Poll: Best Blofeld

Best Blofeld

Donald Pleasance (YOLT)
29
59%
Telly Savalas (OHMSS)
16
33%
Charles Gray (DAF)
4
8%
John Hollis (FYEO)
0
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Total votes: 49

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Count_Lippe wrote:None of them were particularly good and my favourite Blofeld has always been the faceless character in FRWL and TB, so I can't make a vote here sorry.

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I can go with that
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Wow, I really do not understand how Donald Pleasance is getting the better vote. He was neither threatening nor convincing as a dangerous man compared to Savalas' more physical Blofeld. Although I'll give Pleaseance one compliment, he's better than Gray.
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Well for a guy who controls a worldwide organization (which controls a bunch of other smaller organizations) the guy wouldn't really need to lift a finger. The cold calculating Himmler take was deliciously sinister. This onscreen Blofeld ties in best with the calm voiced Blofeld of FRWL and TB. 8)
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Red Grant wrote:Well for a guy who controls a worldwide organization (which controls a bunch of other smaller organizations) the guy wouldn't really need to lift a finger. The cold calculating Himmler take was deliciously sinister. This onscreen Blofeld ties in best with the calm voiced Blofeld of FRWL and TB. 8)
So he should basically a weak character who can't do anything besides stroking his cat? Quite a compelling nemesis for Bond. What I like about the Savalas Blofeld is that after everyone failed him he finally steps up and turns out to be a good match for Bond physically. It would have been nice to have DAF continue Bond's vengeance with a well performed brawl out. If I were a guy who controls a worldwide organization I would keep up in shape for efficiancy sake because you never know when you might have an assassin sneak past the guards. When all else fails, use your fists. That's a lesson Stromberg had to learn the hard way.
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stockslivevan wrote:So he should basically a weak character who can't do anything besides stroking his cat?
Would you call the FRWL Blofeld weak? Because that's what he was doing too.
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Red Grant wrote:
stockslivevan wrote:So he should basically a weak character who can't do anything besides stroking his cat?
Would you call the FRWL Blofeld weak? Because that's what he was doing too.
You misunderstood. I was talking about the Pleasance Blofeld, not the predecessor. The predecessor at least sounded more menacing and when you don't show his face that's a pretty good build up for a revalation, which Pleasance failed to do by bringing nothing new to the character besides a weaker voice and a scar. It was a good opportunity to bring Bond's nemesis to the big screen and they failed to present him as menacing. Even Christopher Walken was more of a villain. In OHMSS it seems exactly like a do-over. There was a connection to all the previous Bond films except YOLT, with the introduction of a more menacing Blofeld being the most obvious. He still had that cat yet became more involved in the film.
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1. Donald Pleasence
2. Charles Gray
3. Telly Savalas
4. John Hollis
5. Face-less Blofeld
6. Max Von Sydow
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I love Charles Gray as an actor generaly, so I'll vote for him.
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I take back the remark about Gray, I actually find him more fun to watch now than Pleasence.

So a question for you folks, why is Pleasence a good Blofeld?
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stockslivevan wrote:I take back the remark about Gray, I actually find him more fun to watch now than Pleasence.

So a question for you folks, why is Pleasence a good Blofeld?
I think my feelings are coloured by the fact that he was the first actor to be seen as Blofeld, not counting those who were only seen as hands stroking a white cat. He therefore defined it in the same way that Connery defined Bond.
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I can't say the same. He was my first Blofeld but there was never any impact for me. Perhaps Austin Powers spoiled it. Even without Powers I don't think I would have liked him anyway. Connery was menacing while Blofeld sounded like a shouting crow.
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To those like myself who aren't fans of Donald Pleaseance's portyal of Blofeld in YOLT would you like this portryl better?:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Blof ... Werich.jpg

This was supposed to be the original Blofeld but Albert Broccoli didn't think he was very intimidating.
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James1090 wrote:To those like myself who aren't fans of Donald Pleaseance's portyal of Blofeld in YOLT would you like this portryl better?:

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This was supposed to be the original Blofeld but Albert Broccoli didn't think he was very intimidating.
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Kristatos wrote:
James1090 wrote:To those like myself who aren't fans of Donald Pleaseance's portyal of Blofeld in YOLT would you like this portryl better?:

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This was supposed to be the original Blofeld but Albert Broccoli didn't think he was very intimidating.
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That's what Craig will look like in his 5th Bond. :lol:
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Gary Seven wrote:
Kristatos wrote:
James1090 wrote:To those like myself who aren't fans of Donald Pleaseance's portyal of Blofeld in YOLT would you like this portryl better?:

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This was supposed to be the original Blofeld but Albert Broccoli didn't think he was very intimidating.
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That's what Craig will look like in his 5th Bond. :lol:
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James1090 wrote:To those like myself who aren't fans of Donald Pleaseance's portyal of Blofeld in YOLT would you like this portryl better?:

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This was supposed to be the original Blofeld but Albert Broccoli didn't think he was very intimidating.
Amazing, and Pleaseance didn't seem to make a difference either.
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James1090's Blofeld would have now been an iconic figure if he had been cast. But I would not cat him now!
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I gave Telly Savalas a bump because he was skunked in the elimination game.
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1. Faceless Blofeld
2. Telly Sevalas
3. Donald Pleasance
4. Charles Gray
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I agree that perhaps Blofeld should of always remained faceless,but I'm sure this would of been hard to sustain over a period of movies, so I'll go with Telly Savalas. although I did enjoy D Pleasance ( his portrail is now an Icon),Charles Grey could of been better except with DAF they went for a much lighter script.
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