Who's Your Favorite Batman Villian?

[worrell4077]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 4:04pm

I thought this would be an interesting thread. This is just a thread to say what Batman villians are your favorites, you don't have to explain why, but you can.

Mine are
The Joker
The Scarecrow
Two-Face
Ra's Al Ghul
Harley Quinn
Poison Ivy
Black Mask
Bane
Mr. Freeze
The Riddler

So, who are your favorite Batman villians?

[lildogs]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 4:05pm

Catwoman--any version....except La Halle.

[Calvin]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 4:12pm

Marsha, Queen of Diamonds (gotta love Carolyn Jones!)


and Egghead.

The worst? Whoever it was that Liberace played.


Updated On: 2/12/07 at 04:12 PM

[lildogs]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 4:13pm

And the one Tallulah played--forgot about her...or Victor Buono as King Tut.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 4:18pm

Ethel Merman as Lola Lasagne

[Calvin]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 4:18pm

Or the Clock King. And the Riddler when he was played by John Astin.

[DG]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 4:24pm

I'm not QUITE as gay as PalJ, so I had to look up Merman's stint - her episode was called "The Wail of the Siren"

[Calvin]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 4:35pm

Did that feature the villainess Siren, played by none other than Joan Collins?

Gay checkmate.

[DG]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 4:40pm

I'm learning so much!

Merman was on TWO episodes. A credited stint as Lola in "The Sport of Penguins," and an uncredited one in "The Wail of the Siren." And yes, Ms. Collins was The Siren - guess she wouldn't tolerate any other credited guest stars!

And Calvin, you ALWAYS win that game
Updated On: 2/12/07 at 04:40 PM

[PJ]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 5:12pm

[justagirl2]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 5:38pm

^ Agreed.

Nothing beats a sociopath.

[justagirl2]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 5:38pm

Double post!
Updated On: 2/12/07 at 05:38 PM

[Calvin]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 5:39pm

I think I lose a few points, however, because I knew Victor Buono as King Tut long before I knew him from "Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte." Then again, I was a 10-year-old who knew who Victor Buono was...

[PalJoey]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 5:39pm

Gayer than laughter, am Calvin, and younger than springtime.

[lildogs]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 5:41pm

Cal! Victor was in JANE before CHARLOTTE!

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 5:42pm

Too many to try & pick

My answer is, therefore, all of them are my favorites

Updated On: 2/12/07 at 05:42 PM

[Calvin]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 5:44pm

Oh, Lord...yes, he was. C Minus for me!

eta: But it is funny how many of the villains were either gay (Buono, Cesar Romero, Liberace, Roddy McDowall) or gay icons (Merman, Jones, Collins, Eartha Kitt, etc.).
edited again to add: Or Leslie Gore, who could go in either category, I guess.
Updated On: 2/12/07 at 05:44 PM

[DG]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 6:11pm

Please, Calvin - the only reason I watched as a boy was to satisfy my Daddy fantasy (he's my ward, indeed!)

And then years later, Chris Seiber and his partner did that Batman/Robin thing at Broadway Bares and it ALL came flooding back

[PalJoey]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 6:21pm

You mean this one:

[DG]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 6:32pm

Yes, PalJ - and I even have a recording of it

[Holliwoodblonde]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 6:41pm

Love Catwoman. She's been played by some fabulous women, shacked up with Bruce Wayne and has fickle loyalties and such. She's fabulous and gorgeous and she knows it.

The Scarecrow gave me such nightmares when I was a kid (and this is from the cartoon) he's completely insane and malicious.

[jasonf]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 6:50pm

Definitely Catwoman - Julie Newmar was one of my first crushes (and yes, Batman was before my time, but I used to watch the reruns every day).

For actual villainy - the Riddler was always my favorite.

If we're going by the movies, though, no one touches Nicholson as the Joker.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 7:54pm

Holy Crap Batman

I cannot choose

[best12bars]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 8:00pm

Still the best.

[dfwtheatreguy]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 8:03pm

don't forget:
The Bookworm - Roddy McDowall
The Black Widow - Tallulah Bankhead
Dr. Cassandra Spellcraft - Ida Lupino
Harry & Chandell - Liberace (dual-role)
Lady Penelope Peasoup - Glynis Johns
Lord Ffogg of Ffogshire - Rudy Vallee
Minerva - Zsa Zsa Gabor
Olga, Queen of Bessarovian cossacks - Anne Baxter
Zelda the Great - Anne Baxter

and though not technically villains, but sidekicks i liked the over the top Sugar and Spice (Two-Face's girls) in "Batman Forever" played by Drew Barrymore and Debi Mazar

Updated On: 2/12/07 at 08:03 PM