I dont know if this kinda thread already exist or not. Im sorry if it does. Just want to share my thoughts.
We often met these kinds of phenomena where great and memorable villains are created with only a humble purpose of posing a threat, while on the other hand, there are villains who the makers made all efforts to make them great and hyped them up but totally failed.
Some examples of truly great villains would be (not in order):
Darth Vader (Star Wars original trilogy), Dracula (Bram Stokers Dracula), The Joker (The Dark Knight), Hans Landa (Inglourious Basterds), Light Yagami (Death Note), Sasaki Kojiro (Eiji Yoshikawas Musashi novel), Freddie Kruger (the original Nightmare on Elm Street), Gollum (TLOTR), The Predator (the original Predator), Frieza & Cell (Dragon Ball manga), Hao (Shaman King manga), Vampire Lestat (Interview with the Vampire), Pain, Orochimaru & Kabuto (Naruto), Hisoka (Hunter x Hunter), Magneto (X-Men), Snow Whites stepmother/the Queen (Disneys Snow White), and few others.
Some examples of couldve-been-great villains would be (I dont really care if theyre in order or not :heh:):
Cobra Commander (G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra), Scorpion King (The Mummy), Dracula (Van Hellsing, Blade Trinity, and MANY other vampire movies), The Fallen (Transformers 2), Hades (Clash of the Titans remake, Disney's Hercules & Saint Seiya anime), Almost all top-tier villains in Samurai Deeper Kyo (both manga & anime) and Black Cat (manga), and A LOT others.
Of course, the above are just my opinions. Theres no way to measure the exact greatness of a villain. So, what do you think guys? Who are the successful villains and failed villains according to you? They can come from any kind of media: movies, animation, animes, mangas, comics, games, novels, etc.
We often met these kinds of phenomena where great and memorable villains are created with only a humble purpose of posing a threat, while on the other hand, there are villains who the makers made all efforts to make them great and hyped them up but totally failed.
Some examples of truly great villains would be (not in order):
Darth Vader (Star Wars original trilogy), Dracula (Bram Stokers Dracula), The Joker (The Dark Knight), Hans Landa (Inglourious Basterds), Light Yagami (Death Note), Sasaki Kojiro (Eiji Yoshikawas Musashi novel), Freddie Kruger (the original Nightmare on Elm Street), Gollum (TLOTR), The Predator (the original Predator), Frieza & Cell (Dragon Ball manga), Hao (Shaman King manga), Vampire Lestat (Interview with the Vampire), Pain, Orochimaru & Kabuto (Naruto), Hisoka (Hunter x Hunter), Magneto (X-Men), Snow Whites stepmother/the Queen (Disneys Snow White), and few others.
Some examples of couldve-been-great villains would be (I dont really care if theyre in order or not :heh:):
Cobra Commander (G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra), Scorpion King (The Mummy), Dracula (Van Hellsing, Blade Trinity, and MANY other vampire movies), The Fallen (Transformers 2), Hades (Clash of the Titans remake, Disney's Hercules & Saint Seiya anime), Almost all top-tier villains in Samurai Deeper Kyo (both manga & anime) and Black Cat (manga), and A LOT others.
Of course, the above are just my opinions. Theres no way to measure the exact greatness of a villain. So, what do you think guys? Who are the successful villains and failed villains according to you? They can come from any kind of media: movies, animation, animes, mangas, comics, games, novels, etc.