Badass Movie Villains
By: Ryan | May 29, 2009 at 1:00 am

By the end of Saturday we will finally know who you think the most Badass TV Character really is. Will River Tam be able to hold onto her lead, or will Dr. House be able to diagnose a cure for his current predicament? If you haven’t voted yet, head on over and let your voice be heard!

For our next bracket, we’re hitting the big screen. What we at Awesomeopolis want to know is who is the most Badass Movie Villain. We’ve already got a few suggestions in mind, but as many of you pointed out to us in the comments during our last bracket, we definitely missed some pretty Badass TV characters. So tell us, who do YOU think is the most Badass Movie Villain? Either leave a comment, or email me. The seeding poll will go up on Monday.

Let’s hear it!

27 Comments

  1. Posted May 29, 2009 at 11:27 am | Permalink

    The Operative, from Serenity. Daamn. That guy was just so cool and composed it irked me too much.

  2. des
    Posted May 29, 2009 at 2:29 pm | Permalink

    I second The Operative. He’s one of the best villains I’ve ever seen.

  3. Mari from Michigan
    Posted May 29, 2009 at 4:53 pm | Permalink

    The liquid metal Terminator from T2!

  4. Posted May 29, 2009 at 5:09 pm | Permalink

    Darth Vader!!

  5. SerenityFTW
    Posted May 29, 2009 at 5:22 pm | Permalink

    Operative… and Darth Vader!

  6. Chrisisall
    Posted May 29, 2009 at 5:42 pm | Permalink

    Wow- I guess there’s a lot of Operative love here. Anyway, he’s my choice too.

  7. FlatTop
    Posted May 29, 2009 at 5:51 pm | Permalink

    The Operative from Serenity. Ozymandius from Watchmen.

  8. Posted May 29, 2009 at 6:02 pm | Permalink

    I say the Operative from Serenity!

  9. Philly
    Posted May 29, 2009 at 6:10 pm | Permalink

    Oki doki… I Love bad guys so I second the aboves xD

    Heath Ledger – Joker
    Magneto – xMen
    Pin Head – Hell Raiser
    Pennywise – IT

    Not really a film but kinda… ish… Dr Horrible! From Dr horribles Sing along blog!

  10. Bryan
    Posted May 29, 2009 at 6:14 pm | Permalink

    Operative from Serenity!

  11. Robert
    Posted May 29, 2009 at 6:25 pm | Permalink

    Mr. Freeze! (Wait, sorry. Had to put my glasses on. I thought it said Dumbass Movie Villains)

    Props to the Operative

    “You’re fighting a war you’ve already lost.”

  12. Bill
    Posted May 30, 2009 at 2:00 am | Permalink

    Lets go with Ozymandias from Watchmen, T-1000, Judas, Pennywise, The Hotel from the Shining, Hans gruber from Die Hard, simon gruber from Die Hard with a Vengeance, Ledger’s Joker, Predator, Freddy, Michael Myers, Gabriel from the Prophecy, Jigsaw, Hannibal Lecter, Pinhead, Dr. No, John Doe from Se7en, Patrick Bateman from American Psycho, The Hitcher, Chucky, The Kurgan from Highlander, and Vigo from Ghostbusters II. Have fun

  13. Andrea
    Posted May 30, 2009 at 2:45 am | Permalink

    The Kurgan from Highland scares me spitless every time.

    Darth Vader–an oldie but a goodie

    The Joker from the Dark Knight…why so sad?

  14. stephen vargas
    Posted May 30, 2009 at 1:27 pm | Permalink

    well lets see……i would say Davy jones(PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN),Palpatine(STAR WARS SAGA),mister T(ROCYIII),THE CLOVERFIELD MONSTER(CLOVERFIELD),Bruce willis(PLANET TERROR)and the operative(SERENITY).

  15. Gusar
    Posted May 30, 2009 at 3:11 pm | Permalink

    Was just about to suggest “The Operative”, but I see it’s in the first comment already. In fact, it’s in all the comments, LOL.

    Best damn villain I’ve ever seen.
    “Key members of parliament… Key. The minds behind every military, diplomatic and covert operation in the galaxy… and you put them in a room… with a psychic.”

    “This is a good death. There’s no shame in it. In a man’s death, a man who has done fine works. We’re building a better world. All of them. Better worlds.”

    I could quote this guy forever…

  16. starkiller
    Posted May 30, 2009 at 3:45 pm | Permalink

    River Tam – Serenity, she takes out a bar full of people and then goes on to kill a room full of armed reavers single handed. She could have killed the operative easily as long as she was wearing earplugs.

  17. G@briel
    Posted May 30, 2009 at 4:48 pm | Permalink

    ive gotta saythe black night or the evil bunny from monty python and the holy grail

  18. SerenityFTW
    Posted May 30, 2009 at 5:00 pm | Permalink

    LOL at 17

    But River Tam is not a bad guy

  19. OKDeSign
    Posted May 30, 2009 at 5:00 pm | Permalink

    Heath ledger’s Joker
    Cap. Barbosa – POTC
    lord Voldemort, Schwarzenegger – terminator1,
    darth vader, Imhotep – the mommy

  20. Posted May 30, 2009 at 7:08 pm | Permalink

    Glad to see The Operative got so much love!
    Lol…

    I mean, making a man impale-himself with his sword… talk about badass.

  21. Posted May 31, 2009 at 11:15 am | Permalink

    This list ABSOLUTELY MUST have Hans Gruber from Die Hard!!!!

    Rickman set the bar VERY high in ‘89 for the perfect, tailored, calculating, methodical, sociopathic, corporate thief villain for everyone to follow. Brilliiiiiant!

    Definitely agree with needing Kurgan in the bracket too!

    Vader WAS badass…til they annihilated him with over-explanation just like Boba Fett. Neither are really “badass” anymore thanks to George’s over-saturation.

    As much as I can’t stomach giving props to Dollhouse, Alan Tudyk as Alpha should go on this list too. That guy completely stole the show out from under Dushku and friends…brilliant villain!

  22. SirAwesome
    Posted May 31, 2009 at 1:11 pm | Permalink

    I vote the operative from serenity. Such an awesome villain, so frustratingly composed, and you cant really not like him.

    “Malcolm… I’m a monster.What I do is evil. I have no illusions about it, but it must be done.”

    Best quote ever.

  23. Bumclouds
    Posted May 31, 2009 at 2:51 pm | Permalink

    Darth Vader or Emperor Palpatine for sure. Then Ozymandius from Watchmen. I’d say Alpha from Dollhouse but, alas, that isn’t a film.

  24. betsy
    Posted May 31, 2009 at 7:11 pm | Permalink

    obvious choice: ursula from the little mermaid ;-)

    the creepy drippy guy/old captain from sunshine

    that’s all i have to offer.

  25. Rajaat99
    Posted May 31, 2009 at 7:27 pm | Permalink

    Al Pacino as Tony “Scarface” Montana.

  26. Johan
    Posted May 31, 2009 at 7:48 pm | Permalink

    Travis Bickle (Taxi Driver)
    Darth Vader
    HAL 9000
    Hannibal Lecter
    Agent Smith (The Matrix)
    Alex (Clockwork Orange)
    Hans Gruber

  27. little albatross
    Posted June 1, 2009 at 1:46 pm | Permalink

    I have to go with the Operative, then The Joker, Hans Gruber, Hanibal Lecter, Agent Smith, Gene Hackman as Sheriff Little Bill(in Unforgiven, he was pure evil), Emperor Palpatine, Terminator 1, Valdemort, Darth Vader (from original Star Wars 4,5,6).

    Special Mention to: Alpha, because he’s on TV.

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