Best Movie Villains

***Khamûl*** · 10-01-2002, 08:08 PM

The really good villains are the people you love to hate. What are your picks for the top movie villains of all time?

As for me, Darth Vader and Commodus, the emperor from Gladiator come to mind. Oh and Col. Tavington from The Patriot. I think he's my (least) favorite.

BeardofPants · 10-01-2002, 08:20 PM

Does it just have to be movie villains? Cause you know my favourite villainess is from a scifi serial called Blake's 7....

Hasty Ent · 10-01-2002, 09:06 PM

Dennis Hopper (can't remember his character's name) in Blue Velvet

Robert Mitchum in Night of the Hunter? he plays a preacher/murderer with tattoos (spelling?) on his fingers "Children?...Children?..." as he walks down the stairs into the basement

geez -- can't remember any names of any thing or any one any more...but hopefully someone recognizes these films...

katya · 10-01-2002, 09:15 PM

darth vader, and dr. evil. i love dr. evil.

osszie · 10-01-2002, 09:25 PM

Kaiser Soshay (sp.) the best villain who never lived

.........or did he?

2nd fav has to be the Cybermen (Dr who) makes the 'Borg (Star Trek) look tame, and unoriginal.............ok I'm talkin collective rather than individual here

BeardofPants · 10-01-2002, 09:59 PM

Okay, but it has to be Tomb of the Cybermen, or Tenth Planet. Bad costumes aside, they were geniunely scary! (The Tom Baker period ones were just... lame.)

DALEKS! EXTERMINATE! OBLITERATE! ANIHILATE!

osszie · 10-01-2002, 10:05 PM

Deffo' Tenth Planet....... (ye gods another Dr Who fan in here, fancy a Jellybaby?...lol).....Tom Baker is THE Dr Who

yes well.........the Daleks were nothing if not direct

........but they were the first badguy to make me hide behind the setee

BeardofPants · 10-01-2002, 10:35 PM

Tom Baker was a buck-toothed, curly haired... charlatan! Gimme Troughton any day of the week.

Seriously though: those creepy giant spiders from Planet of the Spiders (last Pertwee ep) were more evil than Tom Baker.

Anyway, since it appears that we're allowed to do serials, then my favourite love to hate villain would have to be Servalan from Blakes 7.

http://www.cultscreens.co.uk/picures/servalan.jpg

osszie · 10-01-2002, 10:44 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by BeardofPants
Tom Baker was a buck-toothed, curly haired... charlatan! Gimme Troughton any day of the week.

OMFGG............anyone who can walk beside a remote controlled biscuit tin, call it K-9 and talk to it has to be the ultimate Time Lord

, seriously your fave Dr Who is probably the one you grew up with

(ye gods I'm getting old).

Severlan...............geez this is the reason I don't like anyone who wears tight clothes

and probably the reason that nobody trusts devious women

not to mention Blakes inferiority complex lol

But the Liberator what a ship

(digressing)

BeardofPants · 10-01-2002, 10:54 PM

*Liberator*!!! ::drool::

I grew up with reruns of Pertwee and Baker. But then, when I revived my interest in all things Dr Who recently (my pride and joy is my Target novelisation collection

) I just leant towards Troughton. Troughton and Jamie's relationship was the best Dr/companion one there was, IMO.

Anyway, back on topic.

Anyone else *really* hate Q from Star Trek TNG?

cassiopeia · 10-02-2002, 06:00 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by BeardofPants
Anyway, back on topic. Anyone else *really* hate Q from Star Trek TNG?

Q was annoying, from what I remember, but I didn't really hate him.

I guess my best movie villain would be Darth Vader, I'm sure he must be the most popular movie villain of all. Oh and Ralph Fienes (I think I spelt that wrong) in Shindlers List. I can't remember his name, but he was horrible!

glasses · 10-02-2002, 04:48 PM

My favorite villains were Darth Vader, Agent Smith, and Hannibal Lecter (though he wasn't a 'real' villain)

webwizard333 · 10-02-2002, 06:14 PM

Darth Vader was a wimpy villain, he went good.

In all serious, however, my personal favourite screen villains would be Emperor Palpatine, Scorpius before he went good from Farscape , and the Borg. My personal favourite villain of all time, though, is from the Sherlock Holmes books-Prof. Moriarty.

Edit: I almost forgot- The Joker, the paranoid general from Dr. Strangelove, and Dr. Evil.

durin's bane · 10-02-2002, 08:02 PM

voldemort from harry potter (he's so cool, with his killing cuse and tortring curse) and commudus from gladiator. i really, really hate that guy.

Elfmaster XK · 10-10-2002, 12:41 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by durin's bane
commudus from gladiator. i really, really hate that guy.

mmmmm...villains....i like him.

I hate villains who go good too. It defeats the point of being a villain.

***IronParrot*** · 10-10-2002, 12:48 PM

Darth Vader is the greatest film villain of all time and all time yet to come. (No, don't even try to argue with me there.)

In general, I consider the greatest villains to be not only a complete match for our protagonist (or even more so) but also a character with depth and motive...

Col. Kurtz from Apocalypse Now comes to mind immediately. One of film's darkest and most disturbed characters, second only to...

HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey, arguably film's most thoroughly disturbed villain ever.

Ralph Fiennes' Amon Goeth in Schindler's List is not far behind... certainly among the most detestable of all time.

Rene Belloq from Raiders of the Lost Ark was probably the only villain in the Indiana Jones series who came off as Indy's equal.

The T-1000 from Terminator 2: Judgment Day isn't a particularly deep character, but in terms of relentless killing machines, he (it?) tops them all.

Lee Van Cleef's "Angel-Eyes" from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is the definitive Western villain in the black hat.

Lawrence Olivier's Crassus from Spartacus was quite a formidable villain himself... one clever and devious guy, to be sure.

For sheer Childhood Scars Factor, I'd have to include the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz.

Film noir has its devious scheming villains in all shapes and sizes, all very intelligent... so many to name, I won't bother.

Treebeard's apprentice · 10-10-2002, 12:54 PM

In no particular order:

Joker, Two-Face, The Riddler, Penguin, Catwoman, Mr. Freeze, Poison Ivy, Clayface, Scarecrow, The Man-Bat, Egghead, nameless Gothamite thugs with ski-masks, etc, etc.

Also:

Scorpion, Green Goblin, Dr. Octopus, Venom, Carnage, Kingpin, Hobgoblin, nameless New Yorkian thugs, etc, etc.

***IronParrot*** · 10-10-2002, 01:29 PM

Hmm, I wonder what you're a fan of?

Jadera · 10-17-2002, 09:49 PM

Alan Rickman as Severus Snape in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Very cool.

Tommy Lee Jones as Two-Face

Jack Nickolson as the Joker

Hugo Weaving in the Matrix, don't remember his character's name.

And Dustin Hoffman in Hook.

Ma Uai: Ua Nemti · 10-17-2002, 11:12 PM

Can you call the "French Persons" from Monty Python and the Holy Grail villians? If so, they're up there on my list. Orcs are good villians. They're so perfectly hideous and detestable.

10-01-2002, 08:08 PM	#1
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	Best Movie Villains The really good villains are the people you love to hate. What are your picks for the top movie villains of all time? As for me, Darth Vader and Commodus, the emperor from Gladiator come to mind. Oh and Col. Tavington from The Patriot. I think he's my (least) favorite. __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

10-01-2002, 08:20 PM	#2
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Does it just have to be movie villains? Cause you know my favourite villainess is from a scifi serial called Blake's 7.... __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

10-01-2002, 09:06 PM	#3
Hasty Ent Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 516	Dennis Hopper (can't remember his character's name) in Blue Velvet Robert Mitchum in Night of the Hunter? he plays a preacher/murderer with tattoos (spelling?) on his fingers "Children?...Children?..." as he walks down the stairs into the basement geez -- can't remember any names of any thing or any one any more...but hopefully someone recognizes these films... __________________ Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)

10-01-2002, 09:59 PM	#6
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Okay, but it has to be Tomb of the Cybermen, or Tenth Planet. Bad costumes aside, they were geniunely scary! (The Tom Baker period ones were just... lame.) DALEKS! EXTERMINATE! OBLITERATE! ANIHILATE! __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

10-01-2002, 10:35 PM	#8
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Tom Baker was a buck-toothed, curly haired... charlatan! Gimme Troughton any day of the week. Seriously though: those creepy giant spiders from Planet of the Spiders (last Pertwee ep) were more evil than Tom Baker. Anyway, since it appears that we're allowed to do serials, then my favourite love to hate villain would have to be Servalan from Blakes 7. http://www.cultscreens.co.uk/picures/servalan.jpg __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

10-01-2002, 09:15 PM	#4
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	darth vader, and dr. evil. i love dr. evil.

10-01-2002, 09:25 PM	#5
osszie Elven Warrior Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 409	Kaiser Soshay (sp.) the best villain who never lived .........or did he? 2nd fav has to be the Cybermen (Dr who) makes the 'Borg (Star Trek) look tame, and unoriginal.............ok I'm talkin collective rather than individual here

10-01-2002, 10:05 PM	#7
osszie Elven Warrior Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 409	Deffo' Tenth Planet....... (ye gods another Dr Who fan in here, fancy a Jellybaby?...lol).....Tom Baker is THE Dr Who yes well.........the Daleks were nothing if not direct ........but they were the first badguy to make me hide behind the setee

10-01-2002, 10:54 PM	#10
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Liberator!!! ::drool:: I grew up with reruns of Pertwee and Baker. But then, when I revived my interest in all things Dr Who recently (my pride and joy is my Target novelisation collection ) I just leant towards Troughton. Troughton and Jamie's relationship was the best Dr/companion one there was, IMO. Anyway, back on topic. Anyone else really hate Q from Star Trek TNG? __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

10-02-2002, 04:48 PM	#12
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webwizard333 Elf Lord Join Date: May 2001 Location: myob Posts: 587	Darth Vader was a wimpy villain, he went good. In all serious, however, my personal favourite screen villains would be Emperor Palpatine, Scorpius before he went good from Farscape , and the Borg. My personal favourite villain of all time, though, is from the Sherlock Holmes books-Prof. Moriarty. Edit: I almost forgot- The Joker, the paranoid general from Dr. Strangelove, and Dr. Evil. __________________ Boo! Last edited by webwizard333 : 10-06-2002 at 09:25 AM.

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durin's bane Lady of Westernesse Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Canada (Help! Our parliament building is melting!) Posts: 761	voldemort from harry potter (he's so cool, with his killing cuse and tortring curse) and commudus from gladiator. i really, really hate that guy. __________________ Yada, yada, yada

10-10-2002, 12:48 PM	#16
*IronParrot* Fowl Administrator Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Calgary or Edmonton, Canada Posts: 53,420	Darth Vader is the greatest film villain of all time and all time yet to come. (No, don't even try to argue with me there.) In general, I consider the greatest villains to be not only a complete match for our protagonist (or even more so) but also a character with depth and motive... Col. Kurtz from Apocalypse Now comes to mind immediately. One of film's darkest and most disturbed characters, second only to... HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey, arguably film's most thoroughly disturbed villain ever. Ralph Fiennes' Amon Goeth in Schindler's List is not far behind... certainly among the most detestable of all time. Rene Belloq from Raiders of the Lost Ark was probably the only villain in the Indiana Jones series who came off as Indy's equal. The T-1000 from Terminator 2: Judgment Day isn't a particularly deep character, but in terms of relentless killing machines, he (it?) tops them all. Lee Van Cleef's "Angel-Eyes" from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is the definitive Western villain in the black hat. Lawrence Olivier's Crassus from Spartacus was quite a formidable villain himself... one clever and devious guy, to be sure. For sheer Childhood Scars Factor, I'd have to include the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz. Film noir has its devious scheming villains in all shapes and sizes, all very intelligent... so many to name, I won't bother. __________________ All of IronParrot's posts are guaranteed to be 100% intelligent and/or sarcastic, comprising no genetically modified content and tested on no cute furry little animals unless the SPCA is looking elsewhere. If you observe a failure to uphold this warranty, please contact a forum administrator immediately to receive a full refund on your Entmoot registration. Blog: Nick's Café Canadien

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Treebeard's apprentice Elven Warrior Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Wherever I may roam Posts: 207	In no particular order: Joker, Two-Face, The Riddler, Penguin, Catwoman, Mr. Freeze, Poison Ivy, Clayface, Scarecrow, The Man-Bat, Egghead, nameless Gothamite thugs with ski-masks, etc, etc. Also: Scorpion, Green Goblin, Dr. Octopus, Venom, Carnage, Kingpin, Hobgoblin, nameless New Yorkian thugs, etc, etc.

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*IronParrot* Fowl Administrator Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Calgary or Edmonton, Canada Posts: 53,420	Hmm, I wonder what you're a fan of? __________________ All of IronParrot's posts are guaranteed to be 100% intelligent and/or sarcastic, comprising no genetically modified content and tested on no cute furry little animals unless the SPCA is looking elsewhere. If you observe a failure to uphold this warranty, please contact a forum administrator immediately to receive a full refund on your Entmoot registration. Blog: Nick's Café Canadien

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Jadera Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Somewhere out there Posts: 205	Alan Rickman as Severus Snape in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Very cool. Tommy Lee Jones as Two-Face Jack Nickolson as the Joker Hugo Weaving in the Matrix, don't remember his character's name. And Dustin Hoffman in Hook. __________________ Whaaaaaaaaaat?? ~Chivalry isn't dead, it just transferred to women~

10-17-2002, 11:12 PM	#20
Ma Uai: Ua Nemti Elven Warrior Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: We'd tell you but you're all out to get us. Posts: 215	Can you call the "French Persons" from Monty Python and the Holy Grail villians? If so, they're up there on my list. Orcs are good villians. They're so perfectly hideous and detestable. __________________ Pharoah "Vires decusque."

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