If you are new to Pop Critics, you may not know about the Ultimate Bad Ass contest we held about a month ago. We nominated the top 32 people who we thought were “bad asses” and pitted them against each other March Madness style. Check it out if you want to see how it all went down.
During that contest we discovered that Benjamin Linus had somehow gotten on the list, which was fine, but he really was more of a villain than anything else. And that got us thinking about bad guys.
From there, we decided we’d do an Ultimate Bad Guy contest once Bad Ass was over and we took a little break.
I think this one might be even more fun, because evil is always cooler than good. Usually.
Although John McClane would probably destroy anything evil. Which brings up an interesting idea:
Once the Ultimate Bad Guy is done…perhaps we’ll pit that winner against McClane to see which side wins: Good or evil. Mwahahahahahahahaaaha!
Nomination Time
Now we need your nominations for bad guys.
What are the rules this go-round? Well, last time we said no superheroes, powers or anything supernatural, but I really want to open this one up. Because there are good names out there, like Darth Vader, Lex Luthor, etc.
And I’d hate to leave them out of this thing.
I will be the deciding factor when it comes to choosing the Top 32 and ranking them, but I need your help to get 32 names.
Men, women, children (The Good Son anyone?), characters, (Professor Moriarty?) creatures (Gollum? although he’s more like a Hobbit really), whatever. I’m really open to all suggestions.
Once I have a Top 32 list, I’ll post them for your viewing pleasure and we’ll make sure that’s the group we want to go with.
So on with the nominations! I’m really looking forward to this one, I think it will be a blast.
Also, hype this up, maybe spread it around Digg or Stumble it, so we can get a great variety of names and a lot of votes this time around. And hopefully a lot less of the “fixing” of matchups. *grin*
The Cap'n says: Megatron (AKA Mr. MBE1), Darth Vader, Hans Gruber, Hannibal Lecter, Bryan Singer (cause alot of you think Superman returns was crap), Norman Bates, Alex Forrest (Fatal Attraction, Glenn Close), Michael Corleone (The Godfather), HAL 9000, The Alien (from Alien), Freddy Krueger, The Joker (wait till the dark to know what I mean), Lex luthor…
oh and one more…. Tony Camonte (Scarface)
Here is my list - I'm sure I'll have more later:
1. Saurman (Lord of the Rings)
2. Darth Vadar (Star Wars)
3. Lex Luther (Superman)
4. Hannibal Lecter (Silence of the Lambs)
5. Benjamin Linus (LOST)
6. Norman Bates (Psycho)
7. Wicked Witch of the West (Wizard of Oz)
9. HAL 9000 (2001: A Space Odyessy)
10. Keyzer Soze (The Usual Suspects)
11. Jack (The Shining)
12. Salieri (Amadeus - c'mon, he killed Mozart!)
13. Roy Batty (Blade Runner)
14. Tommy DeVito (Goodfellas)
15. Dr. Evil (Austin Powers)
16. Leatherface (Texas Chainsaw Massacre)
17. Mr. Blonde (Reservoir Dogs)
18. Bill (Kill Bill)
19. Jigsaw (Saw)
Nice list - looks like we hit on some of the same ones - HAL is definitely scary.
You get a point for Bryan Singer
Funny, I thought of HAL as well…nice.
Love the pick of Jigsaw…and Keyzer Soze…woo!
Keyzer is one of my favorite bad guys.
And I was going to put the monkey from Donkey Kong - but I don't know what his name is…
I want to nominate Kevin Spacey in his role in “Swimming with Sharks” , although Frank Whaley does tie him up.
Magneto
The guy from No Country for Old Men
The Monarch
mr.Glass
the Thing (from The Thing)
I will of course nominate Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) from American Psycho.
Ape I'm not sure how I could have missed Saurman, GREAT CATCH MAN!!! oooohhh and #17 Mr. blonde another great one =) but Hans Greuber has to be the smartest bad dude out there… nice lists so far
Nicky GREAT PICK!!! I never saw that movie until very recently, cant believe i didnt think of that one! Definitely should be on the list… noone can do chainsaw art like PB!!
yes, i never knew a murderous prepster could be so attractive. it made me feel very conflicted.
Nice Nicky!
The guy from No Country for Old Men is Anton Chigurh and he was extremely eeeeevil. Nice addition!
Thanks - I try…
Yeah - he was nuts - totally forgot about him.
Ugh - how could I forget…
The Six-Fingered Man (The Princess Bride)
Agreed, Anton is a great choice.
Whaley is *way* more evil in that movie. Poor Michelle Forbes.
Lex is obvious, but just in case, I and my avatar want to make sure no one ever forgets that magnificent bastard.
1. Billy Mumy's character, Anthony Fremont, from the classic Twilight Zone episode “It's a Good Life”. Gives me creeps just thinking about him sending people into the cornfield.
2. Jason Voorhees. As unstoppable and indestructible a force as John McClane is for good, Jason is for evil.
3. Same with Michael Myers.
4. Arjen Rudd, the South African baddie from Lethal Weapon 2: “Diplomatic Immunity!”
5. Gilligan. Watch it again.
6. Arvin Sloane.
7. J.R. Ewing
8. The Ice Truck Killer
9. Mitch Leary - John Malkovich's character from In the Line of Fire
10. Antoine Mitchell from The Shield
11. Depending on your point of view, Vic Mackey
Who's HAL?
It's the spaceship in 2001: A Space Odyessy - extremely evil…
The Kevin Spacey character from Se7en. I don't remember his name.
The evil queen on Snow White.
Annie Wilkes, the Kathy Bates character from Misery.
Q, from Star Trek Generations….I know, I know. The nerd is showing in me.
Leatherface
The Parents from The People Under the Stairs
Ah.
Is Spike Lee considered evil for bagging on Clint Eastwood?
Boy you sure have it for Michelle Forbes.
Arvin Sloane…nice one.
WOW Ana, I was just coming on here to bring up Q because I was checking out an episode of TNG on Sci Fi just now
I'm going to disagree with the Ice Truck Killer because I thought Lila was far more dangerous than he was.
Dang, can't believe I just thought of this guy:
The Cigarette Smoking Man from X-Files.
I'm guessing lung cancer is kicking his butt right now…
I don't even think I know who the Ice Truck Killer is??
He'd still own you
That's probably because you haven't watched Dexter…
Good thing I'm not fighting him then.
You thought HAL was nice? LOL
That's a computer gone insane - just nuts.
And another one - Mike from Session 9 - that dude was baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad.
Bill the Butcher from Gangs of New York
Cancer Man from the X-files
The Clown from IT
For my wife - Sylar from Heroes
Vernon Schillinger from OZ (J.K. Simmons)
Yul Brenner in Westworld
Ras Al Guhl
Banya from Seinfeld
ugh spent too much time thinking of bad guys and you beat me to the punch
Mmmmm. Miranda Zero. Admiral Cain. The love of my life!
I think Kevin Spacey shoud get some kind of bad guy award, he was even creepy in American Beauty but maybe not evil.
Banya! That's gold Dad, gold!
Oooh - Yul from Westworld - nice pick!
wheres the chart of all this so i can study it up? o_O
-Jerry
ROTFL @ Banya!
What about Gaius Baltar?
William 'Bill' Munny (Clint Eastwood's character) from Unforgiven or
Little Bill Daggett (Gene Hackman's character) from Unforgiven
I really need to watch this movie again, I only saw it once.
Sometimes you make me sad.
I have that affect on people
Actually, I remember when I first saw it that it seemed very boring to me and I couldn't believe it won an Oscar for Best Picture.
But I think I was young and just didn't appreciate it. Definitely need to rent it.
Yes - you must watch it again. I hated Westerns and some friends of mine literally dragged me to the theater to watch this movie and I'm glad they did. It was a well-done film and Clint was terrific in it. I loved it - I might even own it, I'm not sure…
Did you ever see Silverado? That's pretty much my favorite Western…
No - I have never been a Western movie fan. I haven't watched any John Wayne movies or Clint Eastwood Westerns except for The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly and Unforgiven.
Blazing Saddles is more my speed.
Great, great, great movie. I'm sure you would feel differently about it now.
Gaius maybe…not a bad pick. Always good to have someone from BSG on it, although maybe Caprica Six would be better.
Dick Cheney. He beats them all.
Nice
You get a point, welcome to the site
Silverado is definitely good.
Good call on Salieri from Amadeus waaay up by the top. He totally owned Mozart in the best way (too bad God kinda ended up owning him).
William Munny from Unforgiven also a good choice.
Emperor Ming from Flash Gordon
Jean Baptiste Emanuele Zorg from The Fifth Element
The Alien from Alien
Bill Lumberg from Office Space
Okay, Bill Lumberg is awesome
Also, what about The Soup Nazi on Seinfeld?
Angel Eyes (The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly)
Anton Chigurh (No Country for Old Men)
“Where's the dog?”
LOL good choice, really had to dig deep to remember that one
Also, im surprised no ones said Khan (KHAAAAAAAAAAAAN!)
Soup Nazi wasn't evil - but real Nazi's are.
Khan…is…awesome.
Love it! Someone give JP a point, I can't
Yeah - God took him down a few notches…
Adrian Veidt/Ozymandias from Watchmen
Spoiler alert
The graphic novel is 23 years old
The predator
We'll get a chart up in a few days
He was the misunderstood 4th Stooge so he got fired, but went postal on the other stooges…
OMG HOW DID WE EVER FORGET THIS… fine fine choice….cant believe of all people the Capn didnt come up with this…. I blame Jason, some how its his fault I didnt think of it… GREAT CATCH JP Anda!!!!
Yeah, it's probably my fault.
LOL!
Uwe Boll
Is that English…?
Uh… you mean “Simon”, not Mike…
I'm pretty sure it was Mike - but I might be wrong I guess…
Mike is the lawyer / law student guy…
If your wife is telling you you're wrong, you may as well just admit it and get that pain over with
LOL
I had checked IMDB before posting - maybe I can't recognize faces anymore…
lol
How about Agent Smith from “the Matrix”?
After further review (and some IM chatting) I have come to the conclusion that I am mistaken…
It’s kinda hard to discuss the villain in this movie… since I know some people disagree on who exactly it is… It’s also hard to discuss it here in the open forum without ruining the movie for people who haven’t seen it yet.
I thought it was Uwe Blab the former German Center for the Indiana Hoosiers
how do we give points, cause Jason needs 3 for that one, LOL
Agent Smith another great one, man we have a better bad guy list than good guy list….
I feel ya bro… once, I thought I was wrong, but I was mistaken.
Ha
Yeah, Agent Smith is great, and Cap'n is right
Sorry Ape. Is this better? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uwe_Boll
Interesting…looks like he made a movie from one of my favorite video games: Dungeon Siege. I've never heard of him before.
Oh man, I have so many favorite “villains” in movies. I gotta think about this before I throw out a predictable answer.
Tru dat…double tru.