For all you espionage thriller writers out there...

Hibik · Unread post by **Hibik** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 10:27 pm

The Villain always dies... unless it's Blofield.

The Beast · Unread post by **The Beast** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 6:31 am

Didn't Bond finally kill him off? I think 007 dropped him down a smoke stack, but that could have been the opening to one he was in. I know he hasn't been in one since Roger Moore played him, or soon after Moore began playing him.

Great, now you're making me break out the box sets. :nh:

Guest · Unread post by **Guest** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 11:34 am

I see they forgot the part, after "Bond gets to bed the Good Bond Girl", where Q tries to contact Bond and either succeeds (in which case he usually disconnects after a witty comment (or in disgust)) or fails and the phone/video communicator/what-have-you gets knocked over in the throes of passion.

The Beast · Unread post by **The Beast** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 3:19 am

Ranger wrote:Yes, he did die in the beginning of a movie. Just not sure which one.

I want to say Man With the Golden Gun. That is one of, if not the first without SPECTRE involved in it.

Guest · Unread post by **Guest** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 12:32 pm

MaddogMatarese wrote:
Ranger wrote:Yes, he did die in the beginning of a movie. Just not sure which one.

I want to say Man With the Golden Gun. That is one of, if not the first without SPECTRE involved in it.

Hmm...that's the same one that came to my mind as well.

Tinker Dragoon · Sun Jan 01, 2006 7:32 pm

Kuseru Satsujin wrote:
MaddogMatarese wrote:
Ranger wrote:Yes, he did die in the beginning of a movie. Just not sure which one.

I want to say Man With the Golden Gun. That is one of, if not the first without SPECTRE involved in it.

Hmm...that's the same one that came to my mind as well.

I think it was For Your Eyes Only, although the character who died in that opening scene was officially referred to only as "Bald Man with White Cat" for some reason...

The Beast · Unread post by **The Beast** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 2:34 am

Tinker Dragoon wrote:
Kuseru Satsujin wrote:
MaddogMatarese wrote:
Ranger wrote:Yes, he did die in the beginning of a movie. Just not sure which one.

I want to say Man With the Golden Gun. That is one of, if not the first without SPECTRE involved in it.

Hmm...that's the same one that came to my mind as well.

I think it was For Your Eyes Only, although the character who died in that opening scene was officially referred to only as "Bald Man with White Cat" for some reason...

Well Blofield was bald & had a cat, and SPECTRE hasn't made any appearance since then, so who else could it have been?

Tinker Dragoon · Mon Jan 02, 2006 4:35 am

Nah, everyone knows it was Blofeld, and they made it pretty obvious in the movie, it's just that they couldn't actually say it was Blofeld due to a copyright battle between Ian Fleming, EON Productions, and producer Kevin McClory.

Basically, all characters originating from the novel version of Thunderball were no longer available to EON and MCA/Universal after 1975. This is also why Blofeld and SPECTRE would never again appear in a James Bond film, with the single exception of McClory's own Never Say Never Again, released by rival studio Warner Bros.

The Beast · Unread post by **The Beast** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 12:01 am

Well that would explain it then.

sinestus · Unread post by **sinestus** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 5:43 pm

i think i prefer the
Tom Clancy Plot Generator a little better.