-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Underappreciated Villains
- Thread starter Bishop89
- Start date
- Status
Sir_Crocodile
Member
I'd say Skeletor in masters of the universe, but I think everyone who ever watched it appreciates the superb and imo definitive performance frank langella gave in that role.
Raul Julia gave a similarly outstanding performance under even worse conditions (he was very ill and it was to sadly be his last film) as Bison in Street Fighter (though it wasn't definitive as Langella's was given the way the film called for the character to be). To this day myself and my friends act out "tuesday", "for that is the price they will set" and of course "but I guess you didn't SEE that".
Raul Julia gave a similarly outstanding performance under even worse conditions (he was very ill and it was to sadly be his last film) as Bison in Street Fighter (though it wasn't definitive as Langella's was given the way the film called for the character to be). To this day myself and my friends act out "tuesday", "for that is the price they will set" and of course "but I guess you didn't SEE that".
Octavianus
Banned
The Ur-Quan
Similar to Sir Crocs observation that anyone who observed him would hopefully come to the same conclusion, I feel the need to highlight Ray Stevenson in Season 7 of Dexter purely because Seasons 5-8 of Dexter were mostly bollocks.
Stevenson though raised the whole season and his scenes were first rate. Great charismatic antagonist.
Lord Fagan
Junior Member
Gabriel.
I don't know if underappreciated is exactly the right word. He's certainly much better known than any of the examples listed thus far, and I think the general reception to him is positive. However, when he's mentioned, it's often about his voice, his lines. Those aren't bad things to be known for, I guess, as they are fairly entertaining. More derivatively, a lot of posters think less of him because he chooses to serve Talia. I think that's kind of bullshit, since it draws an interesting parallel between Batman's ally's thematically.
But not many people talk about how he felt like a huge threat throughout the movie to Batman. I remember in the theater watching "how the hell are they all gonna come back from the shit he does here". Granted, there were some plot hiccups through the movie that undermine that aspect in retrospect, but still, I thought he put on a great show.
SomedayTheFire
Member
Yeah Tom Hardy was great in TDKR
Banjotanooki
Member
Turbo/King Candy from Wreck it Ralph. Honestly didn't see it coming AT ALL.
Turbo/King Candy from Wreck it Ralph. Honestly didn't see it coming AT ALL.
Ohh good pick, what blew my mind is all the hints were there and I completely missed them.
When he defended the color of his castle etc.
Shame he just
turned into generic monster villain
Squealer was right!
terrible villian
The beginning of the anime was so intriguing, can't fucking believe it ended up about fighting mole rats at the end
Chuckie
Member
Gabriel.
ive never seen this movie, but now i feel like i have to
flintstryker
Banned
The best MCU villain imo
Turbo/King Candy from Wreck it Ralph. Honestly didn't see it coming AT ALL.
That was great, I also didn't see it coming!
Fun movie.
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
Cypher, The Matrix
Pretty one-note in his purpose, but his role in the movie was great. The future they're in sucks, some people are going to
regret the pill that they chose.
Nah, I liked
his generic monster form. Felt very video gamey, which was fitting for the movie.
I figured it out from the
flashback, but I do love what they did with Turbo. So many little hints littered throughout the movie that make it obvious on the second viewing, even little things like him instantly recognising Ralph despite being in a brand new game.
Edelknoedel
Member
Rome
Burger_Baron
Member
Lord Fagan
Junior Member
Yep, first Prophecy film is filled with amazing performances. Tried to make a "franchise" out of it and quickly lost the magic, but the original was a most excellent Catholic-themed horror film.
Okay, here's one.
.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120426192530)
Uncle Ben twist was dumb as shit, but I loved how Sandman was portrayed in Spiderman 3. I really thought they nailed it. It's a shame about the villain bloat and everything else wrong with the movie, but the Raimi Spiderman movies had good villains, or villains so hammy you're forced to remember them. More than can be said for many superhero movies.
Uncle Ben twist was dumb as shit, but I loved how Sandman was portrayed in Spiderman 3. I really thought they nailed it. It's a shame about the villain bloat and everything else wrong with the movie, but the Raimi Spiderman movies had good villains, or villains so hammy you're forced to remember them. More than can be said for many superhero movies.
Owen Davian in M:I-3?
Great choice. The way he's just totally calm, even when hanging out of an airplane.
"Who are you? What's you're name? Do you have a wife? A girlfriend? Because if you do, I'm gonna find her. I'm gonna hurt her. I'm gonna make her bleed, and cry, and call out your name. And then I'm gonna find you,and kill you right in front of her."
Okay, here's one.
Uncle Ben twist was dumb as shit, but I loved how Sandman was portrayed in Spiderman 3. I really thought they nailed it. It's a shame about the villain bloat and everything else wrong with the movie, but the Raimi Spiderman movies had good villains, or villains so hammy you're forced to remember them. More than can be said for many superhero movies.
Yep, really underappreciated. The moment he's born, is just done so well too. The music and the Sand flowing all hit the right notes.
Turbo/King Candy from Wreck it Ralph. Honestly didn't see it coming AT ALL.
I was stunned at how much that twist caught me off guard considering all of the hints they laid out leading up to it.
NerdEyeBlind
Member
Thought that Bana rocked as Nero in Star Trek '09
Though in this picture it looks like it's Adam Scott
Though in this picture it looks like it's Adam Scott
George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
I didn't know it was Bana until earlier this year.Thought that Bana rocked as Nero in Star Trek '09
Though in this picture it looks like it's Adam Scott
Turbo/King Candy from Wreck it Ralph. Honestly didn't see it coming AT ALL.
Pretty good pick, too bad the twist was ruined for me because
In the mexican dub the voice actor didn't make an effort to sound different when Felix is telling Callhoun about the Turbo incident, and during the flash back he says "Turbo-Tastic" in the same voice as King Candy.
Turbo/King Candy from Wreck it Ralph. Honestly didn't see it coming AT ALL.
I remember thinking of the villain meeting's mentions of "going Turbo" being a reference to villains becoming playable in Street Fighter, on account of Zangief and Bison/Vega being there - but technically that would have been Champions' Edition, which preceded Street Fighter II Turbo... it made the foreshadowing a little less obvious, which may have been unintentional, but kind of worked for me.
Similar to Sir Crocs observation that anyone who observed him would hopefully come to the same conclusion, I feel the need to highlight Ray Stevenson in Season 7 of Dexter purely because Seasons 5-8 of Dexter were mostly bollocks.
Stevenson though raised the whole season and his scenes were first rate. Great charismatic antagonist.
Good call. Loved him in Dexter.
I wouldn't call Kilgrave under appreciated. I thought it was pretty much agreed that he's fantastic.
Soapbox Killer
Grand Nagus
Victor Drazen (24 season 1)
Because of this man we have the badassery that is JACK BAUER!
Because of this man we have the badassery that is JACK BAUER!
True Savior
Member
This guy. He is so unappreciated he ends the movie fooling the audience he's actually a good guy.
Zepp Twofist
Member
Bane is probably my favorite superhero movie villain period. I can't really think of anyone I liked as much.
Keefer (Trevor Goddard) from the Dolph Lundgren classic Men of War.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwqLhHsG93A
Hipster Cthulhu
Banned
Sutter Cane from In the Mouth of Madness
He's Stephen King X Neil Gaiman X H.P. Lovecraft, and is super evil.
Similar to Sir Crocs observation that anyone who observed him would hopefully come to the same conclusion, I feel the need to highlight Ray Stevenson in Season 7 of Dexter purely because Seasons 5-8 of Dexter were mostly bollocks.
Stevenson though raised the whole season and his scenes were first rate. Great charismatic antagonist.
Yup. As much shit as Dexter gets and deserves, he was the highlight of post season 4.
He could have helped provide a season comparable to the first 4 had he not gone out like he did.
RIP Trevor
Keefer (Trevor Goddard) from the Dolph Lundgren classic Men of War.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwqLhHsG93A
I loved him as Kano too.
liliththepale
Banned
The Ur-Quan
Star Control II doesn't get enough love, but I think most of the other aliens are more interesting than the Kzer-Za. In particular, I like the Umgah, Druuge and Thraddash.
Dreams-Visions
Member
this motherfucker right here. godtier
Pinko Marx
Banned
This thread sucks. Everyone posting pics or gifs with no indication of where it's from. Harumph.
Jeffolation
Banned
Timothy Olyphant in Live Free or Die Hard. Not an easy task to be a Die Hard Villian (Rickman, Irons) but I really like him. Brittle, know it all asshole who really believes he's doing the U.S. and favour and would just like to get paid for it. And he really does have feelings for his head hench-lady.
- Status