Re: What makes a good villain?
Incidentally I don't really accept that a good villain has to think he's a hero. Hans Gruber doesn't think he's a hero. He's a guy who used to think that way, but is now cynical and has concluded that it's time to forget about changing the world and just get rich. Still a pretty good villain. It is true that people who theatrically announce that they are evil can't be taken seriously. But then neither can people who theatrically announce that they are good. Those are assessments which are only not laughable when they are made by everyone other than the one being evaluated.
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