psyber624 Posted October 15, 2012 Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 Re: Types of Superheroes/Villains Ugh, I would momentarily suspend my CvK to kill of theme villains if I could. Most of them are far more annoyance than villain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassandra Posted October 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 Re: Types of Superheroes/Villains Without theme villains would there be a Batman? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted October 15, 2012 Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 Re: Types of Superheroes/Villains Without theme villains there wouldn't be a Spider-Man, a Captain America or an Iron Man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psyber624 Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 Re: Types of Superheroes/Villains I guess there are theme villains and there are theme villains. I guess it comes down to exactly how "dedicated" they are to their theme. Rhino is merely a costume theme. Heck Batman himself is a theme Hero. It's when the theme becomes so important to them that it seems to dictate their entire actions that I get sick of it. Like Penguin always going after bird statues or attacking bird sanctuaries or whatever. There are some that do a decent job of staying "in theme" most of the time without getting silly (Joker, Scarecrow, etc.) in my opinion at least. Maybe its not theme villains I dislike, as much as cornball theme villains.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 Re: Types of Superheroes/Villains Spider-Man's villains are so much "themed" as "totemic". They are representative of the creature, but what they do doesn't have a lot do with what they represent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DShomshak Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 Re: Types of Superheroes/Villains Off topic, but this caused a bit of eyebrow raising on my part. You seem to have overlooked the Eighty Years' War. Fair call: I forgot how long the war of Dutch independence lasted, and withdraw the point. Still, the Dutch seem to have profited from their religious tolerance at this time, and that's the point of the allegory. Dean Shomshak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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