Top Five TV Sci-fi Villian(s)
John Locke/MIB/Smoke Monster: I have to admit that I am a little biased since he's a new villain to the Scifi world given the Final Season of LOST. In one form, he seems like a weakling human and in another form, he's the smoke monster that's been wrecking havoc for the Losties. Although, he isn't the real John Locke, but rather the man in black or MIB or actually the smoke monster. OK, it's complicated. Whoever he is, he's creepy.
Cylons: It's a classic story. Humans build machines. Machines get smart. Machines get really smart and fed up with humans and leave. Machines come back with revenge and do a little mass genocide. Humans get their butt kick. Humans flee. Machines chase. Humans flee some more. Machines chase so more. Oh one more thing...Some of them are human. This is the story of Battlestar Galatica.
Borg:These are more machines that are half human and half machine. There popular phrase "Resistance is Futile" was featured heavily in the series Star Trek The Next Generation and the movie Star Trek: First Contact. The Borg made one made mistake, they assimilated the most dangerous Captain in Star Trek history second only to Captain Kirk. You don't do that!!!!!
Q: This guy was serious, but yet he wasn't. Not only was he omnipotent, but he had a wicked sense of humor. So how do you stop a guy who can do anything he really wants in the entire universe. Some how, Captain Jean Luc Picard did it and it was always entertaining to say the least. This bad guy turned out to be a good guy at the end of the series by helping ole Capt. Picard time shift. Ironically, he was the very first villain introduced in the series premiere for Star Trek: The Next Generation.
The Shadows: These creepy things or organisms were considered one of the first and advanced alien species in Babylon 5. Somehow, they thought that there so special that they had to lay waste to any other alien planet in their galactic conquest master plan after waking up from a long nap. Mankind's Response: Pretend that you are going to join their cause and rigged your really cool space ship to collide with their home planet full of nuclear explosives. Fireworks indeed.Honorable Mentioned:
Sylar: He's been the one of the main villains of Heroes. He's a superpowered human with the power of knowing how things work and the wicked power of Telekinesis. He could give Darth Vader a run for his money with his powers. Apparently, he's able to take other superpowered human's powers by splitting open their skulls and examining how their powers work. It's actually very simply and very psychopathic. As of late though, this villain has been treading hero territory. He's not as fun as a hero, tens times less exciting.
JR: Ok, so he's not a scifi villain, but I've always thought he was a pretty cool bad guy with his Texas Cowboy Hat. In the TV show Dallas and in the real world in the 90's, many people wondered: Who Shot JR????
Rita Repusal: It's 1993, a show called Mighty Morphin Power Rangers premiers on Fox Kids. Five teenagers are chosen to protect the Earth from the villianess, Rita Repusal and her gang of mutants and monsters. She was one nasty witch. She was evil, manipulative, funny, and had a nasty evil laugh. The makings of a classic scifi villain. Too bad they don't make villains like they use to. One question I've always wondered though. How did she sleep at night with her weird hair do. I mean honestly, how?
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