Who are your favorite villains?

[Urban Ranger]

Sauron is wimpy compared to Morgoth.

Catbert. Now that's an evil character

[Wraith]

--"And how are capes comfortable? They are a nuisance and a pain the ass to wear."

Bah. So what? How many Evil Dread Lords are worried about comfort? Capes allow you to strike all sorts of cool and dramatic poses.

--"I'm gonna have to agree with Wraith's mention of Ilpalazzo,"

Finally, someone else who's seen Excel Saga Although with that location field, I may have to ask you to sing the afro song...

--"You can't be a Super-Villain without a cape!"

Don't forget the big shoulder pads.

Wraith
"Don't worry... I haven't come to steal anything. Please be assured... I've only come to kill you."
-- Excel (Excel Saga)

[Boris Godunov]

Post pics of your villains, guys. I've never heard of some of them, so must see if they are cool or not.

Another good Javert picture, this time with hat:

[DinoDoc]

Here's another good one.

Removed. Picture was way to big.

[SlowwHand]

Fakes, frauds, and liars; if you didn't pick The Wicked Witch.

[Boris Godunov]

Hmm, I forgot Angela Lansbury's character in The Manchurian Candidate. Perhaps the most testicle-shrinking female in all moviedom!

[Urban Ranger]

You don't know who Morgoth is? He's that tall dark stranger in the image. The hammer in his hand is Grond. The puny creature fighting him is a silly elf.

[Boris Godunov]

Oh, I knew of Morgoth. I just find Sauron a far more compelling creation.

[mactbone]

KEFKA!


Venom


Carnage


I'll think of others...

[mactbone]

Dang it! I forgot Zim and his evilllll sidekick GIR!!!!

[chequita guevara]

You forgot Professor Moriarty. No pic for him, as he was never seen.

[Nostromo]

You forgot Paul Atreides. In the first Dune book, he's a hero, but in the following book, he becomes the worst tyrant in history. Hitler and Stalin are nothing compared to him. And his son, the worm boy, will even be worst than him.

[SnowFire]

Hmph. I could only really get behind Darth Vader & Lady Macbeth on that list.

Some good suggestions though. Angela Lansbury in The Manchurian Candidate, whatever she was called, was a darn good villian. Sephiroth is good too, just for style.

While we're on video game villians, no list would be complete without mentioning Ghaleon from Lunar: Silver Story Complete. He manages to do the "sympathetic villian" thing right, when it's easy to get wrong. Basically it comes down to differing political ideologies really, both your characters and him standing up for what they think is right (without spoiling the story, let's just say that Ghaleon doesn't have much faith in humanity to get things right without a strong leader, but he actually has good reasons for this belief). Compare this to say, Javert, who was held up as an example as a sympathetic villian. Javert falls into the category I like to call "Lawful Stupid" villians: people who follow some kind of idiotic code super-rigorously even in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary (until the end, when they realize the error of their ways). Unfortunately, they're fairly popular. I far prefer SMART villians who come to their conclusions on their own.

Like, say, Bester, who while certainly not being sympathetic is evil, smart, & stylish. Very good at setting up win-win situations for himself and then laughing to the good guys about it, something I always appreciate in villians.

Speaking of Dracula... anybody see the movie "Shadows of the Vampire?" I think that "Count Orlock" there was highly enjoyable, myself...

And oh yes, I stopped watching the X-Files ages ago. But I do recall there were hints that Cancerman was Mulder's father. Were these ever confirmed? Denied?

[Jac de Molay]

Favorite Baddies:

Sauron from Lord of the Rings - Love the mystique of the formless, lidless Red Eye

Patrick Bateman from American Psycho - Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go return some videotapes

The Diabolicals from Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum- all manner of occult villains, real and fictional, embroiled in a global conspiracy.

Aleister Crowley - early 20th century black magician, once known as the wickedest man in the world. Following still has several thousand members.

Dave

[Stefu]

Lady Winnowill!