But as before, you half expect Blofeld to offer Lazenby a lollipop and ask "Who Loves Ya Baby"Īfter that, Blofeld with Charles Gray (or is it Dikko Henderson), suddenly features a head of hair, and the head of SPECTRE takes to dressing up as a woman ? We didn't actually see the character until 1967, and why didn't Donald Pleasance return in the role ? He survived the last picture, and what do they do ? - Bring in Kojak of all things, although Telly Savalas did do a good job that year, I'll give him that much. I hope it never sees the light of dayīut if we go back to the when Ernst was featured, there was some ridiculous inconsistencies for sure. Character has been defunct for over 40 years and I can't take to a return now. Re-boot or not, simply has no place in todays James Bond. I don't like to maybe talk about Blofeld, as it invariably turns to "Blofeld should return" in that - No, he shouldn't. I'd love to hear your views on this vexed subject of Blofeld in the films. No-DAF years and to create a freelance villain that was interesting in his own light and that didn't have to rely on the SPECTRE claptrap as his organisation - he had much more to do as an actor as a result - a great gift that was partly squandered due to Tom Mankiewicz's script.
I do think that with Kananga there was a deliberate attempt to move away from all of the Blofeld/SPECTRE crap of the Dr.
I intend to look at the filmic Blofeld in an article called 'The Many Deaths of Ernst Stavro Blofeld (1964-1981)'. In FYEO we had Blofeld (with neck-brace from OHMSS incarnation) completely blanking DAF as it in turn completely blanks DAF and Blofeld here acts as the punch line to a rather long and silly visual joke in the pre-titles sequence that seems at odds with the revert to serious Bond that summed up the whole FYEO film experience.
#SPECTRE CAST BLOFELD PLUS#
Blofeld could have been such a better villain in the film series, as it is he's a pantomine villain from a cartoon strip - a Dr Evil influence in Pleasance form or a fey, theatrical and campy Blofeld as played by Gray in DAF - plastic surgery perhaps explains this face change (Gray also dresses in drag), plus his fate is left unclear. Telly Savalas was bald like Donald Pleasance, and he had the requisite "missing earlobes" but he was the only one to reflect some of the characterisation of the Blofeld of the books. Why could Charles Gray not just have played a character called Jack Spang or Sigmund Stromberg - he had grey hair like the Blofeld of OHMSS, but he was a very poor Blofeld. All three Blofelds look different/behave differently. Why then do so many differemnt type of actors portray him on the screen - why not just have the same actor from YOLT to DAF (which in itself, was filmed out of continuity). We know from the original Bond novels that Blofeld is a master of disguise - this being so, he changes his appearance through plastic surgery and weight-loss/facial hair, contact lenses etc.
#SPECTRE CAST BLOFELD SERIES#
I know that this is a comment that could be made about other characters in the James Bond film series (Felix Leiter, Chief of Staff etc.), but here goes on Blofeld:
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