Having followed every single one of the Marvel Cinematic Universe films I have noticed something when it comes to the universe's villains as of late. They're villains, who isn't Loki, really aren't all that.
I'm not saying they suck as there have been some decent villains, Kurse comes to mind, but they lack the same memorability that Loki managed to achieve. The only villain that I find remotely memorable was Kurse from Dark World and he was just a mute muscle that was MCU's equivalent to Doomsday.
Yeah you had the fake Mandarin but the guy became memorable for a completely different reason. The rest had some nice moments but usually ends up being forgettable later on. Meanwhile Loki has gained enough popularity that people have been begging Marvel to make a movie featuring him.
It helps that Loki, unlike the other villains, wasn't some one dimensional villain but actually had some layers and a clear goal. Also, unlike the others, he actually achieved his goal. Now there is nothing wrong with having a one dimensional villain but you at least have to make said villain memorable. The closest villain in Marvel, off the top of my head, I can think of that has the same sense of memorability as Loki is Sebastian Shaw from First Class and that was a Fox Marvel film.
Maybe there is hope with Winter Soldier, Avengers 2, and whatever they're doing with Thanos but until then my quest in finding a good MCU villain other than Loki continues.
I'm not saying they suck as there have been some decent villains, Kurse comes to mind, but they lack the same memorability that Loki managed to achieve. The only villain that I find remotely memorable was Kurse from Dark World and he was just a mute muscle that was MCU's equivalent to Doomsday.
Yeah you had the fake Mandarin but the guy became memorable for a completely different reason. The rest had some nice moments but usually ends up being forgettable later on. Meanwhile Loki has gained enough popularity that people have been begging Marvel to make a movie featuring him.
It helps that Loki, unlike the other villains, wasn't some one dimensional villain but actually had some layers and a clear goal. Also, unlike the others, he actually achieved his goal. Now there is nothing wrong with having a one dimensional villain but you at least have to make said villain memorable. The closest villain in Marvel, off the top of my head, I can think of that has the same sense of memorability as Loki is Sebastian Shaw from First Class and that was a Fox Marvel film.
Maybe there is hope with Winter Soldier, Avengers 2, and whatever they're doing with Thanos but until then my quest in finding a good MCU villain other than Loki continues.
