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KoolEaze

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Who are your favorite villains ?

As a kid, I used to think that Darth Vader is the greatest villain ever. Then, when I was around nine years old, I watched Conan the Barbarian and was impressed by James Earl Jones as Thulsa Doom, who, as you all know, voiced Darth Vader. I liked his hairstyle, his calm but sinister demeanor, and of course his voice.

A couple of years later I watched Mad Max 2 (The Road Warrior) in a movie theater and thought that Humungus and Wez were among the greatest villains ever. Both are very mysterious, ambigious and brutal, even sadistic, and both had a very unique look and style.

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To my own surprise they are both still my favorite villains, even compared to more contemporary villains but I think Negan from The Walking Dead was also a great villain in his early seasons. I like his humor, his leadership skills and his style, with the leather jacket and baseball bat named Lucille. Quite unusual.

Another favorite villain of mine is Anton Chigurh from No Country For Old Men.

I think Javier Bardem really did a great job playing him.....he doesn´t say much and uses a very unusual device to kill his victims. #

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It ´s very hard to narrow it down to just one villain, I like them all equally, and they all have their unique style as far as looks and idisyncracies are concerned.

Soooo....who are your all time favorite villains ?

I like comic book villains such as the Joker, Galactus, Dr. Doom etc. as well, but in my opinion they don´t really compare to the ones I listed here.....the Joker, maybe, but he is so wellknown and overexposed, much like Darth Vader, that he is no longer in my top three or even top five.

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“Greetings from The Humungus! The Lord Humungus! The Warrior of the Wasteland! The Ayatollah of Rock and Rolla!”

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Wez

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Wez with his gay companion "The Golden Youth".

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The great James Earl Jones as Thulsa Doom.

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Another great villain with a great hairdo.....Javier Bardem as Anton Chigurh.

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Negan.....his jacket is very similar to the jacket Max Rockatansky wears in the Mad Max movies, and he and Javier Bardem look a bit similar, too.


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Reply #1 posted 09/04/21 6:14am

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Kurgan from 'Highlander' and Warden Hadley from "The Shawshank Redemption', both played by Clancy Brown.

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Reply #2 posted 09/04/21 6:36am

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Hannibal Lecter
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Reply #3 posted 09/04/21 6:38am

KoolEaze

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uPtoWnNY said:

Kurgan from 'Highlander' and Warden Hadley from "The Shawshank Redemption', both played by Clancy Brown.

Yes, that actor plays villains so well that I can´t imagine him being maybe a nice guy in real life. wink

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KoolEaze said:

As a kid, I used to think that Darth Vader is the greatest villain ever. Then, when I was around nine years old, I watched Conan the Barbarian and was impressed by James Earl Jones as Thulsa Doom, who, as you all know, voiced Darth Vader. I liked his hairstyle, his calm but sinister demeanor, and of course his voice.


A couple of years later I watched Mad Max 2 (The Road Warrior) in a movie theater and thought that Humungus and Wez were among the greatest villains ever. Both are very mysterious, ambigious and brutal, even sadistic, and both had a very unique look and style.


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To my own surprise they are both still my favorite villains, even compared to more contemporary villains but I think Negan from The Walking Dead was also a great villain in his early seasons. I like his humor, his leadership skills and his style, with the leather jacket and baseball bat named Lucille. Quite unusual.


Another favorite villain of mine is Anton Chigurh from No Country For Old Men.


I think Javier Bardem really did a great job playing him.....he doesn´t say much and uses a very unusual device to kill his victims. #


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It ´s very hard to narrow it down to just one villain, I like them all equally, and they all have their unique style as far as looks and idisyncracies are concerned.


Soooo....who are your all time favorite villains ?


I like comic book villains such as the Joker, Galactus, Dr. Doom etc. as well, but in my opinion they don´t really compare to the ones I listed here.....the Joker, maybe, but he is so wellknown and overexposed, much like Darth Vader, that he is no longer in my top three or even top five.



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“Greetings from The Humungus! The Lord Humungus! The Warrior of the Wasteland! The Ayatollah of Rock and Rolla!”



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Wez



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Wez with his gay companion "The Golden Youth".



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The great James Earl Jones as Thulsa Doom.



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Another great villain with a great hairdo.....Javier Bardem as Anton Chigurh.



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Negan.....his jacket is very similar to the jacket Max Rockatansky wears in the Mad Max movies, and he and Javier Bardem look a bit similar, too.






Negan? Not on your life. I would've bashed his head in the first chance I got.
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Reply #5 posted 09/04/21 6:40am

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Empress said:

Hannibal Lecter

That´s a good one, too, but to me he´s more like a misunderstood and helpful good guy who happens to have an appetite for human flesh. lol

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Reply #7 posted 09/04/21 8:47am

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KoolEaze said:

uPtoWnNY said:

Kurgan from 'Highlander' and Warden Hadley from "The Shawshank Redemption', both played by Clancy Brown.

Yes, that actor plays villains so well that I can´t imagine him being maybe a nice guy in real life. wink

He was also Sean Penn's nemesis Viking Lofgren in 'Bad Boys'.

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Reply #8 posted 09/04/21 9:36am

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Great topic and great list, we must be the same age lol

Love mob movies but there's too many to name and the same could be said with James Bond... then there's the slasher films...

Iconic villains are another story, here's my list:


The Wicked Witch of the West (Margaret Hamilton) — The Wizard of Oz

Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) The Shining

The Tall Man (Angus Scrimm) Phantasm

Max Cady (Robert De Niro) Cape Fear (1991)

Warden Norton (Bob Gunton) — Shawshank Redemption

Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates) Misery

Buffalo Bill (Ted Levine) Silence of the Lambs

Bill Cutting (Daniel Day-Lewis) Gangs of New York

Saruman (Christopher Lee) Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

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Reply #9 posted 09/04/21 9:57am

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S2DG said:

Great topic and great list, we must be the same age lol

Love mob movies but there's too many to name and the same could be said with James Bond... then there's the slasher films...

Iconic villains are another story, here's my list:


The Wicked Witch of the West (Margaret Hamilton) — The Wizard of Oz

Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) — The Shining

The Tall Man (Angus Scrimm) — Phantasm

Max Cady (Robert De Niro) — Cape Fear (1991)

Warden Norton (Bob Gunton) — Shawshank Redemption

Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates) — Misery

Buffalo Bill (Ted Levine) — Silence of the Lambs

Bill Cutting (Daniel Day-Lewis) — Gangs of New York

Saruman (Christopher Lee) — Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) — Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

I know and like all of them , and they were all pretty scary but of those you mentioned I think the Wicked Witch of the West scared me the most and is , in my opinion, the most iconic one. But The Tall Man is also pretty iconic....and scary. That movie really messed with my mind when I watched it around 3 a.m. As far as the Witch is concerned she scared me more than Buffalo Bill and Max Cady.

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And more than Jack Torrance. I actually felt a bit sorry for Jack and could relate to him....a bit at least. But yeah, he is very iconic. That picture where he´s hitting the door with that axe is such an iconic image . biggrin

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KoolEaze said:

I know and like all of them , and they were all pretty scary but of those you mentioned I think the Wicked Witch of the West scared me the most and is , in my opinion, the most iconic one. But The Tall Man is also pretty iconic....and scary. That movie really messed with my mind when I watched it around 3 a.m. As far as the Witch is concerned she scared me more than Buffalo Bill and Max Cady.

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And more than Jack Torrance. I actually felt a bit sorry for Jack and could relate to him....a bit at least. But yeah, he is very iconic. That picture where he´s hitting the door with that axe is such an iconic image . biggrin

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With you on the Wicked Witch anf the Tall Man. Saw Phantasm on acid in my youth and it's a part of me now lol

I think what the Wicked Witch has in common with Jack Torrance, Max Cady and Buffalo Bill is that she embodied the roll. When actors make the part their own to the point where another actor playing the roll isn't possible, that's the iconic part for me.




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Reply #11 posted 09/04/21 11:29am

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Lee Van Cleef as The Bad. (That says it all, doesn't it?)
Christoph Waltz as Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds
The Daltons in the Lucky Luke comic strips. (Although they're too stupid to really be villains.)
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Reply #12 posted 09/04/21 11:42am

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Some great villains listed here so far. Kurrgan (Highlander) Anton Chigurh (No Country...) and Max Cady (Cape Fear) are among my favourites.

To add to that list, I'd nominate Arnold Schwarzenegger's Terminator (Terminator), Robert Patrick's T-1000 (Terminator 2) and Rutger Hauer's Roy Batty (Blade Runner).

And of course, probably the best villain of all time, Nurse Ratched (One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest).



Honourable mention, for Bennett from Commando, Jack Nicholson's Joker, Gene Hackman's Lex Luther and Alan Rickman's Hans Gruber.
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Reply #14 posted 09/04/21 12:33pm

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Some great villains listed here so far. Kurrgan (Highlander) Anton Chigurh (No Country...) and Max Cady (Cape Fear) are among my favourites. To add to that list, I'd nominate Arnold Schwarzenegger's Terminator (Terminator), Robert Patrick's T-1000 (Terminator 2) and Rutger Hauer's Roy Batty (Blade Runner). And of course, probably the best villain of all time, Nurse Ratched (One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest). Honourable mention, for Bennett from Commando, Jack Nicholson's Joker, Gene Hackman's Lex Luther and Alan Rickman's Hans Gruber.

Analyzing Evil: Nurse Ratched - YouTube

Analyzing Evil: Max Cady ... - YouTube

Analyzing Evil: Sergeant ... - YouTube

Analyzing Evil: Arthur Fl... - YouTube

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Reply #15 posted 09/04/21 2:39pm

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By St. Boogar and all the saints at the backside door of Purgatory!
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Just about everybody in this movie is a villian, except for maybe 2 people lol



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How could I forget THIS dude?

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Buford T. Justice {Jackie Gleason} - Smokey And The Bandit (1977)
Roxy {Yvette Vickers} - Reform School Girl (1957)
J. D. Hogg {Sorrell Booke} - The Dukes Of Hazzard (1979-1985)
Mommy {Shelly Winters} - Cleopatra Jones (1973)
Dragon Lady {Stella Stevens} - Cleopatra Jones And The Casino Of Gold (1975)

Ricardo Montalbán {Vincent Ludwig} - The Naked Gun (1994)
Ho {Ping-Ou Wei} - The Way Of The Dragon (1972) aka Return Of The Dragon
Brother Sum {Danny Chan Kwok-kwan} - Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
John McBurney {Clint Eastwood} - The Beguiled (1971)
Garthe Knight {David Hasselhoff} - Knight Rider

Clubber Lang {Mr. T} - Rocky III (1982)
Harry Lyme {Joe Pesci} & Marv Murchins {Daniel Stern} - Home Alone 1 (1990) & 2 (1992)
Elsa Bannister {Rita Hayworth} - The Lady From Shanghai (1947)
Showboat {Michael Colyar} - House Party 3 (1994)
Alex DeLarge {Malcolm McDowell} - A Clockwork Orange (1971)
E.J. DiMera (James Scott) - Days Of Our Lives

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THE JOKER!!!

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Reply #21 posted 09/05/21 3:40am

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Vader, T-800, The Predator and Ledger's Joker as the usual.

Yasunori Katō

Bennett

Tong Po

Crystal Bowie

Goro from the only good MK movie (95)

Tetsuooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Clubber Lang

Michael Wincott in Metro

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Reply #23 posted 09/05/21 2:33pm

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spacedolphin said:

Vader, T-800, The Predator and Ledger's Joker as the usual.

Yasunori Katō

Bennett

Tong Po

Crystal Bowie

Goro from the only good MK movie (95)

Tetsuooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Clubber Lang

Michael Wincott in Metro

Yes , Tong Po and Clubber Lang were really assholish villains. But I kinda felt sorry for Clubber.

Bennet, by the way, was played by the same actor who played Wez ( whose pics I posted above), the great Vernon Wells. Too bad he didn´t play more villains. I really liked how he played Wez and Bennet.

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Reply #24 posted 09/05/21 10:52pm

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KoolEaze said:

uPtoWnNY said:

Surprised no one said Denzel Washington's Alonzo Harris from 'Training Day' or Kevin Spacey's John Doe from 'Se7en'.

Analyzing Evil: John Doe,... - YouTube

Analyzing Evil: Dr. Hanni... - YouTube

Analyzing Evil: Anton Chi...or Old Men

Analyzing Evil: Calvin Ca... Unchained

Analyzing Evil: Walter Wh... - YouTube

Analyzing Evil: Alonzo Ha... - YouTube

Analyzing Evil: Annie Wil... - YouTube

Analyzing Evil: The Joker... - YouTube

Analyzing Evil: Darth Vad... - YouTube

Analyzing Evil: Darth Sid...m Star ...

Wow, great list of links. I wasn´t even aware of Analyzing Evil. Thanks for posting . I must watch all episodes now.

Analyzing Evil: Tony Mont... - YouTube

Warden Samuel Norton From...Redemption

Analyzing Evil: Scar From... - YouTube

Analyzing Evil: Darth Mau... - YouTube

Analyzing Evil: Count Doo... - YouTube

FYI, another great movie villain is Half-Dead, played by the late Badja Djola in Penitentiary 1, and Ernie Hudson in Penitentiary 2.

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Reply #25 posted 09/07/21 7:27am

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uPtoWnNY said:

Kurgan from 'Highlander' and Warden Hadley from "The Shawshank Redemption', both played by Clancy Brown.


That guy is a legend.

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KoolEaze said:



uPtoWnNY said:


Kurgan from 'Highlander' and Warden Hadley from "The Shawshank Redemption', both played by Clancy Brown.



Yes, that actor plays villains so well that I can´t imagine him being maybe a nice guy in real life. wink



You do know he is the voice of Mr. Krab in the “Spongebob Sqauarepants” cartoon series?

And he had a very sympathetic part as Carey Mulligan’s father in “Promising Young Woman “
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jjhunsecker said:

KoolEaze said:

Yes, that actor plays villains so well that I can´t imagine him being maybe a nice guy in real life. wink

You do know he is the voice of Mr. Krab in the “Spongebob Sqauarepants” cartoon series? And he had a very sympathetic part as Carey Mulligan’s father in “Promising Young Woman “

No, didn´t know that at all. lol

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My daughter loves every wicked witch. It explains a lot. I can only think of thanos his sheer reasoning and commitment, same thing with whiplash. Oh nvm I have more. Agent Smith. Dexter. Alex DeLarge. Begbie. Why did I forget Regina even after mentioning wicked witches.
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Anglea Lansbury as the evil Iselin in the Manchurian Candidate.

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