I like Cormac’s stories, but find his lack of punctuation incredibly tiresome - I know he is going for a train of thought type of writing, but after a novel or two it gets a bit repetitive and downright annoying.
One thing I find interesting to think about is not an individual villain, but entities as villains: i.e. The tough society and hard economics that drove the move westward in “Grapes of Wrath”, or the unpredictability of circumstance as evidenced in “A Farewell to Arms”. The villains in these novels are harder to spot, but more insidious. These stories force us to look at the constructs we live in and attempt to rationalize why we chose this way of life.
Ivan Drago probably is my favorite villain. Cold, ruthless, and powerful.
Not 100% sure as to whether or not hes considered a villain but growing up in the late 90’s its hard to overlook Stone Cold Steve Austin, he kind of was more of an anti hero than a villain but he did enough NSFW type things that I’ll classify him as a villain, atleast he was a villain to authority.
While I actually prefer the character of Bane over the Joker, in terms of someones portrayal of a role I’d say Heath Ledgers version of the joker is about as good as it gets.
Honorable mention to Jason Voorhees and Venom whom I also enjoy greatly.
Have you ever seen ‘Silent Runing’? No real bad guy in that movie, but Bruce Dern is awesome in it. Plus, it has Huey, Dewey and Louie, the progenitors of R2 D2.
Best movie and literary villains:Captain Spaulding, John Doe in SE7EN, Scarface, Coach Beula Balbricker, Cardinal Richelieu, Sheriff of Nottingham, and of course The Pink Panther
True but most know him as the villain in the three musketeers or as a nice guy in Cyrano de Bergerac…both fictional interpretations of a real person…like Abraham Lincoln vampire hunter
