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[madwitch]

old_corbie posted the other day with a list of her top 10 bad guys. In moments between workhell, I've been pondering this quest for the ultimate Bad Guy. But I think I need more input. Plus, I'm in pain and bored, and need distraction.

So...


[Poll #598544]

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[borusa.livejournal.com]

Or Count Grendel from the Doctor Who : The Androids of Tara. "Next time, Doctor, I shall not be so lenient!" he says, as he escapes by jumping off the battlements of a castle, having just been totally defeated.

[elethiomel.livejournal.com]

I can only vote for one? Pah, have a top ten, in no particular order:

Sephiroth
Gabriel - Prophecy (Christopher Walken)
The Devil - End of Days (Gabriel Byrne)
Satan - Paradise Lost
Kaiser Soze
Agent Smith - Matrix
The White Witch (Tilda Swinton)
Dracula (Gary Oldman)
Hans Gruber - Die Hard (Alan Rickman)
The Sherriff of Nottingham - Robin Hood (Alan Rickman)

[madwitch.livejournal.com]

Mr Rickman's a very popular choice...

There may have to be a second round here. Bad guy deathmatch. :)

[elethiomel.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Can I treat 'Alan Rickman' as a single choice, and add Jubal Earley (Firefly, 'Objects in Space') too?

[madwitch.livejournal.com]

Alan Rickman deserves to be a single choice.

I'm failing to narrow my list down below 15...

[riksowden.livejournal.com]

Rickman was great, and i'd go for 'best' bad guy, but the chap from Kiss of the Dragon is still the worlds most evil man - you start off with 'corrupt French policeman' and go downhill a LONG way from there!

[elethiomel.livejournal.com]

Tell you what, take all the popular suggestions, pair them off randomly, have people pick a winner for each and slowly narrow it down to a single Bad Guy of Bad Guys.

[madwitch.livejournal.com]

Bad Guy Deathmatch. With some extra thrown in just because.

Is a plan...:)

[crocodilewings.livejournal.com]

I considered Earley, but I couldn't remember his name.

2 villain Nominations plus Alan Rickman. Goldfinger, Prince Rupert of Hentzau

[lapinenoireuk.livejournal.com]

I like my villains to have nice snappy quotes (grin) so here's my first selection

Alan Rickman as either the Sherriff of Nottingham "You - my room, 10:30 tonight. You - 10:45. ........ And bring a friend" or "That's it then. Cancel the kitchen scraps for lepers and orphans, no more merciful beheadings, and call off Christmas." or indeed "Why a spoon, cousin? Why not an axe?" , "Because it's DULL, you twit, it'll hurt more".

Or as Hans Gruber in "Die Hard" - "I wanted this to be professional. efficient, adroit, cooperative, not a lot to ask. Alas, your Mr. Takagi did not see it that way, so he won't be joining us ................... for the rest of his life."

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Auric Goldfinger

James Bond: "Do you expect me to talk, Goldfinger?"

Goldfinger: "No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!"

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or Prince Rupert of Hentzau (Prisoner of Zenda)

Rupert of Hentzau: "Why don't you let me kill you quietly?"

or

Rupert of Hentzau: "I see you want to let the drawbridge down. I just killed a man for that".

Rudolph Rassendyll: "An unarmed man, of course".

Rupert of Hentzau: "Of course!"

[elethiomel.livejournal.com]

Just remembered another one:

Rosalinda Celentano as Satan in "The Passion of The Christ". No lines. Barely even a part. But she's just there, beautiful, but androgynous. In the background. Watching. Waiting. You get such a sense of power from her. Bets bit of the film.

Hmm... there seems to be a certain luciferian theme to my suggestions. Wonder why?