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Post by Hulkshi Tanahashi on May 17, 2008 11:53:32 GMT -5
Sorry fo the delay. My brother graduated last night, I got home late, and I was tired after having worked as well. On the brightside you get 6 villains today. Let's start with 92: 92. The Nosferatu Who are they: Vampires. What are they from: 30 Days Of Night (graphic novels and film). What have they done: Suck people’s blood. Intelligence: They’re quite smart, choosing a town in Alaska that won’t see the sun for a long while and cutting off all of its contact to the outside world so that they can feed. Power: Usually travel in packs, so the numbers are on their side. Vileness: Kill and eat without mercy. Sway: Can use fear and intimidation tactics if they wanted to. Purity: Pretty much concerned with drinking blood. Physical Prowess: Stronger than humans. Name Coolness: “Nosferatu” sounds cool. Created by: Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith. Portrayed by: Danny Huston played Marlow, the vampire leader, in the movie. The other Nosferatu were Megan Franich (Iris), Abbey-May Wakefield (the little girl vampire), John Rawls (Zurial), Andrew Stehlin (Arvin), Tim McLachlan (Archibald), Ben Fransham (Heron), Kate Elliott (Dawn), Allan Smith (Khan), Jarrod Martin (Edgar), Sam La Hood (Strigoi), Jacob Tomuri (Seth), Kate O’Rourke (Inika), Melissa Billington (Kali), Aaron Cortesi (Cicero), and Matt Gillanders (Daeron). Graphic novel: Vampires flock to Barrow, Alaska where the sun sets for about 35 days, allowing them to feed without the burden of sleep to avoid lethal sunlight. When the vampire elder Vicente learns of this plan, he travels to Barrow to end the feeding, in order to preserve the secrecy of vampires. Because of the cold, the vampires’ senses are weakened and a few of the town's residents are able to hide. One such resident is Sheriff Eben Olemaun, who saves the town by injecting vampire blood into his veins. He uses his enhanced strength to fight Vicente, saving the lives of the few remaining townspeople, including his wife Stella. Suffering the same weakness as all vampires, Eben chooses to die and turns to ash when the sun rises. Dark Days: The follow-up series to the original graphic novel featured the exploits of Stella Olemaun after surviving the attack on Barrow in the original series. After publishing an account of the attack, 30 Days of Night, Stella draws the attention of the Los Angeles vampire population, as well as the lover of Vicente, the head vampire from the original series. Learning that there may be a way to bring back her former husband Eben, Stella strikes a deal with vampire Dane, who seeks revenge for the murder of his mentor by Vicente. The two form a brief romantic relationship. Stella exchanges proof of the existence of vampires for her husband's remains, in the hope of bringing him back from the dead. She double-crosses the vampire party, blowing up a large number of them in a house, before successfully resurrecting Eben. The two reconcile for a moment before the still-vampiric Eben lunges, fangs bared, for her throat. This series also serves as an introduction to the vampiric FBI agent, Norris. Annual 2004 was a 48-page one-shot released in January 2004 by regular 30 Days of Night publisher IDW. The issue features four short stories, each written by Steve Niles but featuring different illustrators. The first, "The Book Club", is illustrated by co-creator and original 30 Days of Night artist Ben Templesmith. It involves a suburban book club's discussion of Stella Olemaun's book (also titled "30 Days of Night"). This arouses suspicion about a shut-in neighbor, leading to his murder by the unruly book club. The second story, "The Hand That Feeds", is illustrated by Szymon Kudranski and features Dane seeking a hand transplant from an eccentric doctor. "Agent Norris: MIA" features the pencils of Brandon Hovet, and depicts agent Norris's transformation from a "scout" or "bug eater" to a full-blown vampire. The final tale, "The Trapper", is illustrated by Josh Medors. This story introduces John Ikos, a Barrow resident turned vampire hunter (and a main character in later series). 30 Days of Night: Return to Barrow: This was another sequel to the original series by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith. Return to Barrow features Brian Kitka, the brother of a victim of the attack on Barrow in the original miniseries. Kitka becomes Barrow's new sheriff after moving there with his son to investigate his brother's demise. Kitka’s skepticism about the claims of a vampire attack disappears when he discovers his deceased brother's journal, which includes a full account of the attack. He finds himself protecting the town along with John Ikos. This story features the return of several characters from the previous series, including Eben and Stella who save John's son from the vampires. 30 Days of Night: Bloodsucker Tales marked the first time a writer other than Niles would work on the series. Throughout the 8 issues of Bloodsucker Tales, two stories were told. The first, "Dead Billy Dead", was written by Steve Niles and illustrated by Kody Chamberlain. This serialized story featured a young man named Billy who was turned into a vampire and later kidnapped, along with his girlfriend Maggie, by a vampire-obsessed scientist. Meanwhile Goodis, a police officer whom Maggie had called when approached by the vampiric Billy, discovers Stella Olemaun's book. The second story, “Juarez or Lex Nova & The Case of the 400 Dead Mexican Girls,” was written by Matt Fraction and illustrated by 30 Days of Night veteran Ben Templesmith. This story depicted Lex Nova's investigation of the disappearance of hundreds of girls in Juarez, Mexico. A group of vampires called the Zero Family Circus arrives in Mexico at the same time, believing the deaths to be caused by an estranged vampire. Annual 2005 was a 48-page single issue of 30 Days of Night released in December 2005 by IDW. It tells the story of John Ikos leaving Barrow and going to Los Angeles in search of Agent Norris. While in Los Angeles, John Ikos meets Billy (from the "Dead Billy Dead" story in Bloodsucker Tales) and Dane, and does battle with a gang of vampires going by the name The Night Crew led by a vampire called Santana. 30 Days of Night: Dead Space: After a self-imposed hiatus following the tragic events of the last shuttle mission, NASA prepares to launch the Icarus on a simple mission to help restore the nation's confidence in the space program. But their worst fears are realized when it's discovered that something has gotten aboard the shuttle, something ferocious, something with fangs and a taste for blood. 30 Days of Night: Spreading the Disease: This new series picks up with Agent Michael Henson from the Dead Space series being sent off to exile in Alabama after trying to get people to take the vampire threat seriously. He is contacted by a mysterious caller that suggests the questions of ‘why someone would want to put a vampire in space’ still needed to be answered. So Henson takes the time he has before checking in at his new office to try and follow the fangs. This leads him into a much bigger and far more dangerous situation. 30 Days of Night: Eben and Stella: In the waning moments of Dark Days, Stella managed to bring her vampire husband Eben back from beyond, only he came back hungry. This miniseries fills in the black gaps between that tale and Return to Barrow. It is co-written by Steve Niles and Kelly Sue DeConnick and illustrated by Justin Randall. 30 Days of Night: Red Snow: 1941. Hitler's Operation Silver Fox has failed, but the war on the Eastern Front drags on as the Russian winter starts to bite. British military attaché Corporal Charlie Keating observes the war from the Soviet side, making sure crucial supplies get through to aid Stalin's front in the battle against the Nazis. With luck, he too will survive to see the end of the war. But something else is out there, and they're not the Nazis. No matter how hard humanity tries to kill itself, something else does it better. Written and illustrated by Ben Templesmith. 30 Days of Night: Beyond Barrow: After years of attacks, and several without, the citizens of Barrow have become united against random attacks on their city by the undead. Unfortunately the same does not apply outside of Barrow or the rest of the mysterious Arctic Circle. Written by Steve Niles and illustrated by Bill Sienkiewicz. Film: Barrow, Alaska is preparing for its annual "30 days of night," a period during the winter when the sun will not be seen. People who don't want to suffer the extended darkness leave for Fairbanks or other parts south. As the town gets ready, the Stranger (Ben Foster) rows ashore from a larger ship, then trudges towards Barrow. Once he arrives, he sets about sabotaging the town in the belief that the vampires will make him one of them if he helps them with their plans. He steals and destroys most of the cell phones, destroys the town’s only helicopter and kills all of the sled dogs. Barrow's sheriff, Eben Oleson (Josh Hartnett) investigates these crimes. As he does so, he learns that his estranged wife, Stella (Melissa George), who moved out of town awhile ago, missed the last plane out of town and will have to spend the 30 day period in Barrow. Although they try to avoid one another, when Eben confronts the Stranger in the town diner, she helps subdue him and take him to the station house. From the jail cell, the Stranger taunts Eben, Stella, Eben’s teenage brother, Jake (Mark Rendall) and grandmother, telling them that death is coming for them. Just then, vampires attack the local telecommunications center and power supply, rendering the town dark and cut off from the outside world. Eben goes to the telecommunications center and finds the operator's head on a spike. He and Stella then go through town, trying to find the ones responsible for the gruesome crimes. Meanwhile, the vampires, led by Marlow (Danny Huston) attack the town. Marlow speaks in an ancient, guttural language, clarified by subtitles; the other vampires shriek. He tells them after they feed on the humans to take off the head, to make sure that there will not be any more competition. Unless they are shot in the head, bullets are useless against them, and they slaughter most of the town, including Eben's grandmother. Those who survive congregate in the diner. The vampires attack Eben and Stella but Beau Brower (Mark Boone Junior), the local snowplow driver, rescues them. They too go to the diner. Everyone decides to go to the boarded up house of someone who had left town earlier that day. The house has a hidden attic where they will be able to hide. Marlow finds the Stranger in the jail and, rather than turning him into a vampire as the Stranger wished, kills him instead. Marlow orders the vampires not to turn anyone into a vampire; they will slaughter the town and then disappear in order to preserve modern humanity's belief that vampires are the stuff of bad dreams and nothing more. Over the next week, Eben, Stella, Jake and seven others stick it out in the attic. They fight about leaving but most stay; only Wilson and his senile father, Isaac are lost. Eben ventures out to try to help a stray survivor and learns that beheading the vampires will kill them. When a blizzard hits, Eben and the others use the whiteout conditions to make it to the general store. There, a young girl vampire attacks them, wounding one of them. The whiteout conditions end, preventing them from making it back to the abandoned house. Eben decides everyone should go to the police station. He will provide a diversion by running to his grandmother's house to retrieve an ultraviolet lighting system she used to grow marijuana. Eben makes it to the house, turns on the generator and turns the light on the vampires who have followed him. It hideously burns a female vampire named Iris, forcing Marlow to kill her. Eben escapes the house but the vampires are in pursuit. Beau comes to the rescue again, killing many of the vampires with his backhoe. He crashes into a hotel and then ignites a box of dynamite using road flares, trying to kill himself. His ploy is unsuccessful though as Beau lives through the blast and Marlow crushes his skull, but it gives Eben the time to make it to the police station. There, the wounded member turns into a vampire. With some shred of his humanity left, he asks Eben to behead him. Eben complies. Two more weeks pass. Stella and Eben find his deputy, Billy Kitka (Manu Bennett), signaling them with a flashlight from across the street. Eben and Stella make it to Billy's house. When the vampires attacked, he killed his wife and daughters but his gun became jammed when he tried to commit suicide. Stella and Eben take him back to the station house. There they learn that the others have made it to the utilidor, a power station that controls the oil pipeline, the only structure that still has power. Eben, Stella and Billy begin to sneak towards the utilidor. Stella stops to rescue a young girl who is being stalked by a vampire, Zurial (John Rawls). Eben and Billy try to distract him while Stella gets the girl to safety. Instead, Billy and Eben are separated. They both eventually make it to the utilidor, but another vampire follows Billy inside. Eben is happy to see the rest of the survivors have made it alive. The vampire attacks Billy, ripping into his neck and dazing him. When the vampire turns to attack Eben, Billy gets up and knocks it into the gears of the utilidor's pump, shredding the creature. Billy's arm gets caught in the gears as well and his entire forearm is completely gone. Billy screams in pain as Eben tries to calm him down. Eben then realizes that Billy's screams become vampiric shrieks. Eben is then forced to kill Billy with an axe - chopping off his head. The sun is due to rise in a few hours. The vampires decide to burn the town to cover their tracks. Stella radios to Eben that she and the young girl are hiding under an abandoned truck across the street from the utilidor, the flames rapidly approaching them. Realizing he cannot beat the vampires as a human, Eben injects himself with Billy's infected blood so he can fight them as a vampire. He and Marlow fight a vicious battle. As the battle comes to a close, Marlow charges Eben as Eben throws a punch. The punch runs through Marlow's mouth and out the back of his head. Leaderless, with the sun about to rise, the other vampires disappear. Eben and Stella watch sunrise together. While Stella rests on Eben's shoulder, they share one last kiss. Stella holds Eben strongly in her arms as he lets out a bloodcurdling scream and is turned to ash. As the movie ends, Stella closes her eyes as she cradles Eben's ashen corpse. Over the years, vampires have been portrayed as romantic figures. They live in castles, drink blood, and seduce humans into their world, which is usually seen in Anne Rice novels and “Dracula.” These vampires are nothing like those vampires. They don’t care about any of that Lord Byron romantic crap; they just want to suck blood from humans. And, they are ruthless and cunning in their killing. They choose a town that won’t see sunlight for a month or more, cut off all its contact to the outside world, and destroy any means they have to escape. Then, they attack the people of Barrow without mercy. They are the most badass vampires around. I don’t think anything more needs to be said.
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Post by Hulkshi Tanahashi on May 17, 2008 13:38:27 GMT -5
91. M. Bison Who is he: the final boss of Street Fighter II, leader of the criminal syndicate Shadaloo What is he from: Street Fighter II; the Street Fighter movie, animated series, anime movie; Street Fighter II V (anime TV series). What has he done: killed Chun-Li’s father, tried to take over the world (movie), tried to destroy the world (animated series), brainwashes Ken to kill Ryu (anime movie), nearly kills Chun-Li (anime TV series). Intelligence: Military and criminal intelligence Power: Runs a criminal organization. Vileness: Will kill people or have them killed without a second thought. Sway: Can have people killed. Purity: Whether it’s world domination, world destruction, or just someone dead, he will stop at nothing to have it done. Physical Prowess: Is large, strong, and wields the Psycho Power, an evil energy which manifests as blue or purple flames and electricity. Name Coolness: Despite his name also being animal, it’s still pretty cool. Note: In Japan, he is known as Vega. However, when Street Fighter II was released in American, it got changed to M. Bison, because the character that was called M. Bison in Japan resembled Mike Tyson. Out of fear for legal action from Tyson (that was probably not the only thing they were afraid Mike Tyson would do to them), Capcom changed his name to Balrog, gave the Japanese Balrog the name “Vega,” and the Japanese Vega became “M. Bison.” Created by: Capcom. Portrayed by: Raúl Juliá played him in the live action 1994 movie. Sadly, it was his last role, and the movie sucked. Neal McDonough will play him in the upcoming movie “Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li.” Bison has been voiced by Tom Wyner (the English dub of “Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie” and Street Fighter II V), Richard Newman (the animated TV series), Tomomichi Nishimura (Alpha series, EX series, Marvel vs. series, Namco x Capcom), Kenji Utsumi (Street Fighter II V), Norio Wakamoto (Capcom vs. SNK series, SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom, Capcom Fighting Evolution), Banjō Ginga (CD drama), Takeshi Kusaka (Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie), Antônio Moreno (the Brazilian dub of “Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie.” The video game: M. Bison's first chronological appearance is in Street Fighter Alpha 2, which takes place in the years preceding Street Fighter II. He is the head of an elusive paramilitary enterprise known as Shadaloo. Throughout the Street Fighter series, Bison's headquarters is shown to be located in Thailand. His origin is a mystery, as is the source of his powerful telekinesis. At some point in the past, Bison discarded what he considered the “weakest” parts of his soul in order to master Psycho Power. These fragments later reshaped themselves into a woman named Rose, the physical manifestation of Bison's 'good' energy. Bison is responsible for the murder of Chun-Li's father, an Interpol agent who was investigating Shadaloo. Seeking revenge, Chun-Li joins Interpol as an adult and vows to avenge her father's death. After Bison begins attracting attention from the U.S. military, two Air Force officers named Guile and Charlie infiltrate Bison's unit. Charlie is later killed in action, resulting in Guile's intense antipathy toward Bison later on. In Street Fighter Alpha 3, Bison constructs the Psycho Drive, a machine which will exponentially increase his Psycho Power. By this time, Bison's power has begun to exceed the limits of his own body. In searching for a new host, Bison orders his scientists to engineer a body for him to harvest. However, the result, a clone named Cammy White, resists Shadaloo's programming and escapes the facility. M. Bison then turns his sights to Ryu, one of the most powerful fighters in the world, as a possible host body. Bison captures Ryu and subjects him to intense mind control. When Sagat objects, M. Bison sets “Evil Ryu” loose on him, joking that Sagat will finally have his rematch. With Sagat’s urging, Ryu regains his senses and fights off his brainwashing, forcing Bison to retreat into the Psycho Drive. The machine restores Bison's power, but only forestalls his inevitable deterioration. In Street Fighter Alpha 3, Charlie and Chun-Li team up with Guile in an effort to demolish Bison's headquarters. In order to hold Bison off, Charlie continues to fight him even as the base is set to explode, eventually sacrificing his own life. With his body destroyed, M. Bison possesses Rose and inhabits her body until his scientists can forge a new one for him. Bison reemerges in Street Fighter II with a newer, gaunt appearance, the result of transferring his mind into a new shell. His Psycho Power is severely depleted as a result. He is finally defeated by Akuma, who attacks him with the signature move, the Shun Goku Satsu. Bison is not heard from in Street Fighter III, and Chun-Li's mid-boss dialogue with Urien in Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike suggests that Shadaloo was dismantled. Bison is set to return in Street Fighter IV, but it is not known how he survived Akuma's assault. Live-action movie: The movie takes place in the fictional nation of Shadaloo in South East Asia (the movie was shot in Thailand, and maps at the beginning of the movie show Shadaloo occupying a segment of modern-day Burma). After months of fighting, a multinational military force of the Allied Nations has managed to enter the city of “Shadaloo City.” The Allied Nations is fighting against the armed forces of drug-lord turned General M. Bison, who has recently captured a couple of dozen AN workers. Bison makes his demands in a live two-way TV broadcast with William F. Guile (Jean Claude Van Damme), the regional commander of the AN forces. If he is not paid $20 billion in three days he will kill the hostages and the world will hold Guile and the AN accountable. Guile’s assistant Cammy (Kylie Minogue) is only able to partially trace Bison’s signal. From that it can be determined that Bison's hideout is somewhere in the river-delta region outside Shadaloo City. After one of the thugs of Victor Sagat (Wes Studi), head of the Shadaloo Tong, attempts to assassinate Guile, which Guile himself quickly foils, he figures out that Sagat is the arms-supplier for Bison. Guile attempts to infiltrate Ryu Hoshi (Byron Mann) and Ken Masters (Damian Chapa), two foreign operators who were arrested along with Sagat while fighting a cage match, they had tried to cheat Sagat beforehand by selling him fake weapons, and Sagat was not amused, into Sagat's gang. He decides to stage a prison-break and his own death in order to find out the location of Bison's hideout. Guile's plan hits a snag when a GNT News Reporter Chun-Li Xiang (spelled “Zang” in the film; Ming-Na), who is out for Bison’s blood, finds out that Guile is alive and with the help of her partners, Sumo wrestler E. Honda and professional boxer Balrog, attempts to kill Bison and Sagat with a truck bomb while they are engaged in arms trade at a thieves' camp. The explosion destroys much of Bison's arms cache but fails to kill the dictator. The plan thus fails (in part because Bison and Sagat are tipped off by Ken), and Chun-Li and her friends are captured. Ryu and Ken are welcomed as Bison troopers. Once in the fortress, they free Balrog (Grand L. Bush) and Honda (Peter Navy Tuiasosopo), and the four of them go to “save” Chun-Li, who is delivering an unexpectedly severe beating to a surprised Bison. Unfortunately, the arrival of Honda, et al interrupts Chun-Li, giving Bison a chance to escape and trapping the five of them in a room flooding with gas. A bug Ryu and Ken carry with them is tracked by satellite, which also detects the explosion at Bison's camp, and the AN is able to locate Bison’s headquarters in an abandoned temple. Since Bison's air defenses are too deadly, Guile orders an amphibious assault on the base. As the troops comprising the strike force stand in salute and are preparing to march out, a group of peace negotiators arrives to inform Guile that the invasion is no longer authorized, since the ransom demand is about to be paid. Guile protests what he sees as appeasement and decides to go ahead with the assault. Meanwhile Guile, T. Hawk (Gregg Rainwater), and Cammy head up river to lead the attack in a stealth-boat, which they use to blow up part of Bison’s radar system. Bison notices the attack and manages to compromise the boat's stealth-mode, making Guile a perfect target. The boat is blown out of the water but Guile and his comrades escape in time. Guile heads in to Bison's fort alone while T. Hawk and Cammy stay and wait for the rest of the attack-party. Guile falls in to the laboratory of Dr. Dhalsim (Roshan Seth) where he encounters his friend Carlos “Charlie” Blanka (Robert Mammone) who has been warped in to a powerful beast. After realizing that Bison attempts to use Blanka to execute the hostages he hides in Blanka’s incubation chamber and takes Bison by surprise. Unfortunately he is not able to prevent “red-alert” from going off and Cammy and T. Hawk end up in a tight spot. The attack party is not far behind and the battle begins. While some of the heroes try to free the hostages, Ken wants to leave the battle now that the military is there. Ryu disagrees and goes back in to fight, but as Ken is leaving, he sees the monitors of the cameras spread out through Bison's base. He sees Sagat and Vega trying to ambush Ryu. Ken goes back in to help Ryu, and the two of them defeat Vega and Sagat after an intense fight. Meanwhile, Guile and Bison engage in a one-on-one fight. Guile seems to be winning, but then an automatic revival system brings Bison back to life and charges his body with great amounts of electromagnetism, allowing him to shoot lightning bolts and fly across the air. After taking a serious beating, Guile manages to kick Bison and sends him flying against his gigantic monitor wall. As he crashes, there are severe electrical disturbances which destabilize the power system of the base. As the base sounds the alarm, the heroes find and release the hostages just in time, and everyone evacuates. Guile reluctantly decides to leave Bison behind rather than rescue and hand him to the authorities, and flees. Guile manages to find the laboratory and talk to Dhalsim and Blanka one last time before he is forced to leave them behind; Blanka, now a warped beast with red hair and green skin, cannot return to human society changed like this, and Dhalsim decides not to leave Blanka to die alone and to pay for his own part in having done this to him. When the temple comes crashing down after an explosion everyone thinks that Guile is dead, but then he appears from amongst the smoke. The movie ends semi-humorously, after Guile converses with everyone they see the last ruins of the temple fall and take their familiar win poses as the camera freezes and fades out. In some releases of the film, at the end of the closing credits we find ourselves back at the ruins of M. Bison’s lair (or what’s left of it), as the main computer announces that its batteries recharging from solar power and it begins fibrillating Bison's heart with electricity. As a close up of a computer screen reveals a readout: “initializing... run programs... world domination, replay,” Bison’s fist smashes through the rubble, having been resurrected. The computer greets him: "Welcome back General M. Bison.", thus setting the scene for the sequel animated series. Animated series: Bison's portrayal in the US Street Fighter series is considerably close to the portrayal of him in both the live-action movie and significant aspects of the video game. His primary nemesis is Guile, as in the movie. In the first season, Bison's attack on Chun-Li's village (referenced in the movie), appears in a flashback, revealing how he killed Chun-Li's father, who attacked him in futile defiance. The second season explored Bison's relationship with Cammy in the same manner as the games and in the anime movie, with Cammy being triggered as a "sleeper agent" in the opening episodes. She discovers the truth about Bison in the series finale, but not before she reestablishes her romantic bond with him. Bison seems to worship a Thai deity that instructs him on what to do with his resources, and in the finale, Bison convinces himself he has been told to destroy the Earth through the launching of nuclear missiles. A final battle with Guile, Cammy, Chun-Li, Sagat, and Cammy's former teammates concludes with Bison being eaten alive by his own computers, aborting the launch and seemingly killing him. Anime movie: The movie begins with the main protagonist Ryu facing off against Muay Thai champion Sagat. With the thunder roaring in the background, the two fight an epic duel. However, despite his renowned strength and abilities, World Warrior champion Sagat finds himself losing the battle. Channelling his chi, he unleashes his built-up internal energy at his challenger. Ryu evades the blow, but Sagat knocks him down with a couple of kicks. Sagat attempts to finish Ryu off. However, Ryu counter-attacks by unleashing his chi in the form of a Shoryuken, inflicting a severe wound on Sagat's chest, a wound that later becomes Sagat's trademark scar. Enraged, Sagat charges towards Ryu, determined not to lose. Ryu, seeking his inner calm, gathers his internal energy and unleashes it in the form of a Hadouken. The battle is over. However, unknown to the combatants, the fight was being recorded and analyzed by a Monitor Cyborg transmitting the data to Shadowlaw headquarters and its leader, M. Bison who would later order a manhunt for Ryu and recruit Sagat to become his "special soldier" alongside Vega and Balrog. Several years later, and Ryu, the legendary "Wandering Warrior" now travels the Asian continent in search of battle. On the other side of the world, Ken, Ryu's old training partner, friend, and rival, finds himself dissatisfied with the lack of challenge. Eagerly desiring a rematch with Ryu, he reminisces over his childhood experiences. Bison gains an interest in Ken after seeing Monitor Cyborg footage of him fighting T. Hawk and notices that Ken uses the same style as Ryu. Rumors of an underground terrorist organization named Shadowlaw that has unleashed several attacks on worldwide governments and political figures attracts the interest of Interpol. Chun-Li, an Interpol agent with a personal score to settle with Bison, finds that Shadowlaw has been abducting and, sometimes, brainwashing Street Fighters from around the world to use as assassins. Seeking the help of Guile, she enlists his help in locating Ryu. While gathering information on Ryu's known whereabouts, they also warn other Street Fighters, such as Dee Jay, to look out for Monitor Cyborgs in their general vicinity (Chun-Li even demonstrates it to Dee Jay at the expense of a cyborg in disguise by kicking its head off). This attracts Bison's attention, and he subsequently dispatches Vega to New York to ambush Chun-Li. Vega ambushes Chun-Li in her apartment, and they engage in a vicious, and bloody duel (in a bit of fan service, Chun-Li is wearing nothing but her undergarments and an oversized, loose-fitting t-shirt throughout the battle). The fight takes its toll on both fighters, but Chun-Li emerges as the victor by literally kicking Vega through the wall and sending him falling to the street below (via the Lightning Kick), albeit at a heavy cost: she passes out from blood loss and slips into a coma just as Guile arrives to help. Due to the change in circumstances, Guile continues the investigation in place of Chun-Li, vowing revenge for what Bison did to the both of them. After learning of Ken's whereabouts, he heads over to Seattle. Ken, meanwhile, is driving home after dropping off Eliza, to whom he has just proposed. On the way, though, he's ambushed by Bison, who captures him easily. Guile arrives after Bison's jet flies away only to find Ken's vacant car in the middle of a deserted road. With no other choice, Guile heads to Southeast Asia in the hopes of getting to Ryu before Bison does. Bison, however is aware of Guile's intentions and sets out on an intercept course with Ken in tow. Sagat begs Bison to allow him to fight Ryu again, but Bison (who loses his patience) reminds Sagat that he has orders to go to New York to take care of Cammy and Vega (since Vega failed to kill Chun-Li). Out in Southeast Asia, Guile finds Ryu and warns him of the plot and the possibility that Ken may have been brainwashed. At that point Bison arrives. He and Ken step out of the jet. Controlled by Bison's Psycho Power, Ken fights with a seething rage. Ryu, unwilling to hurt his friend, does not fight back. Bison defeats Guile easily, while Balrog and E. Honda fight (while rolling off the mountain in the process). Meanwhile, Ken beats Ryu savagely, all the while Ryu attempts to awaken his friend. Memories of the past wreak havoc on Ken's mind, and finally, through flashbacks of his past with Ryu, Ken succeeds in breaking the Psycho Power. Bison appears and uses his Psycho Power to shock him, and tosses him into the forest behind the battlefield. With no help at hand, Ryu takes on Bison alone and is beaten back. Ken awakens, and discovers he cannot move his legs, but finally manages to climb to the top of a hill and see Ryu defeated by Bison. Upon seeing this, Ken uses his training under Gouken to regain full use of his legs and rejoins the battle. Aiding Ryu, the pair succeed in defeating Bison with a combined Hadouken, although the Shadowlaw leader is nowhere to be seen as the Hadouken flies into the jet, which explodes. Ryu and Ken assume that Bison has been defeated, and E. Honda reemerges carrying Guile and Balrog's bodies to witness the end of the spectacle. Later that night, a combined Interpol and Military air strike successfully locates, bombards, and destroys Shadowlaw's main base of operations. Guile returns to the hospital, shocked to find that Chun-Li has died, only to discover she was only joking, and they playfully embrace upon celebrating Bison's defeat. Ryu and Ken say goodbye once more after eating at a restaurant, and Eliza arrives to pick Ken up. Ryu begins his journey anew. That is, until he sees a huge truck heading right for him with Bison (who apparently teleported himself sometime after the Hadouken hits him and before it hits the jet) in the driver's seat. Enraged, Ryu prepares for another fight against the Shadowlaw leader. Anime TV series: Bison first appears watching the fight between Ken and Vega. Ken wins, and Bison, impressed with his skills, wants Zoltar, his assistant, to get his doctors to work on his recovery and bring him to his villa. Ryu continues to practice the Hadouken on the beach by the hotel he is staying in. Ken and Vega are taken into different rooms for recovery. Chun Li, finding this suspicious, questions Bison's doctors. The doctors give Ken a shot which makes him sleep. Bison enters the room after that and tries to take Chun Li to his villa. Chun Li refuses to go, and begins to attack Bison. Bison hurts her pretty badly, as the episode ends. Bison and Chun Li fight. Chun Li hits Bison twice, but just as she is about to escape, he teleports in front of her and strangles her until she loses consciousness due to lack of oxygen. Bison, realizing he went berserk with his Psycho Power, tells his assistant, Zoltar, to bring Chun Li and Ken to his villa. Ken's father, Mr. Masters, sends two special commandos from the United States military, Guile and Nash to rescue Ken from Bison. The reason Mr. Masters found out about Ken's abduction is because Bison called him and demanded a $1,000,000,000 ransom in exchange for Ken. The money was needed because it would give Bison and Shadowlaw the money they lost when Dorai shut down Ashura. Guile and Nash enter a helicopter after being briefed by Mr. Masters's friend from college, in order to go quickly to Spain to rescue Ken from Bison. On the beach, Ryu is attacked by the Shadowlaw wrestler Zangief, who was sent by Bison to take Ryu to Bison's headquarters. Ryu resists Zangief, and the episode ends. Ryu and Zangief fight for a brief time on the beach, but Zangief, with the help of the Shadowlaw driver, knocks out Ryu and puts him in the truck in which he came in. Just as Zangief puts Ryu into the truck, Guile and Nash land nearby, and Zangief and the Shadowlaw driver quickly escape with Ryu before Guile and Nash can confront them. Guile and Nash search the castle that Vega and Ken were in before being worked on by Bison's physicians to see if they can find Ken. The place is thoroughly cleaned out, and thus their search is futile. Meanwhile, Ryu and Bison fight each other as Ryu awakes to find himself in Shadowlaw's headquarters. Ryu fights Bison to no avail, as Bison easily overpowers him. Ryu is taunted by Bison into using the Hadouken, and when he is about to fire it, Bison uses his Psycho Power to cause Ryu to lose control of the Hadouken. The Hadouken explodes, and this, combined with the energy of Bison's Psycho Power, knocks Ryu unconscious. Ryu has the cyberchip planted on his forehead by Bison. Zoltar created the chip to create Shadowlaw warriors for Bison. These cyberchips control the subject's higher brain functions, and thus as long as the cyberchip is on their forehead, Bison can control the subject as he pleases, as Zoltar demonstrates by getting a test subject to bang his head against the wall and kill himself. With Ryu under Bison's control, and Ken unconscious and chained in a bed, Guile and Nash will have to hurry in order to rescue Ken from Bison. Bison orders Ryu to focus his ki to do the Hadouken. Ryu keeps doing the Hadouken for quite a while, and Guile and Nash infiltrate the fortress to get inside and rescue Ken from Bison. Ken slowly but surely summons enough rage to use the Hadou Shoryu to break the wall between him and Ryu. Ken, after breaking the wall, tries to convince Ryu to come with him, but Ryu doesn't answer, and stands there glaring evilly at Ken. Ken notices something is wrong with Ryu, but doesn't know what. The episode ends after that. Ryu and Ken fight each other in a heated battle. Ryu easily overpowers Ken, as Ken refuses to fight his best friend. However, Ken eventually hits Ryu in order to defend himself, at which point Bison tells Ken that he and Ryu were born to fight this fight. The fight goes on between Ryu and Ken after this, as Ken tries to convince Ryu to snap out of it, but to no avail. Finally, Guile and Nash, having successfully infiltrated Shadowlaw fortress, go their separate ways to find Ken. Guile runs into Zangief along the way, and he initiates a fight with him. The fight between Guile and Zangief continues, as Guile continues to struggle in defeating Zangief. Guile manages to defeat Zangief after a while though. Fei Long and Cammy continue their fight, with Fei Long determined to protect Dorai from Cammy. Ryu and Ken continue their fight as well, with no signs of it coming to an end. Ken continues to try to convince Ryu to turn back to normal, though to no avail. Eventually, Nash fights his way into the control room of the fortress, where he finds Bison. He confronts Bison boldly, shooting a bullet into his heart. Bison uses his Psycho Power to render this bullet useless. Afterward, Bison attacks Nash relentlessly, and eventually chokes him. Nash doesn't survive the choke, and dies because of it. Ryu and Ken continue their fight, as always. Nash is killed by a chokehold Bison puts on him. Guile eventually finds his way into the control room, where he finds his friend Charlie Nash dead from Bison. Guile, realizing Bison killed Nash, rushes in to attack him with an extreme rage. Bison uses his Psycho Power to blast Guile back to the entrance of the room, where Guile stays for quite a while. Ryu and Ken finally finish their fight at the end of this episode by using the Hadou Shoryu and the Hadouken against each other. The resulting blast of energy knocks the cyberchip off of Ryu's forehead, and thus he returns to normal. Guile gets back up from Bison's Psycho Power that he was previously hit with, and stands again to face him. Bison is amused by this, but sends Chun Li to fight Guile as he doesn't have time to fight Guile personally. Ryu and Ken eventually meet up with Guile and Chun Li in the control room of the fortress. Their reunion is short-lived, however, as Bison's eagle head transports Guile and Chun Li outside to continue their battle. It also teleports Ryu, Ken, and Bison into the focal point of the universe where all the power in the universe flows, although this is not seen until the next episode. Guile and Chun Li battle outside, while Ryu, Ken, and Bison in the focal point of the universe, basically just another dimension that Bison's eagle head sends them to. There, Ryu and Ken seem destined to lose, because of Bison's overwhelming Psycho Power. Ryu and Ken's fighting abilities are no match for Bison, and Guile is losing tremendously to Chun Li, since the cyberchip has made her a much more powerful opponent than she was without it. Bison uses his Psycho Crusher and Double Knee Press attacks to overpower Ryu and Ken, severely wounding both of them. They eventually find the strength needed to carry on thanks to their Hadou powers. Ken uses the Hadou Shoryu to weaken Bison substantially (and this also knocked the cyberchip off Chun Li's head), allowing Ryu to finish him off with a Whirlwind Hurricane Kick, followed by a Rising Dragon Punch, and then finally a Hadouken. The Hadouken connected because Bison was distracted at the time, as he was charging for another Psycho Crusher attack. After Bison is gone, Ryu and Ken go back to America, then Ryu sails to an unknown location, though it is presumably his home in Japan. M. Bison is the would-be dictator of the world. He’s cruel. He’s ruthless. He just looks evil. His ambition is to take over the biggest governments in the world by planting members of his underground crime syndication, Shadowloo, in important law enforcement positions. Shadowloo is into everything, from drugs to weapon trafficking to money laundering and forgery. When he learns about the competitions that have been sponsored by Geese Howard, he is intrigued at the thought of a potential partner in crime, and someone he can use to help locate powerful fighters fit for joining his Shadowloo army. M. Bison wields a power that he refers to as Psycho Power, to launch devastatingly painful attacks at his opponents. M. Bison has been portrayed as an evil man in pretty much everything he has appeared in. This isn’t really surprising. He was made to look evil since he is the final boss of Street Fighter II, and video gamers don’t want some wimpy looking dude at the end of the game. And, yes, he got a bad rap thanks to the Street Fighter movie and animated series, this wasn’t the case in the anime version. In both the anime series and movie, he is portrayed as an evil psychotic bent on destroying anyone who gets in his way. Not only is huge and can destroy a person with ease, he’ll also brainwash people and use them to kill their own friends. The man has no moral compass. Even though it sucked, the Street Fighter movie had a pretty good quote that sums up who M. Bison is. It comes during the scene in which Chun-Li tells Bison that she wants revenge on him for destroying her village and killing her father, and he reveals that he doesn’t really remember it. She asks why, and his response: “For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life. But for me... it was Tuesday.”
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Post by Hulkshi Tanahashi on May 17, 2008 14:14:41 GMT -5
90. Luther Who is he: Leader of the Rogues. What is he from: “The Warriors” What has he done: Shot Cyrus and framed the Warriors for it, causing them to become the target of every gang in New York. Intelligence: Street smarts. Power: He’s the leader of his gang. Vileness: The reason for his actions: just because. Sway: I doubt he has much sway. Purity: Doesn’t seem very obsessive. Physical Prowess: Carries a gun and comes off as a coward. Name Coolness: “Luther” is a pretty badass name. Created by: Sol Yurick (novel), David Shaber and Walter Hill (screenplay) Portrayed by: David Patrick Kelly. “Luther” is his most famous role, and he has the line in the movie: “Warriors... come out to play-ee-ay!!”, which he says as he clicks three bottles together. Kelly also improvised Luther's “come out to play-ay” taunt, basing it on an intimidating neighbor of his. Cyrus (Roger Hill), the leader of the most powerful gang in New York City, the Gramercy Riffs, calls a midnight summit for all the area gangs, with all asked to send nine unarmed representatives for the conclave. The Warriors, a gang based in Coney Island, Brooklyn, is one such gang. The eloquent and intelligent Cyrus tells the assembled gangs that a citywide truce is needed, and that the gangs can control the city, pointing out there are 100,000 of them and only 20,000 officers in the NYPD (five to one). Most of the gangs cheer Cyrus' ideas, but during his speech one gang passes a gun to their leader, and he kills Cyrus. Panic ensues. The murderer - revealed to be Luther (David Patrick Kelly), leader of the Rogues gang - is seen in the act by one of the Warriors. Immediately after, the NYPD rushed in from all sides, which led to a chaotic rush to escape the premises. During the chaos, Luther screams that the Warriors are responsible for killing Cyrus, though this is only heard by Cleon, the Warriors' leader. While the Riffs beat Cleon (Dorsey Wright), and the police arrive to break up the gathering, the other eight Warriors escape the melee and debate what to do. Meanwhile, the other gangs, most based in Manhattan, regroup at their respective headquarters. Masai, second-in-command of the Riffs, takes charge as their new leader, and declares a bounty on the Warriors. This sets the entire city's gang population out hunting for them, with a seemingly omniscient radio DJ (Lynne Thigpen) reporting on the events. As the Warriors make their long and difficult journey back to Coney Island, the Riffs are visited by an anonymous member who attended the earlier gathering who witnessed Luther firing the gun. The Riffs realize the Warriors are innocent, and they head to Coney Island. When day breaks, the Warriors finally arrive home but quickly have more trouble, as Luther and the Rogues are waiting for them. The two gangs meet on the beach, where Swan suggests he and Luther fight a one-on-one duel. Luther pulls a gun, but Swan quickly throws a knife into Luther's wrist, disarming him. Before more violence has a chance to happen, the Riffs arrive on the beach and acknowledge they have learned the truth of Cyrus's murder. The Riffs' new leader compliments the remaining Warriors on their skills and lets them go. As the Riffs swarm on the Rogues, the Warriors head off down the shore. Luther is such an asshole. He’s a weasel and coward, but that’s not what makes him such a good villain. That would be the murder of Cyrus, the gangland leader. He shot Cyrus in cold-blood and did no real reason. This pretty much ends Cyrus plans for a truce among all the gangs. Then, he pins the murder on the Warriors, which leads to the Riffs, Cyrus’s gang, to put a bounty on their heads. Now, every gang is out to kill the Warriors, and they slowly cross the dangerous Bronx and Manhattan territories, narrowly escaping police and other gangs every step of the way. At the end, when the Warriors and Rogues meet to fight on the beach, Swan suggests they fight one on one. However, Luther pulls out a gun. Obviously, he doesn’t believe in a fair fight. However, the Riffs do learn that Luther killed their leader; and Luther and the Rogues the punishment they deserve. Even though he doesn’t get away with it, Luther manages to cause a lot of chaos by simply doing act of violence. That is the mark of a great villain.
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Post by Hulkshi Tanahashi on May 17, 2008 15:06:58 GMT -5
89. The Wicked Witch of the West Who is she: A witch. What is she from: The Wizard of Oz (novel) and several adaptations of the novel What has she done: Sent an army of flying monkies to steal Dorothy’s ruby slippers. Intelligence: Doesn't seem terribly bright, but not an idiot; she's just a bit too focused on evil. Power: Beyond her magical powers, she's not much a force, counting on her minions to do a lot of the dirty work, and she melt when water is poured on her. Vileness: Willing to do whatever it takes to get what she wants, including terrorizing friendly animals and little lost girls. Sway: One of the last people you ever want to be stuck in a dark alley with; fiercely intimidating. Purity: Full of jealousy and hatefulness, this woman is bent on causing chaos wherever she can. Physical Prowess: She's ugly as sin with a matching black heart, even has the warts and hat to complete the wardrobe, though you could probably take her in a fight. Name Coolness: Sounds pretty cool, and pretty much implies she’s evil. Created by: L. Frank Baum. Portrayed by: Eugenie Besserer most likely played her in the 1910 silent film “The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz,” but there is no definitive proof as to who the cast of that film was. Margaret Hamilton played her in the 1939 movie, and her portrayal as the Wicked Witch is the most famous. In many people's minds, her representation of The Wicked Witch has become an archetype for human wickedness. Mabel King played her in “The Wiz” Broadway play and 1978 movie. Elizabeth Hanna did the voice of the Witch in the English dub of the 1982 anime. Naoko Kouda voiced the Witch in the 1986 Anime series. Idina Menzel, Shoshana Bean, Eden Espinosa, Ana Gasteyer, Julia Murney, Stephanie J. Block, and Kerry Ellis have all played her in the Broadway play Wicked. Tress MacNeille was the voice of the Witch in the early 1990s animated series. And, Kathleen Robinson played her in the 2007 TV miniseries Tin Man, and Karin Konoval played the Evil Witch who posses her and turns her evil. The Oz Books: the Wicked Witch is the one witch in Oz whom the Wizard of Oz fears after the Wicked Witch of the East is destroyed. He managed to defeat her with simple magic tricks in spite of her making use of the Winged Monkeys that she commands through the power of the "Golden Cap," for the second time. With the first command, she seized control of the Winkie Country in the western part of Oz, where the Wizard never ventures, considering himself quite vulnerable to her. When young Dorothy is dropped in Oz by a cyclone, The Wizard promises to help her return to her home in Kansas if she and her ragtag group of friends kill the Wicked Witch. Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion journey toward her castle and are attacked by wolves, crows, bees, and her Winkie slaves. Dorothy and her companions defeat each threat, but are eventually subdued by her third and final permitted use of the Winged Monkeys. Dorothy and the Cowardly Lion are carried to the Wicked Witch's castle. However, The Wicked Witch cannot kill Dorothy because the girl is protected by the Good Witch of the North. She enslaves her and tries to force the Cowardly Lion into submission by starving him, though Dorothy sneaks him food. When she succeeds in stealing one silver shoe, by making Dorothy trip over an invisible bar, Dorothy angrily throws a bucket of water onto the Wicked Witch. It causes the witch to melt. The Wicked Witch's dryness was enumerated in some clues before this. She carries not the traditional broom but an umbrella. Furthermore, when Toto had bitten her, she had not bled; her wickedness had dried her up long ago. W.W. Denslow's illustrations for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz depict the Wicked Witch as a paunched old woman with three pigtails and wearing an eyepatch; her good eye gave her the visual powers of a telescope. She is afraid of the dark, and for that reason, never went for the shoes while Dorothy was sleeping. Her position as ruler of the Winkies was awarded to the Tin Woodman, who moved the capitol out of her castle because it was too damp. The 1910 silent film: “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” features a character similar to the Wicked Witch of the West, identified in intertitles as "Momba the Witch". (Compare the character Mombi from The Marvelous Land of Oz.) In the film, Momba has an unspecified hold over the Wizard, who promises his crown to anyone who can release him from Momba's power. As in the novel, Momba captures Dorothy and her companions, and is destroyed when Dorothy throws a bucket of water over her. The 1939 film: While this relationship is not mentioned in Baum's books, in the movie, the Witch is the sister of the Wicked Witch of the East, who is killed when Dorothy Gale arrives in Oz. The Witch asks aloud, "Who killed my sister?" (albeit with more calculation than sorrow). As a result, The Wicked Witch of the West's role is made more prominent as she seeks revenge against Dorothy for killing her sister. When Dorothy claims the death was an accident, the Witch of the West replies, "Well, my little pretty, I can cause accidents too." It is from this movie that popular culture gets the oft-quoted phrase, "I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog too!" Later, when she sends her aerobatic apes to capture Dorothy, she stands by the window shouting, "Fly! Fly!" repeatedly. This too is a very well-remembered quotation of hers. The most memorable quotations, when Dorothy accidentally threw water on her, was "You cur-sed brat!, look what you've done!, I'm melting!" "What a world! "Who would've thought a good little girl like you could destroy my beautiful wickedness!" The convenient positioning of the bucket in the Witch's castle is not handled realistically, but with the situation now Dorothy's dream, that is of little relevance. Rather than carelessly harassing Dorothy in the middle of cleaning, the scene now occurs in a hallway where Winkie guards have blocked her from all escape routes. In spite of the Winkies serving the Witch only out of fear, the screenplay states that they were to look as much like her as possible, and uses the word "inhuman" to describe them. The Witch also has a counterpart in the Kansas world: a rich, grumpy single woman named Almira Gulch who seeks to have Dorothy's dog, Toto, put down. There is some ambiguity as to whether Gulch turns into the Wicked Witch of the East or of the West in the Tornado scene when Dorothy sees her transform in the window. However, It is often said that during the transformation you can clearly see the ruby slippers indicating that it may in fact be the witch of the east. It can be argued both ways. The Wiz: The Wicked Witch Of The West is given the name Evillene, and is the malevolent ruler of the Winkies. She is the sister of Addaperle, Glinda, and Evvamene, the other three witches of Oz. In the film version, she runs a sweatshop under Yankee Stadium, with the slogan, "Manufacturers and Exporters of Sweat," and extracts it not only from the Winkies, but the Crows, the Poppy Girls, and the Subway Peddler. Her magic creates urban variations on the Hammer Heads (sent by the Subway Peddler), Fighting Trees, and Kalidahs, all in the Subway system. The 1982 Anime: The Witch is purplish-skinned, white-haired, and wears an eyepatch. Her telescopic eye, however, is replaced with a magic mirror. Her soldiers are completely magical, disappear at her demise, and quite distinct from the Winkies, whom she uses only for labor. She wears an old-fashioned peasant dress. She also has a staff which is the source of her magic. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz anime series: the Witch is purplish skinned, with long white hair, but much thicker than in the 1982 anime, and with a blood-like red streak. She has both eyes, and she dressed in a long, black hooded gown. The bucket of water does not do her in, but only starts the process. The scene occurs in the castle kitchen. The witch backs away from Dorothy and inadvertently flips ladleful out of a pot with her shoulder, which causes her to steam and decay as if hit with acid. Dorothy state she now understands that water is the witch's weakness and smashes a large jugful on the ground. This version gives the witch the most prolonged and dramatic death scene of all versions. Wicked: Gregory Maguire's successful 1995 revisionist novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West takes the familiar Oz story and turns it on its head, with the Wicked Witch (given the name Elphaba) as the novel's protagonist and Dorothy as a hapless child. Born with hydrophobic green skin and shunned because of her differences, Elphaba is a misunderstood child who grows into a brooding and very mischaracterized young woman rebelling against an oppressive dictator, the Wizard of Oz. Maguire's story was developed into a Broadway musical, Wicked, in 2003. Idina Menzel won the 2004 Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of Elphaba. 2005's Son of a Witch is the sequel to Wicked, focusing upon Elphaba's purported son, Liir. Tin Man: The 2007 mini-series, re-imagining of Baum's story world that makes allusive references to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, includes an evil witch character (played by Karin Konoval) who is referred to as "The Evil Witch of the Dark". Discovered in a cave by descendants of Dorothy Gale - the young princess Azkadellia and her little sister DG - this witch possesses Azkadellia and turns her into a tyrannical sorceress. It is not clear whether this witch is related to the original Wicked Witch of the West, but an ancient inscription in the cave refers to "light conquering darkness", and the old woman says to the girls when they find her that she has been waiting there many years. She also later makes references to, "waiting almost 500 years," and other sayings to further suggest she is the same witch. The most common speculation is that since Dorothy Gale does in fact turn out to be the ancestor of DG and Azkadellia, then the Witch who lost to Dorothy was sealed away and has returned to try and destroy OZ once again. At the end of the series, the witch is exorcised from Azkadellia and melted by the destruction of a machine she is using to bring eternal darkness over the Outer Zone. The Wicked Witch of the West is one of the classic villains. Pretty much everyone knows who she is and associates her with evil. The most famous representation of the Wicked Witch is in the 1939 Wizard of Oz movie. The portrayal pretty much left witch forever associated with wickedness and evil ways. Ever since then, she has been portrayed as an evil bitch in practically every adaptation of the Wizard of Oz. Only two adaptations have portrayed her in a sympathetic way: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, and the Broadway musical based on the novel, Wicked. In both, she is portrayed a misunderstood girl who was not born evil but rather “made” that way by her political enemy, the Wizard of Oz. Nevertheless, this hasn’t really changed the way she has been portrayed in later, most notably Tin Man, in which the Witch, known as Azkadellia, is a huge bitch hell-bent on destroying Dorothy and her friends. And, most likely, the Wicked Witch will continued to be shown as an evil witch for a long while.
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Post by T.J. "the Crippler" Stevens on May 17, 2008 15:09:00 GMT -5
Lumbergh smurfed her.
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Post by Johnny B. Decent on May 17, 2008 15:14:18 GMT -5
90. Luther Who is he: Leader of the Rogues. What is he from: “The Warriors” What has he done: Shot Cyrus and framed the Warriors for it, causing them to become the target of every gang in New York. Intelligence: Street smarts. Power: He’s the leader of his gang. Vileness: The reason for his actions: just because. Sway: I doubt he has much sway. Purity: Doesn’t seem very obsessive. Physical Prowess: Carries a gun and comes off as a coward. Name Coolness: “Luther” is a pretty badass name. Created by: Sol Yurick (novel), David Shaber and Walter Hill (screenplay) Portrayed by: David Patrick Kelly. “Luther” is his most famous role, and he has the line in the movie: “Warriors... come out to play-ee-ay!!”, which he says as he clicks three bottles together. Kelly also improvised Luther's “come out to play-ay” taunt, basing it on an intimidating neighbor of his. Cyrus (Roger Hill), the leader of the most powerful gang in New York City, the Gramercy Riffs, calls a midnight summit for all the area gangs, with all asked to send nine unarmed representatives for the conclave. The Warriors, a gang based in Coney Island, Brooklyn, is one such gang. The eloquent and intelligent Cyrus tells the assembled gangs that a citywide truce is needed, and that the gangs can control the city, pointing out there are 100,000 of them and only 20,000 officers in the NYPD (five to one). Most of the gangs cheer Cyrus' ideas, but during his speech one gang passes a gun to their leader, and he kills Cyrus. Panic ensues. The murderer - revealed to be Luther (David Patrick Kelly), leader of the Rogues gang - is seen in the act by one of the Warriors. Immediately after, the NYPD rushed in from all sides, which led to a chaotic rush to escape the premises. During the chaos, Luther screams that the Warriors are responsible for killing Cyrus, though this is only heard by Cleon, the Warriors' leader. While the Riffs beat Cleon (Dorsey Wright), and the police arrive to break up the gathering, the other eight Warriors escape the melee and debate what to do. Meanwhile, the other gangs, most based in Manhattan, regroup at their respective headquarters. Masai, second-in-command of the Riffs, takes charge as their new leader, and declares a bounty on the Warriors. This sets the entire city's gang population out hunting for them, with a seemingly omniscient radio DJ (Lynne Thigpen) reporting on the events. As the Warriors make their long and difficult journey back to Coney Island, the Riffs are visited by an anonymous member who attended the earlier gathering who witnessed Luther firing the gun. The Riffs realize the Warriors are innocent, and they head to Coney Island. When day breaks, the Warriors finally arrive home but quickly have more trouble, as Luther and the Rogues are waiting for them. The two gangs meet on the beach, where Swan suggests he and Luther fight a one-on-one duel. Luther pulls a gun, but Swan quickly throws a knife into Luther's wrist, disarming him. Before more violence has a chance to happen, the Riffs arrive on the beach and acknowledge they have learned the truth of Cyrus's murder. The Riffs' new leader compliments the remaining Warriors on their skills and lets them go. As the Riffs swarm on the Rogues, the Warriors head off down the shore. Luther is such an asshole. He’s a weasel and coward, but that’s not what makes him such a good villain. That would be the murder of Cyrus, the gangland leader. He shot Cyrus in cold-blood and did no real reason. This pretty much ends Cyrus plans for a truce among all the gangs. Then, he pins the murder on the Warriors, which leads to the Riffs, Cyrus’s gang, to put a bounty on their heads. Now, every gang is out to kill the Warriors, and they slowly cross the dangerous Bronx and Manhattan territories, narrowly escaping police and other gangs every step of the way. At the end, when the Warriors and Rogues meet to fight on the beach, Swan suggests they fight one on one. However, Luther pulls out a gun. Obviously, he doesn’t believe in a fair fight. However, the Riffs do learn that Luther killed their leader; and Luther and the Rogues the punishment they deserve. Even though he doesn’t get away with it, Luther manages to cause a lot of chaos by simply doing act of violence. That is the mark of a great villain. Ugh, Cyrus' plan was incredibly stupid, anyways. If they overwhelm the police, then the Millitary would have been called it, and 100,000 or not they would have been slaughtered. Stupid idea.
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Post by Hulkshi Tanahashi on May 17, 2008 15:35:19 GMT -5
88. Frank Booth Who is he: A violent sociopath/criminal. What is he from: “Blue Velvet.” What has he done: Involved in murder, rape, kidnapping, and drug addiction. Intelligence: Smart but crazy. Power: Has his own gang. Vileness: Extremely violent, crazy, and jealous. Sway: He’s pretty f***ing scary, which is good for intimidation. Purity: Will do anything to please himself. Physical Prowess: A pretty strong man. Name Coolness: Sounds like a regular old name. Created by: David Lynch. Portrayed by: Dennis Hopper, but he wasn’t the original choice. The part of Frank Booth was originally offered to Robert Loggia, then Willem Dafoe and Richard Bright, all of whom turned it down because of the character's vulgar and intense personality. In contrast, Hopper, Lynch's third choice, accepted the role, reportedly having exclaimed, "I've got to play Frank! I am Frank!" Jeffrey Beaumont (Kyle MacLachlan) returns home from college after his father (Jack Harvey) suffers a near fatal stroke. While walking home from the hospital, he cuts through a vacant lot and happens upon a severed ear and puts it in a paper bag. Jeffrey takes the ear to local investigator Detective John Williams (George Dickerson). When he returns to the Williams house later to discuss the incident further, Jeffrey meets the detective’s daughter, Sandy (Laura Dern). She tells him details about the ear case and a suspicious woman, Dorothy Vallens (Isabella Rossellini). Increasingly curious, Jeffrey devises a plan to sneak into Dorothy's apartment that involves posing as a maintenance man. Dorothy becomes distracted when a man dressed in a yellow suit (Fred Pickler) knocks at her door, and Jeffrey steals Dorothy's spare key. Jeffrey and Sandy attend Dorothy's nightclub show at the Slow Club. While Dorothy performs at the nightclub, Jeffrey sneaks into her apartment to snoop. He hurriedly hides in a closet when she returns home. However, Dorothy, wielding a knife, finds him hiding and threatens to hurt him. When she realizes he is merely a curious boy, she assumes his intentions are sexual in nature, and is turned on by his voyeurism. She makes him undress at knifepoint, then fellates him. Frank Booth (Dennis Hopper) interrupts their encounter with a knock on the door. Dorothy urges Jeffrey to return to the closet and he then witnesses Frank's bizarre sexual proclivities, which include erotic asphyxiation, fisting, dry humping, and sadomasochistic tendencies. Frank is an extremely foul-mouthed, violent sociopath whose orgasmic climax is a fit of both pleasure and rage. When Frank leaves, a saddened and desperate Dorothy tries to seduce Jeffrey again. She demands that he hit her but when he refuses she demands to be left alone. Jeffrey again observes Dorothy's nightclub show at the Slow Club, where she performs the song Blue Velvet. Frank is also present at the nightclub. Later, in the car park, Jeffrey watches Frank and his cohorts drive away before going to Dorothy's apartment again. Jeffrey spends the next few days spying on Frank, and at one point sees him entering a building. Shortly afterwards, two men exit the building, a well-dressed man and someone Jeffrey recognizes as the Yellow Suited Man. He concludes the two men are criminals, as is Frank. He also visits Dorothy again, and this time she successfully seduces him. However, while they are making love she asks him to strike her. He refuses and she pressures him, becoming more emotional. Finally in blind rage he knocks her backwards, and is instantly horrified, but Dorothy, as a result of Frank's constant beatings, has come to take pleasure from it. Afterwards, Frank catches Dorothy and Jeffrey together, and forces them both to accompany him to the house of Ben (Dean Stockwell), a suave dandy and partner in crime. In a bizarre scene Ben mimes the singing of Roy Orbison's "In Dreams", sending Frank into maudlin sadness, then rage. He takes Jeffrey to a milling yard and savagely beats him to the overture of "In Dreams." Jeffrey wakes the next day and goes home, where he is overcome with guilt and despair. He decides to go to the police. At the police station, Jeffrey notices that Sandy's father's partner is Gordon, the Yellow Suited Man. Later at Sandy's home, her father is amazed by Jeffrey's story, but warns Jeffrey of the danger of the situation. Jeffrey and Sandy go to a dance party together, profess their newfound love and embrace. When they're tailed on their way home, Jeffrey is relieved to discover that it's only Sandy’s football-playing ex-boyfriend. A confrontation is avoided when they see a naked and distressed Dorothy waiting on Jeffrey’s front lawn. Barely conscious, Dorothy accidentally reveals that she slept with Jeffrey, causing Sandy to leave in tears, although she later forgives Jeffrey over the phone. From the hospital, Jeffrey tells Sandy that he must return to Dorothy's apartment and tells Sandy to send her father there immediately. When he arrives back at Dorothy’s apartment, he finds the crudely lobotomized Yellow Man and dead body of Dorothy’s husband, who is missing an ear. When he tries to leave, he sees The Well Dressed Man coming up the steps and recognizes him as Frank. Jeffrey talks to Detective Williams over the police radio but lies about his location inside the apartment. Frank enters the apartment and brags about hearing Jeffrey's location over his own police radio. When Frank fails to find Jeffrey in the bedroom, he returns to the lounge. Jeffrey shoots Frank with the Yellow Man's gun. Detective Williams arrives with Sandy in tow. Days later, we see Jeffrey and Sandy together, with their lives back to normal, and before the credits, Dorothy and her son playing happily in the park together. Frank Booth is f***ing scary. With his weird sexual fetishes and breathing from an oxygen tank, the man is creepy as hell. The man is filled with rage. It comes out pretty much everywhere he goes. Hell, Frank’s rage is pretty much entwined with sexual pleasure. He needs anger to get off, making him even more insane. He viciously beats Dorothy, only seeing her as means for sexual pleasure; and he will callously beat her in order to get off. However, he is also obsessed with the woman. To him, she is his; and no one else can have her. He will cruelly kill anyone he sees taking her away from him. Frank Booth is just crazy motherf***er who wouldn’t want to mess with if he really existed.
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Post by T.J. "the Crippler" Stevens on May 17, 2008 15:53:50 GMT -5
90. Luther I never saw The Warriors, so at first glance I thought this was supposed to be Luther from 48 Hrs.
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Post by Hulkshi Tanahashi on May 17, 2008 16:08:55 GMT -5
87. Bullseye Who is he: An assassin. What is he from: Marvel Comics, but he usually appears in Daredevil. What has he done: Killed the two women Matt Murdoch loved: Elektra and Karen Page. Intelligence: He’s a hired assassin and not behind any master plans of his own. Power: Takes orders from people. Vileness: Nobody is safe near this guy, even if you're in a bar or a church. Sway: His intense stare is enough to intimidate most people. Purity: He's an assassin paid to do what he's told, but sometimes, his job can become personal. Physical Prowess: An average muscular man, but his fighting skills are good; and his throwing skills are amazing, hence the name Name Coolness: “Bullseye” = pretty cool. Created by: Marv Wolfman and John Romita, Sr. Portrayed by: Colin Farrell in the Daredevil movie. His look in the movie, bald head and bull’s-eye scar on his head, has become Bullseye’s look in the comics. However, Bullseye has retained his old look. Comics: Bullseye grew up in The Bronx, where he lived with his brother and his abusive father. His brother's main form of recreation was playing with rifles, leading Bullseye to become an expert shot. When he was 10 years old, his brother started a fire in their home in an unsuccessful attempt to kill their father. Shortly thereafter, Bullseye was placed in a foster home, and became a baseball player in high school. Bullseye was an extremely talented pitcher, and was offered a scholarship, but instead opted to enter the minor leagues. After three games, he was called up to play a sold-out Major League game. He had surrendered no hits the entire game, and in the bottom of the ninth with two outs, he became bored and requested the coach pull him from the game. The coach refused, and insisted that he finish the game. The opposing team's batter mocked him, accusing him of cowardice. Bullseye threw the ball at his head, killing him. As the ball struck, he said only one word: "Bullseye". He was barred from professional baseball and convicted of manslaughter. This is a retcon of a previous origin story from Elektra #2, which depicts Bullseye growing up as a below average student in a trailer park with an alcoholic, physically abusive father. In this version of events, Bullseye fakes his father's suicide using a handgun set off by a toy arrow. None or all elements of this version may be true since it describes his father as possibly recovering from a recent divorce, fitting in perfectly with Daredevil's taunts in their confrontation during the "Hardcore" storyline. His cold demeanor and unique skills, however, meant subsequent recruitment by the National Security Agency as an assassin was inevitable, and he was soon assigned to train Contras in Nicaragua. By the time he arrived, however, he claimed to have already been planning to leave the NSA. He had planned on robbing the Contras blind and fleeing, but soon discovered they were desperately poor. Bullseye made the best of the situation: within seven hours of being informed of their poverty, he had led the Contras in seizing a landing strip that the Colombian cocaine smugglers were using as a staging area before moving on to the United States. Without use of the airfield, the smugglers were unable to send new shipments. Bullseye set up Paolo, his hapless Nicaraguan translator, as the leader of the new force controlling the airfield, and let the word spread around. However, Paolo was nothing but a patsy. Bullseye planned to invite several organized crime heads to the airfield to broker a new deal with him as Paolo's supposed "right hand man". He would take their money and disappear, presumably leaving Paolo to suffer the wrath of the Mafia, Russian Mafia, Yakuza and various other criminal elements. This outcome is unknown, as before the deal could be finalized, the Punisher (Frank Castle) arrived. Castle killed all the organized crime leaders in a fiery explosion from which Bullseye barely escaped. The two engaged in a fierce battle in which Bullseye was able to wound the Punisher and evade or disable several of his weapons. Bullseye then used some blood-reddened mud to paint a bull's-eye on his forehead, mocking Castle's inability to hit him. The fight concluded when Drug Enforcement Administration agents arrived, and the Punisher fled. Bullseye turned himself in to the D.E.A. agents and soon was assigned to infiltrate the Kingpin's criminal empire. He obtained a costume, fled yet again, and became one of the most dangerous hitmen in the world. All of the above information was given by Bullseye during a subsequent interrogation by US intelligence. Just prior to escaping from custody, Bullseye confessed he made up some or his entire story to amuse himself; for example, he claims that he was really the one who started the fire which burned down his childhood home. The whole capture was a plan by the assassin to gain access to the prison where his father was being held. The story ends with Bullseye finally getting revenge on his father, leaving him to burn as the prison's security systems torched everything inside. From his earliest appearances, Bullseye is one of the more prominent enemies of Daredevil. He battles Daredevil after first meeting him, and battles him again soon thereafter. Bullseye was then hired by Maxwell Glenn to kill Daredevil, although Daredevil defeated Bullseye on live television. Bullseye then joins Eric Slaughter's gang. He kidnapped Black Widow and battled Daredevil again. Bullseye is established early on as insane, and begins degenerating further when a brain tumor creates hallucinations that everyone he meets is Daredevil. He begins killing random people under the belief that he is killing his nemesis. Daredevil later saves Bullseye's life, pulling his unconscious body from the path of a moving train. Bullseye is humiliated to be saved by his nemesis. The tumor is later successfully removed, though Bullseye's sanity is still in question. He then begins working as the Kingpin's chief assassin. Cleared of his charges on the grounds of insanity, he finds that the Kingpin, his usual employer, has retained the services of a new assassin: Elektra, Daredevil's former lover. Bullseye and Elektra fight, and Bullseye impales Elektra on her own sai, saying, "You're good... but me, I'm magic" (the line was later used in the film adaptation of Daredevil). Disguised as a morgue attendant, Bullseye attempts to kill Daredevil (in his civilian identity as Matt Murdock) with a thrown projectile, which Daredevil casually blocks with his cane. After reviewing the medical reports from Murdock's childhood accident, Bullseye becomes convinced that Matt Murdock is Daredevil, and has been given superhuman powers by the chemical spill that blinded him. Bullseye then attempts to sneak up on Matt and kill him in his own home, but is ambushed by Daredevil, who has fooled Bullseye into thinking that a dummy with an attached tape recorder was Murdock. Seeing Daredevil and "Murdock" at the same time, Bullseye is convinced that Daredevil is not Matt Murdock, after all. The battle ends up with the pair balanced on a telephone wire from which Bullseye falls and is caught by his opponent. Bullseye screams that he is not going to let the hero save him again, and tries to stab his rescuer, whereupon Daredevil simply drops him. The multi-story fall breaks Bullseye's back, paralyzing him. Bullseye spent an extended period of time in the hospital following the fall. At one point, Bullseye was visited by Daredevil who forced him to participate in a game of Russian Roulette. As Daredevil related a case from earlier in the week, he waxed about how he felt about Bullseye. At the end of the game, Daredevil revealed the gun he had used for the game was empty and that he was only bluffing. Bullseye is taken to Japan, where Japanese scientist Lord Dark Wind reinforced much of his skeleton with adamantium. He resumes his criminal activities, battling Daredevil in an effort to regain position of chief assassin for the Kingpin. Bullseye is imprisoned for several years. Bullseye eventually escapes prison, and then battles Captain America. He battles Crossbones in a vain attempt to assassinate the Red Skull to regain his position with the Kingpin. Bullseye then encounters an amnesiac Daredevil. He takes advantage of Daredevil's temporary amnesia by replacing the hero and committing robberies in an attempt to destroy his image. Eventually Bullseye has problems returning to his own identity, while Daredevil believes he was his own father, the boxer Jack Murdock. Both hero and villain switch costumes and fight, returning to their real identities but still painfully aware of their inherent similarity. Bullseye later has another run-in with the Punisher when he is part of Frank's frame-up scheme that ends with Bullseye getting both of his hands shot and losing a finger to the Punisher's brutality. Bullseye encounters Deadpool and Gambit during another long interval in which the character is seldom used. In the Kevin Smith and Joe Quesada authored story arc Bullseye was hired by the villain Mysterio to attack and confuse Daredevil. In the course of their battle, Bullseye killed Daredevil's longtime love interest, Karen Page, with one of Daredevil's own billy clubs. When the next battle between Daredevil and Bullseye takes place, the assassin collapses in the middle of a fight, claiming that he has a brain tumor. He is brought to a maximum security prison, where he recounts his (at least partially falsified) origins to a federal agent (see Daniel Way and Steve Dillon mini-series Greatest Hits, as described above) who has been sent to interrogate him over the location of some radioactive materials which he has stolen prior to his incarceration. He manipulates another agent into attacking him until one of his teeth is knocked out. Bullseye uses the tooth as a weapon, killing the agent and working his way to the prison's infirmary, where he encounters and kills his father. Under the new Daredevil creative team of authors Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev the Kingpin returns to New York to start over from scratch after he has been severely wounded in an assassination attempt and left in a coma while his wife had sold off most of his assets. Bullseye offers to kill Daredevil for him, later entering Daredevil's apartment and attempting to kill his old enemy's new girlfriend, Milla Donovan. Enraged and already near the breaking point, Daredevil savagely attacks Bullseye and throws him out the window. During the fight, the hero reveals to Bullseye that he knows his origin: that his real name is Lester McThrowy, his mother was a prostitute, and that he never knew his father. This was first revealed in Kevin Smith's Daredevil: The Target miniseries which promised to explore Bullseye's origins, but had not yet been published past the first issue. He mocked the assassin's new 'Bullseye' tattoo and carved a new one over it with a rock. Bullseye returns in the arc "The Murdock Papers," seeking purported documents confirming Daredevil's secret identity. After a brutal fight with Daredevil and Elektra, Bullseye flees into open traffic where he is hit by a truck, sustaining severe injuries. In the next story arc, "The Devil in Cell-Block D", by the new creative team of Ed Brubaker and Michael Lark, Bullseye is imprisoned again at Ryker's Island, concurrently with Matt Murdock who was being held on federal charges after his identity as Daredevil is exposed. When the prison breaks out in riot, the Kingpin - who has foreknowledge of the impending attack - arranges for Bullseye to be released from his full-body-and-face restraints. Having previously cut a deal with Daredevil for mutual protection, Fisk planned to hijack a riot-squad chopper to escape the island. At the price of the deal, Matt Murdock finally refuses to let Bullseye leave prison. They fight, Daredevil dodges Bullseye's gunfire, and the Kingpin is hit point-blank. Daredevil then beats Bullseye unconscious. Bullseye, along with many other villains, was recently recruited into the New Thunderbolts by Iron Man and Mister Fantastic to hunt down anti-registration superheroes in the Marvel Civil War storyline. Afterwards he's recruited by Norman Osborn into the reformed team led by Moonstone. He operates invisibly and is not seen by the public. He is used as a last resort and has a nano-chain fed into his system, so if he disobeys orders, he will receive an electrical shock. Bullseye fights American Eagle after having being deceived by Songbird and told that she has disabled his nano-chain. During the fight, he simultaneously receives an electrical shock from the nano-chain in his system on order of Moonstone and is attacked by American Eagle (who mocks him for purposely avoiding fights with super powered foes) with a blow that breaks Bullseye's neck. As a result of the damage sustained from both being attacked by a superhuman and being shocked by the nano-chain, Bullseye has been paralyzed, left unable to speak and has incurred severe brain injury. Movie: Bullseye was hired by the Kingpin to kill Nicholas Natchios. Bullseye kills Natchios with Daredevil's billy club, causing Elektra to believe Daredevil killed her father. Bullseye himself begins to perceive Daredevil a personal challenge to his skills, because he is the only target he has ever missed. Later, Elektra attacks Daredevil, seeking revenge, but soon realizes Bullseye killed her father. Elektra and Bullseye battle, but he slits her throat with a playing card, then stabs her with one of her sai (which was exactly how he killed her in the comics), and her heart stops (in the Director's Cut, Bullseye deals more injuries to her and while impaling her, gives her a kiss by biting down on her lower lip). Daredevil chases Bullseye to a church, and they battle until Daredevil maneuvers Bullseye's hands to be shot by a S.W.A.T. sniper, leaving him with wounds resembling stigmata. With Bullseye wounded, Daredevil grabs him and throws him out of a window, crashing onto the hood of a car. A later scene shows him hospitalized but still able to fling a hypodermic needle with enough force and accuracy to impale a fly. He never misses. Bullseye is an excellent marksman. He can hit anything with any object he throws. This makes him a great assassin. He is very cold, kills people solely because he gets paid to do so. He doesn’t make any job, except when it comes to Daredevil. They bitter enemies hell-bent on beating each other. They truly hate each other, and each fight they partake in leaves each fighter bloody and beaten. Bullseye is obsessed with killing Daredevil. Hell, he killed innocent people thinking they were Daredevil because of hallucinations brought on by a brain tumor. And, Bullseye has hurt Daredevil emotionally as well as physically by killing the two women Daredevil loved: Elektra and Karen Page. He has made Daredevil into a man driven by pain and loneliness and longing to fill the emptiness in his soul. And, throughout all the years of their personal rivalry, Bullseye is the only man who has been able to make the Man Without Fear to fear him.
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Post by Hulkshi Tanahashi on May 17, 2008 16:13:14 GMT -5
Tomorrow, numbers 86-83 (I do four on the weekend). Here are the hints:
"Yes! *long evil laugh*," King Kong ain't got nothing on him, he carries a very long sword, and he REALLY loves his mother.
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Post by Allison Reynolds on May 17, 2008 16:25:31 GMT -5
?, alonzo, sephiroth, Norman Bates?
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Post by Jam on May 17, 2008 16:31:43 GMT -5
I hope Dr. Doom is on this list.
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Post by rrm15 on May 17, 2008 16:35:19 GMT -5
If this man isn't on the list: I riot.
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Post by Non Banjoble Tokens on May 17, 2008 16:41:49 GMT -5
If this man isn't on the list: I riot. John Turturro as Kramer?
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Post by Hulkshi Tanahashi on May 17, 2008 16:43:16 GMT -5
If this man isn't on the list: I riot. But, he one of the Good Guys. ;D
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Post by Hulkshi Tanahashi on May 18, 2008 12:22:25 GMT -5
86. R.J. Fletcher Who is he: Owner of Channel 8. What is he from: “UHF.” What has he done: Tried to destroy Channel 62; stole Stanley’s mop. Intelligence: Quite knowledge in the TV business. Power: He runs at television network. Vileness: Will run anyone out of business that threatens his networks ratings, and HE STOLE A GUY’S MOP!!!! Sway: Running a TV network gets you quite a bit of clout to have things done. Purity: Has an insatiable hunger for ratings. Physical Prowess: He’s an old guy. Name Coolness: He falls under the Initial Default Syndrome. Much like the Military Default Syndrome, Initial Default Syndrome means that if you have initials for a name, then it automatically makes your name cool. Also like the Military Default Syndrome, the only exception is “Weiner.” Created by: "Weird Al" Yankovic & Jay Levey Portrayed by: Kevin McCarthy, who thoroughly enjoyed himself during the film, according to Weird Al. He would often break out in laughter after finishing a take where his character was being especially nasty. George Newman (“Weird Al” Yankovic) is a daydreaming loser whose uncle wins a faltering UHF television station (Channel 62) in a poker game. Prompted by his wife, and having nothing better to do with the station, his uncle puts the unemployed George in charge, along with his friend Bob (David Bowe). Station employees are soft-spoken scientist/studio engineer Philo (Anthony Geary), spirited receptionist and wannabe news reporter Pamela Finklestein (Fran Drescher), photojournalist/cameraman Noodles MacIntosh (Billy Barty, in one of his final roles), and the eccentric janitor Stanley Spadowski (Michael Richards), who actually started out as a janitor for their VHF rival, network affiliate Channel 8, but got unfairly fired for pitching a research report, and immediately afterwards was hired by George Newman. George and Bob, in addition to their administrative duties, star in a children's show, Uncle Nutzy's Clubhouse (complete with unenthusiastic live studio audience). The station struggles, and one night George works late and forgets the birthday date he set up with his girlfriend Teri (Victoria Jackson) and her parents. She dumps him, and in his resulting depression he walks off the set of the kids' show in the middle of a broadcast, leaving Spadowski to host the remainder of the show. Going to a nearby bar to drown his sorrows, he discovers that other patrons are mesmerized by Stanley's oddball hosting style, and his rather unusual inspirational messages. George and Bob rush back to the station, and Stanley accepts the host's spot permanently, on the condition that he can still be the station janitor. And so Uncle Nutzy's Clubhouse becomes Stanley Spadowski's Clubhouse. With Spadowski hosting, the show immediately becomes a massively popular hit among both children and adults. Inspired by the overnight success of Stanley Spadowski's Clubhouse George and Bob then give Channel 62 a revamped programming lineup. They premiere shows such as "Wheel of Fish" (hosted by karate-teacher Kuni (Gedde Watanabe)) and "Raul's Wild Kingdom," whose host (Trinidad Silva) announces that poodles can fly. Incredibly, Channel 62 not only appears in the next television ratings list, but is suddenly the most successful station in town. However, R.J. Fletcher (McCarthy), the villainous, spiteful owner of Channel 8, is furious at being beaten by a UHF station. He calls George's Uncle Harvey in hopes to buy the station—and his timing turns out to be ideal because at that same second Uncle Harvey had just been informed by his unseen bookie, Big Louie, that the horses he'd chosen for a race had all lost, and so he now has a massive gambling debt ($75,000) which must be repaid in two days. Harvey makes a deal for Fletcher to purchase the station (which he intends to close down and convert to something else, as FCC by-laws forbid owning two TV stations in the same town), but when George finds out, he phones his aunt, who forces her husband to give George time to match the cash and buy the station. After agonizing on how to raise the money, the answer suddenly comes to him, in the form of a telethon. In no time at all the Channel 62 crew launches a telethon to sell investment shares in the station to local viewers. Desperate to make the fund-raiser fail, Fletcher's goons kidnap Stanley and hold him in the Channel 8 studio. Due to a camera he had earlier installed to keep an eye on Fletcher (which George had unwittingly told him to do), Philo sees this and informs George. With the help of Kuni and his students, George manages to free Stanley, and they rush back to the last moments of the telethon, to discover that they are still $2,000 short of the amount needed, as time runs out. Assured of victory, Fletcher goes before the crowd to announce the end of Channel 62, but a fortuitous circumstance—to which (ironically) Fletcher has inadvertently contributed earlier in the movie—suddenly raises the last of the needed money at literally the last second: the bum, who appears periodically in the movie asking for change, has returned and asks George Newman not for change this time, but the last several shares of stock in U62; $2,000 worth "and keep the change!" George immediately takes the money, pays Uncle Harvey's gambling debt off, and not only is Channel 62 saved, it has now become a publicly-owned company. Meanwhile, the disgruntled Fletcher is approached by an FCC official, who informs him that Channel 8 has lost its broadcasting license and "effective immediately is off the air", because of the station's lateness in filing for a license renewal. George and Teri get back together, Philo, his work done, leaves for home (the Planet Zircon), as does Uncle Harvey (Los Angeles, in his case). And the aforementioned fortuitous circumstance comes to light: Fletcher had gotten accosted by the bum outside the Channel 8 offices earlier, and so, in order to get the bum out of his hair, gave him what he thought was just a regular run-of-the-mill one-cent penny. But now it turns out that what Fletcher had really given the bum was a rare 1955 Double-Die Denver Mint Penny, worth a fortune! This explains how he was able to buy the last shares of stock of U62—and what happened to the Rolex watch Fletcher was supposed to get on his birthday. Greed is the root of all evil. Therefore, it shouldn’t be a surprising that many villains would be greedy bastards. In fact, there are quite a few greedy people on this list. R.J. Fletcher is one such man. He cares about only two things: ratings and money. And, these are the things that will make his station, Channel 8, the number one network on TV. But, he just doesn’t want to have the number one TV network; he wants to dominate the competition. Hell, if anyone gets remotely close taking the top spot, like Channel 62, Fletcher will bring down the all mighty hammer and crush them. He will bury the competition and do anything to have the deed done. While most people would that there’s enough pie for everyone, R.J. Fletcher wants the whole pie to himself. But, that’s not the worst thing he’s done. No, R.J. Fletcher did an act so unholy, so despicable, so evil that it pisses me off just to think about it. He stole Stanley’s mop. He stole Stanley’s mop!!!! HE STOLE STANLEY’S MOP!!!! WHAT KIND OF UNHOLY MONSTER WOULD STEAL A MAN’S MOP!!!!? YOU’D HAVE TO HAVE NO SOUL TO DO SUCH A THING!!!! WHY WOULD ANYONE STEAL A MAN’S MOP!!!!? I MEAN…IT’S…JUST… RAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! *eyes turn white, clothes rip off of body, muscles expand, skin turns green* HULK ANGRY!!!!*Hulk breaks through a wall. He smashes a car and kicks a mailbox. Hulk picks up another car and throws it into a building. Then, he grabs a lamp post and throws it into a bunch of cars. Then, Hulk jumps away.*
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Post by Hulkshi Tanahashi on May 18, 2008 12:42:55 GMT -5
85. Alonzo Harris Who is he: A corrupt LAPD detective. What is he from: “Training Day.” What has he done: Breaks the law to get himself out of debt with some gangsters, killed a drug dealer friend in order to steal his money. Intelligence: Had the right plan to dig himself out of debt but didn't count on Jake being so damn honorable. Power: Loves to hide behind that badge. Vileness: Cared very little for his friends and even less for his foes. His son and girlfriend are pretty much the only two people he cares about. Sway: Used a lethal mix of charm and intimidation to get what he wanted from people, especially Jake. Purity: With a heavy debt to pay and his life on the line, he forced himself to do whatever he could to survive. Physical Prowess: Can do his share of brawling, and looks good in black leather. Name Coolness: “Alonzo” is so cool it makes “Harris” look cool by comparison. Created by: David Ayer. Portrayed by: Denzel Washington, who the Best Actor Oscar for his performance. The movie, as the title suggests, follows a single day in the life of a young LAPD cop Jake Hoyt (Ethan Hawke) as he is subject to a single day evaluation by Alonzo Harris (Washington), a highly decorated LAPD police narcotics officer to see if he has what it takes to be a 'narc'. During the first few moments of Jake's pairing with Alonzo, it becomes quickly apparent that Jake's 'by the book' dictum is in stark contrast to Alonzo's philosophy of blending in with the street. They first detain some college students buying marijuana from a dealer, but instead of arresting them they just take their drugs. Jake is put into a compromising position when Alonzo offers him a hit of marijuana (that is, unknown to Jake, laced with PCP) as a test of his street smarts, putting a gun to his head and threatening to throw him out if he doesn't smoke it. Jake relents and smokes. Alonzo then takes Jake to the home of a drug dealer and bookmaker "Roger" (Scott Glenn), with whom Alonzo seems to have a close relationship. As they're cruising down the street later on, Jake notices a girl (Samantha Esteban) being attacked by two men in a side alley. Jake jumps out of the car and saves her, while Alonzo watches. Jake wants to arrest the men and get a statement from the girl, but Alonzo dismisses her and leaves the two men out on the street to face 'street justice', though not before intimidating and torturing them. Jake discovers the girl's pink wallet before he leaves and picks it up, whereupon he realizes that the girl is 14 years old. During the rest of the day, Alonzo brings Jake further and further into the world of the 'street' as he harasses a drug dealer named Blue (Snoop Dogg) and learns about another drug dealer named Sandman. He then illegally searches Sandman's home and steals thousands of dollars in the presence of Sandman's wife (Macy Gray) and nephew, Sandman's wife then calls for help when she realizes the money was stolen, the local gang members which appeared to be Crips outside start to take action, by shooting Alonzo's car on which he then fires back. He then takes Jake to the Jungles to meet his Salvadoran mistress, Sara (Eva Mendes), and their young son, where he establishes that the gang members in the housing project all fear and respect him. During their entry to the housing project, Jake and Alonzo see a flock of pigeons controlled by a resident, and Alonzo explains to Jake that the residents use the pigeons to warn the community the police are present. Alonzo then meets with three high ranking police officers, known as the "Three Wisemen" (Tom Berenger, Harris Yulin, Raymond J. Barry), where it is clear from their conversation that Alonzo has bigger problems than breaking in a new rookie. Alonzo receives permission from the Wisemen to "cash in" on an "account." Alonzo goes back to Roger's home with Jake and some fellow narcs, and seizes Roger's money stash hidden underneath the floor of his kitchen, offering a cut to the team (Jake refuses his share). Alonzo then takes Jake's shotgun and shoots Roger as he sits unarmed and helpless. Jake is horrified by what he had just witnessed and while the crew sets out to manipulate the crime scene, he snaps, resulting in a tense standoff between him and the corrupt officers. But he soon realizes his predicament and surrenders when Alonzo mentions the department's blood test as his wild card, which would ruin him as it would detect the PCP he had smoked earlier that day. The backup arrives to clean up, and Jake expresses his disgust at the way Alonzo operates, to which Alonzo replies that it is part of his methodology; he had to cozy up to Roger (who was apparently a very elusive and unscrupulous drug dealer) in order to take him out, which sums up his pragmatic view of "law enforcement", but Jake believes otherwise. The pair later arrive at the home of a Latino gangster named "Smiley," (Cliff Curtis) who is playing poker with two other gang members: "Sniper" (Raymond Cruz) and "Moreno" (Noel Gugliemi). After playing a hand, Jake becomes aware that Alonzo has abandoned him to the thugs, and Smiley informs him of Alonzo's situation: he must pay one million dollars to Russian Mafia members for killing one of their employees in Las Vegas, explaining the heist of Roger's stash. Jake tries to escape, but the trio quickly overpowers him and drags him into the bathroom to be shot. They ignore his pleas for mercy and search his pockets, finding the pink wallet he had picked up earlier which happens to belong to Smiley's cousin. Jake desperately tells him where he found it. Not believing him, Smiley calls his cousin, who confirms Jake's story and provides his physical description. In appreciation for Jake's brave actions, Smiley spares Jake's life, returns his pistol and allows him to leave. Jake returns to Sara's apartment looking for Alonzo. He attempts to arrest him as he tries to make his appointment with the Mafia members, but Alonzo resists. Jake eventually subdues him, after which gang members and local residents begin congregating to watch the conflict. Alonzo tries to get the crowd on his side, but it becomes evident that the neighborhood has had enough of him; they allow Jake to walk away with the money, who intends to turn it in as evidence. Detained by one of the gang members, an incensed Alonzo then rails at the defiant mob. They in turn abandon him in disgust. Attempting to escape through LAX, a broken Alonzo meets his end at a quiet intersection, where a crew of Russian gunmen guns him down. The final scene has Jake pulling into his driveway and going home to his family, while a radio broadcast reports Alonzo's death. Ironically, the news report of Alonzo's death is a facsimile of a line spoken earlier in the movie by Alonzo himself, which was used to persuade Jake to take part in Roger's murder/robbery: "An LAPD narcotics officer was killed serving a high-risk warrant. An LAPD spokesperson said, officer Alonzo Harris was survived by his wife and four sons." It’s funny. This movie came out around the same time a TV show called The Shield premiered on FX. They both had one thing in common: the main character was a corrupt LAPD detective. However, Vic Mackay (The Shield) is a little different than Alonzo Harris: Mackay has some redeeming qualities. Well, a lot more than Harris. In fact, Harris’s only redeeming quality is that he cares for his son and girlfriend. And, it did say that Harris had a wife and four sons at the end of the movie, and he may have cared for them, too. However, that’s were Alonzo Harris’s kindness pretty much ends. He is a criminal with a badge. He’s using the law, putting it on his side so that he can break it. He bends, sometimes breaks, the rules in order to achieve his goals. He has sunk so deep into the depths of his line of work that he has corrupted himself to the point where his own life has become the target of a foolish debt to be repaid. And, as Alonzo exposes Jake to the harshness of the streets where many a drug deal takes place, he also reveals his own questionable tactics in fighting the criminal element, whether that means intimidating the "animals" at will or misrepresenting themselves with fake search warrants. Alonzo also manipulates his new student, going so far as to hold a gun to his head to get him to smoke drugs, which turns out to be a clever blackmail device later on. He also turns on a “friend,” killing “Roger” and stealing his drug money. He is also egomaniacal, feeling that “King Kong ain’t got nothin’ on me!” And, in the end, his ego is what leads to his downfall. He thought that he could manipulate and blackmail Jake in order to make sure his scheme to get himself out of debt would work. However, Jake is just too goddamn honorable to let this happen. And, much like King Kong, Alonzo dies in a hail of bullets.
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Post by Hulkshi Tanahashi on May 18, 2008 13:20:42 GMT -5
84. Sephiroth Who is he: The most famous member of SOLDIER, the paramilitary branch of Shin-Ra Electric Power Company. What is he from: Final Fantasy VII, V, and Tactics; Dissidia: Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts I and II, Itadaki Street Special and Portable, and Ehrgeiz What has he done: Enacts a sinister plot which threatens the Final Fantasy world, killed Aeris; annoying and angered video games who tried to beat him. Intelligence: Smart but a little crazy. Power: Is behind the plot that threatens the Final Fantasy world. Vileness: Will kill anyone who dares to stop him. Sway: That long sword of his (Masamune) helps him to get people to do what he wants. Purity: His motives aren’t exactly clear. Physical Prowess: Super-strong, can change forms, and has his Masamune. Name Coolness: Pretty cool. Created by: Tetsuya Nomura. Portrayed by: In Japan, he’s voiced by Shin-ichiro Miki (Ehrgeiz) and Toshiyuki Morikawa (all other appearances). His English voice is done by Lance Bass (Kingdom Hearts) and George Newbern (all other appearances). Final Fantasy: Sephiroth was born 25 to 30 years before the start of the game (exact year left unknown) to Professor Hojo and Lucrecia Crescent. Before Sephiroth's birth, Hojo and Lucrecia were working as assistants to Professor Gast, Shin-Ra's top scientist, on the Jenova Project. The project studied the remains of an extra-terrestrial entity known as Jenova, which was mistakenly thought to be one of the Cetra, an ancient people of the world that the game takes place in. Hojo injected cell samples from Jenova into the pregnant Lucrecia. Lucrecia then carried Sephiroth to term, his fetal form merging with the cells of Jenova as it developed. After his birth, Shin-Ra raised Sephiroth to be a supersoldier, the very first SOLDIER. They told him nothing of his mother except that her name was "Jenova." He was not aware his father was the Shin-Ra scientist 'Hojo' whom he referred to as "inexperienced". He proved to be an incredibly strong and effective member of SOLDIER, gaining worldwide fame for his exploits such as his role in Midgar's victory against Wutai. He was later sent by President Shinra to deal with the newly formed AVALANCHE when they raided Junon, and then went after the group when they "kidnapped" Professor Hojo. In SOLDIER Sephiroth had two friends, Angeal Hewley and Genesis Rhapsodos. Though all three were rival SOLDIERs First Class, they each saw each other as close. When Genesis and Sephiroth duel in the virtual reality Junon, Sephiroth manages to beat Genesis, proving to be the stronger. The small wound Genesis takes does not heal. Sephiroth offers his blood as a transfusion, but is told that his blood is not compatible. Genesis eventually defects from Shin-Ra, making Sephiroth very uneasy about his missions against him. Just before his final mission, Sephiroth hints that he may leave Shin-Ra altogether. In the events of Crisis Core and Last Order, taking place four years before the beginning of Final Fantasy VII itself, Sephiroth was ordered to inspect the Mako Reactor outside the town of Nibelheim with a small entourage, consisting of one other member of SOLDIER and a few Shin-Ra MPs. Among this group was SOLDIER 1st Class member Zack and his buddy, a 16-year-old Shin-Ra trooper named Cloud Strife. Nibelheim was Cloud's childhood home, but he avoided showing his face and revealing himself to his childhood friend Tifa Lockhart out of shame over not becoming a full-fledged member of SOLDIER as he had sworn to do several years earlier. At the reactor, Sephiroth found several pod-like chambers containing monstrous creatures, apparently former humans, possibly mutated by injection with Jenova cells and exposure to Mako. Deeper inside, he found a larger chamber labeled "JENOVA," which contained a very strange feminine-looking creature. Crisis Core shows the true events to the Nibelheim incident, and Genesis plays a large part in Sephiroth's madness. During this time, Genesis tells Sephiroth that he was born from the Jenova Project, which was used to produce a 'monster'. Going in more depth about Jenova, and the Jenova Project, Genesis states more facts, but Sephiroth himself does not understand all of what Genesis tries to tells him. Deeply disturbed by the fact that the creature had the same name as his "mother" and by the idea that he himself might have been created in an experiment similar to the one that created the monsters in the pods, Sephiroth made his way to the mansion that had been occupied by Shin-Ra researchers and began reading the research notes that were located in the basement library. As a result of what he learned, Sephiroth became enraged and psychotic. Based on the Shin-Ra reports, he came to believe that Jenova was a Cetra, and therefore that he himself, Jenova's "son," was the last survivor of the Cetra. He also believed that the human race had betrayed the Cetra 2,000 years earlier, leaving them alone to defend the Planet from a calamity it had faced (eventually revealed to have been Jenova itself), and resolved to take vengeance for his "ancestors." He burned Nibelheim to the ground, killing nearly everyone within the village, including Cloud's mother, and then returned to the Mako Reactor in the Nibelheim Mountains. He was pursued by some surviving villagers, including Tifa and her father. Cloud and Zack, as of yet unharmed, also followed. When Tifa arrived at the reactor, she found her father dead with Sephiroth's Masamune left beside his body. In anger, she took the sword and charged Sephiroth outside the pod room; however, he took his blade back from her and cut her down, nearly killing her. A moment later, Zack arrived and rushed up the stairs in the pod room to Jenova's chamber, attempting to stop Sephiroth. Zack was sent reeling out of the doorway of the chamber and onto a pod. Sephiroth attempted to take Jenova with him, but before he could do this, Cloud charged into the room, carrying Zack's large Buster Sword, and taking Sephiroth by surprise stabbed him through his abdomen from behind with it. Believing Sephiroth was finished, Cloud went to tend to Tifa. Due to Sephiroth's enhanced anatomy, however, he survived Cloud's assault, though wounded greatly. He then removed Jenova's head for reasons known only to himself. He prepared to leave, and to launch an assault upon the human race to symbolically "take back the Planet" for the Cetra. Before he could leave the Reactor, Cloud pursued him once more. This time Sephiroth took Cloud by surprise, turning quickly and sliding his sword into Cloud's stomach. But Cloud's desperation proved greater than Sephiroth's strength, and he lifted Sephiroth off the floor using the blade in his chest as a lever and his own body as a pivot, flinging Sephiroth over the edge of the catwalk upon which they stood, and down into the Mako pool beneath the reactor. Sephiroth's body dissolves in the Lifestream but his will combines him and Jenova into a single being, with him in control. In Last Order, it was reckoned that Cloud only managed to fling Sephiroth into the wall, and that Sephiroth jumped into the Lifestream as a means of escape. No other version of the Nibelheim incident shows events going this way. Following this, Shin-Ra sealed the records on Sephiroth and rebuilt Nibelheim in order to cover up the incident, populating it with Shin-Ra employees paid to act as the town's citizens. Hojo meanwhile decided to make use of the surviving residents of Nibelheim, and so commissioned them against their wills to take part in an experiment that would hopefully prove his Jenova Reunion Theory. A theory that stated that when Jenova's cells are separated, they will seek to reunite in a "Reunion". This was done by injecting some of Jenova's cells into the survivors and then infusing them with Mako, two procedures that had been carried out on Sephiroth himself (the difference being that the procedures were done on Sephiroth when he was still developing in the womb, causing them to merge with his DNA and grow with him as he developed). Thus, the subjects of the experiment were dubbed "Sephiroth Clones". Cloud and Zack were two of Hojo's subjects for this experiment, and they would spend the next four years as his prisoners in the Shin-Ra Mansion of Nibelheim. Shortly before the main events of the game begin, Zack broke free and took the semi-comatose Cloud with him. Around this point in time, the call of the Reunion began to go out, and the Sephiroth clones began making their way toward Midgar, where Jenova was transferred to after the Nibelhiem incident. As for Sephiroth, through the years, he began to understand the true nature of Jenova by absorbing her head and being encrusted in raw materia, deciding to use the knowledge of the Cetra obtained from the Lifestream for his ambitions. Sephiroth heads to the great Northern Crater, the Planet's 2,000 year old wound that was formed by Jenova's landing, where he slowly reforms his body in preparation to become a God. This was the last time Sephiroth would be seen for four years. The hero party of the game, known as AVALANCHE, were captive in Shin-Ra's headquarters at this time, having made a daring raid on the facility in an attempt to rescue a captive ally. During the night, Jenova's body contained now in Hojo's lab in the building, breaks out of its containment vessel through Sephiroth's influence, taking on his appearance and will as a total puppet. Since this Jenova was nothing but a projection of Sephiroth's will, all the actions she takes can be attributed to Sephiroth, for Jenova is nothing but a piece of him now. Sephiroth through Jenova slaughters much of the Shin-Ra personnel in the building. At some point, Cloud's prison cell was opened, either by Jenova itself or by an electrical malfunction occurring as a result of massacre. It is also probable that Sephiroth himself opened the lock, possibly because he views Cloud as one of his "clones". AVALANCHE found their guards slaughtered, and President Shinra impaled against his desk by a sword that apparently belonged to Sephiroth. As a result of this, Sephiroth clones began changing direction toward the Northern Cave, where Sephiroth's actual body is located. Having decided to investigate the matter, encountering the Jenova/Sephiroth on the way, AVALANCHE discovered that Sephiroth was attempting to use the Black Materia, an item that would call forth a manifestation of the Ultimate Destructive Magic: Meteor. Sephiroth intended to use this to deal a potentially fatal wound to the Planet, at which time it would then send out large amounts of spirit energy from the Lifestream in order to heal that wound. Sephiroth planned to be at the center while bringing the Reunion to the Northern Cave so they can absorb the scattered remains of Jenova in the clones and intercept this massive concentration of energy, absorbing it and the knowledge and power it carried, which he believed would make him a God. Aeris Gainsborough, the true last survivor of the Cetra, tried to use the White Materia given to her by her mother to summon the force called Holy, the only power able to counter Meteor. During her attempt to call forth this Ultimate White Magic, Sephiroth fell from above and impaled her with his sword, killing the flower girl almost instantly. This was part of Sephiroth's manipulation and mental torture of Cloud, possibly destabilizing him so that he might be easily manipulated. Though Aerith had successfully called Holy, it was now being held back within the Planet by Sephiroth, preventing it from moving with his will, as augmented by Jenova's power. He continued manipulating Cloud until AVALANCHE reached Sephiroth's body inside the Northern Cave, by which time Sephiroth had so whittled away at Cloud's mind that he believed he was nothing more than a cluster of Jenova's cells that had assumed the form of a real person named "Cloud." He then willingly handed over the Black Materia to Sephiroth, which Sephiroth used to call forth Meteor. Afterward, AVALANCHE and the Shin-Ra executives that were present were forced to flee from the collapsing area. Sephiroth then erected a field of energy around the Crater to prevent entry. With his shield up, and Shin-Ra busy fighting AVALANCHE and the WEAPON called forth by the Planet, Sephiroth was safe in the Northern Crater from all attack. While the rest of the world was in Chaos which was chaos thanks to the looming shadow of Meteor, Sephiroth perfected his body so as to become a God. However, his shield was penetrated by Shin-Ra, when they fired the Sister Ray. Cloud and the rest of AVALANCHE then descended into the chasm to defeat a mutated Sephiroth, his body hatching from a pupa-like material (Bizarro Sephiroth) and preparing to absorb the Lifestream (Safer Sephiroth). After destroying Sephiroth's body, his spirit made a mental assault upon Cloud, attempting to overcome his will as easily as it had done in the past and take Cloud's body as his own. However, Cloud's mental defenses had grown and he triumphed over Sephiroth's spirit with his ultimate technique, Omnislash, at which time Sephiroth's spirit was seemingly reclaimed by the Lifestream. During the events of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, Sephiroth again plays the role of the destroyer. It has been two years following the defeat of Sephiroth, and a fatal malady called Geostigma has spread throughout the world, afflicting many with extreme fatigue and open sores on the skin. The now-reclusive Cloud finds himself confronted by a strange trio of silver-haired men who are the physical manifestations of Sephiroth's will and spiritual energy, his powerful will having allowed him to pull out of the Lifestream before being fully diluted. However, without a great abundance of Jenova's cells, Sephiroth cannot be fully reborn. These three, Kadaj, Loz, and Yazoo all believe themselves to guide by their "mother" Jenova, but rather it is Sephiroth himself who forces their actions. The leader, Kadaj becomes the vessel of Sephiroth after absorbing the contents of a case containing remains of Jenova, transforming into the man himself. Sephiroth and Cloud then fight in the ruins of Midgar. Though Cloud is exhausted by the effort, Sephiroth does not break a sweat. He is merely toying with his old foe, hoping to crush his spirit before killing Cloud. Sephiroth reveals his intent to use those that die of Geostigma to bend the Lifestream to his will, take over the Planet and use it to travel to another world, thereby repeating the cycle started by Jenova. Sephiroth is defeated by Cloud's Omnislash Version 5 move, wherein Cloud's First Tsurugi sword is separated into individual swords (the individual swords could be combined by Cloud to form stronger and larger swords) in mid-air. Cloud dashes through Sephiroth, grabs another sword and dashes through him again. This process is repeated until he uses all six components of the First Tsurugi. Sephiroth remains floating in the air as his single black, feathered wing then appears. His final words are "I will...never be a memory," and his single wing wraps around him. The wing fades away, revealing what is left of Kadaj's body as he falls to the ground. The weakened Kadaj is then accepted into the Lifestream as his body and soul 'evaporate' into the falling rain, Aerith's Great Gospel. Kingdom Hearts: Sephiroth also appears in the English and Final Mix versions of Kingdom Hearts, where he appears as an optional boss in the Olympus Coliseum world, and is widely considered to be the hardest boss in the game. A new orchestration of One-Winged Angel serves as the background music for this battle. In the Final Mix version of the game, extra scenes are revealed including one where Aerith reveals that Cloud wasn't looking for her, but Sephiroth. A bonus scene is also shown after Sephiroth is defeated, where he has a face off with Cloud. Sephiroth reappears in Kingdom Hearts II, again as an optional boss. In this title, his role is expanded beyond its status in the original Kingdom Hearts, as he is involved in a side story involving Hollow Bastion resident Cloud Strife, whom Sora confronted in the first game, he attacks with a meteor like attack, dark orbs, columns of fire, and a long Masamune combo. Once again he is considered one of the hardest bosses of the game. Sephiroth is quite the enigma. His motives in the Final Fantasy games aren’t really clear. Some would say that is a character flaw, but it is kind of smart for villain. Usually, the villain gets foiled because he explains his plan to the hero. But, with Sephiroth, it’s hard to tell what he wants or how you can foil. He has also quickly become one of the most recognized in video game history and has become an indo to Goth gamers everywhere. Also, most villains have that one moment usually solidifies him or her as a villain for life. Sephiroth’s moment comes in Final Fantasy VII when he kills Aeris. That pretty much made him one of the most reviled villains in video games history. But that’s not the only reason he’s a good villain. He’s also impossible to be n Kingdom Hearts. Using fire, meteors, Darkness spheres, voodoo, teleportation attacks, and his ultra-long katana to gore you, defeating him is harder than beating Final Fantasy VII using you nose to work the controller. Though, it can be done: Seph can be taken out by implementing the proper strategy. The MP Rage, which gives you MP every time you are struck, is essential to victory. This is because walking away from this match unscathed, regardless of your skill, is not going to happen, and you need all the MP you can get to constantly heal your battle wounds. As with many boss battles, this one has multiple phases where your aggressor will try out his array of attacks. To win, you need to stick it out through all of the phases, using your MP to cure yourself and sneaking in hits in between Sephiroth's. However, saying it and doing are two different things.
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Post by Hulkshi Tanahashi on May 18, 2008 13:40:29 GMT -5
83. Norman Bates Who is he: A serial killer who has an unnatural attachment to his mother. What is he from: The Psycho franchise. What has he done: Killed a bunch while dressed as his mother. Intelligence: He’s a mama's boy, unable to think for himself, but he's capable of carrying out her wishes. Power: He runs a hotel. Vileness: Mother's jealousy fueled an incredible rage capable of committing murder. Sway: Very shy and overpowered by his Mother, he has held his tongue far too often. Purity: You can almost hear the cuckoo birds singing inside his head. Physical Prowess: He's a tall drink o' water but not incredibly strong. Name Coolness: If you put “master” in between his name, it becomes a junior high joke. Created by: Robert Bloch Portrayed by: Anthony Perkins, who played Norman in all four Psycho movies. Both the novel and Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film adaptation explain that Bates suffered severe emotional abuse as a child at the hands of his mother, Norma, who preached to him that women and sex were evil. The two of them lived alone together in an unhealthy state of emotional dependence after the death of Bates' father. When Bates was a teenager, however, his mother took a lover, thereby making him insanely jealous. Bates then murders both of them with strychnine and then preserved his mother's corpse. Bates develops dissociative identity disorder, assuming his mother's personality, repressing her death as a way to escape the guilt of murdering her. He inherited his mother's house, where he kept her corpse, and the family motel in Fairvale, California. Bloch sums up Bates' multiple personalities in his stylistic form of puns: As "Norman" Bates, the little boy, he is dominated by his mother, and has to do whatever she tells him. As "Norma" Bates, he dresses in her clothes, mimics her voice, and kills anyone who threatens to come between her and her "Norman," especially attractive young women. As "Normal" Bates, he is a (barely) functioning adult who runs the business of the motel and keeps peace between the other two personalities. Norman is finally arrested after he murders a young woman named Mary Crane (called Marion Crane in the film) and Milton Arbogast, a private investigator sent to look for her. Bates is declared insane and sent to an institution, where the "mother" personality completely takes hold; he completely becomes his mother. Bates dies in Bloch's 1982 sequel to his novel. In the sequel to the original film, Bates is released from the institution 22 years later, seemingly cured. However, a series of mysterious murders occur, as well as strange appearances and messages from "Mother", and Norman slowly loses his grip on sanity. The mysterious appearances and messages turn out to be a plot by relatives of one of Norman's (or Mother's) victims to drive "Norman" Bates insane again; the murders turn out to be caused by Norman's real mother, Norma's sister, Emma Spool, who, of course, shares the family's history of mental illness. In the end, Norman kills Spool and embalms her body while assuming the "Mother" personality once again. In the third film, Norman continues to struggle, unsuccessfully, against “Mother’s” dominion, but in the end attacks her corpse violently, attempting to break free of her control, and is again institutionalized. During the last few minutes of the movie, a reporter tells Norman that Emma Spool was his aunt, not his mother, and had killed his father. Apparently, she had fallen for Norman's father and, when Norma Bates had given birth to Norman, kidnapped the child, believing he was her son. In the final sequel, however, the revelations of Psycho III are effectively retconned. (Bates' father is explained as having been stung to death by bees). In this film, Bates had been released from the institution, and is married to one of the hospital's nurses. When his wife becomes pregnant, however, he lures her to his mother's house and tries to kill her; He wants to prevent another of his "cursed" line from being born into the world. (The film implies that Bates' mother suffered from schizophrenia and passed the illness onto him). He relents at the last minute, however, when his wife professes her love for him. He then burns the house down in an attempt to free himself of his past. During the attempt, he is tormented by hallucinations of "Mother" and several of his (or her) victims; He almost dies in the flames before willing himself to get out, apparently defeating his illness at long last. In the pilot episode of the failed TV series Bates Motel, Bates is never released from the institution after his first incarceration. He befriends Alex Kelly, a fellow inmate who had murdered his stepfather, and wills ownership of the titular motel to him before dying of old age. Norman Bates is crazy and creepy as hell. He killed his mother and kept her body in their house with him. He soon developed a personality that was based on his mother. After meeting Marion, the sexually repressed man spies on her in the shower. However, his “Mother” personality took over and unleashed a serial killer inside of him. Though, he’s kind of a sympathetic character. He is acting under a mental illness. He really has no control over the actions he does. It’s his “Mother” who is committing the murders. But, that still doesn’t excuse the fact that Norman has killed many people. It can be seen that Norman is allowing his illness to take over him. He is very weak and grew up with only mother. She was quite controlling, and he had some unnatural feelings for her. And, it all led to a life of insanity and murder. Norman Bates mind is a jumbled mess, and he takes it out on innocent victims. That makes him such a great villain.
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Post by Hulkshi Tanahashi on May 18, 2008 13:44:34 GMT -5
Tomorrow, number 82 and 81, plus a recap of the last 20 villains. Here are the hints:
A pair of comic book villains: one reformed but went back to evil, and the other works for a religious conspiracy.
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