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The Many Looks Of The Bond Villain
After Silva’s look is revealed, how do other Bond baddies compare?

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The Many Looks Of The Bond Villain | Max Zorin (Christopher Walken)
Max Zorin (Christopher Walken)

Film: A View To A Kill (1985)

Style: The role of Zorin was originally earmarked for David Bowie, and there’s more than a touch of the Thin White Duke in Walken’s predictably eccentric villain. An Aryan psychopath with a genius-level intellect, he’s the result of Nazi genetic experiments, the results of which are apparently also helpful in racing horses. He’s comfortable in crisp suits and tasteful ties, riding gear, and formal race-day top hats and cravats, but somehow they all look like disguises on him, as if, V-like, he might unzip his skin at any time and reveal the alien lizard beneath.

Plan: Worldwide microchip monopoly for Zorin Industries, through destruction of Silicon Valley by artificially-engineered earthquake.

Best Line: (Break out your best Walken impression for this one) "Ha ha, you amuse me, Mr Bond."
 

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1 Moonraker Quote
Dax; "At least I shall have the pleasure of putting you out of my misery." Thought that was a better line personally... More

Posted by Morteus on Monday August 6, 2012, 20:32

2 Hair
So many blonde of silver Bond villains. What does that mean? More

Posted by Pelle on Sunday August 5, 2012, 10:56

3 Request
Do the Bond girls next! (not literally, of course) More

Posted by danielthompson99 on Saturday August 4, 2012, 09:14

4 I thought it was obvious
Mr Stromberg prefers not to shake hands.... More

Posted by rich on Saturday August 4, 2012, 01:03

5 RE: Curd Jurgens?
Not necessarily: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curd_Jürgens More

Posted by Osric on Friday August 3, 2012, 11:08

6 Curd Jurgens?
Curt, is who I think you mean More

Posted by chris wootton on Friday August 3, 2012, 10:45

7 Octopussy?
Technically speaking, Octopussy would've been the first female Bond villain. It's really a fine line as she was working with Kamal Khan at the same being an ally/love interest to Bond. Still, Elektra is the first full-on female villain. More

Posted by EriCritic on Friday August 3, 2012, 02:57

8 Stromberg's webbed!
Not many people know this but Curt Jurgen's Karl Stromberg character has webbed hands! The hands are only really noticeable if you see the movies in theaters or watch it on an HDTV. Otherwise, if you watch it on DVD on a standard TV, you'll have to zoom in or freeze frame to really spot them. They're perhaps most noticeable when they show a closeup of his hands pushing the button that leads to his secretary's death. More

Posted by EriCritic on Friday August 3, 2012, 00:24


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