I’ve enjoyed reading a lot of different takes from all of you regarding placements! I definitely forgot a couple things about a few characters and I’ll be making some changes whenever I update this list. You’ve all also made some pretty good points about others that have made me rethink some of my placements. I knew going into this that a lot of you would have differing opinions regarding certain characters so I’m happy to hear others perspectives. We all benefit from a wider discussion about these things rather than just my view point, so thank you to everyone who’s offered their own insights. I know creating this video organically rather than going off a script caused it to suffer in certain aspects (like me forgetting details about a few characters) but if anything your comments have encouraged me to keep the format the same and learn from this initial experience to improve the way I approach this type of video next time around. Overall, for my first time making a video in this way, I’m happy with it, and the majority of you seem to be as well, but your feedback is important to me and I’ll be tackling this in a similar yet improved way next time around. Thank you as always for watching everyone, and I really appreciate all the feedback you’ve given me so far!
The Vile Eye, I think you should make an analyzing evil episode of Light Yagami from the Death Note saga from the manga and anime series because I would think he'd be an interesting villain to cover for his character, personality, how he became what he is, and the way his motivations changed in his series from the manga and anime during the beginning. I hope maybe one day you will do a video on him, I think it would be awesome!
Great vid! Love your stuff. I do think you classified Alex wrongly. He’s def S tier. And I’ll tell you why. He ENJOYS torturing people, inflicting terror and toying with people using violence. Recall his fantasizing about torturing Jesus. In fact, I think the movie’s story requires Alex to be a kind of S tier evil person. His numbers of victims might be low; but he does the evil he does, not because he’s hired to do it, or society made him do it, or because he has a distorted view of justice - he does it because he really wants to do it and he has no moral qualms about doing so. Everyone else has a kind of excuse, but I think what makes A Clockwork Orange so impactful and dramatically compelling is that Alex has no believable excuse. We know it’s total BS when Alex tries to give excuses; we know it’s him trying to make people empathetic to him so they don’t punish him as harshly as they would otherwise. S tier par excellence!
I thoroughly enjoyed the video. One thing I would add that would make it even better is if you name the movie that each person has been in as well. Some people may not be aware of all the movies all the characters are in and it's nice to place the face with a movie. Good video though. Thank you.
Well yeah, but you can't possibly remember all of the details on the spot, which is a disservice to this rather pedantic discussion, and as such some spots were clearly misappropriated as other commenters have already pointed out.
The Vile Eye forgot to rank himself, for covering so much evil and so many villains, giving them more exposure and spotlight than they deserve. His actions have informed and inspired others who would do evil. For these reasons, I think we can comfortably put The Vile Eye into S tier.
I’d like to see your take on Homelander from “The Boys” and the comics, I believe he is a very complex character with absolute underlying evil and it would be very interesting to explore.
@@malscyllis the comics are all done and the reveal already happened, he would be a great choice for this show. His complexity and without spoiling it unintentional fall into insanity is really great
The Emperor in an R-Rated movie is kind of a horrifying thought. I mean he is such an enormous egomaniacal and psychopathic sadist that there is no telling what he would do.
Probably electrocute people until they burst into flame or were visibly cooked. Apparently sith lightning is the most efficient way to inflict pain (like the cruciatus curse, but it inflicts physical damage) and that's why Palpatine is so fond of using it
I would like to see Gus Fring from Breaking Bad. He has the monster with the veneer of a gentleman shtick going. Cunning and ruthless but so polite and well mannered. Very Hannibal Lechter.
Todd from Breaking Bad would also be a great choice for analyzing evil! He’s definitely got some kind of naivety to the severity of his own actions that’s weirdly unique. Great video looking forward to more!
Good shout! Think this is a very underrated portrayal of a textbook psychopath who simply has no concept of empathy or that what they’re doing is wrong.
He’s obviously still plenty intelligent based of the business ideas and tricks he pulls but certain situations (SPOILERS) but still oddities like at the end of his life he just looked at Walter saying “oh mr.white” more surprised that he’s there rather then his own death and the slaying of his family/crew
@@DennisUrMenace Even more he was more in awe and amazement at how clever the rig Walter built was than concerned or angry right before Jesse killed him.
With Annie Wilkes, you overlooked the fact that she was a baby killer when she worked in the hospital, shown by the newspaper clippings that the writer finds in the house. Shoots straight from B to S imo.
@@thegoldensorcerer9866 By his own words Walt did it for himself. Gus was an obstacle to his success, much like how Jane was when he let her die. As soon as Gus was out of the picture Walt became a kingpin and didn’t bat an eye at Todd murdering a child to cover their tracks. He would’ve killed Brock if he’d seen it as necessary. Anyone who gets in the way of Walt’s success regardless of innocence or guilt is liable to be killed in his eyes.
@@ultimatebladelock5212 But Gus threatened to kill him and his family so it was for a valid reason. And if he didn't care if Brock died than he wouldn't have calculated the dosage. Walt isn't some senseless murderer who kills people just because he can. Every time he did was for an understandable reason.
Could we get a video profile of Grand Moff Tarkin? He ordered the destruction of Alderaan without even blinking, but he is clearly a man of duty and principal who even Vader seemed to have a great amount of respect for, being a man who seemed to perceive any non-force sensitive beings as little more than insects
Having Palps at the top feels very fitting considering how most of everyone else on the list would in one way or the other work for or be products of him if they were part of the Star Wars universe
He is also by Far the most successful villian. Everything goes exactly according to his plan, he achieved every single one of his goals and he ruled with ultimate unchecked power for over 20 years.
Palpatine blew up entire planets, he caused the most death & destruction next to Thanos, but unlike Thanos Palpatine isn't doing it bc of some morals, he's just a power hungry evil ruler
I got Myers over the emperor bc the emperor kills for power and control. But he'll still spare his followers at least. Myers kills men, women and children with zero prejudice. He has absolutely no motivation and is just a killing machine.
@@InZamasuWeTrust Exactly. Not only that, but Palpatine was sort of neglected by his family. He also had Plagueis heavily influencing him, such as pushing him to kill his father. We never see a single thing wrong in Michael’s life as a child. He killed his sister for no discernible reason. He waited for years patiently and upon escaping began killing again, again for no discernible reason. He was just pure evil.
It's crazy to think about all the lives Palpatine/Sidious has truly affected. He was pulling all the strings behind the curtain of an entire galaxy. Definitely the most evil on this list.
Joker (TDK) should be closer to the top of A tier. His “redeeming” qualities for all we know are lies, because his origin story is never known and we know he is a compulsive manipulator. He also relishes the idea of being an Agent of Chaos.
I get where you're coming from but in my opinion the whole "agent of chaos" thing kind of makes him less evil. I mean sure he's out there looking to cause harm and basically trying to ruin the "established order"(bit of a stretch for gotham but you get what I mean) but he's doing it because he wants chaos for everyone, including himself. I think that makes him a maniac but not exactly a tier evil.
@@hagridsdisappointingson769 I can also see where you’re coming from, but the maniac part of your argument makes it sound like being a so called “maniac” means you can’t be incredibly evil. Mind you, the tier list had Patrick Bateman close to the top of A tier, whom is truly a maniac and also very evil in his murderous ways, except, his issue is that he can’t control his lust for blood, where as the jokers list for destruction is completely controlled, dialed in, and calculated. Like you said, it’s kind of hard to ruin the “established order” of Gotham, because there already was no real order, but creating plans to pin people completely against each other ( the end of the movie ), slowly killing a man in Harvey Dent by turning his entire world upside down through death and manipulation, and continuously proving that he has no care for human life, with his body count of 23, all of which being completely brutal. I just can’t see someone like Walter White or Tony Montana being considered more evil than the Joker. It feels weird to me.
That movie has been picked apart so much that at this point we know which of his made up stories was the real one. He was a soldier in Iraq and his convoy got hit by an IED, which is where he got the scars on his face as well as his proficiency with weapons.
This was a great idea. Another idea might be the philosophical exploration of evil. Different times, places, people's and individuals have different ideas of what evil is. Is it all subjective? Or is there universally preferable and unpreferable behavior aka evil? Common themes across all cultures would be interesting to look at.
I'll fith that so long as proper research material is used and substance takes over form. If thr video needs to be two hours long ajd consists in great part of analysing sources and citing papers beyond the usual spectacle, let's say of Analysing Evil, so be it No 30 minute oversimplified garbage like so many others lesser channels do. No, warning that "ThIs MaY be OverSimPliFyiNg a lITtle" and proceeding to spread bullshit does not of spreading bullshit excuse you.
I think that an universal morality just isn't possible, I mean if aliens come to earth they would follow a kind of morality we couldn't be able to comprehend, and the same would be for them. For a universal human morality I would argue for its existence, because it's a product of our evolution, then every culture put a different spin on it.
personally I would rank Alex from a clockwork orange much higher. he lives in a dystopian world where crime is normalised, however I believe he would have chosen this route one way or another, He doesn’t kill just because he sees other people doing it, he does it because he gets immense pleasure from doing acts such as rape and violence. I would personally rank him around high A to low S tier :)
Yea, just because he gets treated like subhuman filth doesn't mean he's got an excuse. The movie is amazing at making you morally conflicted. Obviously he deserves punishment, he tries to become a good person by going through the experimental procedure, now you might say, he only does it out of self interest, but here lies the issue, a psychopath that knows they don't feel remourse or empathy, trying to improve themselves by putting themselves through some disturbing experiments deserves some praise, they don't have the capability to do it out of empathy but they're still doing it.
I think he put Alex so low bc he is only 15 at the time. Also, at the end he’s like “I should stop” at the end of the book. But I do think he deserves B tier.
I feel he’d be A or S, but this guy’s ranking is weird to me. Thanos being so high is absurd, and idk whether or not he saw the Clone Wars or Rebels because Maul is not that evil in that.
@@mr.stuffdoer8483 I think A tier is fine for Thanos, I mean he literally kills trillions of people for a delusional cause. He thinks what he’s doing is right, but his obsession with balance is clouding his judgement on the many way better solutions to resource and population control.
@@mr.stuffdoer8483 Didn't Maul slaughter an entire village of innocent people in order to draw Obi Wan out in Clone Wars? He was still pretty evil. And A Tier is perfect for Thanos.
*Time* *Stamps* Colonel Kurtz 2:33 Gannon 3:07 Nurse Ratchet 3:44 Yevon 4:17 Amy Dunn 4:51 Joker 5:32 Annie Wilkes 6:11 Pinhead 6:34 Leatherface (very interesting btw) 7:10 Michael Myers 7:55 Jigsaw 8:39 Norman Bates 9:16 What's the most you've ever lost on a coin toss? 10:10 Patrick Bateman 10:53 Hans Landa 11:28 Kevin Spacey (in real life) 11:54 Shining 12:33 Captain Vadal 13:12 A bit of the ol Ultra violence 13:51 Margret 14:31 Amon 15:00 Judge Frolo 15:26 Hello Clarice 15:58 Tom's in the Light House 16:32 King Kong ain't got **** on me 17:04 Tetsuo 17:38 Luke I am your father 18:11 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐎𝐀𝐓 18:50 I drink Your Milkshake 19:25 Lou Bloom 20:02 Barnez 20:32 Max Cady 21:08 I like the way you die boy 21:40 *THE* *JOKER* 22:26 Beyond Terrifying 22:58 The one who Knocks 23:33 Long Live the King 24:59 Scarface 25:26 Evil Tom Cruise 26:11 You Talking to me? 26:54 Frank Booth 28:14 Mr Norton 28:42 Michael Corleone 29:28 Commedus 29:52 *EVERYONE!* 30:30 Noah Cross 31:10 Tony Soprano 31:40 Bill the Butcher 32:28 The child molesting murderer who comes back from the grave to murder 33:02 The Barron 33:32 Pennywise 34:13 Funny how? 34:34 Evil Nicholas Cage: 35:06 The ultimate C simp 35:45 Griffith 36:38 Azula 37:40 This is the only one I disagree *strongly* disagree with Happy trails Hans 38:30 Mr Potter 38:58 I *LOVE* the way you die boy 39:28 Dutch 39:48 Play Peter Griffin 40:29 Hal 9000 40:52 Thanos 41:36 Re considerations 42:36
@@turdeyeblind You are right. There are a few other ones I would move around slightly. Michael Corleone Should probably be B list because of Fredo He is worse than the Joker but not nearly as bad as *THE* *JOKER* Annie Wilkes should be higher (he said so himself) probably A tier And probably lower for Commodeus. As while he is a bad guy. A really bad guy he isn't as bad as Patrick Batemen. He is too sympathetic Commodesus should probably be around Davy Jones as they are both Birds of a feather Azula on the other hand deserves C tier. She isn't nearly as vile as Kurtz Here's the thing about Azula. She is vicious without a doubt but in some ways she was abused by her father just as much as Zuko just psychological instead of physically Something we forget about Azula is at the end of the day she is a 14 year old girl who was conditioned by her country and father to be a killing machine. And unlike Zuko who had his mother and Iroh the only person Azula really had was Fire Lord Ozai. Let that sink in Unlike say Walter she never had the chance at a normal life. She is a 14 year old girl who had no one except child burning, genocidal Ozai That's it While Zuko had his mother and Iroh Azula really couldn't have turned out any other way than she did Also remember the nations are at war even if she is on the wrong side Azula is still technically a solder (just a high ranking one). Azula's actions are made as both a soldier and a possible ruler and unlike Kurtz she was born into Fire Nation service. She couldn't just walk away. Kurtz on the other hand is a full grown man who CHOOSE to be a soldier Because of this Kurtz is FAR worse than Azula And unlike Tony she never really got to see her way of life is wrong as all she has ever been exposed to growing up is the Fire Nation and war. That's it. Nothing else Azula is like Asami 22:58 but younger and in a kids show. And unlike Asami she is far less sadistic at least from what we get to see. Murderous yes but I have a hard time seeing Azula commit some of Asami's acts. (Though maybe I am wrong). And she does have some soft spots. She clearly cares about her friends as she went insane when they left her. She cares about her mother as she cries when her mother (hallucination) tells her she loves her. And it's very strongly hinted that she cares about Zuko in a twisted way. That's why she lied to her father and said Zuko struck the final blow against Aang not her. She really had no logical reason to do this and she offers us some weird excuse but in reality she wanted her big brother back. And she even said she was WORRIED about him when he started to turn "traitor" for team Avatar If she where truly evil evil there would have been no talk. Zuko is a threat to her place as Fire Lord. She would murdered him in season 2 and laughed about it. But she didn't She did absolutely EVERYTHING in her power to "turn" Zuko good again. Despite the fact that she knew that he had the potential to be a massive threat in the future In fact. I would take it a step further. The reason Azula is constantly roasting Zuko (no pun intended) is because deep down she cares about him and in her mind if anyone knew that she actually had feelings. They wouldn't see her as this all powerful bad ass and her father would also lose respect for her which like her brother she REALLY want's to please him. The writers could have made her Zukos Older sister which would put her around 18 or 19 by the shows end which would make her an adult. But they didn't. They wanted to make it clear she was the younger sibling because Azula is a victim. Azula has some VERY deep seeded emotional issues as seen in the episode ember island But again she isn't worse than Kurtz. It really isn't even close However Azula does admit that even she sees herself as a monster Both her and Alex and Tetsuo really seem to be birds of a feather. They are all children who are products of their environment and have been shaped by their parents (or lack there of) into what they are. In the books she even shows signs of change once she is outside of daddy's influence With all that being said she is still pretty sadistic, and manipulative and has probably killed a lot of people off camera. She deserves maybe top spot of C tier. She is bad but redeemable in my opinion
@@TotalTech2. i like your input, pretty good. And yeah head of the Corleone family as C tier. Mob business is bloody business with lots of collateral damage same as your Walter Whites/Heisenberg and such.
I'd love to see you do an analysis on Gustavo Fring from Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul. Great villain with a lot of intrigue about his origins and backstory
I recommend you check out the video documentary about him on The People Profiles. They cover alot of historical figures but also they have covered alot of high ranking Nazi officers and all the way to the top man himself. Its done in very good detail while remaining neutral and professional. Highly recommend you check that channel out. When you see those such as the one about Göeth and the other high ranks how utterly horrific men they were with absolutely no simpathy for the suffering they caused.
@@ArgonNoble I think because it was recent enough that it can be recalled fairly accurately and typically the higher ranking officers weren't the type of soldiers that were pushed into the regime. They were loyal to Hitler for the most part and actually wanted to do what they were doing. Also some of the torture and slave conditions they kept people under were pretty horrifying.
@@ArgonNoble Imagine coming up with the idea of gasing a whoe race of people to death. then burning their bodies. then have a meeting about having to refine it so as to do this process more efficiently. And then just carry this whole thing out and do it. Thats what they did. Does that make them evil enough? And why did you even ask?
You put Annie as a B-Tier, but seemingly forget that Annie also killed a bunch of people offscreen. Not just the on screen torture. I think Annie's an A-tier due to her malicious killings as a nurse and the tortures.
Totally agreed: the stuff Annie did before we meet her (on the page or on screen) sets her firmly in the middle or near the top of A tier. Though she's unhinged, everything she does is to her own selfish ends.
Agreed, I came here to say the same, it's at least implied if not stated that she was an " angel of death" before the book, it's been a long time since I read/ saw Misery but yeah, I'd have her further up the ladder.
I’d love to see a video on Agent Smith as unlike Hal, he is sentient. And even more so, though he explains his awe of the Matrix, he also describes how much he loathes being in it: the very system he strives to continue just so he can escape it when his job is complete.
He's really not even a villain by my estimation. An antagonist for the story sure, but a villain I think is a bridge too far. (SPOILERS FOR MOVIE BELOW) While at the outset it's certainly possible he is a villain, information you gain during the movie shows that his whole plan was never meant to intentionally cause harm to anyone. The VX gas rockets are a bluff that he will never allow to hit their target, he only wants the 100 million to distribute to the men working the plan with him and the families of the men who died under his command, and he's genuinely pissed when he has to kill Commander Anderson's incursion team who pop up in the shower room. During the opening sequence, he's shocked and appalled they lost someone accidentally during the VX gas heist, and in the graveyard we see him asking for forgiveness to his dead wife, leaving his MOH on her tombstone, and flat out saying he's tried everything. When he's speaking with the FBI director Wolmack who asks about the Red Sea Trading company, he openly admits its a slush fund for the US government for illegal arms sales, meaning the money he's asking for isn't coming out of the taxpayer budget, but money the US has gained illegally through sales it's not even supposed to be doing, a point punctuated by the other general stating "Jesus Frank this is classified information" along with an absolutely shocked look on Wolmack's face. When the plan begins to fall apart, he fully admits the bluff, and tells the men to flee under cover of VX rockets and hostages and he will face the consequences alone. I mean really at every single turn the guy is trying to either minimize death and harm and the whole purpose of the plan is the financial security of those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for their country. I'm sure some may be able to crowbar him into the villain box if they want to, likely pointing out the inherent dangers of the plan, refusal to continue going through proper channels, etc. I just can't in good conscience put the guy in the villain category.
Kinda late to this but Annie Wilkes in the book definitely killed a whole bunch of people when she was a nurse from what I remember… even some children/babies. Great content by the way! Love the analytical process
Her character was amazing in Castle Rock, can't really picture her justification for killing babies though, seemed like she always had some rationalized excuse ready for everything else. There's that weird scene where she says Pinocchio should've died in his book because he's a liar, and liars deserve to be punished. But... babies don't lie. They cry, but they don't lie. Except on their backs
The movie version is definitely more evil than the comic version, but I feel the comic version is more well rounded and believable as a character, and his motivations are a bit more grounded and understandable
As someone who’s always liked villain characters because of their complexity (whereas hero characters are usually more bland and straightforward), The Vile Eye is one of my favorite TH-cam channels. To say I’m glad I discovered this channel is an understatement. Keep up the great work!
Im surprised that Voldemort hasn't been covered yet. I love your content, particularly loved when you covered Bloom since it's one of my favorite movies.
The idea of the villains tier list is great, excited to see your take on these characters level of evil. Also would love to see an episode on omni man, he's one of the most complex and interesting characters I've seen in a long time.
This makes me wonder if you'll branch out to more, "Good," heroes and anti-heroes, examining their mistakes and acts of supposed necessary evils. How it makes them closer to their villains than they would care to admit if you could actually sit them down and talk about it.
I would like to see him covering the heroes and anti villains that oppose the villains he’s covered. Analyzing heros could be the name of this new, hypothetical series.
I feel like Anton doesn't just enjoy to kill, he feels like he has to. Like he sees himself as the Grim Reaper and if he doesn't kill, things will just be off to him. That's what I think makes him more terrifying.
The scene where he kills Carla Jean was really revealing. She refuses the coin toss, saying "the coin don't have no say". It was the only scene in which Anton showed even a hint of remorse and he didn't want to kill her. In truth, he really didn't have to. He felt compelled to because he told Moss he would if Moss didn't give up the money.
The scene with the gas station owner was incredibly tense and awesome but it makes you wonder, how many people does this guy kill a day? How does he manage to keep a low profile when he can barely buy gas without it turning into murder? He is a bit over-the-top, truth be told.
@@johndevitt5619 ikr, he had zero reason to give her the coin toss option, much less even talk to her before killing her. If he truly wanted to, he could've easily murdered her the second she walked inside the bedroom but he didn't. I'm not saying he deserves any sort of sympathy but I would call him more crazy than evil.
Villains that need to be covered. 1. Mr Glass - Unbreakable 2. Kevin - Split 3. Ward - Agents of shield 4. Norman - Hang Man’s Curse 5. President Coin or President Snow - Hunger games
For the Joker, I often felt bad by how he was abused by many folks. His breakdown was something that wasn't unexpected after having absorbed a lifetime of mistreatment. He also normally killed people that were pretty bad themselves.
Heath’s Joker is definitely a S Tier, he has killed many people in sadistic ways mainly through knives, blowed up a hospital, stuck a cellphone in a fat man’s abdomen, stuck a Pencil through a Person’s skull etc
I wrote an essay on Griffith for English class and why I think he is the perfect villain. My point being that although there are many villains who you can admit are bad people, but have a sense of charm to them that makes them likeable to the audience, or sympathize a little with, Griffith is different in the fact that he is so charming and charismatic to everyone around him that it makes the reader who knows how disgusting and selfish he is hate him all the more, knowing that other people in the story think he's a stand up guy. And I also made a point of how genius Miura was in flipping the usual villain backstory trope on its head, where instead of using a backstory to make the villain the object of sympathy, he uses a massive backstory to give the reader a compelling reason to hate the villain, and that a villain that the audience truly hates as if they were a real person is way more compelling than a villain that the audience finds admiration in.
I actually don’t really agree with him being S Tier in terms of being evil because up to this point we don’t really know how much of his choices were his own and how much got manipulated by the god hand. He also had a pretty bad childhood in poverty so I think it’s quite understandable to an extend that he is so selfish or rather focused on gaining riches.
And the last point would be what I believe gets downplayed by a lot of people. Probably everyone would’ve sacrificed his people at this point he made the decision. He was mentally and physically broken, his dreams got shattered and he got manipulated by the god Hand trying to talk him into accepting the deal
Don't ever change. A lot of creators tend to start trying to be funny and adding flash and "excitement" and other bs. You don't need that - it is in fact what sets you apart.
Got to disagree on Count dooku's placement. He had a (from his view) noble motive for his actions, was lied to/manipulated/betrayed by a superior into committing his worst acts, and showed no real enjoyment of cruelty and at times shows some remorse. All criteria worthy of lowering his position. Only thing you cant say for him is that he had a tragic upbringing
Maul as well. He was traded off as a child as part of a power-brokering deal to the most evil being in the Galaxy. Even still, he has shown *some* redeaming qualities, such as care for his brother, and later on often finds himself at odds with arguably more evil Characters. Dooku and Anakin were, at least, full fledged adults by the time they were turned to the Dark Side. I'd put both Dooku and Maul in high B-tier.
Still - Dooku was what in our world could be compared to a white supremacist. One of his main goals was to put humans in top of everything, because they were the only ones worthy.
Depends. If you look at his internal monologue in the novelization, it's revealed that he was, even as a jedi, at the very least, a sociopath, if not an outright psychopath. His outward demeanor of a upstanding man with a deep conviction of personal justice, disillusioned with the corruption of the Republic was, for the most part, a facade. He did not particularly care for anything or anyone but his own view of how the world should be. He DID have his best intentions for the galaxy, but said best intentions involved setting up a galactic authoritarian dictatorship and turning the Jedi survivors into a Sith army under his and Palpatines control. Technically, he got his wish. Though he didn't live long enough to see it.
I'd love a video on Colonel William Tavington from The Patriot. SUCH a criminally underappreciated villain. That being said, I really enjoy your work. Keep it up, man.
The guy who gets stabbed in the dick and just walks it off while cursing at the woman who did it to him as if she just spilled wine on his favorite suit?
This was amazingly enjoyable. What's especially impressive is Vile Eye's free style talking is just as articulate and well spoken as his well researched Analyzing Evil videos - as if he prepared and scripted this tier list ahead of time, but he didn't. That's talent.
Branching out with different types of videos while keeping to the channels theme of covering villains is definitely a good idea. Also, I hope you cover Tywin Lannister one day.
For Analysing Evil I would like to recommend a certain character: AM, from "I Have no Mouth and I Must Scream". Be it either from the novella or from the video game version that AI really is a bad one to the core. Thank you for all your great videos, I love them!
@@molemanninethousand Yeah now that I think about it you are right. He is basically the machine version of Satan. And now that I think about it AM does show signs of sentience. He isn't like Hal 9000 at all. For me the number 1 spot is a toss up between him and Palpatine. On one hand the sadism AM dishes out is like nothing else ever seen in fiction On the other as Vile Eye said if Palpatine where in an R rated movie he would be even worse than Amon. They are really birds of a feather in a lot of ways. Both are totally sadistic with no redeeming qualities what so ever
@@TotalTech2. My longtime personal number 1 as the absolute worst is Big Brother from 1984, in big part because the real-life version of what he represents is the biggest menace on the planet today in China and North Korea, but I also understand and acknowledge that he is more of a symbol than a concretely identifiable character.
There could be criteria for each category: S--evil on a grand scale with no redeeming characteristics A--evil (however, not on a grand scale), with very few redeeming qualities B--evil, but character has a clear redeeming quality or a reason for their actions (maybe they only killed bad people?) C--evil, but character may have been forced, pushed, or conditioned to be who they are D--ambiguous between good & evil. For negative action/reasons, there is also a corresponding positive action/reason. In other words, could be defended via critical argument.
I was very surprised when he put norman in low A-tier, especially below Walter. The things Walter has done - at least, on screen - could MAYBE be more evil, again, based off of the things he's done on screen. Norman kills a man and his whole family while revelling in their deaths just because of a small drug dispute, and would probably be more than happy to do it again. However evil Walt may be, at least he feels remorse
@@baloongalot What really puts Norman up there is just how unhinged he is and how much he *Enjoys* killing. Say what you will about Walter but at least he didn't enjoy poisoning the child and doesn't do drugs himself. Norman takes quite a bit of pleasure out of killing.
@@brandonharwell95 By far my favourite tv show character of all time. The fact that he can be so charming, witty and flamboyant in one moment and then just cold, calculating and violent in the next, makes him such an enigmatic character. My favourite moment is the story he tells to the Stewmaker. It's so simple and filled with this quiet rage but it also has a weirdly theatrical vibe to it. James Spader is one hell of an actor.
i LOVE how this list puts the tiering system on how evil a character is instead of their quality as a character like other lists. that is pretty nuanced, awesome work! i hope we can see more tier lists because this one has something that others don't. could you ever analyze H from Unthinkable when you can? i think he's a character you'd love to take a look at.
Tier lists based on quality are not only overdone, but are much less interesting. It's just like "here's my opinion lol" and that's usually the end of it.
I liked the ranking list, its good to change things up every now and then. Ps. General Grievous could be a interesting character for analyzing evil, in his expanded story he is somewhat of a complex villain, once a hero and leader for his people who end up used by the siths as an monstrous war criminal.
If I remember correctly his backstory changes quite a bit depending on if you’re looking at the pre-Disney expanded universe (now labeled as the now non-canonical Legends continuity) version as opposed to the current Disney canon version, so I think it would be worth looking into both versions to explore different aspects of his character
Love Grievous. Such a great character, one of my favorites in the series. Now _Darth Plagueis.._ 😏 hell, even Darth Revan or Bane? They've got some sympathy votes from me😗 Srar Wars is a great example of Writing emotionally complex villains. Lol
Timestamps for my own use 3:07 Ganon, Ganondorf, and Demise from The Legend of Zelda 4:07 Yu Yevon from Final Fantasy X 6:34 Pinhead from Hellraiser 12:31 Jack Torrance from The Shining 15:00 Amon Goth from Schindler’s List (real person) 17:38 Tetsuo Shima from Akira 18:12 Darth Maul, Darth Tyrannus, and Darth Vader from Star Wars 18:51 Darth Sidious from Star Wars 21:40 Calvin Candie from Django Unchained 22:26 Joker from The Dark Knight 23:33 Walter White from Breaking Bad 26:55 Travis Bickle from Taxi Driver 29:08 Michael Corleone from The Godfather 29:52 Commodus from The Gladiator 33:32 Vladimir Harkonnen from Dune 35:45 Davy Jones from Pirates of the Caribbean 36:39 Griffith from Berserk 37:41 Azula from Avatar: The Last Airbender 41:35 Thanos from the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Really loved your analysis on Griffith. I’d love if you did a few more anime villains. I think you’d make a great analysis of Johan Liebart from Monster and Light Yagami from Death Note
@@davidcapes1567 Thanos are no really good villain, his reasoning is stupid for villain that can be considered smart, why kill half of population when you can actually double the resource for them. Light clearly a better villain.
So awsome to see you doing one of these. As the first video outside of the main series, I feel that this is the best and most fitting thing you could have done.
You should do another tierlist based on how well written a villain is , since here mustache twirling means top tier, not for all of them as seen in the video but it definitely just takes to be one to get there
I think Clyde Shelton from Law Abiding Citizen would be an interesting character to make a video on. Similar motive as Cady but different approach to handling it
He'd either be high C Tier or low or middle B Tier. Same with Jinx from League of Legands honestly. Yea she's killed people and has caused some terrorist acts but at the same time she's got alot of issues mentally.
I'd love to see an analysis of A.M. from "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream." Hearing what you said about HAL got me thinking about A.M. and the heinous things it did, and whether or not there's any deeper concepts to a machine that learned to develop a hatred greater than any other character in fiction.
@@kingaskeladd5052 As far as actions go, AM is much worse, with a kill count in the billions and eternal torture. But as far as personality and the character's identity, Judge Holden might just be the purest evil in fiction. I'd love to see Analyzing Evil: Judge Holden, but of course Blood Meridian is never getting an onscreen adaptation.
I like the tier list to give a summary of everything! as for a few suggestions.. Thulsa Doom - conan the barbarian Bane - dark knight rises Ramsay Bolton - game of thrones
It would be interesting to see your perspective on a few of the antagonists from GoT, in particular Cersei Lannister, Mance Rayder, and the season 8 writers. But it's all up to you, and it will be interesting to see who you talk about in the future.
I’d put Cersei at A, and then Mance Rayder at D, because if I’m remembering correctly he doesn’t really even do anything that bad, he just wants to get away from the Others.
@@BillMan5000 But you have to admit, a video analyzing Mance would be fun to watch. He's (in my opinion) the most interesting character in the show, and easily twice as interesting in the books.
I've just got to say that Hannibal Lector deserves placement near the top of S tier. He is a personification of pride carried to such lunatic extremes that his greatest pleasure in life is demonstrating his superiority by killing and eating human beings, a pleasure closely followed by the domination and manipulation of souls he considers to be lesser than his own. One might argue that Hannibal's childhood trauma, the quality of his charisma or his profound connection to beauty in some way mitigate his atrocities but they do not. Lectors perfect sense of aesthetics and effortless talent for congeniality reveal that he was not impaired by the horrible things that happened to him and his family during the war. He does not lack empathy or the capacity to see the morally right course of action. Instead he understands the suffering that he inflicts far more acutely than most normal people could and he revels in it. He is not trapped by circumstance in any way as he is obsessed with creating circumstance for himself and for others and he is a master at it. Mads Mikkelsen said that while portraying the character he aimed his performance at portraying the Biblical Satan and he nailed it. In the novels Hannibal thinks of himself as being like God, and believes his crimes are in kind to the whims of God Himself. There are no worse sorts of people than Hannibal Lector. The only way a person could rate as more evil then him, if such a thing is even possible, would be to take into account the sheer quantity of their respective crimes. For the quality of the crimes and the motivations behind them this character is as pure a strain of wickedness as there ever was.
considering that Azula was just a child who feelt neglected by her mother, and was then raised by her sociopathic father i believe that a tear is pretty harsh
@@anatoldenevers237 yeah. Plus, it’s worth considering that maybe Azula was favored by Ozai more than her mom was because she was already somewhat of a monster. Nature influenced her not just nurture. As he said, if this wasn’t a kids show she would’ve killed plenty of people on screen. Plus, she really doesn’t have any redeeming qualities morality wise. Evil IF she’s a product of her environment she’s still evil
“Everyone’s favorite sigma male.” Wow I never knew the man himself keeps up with the world. Adding on to this, I think you should talk about the Patrick Bateman in the novel “American Psycho”, the one in the book is more gruesome and violent than the Bateman played by Christian Bale.
Oh yeah, movie Bateman is a choir boy compared to book Bateman, who should be S-tier. I'd prob rank him just below the Emperor tbh. Amon Göth killed because of his position, but considering book Bateman's sadism (freaking finding a semi dead rat and instantly thinking of torturing women with it), with his heavy racism in the book, if he was given Göth's place he'd be worse, I could see him doing experiments like Mengele added with the horrid r ape of Stalin's right hand man, Beria (it's honestly sad how so many few people know of Beria, he was a disgusting animal). That being said, Bateman as much of a monster that he is, shows some small compassion a few times in the book, like towards Jean. He also felt guilt towards him aborting a few kids and told a model to get out because he felt he couldn't help himself hurting her, so he has some very, very small empathy and understanding that what he is doing is wrong.
Suggestions of villains that could give an interesting video: - Henry from Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer - The Governor from TV Show The Walking Dead - Ozymandias from Watchmen - Trinity Killer from TV Show Dexter
I think you may have been to harsh on Dooku as sure he is evil, but he didn't really start the Clone Wars as it was a multitude of factors like many systems hating the Republic and wanting to separate and the Republic rejecting their independence.
How about Light from Death Note? I'd be curious on your thoughts about if he'd have become evil without the Death Note. I think it just sped the process up and he likely would have been jaded as a detective and become corrupted.
No offense, but I think covering Anime would detract from his page. Anime/Manga is by far the most popular version of animated media. There are channels that get millions of views talking about DBZ and the like. I am glad he mainly talks about western films or even non Anime media in general.
@@donnydarkoh6411 Iirc he covered that bitch from berserk I forgot the name tho (griffith?) Ik avatar isn't anime but close enough, and the antagonist there was also covered
@@neonbella3983 Johan from Monster would be a good one. It's an anime that feels far more western than anything. Light could work too, but I can see why he wouldn't cover him.
I despise any halfway sympathetic interpretation of Light's character. - He immediately declares his intention to kill innocent people, it's in the very first episode. Only Thanos and Emperor Palpatine could've possibly killed more people than Light did, and I think that's debatable in Palpatine's case because it's not clear whether executions are carried out for their own sake. The Emperor's goal is control, Light's actual goal is to fill pages with the names of his dead.
@@Pabelotski-yi9zu by those standards he's probably A tier because he was put in that position by circumstance and does tend to show restraint to minor degrees.. idk though lol he is still a douche 🤷 😅
Voldemort would definitely be S-tier, comming quite close to Emperor Palpetine. He was massacring everyone who wasn’t half- or puur blooded, so basically genocide. The Dark Lord’s plan was to conquer the magical world and rule it with unmatched cruelty. He murdered entire families, even the babies. He attacked a highschool with an entire army. This army contained giants, huge spiders and werewolves. There is even a scene were you can see a werewolve feeding on a 17 year-old girl. He even killed the person he trusted and respected the most, Severus Snape, for a better wand even though he was already the most powerful wizard. Worst part is that he didnt even end his friend quick and painless, no he ordered his snake to end him which led to a slow and very painful death. Killed a unicorn which is the representation of pure good and innocence, just for its blood. And last but not least, he even sacrificed his soul multiple times for immortality. Now I think about it, he is even worse than Emperor Palpatine.
After seeing those villains in S and high A tiers, I am once again sure "pure evil villains are boring" thing is bullshit. I really enjoyed this type of video, by all means try anything you want mate, I would love to see your favorite villains too.
i 100% love/agree with your Tier List ^_^ and hope you'd cover JD from Heathers, Regain George from Mean Girls, Judge Doom from Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Jason Voorhees and his Mother from The Friday The 13th Movies, Candyman, Chucky from Child's Play, Gaston from Beauty And The Beast, Cruella, Jafar from Aladdin, Ghostface from Scream, Nancy Downs from The Craft, David from The Lost Boys, and Dr.Evil from Austin Powers
At the end, I could feel the internet yelling at their screens when he moved a few around and did his "final touches" which ones should move where. I also think that the list will be very different next time once you add another years worth of little evil pics. Can't wait to see if the curve gets wrecked. lol.
I think Marty & Wendy Byrde from Ozark would be a great double video as they both (especially Marty) remain fairly sympathetic throughout but are also forced to make horrific choices. Wendy especially seems to be somewhat "enjoying" or at least becoming very indifferent to their impossible position whereas Marty (who caused or at least allowed himself to get involved with the Cartel) has retained more of his previous characteristics before the Cartel turned them into murderers & manipulators. I'd currently class Marty as a C+ and Wendy as maybe a B?
You should make a video on one or all of the main far cry antagonists, being Joseph Seed, Pagan Min, Vaas, and Antón Castillo. They would make pretty good videos
I’d love to see you cover Johan Liebert from the manga/anime “Monster”. Berserk is my favourite piece of fiction ever so I hold Griffith to great standards, but after finishing Monster I can safely say Johan was just as if not more interesting of a villain/antagonist to me than Griffith
I haven't read Berserk so I can't comment on Griffith despite being aware of his popularity and acclaim as a villain. But yeah, Johan Liebert is amazing. He has all the qualities that make a perfect villain. He's evil, terrifying, intimidating, dangerous, manipulative, nihilistic, intelligent, charismatic, charming, etc. Even after all the chaos and destruction that he causes, once you hear his backstory you can't help but feel sorry for him.
@@JoaquinJr I can't really feel sorry for Johan. Yeah he went through some horrible stuff, but some of his actions are so messed up that it destroyed any sympathy I had.
I think, no matter what, Amon Göth has to be the most evil person and he needs to be the first in the list. The fact that he was real and that he did those horrible things in reality only for his own amusement and because of boredom is enough in my opinion. Also that the concentration-camp survivor started shaking uncontrollably when she saw Ralph Fiennes in Göth's complete SS uniform on set, because he reminded her of the real Göth, is just so sad. Most other characters are fictional and unrealistc, or at least their crimes and what they did. Göth's crimes were actually toned down in the movie and he isn't displayed as cruel as he actually was. The producer though, displaying Göth in his full cruelty would be "unrealistic" and he would seem exaggerated to viewers for a "real" person.
You should do a video on Frieza, DIO, Doflamingo, shang Tsung, Electro from TASM2, Liquid Snake, and Abigail Williams from the crucible. All very interesting villains that deserve more attention.
I think Walter should have been a "C" tier because he actually was much more sympathetic than you make him out to be. He became deviate, yes, but even in his evil, he was not near as evil as many of the characters on Breaking Bad.
Well, anakin was way more sympathetic than walter at the beginning and at the end too, and the bad things he did where just palpatine orders. He was just a puppet…
@@user-yy5yw9nw9e "Just following orders" is not even remotely acceptable as an excuse for anything he did. Anakin literally murdered children. He didn't have to, he could have chosen to disobey Palpatine at any time, as shown when he eventually did, it's not like he didn't have that choice. He killed children, he committed numerous other massacres in the years after, and he stood by and allowed Tarkin to destroy an entire planet, killing billions of people. There is no excuse for that.
I knew you would put Palpatine on top! That he's the most evil character in fiction and still such a joy to watch really gives credit to Ian McDiarmids performance
He put him on top of the list not only because his evil intentions, but also all the destruction he brought which is quite hard to contend with, except for other galactic buster characters like thanos or darkseid
You should do Lorne Malvo from Fargo, he's quite an interesting psychopathic character who has a unique perspective on things, in the show it's almost as if he's a force of nature, seemingly unstoppable to his victims. Also it's interesting how he's also the driving force for much of the shows events and even forces regular people to unleash their dark primal urges, for instance Lester Nygarred, who would be another interesting character to cover, as he's a bit like Walter White in that he starts off as a character owing sympathy but soon becomes quite the evil individual, so yeah I'd love an analysis on those two
A couple of things : Ratchet should be higher because she abused her position as a medical professional to kill and lobotomize two men , High B tier for sure . Captain Vidal is a war criminal not one like Barns or Kurtz ( I agree with their ranking , the VC were the bad guys and in all reality they probably had the right idea on how to fight ) . Vidal earns a Low A tier in my book . Azula is 15, and despite the argument that if it wasn’t a Kids show we’d see her kill more people, the fact remain we don’t . For all we know there could be an in universe explanation , maybe Ozai did actually care for his daughter and kept her out of situations where she would kill more people, also she had bad mental health issues . High C low B . Annie Wilks is a funny situation for me , I’ve read the book but have not seen the movie , and my opinion , she should have been higher , maybe low A tier . First her numerous murders of infants and old people plus her own Dad ; and the fact that she slowly broke down a man reducing him to a drug addicted shell . As for the Star Wars villains ranking I’d say Palpatine is good ( I’m sort of split because Göth WAS real , but it’s a fair argument to say that Palpatine would’ve done the same thing on a grander scale .) Then Vader ( come on he’s Darth Vader ) , then Doku ( he can’t be blamed for the entirety of the Clone Wars also the CIS we’re sort of the good guys ) and then Maul ( he was a pawn and a crime lord nothing more ) . Also Griffin should be higher than Pennywise because Griffin was a man while Pennywise is an animal , and probably has a higher body count . Overall great list !
I would put IT just below Griffith because IT, although killed for pleasure, was ultimately killing to eat and sustain himself. Humanity was unfortunate to be on the lower end of the food chain. He sees us as the same way humanity as a whole see cows... Just something to hunt, cultivate, and eat. I would love to put Griffith higher, but comparing a power hungry leader to beings that killed hundreds, thousands, and millions, out of sport and pleasure, Griffith is at a good spot on the list. He kills and betray just to meet ends... Although he raped a woman who worshipped him *just to spite Guts*. (shivers) I say Griffith on this list is as realistically evil as a human can be while having redeeming qualities.
Palpatine as #1 - "Goooooood... goooooooood!" He can evilly cackle, but is also verbally skilled enough to persuade a homeless beggar to willingly buy HIM lunch. :P
I agree with this list, pretty spot on. I found it interesting that Leatherface was given a pass compared to Freddy, or Michael Myers, they are polar opposites on the list. A few characters I thought of that could be added: Bill Foster (Michael Douglas) character in "Falling Down", or Sonny (Robert Duvall) character in "The Apostle", lastly, I would love to hear your input of: Nameless Police Lieutenant (Harvey Keitel) character in "Bad Lieutenant".
Lorne Malvo from the Fargo Series Season 1 would be an interesting analysis. Really interesting character. Fargo has a lot of great villains who would make a great video. Like Mike Milligan, Hanzee or V.M. Varga.
Mike Milligan is not even evil. He's like C tier tops, because he does hits for criminals, but he's so much a product of his environment and upbringing it's not even funny. And he's got a lot of good points to make about society. Varga and Malvo are like S tier, and Hanzee is probably middle A tier, because his criminal enterprise lasts for decades and it's so expansive.
Another thing that makes Amon Goeth an S tier villain in my opinion, is that he was real, and pretty much everything he did in the movie, he did in real life, to real people.
When they hung him for war crimes in krakow, the stool wouldn’t break and when he eventually dropped he hung for 15+ minutes before he died. Even death didn’t want to take him.
I'd love for you to cover Sephiroth from Final Fantasy 7. I think he's an incredibly interesting villain. I haven't seen a good analysis of the character and think you would do a great job.
I’ve enjoyed reading a lot of different takes from all of you regarding placements! I definitely forgot a couple things about a few characters and I’ll be making some changes whenever I update this list. You’ve all also made some pretty good points about others that have made me rethink some of my placements. I knew going into this that a lot of you would have differing opinions regarding certain characters so I’m happy to hear others perspectives. We all benefit from a wider discussion about these things rather than just my view point, so thank you to everyone who’s offered their own insights.
I know creating this video organically rather than going off a script caused it to suffer in certain aspects (like me forgetting details about a few characters) but if anything your comments have encouraged me to keep the format the same and learn from this initial experience to improve the way I approach this type of video next time around. Overall, for my first time making a video in this way, I’m happy with it, and the majority of you seem to be as well, but your feedback is important to me and I’ll be tackling this in a similar yet improved way next time around. Thank you as always for watching everyone, and I really appreciate all the feedback you’ve given me so far!
Great vid as usual dude keep it up.
The Vile Eye, I think you should make an analyzing evil episode of Light Yagami from the Death Note saga from the manga and anime series because I would think he'd be an interesting villain to cover for his character, personality, how he became what he is, and the way his motivations changed in his series from the manga and anime during the beginning. I hope maybe one day you will do a video on him, I think it would be awesome!
You’re very welcome. Are you considering an Analyzing Evil video for Ernessa Bloch in The Moth Diaries?
Great vid! Love your stuff. I do think you classified Alex wrongly. He’s def S tier. And I’ll tell you why. He ENJOYS torturing people, inflicting terror and toying with people using violence. Recall his fantasizing about torturing Jesus. In fact, I think the movie’s story requires Alex to be a kind of S tier evil person. His numbers of victims might be low; but he does the evil he does, not because he’s hired to do it, or society made him do it, or because he has a distorted view of justice - he does it because he really wants to do it and he has no moral qualms about doing so. Everyone else has a kind of excuse, but I think what makes A Clockwork Orange so impactful and dramatically compelling is that Alex has no believable excuse. We know it’s total BS when Alex tries to give excuses; we know it’s him trying to make people empathetic to him so they don’t punish him as harshly as they would otherwise. S tier par excellence!
I thoroughly enjoyed the video. One thing I would add that would make it even better is if you name the movie that each person has been in as well. Some people may not be aware of all the movies all the characters are in and it's nice to place the face with a movie. Good video though. Thank you.
"The child molesting murderer who comes back from the grave to murder is probably S tier"
Best line of the video.
Haven't even seen the video yet and already know what's up.. Freddy huh?😂
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@@kingkieron2 33:03
Ah glad someone else caught this priceless line.
The same line can be said about Billy Kincaid from Spawn. I would actually love to see him cover Billy, or Violator for that matter.
The fact that the rankings were made organically rather than it being pre-planned made the video much more insightful. Great stuff!
I agree you get to see the thought process and not just here take this goodbye.
Suggestion for a future video: Johan Liebert from Monster by Naoki Urasawa
Well yeah, but you can't possibly remember all of the details on the spot, which is a disservice to this rather pedantic discussion, and as such some spots were clearly misappropriated as other commenters have already pointed out.
@@CherryWaves1729 I was just gonna comment that lol. Easy S tier though
@@CherryWaves1729 Yes plz
The Vile Eye forgot to rank himself, for covering so much evil and so many villains, giving them more exposure and spotlight than they deserve. His actions have informed and inspired others who would do evil. For these reasons, I think we can comfortably put The Vile Eye into S tier.
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Based.
For those reasons 😂😂😂😂😂
I hope these comments are satirical. How do we rank Robert Vose for watching The Vile Eye? Ha ha
He didnt comment or even like this comment like hes silently confirming this 🤫
I’d like to see your take on Homelander from “The Boys” and the comics, I believe he is a very complex character with absolute underlying evil and it would be very interesting to explore.
Honestly one of the best villains I've seen in a long time. Complex enough to put you through the range of emotions
I think he prefers to do vids on characters when their story has ended
@@malscyllis Comics are done.
Love to see this
@@malscyllis the comics are all done and the reveal already happened, he would be a great choice for this show. His complexity and without spoiling it unintentional fall into insanity is really great
The Emperor in an R-Rated movie is kind of a horrifying thought. I mean he is such an enormous egomaniacal and psychopathic sadist that there is no telling what he would do.
Probably electrocute people until they burst into flame or were visibly cooked. Apparently sith lightning is the most efficient way to inflict pain (like the cruciatus curse, but it inflicts physical damage) and that's why Palpatine is so fond of using it
In Legends he had the creator of the death star eaten alive by worms, only to revive him kill him and revive him 7 times in total iirc. Lmao.
Compare to that to amon 🤣🤣🤣 amon is a sadistic psychopathic murderer who kills anytime and has no remorse in human life
Palpatine killed his whole family just because he felt like it lol@@johannsebastianbach9003
Would be cool if they did something like the prequels but you cant see order 66 coming
Palpatine’s placement is perfect, He isn’t Evil Because he uses the Darkside, he uses the Darkside Because he is Evil.
I would like to see Gus Fring from Breaking Bad. He has the monster with the veneer of a gentleman shtick going. Cunning and ruthless but so polite and well mannered. Very Hannibal Lechter.
One of my favourite characters ever! Would love to see this!
Gus is my favourite character of all time. how calm and professional he stays is amazing
I knew gus reminded me of someone so obvious i simply wasnt putting together
does anyone know what movie John Doe is from?
@@asianwarrior2193 Se7en.
Todd from Breaking Bad would also be a great choice for analyzing evil! He’s definitely got some kind of naivety to the severity of his own actions that’s weirdly unique. Great video looking forward to more!
I would love to see one on Gus too
Good shout! Think this is a very underrated portrayal of a textbook psychopath who simply has no concept of empathy or that what they’re doing is wrong.
He’s obviously still plenty intelligent based of the business ideas and tricks he pulls but certain situations (SPOILERS) but still oddities like at the end of his life he just looked at Walter saying “oh mr.white” more surprised that he’s there rather then his own death and the slaying of his family/crew
@@DennisUrMenace Even more he was more in awe and amazement at how clever the rig Walter built was than concerned or angry right before Jesse killed him.
Especially after the movie expanded on him. Really good call.
Ah, yes. Patrick Bateman, everyone’s favorite sigma male.
His Grind do be hard af tho.🤑
he is sigma as fuck
He cried over business cards.
other than Paul Allen.
@@aquariussolaris2492 he had to eliminate Paul Allen because he was distracting Patrick from his grindset.
With Annie Wilkes, you overlooked the fact that she was a baby killer when she worked in the hospital, shown by the newspaper clippings that the writer finds in the house. Shoots straight from B to S imo.
Yeah she’s killed at least 50 according to the book
I never forgot. I'm always telling my husband when we talk about Misery, forget Paul, what about those babies? Horrifying.
B to Middle A.
That's makes millions of women S tier villains by this logic. Not that it's not true.
@@ozymandiasthemisanthrope6919 Don't be ridiculous. Murdering another woman's infant out of psychotic spite is not even close to comparable.
It’s crazy to realise that Walter White is more evil than Scarface, Scarface refused to kill a family with children while Walter simply didn’t care
@@stairwaytoheaven8 Ya but Walter was still willing to harm a child while Scarface wasn’t
@@Redleader4044 The only reason he did that was to stop Gus from killing him and his family.
Still, he was willing tô harm a child and Tony wasnt.
@@thegoldensorcerer9866 By his own words Walt did it for himself. Gus was an obstacle to his success, much like how Jane was when he let her die. As soon as Gus was out of the picture Walt became a kingpin and didn’t bat an eye at Todd murdering a child to cover their tracks. He would’ve killed Brock if he’d seen it as necessary. Anyone who gets in the way of Walt’s success regardless of innocence or guilt is liable to be killed in his eyes.
@@ultimatebladelock5212 But Gus threatened to kill him and his family so it was for a valid reason. And if he didn't care if Brock died than he wouldn't have calculated the dosage. Walt isn't some senseless murderer who kills people just because he can. Every time he did was for an understandable reason.
Could we get a video profile of Grand Moff Tarkin? He ordered the destruction of Alderaan without even blinking, but he is clearly a man of duty and principal who even Vader seemed to have a great amount of respect for, being a man who seemed to perceive any non-force sensitive beings as little more than insects
Tarkin was able to survive hunting Vader down during Vader’s early empire trials. Vader respected him because he really was a master hunter.
Grand Moff is a *beast!* 😘 love his character.
You may fire when ready
Having Palps at the top feels very fitting considering how most of everyone else on the list would in one way or the other work for or be products of him if they were part of the Star Wars universe
He is also by Far the most successful villian. Everything goes exactly according to his plan, he achieved every single one of his goals and he ruled with ultimate unchecked power for over 20 years.
I'd love to see Vidal as a loyal Imperial officer. He's got exactly what it takes.
Palpatine blew up entire planets, he caused the most death & destruction next to Thanos, but unlike Thanos Palpatine isn't doing it bc of some morals, he's just a power hungry evil ruler
I got Myers over the emperor bc the emperor kills for power and control. But he'll still spare his followers at least. Myers kills men, women and children with zero prejudice. He has absolutely no motivation and is just a killing machine.
@@InZamasuWeTrust Exactly. Not only that, but Palpatine was sort of neglected by his family. He also had Plagueis heavily influencing him, such as pushing him to kill his father.
We never see a single thing wrong in Michael’s life as a child. He killed his sister for no discernible reason. He waited for years patiently and upon escaping began killing again, again for no discernible reason. He was just pure evil.
Even in the afterlife, poor Jack can't get one over on Nurse Ratched.
lol facts.
The fact that the Ginger Bread man isn't on here and that the Vile Eye doesn't mention him just shows how much fear he strikes in everyone.
Agreed!
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It's crazy to think about all the lives Palpatine/Sidious has truly affected. He was pulling all the strings behind the curtain of an entire galaxy. Definitely the most evil on this list.
Ya boi Sheev definitely the GOAT.
I’m so glad he’s number 1 on the list
Agreed. I do think there are more evil characters out there, but of the ones Vile Eye has covered he's easily the worst.
Jar jar Binks was more evil
Obi Wan said it best.
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Joker (TDK) should be closer to the top of A tier. His “redeeming” qualities for all we know are lies, because his origin story is never known and we know he is a compulsive manipulator. He also relishes the idea of being an Agent of Chaos.
I get where you're coming from but in my opinion the whole "agent of chaos" thing kind of makes him less evil. I mean sure he's out there looking to cause harm and basically trying to ruin the "established order"(bit of a stretch for gotham but you get what I mean) but he's doing it because he wants chaos for everyone, including himself. I think that makes him a maniac but not exactly a tier evil.
@@hagridsdisappointingson769 I can also see where you’re coming from, but the maniac part of your argument makes it sound like being a so called “maniac” means you can’t be incredibly evil. Mind you, the tier list had Patrick Bateman close to the top of A tier, whom is truly a maniac and also very evil in his murderous ways, except, his issue is that he can’t control his lust for blood, where as the jokers list for destruction is completely controlled, dialed in, and calculated. Like you said, it’s kind of hard to ruin the “established order” of Gotham, because there already was no real order, but creating plans to pin people completely against each other ( the end of the movie ), slowly killing a man in Harvey Dent by turning his entire world upside down through death and manipulation, and continuously proving that he has no care for human life, with his body count of 23, all of which being completely brutal. I just can’t see someone like Walter White or Tony Montana being considered more evil than the Joker. It feels weird to me.
That movie has been picked apart so much that at this point we know which of his made up stories was the real one. He was a soldier in Iraq and his convoy got hit by an IED, which is where he got the scars on his face as well as his proficiency with weapons.
@@smexehcougah3 well we say this but truly it’s all assumption, even though I believe it to be true. IMO it only adds to him being more evil
Yeah, most versions of Joker are straight up pure evil. Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker being a notable exception
This was a great idea.
Another idea might be the philosophical exploration of evil. Different times, places, people's and individuals have different ideas of what evil is. Is it all subjective? Or is there universally preferable and unpreferable behavior aka evil? Common themes across all cultures would be interesting to look at.
I'll second that.
I'll third that.
I'll fourth that
I'll fith that so long as proper research material is used and substance takes over form. If thr video needs to be two hours long ajd consists in great part of analysing sources and citing papers beyond the usual spectacle, let's say of Analysing Evil, so be it
No 30 minute oversimplified garbage like so many others lesser channels do. No, warning that "ThIs MaY be OverSimPliFyiNg a lITtle" and proceeding to spread bullshit does not of spreading bullshit excuse you.
I think that an universal morality just isn't possible, I mean if aliens come to earth they would follow a kind of morality we couldn't be able to comprehend, and the same would be for them. For a universal human morality I would argue for its existence, because it's a product of our evolution, then every culture put a different spin on it.
I love vile eye's serious and analytical voice narrating a freaking tier list lol
Yea he sounds like Hal 9000
Or calling Patrick Bateman a sigma male
Thank you! A lot briefer than what I woulda said. Well done.
personally I would rank Alex from a clockwork orange much higher. he lives in a dystopian world where crime is normalised, however I believe he would have chosen this route one way or another, He doesn’t kill just because he sees other people doing it, he does it because he gets immense pleasure from doing acts such as rape and violence. I would personally rank him around high A to low S tier :)
+1. I can't say it any better.
Agreed. Pure psychopath.
Yea, just because he gets treated like subhuman filth doesn't mean he's got an excuse. The movie is amazing at making you morally conflicted. Obviously he deserves punishment, he tries to become a good person by going through the experimental procedure, now you might say, he only does it out of self interest, but here lies the issue, a psychopath that knows they don't feel remourse or empathy, trying to improve themselves by putting themselves through some disturbing experiments deserves some praise, they don't have the capability to do it out of empathy but they're still doing it.
I think he put Alex so low bc he is only 15 at the time. Also, at the end he’s like “I should stop” at the end of the book. But I do think he deserves B tier.
Yeah I agree a complete psycopath. It doesn't matter that he is only 15 years old.
Vile Eye, This episode of itself is S Tier. Keep up the Great Work as Always!
I'd love to see Willem's Green Goblin, and where he'd fit on this list (you'd certainly get a bunch of views on that too)
I feel he’d be A or S, but this guy’s ranking is weird to me. Thanos being so high is absurd, and idk whether or not he saw the Clone Wars or Rebels because Maul is not that evil in that.
He would probably go in B tier, alongside the other "mental health" characters.
Just a man with a second personality that does evil things
@@mr.stuffdoer8483 I mean, he ranks them by how much evil they are.
You get that right ?
@@mr.stuffdoer8483 I think A tier is fine for Thanos, I mean he literally kills trillions of people for a delusional cause. He thinks what he’s doing is right, but his obsession with balance is clouding his judgement on the many way better solutions to resource and population control.
@@mr.stuffdoer8483 Didn't Maul slaughter an entire village of innocent people in order to draw Obi Wan out in Clone Wars? He was still pretty evil. And A Tier is perfect for Thanos.
The Gingerbread man is clearly S Tier right next to Anton from No Country for Old Men.
S plus
*Time* *Stamps*
Colonel Kurtz 2:33
Gannon 3:07
Nurse Ratchet 3:44
Yevon 4:17
Amy Dunn 4:51
Joker 5:32
Annie Wilkes 6:11
Pinhead 6:34
Leatherface (very interesting btw) 7:10
Michael Myers 7:55
Jigsaw 8:39
Norman Bates 9:16
What's the most you've ever lost on a coin toss? 10:10
Patrick Bateman 10:53
Hans Landa 11:28
Kevin Spacey (in real life) 11:54
Shining 12:33
Captain Vadal 13:12
A bit of the ol Ultra violence 13:51
Margret 14:31
Amon 15:00
Judge Frolo 15:26
Hello Clarice 15:58
Tom's in the Light House 16:32
King Kong ain't got **** on me 17:04
Tetsuo 17:38
Luke I am your father 18:11
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐎𝐀𝐓 18:50
I drink Your Milkshake 19:25
Lou Bloom 20:02
Barnez 20:32
Max Cady 21:08
I like the way you die boy 21:40
*THE* *JOKER* 22:26
Beyond Terrifying 22:58
The one who Knocks 23:33
Long Live the King 24:59
Scarface 25:26
Evil Tom Cruise 26:11
You Talking to me? 26:54
Frank Booth 28:14
Mr Norton 28:42
Michael Corleone 29:28
Commedus 29:52
*EVERYONE!* 30:30
Noah Cross 31:10
Tony Soprano 31:40
Bill the Butcher 32:28
The child molesting murderer who comes back from the grave to murder 33:02
The Barron 33:32
Pennywise 34:13
Funny how? 34:34
Evil Nicholas Cage: 35:06
The ultimate C simp 35:45
Griffith 36:38
Azula 37:40 This is the only one I disagree *strongly* disagree with
Happy trails Hans 38:30
Mr Potter 38:58
I *LOVE* the way you die boy 39:28
Dutch 39:48
Play Peter Griffin 40:29
Hal 9000 40:52
Thanos 41:36
Re considerations 42:36
Gracias 🙏
Michael corleone c tier? They killed a prostitute in order to blackmail a senator. Just butchered her.
@@turdeyeblind You are right. There are a few other ones I would move around slightly. Michael Corleone Should probably be B list because of Fredo
He is worse than the Joker but not nearly as bad as *THE* *JOKER*
Annie Wilkes should be higher (he said so himself) probably A tier
And probably lower for Commodeus. As while he is a bad guy. A really bad guy he isn't as bad as Patrick Batemen. He is too sympathetic
Commodesus should probably be around Davy Jones as they are both Birds of a feather
Azula on the other hand deserves C tier. She isn't nearly as vile as Kurtz
Here's the thing about Azula. She is vicious without a doubt but in some ways she was abused by her father just as much as Zuko just psychological instead of physically
Something we forget about Azula is at the end of the day she is a 14 year old girl who was conditioned by her country and father to be a killing machine. And unlike Zuko who had his mother and Iroh the only person Azula really had was Fire Lord Ozai.
Let that sink in
Unlike say Walter she never had the chance at a normal life.
She is a 14 year old girl who had no one except child burning, genocidal Ozai
That's it
While Zuko had his mother and Iroh Azula really couldn't have turned out any other way than she did
Also remember the nations are at war even if she is on the wrong side Azula is still technically a solder (just a high ranking one).
Azula's actions are made as both a soldier and a possible ruler and unlike Kurtz she was born into Fire Nation service.
She couldn't just walk away. Kurtz on the other hand is a full grown man who CHOOSE to be a soldier
Because of this Kurtz is FAR worse than Azula
And unlike Tony she never really got to see her way of life is wrong as all she has ever been exposed to growing up is the Fire Nation and war.
That's it.
Nothing else
Azula is like Asami 22:58 but younger and in a kids show. And unlike Asami she is far less sadistic at least from what we get to see.
Murderous yes but I have a hard time seeing Azula commit some of Asami's acts. (Though maybe I am wrong).
And she does have some soft spots.
She clearly cares about her friends as she went insane when they left her.
She cares about her mother as she cries when her mother (hallucination) tells her she loves her.
And it's very strongly hinted that she cares about Zuko in a twisted way.
That's why she lied to her father and said Zuko struck the final blow against Aang not her.
She really had no logical reason to do this and she offers us some weird excuse but in reality she wanted her big brother back.
And she even said she was WORRIED about him when he started to turn "traitor" for team Avatar
If she where truly evil evil there would have been no talk. Zuko is a threat to her place as Fire Lord. She would murdered him in season 2 and laughed about it.
But she didn't
She did absolutely EVERYTHING in her power to "turn" Zuko good again. Despite the fact that she knew that he had the potential to be a massive threat in the future
In fact. I would take it a step further. The reason Azula is constantly roasting Zuko (no pun intended) is because deep down she cares about him and in her mind if anyone knew that she actually had feelings. They wouldn't see her as this all powerful bad ass and her father would also lose respect for her which like her brother she REALLY want's to please him.
The writers could have made her Zukos Older sister which would put her around 18 or 19 by the shows end which would make her an adult.
But they didn't. They wanted to make it clear she was the younger sibling because Azula is a victim.
Azula has some VERY deep seeded emotional issues as seen in the episode ember island But again she isn't worse than Kurtz. It really isn't even close
However Azula does admit that even she sees herself as a monster
Both her and Alex and Tetsuo really seem to be birds of a feather.
They are all children who are products of their environment and have been shaped by their parents (or lack there of) into what they are.
In the books she even shows signs of change once she is outside of daddy's influence
With all that being said she is still pretty sadistic, and manipulative and has probably killed a lot of people off camera.
She deserves maybe top spot of C tier.
She is bad but redeemable in my opinion
@@TotalTech2. i like your input, pretty good. And yeah head of the Corleone family as C tier. Mob business is bloody business with lots of collateral damage same as your Walter Whites/Heisenberg and such.
@@turdeyeblind Thank you I enjoyed reading your comments as well
I'd love to see you do an analysis on Gustavo Fring from Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul. Great villain with a lot of intrigue about his origins and backstory
yooo
I like how all the emperors and evil entities are in S-tier. Its crazy how a real-life figure like Amon beats everyone except for Palpatine.
I recommend you check out the video documentary about him on The People Profiles. They cover alot of historical figures but also they have covered alot of high ranking Nazi officers and all the way to the top man himself. Its done in very good detail while remaining neutral and professional. Highly recommend you check that channel out. When you see those such as the one about Göeth and the other high ranks how utterly horrific men they were with absolutely no simpathy for the suffering they caused.
@@orarinnsnorrason4614 Why are Nazis portrayed as the epitome of evil in modern society?
@@ArgonNoble I think because it was recent enough that it can be recalled fairly accurately and typically the higher ranking officers weren't the type of soldiers that were pushed into the regime. They were loyal to Hitler for the most part and actually wanted to do what they were doing. Also some of the torture and slave conditions they kept people under were pretty horrifying.
@@ArgonNoble because they were evil
@@ArgonNoble Imagine coming up with the idea of gasing a whoe race of people to death. then burning their bodies. then have a meeting about having to refine it so as to do this process more efficiently. And then just carry this whole thing out and do it. Thats what they did. Does that make them evil enough? And why did you even ask?
You put Annie as a B-Tier, but seemingly forget that Annie also killed a bunch of people offscreen. Not just the on screen torture. I think Annie's an A-tier due to her malicious killings as a nurse and the tortures.
Totally agreed: the stuff Annie did before we meet her (on the page or on screen) sets her firmly in the middle or near the top of A tier. Though she's unhinged, everything she does is to her own selfish ends.
Agreed, I came here to say the same, it's at least implied if not stated that she was an " angel of death" before the book, it's been a long time since I read/ saw Misery but yeah, I'd have her further up the ladder.
The reason for her killings mostly amounted to either a way to get ahead in life, or just out of mere joy.
@Nick Brown which ranks her in S tier, higher than I thought to rank her initially.
I did forget about that you're right! I probably would have put her higher if I had remembered.
Dude your voice is just absolutely perfect for your channel and the topic you cover.
I’d love to see a video on Agent Smith as unlike Hal, he is sentient. And even more so, though he explains his awe of the Matrix, he also describes how much he loathes being in it: the very system he strives to continue just so he can escape it when his job is complete.
I’d like to one day see you cover General Francis Hummel from The Rock. He’s one of my favourite action film antagonists of all time.
great choice!
Yea that would be awesome. Always loved him
THANK YOU! 🤝
Oooh thats a good one
He's really not even a villain by my estimation. An antagonist for the story sure, but a villain I think is a bridge too far. (SPOILERS FOR MOVIE BELOW)
While at the outset it's certainly possible he is a villain, information you gain during the movie shows that his whole plan was never meant to intentionally cause harm to anyone. The VX gas rockets are a bluff that he will never allow to hit their target, he only wants the 100 million to distribute to the men working the plan with him and the families of the men who died under his command, and he's genuinely pissed when he has to kill Commander Anderson's incursion team who pop up in the shower room. During the opening sequence, he's shocked and appalled they lost someone accidentally during the VX gas heist, and in the graveyard we see him asking for forgiveness to his dead wife, leaving his MOH on her tombstone, and flat out saying he's tried everything.
When he's speaking with the FBI director Wolmack who asks about the Red Sea Trading company, he openly admits its a slush fund for the US government for illegal arms sales, meaning the money he's asking for isn't coming out of the taxpayer budget, but money the US has gained illegally through sales it's not even supposed to be doing, a point punctuated by the other general stating "Jesus Frank this is classified information" along with an absolutely shocked look on Wolmack's face.
When the plan begins to fall apart, he fully admits the bluff, and tells the men to flee under cover of VX rockets and hostages and he will face the consequences alone.
I mean really at every single turn the guy is trying to either minimize death and harm and the whole purpose of the plan is the financial security of those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for their country.
I'm sure some may be able to crowbar him into the villain box if they want to, likely pointing out the inherent dangers of the plan, refusal to continue going through proper channels, etc. I just can't in good conscience put the guy in the villain category.
Kinda late to this but Annie Wilkes in the book definitely killed a whole bunch of people when she was a nurse from what I remember… even some children/babies. Great content by the way! Love the analytical process
Her character was amazing in Castle Rock, can't really picture her justification for killing babies though, seemed like she always had some rationalized excuse ready for everything else. There's that weird scene where she says Pinocchio should've died in his book because he's a liar, and liars deserve to be punished. But... babies don't lie. They cry, but they don't lie. Except on their backs
Annie Wilkes murdered children when she was a nurse, not just torturing James Caan. I think she should be higher up because of that. Good list though
She’s still a sympathetic villain because it’s implied her dad abused her, B tier is full of sympathetic villains so maybe higher in B or low A
@@MrSuperKoon I don't know, murdering kids is about as evil as it gets. I would put her in S Tier because of that, troubled childhood or not.
She deservrs A Tier
Would love to see Ozymandias/Adrian Veidt from the 2009 Watchmen analyzed.
Hell yeah!
Hes kind of like Thanos but on a relatively tiny scale
He's also like Kurtz (Apocalypse Now) and Berringer's character (Platoon). Understandable motives, but terrible nonetheless.
The movie version is definitely more evil than the comic version, but I feel the comic version is more well rounded and believable as a character, and his motivations are a bit more grounded and understandable
As someone who’s always liked villain characters because of their complexity (whereas hero characters are usually more bland and straightforward), The Vile Eye is one of my favorite TH-cam channels.
To say I’m glad I discovered this channel is an understatement. Keep up the great work!
Im surprised that Voldemort hasn't been covered yet. I love your content, particularly loved when you covered Bloom since it's one of my favorite movies.
Probably the biggest name not listed
@@mcdaviddeservesbetter8 Him and Sauron.
The idea of the villains tier list is great, excited to see your take on these characters level of evil.
Also would love to see an episode on omni man, he's one of the most complex and interesting characters I've seen in a long time.
This makes me wonder if you'll branch out to more, "Good," heroes and anti-heroes, examining their mistakes and acts of supposed necessary evils. How it makes them closer to their villains than they would care to admit if you could actually sit them down and talk about it.
I would like to see him covering the heroes and anti villains that oppose the villains he’s covered. Analyzing heros could be the name of this new, hypothetical series.
I feel like Anton doesn't just enjoy to kill, he feels like he has to. Like he sees himself as the Grim Reaper and if he doesn't kill, things will just be off to him. That's what I think makes him more terrifying.
THIS! Well said!!
The scene where he kills Carla Jean was really revealing. She refuses the coin toss, saying "the coin don't have no say". It was the only scene in which Anton showed even a hint of remorse and he didn't want to kill her. In truth, he really didn't have to. He felt compelled to because he told Moss he would if Moss didn't give up the money.
The scene with the gas station owner was incredibly tense and awesome but it makes you wonder, how many people does this guy kill a day? How does he manage to keep a low profile when he can barely buy gas without it turning into murder? He is a bit over-the-top, truth be told.
@@johndevitt5619 ikr, he had zero reason to give her the coin toss option, much less even talk to her before killing her. If he truly wanted to, he could've easily murdered her the second she walked inside the bedroom but he didn't. I'm not saying he deserves any sort of sympathy but I would call him more crazy than evil.
@@JoaquinJr That's true, but I meant he didn't have to kill her at all.
Villains that need to be covered.
1. Mr Glass - Unbreakable
2. Kevin - Split
3. Ward - Agents of shield
4. Norman - Hang Man’s Curse
5. President Coin or President Snow - Hunger games
#5 is just the kind of villain he would analyze soon.
#3 is a good one.
For the Joker, I often felt bad by how he was abused by many folks. His breakdown was something that wasn't unexpected after having absorbed a lifetime of mistreatment. He also normally killed people that were pretty bad themselves.
Uh...we don't really know what TDK Joker's backstory even is. And he killed plenty of innocent people
@@errwhattheflip They're talking about Arthur Fleck from the Joker movie with Joaquin Phoenix
@@thatjeangrey Yeah, I figured that out a bit later. My bad
Heath’s Joker is definitely a S Tier, he has killed many people in sadistic ways mainly through knives, blowed up a hospital, stuck a cellphone in a fat man’s abdomen, stuck a Pencil through a Person’s skull etc
I wrote an essay on Griffith for English class and why I think he is the perfect villain. My point being that although there are many villains who you can admit are bad people, but have a sense of charm to them that makes them likeable to the audience, or sympathize a little with, Griffith is different in the fact that he is so charming and charismatic to everyone around him that it makes the reader who knows how disgusting and selfish he is hate him all the more, knowing that other people in the story think he's a stand up guy. And I also made a point of how genius Miura was in flipping the usual villain backstory trope on its head, where instead of using a backstory to make the villain the object of sympathy, he uses a massive backstory to give the reader a compelling reason to hate the villain, and that a villain that the audience truly hates as if they were a real person is way more compelling than a villain that the audience finds admiration in.
I actually don’t really agree with him being S Tier in terms of being evil because up to this point we don’t really know how much of his choices were his own and how much got manipulated by the god hand. He also had a pretty bad childhood in poverty so I think it’s quite understandable to an extend that he is so selfish or rather focused on gaining riches.
Also we don’t really know how much his thought process got changed by turning into femto and if he still has an own free Will in terms of own goals
And the last point would be what I believe gets downplayed by a lot of people. Probably everyone would’ve sacrificed his people at this point he made the decision. He was mentally and physically broken, his dreams got shattered and he got manipulated by the god Hand trying to talk him into accepting the deal
@Jean Jacques Im still waiting on him being covered by this account
@@gggallin8279 Up to the point where Griffith became part of the god hand I believe everything is implied to be his own choice
Green Goblin from the raimi trilogy and Far From Home would be fantastic to cover as he is more than you usual comic book villain
*no way home
Don't ever change. A lot of creators tend to start trying to be funny and adding flash and "excitement" and other bs. You don't need that - it is in fact what sets you apart.
Got to disagree on Count dooku's placement. He had a (from his view) noble motive for his actions, was lied to/manipulated/betrayed by a superior into committing his worst acts, and showed no real enjoyment of cruelty and at times shows some remorse. All criteria worthy of lowering his position. Only thing you cant say for him is that he had a tragic upbringing
Maul as well.
He was traded off as a child as part of a power-brokering deal to the most evil being in the Galaxy. Even still, he has shown *some* redeaming qualities, such as care for his brother, and later on often finds himself at odds with arguably more evil Characters. Dooku and Anakin were, at least, full fledged adults by the time they were turned to the Dark Side. I'd put both Dooku and Maul in high B-tier.
Still - Dooku was what in our world could be compared to a white supremacist. One of his main goals was to put humans in top of everything, because they were the only ones worthy.
He do have a backstory
Depends. If you look at his internal monologue in the novelization, it's revealed that he was, even as a jedi, at the very least, a sociopath, if not an outright psychopath. His outward demeanor of a upstanding man with a deep conviction of personal justice, disillusioned with the corruption of the Republic was, for the most part, a facade. He did not particularly care for anything or anyone but his own view of how the world should be.
He DID have his best intentions for the galaxy, but said best intentions involved setting up a galactic authoritarian dictatorship and turning the Jedi survivors into a Sith army under his and Palpatines control.
Technically, he got his wish. Though he didn't live long enough to see it.
@@maikenlsten that’s different if aliens existed I would be racist towards them
Neil McCauley from “HEAT” would be an interesting topic in the future.
Simon Peter-Gruber as well 👍🏼
I partially agree, but I think Waingro would be a more fitting subject.
Hell Yes
Do the whole crew.
I'd love a video on Colonel William Tavington from The Patriot. SUCH a criminally underappreciated villain. That being said, I really enjoy your work. Keep it up, man.
The guy who gets stabbed in the dick and just walks it off while cursing at the woman who did it to him as if she just spilled wine on his favorite suit?
Very underrated
Oh yes I agree with this
This was amazingly enjoyable. What's especially impressive is Vile Eye's free style talking is just as articulate and well spoken as his well researched Analyzing Evil videos - as if he prepared and scripted this tier list ahead of time, but he didn't. That's talent.
*Ideas for future villains to cover:*
-Captain Nemo (Disney 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea)
-Jason Voorhees
-Ernst Stavro Blofeld
-Saruman the White
-Lt. Hiram Coffey (The Abyss)
-Johnny Ringo (Tombstone)
-Alec Trevelyan (Goldeneye)
-Caligula (Malcolm McDowell's portrayal)
-Lord Bullingdon (Barry Lyndon)
-Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin
-Colonel Tavington (The Patriot)
-Roy Batty (Blade Runner)
-King Edward I "The Longshanks" (Braveheart)
-Jack the Ripper (From Hell)
I’d like to see you do Esther from Orphan. She’s a very cruel and deceiving interesting character that deserves an analysis. Keep up the good work👍
Branching out with different types of videos while keeping to the channels theme of covering villains is definitely a good idea. Also, I hope you cover Tywin Lannister one day.
By far the best one to be covered in my opinion
Like the froits of th divil
For Analysing Evil I would like to recommend a certain character: AM, from "I Have no Mouth and I Must Scream". Be it either from the novella or from the video game version that AI really is a bad one to the core.
Thank you for all your great videos, I love them!
I read it and AM is either S tier or low D tier depending on whether or not he is truly sentient or just an AI
He is CLEARLY sentient; that’s the whole premise of his character and why he does everything.
Easily one of the only characters not on this list I can think of who could top EVERYONE on it.
@@molemanninethousand Yeah now that I think about it you are right. He is basically the machine version of Satan. And now that I think about it AM does show signs of sentience. He isn't like Hal 9000 at all.
For me the number 1 spot is a toss up between him and Palpatine.
On one hand the sadism AM dishes out is like nothing else ever seen in fiction
On the other as Vile Eye said if Palpatine where in an R rated movie he would be even worse than Amon.
They are really birds of a feather in a lot of ways. Both are totally sadistic with no redeeming qualities what so ever
@@TotalTech2. My longtime personal number 1 as the absolute worst is Big Brother from 1984, in big part because the real-life version of what he represents is the biggest menace on the planet today in China and North Korea, but I also understand and acknowledge that he is more of a symbol than a concretely identifiable character.
There could be criteria for each category:
S--evil on a grand scale with no redeeming characteristics
A--evil (however, not on a grand scale), with very few redeeming qualities
B--evil, but character has a clear redeeming quality or a reason for their actions (maybe they only killed bad people?)
C--evil, but character may have been forced, pushed, or conditioned to be who they are
D--ambiguous between good & evil. For negative action/reasons, there is also a corresponding positive action/reason. In other words, could be defended via critical argument.
I was very surprised when he put norman in low A-tier, especially below Walter. The things Walter has done - at least, on screen - could MAYBE be more evil, again, based off of the things he's done on screen. Norman kills a man and his whole family while revelling in their deaths just because of a small drug dispute, and would probably be more than happy to do it again. However evil Walt may be, at least he feels remorse
@@baloongalot What really puts Norman up there is just how unhinged he is and how much he *Enjoys* killing. Say what you will about Walter but at least he didn't enjoy poisoning the child and doesn't do drugs himself. Norman takes quite a bit of pleasure out of killing.
@@TotalTech2. oh I totally agree, I was confused on why he put walter higher than stan
So I know he isn't technically a villain in the show but I would love to see a video on Raymond Reddington from The Blacklist.
Hell yeah! He is a dope ass character
Absolutely yes
And Thomas Shelby.
@@brandonharwell95 By far my favourite tv show character of all time. The fact that he can be so charming, witty and flamboyant in one moment and then just cold, calculating and violent in the next, makes him such an enigmatic character. My favourite moment is the story he tells to the Stewmaker. It's so simple and filled with this quiet rage but it also has a weirdly theatrical vibe to it. James Spader is one hell of an actor.
@@hagridsdisappointingson769 between him and Michael Weston from burn notice
You should do an Analyzing Evil on Kingpin from Daredevil. He's a really unique villain and it gives me hope for the MCU
Not based on his appearance in Hawkeye though.
@@themadtitan7603 well yeah, of course not. That was just a glorified cameo
@@StarDarps
It's not really the fact that Kingpin's screentime was limited but how he was handled within that screentime.
This was genuinely a fantastic video and it was paced so well
i LOVE how this list puts the tiering system on how evil a character is instead of their quality as a character like other lists. that is pretty nuanced, awesome work! i hope we can see more tier lists because this one has something that others don't.
could you ever analyze H from Unthinkable when you can? i think he's a character you'd love to take a look at.
Tier lists based on quality are not only overdone, but are much less interesting. It's just like "here's my opinion lol" and that's usually the end of it.
I liked the ranking list, its good to change things up every now and then. Ps. General Grievous could be a interesting character for analyzing evil, in his expanded story he is somewhat of a complex villain, once a hero and leader for his people who end up used by the siths as an monstrous war criminal.
If I remember correctly his backstory changes quite a bit depending on if you’re looking at the pre-Disney expanded universe (now labeled as the now non-canonical Legends continuity) version as opposed to the current Disney canon version, so I think it would be worth looking into both versions to explore different aspects of his character
If we add on to the Star Wars EU, Emperor Vitiate would be an interesting character.
Love Grievous. Such a great character, one of my favorites in the series. Now _Darth Plagueis.._ 😏 hell, even Darth Revan or Bane? They've got some sympathy votes from me😗 Srar Wars is a great example of Writing emotionally complex villains. Lol
Timestamps for my own use
3:07 Ganon, Ganondorf, and Demise from The Legend of Zelda
4:07 Yu Yevon from Final Fantasy X
6:34 Pinhead from Hellraiser
12:31 Jack Torrance from The Shining
15:00 Amon Goth from Schindler’s List (real person)
17:38 Tetsuo Shima from Akira
18:12 Darth Maul, Darth Tyrannus, and Darth Vader from Star Wars
18:51 Darth Sidious from Star Wars
21:40 Calvin Candie from Django Unchained
22:26 Joker from The Dark Knight
23:33 Walter White from Breaking Bad
26:55 Travis Bickle from Taxi Driver
29:08 Michael Corleone from The Godfather
29:52 Commodus from The Gladiator
33:32 Vladimir Harkonnen from Dune
35:45 Davy Jones from Pirates of the Caribbean
36:39 Griffith from Berserk
37:41 Azula from Avatar: The Last Airbender
41:35 Thanos from the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Really loved your analysis on Griffith. I’d love if you did a few more anime villains. I think you’d make a great analysis of Johan Liebart from Monster and Light Yagami from Death Note
I’m not a huge anime fan but Death Note is so cool to me. Great story. I think Light would be S tier or possible A tier.
@@connordougherty9860 Probably A due to underlying intention, in no world is light above Thanos
@@davidcapes1567 Light is worse than Thanos.
@@davidcapes1567 Light is 50x better than Thanos
@@davidcapes1567 Thanos are no really good villain, his reasoning is stupid for villain that can be considered smart, why kill half of population when you can actually double the resource for them. Light clearly a better villain.
So awsome to see you doing one of these. As the first video outside of the main series, I feel that this is the best and most fitting thing you could have done.
You should do another tierlist based on how well written a villain is , since here mustache twirling means top tier, not for all of them as seen in the video but it definitely just takes to be one to get there
I think Clyde Shelton from Law Abiding Citizen would be an interesting character to make a video on. Similar motive as Cady but different approach to handling it
He'd either be high C Tier or low or middle B Tier. Same with Jinx from League of Legands honestly. Yea she's killed people and has caused some terrorist acts but at the same time she's got alot of issues mentally.
I love how in-depth he goes, with how he analyses each character, I would love him to do Dimitri Rascalov from GTA4. Great video.
I think Nico might be an interesting character to analyse.
@@kennedyshotfirst2534 Roman deserves a place on this chart for making me take him bowling a million times
I'd love to see an analysis of A.M. from "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream." Hearing what you said about HAL got me thinking about A.M. and the heinous things it did, and whether or not there's any deeper concepts to a machine that learned to develop a hatred greater than any other character in fiction.
Oh A.M would definitely be S tier or a higher tier all by itself.
@@xevious21 Yeah, AM feels like he needs his own tier. I've never seen another villain who engages in such horrific cruelty to specific individuals
@@anatoldenevers237 or one who takes such joy and pleasure in doing those horrific things.
@@anatoldenevers237 judge holden gives it a run for for its money
@@kingaskeladd5052 As far as actions go, AM is much worse, with a kill count in the billions and eternal torture. But as far as personality and the character's identity, Judge Holden might just be the purest evil in fiction. I'd love to see Analyzing Evil: Judge Holden, but of course Blood Meridian is never getting an onscreen adaptation.
Love ur channel, the unforgivin episode was great
I like the tier list to give a summary of everything! as for a few suggestions..
Thulsa Doom - conan the barbarian
Bane - dark knight rises
Ramsay Bolton - game of thrones
It would be interesting to see your perspective on a few of the antagonists from GoT, in particular Cersei Lannister, Mance Rayder, and the season 8 writers. But it's all up to you, and it will be interesting to see who you talk about in the future.
Season 8 writers are definitely S tier.
They’re on a tier of their own
I’d put Cersei at A, and then Mance Rayder at D, because if I’m remembering correctly he doesn’t really even do anything that bad, he just wants to get away from the Others.
@@BillMan5000 But you have to admit, a video analyzing Mance would be fun to watch. He's (in my opinion) the most interesting character in the show, and easily twice as interesting in the books.
I've just got to say that Hannibal Lector deserves placement near the top of S tier. He is a personification of pride carried to such lunatic extremes that his greatest pleasure in life is demonstrating his superiority by killing and eating human beings, a pleasure closely followed by the domination and manipulation of souls he considers to be lesser than his own.
One might argue that Hannibal's childhood trauma, the quality of his charisma or his profound connection to beauty in some way mitigate his atrocities but they do not. Lectors perfect sense of aesthetics and effortless talent for congeniality reveal that he was not impaired by the horrible things that happened to him and his family during the war. He does not lack empathy or the capacity to see the morally right course of action. Instead he understands the suffering that he inflicts far more acutely than most normal people could and he revels in it. He is not trapped by circumstance in any way as he is obsessed with creating circumstance for himself and for others and he is a master at it.
Mads Mikkelsen said that while portraying the character he aimed his performance at portraying the Biblical Satan and he nailed it. In the novels Hannibal thinks of himself as being like God, and believes his crimes are in kind to the whims of God Himself. There are no worse sorts of people than Hannibal Lector. The only way a person could rate as more evil then him, if such a thing is even possible, would be to take into account the sheer quantity of their respective crimes. For the quality of the crimes and the motivations behind them this character is as pure a strain of wickedness as there ever was.
considering that Azula was just a child who feelt neglected by her mother, and was then raised by her sociopathic father i believe that a tear is pretty harsh
Maybe, but she was practically giddy at the idea of wiping out an entire continent
@@anatoldenevers237 yeah. Plus, it’s worth considering that maybe Azula was favored by Ozai more than her mom was because she was already somewhat of a monster. Nature influenced her not just nurture. As he said, if this wasn’t a kids show she would’ve killed plenty of people on screen. Plus, she really doesn’t have any redeeming qualities morality wise. Evil IF she’s a product of her environment she’s still evil
“Everyone’s favorite sigma male.” Wow I never knew the man himself keeps up with the world. Adding on to this, I think you should talk about the Patrick Bateman in the novel “American Psycho”, the one in the book is more gruesome and violent than the Bateman played by Christian Bale.
Oh yeah, movie Bateman is a choir boy compared to book Bateman, who should be S-tier. I'd prob rank him just below the Emperor tbh. Amon Göth killed because of his position, but considering book Bateman's sadism (freaking finding a semi dead rat and instantly thinking of torturing women with it), with his heavy racism in the book, if he was given Göth's place he'd be worse, I could see him doing experiments like Mengele added with the horrid r ape of Stalin's right hand man, Beria (it's honestly sad how so many few people know of Beria, he was a disgusting animal).
That being said, Bateman as much of a monster that he is, shows some small compassion a few times in the book, like towards Jean. He also felt guilt towards him aborting a few kids and told a model to get out because he felt he couldn't help himself hurting her, so he has some very, very small empathy and understanding that what he is doing is wrong.
@@jaskrip How do YOU know about Beria?
@@celticmisanthrope Have read rather extensively on the Soviet Union during Stalinist times.
Suggestions of villains that could give an interesting video:
- Henry from Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
- The Governor from TV Show The Walking Dead
- Ozymandias from Watchmen
- Trinity Killer from TV Show Dexter
I think you may have been to harsh on Dooku as sure he is evil, but he didn't really start the Clone Wars as it was a multitude of factors like many systems hating the Republic and wanting to separate and the Republic rejecting their independence.
How about Light from Death Note? I'd be curious on your thoughts about if he'd have become evil without the Death Note. I think it just sped the process up and he likely would have been jaded as a detective and become corrupted.
No offense, but I think covering Anime would detract from his page. Anime/Manga is by far the most popular version of animated media. There are channels that get millions of views talking about DBZ and the like. I am glad he mainly talks about western films or even non Anime media in general.
@@donnydarkoh6411 Iirc he covered that bitch from berserk
I forgot the name tho (griffith?)
Ik avatar isn't anime but close enough, and the antagonist there was also covered
@@neonbella3983 Johan from Monster would be a good one. It's an anime that feels far more western than anything. Light could work too, but I can see why he wouldn't cover him.
@@aketsuuu Ive mentioned Paul Von Oberstein from Legend of the Galactic Heroes as an option, perhaps the best "anti villain" made.
I despise any halfway sympathetic interpretation of Light's character. - He immediately declares his intention to kill innocent people, it's in the very first episode. Only Thanos and Emperor Palpatine could've possibly killed more people than Light did, and I think that's debatable in Palpatine's case because it's not clear whether executions are carried out for their own sake. The Emperor's goal is control, Light's actual goal is to fill pages with the names of his dead.
I feel like Voldemort would be interesting, seeing how some people love him and think he’s awesome while others find him bland and mediocre
this list isn’t about how likeable or popular they are, but about how evil they and their actions are.
Oh by liking him I meant as a villain not as a person
@@Pabelotski-yi9zu by those standards he's probably A tier because he was put in that position by circumstance and does tend to show restraint to minor degrees.. idk though lol he is still a douche 🤷 😅
Voldemort would definitely be S-tier, comming quite close to Emperor Palpetine. He was massacring everyone who wasn’t half- or puur blooded, so basically genocide. The Dark Lord’s plan was to conquer the magical world and rule it with unmatched cruelty. He murdered entire families, even the babies. He attacked a highschool with an entire army. This army contained giants, huge spiders and werewolves. There is even a scene were you can see a werewolve feeding on a 17 year-old girl. He even killed the person he trusted and respected the most, Severus Snape, for a better wand even though he was already the most powerful wizard. Worst part is that he didnt even end his friend quick and painless, no he ordered his snake to end him which led to a slow and very painful death. Killed a unicorn which is the representation of pure good and innocence, just for its blood. And last but not least, he even sacrificed his soul multiple times for immortality.
Now I think about it, he is even worse than Emperor Palpatine.
He would be next to Palpatine. They are both the personifications of pure evil in their worlds, showing how awful people can be at their worst
You know who would really enhance this list… Detective Vick Mackey.
Or Tighten from MegaMind.
I've been waiting patiently for Vic for a few months now, just hope that when it comes it's 40min long at least.
After seeing those villains in S and high A tiers, I am once again sure "pure evil villains are boring" thing is bullshit. I really enjoyed this type of video, by all means try anything you want mate, I would love to see your favorite villains too.
I think Johan Liebert from Naoki Urasawa's Monster would be a great future option. He's my favorite villain of all time and deeply underappreciated.
How about a tier list based on how well written and complex are the characters you covered so far?
i 100% love/agree with your Tier List ^_^ and hope you'd cover JD from Heathers, Regain George from Mean Girls, Judge Doom from Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Jason Voorhees and his Mother from The Friday The 13th Movies, Candyman, Chucky from Child's Play, Gaston from Beauty And The Beast, Cruella, Jafar from Aladdin, Ghostface from Scream, Nancy Downs from The Craft, David from The Lost Boys, and Dr.Evil from Austin Powers
At the end, I could feel the internet yelling at their screens when he moved a few around and did his "final touches" which ones should move where. I also think that the list will be very different next time once you add another years worth of little evil pics. Can't wait to see if the curve gets wrecked. lol.
I’d love to see an analyzing evil of the Other Mother/The Beldam from Coraline; I think she’d be either in A or B tier
Going by this list she'd be S tier with Freddy and Pennywise. Same category of being.
I think Marty & Wendy Byrde from Ozark would be a great double video as they both (especially Marty) remain fairly sympathetic throughout but are also forced to make horrific choices. Wendy especially seems to be somewhat "enjoying" or at least becoming very indifferent to their impossible position whereas Marty (who caused or at least allowed himself to get involved with the Cartel) has retained more of his previous characteristics before the Cartel turned them into murderers & manipulators. I'd currently class Marty as a C+ and Wendy as maybe a B?
Darlene Snell should definitely be analyzed as evil.
You should make a video on one or all of the main far cry antagonists, being Joseph Seed, Pagan Min, Vaas, and Antón Castillo. They would make pretty good videos
I’d love to see you cover Johan Liebert from the manga/anime “Monster”. Berserk is my favourite piece of fiction ever so I hold Griffith to great standards, but after finishing Monster I can safely say Johan was just as if not more interesting of a villain/antagonist to me than Griffith
I haven't read Berserk so I can't comment on Griffith despite being aware of his popularity and acclaim as a villain. But yeah, Johan Liebert is amazing. He has all the qualities that make a perfect villain. He's evil, terrifying, intimidating, dangerous, manipulative, nihilistic, intelligent, charismatic, charming, etc. Even after all the chaos and destruction that he causes, once you hear his backstory you can't help but feel sorry for him.
@@JoaquinJr I can't really feel sorry for Johan. Yeah he went through some horrible stuff, but some of his actions are so messed up that it destroyed any sympathy I had.
Facts brother
I think, no matter what, Amon Göth has to be the most evil person and he needs to be the first in the list. The fact that he was real and that he did those horrible things in reality only for his own amusement and because of boredom is enough in my opinion. Also that the concentration-camp survivor started shaking uncontrollably when she saw Ralph Fiennes in Göth's complete SS uniform on set, because he reminded her of the real Göth, is just so sad. Most other characters are fictional and unrealistc, or at least their crimes and what they did. Göth's crimes were actually toned down in the movie and he isn't displayed as cruel as he actually was. The producer though, displaying Göth in his full cruelty would be "unrealistic" and he would seem exaggerated to viewers for a "real" person.
You should do a video on Frieza, DIO, Doflamingo, shang Tsung, Electro from TASM2, Liquid Snake, and Abigail Williams from the crucible. All very interesting villains that deserve more attention.
I’d love to see you start a series mirroring analyzing evil where you analyze heroes.
I'd love to see you cover T-Bag from Prison Break. He's also having a redemption arc btw and his developement is so good!
I think Walter should have been a "C" tier because he actually was much more sympathetic than you make him out to be. He became deviate, yes, but even in his evil, he was not near as evil as many of the characters on Breaking Bad.
But you gotta compare the other people on the list, he's not lower than mid b tbh
Well, anakin was way more sympathetic than walter at the beginning and at the end too, and the bad things he did where just palpatine orders. He was just a puppet…
@@user-yy5yw9nw9e The difference is that Anakin's kill count is a few billion higher than Walter's
@@anatoldenevers237 not true, since he turned to the dark side he only followed palpatine orders
@@user-yy5yw9nw9e "Just following orders" is not even remotely acceptable as an excuse for anything he did. Anakin literally murdered children. He didn't have to, he could have chosen to disobey Palpatine at any time, as shown when he eventually did, it's not like he didn't have that choice. He killed children, he committed numerous other massacres in the years after, and he stood by and allowed Tarkin to destroy an entire planet, killing billions of people. There is no excuse for that.
"Slavery is horrible." The Vile Eye takes a brave stance.
You'd be amazed though how many people still try to justify it though and frankly depressed.
@@EmoBearRights The extent of human depravity has long since ceased to either amaze or depress me.
@@DustedVeins That's probably sensible.
I knew you would put Palpatine on top!
That he's the most evil character in fiction and still such a joy to watch really gives credit to Ian McDiarmids performance
I wouldn't quite say he's the most evil character, but he's up there and is certainly the worst Vile Eye has ever covered.
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Judge Holden and AM are far more evil.
He put him on top of the list not only because his evil intentions, but also all the destruction he brought which is quite hard to contend with, except for other galactic buster characters like thanos or darkseid
You should do Lorne Malvo from Fargo, he's quite an interesting psychopathic character who has a unique perspective on things, in the show it's almost as if he's a force of nature, seemingly unstoppable to his victims. Also it's interesting how he's also the driving force for much of the shows events and even forces regular people to unleash their dark primal urges, for instance Lester Nygarred, who would be another interesting character to cover, as he's a bit like Walter White in that he starts off as a character owing sympathy but soon becomes quite the evil individual, so yeah I'd love an analysis on those two
He should do a Fargo special, covering guys like Jerry, Lester, Lorne, Carl and Gaer, Hanzee etc.
A couple of things : Ratchet should be higher because she abused her position as a medical professional to kill and lobotomize two men , High B tier for sure . Captain Vidal is a war criminal not one like Barns or Kurtz ( I agree with their ranking , the VC were the bad guys and in all reality they probably had the right idea on how to fight ) . Vidal earns a Low A tier in my book . Azula is 15, and despite the argument that if it wasn’t a Kids show we’d see her kill more people, the fact remain we don’t . For all we know there could be an in universe explanation , maybe Ozai did actually care for his daughter and kept her out of situations where she would kill more people, also she had bad mental health issues . High C low B . Annie Wilks is a funny situation for me , I’ve read the book but have not seen the movie , and my opinion , she should have been higher , maybe low A tier . First her numerous murders of infants and old people plus her own Dad ; and the fact that she slowly broke down a man reducing him to a drug addicted shell . As for the Star Wars villains ranking I’d say Palpatine is good ( I’m sort of split because Göth WAS real , but it’s a fair argument to say that Palpatine would’ve done the same thing on a grander scale .) Then Vader ( come on he’s Darth Vader ) , then Doku ( he can’t be blamed for the entirety of the Clone Wars also the CIS we’re sort of the good guys ) and then Maul ( he was a pawn and a crime lord nothing more ) . Also Griffin should be higher than Pennywise because Griffin was a man while Pennywise is an animal , and probably has a higher body count . Overall great list !
I would put IT just below Griffith because IT, although killed for pleasure, was ultimately killing to eat and sustain himself. Humanity was unfortunate to be on the lower end of the food chain. He sees us as the same way humanity as a whole see cows... Just something to hunt, cultivate, and eat.
I would love to put Griffith higher, but comparing a power hungry leader to beings that killed hundreds, thousands, and millions, out of sport and pleasure, Griffith is at a good spot on the list. He kills and betray just to meet ends... Although he raped a woman who worshipped him *just to spite Guts*. (shivers)
I say Griffith on this list is as realistically evil as a human can be while having redeeming qualities.
It was actually a female that needed to feed her baby ITs
Palpatine as #1 - "Goooooood... goooooooood!"
He can evilly cackle, but is also verbally skilled enough to persuade a homeless beggar to willingly buy HIM lunch. :P
I agree with this list, pretty spot on. I found it interesting that Leatherface was given a pass compared to Freddy, or Michael Myers, they are polar opposites on the list. A few characters I thought of that could be added: Bill Foster (Michael Douglas) character in "Falling Down", or Sonny (Robert Duvall) character in "The Apostle", lastly, I would love to hear your input of: Nameless Police Lieutenant (Harvey Keitel) character in "Bad Lieutenant".
Lorne Malvo from the Fargo Series Season 1 would be an interesting analysis. Really interesting character. Fargo has a lot of great villains who would make a great video. Like Mike Milligan, Hanzee or V.M. Varga.
I agree. Fargo has so much deep evil you can throw a dart on all 4 seasons
Mike Milligan is not even evil. He's like C tier tops, because he does hits for criminals, but he's so much a product of his environment and upbringing it's not even funny. And he's got a lot of good points to make about society. Varga and Malvo are like S tier, and Hanzee is probably middle A tier, because his criminal enterprise lasts for decades and it's so expansive.
Another thing that makes Amon Goeth an S tier villain in my opinion, is that he was real, and pretty much everything he did in the movie, he did in real life, to real people.
When they hung him for war crimes in krakow, the stool wouldn’t break and when he eventually dropped he hung for 15+ minutes before he died. Even death didn’t want to take him.
I'd love for you to cover Sephiroth from Final Fantasy 7. I think he's an incredibly interesting villain. I haven't seen a good analysis of the character and think you would do a great job.