Too Cool Villains

Bad guys are bad. Part of being a bad guy, the main part, is being bad. However, some bad guys are really cool. There are some times where the coolness of the bad guys overshadow everything else in the medium they are presented in. This usually happens when someone is just too cool for whatever they are in. As a tribute to such villains, I will be discussing five examples.


Moloch in Gabriel as portrayed by Goran Kleut


I'm afraid that this is the best picture I could find of him. Still though, look at how intense he is! This movie was pretty lame because it had angels fighting against demons. Normally this would be awesome except they have very limited powers and use guns. Guns are cool, but not for angels and demons. This movie is lamesville but the character Moloch was cool. For starters, he was the most demonic-looking demon of the bunch. Also he fought with a knife which means he gets style points. Sadly he was the first enemy to get killed.



Nukus in Big Bad Beetleborgs as portrayed by Christopher Cho

Awesome. Just Awesome. A samurai meets a triceratops. Nukus was so cool that when he came on the scene he ousted the previus villains and became the main bad guy. Beetleborgs was a pseudo Power Rangers rip off. It was inferior because the characters were lame (young), their monster friends were not funny (insert a Jay Leno/Flabber joke yourself, I'm too lazy), and there was not enough giant robots. Regardless, Nukus was wicked cool. By the way, his name was pronounced "Nuke Us."

Lordi in Dark Floors as portrayed by Lordi

Lordi is a Finnish metal band that dress up like monsters. Yeah, that's pretty cool, I know. When I found out they were making a movie I was pumped. My friends said it would be bad and unfortunately they were right. Dark Floors was lacking in that it was not very scary. There was no suspense because if a person went up against a band member you knew they were dead so there was no point hoping they would make it out. One guy gets wounded at first but *SPOILER* he dies later. The movie was lame but Lordi remains super cool.

Goldar in Mighty Morphing Power Rangers as voiced by Kirrigan Mahan

Goldar was so cool! I always thought it was lame that he was a lackey for Rita even though he was a good fifty times cooler. How can you go wrong with an ape-man with red eyes, wings, and gold armor? Plus, he becomes giant sometimes! Goldar was above and beyond everything else in Power Rangers. The first time I remember actually feeling suspense when watching something was during an episode of Power Rangers. Jason couldn't turn into the red ranger and he was hiding from Goldar. I really thought Goldar was gonna kill him. This guy needs to be brought back.

Darth Maul in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace as portrayed by Ray Park

How could I have a list such as this and not mention Darth Maul? The Phantom Menace is easily the worst Star Wars film. Little Anakin and Jar Jar make it very difficult to sit through the whole thing. The shining facet of the film is the villain Darth Maul. Just look at him! So cool. His weapon is not just a lightsaber, but a DOUBLE lightsaber! That's crazy! We all know however that he dies and is never seen again. When finding out the General Grievous in Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith was some guy who had his brains and organs living in a robot suit, I thought, " It's gonna be Darth Maul!" It wasn't. In his haste to come up with new stuff and not bring back things that people love, George Lucas made a new character and left Darth Maul to rot.