Wednesday, March 4, 2009

A Villian's Villian

Recently I took an online test that scientifically measures how evil you would be if you were a evil villain. I scored very, very low. To quote Dr Evil, I am semi-evil, quasi-evil, the margarine of evil, the Diet Coke of evil. I tell myself it is not due to a lack of creativity in evil scheming but due to the fact that I can be easily bought off and am a bit lazy. Apparently evil villains must have a firm dedication to mayhem, chaos and destruction. I have a firm dedication to tacos, sleeping in and watching TV.

So I have decided to make a list of top villains. I am ranking them according to their ability to cause mayhem, chaos and destruction as well as there overall commitment level. I hope this will be helpful in some way, but I don't really see how. In some cases I also included a alternative "Hero" I really think would make a good match. If you have similar list or a disagreement on some point please pass it on to me.

10. The Operative (Serenity) - He is elegant, and kills with a sword. Classic.
9. Major Toht, Colonel Vogel and the Nazis (Indian Jones) - These Goose-stepping morons should try reading books instead of burning them!

8. Cylons (Battlestar Galactic) - They were created by man, they Rebelled, they evolved, they look like us, and they have a plan. They would also get their asses handed to them by John Mclane. Yippee-ki-yay, motherfragger!
7. Hans Gruber or Elliot Marston - The clenched teeth of Alan Rickman are so fantastically evil.

6. King Edward 1 (Braveheart) - At one part of the movie this guy just through a dude out a window. Who does that?

5. Lex Luther -(Superman - but only Kevin Spacey or Gene Hackman) - "The Greatest Criminal Mind on Earth!" Lex of course must rank high, even if Superman would be a total wuss without his "special" powers. Diana Troy would beat the crap out of him, all things being equal.
4. Khan (Star Trek II) - This Melville quoting, genetically alter super human will stop at nothing to get his revenge.

3. Madam Defarge (Tale of Two Cities) - She knits while watching Madam guillotine at work. That trait alone could put her to the top. I think a great match for her would be Viper Ace Lt Thrash.

2. Benjamin Linus (Lost) - He might look like Beaker but this guy is creepy as hell. One minute he is your buddy the next he is trying to strangle you to death. You never know where you stand with old Linus.
1. Daleks (Dr Who) - Unlike most of the above, these guys have no desire to rule the world or the galaxy. They want to destroy it. Why? Because it is not Dalek. They built a bomb that would destroy every particle of matter in the universe. They have no match in scale or dedication. Thus they are are # 1. Only one person, other than the Doctor and his companions, is resourceful to take on these bad guys, Captain Kathern Janeway. Go kick some ass Kathy.

Honorable Mentions include

Judge Doom creator of Dip (Who Framed Rogger Rabbit)

Paris Hilton

Count Olof (A Series of unfortunate Event)

Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader (Star Wars)

Dr Horrible (Dr Horrible's Sing-a-long Blog. I know he is quasi evil as well but I love him)
Alien (From Aliens)

Marvin the Martian (He wanted to destroy the Earth because it blocked his view of Venus)

Martians (War of the Worlds)

Smog (The Hobbit)

Saraman and Soron, (Lord of the Rings)

Chuck the Evil Sandwich Making Guy (Word Girl)

The Moonites (Aqua Teen Hunger Force)

2 comments:

Melissa said...

The last line of this post is pure genius.

Thanks for reminding me what a sci-fi geek I am. I thought Serenity's Operative was soooo evil. Are you watching Joss Whedon's new series, Dollhouse?

I'd love to see Starbuck head to head with Mme Defarge.

Also, I know it's all the hype this year, but I did think Health Ledger's Joker was pretty chilling.

Bwhahahahah. I just saw what word verification is asking me to type: loser

Melissa said...

Sorry, I was unclear. By the last line, I was referring to the admonition to Cap'n Janeway