Even
though the MCU has already worked through a lot of villains, it remains a weak
area for them. While the heroes are, for
me, almost uniformly wonderful, the baddies aren’t guaranteed hits – it can be
hard to find a compelling motivation or a truly formidable threat. Still, when they’re “on” with their villains
(especially in the TV shows,) they tend to be pretty darn on, so let’s take a
look at my favorites (spoilers.)
Loki
This
one’s a no-brainer for me. True, his
appearances in the franchise have had some diminishing returns, but pound for
pound, I’d say it’s hard to beat his glorious mind games in the original Thor.
Every time I thought I knew what his plan was in this movie, he
completely flipped it, but his motivations still made full logical sense. Fantastic cunning – I love it.
The Winter Soldier
Okay, so
this is a bit of a cheat – the Winter Soldier is totally Team Cap now, and as I
like to say, he was always more of a weapon than a villain – but I’m counting
him anyway. From his cool look to his
eerie calm to his astounding fighting prowess, he’s just awesome. The Winter Soldier scene where he ambushes
Cap, Black Widow, and Sam in the car might be my favorite fight of the whole
franchise – that shot of him flipping onto the roof of the moving car? Forget about it.
Dottie Underwood
Unhinged
but ruthlessly efficient – a winning combination. Dottie is a great, incredibly-warped picture
of what a pre-SHIELD Natasha might have been like, and the answer is dangerous as all get out. I love the spacey vibe and demented smile she
sports right up to the moment when she’s kicking you in the throat. Dottie is terrific in all her off-putting
glory, especially when Peggy and co. are forced to reluctantly team up with her
for a short time in season 2.
Kilgrave
The
creepiest villain, hands down. Kilgrave
absolutely makes my skin crawl. To date,
Jessica Jones is the only Marvel
property I’ve seen where I’ve been unable to watch it and then leave the house
after dark, ‘cause Kilgrave freaks me out that much. His powers, both horrendously violating and
holding the potential for such catastrophic harm, are bad enough, but when you
throw in the fact that he’s a superpowered stalker
making our heroine’s life a living hell?
Yeesh. I shudder just thinking about
it.
Mariah Dillard
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