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The 10 Villains Who Deserved Better

toplessrobot.com — Most lousy villains are found in equally lousy stories. In rare circumstances, however, appealingly rotten ne’er-do-wells show up in films or TV series that just don’t treat them right. We’ve picked out ten villains from modern geek culture and outlined the ways in which their handlers did them little justice.

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  • phaseblue, on 09/22/2008, -1/+101Venom?
  • bowserkid, on 09/22/2008, -3/+68Darth Maul was the best thing about that movie, as proven by the fact that he seems to avoid being in it. I like to pretend that while we suffered watching hours of podracing he was out being generally bad-ass and Darthy in ways we can never imagine.
  • Monotonousblob, on 09/22/2008, -0/+37The Star Wars animated series brought up General Grievous as a complete bad-ass, and his role in the movie was a joke.
  • BlaqReaper, on 09/22/2008, -0/+35That was the first villain in my mind too. What could have been one of the best Spider-man/Superhero villains suddenly takes backstage to Sandman and only gets like 20 minutes of screen time (not including emo Spidey)? I was seriously disappointed.
  • MrFisty, on 09/22/2008, -2/+28Darth Maul was the best thing about ALL those movies. He was the only villain who didn't suck... and they killed him off straight away. Christopher Lee's Grandpa Sith lasted two movies and was about as tormenting as a family Xmas, Darth Vader was reduced to an over-emotional cry-baby, Grevious was a chronic asthmatic with a weak spot that might as well of flashed red and said "shoot here" and Boba Fett now reminds me of my 10 year old cousin. The only real villain left in Star Wars is Lucas himself.
  • XISUPERMANIX, on 09/22/2008, -11/+37Two-Face should of been better, 20 minutes after Harvey changes he dies and in a stupid way.
  • sumokitty, on 09/22/2008, -2/+25what about Iron Monger from Ironman? Badass suit but you only see it at the end. There was potential for a long lasting villain.
  • CommunistEagle, on 09/22/2008, -2/+25"As it turns out, Maul somehow survived his bisection and subsequent fall into the reactor shaft on Naboo. Fitted with cybernetic legs, he began a vicious hunt for the only person to have defeated him; Obi-Wan Kenobi. "

    From Wookieepedia, http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Darth_Maul
  • Beatmiser, on 09/22/2008, -0/+19Dugg for:

    "She tangles with Wolverine and almost manages to kill him before he desperately rams a nearby Adamantium injector into her and crams her so full of steel-colored liquid that it comes out her eyes, thus fulfilling some Internet user’s disturbingly specific fetish."

    Because you know it's true.
  • sprint84, on 09/22/2008, -1/+19dugg for the wide variety of genres
  • CrucialMatt, on 09/22/2008, -5/+23"At last we will reveal ourselves to the Jedi. At last we will have revenge."
  • crazyhorse13, on 09/22/2008, -0/+16Except TDK was a good movie.
  • MrPingu, on 09/22/2008, -0/+14Dugg for Zim.
  • AmyVernon, on 09/22/2008, -1/+14RIP, Lady Deathstrike.
  • Lucifugerising, on 09/22/2008, -0/+13Rock and Rule...Ha. Canadian Animation at it's finest.
  • schavira, on 09/22/2008, -0/+11Whoa, I was definitely not expecting to see Tak.
  • Ymeg, on 09/22/2008, -0/+11I always thought Natasha and Boris should have been treated better.
  • malschla, on 09/22/2008, -0/+10That is non-canon...
  • SkippyDoorknob, on 09/23/2008, -1/+10A long time ago, in a park far, far away... little Maulie (as his mother called him) was playing with his ball in the park. Another boy told him to pitch the ball to him and he would hit it back out to him with a bat. It turns out the kid was a jedi-youngling and instead of a bat, he had a light saber. Maulie's ball was vaporized. The youngling laughed and ran off. Little Maulie ran home crying. His mother comforted him and said, "Don't worry sweetheart, what goes around comes around." Those simple words were etched into his mind and he vowed one day that he would take revenge.
  • inactive, on 09/23/2008, -0/+9Dugg for Maul. Maul was a great epitome of Sith and didnt get the screen time he deserved.
  • Tyrghast, on 09/22/2008, -0/+9That music made the fight building up to Darth Maul's death absolutely awesome though.
  • divinediva, on 09/22/2008, -1/+9They endured the film’s lazy take on Every town.
  • BedPost, on 09/22/2008, -0/+7I just wanted him to stop fighting and do a j real quick... just one.
  • wendelgee2, on 09/22/2008, -1/+8Could these names get any less imaginative?
    How about Darth Evil? Or Captain Cantankerous?
  • cawpin, on 09/23/2008, -0/+7HAVE, man. H-A-V-E
  • hagfish70, on 09/23/2008, -0/+7Well said, sir.
  • robshoy, on 09/22/2008, -0/+7Anyone remember Darth Nihilius from KOTOR II? He/She looked so badass, and was so mysterious, and then ended up being like the easiest fight in the entire game and no backstory was given.
  • rpad, on 09/22/2008, -0/+7I'd put Bane in the same category too. He's fantastic in the books (well, at least initially) and he was a joke in the movie.
  • Guardiandevil91, on 09/22/2008, -0/+7thank you.
  • RobotKeaton, on 09/23/2008, -0/+7If you're gonna say Bane, you might as well put in Riddler, Mr. Freeze, Poison Ivy and Two Face. At least Two Face has been redeemed.
  • Wakkyweed, on 09/22/2008, -0/+7I read in an interview with William Gibson that the reason they used the weak-ass Jane in Johnny Mnemonic and not Molly Millions is because Gibson knew the movie would be pretty crappy. He didn't want one of his best characters essentially "used up" in a lame film, and was saving her for when Neuromancer finally makes it to the big screen.

    Of course, since Neuromancer is an almost unfilmable novel, I don't expect to see her character on the big screen anytime soon.
  • Vindexus, on 09/22/2008, -6/+12I apologize for this in advance: I liked The Phantom Menace.
  • inactive, on 09/22/2008, -6/+12Team Rocket from pokemon?
  • drmobutu, on 09/22/2008, -0/+6Indeed, we are left to speculate. IMO, however, the irrelevance of Darth Maul is eclipsed by the pointless, semi-tragic story arc of Boba Fett...
  • hagfish70, on 09/23/2008, -0/+6Two words. Jet Pack.
  • artofficial, on 09/22/2008, -0/+6Dirty D from Pootie Tang.

    "Dirty Dee, you're a baddy daddy lamatai tebby chai! "
  • xbxoxy1, on 09/23/2008, -0/+5why does the predator have to take off his mask before a "big fight", WHY?
  • Miamisun, on 09/23/2008, -1/+6Wow Johnny Pneumonic can carry a whole 80 gb of data in his head. Boy will he be upset when i show him the next gen Ipod.
  • inactive, on 09/23/2008, -0/+5The whole movie was a joke.
    Now as a kid movie, it's great. Right up there with Garfield, Cats & Dogs, Spy Kids.
    My kids love that movie.

    And I totally forgot that Jesse Ventura was in it with a scene with Arnold.
  • AlphAssassin, on 09/23/2008, -0/+5Lazytown?
  • lolwutpear, on 09/23/2008, -0/+5At least when they resurrected Boba Fett there was a plausible reason in the movie for it. The Sarlacc was supposed to digest people really slowly. Saving a person who was cut in half must have required something very creative or some serious deus ex machina *****.
  • BevansDesign, on 09/23/2008, -0/+4Darth Maul died. The comic where he returns with robotic legs is just a fun "what if" story that isn't part of the official storyline.
    http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Old_Wounds

    Technically, it COULD fit into the story (I don't think it's contradicting anything) but it was created as a non-canon story.
  • zanvann, on 09/22/2008, -0/+4I used to love the star wars orchestral, but now all I hear is this:
    http://cornonthekabob.ytmnd.com/

    =(
  • uskomaton, on 09/23/2008, -0/+4He's not a villain tho, he's a bounty hunter, he just happened to be working for villains at the time.
  • rblancarte, on 09/23/2008, -0/+4Yes, the ultimate indignity of George Lucas - one of his best characters, killed for a burp joke
  • Dumbledorito, on 09/22/2008, -0/+4No kidding. Stane was a great non-super villain that Stark had to deal with (especially when he got likker'd up).
  • BevansDesign, on 09/23/2008, -0/+3I hear he was pretty badass in the Star Wars Holiday Special.

    He gets much cooler in the books. Too bad Karen Traviss is the only SW writer who still cares about him.
  • peestandingup, on 09/23/2008, -0/+3Agreed. I felt like they just threw Darth Maul in there for the hell of it because they felt it would be a total snoozer (which it was anyway). He had no story whatsoever & like one or two lines. Pathetic.

    They should have left him in all three, but i guess that would have taken away screen time from those cool viceroy characters :-/
  • inactive, on 09/23/2008, -0/+3The only improvement EP1 had over 4-6 was the kick ass lightsaber battle. Ewan McGregor did a great job of looking like he could hold his own in a scene with a pro. Most of the other non-cgi characters made the lightsaber props look like they were too heavy for them (ahem...Sam Jackson...ahem)
  • ChromaVita, on 09/23/2008, -0/+3and a white russian.
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