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Zevico
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Melbourne
Apr 2002 time: 15:20
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Jonoleth Irenicus of BG2. "You will suffer. You will ALL suffer."
Most kickass villian ever!
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MosesPresley
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For me it is a toss up between Frank Booth (Dennis Hopper) in Blue Velvet and Albert Spica (Michael Gambon) in The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover. These are two of most disturbing and despicable characters I have ever seen in film.
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MosesPresley
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Was the voice of Irenicus done by David Warner? It certainly sounded like him.
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SnowFire
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New York City, NY
Jan 1970 time: 00:20
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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?
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