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Thoughts On Karl Stromberg?

posted 8 years ago by XFiles26
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Main villain in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

I think he is one of the better acted villain, Curt Jurgens has genuine menace in the role.

Very ruthless at the start where he feeds the assistant to the sharks and destroys the helicopter and says calmly

'The funeral was at sea'

His lair is one of the best for a Bond villain, Ken Adam surpassed himself there

[–] pking-2 8 years ago

I'm not sure that Strom had a "repopulation" plan well thought out a la Drax. I think his utopia would have been short-lived. Especially because by the end of the climax he was actively trying to kill off Anya. I think Strom's vision projected to conclusion would have been Strom, Jaws, and a bunch of fallout making his beloved fish unhealthy.

Now, this is a signature gun, and that is an optical palm reader.