Imagine conversations between villans and their engineers responsible for designing these electric chairs, folding bridges, elevators with trap doors, etc.
You left out the best part in that last scene. As the guy plunges to his death from the blimp, Zorin turns to the others and asks "Anybody else who wants to drop out?"
What always amazed me about the Bond films was that the arch villians always had a slick way of deposing of their henchmen, as if they knew someone would eventually betray or fail them, and so they needed a cool way to get rid of them.
I can imagine a villain hitting a button to fry a specific chair at a meeting, but it was accidentally wired to a different chair. “Oh, it’s the second from the end starting on THAT side. It’s the first time using this thing, heh. So, you there, I meant to kill YOU for your failure. Now the surprise is wasted. Go kill Bond or something! Other henchman, um, oopsie?”
Yeah, who would have thought that in a criminal organization comprised of criminals who lie, murder, steal and cheat, there would be dishonest members who lie, steal and cheat from that organization.
Executing colleagues for a single failure is extremely bad for business. A better policy would be to administer a series of increasingly severe punitive actions before resorting to termination. Even your best and most loyal people will mess up occasionally, immediate elimination when this happens would seriously impact your talent pool and could render your organization untenable over time. Finding suitable replacements becomes more troublesome due to reduction of available candidates and reluctance of qualified persons to accept positions due to the organization's reputation..
I appreciate how creepy Donald Pleasance was after the reveal, and Telly Savalas at least had the deeper voice like the faceless Bloefeld... oh hell, I even appreciate Charles Gray's campy Bloefeld for the sake of entertainment even if he's NOTHING like the character had been before.
I was thinking along those same lines too.... the cat seemed suspiciously less than disinterested in the proceedings. The camera cut away not to let us in on the true secret.
@@AlanCanon2222 0:14 "I have satisfied myself that one of you is clearly guilty of embezzlement." That line followed with the cat center frame seems to suggest the cat is SPECTRE Number 0
Yep. As a life-long cat butler, I can attest that no self-respecting cat butler would miss the opportunity to let their little fuzzy master press the big red button, just because it would amuse us intensely. 🤣
I feel like there is a major difference between executing someone for messing up and executing them for outright betraying the organization. Everyone makes mistakes or has an off day... but outright stealing from the organization or selling its secrets out? That's something of a different matter.
@@rwg6357, exactly that; in the novel Blofeld had orchestrated a plan to kidnap for ransom the daughter of an American gangster, delegating that task to a Frenchman named Pierre Borrad. Borrad didn't just kidnap the girl, he had sex with her (she was in her teens); Blofeld found out, and so at the meeting, he had Borrad electrocuted. The reason for doing this? Blofeld had promised that if the money was paid by the girl's father, she would be released safe and sound, and ho harm would come to her: since Borrad had violated that trust, he was killed, and the girl was released back to her father and the money was paid back.
@@Neville60001 Might also be due to the "Even Evil has Standarts" trope that Murder, Theft, Torture and Extortion are considered valid but any sexual violence is shunned.
Don't you just hate it when your Henchman fail you? I tried out this guide, but instead of sending a message to my minions that failure will not be tolerated, they are all quitting on me and saying something about "first degree murder," what do I do now? Also, my worker's insurance premiums have also gone up.
+Cockroach Charlie The problem with that is that the price of my Parkour insurance has gone up and my insurance company refuses cover my new space ray, so I don't have sufficient funds for a lateral relocation to Antarctica. Any other ideas?
+finalbossd Well what's the general required intelligence of your henchies? The stupidest are culled quickly by invisible death laser perimeters. Moral may be the problem as well. we recently managed to steal the eiffel tower and replace it with a replica. The boys are quite pleased with that heist. Finally, keep insisting that the freeze ray is not to be used for making sno cones, but let it be a mostly idle threat. Henchmen love using company equipment for making sno cones apparently.
+Cockroach Charlie Someone tried using my new ozone depleting Chlorine Trifluoride ray to cook bacon, so to set an example, I burned his whole family into a tasty, unrecognizable crisp with it. But he seems a little apprehensive now, do you recommend that I sacrifice him against the next spy from MI6 who is sent my way?
@@finalbossd Forgive my delayed response. I've spent the last two years in a "presumed blown to atoms" state. Messy business, but it's been handled. I think I'm beginning to see your problem. Henchmen are much more willing to be the test subjects to your newest deathtrap if you have a good life insurance policy. They like to know their families will be taken care of. Feeding them to your mutant otters? Perfectly ok. Feeding their family, not so ok. Also, never forget your elite henchmen, as in the May Day example above. They are your best and most loyal, but you have to remember to keep them more loyal to you than to your enemies (also seen in the May Day example). Remember, they have the most knowledge of your plans so the decision to either keep them under your employ, terminate their contract, or send them off with a nice care package is an important one to make. Sometimes sacrifices must be made to ensure overall success. The trick is knowing which form the sacrifice takes.
i think that this guy missed the "failure results in you being thrown into a small pool of hungry tiger sharks" clause. that fine print at Spectre is a real killer
when i saw that scene for the first time, i thought that guy could survived but then i remembered the cold water from Francisco Bay and the altitude that he was drop from the zeppelin. That had to hurt.
@@elcinefilosv when I was young I used to think falling in water like that wouldn't kill you but it's the same like falling on concrete if you fall on water from such a height
+barbiquearea Kronsteen wasn't incompetent (except maybe in his overweening arrogance and inflexibility). His plan was quite effective, it's just that the execution was botched up by other people.
+barbiquearea Kronsteen wasn't incompetent (except maybe in his overweening arrogance and inflexibility). His plan was quite effective, it's just that the execution was botched up by other people.
Dr. Evil, it's about the sharks. When you were frozen, they were put on the endangered species list. We tried to get some, but it would've taken months to clear up the red tape.
They should have also included Kronsteen's death by poisoned shoe dagger in "From Russia with Love" (1963). Kronsteen was the first henchman killed by his boss (Blofeld) in the James Bond movie series. There was no such execution in the first Bond film "Dr. No" (1962), although No did warn his henchman Professor Dent there'd be serious consequences if he messed up again.
@@imaadshahrukh4829 Not even close Walken could comb his hair, speak clearly, wasn't morbidly obese, bought decent clothes and wore clothes that fit. They had nothing in common.
@@juiceski30 Trump could do a few things though. Like make it up a flight of stairs, give a speech without mumbling or stuttering or not let the gas price go up 80 cents his first month in office.
0:32 I love how Largo just looks at that like "Oh, what's going on there? Whatever, what was I reading on here again?" He's just being so casual about someone being fried right in front of him!
I love how great firms cultivate these little rituals to keep the motivation of their employees high. This is what makes you feel like you have a home there.
The way Number 9 was killed was hilarious when Austin Powers parodied it. (Dr. Evil presses a button. Mustafa's chair tips back and he falls backwards into a pit.) Dr. Evil: Silence! Let this be a reminder to you all...that this organization will not tolerate failure. (Mustafa still screaming) Dr. Evil: Gentlemen, Let's get down to business. We've got a lot of work to do. Mustafa: Somebody help me! I'm still alive, only I'm very badly burned. Dr. Evil: Some of you I know... some of you I'm meeting for the first time. Mustafa: Hello up there! Anyone . . . . . . Could someone call an ambulance? I'm in quite a lot of pain. Dr, Evil: Ok. You've all been gathered here to form-- (Mustafa groans in agony) Dr, Evil: Excuse me. (Picks up phone) He's down there. No, not dead--burned. Badly.Right. Mustafa: If somebody could open the retrieval hatch down here... I could get out. I designed this device myself-- (Door opens) Mustafa: Good. I'm glad you found me. Listen... I'm very badly burned, so if you could just-- (Gunshot) Mustafa: You shot me! Dr, Evil: Ok . Moving on-- Mustafa: You shot me right in the arm! Right in the- (Gunshot)
@@Jurgen123445 It's actually funny as hell in context. The series is a beautiful parody and at the same time deconstruction of spy movies. It's similar to Last Action Hero in that regard (though if you didn't get the joke for that one, you probably wouldn't enjoy Austin Powers either).
We'll lower echelon Mafia members do steal and made shady deals behind the Godfather's back all the time in real life, considering how gruesome and violent you're death will be if caught. The real life character that Joe Pesci played in the movie "Casino" was brutally tortured for a week in a basement before being buried half-dead on a cornfield.
WHACK!! "you let him get the better of you" love how Largo kisses his ring after giving the order to feed Quist to the Golden Thresher sharks. No fucking remorse what so ever.
We can scientifically conclude that it's quite a usual death for incompetent henchmen to be fed to animals: Thunderball shark guy, Helga Brandt, the woman in TSWLM, Corinne Dufour in Moonraker. These villains feel like Roman emperors. They always do have an inflated opinion of themselves.
Stromberg built a trap door in his elevator, a shark poll in which the trap door leads, and an audio system to taunt his victims without leaving his dinner table. I have no idea why you'd think he had an inflated opinion of himself.
Henchman Disposal Fitter:- "Right Mr Blofeld that's your bridge fall system installed to your specifications...now the man eating sharks will be delivered on Thursday, maybe Friday at the latest, we've had a hell of a time with the supplier I don't mind telling you..."
It wasn't just incompetent henchmen, but disloyal employees, or those who didn't want to be involved, and in some cases, those the villain didn't wish to pay for services rendered. I would say those who were weak, unreliable or served as a loose end to their plan.
Exactly what I was looking for for the past ten minutes of scrolling through James Bond clips. Now I can happily eat my Bombay mix watching incompetent henchmen get eliminated
Whenever I'm in my office with a cat in my lap and someone enters they get the "hello Mr Bond". I think everyone is pretty tired of it by now. It's good to be the king!
I like to pretend that Stromberg is actually Blofeld in TSWLM, and the filmmakers accidentally lost the film reels in which he reveals himself to Bond. His character matches Blofeld perfectly with his mannerisms, voice, grandiose lair, scheme, unlimited number of henchmen, etc. And that would make his demise so much more satisfying, Bond shooting to death the man who killed his wife.
+monksally It was going to be Blofeld but because of some idiot called Kevin Mcclory he stopped that from happening because he thought he owned James Bond when actually he gave a few ideas for Thunderball!
The bad guy in a wheelchair in the pre-title sequence in For Your Eyes Only seems like Blofeld, complete with white cat. Bond chucks him into a factory chimney. Satisfying enough? Of course, they couldn't actually *say* that he was Blofeld, since Kevin McClory had a court decision saying that he owned the character.
Originally, Blofeld was to be the villain in The Spy Who Loved Me. Due to Kevin McClory's claims to the rights to the character, Blofeld did not appear.
Notice the unique camerawork in Thunderball, as in 0:29 - there is shaky cam when the guy is electrocuted, but it only shakes for a millisecond. I like that.
Blofeld: Each of you has failed to eliminate James Bond. That makes me angry. And when I get angry, Mr. Bigglesworth gets upset. And when Mr. Bigglesworth gets upset...PEOPLE DIE!!
In 1989 License to kill movie, Krest think Sanchez is stupid before pay someone. A frustration Sanchez kicks Krest inside the decompression chamber and gradually turns the pressure valve to an extreme level, before rupturing the vent with an axe. The rapid decompression causes Krest's head to rapidly expand and then explode, splattering the porthole window, and the money, with blood. Following Krest's death, Sanchez orders his men to clean the blood-soaked money before leaving. Krest: “That’s not my money, I swear.” Franz Sanchez is Anger: “That’s right amígo. It’s mine.”
In 1997 film Tomorrow Never Dies movie: Carver asks Gupta if the missile is ready to fire. When Gupta says “Press the magic button Beijing disappears” it is, Carver remarks, "Then it seems you've outlived your contract", and shoots Gupta, killing him
I think it'd be interesting to write a Bond film where the villain is still hilariously evil but you implement the realistic and natural consequence of that kind of behaviour where you're a despot tyrant who kills their own for mistakes- your entire organisation becomes incompetent, corrupt, and you loose your ability to fully control it or see what is going on internally. If you assume everyone is self interested and wants to live then basically what will happen is you'll create a power dynamic where in order to not be actively mutinied against you have to water down and split the power between many lieutenants, and because you are so ruthless you will also see underlings begin to cover up mistakes for eachother and lie witch erodes the chain of command and also almost always leads to further much deeper corruption. If the consequence for a mistake is *always* death then there is literally no incentive to be honest about mistakes and maximum incentive to get everyone under you to participate in hiding them or covering them up. When the penalty is automatically death there is literally no downside to doing this, so anything you can do to minimise the chances of either making a mistake or *reporting* the mistake/having it be discovered will be done. Because this is a systemic issue very quickly everyone will start doing this, as those who do not will die or loose favor, which will result in the leader basically just being 'managed' by their subordinates, because the leader is effectively unable to do anything without their support
2:51 I love how the shark is just kind of gently mouthing her and she's kind of treading water and letting him do it, and it's supposed to be menacing and awful. XD
"Yeah, this is Lairs R Us. You want something to punish henchmen for their failures? Well, you're in luck. We got a special on sharks this month. Buy 2 and get 1 for free PLUS fish chow. Yes, they are highly trained. OK, we'll send someone to look around the site and we'll discuss pricing later"
Spectre No 11 (at the beginning) was played by Canadian actor Murray Kash, who voiced Colonel Raeburn in the once-thought-lost sci-fi puppet series Space Patrol (1963-4).
You would think when you go the Henchmen school they would first teach you become familiar with all of your evil boss's death traps in order to avoid them yourself.
Law requires issuance of a pink slip and payroll reconciliation at time of job termination ... and then employer may subject the terminated employee to a complicated horrific death.
Engineer: Sir, I don't see the practicality of putting a trap door on an elevator, with a slide under it, leading to a giant shark tank... Strömberg: Just in case a beautiful woman would betray me in the future, not that'll happen anytime soon... but, you'll never know. Engineer: but, what if a bunch of male scientists betrays you? Strömberg: No, no, no. Those must ride an exploding helicopter.
Imagine conversations between villans and their engineers responsible for designing these electric chairs, folding bridges, elevators with trap doors, etc.
Something like this? czcams.com/video/tDedpreZH-0/video.html
@@vinba8234 wow, perfect reply lol
@@taffexile I was going to link that too 😂
I don't have to I gave seen the sketch.
Micromanagement at its' worst.
You left out the best part in that last scene. As the guy plunges to his death from the blimp, Zorin turns to the others and asks "Anybody else who wants to drop out?"
@sourrycherry - They both ended up having that 'Drink'.😅
Yup!!!
What always amazed me about the Bond films was that the arch villians always had a slick way of deposing of their henchmen, as if they knew someone would eventually betray or fail them, and so they needed a cool way to get rid of them.
I can imagine a villain hitting a button to fry a specific chair at a meeting, but it was accidentally wired to a different chair. “Oh, it’s the second from the end starting on THAT side. It’s the first time using this thing, heh. So, you there, I meant to kill YOU for your failure. Now the surprise is wasted. Go kill Bond or something! Other henchman, um, oopsie?”
@@mikekolokowsky😂😂😂😂😂
Yeah, who would have thought that in a criminal organization comprised of criminals who lie, murder, steal and cheat, there would be dishonest members who lie, steal and cheat from that organization.
Executing colleagues for a single failure is extremely bad for business. A better policy would be to administer a series of increasingly severe punitive actions before resorting to termination. Even your best and most loyal people will mess up occasionally, immediate elimination when this happens would seriously impact your talent pool and could render your organization untenable over time. Finding suitable replacements becomes more troublesome due to reduction of available candidates and reluctance of qualified persons to accept positions due to the organization's reputation..
😂😂😂😂
Spoken like a true professional
Well, in the first case, he stole SPECTRE money. Deservable punishement! xD
Like Shredder with Dr. Stockman in the 2003 version of TMNT.
Thanks HR Dave
"so, does anyone else want to...drop out?"
Nah I promise I won't cause a shocking scene....or make you bite.
Grace Jones give that guy a nice cold drink.
“Sure the risks are high that you’ll end up dead, but benefits are excellent..”
They have great dental plans
I mean, just be basically competent and don't try to steal from the boss. Doesn't seem that hard, actually.
Some risks are higher than others in Zorin's case.
I am not dead. Just badly burned.
And I think my leg is broken.
@@skpilot7 Is it beginning to smell like almonds? If so, that's not a good sign.
My name is Mustafa, and I won't be dying so quick!
*YOU SHOT ME!....*
"....okay moving on"
*YOU SHOT ME RIGHT IN THE ARM!!!! WHY DID YOU-*
@@jasoncarswell7458 Tis but a scratch.
Bloefeld was the best when we couldn't see him
+Aldon Blackreyne he was the most exciting when we did not who he was.
Yet we all know who the true villain of the James bond Series is. The White Cat
I love the white kitty
Donald plesense was an OK blofeld
I appreciate how creepy Donald Pleasance was after the reveal, and Telly Savalas at least had the deeper voice like the faceless Bloefeld... oh hell, I even appreciate Charles Gray's campy Bloefeld for the sake of entertainment even if he's NOTHING like the character had been before.
I always felt it would have made more sense to show a closeup of the cat’s paw pushing the execution button.
I was thinking along those same lines too.... the cat seemed suspiciously less than disinterested in the proceedings. The camera cut away not to let us in on the true secret.
Imagine how many innocent henchmen have been accidentally brutally murdered because the cat hit the secret button with his paw.
@@michaelirwin7250 Far more than the number of vermin killed by that egregiously pampered cat-creature.
@@AlanCanon2222
0:14
"I have satisfied myself that one of you is clearly guilty of embezzlement."
That line followed with the cat center frame seems to suggest the cat is SPECTRE Number 0
Yep. As a life-long cat butler, I can attest that no self-respecting cat butler would miss the opportunity to let their little fuzzy master press the big red button, just because it would amuse us intensely. 🤣
But not one shark with a freakin' laser attached to its freakin' head. No standards.
I don't like that insolent tone, Number 2.
Good one
That would have been great though!
But we have Sea Bass.
@@bobcole612 Are they ill-tempered?
you know, you really have to wonder what's going on when somebody tells you to go downstairs on a fucking blimp
You really have to wonder why your multi-million dollar deal's being done on a fucking blimp in the first place.
Always take the stairs. Except when you are on a Blimp.
Also, dude could’ve run back up to the top.
"No ticket."
Nothing unusual in a blimp having a nice bar set up down in its basement.
Sharks seem a popular choice. I bet they advertise them that way too.
"Nine out of ten criminals recommend Evil Brand Sharks for henchmen disposal!"
Thunderball was amazing, a real James Bond film in every way. John Barry's work in Thunderball was quite haunting of all his scores of the Bond films.
100%
Without a doubt.
I feel like there is a major difference between executing someone for messing up and executing them for outright betraying the organization. Everyone makes mistakes or has an off day... but outright stealing from the organization or selling its secrets out? That's something of a different matter.
Its much worse in the novel
@@rwg6357, exactly that; in the novel Blofeld had orchestrated a plan to kidnap for ransom the daughter of an American gangster, delegating that task to a Frenchman named Pierre Borrad. Borrad didn't just kidnap the girl, he had sex with her (she was in her teens); Blofeld found out, and so at the meeting, he had Borrad electrocuted. The reason for doing this? Blofeld had promised that if the money was paid by the girl's father, she would be released safe and sound, and ho harm would come to her: since Borrad had violated that trust, he was killed, and the girl was released back to her father and the money was paid back.
@@Neville60001 Might also be due to the "Even Evil has Standarts" trope that Murder, Theft, Torture and Extortion are considered valid but any sexual violence is shunned.
Don't you just hate it when your Henchman fail you? I tried out this guide, but instead of sending a message to my minions that failure will not be tolerated, they are all quitting on me and saying something about "first degree murder," what do I do now? Also, my worker's insurance premiums have also gone up.
Antarctic bases are the key. Let them quit, they'll just freeze to death instead. Oh, and having a good Henchman Resources department helps. Trust me.
+Cockroach Charlie The problem with that is that the price of my Parkour insurance has gone up and my insurance company refuses cover my new space ray, so I don't have sufficient funds for a lateral relocation to Antarctica.
Any other ideas?
+finalbossd Well what's the general required intelligence of your henchies? The stupidest are culled quickly by invisible death laser perimeters.
Moral may be the problem as well. we recently managed to steal the eiffel tower and replace it with a replica. The boys are quite pleased with that heist.
Finally, keep insisting that the freeze ray is not to be used for making sno cones, but let it be a mostly idle threat. Henchmen love using company equipment for making sno cones apparently.
+Cockroach Charlie Someone tried using my new ozone depleting Chlorine Trifluoride ray to cook bacon, so to set an example, I burned his whole family into a tasty, unrecognizable crisp with it. But he seems a little apprehensive now, do you recommend that I sacrifice him against the next spy from MI6 who is sent my way?
@@finalbossd Forgive my delayed response. I've spent the last two years in a "presumed blown to atoms" state. Messy business, but it's been handled.
I think I'm beginning to see your problem. Henchmen are much more willing to be the test subjects to your newest deathtrap if you have a good life insurance policy. They like to know their families will be taken care of. Feeding them to your mutant otters? Perfectly ok. Feeding their family, not so ok.
Also, never forget your elite henchmen, as in the May Day example above. They are your best and most loyal, but you have to remember to keep them more loyal to you than to your enemies (also seen in the May Day example). Remember, they have the most knowledge of your plans so the decision to either keep them under your employ, terminate their contract, or send them off with a nice care package is an important one to make. Sometimes sacrifices must be made to ensure overall success. The trick is knowing which form the sacrifice takes.
i think that this guy missed the "failure results in you being thrown into a small pool of hungry tiger sharks" clause. that fine print at Spectre is a real killer
None of those sharks had any frickin' lazer beams attached to their heads. Sigh
"May Day will provide you with a drink".
Proceeds to drop him into San Francisco Bay. LOL!!!
when i saw that scene for the first time, i thought that guy could survived but then i remembered the cold water from Francisco Bay and the altitude that he was drop from the zeppelin. That had to hurt.
Does anyone else wanna drop out
He had a drink alright hahaha 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
@@elcinefilosv when I was young I used to think falling in water like that wouldn't kill you but it's the same like falling on concrete if you fall on water from such a height
@TheJking85 Maybe she thought he was very thirsty
The scene where Blofeld kills Kronsteen with a poisoned shoe knife in From Russia with Love is missing.
As well as the scene where Drax releases the hounds on Corrine Dufour from "Moonraker".
blofeld39 Reminds me of Mr. Burns!
+barbiquearea Actually it was Morzeny who kicked Kronsteen, not Blofeld.
+barbiquearea
Kronsteen wasn't incompetent (except maybe in his overweening arrogance and inflexibility). His plan was quite effective, it's just that the execution was botched up by other people.
+barbiquearea
Kronsteen wasn't incompetent (except maybe in his overweening arrogance and inflexibility). His plan was quite effective, it's just that the execution was botched up by other people.
that stuntman got double pay for being thrown in with a live shark
Thank goodness film studios can’t do that any more.
Fun fact: That's the pool of Ian Fleming's Jamaica residence, called "Goldeneye".
Sharks are not the horrific maneaters they are often portrayed as.
Dr. Evil, it's about the sharks. When you were frozen, they were put on the endangered species list. We tried to get some, but it would've taken months to clear up the red tape.
Largo at 0:32 - "Poor bastard. Oh, damn, my pen is out of ink..."
They should have also included Kronsteen's death by poisoned shoe dagger in "From Russia with Love" (1963). Kronsteen was the first henchman killed by his boss (Blofeld) in the James Bond movie series. There was no such execution in the first Bond film "Dr. No" (1962), although No did warn his henchman Professor Dent there'd be serious consequences if he messed up again.
I sometimes forget that Christopher Walken was a Bond villain
Kyle Rushford And his character looks like Donald Trump.
@@imaadshahrukh4829 Not even close Walken could comb his hair, speak clearly, wasn't morbidly obese, bought decent clothes and wore clothes that fit. They had nothing in common.
@@juiceski30 t....t...t...triggered
@@juiceski30 Trump could do a few things though. Like make it up a flight of stairs, give a speech without mumbling or stuttering or not let the gas price go up 80 cents his first month in office.
@@Elthenar Trump did manage to kill just over half a million US citizens while president. Does that make him a super villain?
"YOU'VE FAILED ME FOR THE LAST TIME!!!!"
"But I just started Tuesday!"
So much for unemployment
0:32 I love how Largo just looks at that like "Oh, what's going on there? Whatever, what was I reading on here again?" He's just being so casual about someone being fried right in front of him!
trc2rockon The other dudes were sweating their asses off however LOL
@Qasim Hussain Because he's a sociopath who feeds his own henchmen to sharks. He is totally behind Blofelds' management style.
- He's busy writing on his memo, "New Opening for high executive henchmen, write ad on all the newspapers..."
He is crossing off No.9 from the list of tasks to be given out.."We won't be needing his services anymore" 😂
He's got nothing to worry about
I love how great firms cultivate these little rituals to keep the motivation of their employees high. This is what makes you feel like you have a home there.
The way Number 9 was killed was hilarious when Austin Powers parodied it.
(Dr. Evil presses a button. Mustafa's chair tips back and he falls backwards into a pit.)
Dr. Evil: Silence! Let this be a reminder to you all...that this organization will not tolerate failure.
(Mustafa still screaming)
Dr. Evil: Gentlemen, Let's get down to business. We've got a lot of work to do.
Mustafa: Somebody help me! I'm still alive, only I'm very badly burned.
Dr. Evil: Some of you I know... some of you I'm meeting for the first time.
Mustafa: Hello up there! Anyone . . . . . . Could someone call an ambulance? I'm in quite a lot of pain.
Dr, Evil: Ok. You've all been gathered here to form--
(Mustafa groans in agony)
Dr, Evil: Excuse me. (Picks up phone) He's down there. No, not dead--burned. Badly.Right.
Mustafa: If somebody could open the retrieval hatch down here... I could get out. I designed this device myself--
(Door opens)
Mustafa: Good. I'm glad you found me. Listen... I'm very badly burned, so if you could just-- (Gunshot)
Mustafa: You shot me!
Dr, Evil: Ok . Moving on--
Mustafa: You shot me right in the arm! Right in the- (Gunshot)
his name is Blofeld not Dr evil
Jude Harper I know. The scene I quoted was from Austin Powers.
That sounds boring as fuck. Now I'm happy I never watched Austin Powers.
@@Jurgen123445 It's actually funny as hell in context. The series is a beautiful parody and at the same time deconstruction of spy movies. It's similar to Last Action Hero in that regard (though if you didn't get the joke for that one, you probably wouldn't enjoy Austin Powers either).
🤣
Who is stupid enough to steal from Blofeld?
Criminals. They think they won't get caught.
A bunch of people getting tired of being blackmailed and thought the death threats were either legends or bluffs
We'll lower echelon Mafia members do steal and made shady deals behind the Godfather's back all the time in real life, considering how gruesome and violent you're death will be if caught.
The real life character that Joe Pesci played in the movie "Casino" was brutally tortured for a week in a basement before being buried half-dead on a cornfield.
Largo: "Scratch #9 off the christmas party list!"
Stromberg’s shark tank was truly terrifying even without the shark...
Always very dangerous bigger fish.
the most dangerouse waterpark in the world.
3:43 inner monologue: one can say he really... fell for that one.
Zorin's line after the cut was good. "So, does anyone else wanna drop out?"
yes and I would love Grace Jones offer me a Coke Zero.
*Wimpy Will Farrel voice* "Hello up there? I'm not dead but I am very badly burned!"
WHACK!!
"you let him get the better of you"
love how Largo kisses his ring after giving the order to feed Quist to the Golden Thresher sharks. No fucking remorse what so ever.
+Daniel Kelegian Uh, they're Tiger Sharks dude, there's a difference.
+TPDManiacXC626 Actually, earlier in the film he explained to bond that they were "Golden Thresher Sharks". I cant find that type of shark anywhere.
Daniel Kelegian Poor Quist, then nobody cares.
@Qasim Hussain It was personal for Largo. He saw BOnd not only as an enemy but a competitor.
@Qasim Hussain Adolfo Celi (Largo) was the tops among Bond villains. The rest are a tie for second to none !
This is the way we dealt screw ups in the company I once worked for.
Zorin also says, "Would anyone else like to drop out?" LOL
Meanwhile at EA.
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Konami: "Hold my beer."
*Cue Metal Gear Survive*
Is EA SPECTRE in disguise?!🤣
We can scientifically conclude that it's quite a usual death for incompetent henchmen to be fed to animals: Thunderball shark guy, Helga Brandt, the woman in TSWLM, Corinne Dufour in Moonraker. These villains feel like Roman emperors. They always do have an inflated opinion of themselves.
You mean Quist.
Paul Riet which bond movie is tslwn
it's the spy who loved me
Corinne? She's one that lead Bond to Drax's safe.
Stromberg built a trap door in his elevator, a shark poll in which the trap door leads, and an audio system to taunt his victims without leaving his dinner table.
I have no idea why you'd think he had an inflated opinion of himself.
Theres something daunting about that 'bing' sound when the doors open and close before the henchmen/henchwomen are sent to their deaths.
Henchman Disposal Fitter:- "Right Mr Blofeld that's your bridge fall system installed to your specifications...now the man eating sharks will be delivered on Thursday, maybe Friday at the latest, we've had a hell of a time with the supplier I don't mind telling you..."
A perfect way to get rid of Bankers.
I'd like to introduce my number two man, his name... Number Two
Who does number 2 work for!?
+SweetDick Willie just grab a hold of something, bite your lip and give it hell come on we're gonna get through this
@@firebeardnc6012 Number 2 works for the shark.
The scenes with Curd Jürgends from "The Spy who loved me" were epic..
To recap: two henchpeople killed by sharks, and one each by piranhas, electrocution and being dropped out of a blimp.
And dogs
It wasn't just incompetent henchmen, but disloyal employees, or those who didn't want to be involved, and in some cases, those the villain didn't wish to pay for services rendered. I would say those who were weak, unreliable or served as a loose end to their plan.
2:50 - Speaking from a "I know this is a movie and the animal is trained" perspective, the shark poking at her is adorable.
Thunderball SPECTRE head honcho sounds like Mr. Freeze from Batman: The Animated Series.
Exactly what I was looking for for the past ten minutes of scrolling through James Bond clips. Now I can happily eat my Bombay mix watching incompetent henchmen get eliminated
No 2's insouciance as a colleague is electrocuted is superb.
Largo: "You let him get the better of you!"
Quist: “No he was at the beach. No! No! No!”
No, he was at Disney World NO NO nooo ahahahah.
I like when Largo with a gesture from his head consigns the guy to the sharks.
The last guy wasn't an incompetent henchmen, just a guy who didn't want to play ball.
Whenever I'm in my office with a cat in my lap and someone enters they get the "hello Mr Bond". I think everyone is pretty tired of it by now. It's good to be the king!
That last guy doesn't really qualify as a "henchmen" - more like a potential partner/associate.
It took me till now(!) to get Zorin's little "joke" about Mayday providing him with a drink. He got a drink, all right - all of San Francisco Bay!
tenhirankei and to wait outside
Cut off the best part. "Would anyone else like to drop out?"
Hey dont talk bad about.......sky fall. Hehe
Most of these don't qualify as "incompetent" either. They are being killed for a variety of reasons.
They missed off Mr. Osato! He’s an obvious one! Blofeld kills him personally and even states “This is the price of failure”
WHY MUST I BE SURROUNDED BY FRIKKIN IDIOTS?!
+TheDetective TheDetective Yes, why must you fly with incompetent idiots Wedge Antilles?
I like to pretend that Stromberg is actually Blofeld in TSWLM, and the filmmakers accidentally lost the film reels in which he reveals himself to Bond. His character matches Blofeld perfectly with his mannerisms, voice, grandiose lair, scheme, unlimited number of henchmen, etc.
And that would make his demise so much more satisfying, Bond shooting to death the man who killed his wife.
it was a woman, Irma Bunt
+monksally It was going to be Blofeld but because of some idiot called Kevin Mcclory he stopped that from happening because he thought he owned James Bond when actually he gave a few ideas for Thunderball!
The bad guy in a wheelchair in the pre-title sequence in For Your Eyes Only seems like Blofeld, complete with white cat. Bond chucks him into a factory chimney. Satisfying enough? Of course, they couldn't actually *say* that he was Blofeld, since Kevin McClory had a court decision saying that he owned the character.
Originally, Blofeld was to be the villain in The Spy Who Loved Me. Due to Kevin McClory's claims to the rights to the character, Blofeld did not appear.
Still no frickn sharks, with frickn lazers on their heads. 😂😂😂
The last guy wasn't a henchman but an unwilling business associate, just like Mr. Solo in Goldfinger.
“Are you blind or something? You missed the turn.”
Just about every other Bond film has a villain who has a shark tank! lol
Dang, no one has mentioned Oddjob's Pressing Engagement from Goldfinger.
Smersh was always an equal opportunity employer.
I like how Largo just looks casually as the guy gets electrocuted, it shows how cold blooded he is.
I remember thinking that. It was just a glance, but it told you all you needed to know about what kind of person he is and it's chilling!
Psychopathic more than anything.
You know, I have one simple request.. and that is to have sharks with frickin laser beams attached to their heads.
Notice the unique camerawork in Thunderball, as in 0:29 - there is shaky cam when the guy is electrocuted, but it only shakes for a millisecond. I like that.
No surprise S.P.E.C.T.R.E. never makes the "Top 100 Best Companies To Work For" list.
Tough on discipline but good on the fringe benefits ie very good pay
Is hard to tell without reviewing their company pension scheme and bonus policies though
I wonder how the current fashion for 'Employee Well Being' will translate into James Bond movies
@@zxbzxbzxb1 The pension plan is fantastic. They can afford that because no one actually lives to collect it.
That last shark went right for the muffin !
Blofeld: Each of you has failed to eliminate James Bond. That makes me angry. And when I get angry, Mr. Bigglesworth gets upset. And when Mr. Bigglesworth gets upset...PEOPLE DIE!!
Great actors playing great villains with memorable scenes. Not had anything remotely like that in a "Bond" film since Licence to Kill.
Dumb dumb dumb. You're dumb. Le Chiffre, Raoul Silva etc. You're just a sad man who wants to be annoyed at things. The world doesn't want your kind.
In 1989 License to kill movie, Krest think Sanchez is stupid before pay someone. A frustration Sanchez kicks Krest inside the decompression chamber and gradually turns the pressure valve to an extreme level, before rupturing the vent with an axe. The rapid decompression causes Krest's head to rapidly expand and then explode, splattering the porthole window, and the money, with blood. Following Krest's death, Sanchez orders his men to clean the blood-soaked money before leaving.
Krest: “That’s not my money, I swear.”
Franz Sanchez is Anger: “That’s right amígo. It’s mine.”
2:46 I love their reactions.
Quite the efficient HR department.
So sorry about Corinne Dufour! Gruesome scene in light-hearted film!
Did she dieded??
@@dima.jiharevyes the character Corinne Dufour died in Moonraker when Drax has his dogs Dobermans kill her.
She was beautiful though
Corinne Dufour was stunning! In a franchise with so many lovely women, she stands out.
Maybe it's because I have such a sick mind, but it looked like that shark in the fourth scene was performing cunnilingus.
It's so hard to find good minions nowadays...
That shark attacking the henchwoman at the end was weirdly adorable.
They should teach this in Business School.
JELH LOL
They do!
I wonder if this type of disciplinary action was explained in the Henchmen's Job Description and whether there is an adequate appeals process?
Since when did henchmen or women ever bother to read the fine print in their employment contract?
When shown on network TV, the henchman death scenes on "Thunderball" and "You Only Live Twice" were often edited.
In 1997 film Tomorrow Never Dies movie: Carver asks Gupta if the missile is ready to fire. When Gupta says “Press the magic button Beijing disappears” it is, Carver remarks, "Then it seems you've outlived your contract", and shoots Gupta, killing him
My favourite is Oddjob getting rid of Mr Solo in Goldfinger. That's some efficiency right there. And he gets his gold back.
Air on the G string will never be the same again for me.....
…and when Mr. Bigglesworth gets upset…PEOPLE DIE! 🐱
I think it'd be interesting to write a Bond film where the villain is still hilariously evil but you implement the realistic and natural consequence of that kind of behaviour where you're a despot tyrant who kills their own for mistakes- your entire organisation becomes incompetent, corrupt, and you loose your ability to fully control it or see what is going on internally. If you assume everyone is self interested and wants to live then basically what will happen is you'll create a power dynamic where in order to not be actively mutinied against you have to water down and split the power between many lieutenants, and because you are so ruthless you will also see underlings begin to cover up mistakes for eachother and lie witch erodes the chain of command and also almost always leads to further much deeper corruption.
If the consequence for a mistake is *always* death then there is literally no incentive to be honest about mistakes and maximum incentive to get everyone under you to participate in hiding them or covering them up. When the penalty is automatically death there is literally no downside to doing this, so anything you can do to minimise the chances of either making a mistake or *reporting* the mistake/having it be discovered will be done. Because this is a systemic issue very quickly everyone will start doing this, as those who do not will die or loose favor, which will result in the leader basically just being 'managed' by their subordinates, because the leader is effectively unable to do anything without their support
One of the best montages I have seen
There's an SNL sketch of a panel discussion of Bond villains, in which they debate sharks versus piranha.
2:53 lmfao that shark is thug life :D
2:51 I love how the shark is just kind of gently mouthing her and she's kind of treading water and letting him do it, and it's supposed to be menacing and awful. XD
And yet there appears to be blood in the water?
The old feed em' to the sharks gag will never grow old....
"Yeah, this is Lairs R Us. You want something to punish henchmen for their failures? Well, you're in luck. We got a special on sharks this month. Buy 2 and get 1 for free PLUS fish chow. Yes, they are highly trained. OK, we'll send someone to look around the site and we'll discuss pricing later"
This is hilarious when you look at it as the cat communicating telepathically
Adolfo Celi was the coolest of all the Bond villains IMO!
Him and Blofeld were the most cold hearted Bond villains ever.
Anyone else expecting Dr. Evil to make a appearance?
Spectre No 11 (at the beginning) was played by Canadian actor Murray Kash, who voiced Colonel Raeburn in the once-thought-lost sci-fi puppet series Space Patrol (1963-4).
You would think when you go the Henchmen school they would first teach you become familiar with all of your evil boss's death traps in order to avoid them yourself.
Good lord that bridge really ought to have some safety rails
It's almost too hard to believe that anyone who played Jesus on the screen could feed someone to a shark. Mais ça c'est la vie.
Law requires issuance of a pink slip and payroll reconciliation at time of job termination ... and then employer may subject the terminated employee to a complicated horrific death.
Spectre henchmen spare no expense to always fit their Evil HQ's with fancy execution equipment.
Engineer: Sir, I don't see the practicality of putting a trap door on an elevator, with a slide under it, leading to a giant shark tank...
Strömberg: Just in case a beautiful woman would betray me in the future, not that'll happen anytime soon... but, you'll never know.
Engineer: but, what if a bunch of male scientists betrays you?
Strömberg: No, no, no. Those must ride an exploding helicopter.
what do we have then? sea bass dr evil. riiiiiiiiiiight. their mutated seabass. are they ill-tempered?