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Post by bravomailer on Oct 18, 2018 14:25:22 GMT
Ryker must have had some stories to tell, foremost among them how a guy with a Brooklyn accent became a Wyoming cattle baron.  |
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Post by ghostintheshell on Oct 18, 2018 14:50:09 GMT
Emperor Palpatine
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Post by marth on Oct 18, 2018 15:39:03 GMT
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Post by marth on Oct 18, 2018 15:41:32 GMT
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Post by Archelaus on Oct 18, 2018 15:51:12 GMT
HAL 9000
Hannibal Lecter
Darth Vader
Thanos
Loki
Goldfinger
Jaws
Maleficent
Jafar
Gordon Gecko
Jareth the Goblin King
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Post by bravomailer on Oct 18, 2018 15:57:49 GMT
There's a scene, unfortunately too brief, in which Gecko talks about going to CCNY part time and rising up the investment world. I thought that was an interesting aspect that could have been explored. |
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Post by Archelaus on Oct 18, 2018 16:07:17 GMT
bravomailer : I'll have to re-watch Wall Street sometime, but sleazy characters like Gordon Gecko are still relevant in today's era. HAL 9000 Hannibal Lecter Darth Vader Thanos Loki Goldfinger Jaws Maleficent Jafar Gordon Gecko Jareth the Goblin King I also forgot Harry Lime from The Third Man. Orson Welles made him such a likable villain.
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Post by Nalkarj on Oct 18, 2018 16:18:54 GMT
Definitely seconding Luthor, Lecter (as long as he didn’t try to eat me), Harry Lime, Emperor Palpatine (especially in Revenge of the Sith—so what that that scene at the opera was a con to get Anakin over to the dark side? I wanted to hear more of those stories), Quint if you consider him a villain, and René Belloq.
If we’re continuing the beautiful villainesses thing, I’d add Rosamund Pike in Die Another Day. And, if we’re looking for completely unbeautiful villains, how about Barbossa from Pirates of the Caribbean? Geoffrey Rush is by far the best aspect about those movies.
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Post by drystyx on Oct 18, 2018 16:21:56 GMT
Mostly good picks so far. Quint was mostly a fun guy. Norman Bates would be fine, if you weren't a single chick, or a detective looking for a missing chick. Hans Gruber, when not on his job, would probably be an okay guy.
These were "motivated" characters who were "motivated" by natural means. Now, the villains from the "my sadist can out-sadist your sadist" group that the geeks like, they just do evil for the sake of evil. Soon as you're in a helpless situation, you're prey to them.
Others of the "motivated" villain class, who would be good company as a rule:
Martin "my friend" Arlington from TARZAN AND HIS MATE
Lee Hackett (Van Heflin) from GUNMAN'S WALK
Agree totally with the Ryker pick from SHANE. One of the most complex of villains there. Much more interesting and entertaining than the one dimensional sadist of Wilson.
Agree that Hans Gruber would be fun when he has his estate, long as you didn't intentionally do him real dirty
Agree with Quint, long as there isn't a chalk board nearby
Larkin (Henry Fonda) from FIRECREEK. Excellent companion on a fishing trip. Motivated by natural means. Basically wanted everyone to get along.
I was trying to think of a Bond villain, but almost all of those turn on their friends in sadistic ways. Of the Bond villains, Jaws may actually be the only one who wouldn't just kill you for no reason. The others were actually psychopaths, which most people think don't empathize with their victims, but that's dark age psychology. I've known enough of them to know they are actually sadists wanting an excuse to torment others. Don't forget that the seemingly amiable Goldfinger was cheating his friend in cards at the beginning of the movie. Jaws is the only Bond villain I can think of who you could maintain some level of amiability with outside of his job, without eventually being his prey or patsy.
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Post by bravomailer on Oct 18, 2018 16:32:16 GMT
The mad mullah in Gunga Din. Aren't his sentiments ordinary parts of western curricula these days? "Oh brothers of Thuggee we are defenders of this earth. An immense hand is against us. We have been kicked, spat upon and driven to the hills like wild pigs. My father was a thug and he was hanged. His father was blown from the cannon's mouth. And what of your kinsmen, your fathers and their fathers and their father's fathers before them? Oh my brothers a new day is at hand."  |
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Post by anthonyrocks on Oct 18, 2018 21:24:23 GMT
HAL 9000 Hannibal Lecter Darth Vader Thanos Loki Goldfinger Jaws Maleficent Jafar Gordon Gecko Jareth the Goblin King LOL, Jaws would Eat You! |
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Oct 18, 2018 21:51:53 GMT
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Post by dirtypillows on Oct 18, 2018 21:59:54 GMT
Rutger Hauer in "The Hitcher"
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Post by James on Oct 18, 2018 23:12:53 GMT
More on the subject of female fatales, Hela from Thor 3.
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Post by anthonyrocks on Oct 19, 2018 5:56:11 GMT
LOL, Yeah That would be an Experience! |
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Post by Archelaus on Oct 19, 2018 14:08:07 GMT
HAL 9000 Hannibal Lecter Darth Vader Thanos Loki Goldfinger Jaws Maleficent Jafar Gordon Gecko Jareth the Goblin King LOL, Jaws would Eat You!
No. I meant Jaws from the James Bond series. I placed him after Goldfinger so people wouldn't confuse him for the shark, who was actually named "Bruce" by Steven Spielberg.
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Post by koskiewicz on Oct 19, 2018 15:39:06 GMT
Rutger Hauer in Blade Runner
Peter Storemare as Satan in Constantine
Emilio Estavez as Billie the Kid in Young Guns
Tuco in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The Gorch brothers from The Wild Bunch
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2018 11:19:12 GMT
Both of them, or just one of them? I wouldn't even notice if the guy was there or not! |
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