Black Hats, Vol. 3

Okay, I finally got around to offering my picks for the best of the baddies.

Movies
Best Villain. Flash Gordon's arch-nemesis, Ming the Merciless. The guy watched his own daughter being tortured with bore worms. ick.
Best Villain Group. The Kryptonian criminals from Superman II: Ursa, Non, and General "Kneel Before Me" Zod.
Best Villain Organization. The Galactic Empire. This organization demands subservience by all it's members. Act up a bit and you'll find your planet blown to smithereens.

Television
Best Villain. Lionel Luther from Smallville. What a magnificent bastard.
Best Villain Group. The Legion of Doom. I loved them on the old Superfriends show. The good news is that The Legion of Doom is being resurrected for Justice League Unlimited. w00t.
Best Villain Organization. The new Cylons. Ruthless, relentless, and devious. Their ability to infiltrate the Fleet in the guise of humans adds a new level of tension to the retelling of the Galactic narrative.

Print
Best Villain. I've always been rather fond of Ultron. Virtually indestructable, he keeps going, and going, and going. What version of Ultron are we on now, 10?
Best Villain Group. The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. Not the original Magneto, Toad, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch group, but the Mystique, Destiny, Pyro, Avalanche, Blob, Rogue incarnation of the 1980s. While talking a few nights back, Mike and I recalled the way in which the Brotherhood slammed Colussus. Pyro heated his organic osmium skin to white hot temperatures and Avalanche smashed him with a tanker full of liquid nitrogen. Ouch.
Best Villain Organization. Advanced Ideas Mechanics. They created Modok, for crying out loud!

RPG
Best Villain. Mike's Juggernaut clone, Earthmover. I hated that guy.
Best Villain Group. Power Syndicate - Fastback, Hummel, Chuck and Airstrike. Like Mike and Curtis before me, this group proved to be a major pain.
Best Villain Organization. Genocide. The mutant hating organization still makes my blood pressure rise.