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the one and only shredder any version of him really. He is trying to destroy the wolrd some times others just cause problems and he beats anyone else with hand claws... just sayin.

But if i had to pick a sifi i would say HAL 9000 from a space odyssey http://wac.450f.edgecastcdn.net/80450F/screencrush.com/files/2012/10/Hal-90001.jpg

Yeah I can't do just one so here's my list.

The Illusive man from the Mass Effect series. That perfect mix of mystery, power and ambition plus the funds to do just about anything he wants.

Tartarus from Halo 2, he didn't have alot of background outside the novels but I love the Brutes and he was the toughest of them all, killed his own uncle to become chieftain.

Darth Vader, yes the Emperor was a great villain but Vader was THE villain for the Star Wars series to me.

Colonel Quaritch from Avatar, a good old fashioned kill em all soldier. My main inspiration for my Catachan commander

Deathshead from Wolfenstien

Not sci fi but still great villains

Brams Stokers Dracula, probably one of the most charismatic and well written characters ever.

Voss from Far Cry 3, even if the game wasn't great I'd have loved it because of him alone.

Darth Vader.

It's hard to actually state how massive his impact when it comes to influence on SciFI villains in general.

I'm going to put a plug in for Mr. Morden.



He was able to get so many people to do so many naughty things......and was so freaking S M O O T H doing it....

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Not "sci fi" per se....definitely horror....but on the same vein as Mr. Morden....

Leland Gaunt is utterly AWESOME as portrayed by Max von Sydow.

If you haven't seen "Needful Things" or read the book....it is a moral imperative that you do so ASAFP.

No one lists Zorg?






He would make a Great RT villian

Another option being

I'm not a comic book villain. Do you seriously think I would explain my master stroke to you if there were even the slightest possibility you could affect the outcome? I triggered it 35 minutes ago.

Baron Harkonnen, Mr. Morden and Illusive Men. Wonderful antagonists.

For a bit of modern touch:

John Cavil (apologies for subpar quality)

Nicely said, LordofHats.

Musashi363 wrote:5.) Tom Kirby

greatbigtree wrote:"I'm bat-gak crazy

Literally!

 AndrewC wrote:
Londo Molari (B5). A prime example of good intentions leading someone down the path to hell.

That said, there is this:

Gifted Amateur Award goes to Alfred Bester. For being a notably evil manipulator who nevertheless fights for a facgtion and is (generally) loyal to it. I find him plausible.

Runner Up of Evil Award goes to Darth Vader, because......

Greatest Evil on Sci Fi Award goes to Holt Fasner, the leader of the cyclopic Mining Guild dominating earthspace. Who would feth over the entire human race to race of bodysnatchers so as not to interfere with his profit margins but as no one had heard of him (unless they have read Stephen Donaldsons Gap series) so I will have to settle for......

MING THE MERCILESS due to a combination of factors. Longevity, being evil back in the 30's and still evil in more recent productions. For being extra hammed, over the top up evil and for being evil with matchless style. Anyone can be evil in black robes, Ming gets to be evil whatever he wears whatever he does. Love him to bits I do, a great villain.

Ultimate Evil Award of Evil goes to Sauron (and by extension Morgoth) for being the ultimate evil, and truly unpleasant. Not SciFi, but all Evil must bow before the Dark Lord. Why mention then? Because in SF we get dark this and dark that, Voldemort, Sith, undead things and Dalek overlords, all bow before the Dad of Big Bad.

Another one I'd like to throw in as a great character, who begins as a villain and undergoes various degrees of moral ambiguity, is Stalker Shrike, from the Mortal Engines quartet and it's prequels. He's one of those rare characters that can be utterly chilling and terrifying when a bad guy, and heartwarming and inspiring a a good guy. He might not be one of the most evil out there for his entire character arc, but he's one of the best presented.

I find the best villains are the ones that parallel the hero. So here are my top 3.


The Master (Doctor Who): He is everything the Doctor is. A Time Lord, unimaginably intelligent, charismatic, enigmatic. But he takes everything we love about the Doctor; his morality, his concious and awareness of the power he wields, his rationality under immense pressure... and perverts in beyond recognition. The Master is insanity incarnate, murderous, raging psychopath. With a drumbeat in his head, telling him his horrible fate every second for all of time. Plus, shoots lightning.

Venom (spiderman): He is Spiderman. He has all of spiderman's powers. He is stronger, tougher, immune to Spidey's Spidersense. The symbiote was once part of Peter and turned him into something he detested and hated to see in the mirror. Eddie Brock was Peter's rival, angered by Parker's superiority in the business and the newspaper. He is everything dark, everything hateful, vengeful, evil in spiderman given life, that Spiderman must defeat. Its a battle both physically, mentally, spiritually. Its a villain he created and now must unfortunately try and destroy.

Darth Vader (#1). For all the reasons said so far, plus so many many more. He is rage. He is bloodlust and all of human's flaws personified into one body who has paid the price. He is humanity itself. There will never be a character greater than Vader. Ever.


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Other notable mentions include Heath Ledger as the Joker and Agent Smith from the Matrix.

Ever heard of SHODAN? No? I'm not surprised. Imagine HAL with a god complex and a lust for genocide. In both the games she's in, she will taunt the player with words of the player's imminent doom, and how humanity is nothing but wandering lumps of rotting meat.
Not to mention, she comes off as pretty intimidating when she speaks, especially with her s-s-s-s-stuttering.

Christoph Waltz's performance as Hans Landa is up there with the OG Baron Harkkonen for sheer and utter villainy. Far less vulgar as well.







In terms of visually impressive villainy, this scene is hard to beat.











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 Ninjacommando wrote:
No one lists Zorg?

Haha, oh man...not the most villainous of villains...but a great Gary Oldman performance all the same!

You all crack me up......

Many of my personal faves have been covered already:

Roy Batty
Zorg
Loki


But, I'd also through in a mention to The Mandarin. Sure the manner in which he was portrayed in IM3 was, well, horrible... but It also kinda got the point across how he could normally operate.


Also, while I know he isn't exactly sci-fi, but:



I think it goes without saying, y'all know who that is However, I will through an honorable mention to Mads Mikkelson's portrayal as well.

Bah....SciFi..wait.....wait for it.

Max from the Black Hole movie

oh and

Unicron from Transformers. Destruction to live without a care in the world.

Scorpius is definately top of the list. I watched every episode twice during my year in Iraq and I loved every minute of it. I think Rygel qualifies as a villain as well IMO though.

GLADOS from Portal!

Here are some of my favourite Sci-Fi Villains

Emperor Palpatine for being so manipulative and being a evil master tactician


Khan Noonien Singh for being bloodthirsty for revenge in Wrath of Khan


Saren Arterius who stops at nothing to release the Reapers and is a overall a character you get driven to stop.
I also think Saren is a character who is very 3 dimensional as you can understand his reasons for being bad.



overall I enjoy these characters a lot. I think their motives while some petty are quite interesting and really show how evil one can be.

While there are a lot of great villains out there, I'd say Char Aznable is worth at least some mention.


Pretty complex figure, not a full on evil villain. Hell, despite his willingness to commit genocide (kind of wanted to cause a nuclear winter to force humanity to leave the dying Earth so that they can continue to survive and evolve in Space...), he still can manage to come off better than a lot of the parts of both the Earth Federation and Zeon. Aside from just being badass at every turn, he managed to be pretty empathetic.

 Fafnir wrote:
While there are a lot of great villains out there, I'd say Char Aznable is worth at least some mention.


Pretty complex figure, not a full on evil villain. Hell, despite his willingness to commit genocide (kind of wanted to cause a nuclear winter to force humanity to leave the dying Earth so that they can continue to survive and evolve in Space...), he still can manage to come off better than a lot of the parts of both the Earth Federation and Zeon. Aside from just being badass at every turn, he managed to be pretty empathetic.

I will second this. Can I add Rau le Cruze for being a maniacal clone with awesome speeches?

i'd like to say doctor Halsey from halo.
damn cold bitch kidnapped six year olds and did experiments on them.
while the player/reader may not see her as a vilain, the people in the universe sure do.

 the shrouded lord wrote:
i'd like to say doctor Halsey from halo.
damn cold bitch kidnapped six year olds and did experiments on them.
while the player/reader may not see her as a vilain, the people in the universe sure do.

Good call, I like how the last few books really focussed on just how much she fethed with peoples lives. They make it a point to show that while her actions invariably saved the human race no one is excusing her actions because of it. The Karen Traviss books really nailed that stuff.

the kilo 5 books are awesome, I've go about thirty pages of glass lands left (i've read ghosts of onyx)

 Soladrin wrote:

 Fafnir wrote:
While there are a lot of great villains out there, I'd say Char Aznable is worth at least some mention.


Pretty complex figure, not a full on evil villain. Hell, despite his willingness to commit genocide (kind of wanted to cause a nuclear winter to force humanity to leave the dying Earth so that they can continue to survive and evolve in Space...), he still can manage to come off better than a lot of the parts of both the Earth Federation and Zeon. Aside from just being badass at every turn, he managed to be pretty empathetic.

I will second this. Can I add Rau le Cruze for being a maniacal clone with awesome speeches?

Eh... I really disliked Seed. Mostly because it's terrible. Now, Treize... Treize was a great villain.

Not your usual pick of the bunch but some of my favorites none the less.

Jobe from the Lawnmower man



Sark from Tron



And Maximilian from the Black Hole

 Fafnir wrote:

 Soladrin wrote:

 Fafnir wrote:
While there are a lot of great villains out there, I'd say Char Aznable is worth at least some mention.

Pretty complex figure, not a full on evil villain. Hell, despite his willingness to commit genocide (kind of wanted to cause a nuclear winter to force humanity to leave the dying Earth so that they can continue to survive and evolve in Space...), he still can manage to come off better than a lot of the parts of both the Earth Federation and Zeon. Aside from just being badass at every turn, he managed to be pretty empathetic.

I will second this. Can I add Rau le Cruze for being a maniacal clone with awesome speeches?

Eh... I really disliked Seed. Mostly because it's terrible. Now, Treize... Treize was a great villain.

You slander seed yet praise wing? You, sir, are unworthy of my attention. I'll get grant you Treize was cool but wing was horrible. It also lacked Azrael.

 Orlanth wrote:


Greatest Evil on Sci Fi Award goes to Holt Fasner, the leader of the cyclopic Mining Guild dominating earthspace. Who would feth over the entire human race to race of bodysnatchers so as not to interfere with his profit margins but as no one had heard of him (unless they have read Stephen Donaldsons Gap series) so I will have to settle for......

It's Ok, man... I've heard of Holt Fasner.

Surprised this character hasn't been mentioned before... If you're going to do evil, do it sexy, dammit!

Supreme Commander (later President) Servalan of the Terran Federation!

Just a couple honorable mentions







And another I forgot while making this post >.<

 Surtur wrote:

Yes, yes, YES!!

Sexeerrrrrr Six I mean