Why Blofeld and SPECTRE disappeared from the James Bond movies for decades…
It was all me, James.
Its always been me, the villain played byChristoph Waltzreveals to super spyJames Bond.
The author of all your pain.
The name of that author?
How could the man who escaped every death trap and seduced every woman lose his man?
Blofeld moves to the forefront inOn Her Majestys Secret Service, in which the story turns personal.
Flemings prose describes Blofeld as a large, imposing man with an almost spartan existence.
As in the novel,On Her Majestys Secret Serviceends with Blofeld killing Bonds new wife Tracy.
That movie ends with Bond getting his revenge by killing Blofeld in an explosion.
Blofeld Escapes!
But the over-the-top and comedic nature of Blofelds drubbing also has a more mundane explanation.
Aspects of that screenplay showed up in the 1961 novelThunderball, but Fleming did not credit the others.
As you might expect, McClory announced plans to make his own adaptation ofThunderballin 1975, separate from EON.
After years of false starts, McClory broughtThunderballtoSonyin 1997.
More importantly, SPECTRE made for a strange fit in the more grounded world of the Craig movies.
Should EON turn toward the fantastic with their next Bond movie, then a Blofeld return makes perfect sense.
