actor.
It is going to be tempting to Amazon to reboot a villain in any case, and Dr. No is a good choice. Frobe's GF may be too iconic to reboot, but you never know.
Personally I wouldn’t want to see any new adaptations, at least on the big screen. If they did faithful adaptations they could probably function best as direct to streaming since they’re low key thrillers without insane set pieces like the Madagascar chase.
Really curious.... have you watched the original TV series? The movies really miss the core of what made the original IMF so special. As a stand alone series the MI films HAVE gotten better over the years except for this final one which is getting reamed by reviewers.
I have seen it, I never really loved it to be fair. I mainly saw the early seasons where everything usually went like clockwork and it was quite undramatic and sterile; I understand as it went on they introduced more of the plans going wrong and added a bit more jeopardy. I don't think the films lose the good stuff from the show, indeed stuff like the hospital bed opening to Fallout actively riffs on gags from the show, like the Submarine episode.
Not really true it's being reamed by reviewers either, a lot are very positive, some don't like it.
After SP and NTTD, it'd be hard to sink the character lower.
Yes, I agree, with all of your viewpoints. But in today's internet leaks and rumors, it would be hard to keep Blofeld's actor a secret.
Blofeld is too iconic with Bond not to be used. Dr. No and Goldfinger have been brought back already, in comics, but still. There are a number of old Bond villains that could be done in a modern day. I also think that there are chances unused Fleming material and a continuation novel or two could be filmed. Jack Reacher could be an example that they use, only from a cinematic viewpoint.
Anyway, Blofeld's a tricky character to get right. Without that personal, 'our paths have crossed' element with Bond, he's just a generic villain.
I really hope when Cruise is done with these films that we get a revival series that brings back an emphasis on the team and mind game heists. No more big showy stunts. I become less impressed with those the more Cruise pushes for those because it’s less about entertainment and more about his inflated ego. It only got worse with people hailing him as some savior of cinema with the TOP GUN sequel.
Agree totally!
My service users have asked me to bring them to see it. After the tedious last effort, I'm not looking forward to it!
It's just my gut feeling talking, which of course is always right. No, but seriously, I do think he'll be introduced fairly early on,although not as a main villain. They can still have one off villains, like they did with Connery, even though Blofeld and SPECTRE were there early on.
I hope they develop the personal angle instead of just throwing it in. Nemesis are like any kind of relationship: they need to develop. That's why I far prefer the Batman Joker nemesis in TDK than in the Burton movie. They made it personal, they didn't force it.
Keep the essence of what Bond is, but always aim to move forwards
It’s tricky to tell at this point, but it could go either way. While Blofeld’s cat, scar, and bald head are quite iconic for the films, I don’t think that character has the ‘Joker’ expectation Batman has, for example. It’d be unusual not having a Joker in a new Batman series at all, but including SPECTRE in a new Bond film would be noteworthy.
It could work though. Or it won’t. There have plenty of ropey Moriartys in Sherlock Holmes adaptations (ie Andrew Scott) and some good ones (Jared Harris) and I’d say that’s a character more comparable to Blofeld than Joker is for Batman if that makes sense.
Well, that's why they can do a remake. There's room to do something different.
I think the modern way should be...just make him a stealthy villain. An elusive villain. Like the earlier films suggested. The one that uses his voice to taunt Bond. Bond finding it hard to locate him. Yeah, stuffs like that.
Also, I agree @Jordo007 Blofeld should be the only Bond villain that should keep showing up in different eras.
Sure, but ultimately it’s doubtful they’d stray too far into something different or completely scrap that James Bond film iconography (ie. Would any ordinary viewer recognise a version of Blofeld who didn’t at some point have his white cat? Or have some sort of spin on his plans in the early films etc).
But sure, they could do something different to an extent, and that’s fine. But I imagine there will be a spin more in the EON films, and I don’t think it’ll necessarily mean much in terms of keeping a thread to Fleming.
I don't know why they can't be given the same treatment they're already giving the main character.
I agree with that. Not trying to argue Blofeld or Bond can’t be reimagined. I’m just saying it doesn’t guarantee that Fleming inspiration/influence you mentioned.
They kept the Nehru jacket throughout all of them that Pleasance first had to be fair. I’m sure there’s other overlaps too, albeit superficial ones.
I’m not sure it guarantees anything honestly. Truth is we don’t know what he’d do as a director, under what circumstances he’d accept, and I suspect much of it depends on what Amazon and the producers want. Anyway, if Sam Mendes can make a film like SP, or Danny Boyle be hired to write/direct a Bond film under the condition Bond die at the end, I have no doubt a director like Cuarón could make a 007 film where something ‘weird’ happens.
Films have long timelines. I mean, look at the pre production of CR. We know the script began being written in May ‘04, and Campbell was announced as director in February ‘05. Bond 26 is at an even earlier stage compared to that. Also, at the current time the Cuaron stuff is just rumours as far as we know. It could be true, but he may not be directing in practice.