Did the 80s have the Golden Age of villains?
>Megatron
>Skeletor
>Mumm-ra
>The Shredder
>Cobra Commander
All great in their own way, and pop culture icons. Who was the best? Worst? What other villains would be "worthy" of standing among them?
Did the 80s have the Golden Age of villains?
Joseph Watson
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Jeremiah Robinson
Darth Vader was a couple years before, and Dr. Doom a couple decades, but yeah, Venger was also cool, Saw-Boss also had an interesting design, there was at least one badass looking Mumm-Ra clone... And don't even get me started on 80s anime villains.
>What other villains would be "worthy" of standing among them?
Actual Golden Age Dr. Sivana was the perfect 80s villain prototype, and the gangster version of Joker was great.
Also I dunno when exactly Gargamel was created.
Joseph Nguyen
well, they weren't allowed to actually DO anything because of puss-ass faggot parents, so.. they had to make up for it with personality.
Parker Ward
Starscream and Cobra Commander were both voiced by Chris Latta, a voice actor and stand-up comic who used to joke on stage that he made a career out of his own mental illness.
One time he was called in to his son's school, the kid had been sent to the principal's office. Seems he'd been telling everyone at school that his dad was the Cobra Commander. The principal asked him if he could explain to his son that his father was not really this "Cobra Commander" person, and Chris Latta grins, leans over, and says "BUT I AM!"
Nolan Ward
None of those are greay villains, they're all one-note characters. They are from great franchises, and some have good visual design. That's why we remember them. But without their franchises they would be shit.
Levi Scott
Bullshit. Skeletor could carry a slice of life show all by himself.
Kayden Collins
Skeletor is literally the one thing in 80s He-Man worth a damn.
Angel Powell
Skeletor is a national treasure.
Chase Murphy
>Megatron
>Skeletor
>Mumm-ra
>The Shredder
>Cobra Commander
All shit.
Lucas Torres
Simply put, they were villains, not misguided innocents led astray due to the environment around them that end up getting sexy with the heroes unlike what I see from shows after the 90s. These dudes are simply inherently evil and not only know it, they embrace it without questioning morality.
These shows on right now dont really stick with that concept, most of them usually have the villain be some surprise guy pulled out the ass out of nowhere and call it a twist (I call it bad writing) or play up the villain as being so incompetent that they lose any sense of threat. Doesnt help that the younger generations are too enamored with wanting to 'redeem' a villain and have them join the good guy team after saying a mere apology so now we can't have a villain who's too scary physically or commits an actual atrocity played entirely straight if the higher ups want to play that angle, that's what I think anyways. Sure those ones in the OP could squeeze a laugh out of you due to a shrill voice or bitching everything at the last second but 85% of the time they carried themselves with dignity and garnered rightfully earned fear from their enemies. Even the turtles had to be wary of Uncle Phil.
Michael Wood
> "BUT I AM!"
Caleb Richardson
Based Skelebros
Carter Ramirez
Megatron at least managed to kill some bots onscreen during the movie.
Justin Sanchez
It was pretty kino
Ayden Richardson
>Chris Latta grins, leans over, and says "BUT I AM!"
Please tell me he said it in Cobra Commander's voice.
Sebastian Mitchell
Maybe?
Nathaniel Rodriguez
None of the sources I could find said one way or another, but honestly I'd be more surprised if he didn't. The guy was a special combination of nucking futs and hilarious.
Tyler Miller
i am not a boomer and never saw he man. What is so great about skeletor?
Julian Bennett
>G1 Megatron
>Good
Now, if you'd said Cy-Kill...
Jackson Jones
We should really have MEGAs for these cartoons
Camden James
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Austin Watson
He's just a classic cheesy "mustache twirling" type of villain. Couple that with the fact that he has a scary design juxtaposed with a nerdy ass voice and you get a pretty memorable villain.
In addition, he had the coolest assortment of henchmen out of any 80s villain. (except maybe Megatron, but for Megatron, they were cool for their personalities, for Skeletor, they were cool because of weird design and powers)
All I can say is watch some of the old episodes, maybe read some of the modern comics (He-Man Thundercats will give you a good feel for Skeletor). Nostalgia is, admittedly, a big factor, because he is pure campy cheese, and if that's not your thing, you can't say you weren't warned.