Originally Posted By DAR I was just looking through my Wizard magazine, which mainly deals with comic books but they picked the 100 Greatest Villains in movies, comics, tv, books and other magazines. First of all the fact that there is only one Disney villain makes this list very suspect. And since I couldn't find a link here they are 100 Mr. Joshua-Lethal Weapon 99. Beholder-Dungeons and Dragons 98 The Others(Lost) 97 Francis Buxton-Pee Wee's Big Adventure 96 Sephiroth-Final Fantasy VII 95 Stewie Griffin-Family Guy 94 Braniac-Superman 93 Norman Bates-Psycho 92 Dean Wormer-Animal House 91 Auric Goldfinger-Goldfinger 90 Gentleman-Buffy the Vampire Slayer 89 Bill Lumberg-Office Space 88 Frank Booth-Blue Velvet 87 Endo-Lethal Weapon 86 Mr. Blonde-Reservoir Dogs 85 Col Kurtz-Apocalypse Now 84 Deathstroke(Comics) 83 The French Taunter-Monty Python and the Holy Grail 82 Luther-The Warriors 81 Angel Eyes-The Good the Bad and the Ugly 80 Clubber Lang-Rocky III 79 Cancer Man-X-Files 78 R J Fletcher-UHF 77 The Flood-Halo 76 The Socs-The Outsiders 75 Big Brother-1984 74 Herr Starr-Comics 73 Biff Tannen-Back to the Future 72 Tony Montana-Scarface 71 Walter Peck-Ghostbusters 70 The Balrog-Fellowship of the Ring 69 J R Ewing-Dallas 68 Megatron-Transformers 67 Venom-Spider-Man 66 Sideshow Bob-The Simpsons 65 Kevin-Sin City 64 Syndrome-The Incredibles 63 Samara-The Ring 62 Gollum-Lord of the Rings 61 Johnny Lawrence-The Karate Kid 60 Judge Doom-Who Framed Roger Rabbit 59 Bob-Twin Peaks 58 General Zod-Superman 2 57 Principal Ed Rooney-Ferris Bueller's Day Off 56 John Doe-Seven 55 The Overlook Hotel-The Shining 54 Leatherface-Texas Chainsaw Massacre 53 Cobra Commander-GI Joe 52 Kid Miracleman-Comics 51 Catwoman-Batman 50 Max Cady-Cape Fear 49 Amanda Woodward-Melrose Place 48 Iago-Othello 47 Bill the Butcher-Gangs of NY 46 Starscream-Transformers 45 Mr Burns-The Simpsons 44 Godzilla-Godzilla 43 Serpentor-GI Joe 42 Keyser Sose-The Usual Suspects 41 HAL 9000-2001 40 BUU-Dragonball 39 Michael Corleone-The Godfather 38 Dark Phoenix-X-Men 37 Predator-Predator 36 Alex Delarge-A Clockwork Orange 35 Roddy Piper-Wrestling 34 Mayor Richard Wilkins-Buffy the Vampire Slayer 33 Tony Soprano-The Sopranos 32 Hans Gruber-Die Hard 31 Grand Moff Tarkin-Star Wars 30 Dracula-Monster Squad 29 T-1000-Terminator 2 28 Jabba the Hutt-Star Wars 27 Hillbillies-Deliverance 26 Jason Voorhees-Friday the 13th 25 Ozymandias-Watchmen 24 Agent Smith-The Matrix 23 Darkseid-DC Comics 22 Thanos-Marvel Comics 21 Red Skull-Captain America 20 Khan-Star Trek 19 Green Goblin-Spider-Man 18 Galactus-Fantastic Four 17 Magneto-X-Men 16 The Thing-The Thing 15 Pennywise-It 14 Freddy Krueger-Nightmare on Elm Street 13 Aliens-Aliens 12 Sauron-Lord of the Rings 11 Darth Vader-Star Wars 10 The Shark-Jaws 9 Pinhead-Hellraiser 8 Lex Luthor-Superman 7 The Borg-Star Trek 6 Hannibal Lecter-Silence of the Lambs 5 Zombies-Dawn of the Dead 2004 4 Dr Doom-Fantastic Four 3 Palpatine-Star Wars 2 Pazuzu-The Exorcist 1 The Joker-Batman
Originally Posted By chickendumpling LOL. Yeah, I assumed these were in rank order too. If they are, I'd like to see how they calculated it or whatever if they listed it.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss As for Disney villians, there is none creepier than Frollo from The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy "The Shark" was a natural animal just doin' what it does! *Jeez!* LOL (okay yeah they don't normally go after humans, but still, lol) And the principal in Ferris Bueller is dozens above Norman Bates?? People, come on! Where's Maleficent? The Evil Queen? Lady Tremaine? The Coachman? Ursula? (not ours, the movie one) Magica DeSpell? That "Patriot" guy? Mombie? Iris Cory Carrington Delaney Bancroft Wheeler? They shoulda done each category all its own, then maybe other great ones would've had a chance.
Originally Posted By BrnardM The AFI did a similar list for films, placing Dr. Hannibal Lecter in the # 1 spot. No objections there, Darth Vader was number two I beleive.
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs Yes, but the Villains had to share with the Heroes on that list a few years ago... Oy, you just can't pick *50* Villains... it should have been a two-part, two-night special.
Originally Posted By ecdc If this is from movies, comics, tv, etc., then I can get on board with some of them. The Joker is an awesome villain in the Batman comics - the Killing Joke, anyone? - but doesn't compare if we're just talking movies. I've always considered Vader the quintessential villain in many ways. I don't see how he can't rank in the top 3 or so of just about anyone of these lists. Pennywise is an awesome villian - again, assuming we're talkin' book and not lame-o tv series. Anything with Biff Tannen on the list gets my respect. Lastly, I think the femme fatales of film noir are inevitably ripped off when it comes to these kinds of lists. Here's just a few that top many of the villains on this list: • Barbara Stanwyck as Phyllis Deitrichson in Double Indemnity • Mary Astor as Bridgette O'Shaughnessy in Maltese Falcon • Claire Trevor as Helen Grayle in Murder My Sweet • Jane Greer as Kathie Moffat in Out of the Past And c'mon, no Roy Batty from Blade Runner?!?
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy <Why is TDLFAN missing from that list???> I wanted to include in my questions in my post but I was afraid of incurring your wrath! *GULP* ;-)
Originally Posted By alexbook How many of these has Kevin Spacey played? Can he make it through the whole list before he retires?
Originally Posted By jasmine7 <<Wizard magazine?>> Wizard is pretty much the number one comic book magazine. If you're into comics, movies, and action figures, it's a good read each month. I've been reading it pretty much since it started in the mid-90's, and since I got back into comics a couple of years ago, I've been a subscriber to Wizard again. I read this list and, for the most part, I agreed with their choices. I was very happy with their selection of the Joker as #1. They were mainly going with the comic Joker, not the film, and it was an excellent choice. As Wizard said about the Joker (and I'm vastly paraphrasing here as I don't have the issue in front of me), there are few as scary as the Joker because he doesn't murder and destroy because of a mental disorder or out of some twisted vengeance, he does it because he truly thinks chaos is funny.
