Blofeld Behind Everything Actually Helps Skyfall Make Some Sense (Page 2 of 3)

I'd agree.  Silva is "crazy," whereas Blofeld is "sociopathic."

It's an interesting interpretation, though I don't think it's how it was intended.   Occam's Razor:  Blofeld says he is the author of all of Bond's pain (starting with with Vesper), White works for him, the DNA is all on the ring, all of them work for Blofeld, as is implied.

The thing I don't get about SP's retcon is how both Le Chiffre and Mr White are claimed as employees of SPECTRE. In CR, Le Chiffre and Mr White don't appear to belong to the same organization. Mr White's organization makes the introduction of LeChiffre to Obanno, and they eliminate Le Chiffre when he loses Obanno's money because of the reputational damage he's caused to the quality of their referrals. The clear implication is that Le Chiffre is an independent player, handled by the organization as an agency but not a member of that organization himself.

The middle-aged Asian dude with the grey ponytail who's in CR, among the poker players on the high table, seems to be the same guy looking over the balcony, next to Bond, at SPECTRE's board meeting in the Italian villa. Perhaps it's part of the retcon that at the poker table he was one of Mr White's associates, an agent of SPECTRE/Quantum charged with keeping an eye on Le Chiffre as Le Chiffre attempted to recoup Obanno's money.

Last edited by Shady Tree (14th Mar 2016 21:50)

Ah, sorry... I missed that.

Whatever issues there may be with the retcon - however clunky it may seem - it gives rise to a brilliant main titles sequence which takes a cue from the OHMSS main titles in flashing back to iconic figures from previous movies... that alone justifies the retcon!

I didn't like the idea of Silva being a part of Spectre either. I'm fine with Le Chiffre and Greene, but Silva seemed like he was doing it alone and what he was doing was personal.

On the reach of Blofeld's tentacles...

I'm more concerned, really, with the way in which SP's retcon imagery seems to imply a lowlier place for Greene in the rank order of Craig-era villains than even Mr White. True, Greene is namechecked by Blofeld alongside Le Chiffre and Silva, and his image appears on Q's laptop as well as theirs, but, crucially, his standing is diminished by an absence of his image from the main titles line-up of iconic blasts from the past; and his mugshot is missing from the makeshift gallery erected by Blofeld to taunt Bond inside the condemned MI6 headquarters at Vauxhall. It's almost as if QOS is being snubbed by these two notable exclusions for its principal villain; it's as though the franchise is acknowledging the troubled reputation of QOS in popular opinion, by sidelining Greene. Shame. I'm now a card-carrying QOS convert; a won-over, revisionist, QOS enthusiast... and Greene is my favourite reboot-era villain!

Last edited by Shady Tree (15th Mar 2016 21:17)

You saw his face & that's enough for me.