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"IF YOU EVER TRAVEL BACK IN TIME, DON'T STEP ON ANYTHING"

The Bible teaches us that in Heaven, we get to be reunited with our loved ones who have passed on. But what about the people who didn't die?  I always thought Ashton Kutcher was annoying, unless he was playing Kelso in That 70's Show. He played a great stoner / dumbass. But one of his films always stuck with me. At least the ending did. The Butterfly Effect from 2004 is a science fiction thriller with a sort-of time-travel element to it. Ashton Kutcher's character suffers periodic blackouts where he realizes that he can travel through time. He keeps using this power in an attempt to go back in time and fix some traumatic events in his childhood friend's lives, particularly a girl named Kayleigh, played by Amy Smart. Every time he goes back in time and changes something, he comes back to a totally different world in his present body. And every single time, something equally, or even more traumatic happens than before. It just keeps getting worse and worse. (And a warnin...
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"What Happened To Our Villains" by The Critical Drinker

"If your heroes do nothing but plow their way through a collection of unthreatening, neutered enemies then you'll never get your audience to care about their struggle, because they don't fucking have one... You need to give your villains their fucking balls back." 

Some good points made in this video from The Critical Drinker. A powerful, well-written villain gives the hero a sympathetic struggle to overcome, and makes the movie far more interesting to watch. Where are the Darth Vaders, the Hans Grubers, or the T-1000s in modern films? Without such powerful villains to face in conflict, would we remember the Luke Skywalkers, the John McClanes, or the Terminators from the beloved classics?

Aside from the Marvel Universe's Thanos and perhaps Gus Fring from Breaking Bad, who are some memorable villains from major movies or TV shows the past 10 years?

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