The Villian's Backbone
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Super Villians
I am very excited to start what I call, "Super Villains Unite". In my blog I am going to be going through the three types of villians. Now that we can identify some of the characteristics of these super villians, we can go deeper and start looking at them individually. This is where it gets exciting :) But to make it a little more interesting, I will be going in alphabetical order. So I will start at A, and i will go from there , picking my favorite villians. Then that whole blog will be devoted to that particular villains life story and ill have plenty of pictures and some videos. I want to dig in really deep and actually get an understanding about who these people are and what are their problems. I want to know what their weaknesses are and who makes them get chills down their spines. Through this blog I will learn so much about the villains I love. Feel free to comment or ask questions about the blog for this will be an exciting and learning experience for all of us. Let's go!!
Monday, October 11, 2010
Dr. Doom Doctrine, and Venom Vendetta
Along with the Magneto Syndrome comes another type of villain. These are the villains you see all over and they are very, very destructive. They feed off of this hot tempered flame that they get, yet again, from the past. Lets take a look at Dr. Doom, the infamous villain that liked to give the Fantastic Four a hard time. Now when you look at his name, you instantly think, "Just another corny super villain that went nuts". Not a lot of people talk about him or fear him too much because he always loses. But he always comes back, and that's the problem. What is he coming back for, what is his problem, what is he trying to prove or disprove? When we get a little deeper into his story, we can see why he is one of the most powerful villains the Fantastic Four ever had to face. Villains with the Magneto syndrome believe that what they are doing is for the greater good. This does make them very dangerous and we can fit the Silver Surfer, Sandman, Rob Goblin, Bizzaro, and many others into that group. But then other villains simply want revenge and nothing more. Be fore Dr. Doom had a cape, fingers full of electricity, and maybe one of the coolest looking masks, he was Victor Von Doom, a very smart scientist who used to work with the characters who became the fantastic four. Although he was insanely smart, he was run by greed and jealousy. He wanted the girl that was to become invisible woman but Reed (Mr. Fantastic), was winning her over. Before the freak accident that changed them all, Reed and Victor were constantly in a competition over her and over who was the smartest. but at least they weren't trying to KILL each other yet... Then a freak accident happens in space and everything went bad, for poor old Victor. The fantastic Four became very popular with the public and Reed, got the girl. What did Victor get? Nothing but a scarred face and some pretty cool powers. Bam. The jealousy started to creep in and the hatred and the reality of loss filled his mind. There was no Fantastic Five, they had left him out. And better yet, they became famous and rich for it all. Yay. So he became Dr. Doom, the electrifying arc nemesis of the Fantastic Four. What made him so dangerous besides his clever contraptions and his lightning strikes? It was his knowledge of the Fantastic Four and that personal connection. We see the same pattern with the infamous villian, Venom. Before he became a gaping, sharp teethed, killing machine, Venom was just an ordinary photographer trying to make living. But then, spider man and Peter Parker take things away from him and his jealousy turns him into Spider-man's biggest nightmare. Dr. Doom Doctrine and Venom Vendetta Villains are dangerous because they feed off of long-term jealousy, hatred, and hurt. They will not stop until the people that have hurt them are destroyed. And that means more trouble for the heroes, us, and earth itself.
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Friday, September 10, 2010
Magneto Syndrome
There are all types of villains with various powers, masks, and costumes. All that stuff is great to look at and talk about with excitement, but before we look at that we need to look at one of the most important attributes of a villain. Motive. The first question that we should ask when looking at a villain is, "Why is this particular villain, a villain?". No one just wakes up and wants to be the outcast of a whole city or even universe. No one just wakes up and wants to be what strikes fear in the hearts of hundreds of innocent people. They don't put all that energy into making costumes and clever destructive devices because they think it's cool. They definitely don't spend their time risking their lives fighting the heroes that are against everything that they are doing because they're bored. There has to be a motive. The thing that causes an ordinary person to change into a blood-thirsty villain is what a thing that I like to call, "Magneto Syndrome". Yes, I am talking about the guy that wears the silly helmet and can control anything made of metal. Anything. He is in fact, one of the most powerful villains because of this power, but his ability to gather others to his side is just as powerful. But my question is, "Why does mister metal-bender hate normal humans with such passion?". I mean he really, REALLY, hates them and he does an excellent job of showing it. Well it all starts in his early childhood and i will explain that later in the blog, but after going through what he did, he justifies what he is doing. Although he is about wipe out an entire city, he legitimately believes that what he is doing is for the greater good. This makes him all the more dangerous and harder to stop. Villains with Magneto Syndrome are one of the most dangerous and most damaging villains in the world of good vs evil. How you can you get across to them and get them to see that what they are doing is wrong? Better yet, how do you do you accomplish that while dodging a freight train or blocking a thousand bullets; Courtesy of Magneto, the master of metal. Good luck with that.
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Friday, September 3, 2010
Why Villains?
Just like every other boy in their earlier years,I was fascinated by the comical world of good verses evil. For some reason I was attracted to the more personal heroes and villains like Wolverine and The Joker. I loved their powers and what they could do and the action that they performed, but I also wanted to know their back rounds. What caused them to be this way and how did this transformation affect their lives? As I became more interested in reading and writing, I became more interested in the back rounds of the villains that we see in every action movie. It was strange because everyone usually leans towards the heroes side and they talk all about the hero, but I was paying close attention to the villain and how he acted and asked questions. There is always a story behind the villain. There is no child that is born evil or born for the purpose of causing mayhem. There is ALWAYS a significant event that kept piling up and up until it turned an ordinary person into a monster. Realizing this makes me connect more with the villain and understand his mind. So I made this blog for anyone who shares my interest of going deeper into the world of villains or anyone who is interested in comic book characters. This is, The Villain's Backbone. Prepare to be entertained :) http://static.reelmovienews.com/images/gallery/batman-the-joker.jpg
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