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Main Page trophy This page features a ranked list. The ratings on this list were decided upon by an outside agency (in this case, the American Film Institute). This talk page should not be a place to voice disagreement with how the list is ranked, as the order cannot (and will not) be changed.

Wooooow

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These Lists have been edited and are no longer correct. If you look on the AFI site it shows that Vader isn't number one, he is number three, after Hannibal Lecter and the guy from Psycho Gavin Scott 02:14, 1 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Page Discussion

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Just listed this at Wikipedia:Possible copyright infringements. This is a non-obvious selection and ordering of items, so it's copyrightable. A list of our own selections of heroes and villains would not be problematic. Unfortunately, this one is AFI's version and they own the rights to it. The article itself doesn't need to be deleted but the list does, so I've edited the list out of the article. Jamesday 17:15, 20 Mar 2004 (UTC)

What if the list were taken and listed alphabetically. It then would be different and wouldn't carry the value of the listing ordering? Kd4ttc 04:32, 30 Mar 2004 (UTC)

On further reflection this is not Copyrightable. The show is copyright protected. However, the list of the people covered in the show is an original work that reports what was on the show. The reporting of what was on the show qualifies this piece as news reporting, so if falls under fair use. Kd4ttc 23:47, 30 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Not human

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Freddy Krueger isn't human? His Wikipedia entry sure says so..... – (empoor) 14:42, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It says the Devil isn;t human. Fair enough, but where doeshe appear on the list of villains? DellusMaximus 05:14, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

- Note: Freddy Krueger is a human. He was a child murderer while he was alive. Then his soul passed over and possessed the dream world with the help of the dream demons where he inflicts mayhem upon the children of elm street.

Firearms Trivia

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Does vader ever use a firearm on screen? He uses the blasters on his figher craft a fair bit but a firearm is handheld and gunpowder driven according to wiktionary at least. It could be that no top ten villain uses a firearm.Scarlet 13:30, 22 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ranking Gripes

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Travis Bickle

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How can anyone think that Travis was a villain? The only serious actions he makes in the movie are positive -- he saves a young girl from prostitution! I can't take the list seriously after reading that. 71.83.51.12 19:59, 25 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oldboy's Woo-jin

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Of course the list isn't going to change. But anyone feel that Woo-jin from Oldboy would be a good candidate for the villains list? Except for the fact that Oldboy isn't an American movie. I still think he makes a darn good villain.

Agreed, without a doubt... Woo-jin was great. 71.83.51.12 19:56, 25 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

American movie Heros and Villains

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James Bond and the actors who played him aren't American so why is he on the list Dudtz 7/22/05 3:36 PM EST

It's the American Film Institute, and the producers of the James Bond films are American.DonQuixote 18:35, 23 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Juror #8

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The link sends you to an article called Jury which has very little to do with the actual character. Paperdoll66

Darth Vader

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Why is Darth Vader on this list. If you take the character from all six films, he is NOT a villain, but a tragic hero. So he should not be included on this list. However, if it were a list of antagonist and proganist, then that would be a different thing all together.

Take it up with the AFI. Qutezuce 10:13, 29 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, if we're pointing out flaws, I find Travis Bickle's inclusion MUCH more inaccurate...if anything he's an antihero, but a villain? But however, this is not the fault of Wikipedia, but of the AFI, as Qutezuce pointed out.Eric Sieck 03:29, 20 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
It's just the opinion of a group of people. If I were to assamble such a list, it would be a lot different. I too think some things are wrong about this list, but it's all a matter of opinion. Therefore, it can never be right. --Vincent de Ruijter 03:01, 1 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Didn't Hannibal Lecter come in first place in this list?Gavin Scott 02:10, 1 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Non-fictional villain

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The trivia section blaims Captain Bligh is the highest ranking non fiction villain. Isn't Amon Goeth non fictional? The trivia section also lists Batman, It's A Wonderful Life, Schindler's List, and The Silence Of The Lambs as the only films to provide characters for both lists. But Han Solo and Darth Vader appear in the same movie three times. So therefore this list should at least include Star Wars.

Superman

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Why wouldn't someone consider Superman to be non-human? After I thought about it, none of the characters from Star Wars are either. So, I believe that replacing it with humanoid instead of human and omitting the mention of Superman would be satisfactory.

Jefferson Smith is up there...

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...as a hero (of course), but why not Jim Taylor as one of the top villains? If I recall correctly (should I put one of those *Spoiler Warning* things here? My first time), he sends his goons out to dispose of the "Boy Rangers" in order to obstruct their pursuit of the truth/justice/American Dream... I mean, he literally calls in a hit on the Boy Scouts! That's just plain evil, and if that doesn't make someone a villain for the ages, then nothing does.

The Martians from Mars Attacks! should be mentioned too, by that standard. One of their ships goes out of its way to topple the Washington Monument onto a troop of boy scouts. But more likely, the heavies in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington are too stereotypical to leave any lasting impression. Personally, I'd take Smith off the heroes list, too, just for being such an idiot. If all freshman Senators acted like that, Washington would be even more screwed up than it already is. BryanEkers 03:54, 20 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What about Maul?

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I remember several instances in which it was clearly mentioned that the Star Wars character "Darth Maul" was "everyone's favorite villain". So why doesn't he appear on the list?

How can Hannibal lecter get first place?

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I mean, how can a guy who eats people, get first place. Then Norman Bates, who plas some Psycho get second place. Darth Vader is memborable then does two????

Pece Kocovski 07:17, 6 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cape Fear

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Number 28 on the villains list is Max Cady from Cape Fear. But we have a problem: the AFI's list doesn't clearly say which version of the movie is being used. Is it Robert Mitchum in the 1962 version or Robert De Niro in the 1991 version? It doesn't seem right for Wikipedia to arbitrarily say which version is being referred to if AFI is ambiguous. -Phoenixrod 03:21, 15 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mitchum was much scarier, and he was there first. Clarityfiend 19:13, 12 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
scarier than De Niro ? :-0 . Nice list anyway. Amoruso 00:46, 26 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Article mentions both incarnations. Original nomination from AFI specifically mentions Mitchum; de Niro's movie gets a mention ("Also appeared in..."), but de Niro himsself doesn't. AFI crew must have found the elder Robert more frightening. Or maybe they had just finished watching "The Winds of War" on HDtv. --SigPig 04:20, 26 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Poor ol' Mr. Smith

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I don't know about you, but I personally find the exclusion of Hugo Weaving's "Agent Smith" from the Matrix Trilogy kind of upsetting. I mean, if this list has to do with a villain's popularity, Mr. Smith is a no-brainer. Also, while I've only seen the first Matrix movie, (I've heard I'm not missing much by not watching the others) Weaving's portrayal of the agent is great, and memorable to boot.

Ah, well, nothing we can do about it. (oobugtalk/contrib 20:32, 3 July 2006 (UTC))[reply]

The Alien from Alien should be renked much higher. It's an alien that implants itself iside you, bursts out of your chest, and then proceedes to attack everything. Plus it has acid for blood. It doesn't get much worse.

batman

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why is batman a villain?

He's not supposed to be, someone has been vandalizing the list. Brash 01:22, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism

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Before you read this, read below 'Up for debate'and then take the next part how it was meant to be taken: as a joke.

This list keeps getting vandalized by people who don't understand that their opinion doesn't matter when it pertains to AFI's top 100 list. I suggest we semi-protect this article to prevent any further vandalism. After all, what's the point in further altering a list that will not change? Until then, I am going to go through the article and fix all of the vandalized entries. For everyone's convenience, the following is a list of all the entries that have been vandalized, or are just merely incorrect, or just simply incorrect:

  • Villains
    • (26) Batman (Supposed to be: Cody Jarrett)
    • (30) Harry Callahan (Supposed to be: Travis Bickle; I'm going to attribute this change to 71.83.51.12.)
    • (45) Satan (Supposed to be: The Joker)
    • (47) Tony Montana (Supposed to be: Tony Camonte; this character's actually from the 1932 movie Scarface, not the 1983 film of the same name.)
  • Heroes
    • (17) Travis Bickle (Supposed to be: Harry Callahan)
    • (24) Hannibal Lecter (Supposed to be: Thelma Dickinson & Louise Sawyer)
    • (27) Alex DeLarge (Supposed to be: Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein)
    • (46) Scarlet O’Hara (Supposed to be: Batman)

Brash 01:22, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think that would be a good idea. I block-reverted a bunch of vandalism, I must have missed a few. It's hard to keep up all the time, which I think the vandals are counting on. -- SigPig |SEND - OVER 04:11, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Some of this vandalism comes from sheer idiocy, but it also appears that a lot of it is malicious, or at the very least mischievous, in nature. (Replacing Batman with Scarlet O'Hara and The Joker with Satan? Come on.) We should semi-protect this page to prevent further vandalism. Brash 06:16, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Highest ranking non-fictional?

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From the article's "trivia" section:

T. E. Lawrence (#10) is the highest ranking non-fictional "Hero," while Clay Shaw (#15) is the highest ranking non-fictional "Villain."

The #15 entry is not (in the article) Clay Shaw, but rather some German dude from "Schindler's List" (and it would not surprise me if this German dude is non-fictional). Who is Clay Shaw, and what gives? --212.242.162.21 22:24, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Clay Shaw addition was vandalism, and has been corrected since 29 Nov. -- SigPig |SEND - OVER 06:43, 2 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Poor Ridley

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He did't even get an Honourable Mention

Jaws

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He's one of Bond's most persistent enemies, although he turns good at the end of Moonraker. He's also the only one not to die at the every film he's in. He ought to be on the list.

James Bond

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He ought to be in there too.

Up for debate

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Before you start pitching your ideas for who deserves to be on this list, or before you start editing the list yourself, please keep in mind that this list is up for debate, because the top movie villains/heroes are just a matter of opinion anyway and why shouldn't your opinion be noted. This is not the AFI's list, it is just a bunch of jackasses on Wikipedia's list. Them telling you that you can't edit the list is them publisising their own opinions. I'm getting lots of laughs from reading everyones so-called rampant vandalism that's occurring on this page. Brash 09:44, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Since this page seems to be "vandalized" so much, I'm going to start rewarding users who edit this page so it can be up to date as possible. Brash 10:01, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Head to head matchups

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Just a bit of silliness, but am I the only one who would enjoy contemplating head to head matchups based on the numbers on each list... Like #9, George Bailey vs. the little possessed girl from the Exorcist. (Which reminds me--if "Pazuzu's Petals" isn't yet a band name, it should be). Or #33, Marge Gunderson from Fargo vs. Count Dracula... v/r, Hammon27 19:51, 1 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Lists Corrected

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Certain people have been playing around with the order of the lists, and so I have corrected the order and re-started the discussion of this page, please note this is not a fourm for discussing the order of the list. Take any challenges up with the people at AFI! :)

Gavin Scott 02:27, 1 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Trivia

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Trivia section removed per, Wikipedia:Avoid trivia sections Gavin Scott 06:00, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"trivia" should be changed to "did you know" or something like that. "GET SOME" 19:21, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]



  • In the Villains list, the nameless hunter who shot Bambi's mother appears.


This bit is unnecessary as anyone can see it from reading the list. I deleted it. If it goes back up I will continue to delete it. Maynardhater

Terminator[1] !== Terminator[2]

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I edited the statement about "same character" under "actors" to say "identical characters", as the terminators were different copies of the same model. Does anybody have a better way of stating that? ... this was the best I could come up with. Davidyorke (talk) 07:01, 6 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Actors Kubrick Directed

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In the section mentioning the characters that came from movies Stanley Kubrick directed, the character Spartacus is missing. Even though Kubrick was brought in as a replacement director for the film, he does receive credit on the Wikipedia page for the film, so I think he should receive credit on this page as well. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.136.60.188 (talk) 20:26, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism

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Someone has modified the number one villain to be Heath Ledger's joker - if I recall correctly, that was actually Buffalo Bill, of the Silence of the Lambs. This needs to be confirmed and fixed. SomebodyElse321 (talk) 03:20, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

IP users love to make that change lately. It's quite annoying. A 2003 list doesn't involve a 2008 film! -Phoenixrod (talk) 06:09, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Doubles in the List

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On the Hero side, James Bond (Dr. No, Sean Connery) is listed at numbers 3 and 46. On the Villain side Norman Bates (Psycho, Anthony Perkins) is listed at numbers 2 and 45. I could understand if it was the same character in a different movie or the same character by a different actor but they both list the same film and the same actor. Is anyone registered with AFI so they could check that out? Maybe AFI's list refers to something different about the 2 for clarification. 24.137.193.145 (talk) 22:00, 16 December 2008 (UTC)Andrew C[reply]

The Joker is still listed as double, at positions 5 and 45. If someone has the complete list, can he/she please correct it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.18.66.25 (talk) 18:21, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hannibal Lector

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It says in article that Ed Gein inspired the character of Hannibal Lector but i'm not sure this is true, perhaps just an assumption. It appears that the Jame Gumb character from The Silence of the Labms was in fact inpried by Gain. From other information found on Wikipedia:

Thomas Harris has given few interviews, and has never explained where he got inspiration for Hannibal Lecter, but in a documentary for Hannibal Rising, Lecter's early murders were said by the filmmakers to be based on murders that Harris had covered when he was a crime scene reporter in the 1960s.

Harris, who was a crime scene reporter before he was an author, has never given specific details about what influences that he had for Lecter. But in a documentary of Hannibal Rising, Lecter's early murders were said by the filmakers to be based on murders that Harris had covered when he was a reporter [1]. Harris, who rarely gives interviews, has never definitively explained his influences for creating Lecter. However, real-life cannibalistic murderers such as Albert Fish and Andrei Chikatilo have been suggested to be possible influences. In 1992, Harris also paid a visit to the ongoing trials of Pietro Pacciani, who was suspected of being the serial killer who was nicknamed the "Monster of Florence". Parts of Pacciani's killing methods were used as reference for the novel Hannibal.

Harris based Jame Gumb on five real-life killers:[2][3] • Jerry Brudos, who murdered women and would dress up in their clothing and would use their skin to make items that he kept around his house. • Ed Gein, who murdered two women and dug up several graves to make a "woman suit" for himself. • Ted Bundy, who pretended to be injured and asked his victims for help, and then incapacitated and killed them. • Gary M. Heidnik, who kidnapped six women and held them hostage as sex slaves. • Edmund Kemper, who, like Gumb, killed his grandparents as a teenager "just to see what it felt like".

(Ed Gein) He is often called a serial killer despite his conviction for only two murders,[1] though he indeed provided an influence for several fictional serial killers: Norman Bates from Psycho, Jame Gumb from The Silence of the Lambs, and Leatherface from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.206.215.194 (talk) 14:03, 19 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

More Vandalism

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It would appear the vandals are at it again, listing Shooter McGavin as the top villain. While amusing this is, of course, inaccurate. 38.105.191.210 (talk) 20:28, 22 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

John Wayne

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The page states John Wayne had most nominations but did not make the list, yet he is listed at #36 for Rooster Cogburn in True Grit. What gives? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 163.231.6.69 (talk) 21:19, 30 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Also shouldn't Rooster Cogburn be listed as a character in "multiple films" both for "True Grit" and the sequel "Rooster Cogburn"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.185.1.183 (talk) 18:49, 18 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Moses

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Under the section "Real People" it lists Moses. In the article under that name, it reads that there is no physical evidence proving his existence (with two citations). The only evidence available of Moses is in scripture, the vast majority of which is religious, and the rest can be assumed to be influenced by the religious scripture. For the sake of neutrality I think that either Moses should be removed from the Real People section or a note should be added to the page regarding the matter. posted by Pyrosphere (talk) 19:15, 15 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]


This is sort of like the issue of whether to list religious texts under fiction or nonfiction.  Those who are religious would obviously object to religious texts (or at least their own religious texts) being listed as fiction, while those who are not religious might find it odd to see religious texts listed alongside clearly-nonfiction works.One could make the reasonable supposition that this is why bookstores have a separate religion section.
As one who is agnostic, perhaps I am in a relatively good position to make suggestions, but the best suggestion I can come up with is to say that, if Moses is included, then it should be noted that his existence is debatable, including the two citations to which you make reference above.  In other words, the best recommendation with which I can come up is the same one you’ve herein put forth. In short, I agree.
Best,
allixpeeke (talk) 20:51, 23 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Should we block the page?

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I think this might be a good idea since vandals often change the choices around. 24.46.117.40 (talk) 15:22, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Just what is a "talk page" for

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If you can't discuss the content of the page? You don't want anyone to say what a suck-ass list this is? The fact that Josie Wales isn't listed here as a hero and Captain "Red Legs" Terrill as a villian invalidates the entire list. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.23.21.81 (talk) 20:34, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'll pretend you actually want an answer. A talk page, per the talk page guidline, is for discussing improvements to the article, not your opinion of the AFI list. -Phoenixrod (talk) 04:37, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Phoenixrod is correct.  Virtually everyone is going to have some sort of issue with this list, myself included.  That does not give us license, however, to alter the list, for, by altering the list, we would thereby be misrepresenting the views of AFI.  As Wikipedia editors, it is our responsibility to present the AFI list objectively; this would allow readers to make judgments about AFI’s list, as opposed to making judgments about our modified versions of AFI’s list.  allixpeeke (talk) 20:57, 23 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Include AFI's criteria for 'Hero' or 'Villan'

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Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid are heroes but Bonnie and Clyde are villains. There are several other examples as well. I'm rather confused by it, and I'm sure others are too. If anyone knows how AFI decided who were heroes and who were villains, I think it would be a good addition to the article. KickingEdgarAllenPoe (talk) 02:16, 28 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed that it would be a good addition to the article.  allixpeeke (talk) 20:58, 23 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Which "Scarface" were they talking about?

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The villain listed on AFI's "100 Years…100 Heroes and Villains" website for Scarface is Tony Camonte, which would indicate that they mean Paul Muni from Scarface (1932 film). However, when I saw AFI's show on TV, all the movie clips for that villain showed Al Pacino playing Tony Montana in Scarface (1983 film), including, if I remember correctly, the clip with the quote: "Say hello to my little friend!"

Which is authoritative, the website, or the TV presentation?

Sincerely, SamBlob (talk) 21:59, 5 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Heath Ledger ... of Oz

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Wicked Witch of the West Heath Ledger Wizard of Oz???? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.249.49.128 (talk) 10:36, 6 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]


Will someone please fix #4 on the villains, I know it wasn't horrible Heath Ledger's joker, but I don't know who it was — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.32.231.158 (talkcontribs) 6 June 2011

I've fixed it back to Margaret Hamilton in The Wizard of Oz. -Phoenixrod (talk) 01:18, 7 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Even more vandalism

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I'm pretty sure a Taylor Lautner character wouldn't be at the top. I think this page should be locked. Coreythenerd (talk) 17:12, 23 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Nice timing, I was just about to correct that, but someone beat me to it! Axium (talk) 21:46, 23 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Glenn Close twice?

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I see Glenn Close is listed as being listed twice, but she is only on the list once currently. Was she previously listed as Cruella De Vil (#39)? Either she needs restored to the list, or she needs removed from the list of women who are listed twice. I don't have a URL for the AFI's official list. 128.227.57.58 (talk) 19:40, 5 April 2012 (UTC). Sorry - I was not signed in before NightBear (talk) 20:50, 5 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Edits

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I went through the article today, making a large variety of small alterations mainly to improve readability.  I incorporated the Oxford comma wherever it was missing.  I added some links (e.g., Terminator (character)), and I moved a few things around.  I separated one of the larger bullet pointed items into two separate bullet point items.  I added a “citation needed” thing to one of the factoids.  I also made some other little changes, such as changing the term female villains to villainesses.

I doubt one will find anything controversial about my edit, since I didn’t really remove any information (other than removing the redundant listing of Michael and Kirk Douglas’s rankings from the ==The actors== section) nor add any information (other than the Terminator&$8217;s model number, which I felt was useful in helping the reader understand in what sense the Terminator from The Terminator and the Terminator from Terminator 2: Judgment Day were either the same or different “characters”).

I reorganised what order the bullet pointed items appear in the ==The characters== section because I believe this new order flows more smoothly.  Again, I doubt one will find anything controversial in this.

Still, feel free to read over and review the edit.

Best,
allixpeeke (talk) 21:29, 23 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Layout

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Am I the only person who really, really dislikes the single table layout? It makes more sense to me to have two separate tables, one of heroes and one of villains. Having a hero and villain on the same row implies, at least in my mind, a relationship that doesn't exist. Jelloman (talk) 04:11, 15 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No, you're not the only person. I agree. Furrycat66 (talk) 06:13, 24 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
It is confusing. As this was a "Heroes&Villains" list, one may be lead to believe that this is a list of epic clashes. So, when it appeared that that Darth Vader was the villain of Indiana Jones, I thought vandalism or a computer script gone awry. 84.211.138.201 (talk) 06:16, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Absolutely, was very confused by this bizarre choice of layout. It should be two tables, a heading above each saying Heroes and Villains, and 50 rows each. 203.97.255.148 (talk) 11:17, 24 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

No mention of Heath Ledger from the The Dark Knight as Top 100 Villians?

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No mention of Heath Ledger from the The Dark Knight as Top 100 Villians? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.85.9.113 (talk) 12:24, 27 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

See 1.6 Vandalism on this page. This is a standing list published by the AFI in 2003. Shandorian (talk) 10:00, 10 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Re. Notes

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I have to confess that I'm wildly irritated by the notes. Often when they state "multiple films" they refer to the character rather than to the actor, who played that character only once (Errol Flynn - Robin Hood, Tyrone Power - Zorro) or twice (Bela Lugosi - Dracula). In some cases it does overlap, of course (Sean Connery - James Bond, Harrison Ford - Indiana Jones, Dave Prowse - Darth Vader, Sylvester Stallone - Rocky, Clint Eastwood - Harry Callahan). Yet there are often characters who appeared in multiple movies (Joker, Captain Bligh), and even characters that appeared in multiple movies played by the same actor (Anthony Perkins - Norman Bates, Al Pacino - Michael Corleone, Sidney Poitier - Virgil Tibbs, John Wayne - Rooster Cogburn, Spencer Tracy - Father Edward), but are only listed for one specific movie. Does that make any sense? Not to me. Did the AFI do the notes?

I'm also irritated that Obi-Wan Kenobi is the only character listed with both actors playing the part. Can't imagine that's correct - or it would make the list even more idiotic. Shandorian (talk) 09:55, 10 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Troll alert

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Someone put a "golden" ticket on the Villains list with Grandpa Joe from the original Willy Wonka as numero uno. Espngeek (talk) 15:26, 9 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, it seems to be some ridiculous Reddit stunt. You guys might want to keep an eye on this page for a bit. Um, actually, would you like me to include a link to the post in question, if that helps you figure out the best course of action to take? Goddale120 (talk) 17:16, 9 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The edits are coming from a sub called r/GrandpaJoeHate. There are two posts. Here's the first one and here's the second one. I am very sorry on behalf of this sub. 2600:1700:FEC0:6F10:CDB5:7C8D:1F8F:9F06 (talk) 13:35, 10 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 12 March 2021

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Lameusername11122 (talk) 14:31, 12 March 2021 (UTC)the 21st villain is grunty boi from sponsored sections in Mandjtv videos.[reply]
Please provide sources. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 14:44, 12 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Trivia Section

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Why people keep deleting the trivia section/additional facts ??? What's wrong with it? TravisPm19 (talk) 06:36, 5 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]