Blofeld, Scaramanga, Hugo Draxx, Dick Cheney
By Matt has a brilliant post on Cheney’s suitability as a Bond villain:
A caretaker one? Yes, even though Cheney would not be out of place as a Bond villain, I don’t think he would rank very highly in the pantheon unless he A) seriously renovated his wardrobe and B) replaced his wife with an attractive Filipino martial artist, male or female.
Which brings me to the Duss Unified Bond Theory. It’s a simple equation for rating Bond films, based on the proposition that a Bond film is only as good as its villain (V) and villainous henchmen (H), gadgets (Ga), girls (Gi), and plot (P), in descending order of value. It looks like this:
[(V+H/2)+(.9Ga)+(.8Gi)+(.5P)]/4
As a Bond villain, I give Dick Cheney a 6. Mr. Cheney, you’re no Scaramanga. Hell, you’re barely a Stromberg.