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WHY I FEEL THIS VIDEO EVEN HARDER AFTER ATTENDING CHURCH FOR SIX MONTHS

"Your faith blinds you... Only we can save ourselves." Some people have nothing helpful to say. Yet, they feel like they should try to say something helpful anyway.  This video comes from the video game World of Warcraft. Since I apparent have a handful of church busy-bodies whom I never once told about this website reading my blog and running around like chickens with their heads cut off every time I post something inflammatory, I'll explain... World of Warcraft was a major video game phenomena that became a cultural icon much in a similar way as Star Wars. Everyone under the age of let's say 45 knows what World of Warcraft is. The video depicts a character named Illidan Stormrage, a very powerful Demon Hunter. Illidan was never one of my favorite characters. He was a Darth Vadar type who turned to the dark-side and was the primary antagonist of the game's second expansion called The Burning Crusade.  Spurned by his teacher, who thought he lacked the discipline t...

"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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