The difference between MCU and DC villains.

The difference between MCU and DC villains. Oct 24, 2017 11:41:37 GMT charzhino and DC-Fan like this

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Post by Tristan's Journal on Oct 24, 2017 11:41:37 GMT

Oct 24, 2017 11:24:07 GMT formersamhmd said:

Oct 24, 2017 8:36:18 GMT charzhino said:

Which gets boring after 10+ years seeing heros battling so called supervillains, defeating them easily and barely leaving with a scratch rinse and repeat.

You feel the same way about James Bond? He's been doing it for over 50 years...

you with your theories would be fun at writing class parties, sam.

I find (most) Bond generic, dumb and formulaic, and the franchise gets a lot of flack for that. But one of Bond's assesst are some of the best and most iconic villains ever, such as Goldfinger (the title gives it away already,eh?) or his sidekick Oddjob - these blow away any MCU villain; not to mention Blowfield & Jaws, Red Grant & Rosa Klebb etc.

Because even after all these years the idea that the villain is NOT the star of the show and the hero is actually a character and not a "Oppose the villain" cipher is still hard to swallow for some people. They WANT the hero to do nothing but react to the villain instead of being a proactive character in their own right.

Nonsense, said no one ever.

The greatest adventure stories have great villains, that is no coincidence. Thus, the old rules:

- A hero is only as good as the villain and obstacles he must overcome;

- The hardest thing is to write a good villain;

- Without stakes there is no suspense and drama.

Mere plot devices are per se lazy writing; if you reduce characters or even the main anagonist to a plot device it is abysmal writing. Case closed.