Written by Mr. Mouseburger 5th Jun 2005
Blofeld's plan for extorting millions from the world's governments lays in ruins. His off shore oil platform lair is being attacked by American forces, and henchmen are being wasted left, right and centre. In the melee, He decides to escape in a quasi-futuristic one man sub/boat combi.
The only flaw in the plan is he needs to be winched to the water. This is where Bond comes in. Throwing the henchman from the crane, he takes the controls of the machine and lifts Blofeld (still in his "craft") back up from the water and proceeds to bash him to death against the control tower on the oil rig.
One of the fun parts in this scene for me is Blofeld still trying to bark orders to the crane operator, even though he must know that this pummelling is not due to an incompetant henchman.
the Blofeld Bond killed at the end of Diamonds Are Forever was still Blofeld's double so does that count as "Cheating Death"?
does Blofeld's archetype count as Baddy (Major)?
Wait, I thought it was really Blofeld but he survived until for your eyes only.
i'm gonna submit the death of the real Ernst Stavro Blofeld in For Your Eyes Only to make sure he stays dead.
I don't think this one counts - Bond bashed him round a bit, we didn't see him die and he turned up again later - he doesn't really qualify as a movie death - not in this movie anyway!
Hi Purpleheart,
i am pretty sure that this is the last confrontation with Blofeld in a Bond film - hence i have considered it his screen death. Being smashed against an exploding oil rig is pretty conclusive to my mind.
There is a character who torments Bond in a later flm (for your eyes only), which has the characteristics of Blofeld (grey suit, white cat), but as he is not named, we cant say for certain this is really Blofeld or an imposter.
Mouseburger
First and foremost, the images for this death are missing, and the archetype too. Next, did Blofeld's craft explode with the rig? I also must back up Eicholtz' argument for "Cheating Death" as he does come back in FYEO.
Another notable part of this death is Bond's homicidal joy as he swings that crane back and forth, he really was ticked about Tracy, (whom I plan to write up soon) despite the fact that she really didn't stand out as a Bond girl! Many people, including me, say that this was not closure enough for OHMSS, saying that the "Welcome to #e11 Blofeld" thing in the PTS was a much more fitting end to the character, I tend to agree with this, seeing as I don't exactly think "homicidal joy" really fits James Bond, but hey, at least he wasn't as nonchalant about killing a hated foe as in the pre-titles of For Your Eyes Only! Strange thing is, originally, the PTS was the end for blofeld, and the villain was going to be, get this... Goldfinger's brother!
p.s. How about "Machinery", as the crane was obviously not intended to kill.
What is PTS? I don't think you mean the company Plumbing Trade Supplies.
The Pre-Title Sequence, the little bit of action in Bond films that usually comes before the song.
With all due respect, Mr. Mouseburger, actually Blofeld did survive the crane-bashing (although how he escaped the exploding rig in time is unknown) and returned to wreak havoc on Bond in For Your Eyes Only. While the credits do not credit him as such it is clearly Blofeld (why else would he have a Persiant cat, be in a wheelchair or have a neck brace) Wikipedia does clearly say that it is him. Check out the List of James Bond Villains section (don't you dare reprimand me for using Wikipedia since I know for a fact that you do so too).
Everyone seems convinced that the guy in For Your Eyes Only is Blofeld, but I honestly don't think it is. I'm a huge Bond fan and this is what I believe:
Blofeld's fate in this film (DAF) is not guaranteed, and this was the case even before his 'double' appeared in FYEO. The fact that you don't see his corpse, he isn't seen when the explosions go off and Bond abandons the crane leaves it up to the audience to decide whether he is actually dead or not. Then Mr. Kidd and Mr. Wint turn up afterwards on the cruiser, and this raises more interesting questions. Do they appear because the producers needed to kill them off before the credits? Did they track Bond down to exact revenge on him for their employer's death? Do they simply want to finish the job of killing Bond once and for all?... Or did a 'Not quite dead...' Blofeld send them? Mysteries abound...
I quite liked the uncertainty of Blofeld's supposed demise in this film, and I don't think that the death of the bald man with the cat in FYEO is supposed to confirm it either. Again, I think it's up to the audience to decide whether this is Blofeld or not (and I personally don't think it is), and again leaving it up to them to decide whether he dies in this film, died in the previous film, or doesn't die at all.