I think he'll be back also, along with Mr. Hinx. All this discussion regarding how realistic Blofeld's motivation to hate Bond, murder his father etc can be summed up simply: Blofeld is a crazy, meglomaniac, evil genius Bond villain. They do stuff like that. -{
I agree that the Blofeld motivation/childhood angle seemed to be awkward.
But it didn't have to be!
Maybe just 60 seconds of dialogue between Bond and Blofeld in which Blofeld gave an actual example of how he felt betrayed by his father would've gone a long way to explaining his motivation, something that anybody could understand as being very hurtful.
In SF, Silva had an actual reason to hate M. We don't get that in SP.
It would surprise me if Mr. Hinx just break in the jail and bends the iron of Blofelds cel, just like Jaws could have done in the past
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I have an idea for what they should have did with Blofeld.
Make Franz Obenhauser a CEO of a Private Military Corporation called Octave. But he died 20 years ago just after the company was indicted for corruption (because of competitors trying to take over). And then it's revealed half-way into the movie that he faked his death and became Blofeld.
For whatever its warts are, it's a much more sinister believable way to introduce Blofeld.
I thought it was a bit cheesy although I guess it explains why he wants to ruin Bond as well as world domination. I feel though that unless they're going to have some ambiguity (Bond being colder/more unlikeable as a child or having done something to Blofeld that would be a stronger catalyst for hating him). Because we can't see how Bond was treated in comparison to Blofeld as a child then the motivation will never have his full power.
IMO GE created a believable motivation for Alec, who had a genuine reason to want revenge against Bond and to commit treason. 'Sibling' jealousy is far too nebulous a motivation; there needed to be a 'moment' that acted as a catalyst for these feelings in order to give the personal agenda some thrust.
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But it didn't have to be!
Maybe just 60 seconds of dialogue between Bond and Blofeld in which Blofeld gave an actual example of how he felt betrayed by his father would've gone a long way to explaining his motivation, something that anybody could understand as being very hurtful.
In SF, Silva had an actual reason to hate M. We don't get that in SP.
Make Franz Obenhauser a CEO of a Private Military Corporation called Octave. But he died 20 years ago just after the company was indicted for corruption (because of competitors trying to take over). And then it's revealed half-way into the movie that he faked his death and became Blofeld.
For whatever its warts are, it's a much more sinister believable way to introduce Blofeld.
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IMO GE created a believable motivation for Alec, who had a genuine reason to want revenge against Bond and to commit treason. 'Sibling' jealousy is far too nebulous a motivation; there needed to be a 'moment' that acted as a catalyst for these feelings in order to give the personal agenda some thrust.