Villian elimination game.
So a simple elimination game to find who the general consensus on who the all time favourite Bond villian is on this board. I will count the votes(if there is any!) After 24 hours and move on to the next round. I will pick the two to go head to head randomly.
I will give also give my vote in each op, and the reasons why.
Round 1: Gustav Graves vs Dominic Greene
I thought this would be an interesting place to start, as they are the villians of probably the two most maligned films on this board.
I find Graves to actually be a fairly solid character. He is fanatical enough about what he believes in to get the 'gene therapy', has a fairly interesting plan(to unite the two Korea's, albeit und Northern rule), and also offers a fairly decent physical challenge to Bond twice in the space of DAD. Toby Stephen's has a glorious sh*t eating grin, and chews the scenery at every opportunity. He does have some god awful dialogue though, and, god forbid,the Robocop suit of doom.
Dominic Greene is a much more understated villian, and Matheau Almaric does his best with a fairly one note character. Actually has a fairly decent, but brief, tussle with Bond at the climax of the film. His demise, though off screen, is one of the more original ways that a villian has been desposed of in a Bond movie. For my money he doesn't get enough screen time, and comes across as too much of a cog in the machine to be a standout villian.
My vote: Gustav Graves