The Garden Of Death
Jarvio
EnglandPosts: 4,241MI6 Agent
So what exactly is this garden anyway? I'm not much of a reader I'm ashamed to say, and the only bond book I've read is LALD, which was years ago. But this "garden of death" stuff sounds intriguing - what is it? (But maybe use spoiler tags for the sake of others who have not read YOLT)
1 - LALD, 2 - AVTAK, 3 - LTK, 4 - OP, 5 - NTTD, 6 - FYEO, 7 - SF, 8 - DN, 9 - DAF, 10 - TSWLM, 11 - OHMSS, 12 - TMWTGG, 13 - GE, 14 - MR, 15 - TLD, 16 - YOLT, 17 - GF, 18 - DAD, 19 - TWINE, 20 - SP, 21 - TND, 22 - FRWL, 23 - TB, 24 - CR, 25 - QOS
1 - Moore, 2 - Dalton, 3 - Craig, 4 - Connery, 5 - Brosnan, 6 - Lazenby
1 - Moore, 2 - Dalton, 3 - Craig, 4 - Connery, 5 - Brosnan, 6 - Lazenby
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I admit I haven't read YOLT but it sounds downright bizarre! You are disappointed that Roald Dahl ditched this material?
(Irma Bunt) wearing a Japanese suit of armour and with a resplendent butterfly net hat. Blofeld also appears in a full Japanese suit of armour, complete with samurai sword. The idea of wearing the armour is to protect the two villains from the many lethal inhabitants of their poisonous garden creation.
"Bond is shot in the side of the head as he drifts away on the warning sign attached to the helium balloon. As a result of this, Bond loses his memory, and stays with the love interest in the novel, Kissy Suzuki, living the simple life of a Japanese fisherman called Taro Todoroki, until he realises his past life had a lot to do with Russia, and Kissy Suzuki sends him on his way there, with a brainwashed Bond returning to his old self..."
Personally, I find it rather funny how fans associate Fleming with being more realistic and serious. I've found his novels to be quite a mixed bag....take the enormously stupid battle with the giant squid as the climax of Dr. No.
1. GE 2. MR 3. OP 4. TMWTGG 5. TSWLM 6. TND 7. TWINE 8.DN 9. GF 10. AVTAK
(running and ducking from the imminent crossfire from the faithful)
“It reads better than it lives.” T. Case
Yes, but if our conception of James Bond films was different, then it might have been acceptable as the final showdown between Bond and Blofeld in Japan. I prefer the book to the film. YOLT, TSWLM and MR are all films the show the filmic Bond art his most outlandish, and sadly this is the image of Bond that most comes to mind when you mention "James Bond" to Joe Public. I'm currently writing another article on just this subject matter - it will appear on The Bondologist Blog soon!
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Oh, I remember reading a Review of the Book that mentioned it.
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Blofeld's Garden of Death (if you don't know) features many different natural methods for people to commit suicide. There are several potentials described. Blofeld wears the suit of armour to protect himself from the various barbs and stings he has accumulated in his dilapidated castle.
Roald Dahl alluded to this very slightly in his screenplay by having Blofeld's private quarters vaguely resemble a 'Japanese garden' complete with a fresh water pool full of piranahs (did I spell that right?).
I don't want to comment on the rest of Dahl's script, he hated the novel, I don't really understand why Eon asked him to pen it; it didn't help the underlying theme of the novel (redemption through revenge) is lost as OHMSS hadn't been filmed
As you know from my article, I couldn't agree more! Terrible wasted opportunity! They filmed the Blofeld Trilogy in totally the wrong way! Only TB and OHMSS were any good!