My Favorite Villain

whiteguyinblues · Post by **whiteguyinblues** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 1:07 pm

I got in this discussion the other day with some friends and wondered what you all think. I have many but I'm going to mention two.
The first is Captain Hook. A guy who is trying to kill flying orpahns! If that isn't a bad guy I dont know who is.
The second is Lord Soth. For those who dont know him he is a ruthless Death kight from the Realm of Dragon Lance and eventually ends up in Ravenloft.

Those are mine, what are yours?

Dava · Post by **Dava** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 1:23 pm

I love the bad guys in films and such, and I often find myself cheering on the bad guy if they are well acted/written etc....

For films...
My all time fav baddie is Darth Vader! He's just got sooo many cool lines, and I can't think of anybody who could have done the voice better than James Earl Jones. Ming the Merciless was pretty cool in Flash Gordan as well.

For books....
I find it harder to think of bad guys who really stand out in the many books I've read. Atremis Entreri (sp) is a good one though, and Raistlin out of Dragon Lance.

Dava

Mad Season · Post by **Mad Season** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 3:16 pm

Londo in Babylon 5
Q in Star Trek
The Evil Queen in Barbarella "Come HERE, my pretty pretty..."
Jack Nicholson in anything.
Gollum.
Moriarty of Sherlock Holmes fame.
Baron Haarkonen from Dune (the book).
Klingons. Especially ones that have Shakespearian actors in them.

Least favorite villain: George W. Bush and friends.

Loki · Post by **Loki** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 3:43 pm

Steerpike.. the greatest Arch Villain of all time - from novels of Gormanghast.

Michael Corleone.. was there anyone he didn't have killed?

Kell · Post by **Kell** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 3:51 pm

Well.. Since I'm totally nuts about the dark elf series, I suppose I'd have to say Jarlaxle

He's too cool. The Wizard is great though! Forgot his name.. hmm.. The one with the iron tower. Err..

Favorite badies. Well got one, that was played by a friend of mine. His name was Wordigan and he was quite a bad ass eviw mage. But very nice to see at work.

Other then that, well I admire any eviw guy that is played well. In books, movies and anywhere. Good evil requires good play.

Commander James · Post by **Commander James** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 5:34 pm

Ok.. one of my favorite badies is from the movie "Buffy the vampires slayer".
Not the tv show but the movie.
I mean come on.. does it get any better the Rutger Hauer in some really cool clothing.

Another that comes to mind from another recient thread. "Hawk the slayer".
Jack Palance in his prime. He was always a good choice for bad guys.

GM Falcon · Post by **GM Falcon** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 5:59 pm

Shredder.

That guy was mean, man.

Jerio Caine · Post by **Jerio Caine** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 6:00 pm

Strong Bad! He's eviw

//Davo

Nilmaril · Post by **Nilmaril** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 6:13 pm

Hannibal Lector.

Spirit · Post by **Spirit** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 7:14 pm

Well I'm a Star Wars FREAK! ! so... Boba Fett of course... IG-88.. the evil rat-monkey that hung around Jaba T' Hutt... and the Tanaka Sisters.. And of course Darth(anyone who can kill someone thru a TV screen ROX ! !)

Hannibal Lector.
Jack Nicholson as the Joker
Jason Vorhees
Gov. LePetomane in Blazing Saddles
Damon Killian "The Running Man"
Prince Humperdink "the Princess Bride"
All the baddies in "Big Trouble in Little China"
Dark Helmet "Spaceballs"
"Aliens"
The Predator

I could go on for days

GM Joker · Post by **GM Joker** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 7:52 pm

Randel Flagg, the Darkman, the Walkin' Dude - all the same guy from various Steven King books, most notably "The Stand".

Heretic115 · Post by **Heretic115** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 8:06 pm

hmmm... some of these may make you think '12 year old,' but bear with me...

Vegeta
the dark one (wheel of time)

actually that is all...i almost forgot! my favorite villian and non-existent mind raper is *drum role* JESUS!

GM Falcon · Post by **GM Falcon** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 8:10 pm

How could I forget Sauron, the Dark Lord of Mordor?

Aurora Damodred · Post by **Aurora Damodred** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 8:25 pm

Ohhhhhh, villians. Hmmm, well, if I had to pick a villian as my favorite, I would say Raistlin, from Dragonlance. I myself dont see him as a villian, for he is very much like me in many many ways, and in a way, he is a rolemodel to me. (scary huh?)

The Greenman · Post by **The Greenman** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 8:34 pm

The Goblin King in Labyrinth.

There was a villain with class!

And a snappy dresser!