Crime writing is fun — and the most fun is dreaming up
evil characters who do unspeakable things!
While trying to escape, Six has to fend off
evil characters who have names like the Janitor, the Twin Chefs, and the Lady — and she also has to try and avoid starving to death, because video games are kind of fucked up these days.
We quickly discovered nothing about him had anything to do with James Bond, nor
the evil character who was making nuclear weapons.
Some people come up to me and brag, «I love artists, I love art — it is just about the art for me,» as if I am
some evil character who hates art and artists.
Not exact matches
Rather than looking at corporate work as the
evil scourge of the earth (though you certainly want to make sure your personal values align with an organization's corporate values), riding the elevator to the 11th floor every day may be exactly where God needs you to develop your spiritual
character, your gifts and to reach those
who are broken, empty and living without knowing their Savior.
... Those
who make a great profession of religion have need to walk very circumspectly, to abstain from all appearances of
evil, and approaches towards it, because many eyes are upon them, that watch for their halting; their
character is soon sullied (defiled, tainted), and they have a great deal of reputation to lose.
In fairness, however, there have been some
characters posting here
who attack Christians in very much the same way, labeling all of them
evil.
I don't think it's possible to imagine a more
evil character than one
who could do away with the eternal suffering of hell yet allows it to continue.
It is a tribute to the power of this feeling that Melville —
who almost alone among mid-nineteenth century men of letters in America pierced through the general moral optimism of the expansive spirit of the time, revealing in powerful fictional
characters the ambiguities, the tensions, and the dark depths of
evil and delusion — that Melville should have written these sentences.
A good example: I've been playing a videogame of late with a combination Greek / fantasy pantheon in which the player -
character is a very faithful servant of a particular goddess, knows other gods exist (because killing them / beating them up is the main plot of the game), and winds up with an ally
who can clearly see that the gods exist but only cares about following himself — so there's a mix there of misotheism with a few of the gods (they are there, but they're
evil), faithful worship (serving a good goddess), and nay theism («You gods are selfish jerks, I'm going my own way!»).
From the blind ambition of Wilson to the revolutionary zeal of the starry - eyed Upton Sinclair (
who at one point muses, «by removing Capitalism we therefore remove
evil»), the
characters are so self - assured that they are psychologically, morally, and spiritually unprepared for the demonic storm that is brewing within their midst.
Two other definitions of God in the New Testament, «God is light» and «our God is a consuming fire,» indicate not so much
who God is as the integrity of his
character (light) and his complete opposition to
evil (a consuming fire).
These words are symbolic of the Yehudi's life and are the most fitting for its close; for of all of the
characters in this novel, deeply religious though they are, it is only he
who has declared God's oneness, only he
who has refused to work for redemption with external means and
who has refused to accept a division of the world between God and the devil or a redemption that is anything less than the redemption of all
evil and the recognition of God as the only power in the universe.
If such be the case, then Hegel is right when in his chapter on «The Good and the Conscience,» he characterizes man merely as the particular and regards this
character as «a moral form of the
evil» which is to be annulled in the teleology of the moral, so that the individual
who remains in this stage is either sinning or subjected to temptation (Anfechtung).
And like Anvil
who calls for extermination, that
character trait is a Godly one, used for good against
evil, and for the protection of a place called Holy.
It's based on a D.C. Comics
character who's Superman's mirror image but
who uses his powers for
evil instead of for good.
Some more blog reaction to my article on
character education in the New York Times Magazine, from Mothering 21 (a blog for parents of adult children
who aren't quite sure if they're adults or children), Early Ed Watch, and the
Evil HR Lady,
who writes:
And so it is with Megamind, the movie's blue - faced, green - eyed, eggheaded title
character, whose grandiose
evil schemes usually come to naught and
who loses every battle with his not entirely virtuous nemesis, Metro Man.
Those
who have somehow never seen a single movie will be partially under a Confundus Charm without a scorecard to track all the characters, connections and lore that lead us to the ultimate showdown between the bespectacled boy wizard and the pure evil of He Who Must Not Be Nam
who have somehow never seen a single movie will be partially under a Confundus Charm without a scorecard to track all the
characters, connections and lore that lead us to the ultimate showdown between the bespectacled boy wizard and the pure
evil of He
Who Must Not Be Nam
Who Must Not Be Named.
The film does a great job at capturing the cold,
evil nature of Ian Mckellen's
character (
who is well cast and gives a great performance) But considering that this is a film directed by Bryan Singer, you know right from the start that this isn't his strongest directorial effort.
Phineas and Ferb: Quest for Cool Stuff features many of the fan - favorite
characters from the hit show, including Perry the Platypus — aka secret Agent P, Candace, Isabella, Buford, Baljeet, and the
evil Dr. Doofenshmirtz,
who is determined to unleash his latest creation, the «get - rid - of - cool - stuff - inator» on the Tri-State Area.
The digging party, with its suggestions of film - noir plot twists and resonances, fulfills its violent implications with the arrival of a rough - hewn neighbor (played by the majestically stolid
character actor Tom Bower),
who tries to dissuade Tim from the excavation with allusions to uneasy spirits,
evil history, and «the Chicago Hall of Fame.»
He helps Jake Gyllenhaal's
character, Tony Hastings get revenge on the parochial group
who killed his wife and daughter, determined to exact justice on
evil.
Both Kingsley and Hopkins are veterans at playing villainous
characters,
evil, mendacious men
who seem to take pleasure in making the audience squirm with their nastiness.
And it has a gorgeous Charlize Theron, demonstrating in full fetish - wear that she has no idea she's in a Twilight ripper by turning in a pretty good
character performance as an
evil step - witch
who's spent way too much time reading The Beauty Myth.
Helmed by makeup effects maestro Gary J. Tunnicliffe, this lackluster re-telling of the Grimm fairy tale stars Jacob Smith and «Gossip Girl» Taylor Momsen as the titular
characters,
who wander around a bunch of painfully fake - looking indoor sets after their
evil stepmother leads them into the forest and... well, you know the story.
They give him the fabled green tunic and away you go — meeting
characters like Sheik, Gorons, and so forth as you track down the
evil and try to find Zelda
who disappeared after the attack on Hyrule Castle.
Expect the return of original Resident
Evil enemies, iconic landmarks such as the Raccoon City Police Department and fan favourite
characters, including Leon S. Kennedy,
who, as a rookie police officer in Raccoon City, is on your hit list to eliminate.
Native
characters are aggressive, imperious,
evil, savage, and the diametric opposite of the «civilized» white man
who blames the Native for being on white land before the whites arrived.
There's the great use of veteran
character actor Benedict Wong as an acid - tongued librarian
who is also a selflessly determined soldier in the fight against
evil, the transformation of his
character from the comic books to be enthusiastically celebrated.
Every blowsy harridan
who ever beset W.C. Fields;
character actresses like Gale Sondergaard or Minna Gombell,
who could always be counted on to make big trouble in»30s films; even Lucile LaVerne, the moustached hag
who made the Gish sisters» lives hell in Orphans of the Storm and served as the model for the witch in Disney's Snow White - none of these is an
evil patch on Midler here.
Then there's other such unclassifiable ephemera as the McLuhanesque meltdown My Name Is Bruce, the 2007 film in which
Evil Dead's only continuing star, Bruce Campbell, plays himself, hired to fight a demon by fans
who erroneously believe he's as handy with a chainsaw as the
character he plays.
Once they get out of the maze, thanks to the leadership of Thomas (Dylan O'Brien), then there's just a «Hunger Games» /» Divergent» - style race to the center of operations for the
evil and corrupt regime (sometimes involving a lab with white - coated scientists torturing people) to rescue
characters we know, some
who make it and some
who don't, and also rescue the whole world.
Not much is known about this
character, but SEGA says, «Infinite joins Eggman's
evil group of henchmen in Sonic Forces which includes Chaos, Metal Sonic, Shadow and Zavok
who have already taken over the world and are ready to create more next - level panic and disorder.»
Shadows of
Evil introduces four unwitting
characters who must uncover the secrets and challenges laid out for them by a shadowy figure,
who offers them a path to redemption.
Lundgren returns to play his Rocky IV
character Ivan Drago, the Russian behemoth
who killed Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) in the ring, then faced Rocky Balboa in the ultimate good vs.
evil match.
From lush cinematics to detailed in - game graphics, Resident
Evil Revelations looks great on the PS3, especially the
character model of Jill
who is not only oozing with sex appeal but moves with a human - like grace.
Masters of Anima sees players take the role of avatar
character Otto,
who can summon up to 100 units to fight for him against the
evil Zahr.
When you have such a deep
character like Loki, I was pleased to just have a villain
who was pure
evil and wanted to destroy the world out of vengeance like Malekith.
The leader of that group is pure
evil, but at least he has
character, in the form of Darcy Banker (Patrick Stewart)
who is accepted by the freaks
who decorate their «concert hall» with a huge Confederate flag.
As we needed further proof of her exceptional talent, Rachel Weisz delivers a mesmerizing performance as the title
character, a woman
who could be innocent or an
evil seductress with murderous thoughts.
While you'll certainly find nefarious organizations and individuals
who want to do this
evil or commit that atrocity, the story generally focuses on the relationships between the
characters.
Fassbender dives deep into
evil to find his
character, and along with Ejiofor, Sarah Paulsen (
who plays Fassbender's icy wife), and Lupita Nyong» o (
who plays slave Patsey, the center of the two most incredible scenes in the film), provide more Oscar worthy performances than any one movie can expect.
As might be expected, it is the villains
who get to have the most fun with the parts, with Lang and McGowan clearly relishing the
evil their
characters do.
by Walter Chaw Released the same year as Star Wars, Wes Craven's The Hills Have Eyes boasts of its own Luke Skywalker in the
character of a blue - eyed towhead named Bobby (Bobby Houston)
who, at an unwelcome call to adventure, finds himself embarked against the forces of
evil with a patchwork band of heroes out of their depth.
As for the new
characters, Michael Keaton provides the hilarious voice of Ken,
who works for the
evil Lotso.
But at least scripters Tony Gilroy and William Blake Heron give her a
character to work with, which is more than be said for other talented actors filling out the ensemble, such as Julia Stiles (merely marking time as the baddies» resident computer expert) and especially Clive Owen,
who is completely wasted as a barely - seen and - heard
evil operative.
The boss (Bruce Greenwood), a minor
character, can be irredeemably
evil, as can all the other members of the firm
who would like to see Tim fail.
(By Wong's own account, what he mostly took from the novel is two
characters who appear in the book only as old men; much of Ashes of Time is an extrapolation of the early lives of «
Evil East» and «Poisonous West,» as the two are known in the original.)
Levy's
character is Mia, a young woman going through drug withdrawal
who becomes possessed by the forces of
evil.