Now that you’ve all gotten me to re-analyze Diamonds Are Forever, I noticed what may have been a hint as to the true fate of Blofeld.
In the scene where Bond meets “two Blofelds”, one seated behind a desk, the other sitting on the couch, it seems that “Desk Blofeld” blows his cover with the line “Science was never my strong suit.” This is curious because in the immediately previous movie (OHMSS), Blofeld is titled ‘Doctor’ and behaves and speaks very much like one. Even within his laboratory, hardly weak in science.
Could it be that Desk Blofeld has flubbed his cover and is speaking as his real self, a non-scientist? While Couch Blofeld, who Bond kills, was the true Blofeld that the first cat jumped to?
Then Desk Blofeld, keeps character, and holds Bond under gun guard. Was it that a decoy Blofeld carried on for the remainder of the DAF scheme, fooling the rest of his staff, and set to reap the rewards that the now dead Blofeld planned for?
Wrong Pussy" though DAFConneryBond does say that line very nonchalantly, it could be that he knows it’s the correct one. Tis all about duality and duplicity so …
A Connery Bond who does not resemble the first Connery Bond
Tiffany’s wigs
Removable fingerprints
Bond as Franks
Franks as Bond
Real/phony diamonds
Real/phony money
3 1/2 Blofelds
Plenty as Tiffany
Bond as Hergesheimer
Tiffany as accomplished/airheaded
Mustang on right wheels/Mustang on left wheels
Blofeld as Whyte
Blofeld in drag
What is the “pts”? Pending that, it looks like I can dig it. Marty Blimpman probably didn’t have science ever as his strong suit. Though, an A+ in Cigarette Holder Holding class.
Which means that somewhere “off-screen” there are two Blofeld doubles–the Rosencrantz and Guildenstern of Bond films.
After the killing, do they talk between each other, and decide one will carry on as the “real” Blofeld, and the other as his double? Or do they adopt a schedule where they each play the “real” Blofeld on alternate days?
And does anyone other than the two of them know that the “real” Blofeld has been killed?
That fits with YOLT novel showing that Blofeld has partly cracked mentally, most likely due to his serial defeats against the same agent. From that, I could see former SPECTRE members cleaning their whole act up, creating a “scared straight” program to save young wannabe crime cultists from lethal scuba combat, volcano eruptions, and alpine avalanches.
Here’s the thing with that darn cat: Bond delivers a swift kick that sends it airborne into the arms of one of the Blofelds. The cat chooses nothing; it is a mere projectile, prisoner to the laws of physics, and not “loyal” to either candidate. It’s only because Bond says “wrong pussy” that I eventually figured out what his plan was supposed to be in the script, as opposed to how it was actually filmed.
The real one dies in the pre-credits. The one who makes it through to the end is actually what he turned Irma Bunt into. This explains a lot, not least the penchant for female garb, and should you disagree with my theory I shall find my way to wherever you live and sneer at your haberdashery.
I don’t think you’re wrong about desk Blofeld being a fake.
That said and taking the pre-credits sequence of FYEO into account, I don’t think couch Blofeld was the genuine article either.
Maybe Henderson´s death was also a decoy - he is the real Blofeld. And he´s still living in Japan, in his… garden. Knowing the real Bond will never be going back to Fleming.
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