![]() Coincidentally, the three from KRYSTAL are all formerly of RAHIR, an intelligence agency previously run by Blofeld. Members are drawn in groups of three from six of the world's most notorious organisations-the Nazi German Gestapo, the Soviet SMERSH, Yugoslav Marshal Josip Broz Tito's OZNA, the Italian Mafia, the French- Corsican Unione Corse, and KRYSTAL, a massive Turkish heroin-smuggling operation. The top level of the organisation is made up of twenty-one individuals, eighteen of whom handle day-to-day affairs. In the novels, SPECTRE, is a commercial enterprise led by Blofeld. The world map in the background is common to emphasise the aim of world domination. ![]() In the novels, SPECTRE begins as a small group of criminals but in the films, it is depicted as a vast international organisation with its own SPECTRE Island training base capable of replacing the Soviet SMERSH.īlofeld's SPECTRE volcano base complete with spacecraft-swallowing Bird One spacecraft, helipad and attack helicopter, and command centre in the 1967 film You Only Live Twice. The presence of former Gestapo members in the organisation though can be considered as a sign of Fleming's warnings about Nazi fugitives after the Second World War, as first detailed in the novel Moonraker (1954). SPECTRE is not aligned with any nation or political ideology, enabling the later Bond books and Bond films to be regarded as somewhat apolitical. Led by criminal mastermind Ernst Stavro Blofeld, the international organisation first formally appeared in the novel Thunderball (1961) and in the film Dr. SPECTRE (Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion) is a fictional organisation featured in the James Bond novels by Ian Fleming, as well as the films and video games based on those novels. Different rings are featured in From Russia with Love and Spectre.Ĭounterintelligence, terrorism, revenge, extortion, world domination To be honest, I don’t really care who Waltz’s character is, I’m already veryexcited to see Spectre on November 6, 2015.SPECTRE's logo as featured on its members' rings in Thunderball. ![]() They don’t depend on a set formula that forces actors simply to go through the motions. These films with Daniel Craig have shifted the tone. The scenes in Austria are traditional Bond action in the snow. The action sequences in Mexico are extravagant to say the least. I always hesitate… You ask yourself, hang on: what James Bond are we talking about? The thing about Spectre is that it is not the work of hack writers. Waltz also touched on whether or not he hesitated when the offer to appear in a Bond film came his way: Basically, we’ll have to wait and see the film before we know for sure. It’s entirely possible that he won’t be playing Blofeld Oberhauser could be an entirely separate character with Blofeld characteristics or perhaps the real Blofeld will make an appearance at the end and reveal himself to be the true mastermind. The name of my character is Franz Oberhauser. That rumour started on the Internet, and the Internet is a pest. Waltz recently spoke with British GQ to set the record straight on just who it is that he will be portraying. Later it was revealed that his character went by the name of Franz Oberhauser but, since we know Hollywood always tells the truth, those Blofeld rumours kept coming. ![]() Anyone else getting flashbacks of Star Trek Into Darkness and that whole John Harrison deception? When Christoph Waltz joined the cast of Spectrerumours began to fly that he would be playing Bond’s classic nemesis Ernst Stavro Blofeld.
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