Blofeld cloning procedure/yuckiest death EVER! PLEASE EXPLAIN!

MudBathMan

I can't help but just watch the opening scene from the film Diamonds Are Forever over and over again and just wonder, why does Blofeld use mud baths as part of his plastic surgery technique?

I really feel for the henchman who Blofeld ordered to get into the mud bath. He either had his feet strapped to the bottom of the mud bath (explains why he couldn't get out!) or he was given the biggest pay rise ever (more than what Connery was paid to star in the film for!). In the scene, 3 different stunt men played the mud bath man, with actor/stuntman max Latimer being given the honour of having his face dunked under the muck, lifted out by Connery, splashed with water, and then left to sink back under the muck. Poor actor.

Please reply to me, I'd really like to talk about this unusual scene

Napoleon Plural

Hmm, yeah that is a good question. What does mud have to do with plastic surgery.

In a way, this is a rare hangover from the novel, which features a rough and ready kind of spa where blokes would go to be bathed in mud as a kind of treatment, like a sauna. Bond goes there, and witnesses a brutal punishment meted out by Wint and Kidd to a jockey who threw a race or didn't comply with whatever he was meant to do in it. This meant a load of scorching mud dropped on him.

It's not really the same in the film in context, and I'm not sure about the purpose of that bubbling pool is either. Maybe the mud is to acclimatise the skin?

Welcome to ajb, mudbathman!

Hardyboy

Welcome to AJB, but this isn't an Off-Topic topic. . .to the Films forum it goes! Carry on!

MudBathMan

I also wonder, why did the mud bath man have a pistol in his hand. It is clear to see that when he slowly lifts it from under the mud, the gun barrel is clogged with mud. Bond seems to have been given an unfair advantage to the mud bath man, who was doing nothing to harm Bond. If you listen really carefully, you can hear the poor man plead with Bond to stop him from drowning, but his pleas were muffled by the stream of thick mud that eventually enveloped him. I wonder what would have happened to the man's body. The surgeon must have been horrified to discover his patient had been murdered.

Or perhaps the body was never discovered and his body was left to rot in that filthy mud. How cruel of the Clone Blofeld to mock the man's death, "making mud pies, 007?". He should have called for a medic to rescue the man from the muck. For all we know, Bond could have pulled him out of the muck and resuscitated him. But he just took one look at the man's face, before just letting him sink back under the muck.

Napoleon Plural

Hmmm.

The cut of this poster's jib reminds me of someone. If so, welcome back!

MudBathMan

I've never used this forum before, I just joined. Who is this person who I remind you of?

Napoleon Plural

Yikes! He even uses the same phrases as last time! It's uncanny.

MudBathMan

Are there people on here who talk about the exact same thing? The mud bath bit?

Thunderpussy

I think it's perfectly reasonable for Blofeld to have a mudbath after all his surgery, He could lie back and have a Fag, mabey a can or two and watch the bubbles his F**ts make. Well thats what I'd do anyway. )

thesecretagent

I've never thought about it before - those poor henchmen! Just regular guys picking up a wage at the end of the month. Terrible working conditions, no danger money... )

Grindelwald

Why the gun in the mud.....Id say just for laughs , I doubt the gun could even fire after been in mud

Wint and Kidd far-out

MudBathMan wrote:

Are there people on here who talk about the exact same thing? The mud bath bit?

I don't know if I'm the person that you reminded Napoleon Plural of and I haven't been back for awhile. But when I first joined the very first thing I did was to start a similar sort of thread.

Here's the link http://www.ajb007.co.uk/topic/33469/regarding-the-pts-of-diamonds-are-forever/

Napoleon Plural

No, it was that Rik Whatisname who got banned, there's usually someone who comes out with troll like but actually quite witty threads that get lots of replies, then they overstep the mark and show their hand.

Wint and Kidd far-out

Ah yes I do remember that person you're talking about. I noticed how very rude he was looking over his posts, so I must agree he certainly deserved to be banned.

But I must say this for MudBathMan. I'm positive he definitely is not the same person. I contacted him via e-mail to tell him I had shared the link to my own thread and he thanked me and asked if I could chat with him further about the mud drowning moment personally. (If you read this MudBathMan I've been very busy but I will reply to your e-mail when I can)

He seems like a very nice fellow and he's obviously quite fascinated by this extraordinary scene. I have to admit so am I.

Napoleon Plural

MudBathMan wrote:

I wonder what would have happened to the man's body. The surgeon must have been horrified to discover his patient had been murdered.

Or perhaps the body was never discovered and his body was left to rot in that filthy mud. How cruel of the Clone Blofeld to mock the man's death, "making mud pies, 007?". He should have called for a medic to rescue the man from the muck. For all we know, Bond could have pulled him out of the muck and resuscitated him.

It's the slightly over-egging sympathy for a dying Blofeld henchman accompanied by come by the innocent enquiries that did it for me. Like poor mean Clone Blofeld, no consideration at all...