Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics

00:00:13 NARRATOR: Evil has many faces.

00:04:51 For me, the Riddler steps on to the stage and challenges that fundamental element...

00:09:09 And I think what's cool about villains is everyone wishes that they could break bad.

00:13:14 They're cosmic terrorists.

00:17:31 ...and looking at him and saying, "if we have an emotional spectrum..-...

00:21:54 Heath Ledger's Joker is a perfect example of that.

00:26:26 ...or did one horrible incident forever push them over the edge?

00:31:00 ...that he was being chopped off at the knees by the Guardians all the time...

00:35:07 He's like a bullet. He goes from point A to point B and he doesn't waver.

00:39:10 ...but also bearing subtle or sometimes striking similarities.

00:43:16 ...of when he ultimately finds out that this is his girlfriend and he's got to battle her.

00:47:40 He's godlike and it's not easy to fight him and come back alive.

00:51:58 So I think that's why Bane still has that kind of attraction to readers.

00:55:57 NARRATOR". This spectrum of evil is diverse and dynamic...

01:00:00 ...the criminal mastermind is both power-hungry and immoral.

01:03:52 There's this connection that they have together.

01:07:54 Batman's rogues' gallery, which I think is the best rogues' gallery...

01:12:04 I mean, you know, as a 6-, 7-year-old kid, you know, it blew your mind.

01:16:03 You know, purportedly they are.

01:20:15 ...you know, the enlightened dictator.

01:24:21 ...but have them suffer because they did something wrong.

01:28:43 ...where we basically fixed the things that we felt weren't working...

01:32:41 But before I do, I want you to have your emotions back.

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