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09/02/2011

Top 5 stupidest villain moments.

Villains always are creepy, devious and at times goofy, like the villain from 'Dungeons and dragons' or the Joker from most of the Batman cartoons. But sometimes the villains do some of the most stupidest scenes, they sometimes chew the scenery who doesn't really intimidate us except annoy us. (I'm looking at you Terl from 'Battlefield Earth'!)So here is the countdown of the top 5 stupidest moments of villans in film and TV history.

5. White witch's persuasion with Edmund from the the 1988 BBC TV series 'Chronicles of Narnia'.
Don't get me wrong, Barbara Kellerman's acting for the white witch was OK, by OK I mean over the top. I know she's the villainess and she has to act all snotty since she thinks she is a queen, but if you look for the scene of her meeting Edmund in the first place, she is just ruining it. She's supposed to gain Edmund's trust, admittedly she does the gainig trust thing pretty well, she just acts more high and mighty at times. In the 2005 film, the actress acts all comforting and gentle towards Edmund (bad touch alert) and she acts all nonchalantly and smiling sometimes being all mother-like. That is how a villain/villainess is supposed to gain the hero's trust, they need to be kinder and gentle, not act more high and mighty, its more likely to make the hero not trust the villain. Plus, what the white witch looks like in the 1988 TV series is just pathetic, her crown is far to large and ridiculous, in the 2005 film, she looks pretty so that also makes the hero trust the villain some more. So all in all, Barbara Kellerman is an OK actress, not so good characteristics.

4. Prometheus's name.
OK, so not a villain moment nor a film or TV series villain but a comic book villain, I just want to mention this. Prometheus is supposed to be an anti-Batman except Batman is a intelligent detective, Prometheus is smart because of a helmet he designed which enables him to plan ahead. What I find to be a problem is that his name doesn't make sense. I know in myth Prometheus is the titan of forethought therefore meaning planning ahead. But, most people know Prometheus was the one who stole fire from the gods and gave it to mankind. Also, Prometheus was the one who taught mankind, he helped mankind, HE LOVED MANKIND, WHY WOULD A VILLAIN CHOOSE A NAME OF A DEITY WHO LOVED MANKIND!? In 'JLA cry for justice' they said he is the enemy of justice itself. Er...how? I already mentioned he loved mankind so he really can't be against justice. It's like a hero being the son of the devil...oh wait Hellboy. Well maybe a heroine with some abilities of sorcery and has a name of a deadly hag who follows the devil...wait Scarlet witch. Well maybe a hero turning into a villain. Wait, Green Lantern, Scarlet witch, the Atom...forget it.

3. Two face from 'Batman forever'.
Yeah this was pretty obvious. The villains in 'Batman forever' was weird. The Riddler made sense because he is also one of Batman's crazy villains, but Two face in the comics and cartoon is serious, sinister and scary, in 'Batman forever' he is insane, flamboyant and...insane. And the funny thing is the actor, Tommy Lee Jones is the one who played Agent K from 'Men in Black' and some other serious films like 'No country for old men', 'The missing', 'JFK' and 'The fugitive'. And he is the one who plays this pathetic excuse of a intimidating villain? My gosh he was hilarious though, but I still think he was better from the Batman cartoons.

2. Hades from the 'Percy Jackson and the lightning thief' film.
Even though I admitted that I didn't watch the film, but I saw it on the big screen in HMV, even though I couldn't hear it, I could see what the characters were like, like from a black'n'white silent film. And I saw a clip of him from YouTube. And you know what, he was stupid! In the book, he was sinister and was actually scary in the first place, he only smiles in the last book, the last book! He despised Percy when he entered the underworld and he literally radiated power. In the film, he was...flamboyant like Two face, but that is not how I imagined the ruler of the underworld, even the ones who didn't read the book would know that the characteristics for Hades was pathetic. And the form was pathetic,he had black robes that was weaved with the souls of the damned for cryin' out loud in the book! That is what I think of a ruler of the underworld, sinister and I also think he should be quiet and stealthy. Not flamboyant!

And the number 1 stupidest villain moments is...
Thulsa Doom persuading Conan from 'Conan the barbarian'.
Arnold Schwarzenegar plays a barbaric warrior who tries to fight the evil tyrant, Thulsa Doom. (Seriously, they have to call him Doom to empathise he's a villain?)When Conan finally comes to Thulsa and was trying to kill, Thulsa actually tries to persuade Conan that he was doing good things to the world. OK, he did allow Conan to live as a child so that does mean he can persuade him easily. But there's one problem with your persuasion Thulsa, what's that problem excactly?...Oh yeah, YOU KILLED HIS MOTHER WHEN HE WAS LITTLE, WHY SHOULD HE LISTEN TO YOU!? I know villains can persuade heroes but the villain needs to be comforting and gentle, like I mentioned in the number 5 spot, but they also have to know the hero's back story, their weak spots and desires. That is the best way for the villain to persuade the hero. I kind of do like those types of villains, I don't know why, I like the way they use words instead of force on the hero. But Thulsa was the one who killed Conan's mother, that doesn't mean the hero will trust you, if the mother was evil like the mother from 'Push' (the novel not the film) then the hero will trust you, not when she is kind like most mothers are.

And that's the countdown, and maybe I might do the stupidest hero moments, just to level the countdowns.

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