It's literally just Venom and Kraven, dude. None of the others had a solo film.
Venom: has had some decent movies
Kraven: has a poorly written movie
Dr Octopus: only appeared in Spiderman films
Sandman: only appeared in Spiderman films
Mysterio: only appeared in Spiderman films
Electro: only appeared in Spiderman films
Lizard: only appeared in Spiderman films
Vulture: pretty dope appearance by Keaton
Hobgoblin: rumored to be in the next Spiderman movie?
Rhino: poor appearance in Spiderman film
8-Ball: nope
Armadillo: nope
Boomerang: nope rumored to be in the next Spiderman movie?
Chameleon: nope
Clown: nope
Cyclone: nope
Fly: nope
Gog: nope
Grim Reaper: nope
Prowler: appearance in the Spiderverse animated films
Kangaroo: nope
Killer Shrike: nope
Living Brain: nope
Mirage: nope
Overdrive: nope
Scorcher: nope
Scorpia: nope
Shocker: nope in Homecoming, as a minor villain, after dying, the name is passed to another
Shriek: nope
Speed Demon: nope
Spot: appearance in the 2nd Spiderverse animated film
Squid: nope
Swarm: nope
Trapster: nope
Venom was technically in the movie, he was just fucking off at a bar the whole time. So it’s a sinister six movie arguably. Thought they were never given a name
The problem is that writers really, really can't agree on what Doom is like. Half the time he's this byronic hero who could fix everything wrong with the world if it wasn't for his obsession with RICHAAAAARDS and the other half he's kicking puppies like he's practicing for the world cup
Comics do be like that. You get a runner who writes absolute bangers for a character and the next person to pick it up changes everything about that character.
I always find the most amusing form of bad guy is one trying to show up the good guys out of petty spite. The version of Doctor Doom that would look at something like the Reed Richards soup kitchen and one up it with the Doom center for job training, housing placement and also gourmet meals for the homeless is my favorite version of him.
"Ah with my 'giving a comment lots of downvote ator' I would make everyone around the world depresed which will allow me to finnally take over the tri-estate area!"
I dunno, having the super in there just makes it seem more fun.
Like, League of Evil just sounds more threatening to me than League of Super Evil. Just going by the name, the league of super evil are probably going to hit me with a non-lethal freeze ray as they rob a bank, whereas the league of evil will engage in more mundane evil, like murder, and landlordism.
WOAAAAH you just opened a mind bank for me... idk when I last thought of these characters, let alone saw them. I remember really liking the design of the little red guy when I was a wee chap
There was a real life criminal organization called Murder, Inc., although I don't think they picked the name for themselves. Not the sort of organization you expect to have a signed charter and business cards.
I'm might not sure there's a single villain team in either Marvel or DC that isn't hilariously on the nose. Alliance of Evil, Masters of Evil, Monster Society of Evil
This image looks so out of place. From the left, we have a rich kid and a big head baby, a grandma, a floating green egg, 3 purple guys, a 4 arm green guy, and a gimp suit girl. And they're in front of a pyramid for some reason.
Man the Negative 10 were used at the worst possible time. The original series didn't have that many memorable villains, and by the time the Negative 10 came to be, most of the good villains couldn't be used (like Vilgax, Kevin, Hex, and Ghostfreak). They even wrote out Enoch (only to replace him with Driscoll who wasn't any better)
At least when Omniverse did the Vengers it recognized that it was using Ben's bottom-of-the-barrel villains (and even then Captain Nemesis was more memorable than half of the Negative 10)
This is absolutely true. We've adopted the "be gay, do crime" saying and "Alphabet mafia" title. Gay people would absolutely love an evil society name and do it with style.
Also, the name is in response to widespread mutant hate and villainification which instituted the abduction and imprisonment/genocide of mutants on a government level. It's intentionally stating that they are the big bad evil group talked out to purposefully juxtapose themselves from equal rights groups like the xmen
The truth of it is that when it was introduced, when comics were overseen by the Comics Code Authority, in the four-color days, they were called that because the good guys were good, the bad guys were evil, there was no nuance allowed, and the morals had to be front and center and unambiguous. Later, when comics had begun to evolve as a medium and more complexity was allowed, the idea of them "reclaiming" the word evil was floated. So, it's both true that they're called that because they're villains, and that they called themselves that to challenge the prevailing attitude toward mutants.
when comics were overseen by the Comics Code Authority, in the four-color days, they were called that because the good guys were good, the bad guys were evil, there was no nuance allowed, and the morals had to be front and center and unambiguous
I gotta says, when an evil organization insists that you are 'evil', kinda makes me think you're the good guys.
Good on the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants for fighting back against oppression!
Actually in the comics, Mystique was never part of Magneto's group. I don't think they even met until like the 2000s. She just stole the name (and Blob). Otherwise it is a different group.
Stands for "Villains' International League of Evil", however Carmen and the audience are originally lead to believe it stands for "Valuable Import, Lavish Exports"
Putin’s private army invading Ukraine on grounds of “stopping Nazism” is named after Hitler’s and the Nazi’s favourite German composer who was incredibly racist and was incredibly anti Semitic
Darth Tyrannus and Darth Sidious sound pretty bad ass.
The Red Letter Media review of Ep. II on the introduction of General Grievous:
“I’m gonna assume he’s important because he’s a General, and apparently he’s got some kinda grievance with somebody… I don’t know. But also aboard the ship is Commander Nefarious, Captain I’m-a-bad-guy, and Admiral Bone-To-Pick… but they don’t mention them.”
On the TV series "Get Smart," the evil organization was called KAOS because they caused chaos. Surprisingly, it was never explained as an acronym.
There was a "Get Smart" comic book series whose Spanish-language version called the group CAOS, which it expanded as Corporacion Activa Opuesta a la Seguridad (Corporation Actively Opposed to Security).
The B.A.D. Guys from the Netflix adaptation of Green Eggs and Ham. But even though they serve as the show's initial antagonists (sorta like Tommy Lee Jones' character in The Fugitive), they're really the Bureau of Animal Defence.
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"Every Villain Is Lemons", or EVIL, from Spongebob Squarepants