Comments on: Villains

By: Zoe Winters

Zoe Winters — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:57:26 +0000

I can kind of see where Hannibal Lector was coming from. And anyway, in the end, he and Clarice ran off together.

By: Liz Kreger

Liz Kreger — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:47:41 +0000

How are you at disappointment, Zoe? LOLOLOL. Somehow I can’t see Hannibal Lector being rehabilitated.

The bad boys can be intriguing … however, villains are in a whole category of their own, IMO.

By: Liz Kreger

Liz Kreger — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:46:27 +0000

Oooo, I’ll have to check that out, Michelle. I love reading a book where the villain turns out to be a good guy. Susan Grant did that with “My Favorite Earthling”. Loved it.

By: Zoe Winters

Zoe Winters — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:03:11 +0000

I always have a crush on my villains. Yeah, I’m that girl who thinks I can “change them.” “Heal the hurt that turned them to a life of crime” or whatever. This was why I was always drawn to the bad boys. Not much changes.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:04:14 +0000

I love deep villians, Liz. All the goodies seem to be covered here, though. One of my favorite movies, Enchanted April, has the villian become one of the heroes at the end. You go from hating him to really liking him.

But I like that grey line. That’s why I love Iain M. Banks books.

By: Liz Kreger

Liz Kreger — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:36:47 +0000

I love a two dimentional villain, Karin. You’re right … there has to be a reason these people are the way they are. Whether they’re power hungry, mentally ill, had a cruel childhood … whatever. Give me a reason for their actions.

By: Liz Kreger

Liz Kreger — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:35:22 +0000

Nope, sorry, Kathy. Don’t remember Bill Sadler. I’ll have to Google him …

Just looked, yep … I remember seeing him in a number of things, but I’m afraid none of the movies you mentioned.

By: Karin Tabke

Karin Tabke — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:05:55 +0000

“A power hungry politician always makes for a good villain. The sad thing is, they quite often think their actions are justified and that its for the greater good of the country. Yeah … right.”

Liz those are the best villains, because they truly believe in what they are doing. It humanizes them instead of being one dimensional like so many villains out there. Like the one in No Country For Old Men. That guy was so one dimensional he was not believable. I mean he was a human shark, no reason given for why he did what he did. He was greedy? Ok, fine but why? We had no clue as to what made him tick. Boring and very unsatisfying for me.

By: Kathy Calarco

Kathy Calarco — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:29:35 +0000

I’m putting a shout out for an actor who gets little notoriety, but plays one kick ass villain when he has to. Bill Sadler. He was the Grim Reaper in “Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey,” an evil senator in a Steven Segal flick, and a terrorist in the second Die Hard movie. (Wherein he had a tasty nude scene.)

I’ve also had lunch with him a few years ago when he played Julius Caesar on Broadway. Not so much a villain, and the sweetest goof ball I’ve ever met. (The connection – his mother is a close friend of mine.)

By: Liz Kreger

Liz Kreger — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:43:48 +0000

Supervillians are the best, Shari. Who can forget Lex Luthor in the Superman series. Fabulous.