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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Apr 7, 2019 22:12:06 GMT
OK. So this thread is a sequel to the Favourite Female Superhero or Action Hero thread I posted a while back. The idea for this one comes courtesy of anthonyrocks.
There have been many different female villains in films and TV shows over the years. Who is your favourite? Choose from any genre, TV or film.
As for myself, at least as regards film villains, I don't really have a SINGLE favourite, so I'm just going to provide a list of the ones that stood out for me personally.
Films:
Pamela Vorhees - Friday the 13th
Alien Queen - Aliens
Catwoman (Michelle Pfeiffer) - Batman Returns
Borg Queen (Alice Krige) - Star Trek: First Contact
Maleficent (Angelina Jolie) - Maleficent
As far as TV shows go, my favourite would probably be:
Winn Adami (Louise Fletcher) - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Such an ambiguous and complex character.
Runners-up would be:
Drusilla (Juliet Landau) - Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Faith (Eliza Dushku) - Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Jasmine (Gina Torres) - Angel
Julie Cooper (Melinda Clarke) - The OC
Number Six (Tricia Helfer) - Battlestar Galactica
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Post by jamesbamesy on Apr 7, 2019 23:07:14 GMT
Maleficent from the original Sleeping Beauty (although Jolie was decent in her film, the movie wasn’t very good)
Annie Wilkes from Misery
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Apr 7, 2019 23:27:18 GMT
Maleficent from the original Sleeping Beauty (although Jolie was decent in her film, the movie wasn’t very good) Annie Wilkes from Misery Great choices. I'm a huge fan of the SK novel. Annie Wilkes is an utterly terrifying creation. Gotta disagree with you about Maleficent (2014) though. Found it to be fantastic.
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Post by jamesbamesy on Apr 7, 2019 23:46:57 GMT
Maleficent from the original Sleeping Beauty (although Jolie was decent in her film, the movie wasn’t very good) Annie Wilkes from Misery Great choices. I'm a huge fan of the SK novel. Annie Wilkes is an utterly terrifying creation. Gotta disagree with you about Maleficent (2014) though. Found it to be fantastic. Have you been familiar with the character in SB? If so you should know that she’s one of the best villains Disney has ever done. I just didn’t care for the direction in the 2014 movie and it kind of ruined the story. I get what they wanted to do something different, but don’t butcher the source material. |
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Apr 8, 2019 1:17:37 GMT
Great choices. I'm a huge fan of the SK novel. Annie Wilkes is an utterly terrifying creation. Gotta disagree with you about Maleficent (2014) though. Found it to be fantastic. Have you been familiar with the character in SB? If so you should know that she’s one of the best villains Disney has ever done. I just didn’t care for the direction in the 2014 movie and it kind of ruined the story. I get what they wanted to do something different, but don’t butcher the source material. I watched the animated movie as a kid back in the 90s and know I liked it, but hardly remember it at all after all these years. Worth a revisit someday, I guess. Personally, I liked the way the 2014 movie went in its own direction rather than opting for the by-the-numbers remake route. Jolie delivered a superb performance. I hadn't appreciated how good of an actress she was until I saw that film.
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Post by Prime etc. on Apr 8, 2019 1:20:49 GMT
From tv
Jeannie's evil twin in I Dream of Jeannie The Baroness GI JOE Jane Badler V
Movies
Wicked Witch The Wizard of Oz
Malificent Sleeping Beauty
Ursa Superman 2
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Post by jamesbamesy on Apr 8, 2019 1:23:53 GMT
Have you been familiar with the character in SB? If so you should know that she’s one of the best villains Disney has ever done. I just didn’t care for the direction in the 2014 movie and it kind of ruined the story. I get what they wanted to do something different, but don’t butcher the source material. I watched the animated movie as a kid back in the 90s and know I liked it, but hardly remember it at all after all these years. Worth a revisit someday, I guess. Personally, I liked the way the 2014 movie went in its own direction rather than opting for the by-the-numbers remake route. Jolie delivered a superb performance. I hadn't appreciated how good of an actress she was until I saw that film. Maybe I was a bit harsh on the movie. I should revisit it, but I still don’t like how they changed the story in such a drastic way. It makes her a hero moreso than a dastardly villain. Don’t get me wrong, I like the performance but I don’t like the way her character was entirely written. |
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Apr 8, 2019 1:24:13 GMT
From tv
Jeannie's evil twin in I Dream of Jeannie The Baroness GI JOE Jane Badler V
Movies
Wicked Witch The Wizard of Oz
Malificent Sleeping Beauty
Ursa Superman 2
A fan of witches/sorcerors, I see.
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Apr 8, 2019 1:26:49 GMT
I watched the animated movie as a kid back in the 90s and know I liked it, but hardly remember it at all after all these years. Worth a revisit someday, I guess. Personally, I liked the way the 2014 movie went in its own direction rather than opting for the by-the-numbers remake route. Jolie delivered a superb performance. I hadn't appreciated how good of an actress she was until I saw that film. Maybe I was a bit harsh on the movie. I should revisit it, but I still don’t like how they changed the story in such a drastic way. It makes her a hero moreso than a dastardly villain. Don’t get me wrong, I like the performance but I don’t like the way her character was entirely written. Fair enough. I know the movie isn't particularly well-regarded in general, but I still love the way they re-imagined the tale.
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Post by mikef6 on Apr 8, 2019 2:21:24 GMT
Barbara Stanwyck as Phyllis Dietrichson in Double Indemnity  Jane Greer as Kathy Moffat in Out Of The Past   Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Eleanor Shaw Iselin in The Manchurian Candidate  Bette Davis as Leslie Crosbie in The Letter  Imelda Staunton as Dolores Umbridge in Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix  Cate Blanchette as Irina Spalko in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Blanchette is in on the joke the whole way)  |
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Post by Archelaus on Apr 8, 2019 2:32:34 GMT
Maleficent, Sleeping Beauty
Lady Tremaine, Cinderella
Alien Queen, Alien and Aliens
Rosa Klebb, From Russia with Love
The Wicked Witch of the East, The Wizard of Oz
Nurse Ratched, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Cruella De Vil, One Hundred and One Dalmatians
Catwoman, Batman Returns
Ursula, The Little Mermaid
Jadis the White Witch, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Amy Dunne, Gone Girl
Mrs. Danvers, Rebecca
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Apr 8, 2019 2:52:25 GMT
Cate Blanchette as Irina Spalko in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Blanchette is in on the joke the whole way) Much preferred her role in Thor: Ragnarok myself.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Apr 8, 2019 3:05:00 GMT
Daisy Domergue - The Hateful Eight
Selina Kyle/Catwoman - Batman Returns
Mrs. Voorhees - Friday the 13th
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Apr 8, 2019 3:15:46 GMT
Daisy Domergue - The Hateful Eight Selina Kyle/Catwoman - Batman Returns Mrs. Voorhees - Friday the 13th Haven't seen The Hateful Eight, but 100% agree with you RE the other two.
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Apr 8, 2019 3:18:42 GMT
From movies (in no particular order)... Antje Traue as Faora in Man of Steel (2013). Famke Janssen as Xenia Onatopp in GoldenEye (1995). Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix Lestrange in the last four Harry Potter movies. Kirsten Dunst as Claudia in Interview with the Vampire (1994). Marion Cotillard as Talia al Ghul in The Dark Knight Rises (2012). Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman in Batman Returns (1992). Rosamund Pike as Amy Dunne in Gone Girl (2014). Sarah Michelle Gellar as Kathryn Merteuil in Cruel Intentions (1999). Sofia Boutella as Gazelle in Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014). Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad (2016). Lena Headey as Ma-Ma in Dredd (2012). Kelly Hu as Lady Deathstrike in X-Men 2 (2003). Robin McLeavy as Lola in The Loved Ones (2009). And probably a bunch more I've forgotten. |
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Post by kingkoopa on Apr 8, 2019 3:37:11 GMT
In the effort of throwing a couple new ones into the mix...
-Gozer in "Ghostbusters" (you could probably argue she wasn't exactly female, or male, but some sort of god/goddess). She seemed female to me though. Like a mix between Sinead O'Connor and David Bowie, but definitely feminine.
And one of my favorites, Angela Baker from "Sleepaway Camp." I liked both portrayals, but had a young-man's crush on Pamela Springsteen's rendition in the sequels. Even with that 'happy camper' song, she got me good.
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Apr 8, 2019 3:46:16 GMT
From TV shows (in no particular order)... Hudson Leick as Callisto from Xena: Warrior Princess. Eliza Dushku as Faith from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. Mia Kirshner as Mandy from 24. Stephanie Romanov as Lilah Morgan from Angel. Clare Kramer as Glory from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Katie McGrath as Morgana from Merlin. Sara Serraiocco as Baldwin from Counterpart. Jodie Comer as Villanelle from Killing Eve. Nina Dobrev as Katherine Pierce from The Vampire Diaries. Lana Parrilla as the Evil Queen from Once Upon A Time. Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister from Game of Thrones. Sian Brooke as Eurus from Sherlock. And last, but definitely not least, Natalie Dormer as... Moriarty from Elementary.  And probably a bunch more I've forgotten. |
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Post by anthonyrocks on Apr 8, 2019 7:05:24 GMT
Mrs. Voorhees (FRIDAY THE 13th)
Irina Spalko (INDIANA JONES & THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL)
Jill (SCREAM 4)
Brenda (URBAN LEGEND)
Artemisia (300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE)
Ma-Ma (DREDD)
Vickers (PROMETHEUS)
Mal (INCEPTION)
Borg Queen (STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT)
Catwoman (BATMAN RETURNS)
Talia al Ghul (THE DARK KNIGHT RISES)
Marissa Wiegler (HANNA)
Luv (BLADE RUNNER 2049)
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2019 8:55:39 GMT
I loved Lady Kaede from Ran (1985).
She was fierce. Cold, calculating, cunning, and justified to the point of accepting the consequences of her fate. She knows she did horrible things. She knows that horrible things were done to her, and reconciles the awful chain of events she sets in motion with meticulous spite.
Her decapitation is one of my favorite executions in any movie. It was swift, merciless, justified, and the best part is she welcomed it because she won the part of the battle that mattered to her. Her quest for vengeance brought down the kingdom.
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Post by sostie on Apr 8, 2019 10:37:00 GMT
Ma-Ma - Dredd
Jackie - What Keeps You Alive
Mitsouko - Battle Royale
Elle Driver - Kill Bill
Asami - Audition
Nurse Ratched - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Bellatrix Lestrange - Harry Potter
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