Thanks all for letting me know that the Dark Knight is alive and well. As one poster put it, Batman is so great because he has the best villians. So here then are the results of this very informal SD poll :
#1 Joker (why am I not surprised ?) 8 votes #2 Catwoman (Julie Newmar recieving more votes than Eartha Kitt, but combined they were tough) 6 votes #3 4 way tie between : The Riddler (my fave),
Black Widow (Tallulah Bankhead), Two-Face (see? Tommy Lee didn’t destroy the character), and Bane (this was a pleasant surprise)
Close but no cigar : R’as Al Ghul, Harley Quinn, Mr. Freeze (perhaps Anuld DID destroy this character), Scarecrow and Poison Ivy (kiss me baby, I don’t care!)
If anyone wishes to keep this thread going, cool.
P.S. Jim Carrey WILL go to hell for his straight out awful portrayal of The Riddler.
I also got no votes for “Batman Beyond” villians. Thought I would see at least one “Inque”.
Thanks all !
“Solos Dios basta” . . . but a little pizza won’t hurt.
I must defend the Scarecrow’s honour after his pummelling.
(This is prompted by the fact YTV aired one of my 2 favourite B:TAS episodes. The other, incidentally, features another Alsoran - Harley Quinn, who I frankly don’t consider a villain. I really don’t…but I digress…)
The episode in question is in a quote thingie to avoid spoilers, if you watch the series…
Don’t Say
I Didn’t
Warn You
Spoilers done!
Of course, the Scarecrow was a very minor character in the episode (shows up for a few minutes at the start), but he was the catalyst for a brilliant episode. Among the other villains, only the Joker has done that without being the featured player. (The above mentioned episode featuring Harley. And he still had more airtime than ol’ Dr. Crane.)
::Grumblegrumble:: Beaten by Bane for Heaven’s sake!
For my money, on the old 60’s TV series, nobody was better than Frank Gorshin’s Riddler. Out of all of the villains, his manic Riddler acutally seemed dangerous, as if he might reach over and hit you at any moment for no reason whatsoever.
Pardon my naivete, but isn’t Harley Quinn basically a henchman? The Joker’s squeeze?
And when she’s not henching it up, she’s seen as a figure of fun (no pun intended). Wasn’t she trying to escape from the Arkham Asylum in one episode, and got caught in a laundry machine? Big yuks ensued.
Also, without her evildoing makeup on, she’s a 'lil blue-eyed sprite with shirley temple curls, which make her look too much like a kewpie doll to inspire fear in the hearts of us honest citizens.
I haven’t seen all that many episodes of the Animated Series, so I’m a little Harley-shy. I mean no disrespect, 'cause she IS as cute as a button, and is doing great things for keeping the grand old Brooklyn Dialects alive for a new generation.
Uke, you’ve hit the nail on the head. Harley’s not a villain. At worst she’s a henchgal. A cute Henchgal to boot.
Her only flaw is her lousy taste in men.
It’s difficult not to smile when she’s on screen, even when she’s doing bad things to the good guys to please her ‘Puddin’’. (Except for the bits when you just have to cry on her behalf.)
No, she’s not a villain. Joker’s a villain, Two-Face is a villain, Scarecrow is a villain. Harley Quinn is just a woman who’s too devoted to an evil man.