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Posted on 5/13/16 at 12:38 pm
Posted by Dale Murphy
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Posted on 5/13/16 at 12:38 pm
I've seen a lot of hate toward the way the recent Marvel films have portrayed their super villains. Since I have very little knowledge of comic book characters, I looked at one site's top 100 comic book super villains. It looks to me that Marvel hasn't really had a lot to work with. Just take the top 10 for instance:

1. Magneto
2. Joker (DC)
3. Doctor Doom
4. Lex Luthor (DC)
5. Galactus
6. Darkseid (DC)
7. Ra's al Ghul (DC)
8. Loki
9. Kingpin
10. Catwoman (DC)

So out of the top 10, 5 are DC, and I'm not sure they'd be able to use Magneto or Dr. Doom based on their associations with X-Men and FF. And the same on a much lesser note to Galactus (FF) and Kingpin (Spiderman, Deadpool).

Looks to me like they just don't have a lot to work with. I enjoyed Red Skull and Loki but was very disappointed in Ultron.

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Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
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Posted on 5/13/16 at 12:46 pm to
Kilgrave is the best villain Marvel has put on screen so far.
Posted by gatortrav88
Member since Oct 2014
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Posted on 5/13/16 at 12:48 pm to
I thought kingpin was just as dope even without the mind control powers

But they get like 12 hours to build up the hero and the villain on Netflix in the movie you might get 2 and a half
This post was edited on 5/13/16 at 12:50 pm
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
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Posted on 5/13/16 at 12:52 pm to
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Looks to me like they just don't have a lot to work with. I enjoyed Red Skull and Loki but was very disappointed in Ultron.



Yeah, the false advertising with Ultron just pissed me off to be honest.
Posted by Breesus
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Member since Jan 2010
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Posted on 5/13/16 at 12:54 pm to
Captain America, Nick Fury, Winter Soldier, Black Widow


shite. Now that I think about it, the heros in these movies slaughter people. Countless henchmen die everywhere in these movies, but The villains very rarely kill anyone.


In "the winter soldier" nick Fury kills ateast 20 people, Captain America does as well. And that's just with their own hands. How many people you think we're on those helicarriers they annihilated

In the entire Ulton movie I think like 1 guy died from Ulton.
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
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Posted on 5/13/16 at 1:00 pm to
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In the entire Ulton movie I think like 1 guy died from Ulton.


Well, Ultron does murder everyone in the lab, in which I had to think "Oh, there he is, now take this out on the city at large". Instead he just keeps it there.
Posted by LetGeauxMyEggo
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2016
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Posted on 5/13/16 at 1:05 pm to
It's hard to become invested in villains when they are damn near invincible and the only villains that the marvel guys can fight have to be that way.... That's why batman villains do so well they are normal people that can be related to
Posted by Breesus
House of the Rising Sun
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Posted on 5/13/16 at 1:05 pm to
That's less people than steel bird man
Posted by LetGeauxMyEggo
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 5/13/16 at 1:08 pm to
I can't believe a spidy villain isn't on the list outside of kingpin.... Venom, carnage, doc ock???
Posted by wizziko
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Posted on 5/13/16 at 1:09 pm to
quote:

It's hard to become invested in villains when they are damn near invincible and the only villains that the marvel guys can fight have to be that way....

we'll see what happens with Thor Ragnarok. This big ol baw Sutur might be the villian


Posted by Breesus
House of the Rising Sun
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Posted on 5/13/16 at 1:11 pm to
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Doctor Doom

The continued rape of one of the greatest villains of all time during the awesome comic book movie Renaissance the last decade is criminal.
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
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Posted on 5/13/16 at 1:13 pm to
Someone could reboot the X-Men correctly - do things like the Brood series (frick it, do it on Earth, a la Predator) - OR the Dark Phoenix saga (AGAIN - correctly this time, not the abortion we got). Mastermind - (if cast, written and directed properly, of course) - could be an excellent 2 or 3 picture villain.
This post was edited on 5/13/16 at 1:16 pm
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
108296 posts
Posted on 5/13/16 at 1:15 pm to
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I can't believe a spidy villain isn't on the list outside of kingpin.... Venom, carnage, doc ock???


I don't think any of those are Top 10 worthy. Only of Spidey's villains I'd think that could make it is the Green Goblin.

Edit: But Catwoman sure as hell shouldn't be in the Top 10. I'd take her off the list and put Ultron on it.
This post was edited on 5/13/16 at 1:17 pm
Posted by SG_Geaux
Beautiful St George
Member since Aug 2004
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Posted on 5/13/16 at 1:15 pm to
quote:

Kilgrave is the best villain Marvel has put on screen so far.



I put Kingpin at second.
This post was edited on 5/13/16 at 1:17 pm
Posted by LetGeauxMyEggo
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2016
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Posted on 5/13/16 at 1:18 pm to
U think cat women is a better villain than any of those three I just named?
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
108296 posts
Posted on 5/13/16 at 1:19 pm to
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U think cat women is a better villain than any of those three I just named?


I edited. No I don't, but I'd put Ultron in that spot, not any of the ones you named. But I agree all 3 are superior.
Posted by Tactical1
Denham Springs
Member since May 2010
27104 posts
Posted on 5/13/16 at 1:21 pm to
Grant Douglas Ward/The Hive is the best Marvel Cinematic villain nobody has ever heard of.

Kilgrave and Fisk were cool until their Beta side came through in the second half of their seasons.
This post was edited on 5/13/16 at 1:23 pm
Posted by LetGeauxMyEggo
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2016
261 posts
Posted on 5/13/16 at 1:21 pm to
agreed I'm just a spidy fan who wants to see carnage on the big screen
This post was edited on 5/13/16 at 1:23 pm
Posted by jackwoods4
Member since Sep 2013
28667 posts
Posted on 5/13/16 at 1:22 pm to
I still don't think it's an excuse for them being so forgettable, though. I'm not expecting Marvel to create a villain on par with the Joker in TDK. I just would like to remember the villain's basic evil plot even a few days after seeing the film.

Malekith, Ronan, etc were all so uninspiring.
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
108296 posts
Posted on 5/13/16 at 1:31 pm to
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Malekith, Ronan, etc were all so uninspiring


Ronan I think really pays off at the end though. If he was anything besides a two dimensional monster, I don't think the "dance-off" scene would have worked as well. His crowning moment of triumph, and it's all shat upon by Star Lord. I'll forgive Ronan for that.
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