Feel free to include games too.
The most interesting draw to a story for me is usually the Villain. Having an interesting character with depth and desires opposing your hero makes the victory all the more greater.
It probably stemmed from a love of Disney movies as a child. I saw Scar, Cruella, and Jafar as interesting characters because most villains I had seen at that point were just "the bad guy" the hero needed to beat.
A villain as an individual can only do so much so they generally add a couple of henchmen bought with their ill gotten gains. This is typically where most Bond villains end up for the most part.
As I grew I found myself liking villains who were the protagonists of their own story, an antagonist.
The antagonist type I have always been most interested in is the "evil" empire. An opposing force with a different belief structure, not always inherently evil but with a fundamental different belief.
I was inspired to make this thread after having a long conversation with a friend about the differences between the Empire in Star Wars and the Principality of Zeon in Gundam.
So who are some of your favourite evil empires ERA? Which empire dresses sharpest? Which empires have interesting ideologies? What makes your favourite empire compelling?
The most interesting draw to a story for me is usually the Villain. Having an interesting character with depth and desires opposing your hero makes the victory all the more greater.
It probably stemmed from a love of Disney movies as a child. I saw Scar, Cruella, and Jafar as interesting characters because most villains I had seen at that point were just "the bad guy" the hero needed to beat.
A villain as an individual can only do so much so they generally add a couple of henchmen bought with their ill gotten gains. This is typically where most Bond villains end up for the most part.
As I grew I found myself liking villains who were the protagonists of their own story, an antagonist.
The antagonist type I have always been most interested in is the "evil" empire. An opposing force with a different belief structure, not always inherently evil but with a fundamental different belief.
I was inspired to make this thread after having a long conversation with a friend about the differences between the Empire in Star Wars and the Principality of Zeon in Gundam.
So who are some of your favourite evil empires ERA? Which empire dresses sharpest? Which empires have interesting ideologies? What makes your favourite empire compelling?
