Keep your bad from being just… bad
A little bit ago we posted about Playing the good, bad-guy, now here’s another take on the venerable villian type. The folks over at io9 take a look at the upcoming seson 3 of Heros, which is going to focus on the villians, and they had a couple interesting takes on how their bad-guys are getting rather sucky…
Over-exposure. We’ve seen way, way too much of Bob the Company stooge on Heroes. But there are even worse examples. The Master on classic Doctor Who comes to mind: He appeared in one story and was awesome. So why not have him appear in every story after that? Always hatching one daft scheme after another, always not quite managing to kill the Doctor. And then in the 1980s, the show had Anthony Ainley on contract to play the Master twice a year, like clockwork.
and…
Draggy, saggy storylines. Sylar has many powers, but the power to hold our attention while he seduces the inky-eye woman isn’t one of them. It took him like twenty hours to get to first base with her.
Check out the rest of their thoughts with the jump below.
How To Create The Most Boring Villains In The Universe [io9]
