As children of a generation that’s been raised on cinema, we all have our own personal memories of the villains from films of the past. Who left the most indelible marks upon our young impressionable minds? Who are the best (or worst?) villains of all time?
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Tonight’s Show Notes & Download Below:
– No ‘monsters’ (covered in a previous episode)
– Doesn’t have to be evil, just has to oppose whoever is the lead in a film (e.g., Biff from BTTF)
– TV villains are OK as long as they appear in more than 2 episodes.
SCI-FI
Chris:
Best – Khan
Jeremy:
Best – Darth Vader
Runner-Up – HAL 9000
Worst – Terl from Battlefield Earth (John Travolta)
Alan:
Worst – Anakin Skywalker
SPIES
Chris:
Doctor Smith
Sarah – YEP.
Jeremy:
Best: Doctor Evil
Worst: The dude from “Tomorrow Never Dies” (Bond)
DISNEY
Chris:
Ursula from The Little Mermaid
Jeremy:
Best – The Queen from Snow White (or Ursula the Sea Witch… undecided)
Worst – Scar from Lion King
SUPERVILLAINS
Chris:
Worst – Nuclear Man from Superman IV
Worst – New Lex Luther (He fights superman.. If I could do that, I’d be super)
Worst – Sauron from Lord of the Rings, just sayin. Super snore.
Jeremy:
Best – Magneto (X-Men)
Worst – Anyone in a Spider-Man movie (except Doc Oc, he was ok)
Alan:
Worst – Doctah FREEZE
MISC USER SUBMITTED:
Tam says, “Best = The Joker! From the 60s movie, ‘89 and Dark Knight. Worst = Alien Probe from Star Trek IV.”
mike_from_alberta says, “Pretty much any Alan Rickman villain” (Hans Gruber, Snape, Sheriff of Nottingham”
LINKS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI’s_100_Years%E2%80%A6100_Heroes_and_Villains
https://www.movievillains.com/archives/star_trek/