Hawk of Battle said:
Any Bond villain.
Seriously they're all just like, "POWER!", "MONEY!" "MORE POWER!", "MORE MONEY!"
And all stupid as hell, with their overly elaborate deathtraps designed purely for Bond to escape from. In fact I think all the villains are jst intentionally incompetent just so that Bond can look good beating them.
Nah, I can't agree. Not all of them were moneyhoarding, powerhungry jocks. Most of the films villains are connected to SPECTRE or SHMERTZ, and are such simply fulfilling their jobs as part of that organization. Hugo Drax wanted to create a new paradise for the human race. Scaramanga was never really in it for the money - he wanted to test his prowess against the one man he still believed posed a challenge. Karl Stromberg, like Drax, wanted to give the human race a reboot, to save the human race from itself. Elektra King wanted revenge over her father, and take what is rightfully hers, not because of money(she had that already) but ebcause it was her
right. Gustav Graves wanted to unite Korea again, thourgh war and conquest, granted, but it was a vision none the less.
Mad Maniac with axe-firing chainsaw said:
The whole of Umbrella Corp. Why are you doing this? Since when did it seem like a good idea to research zombies?
"Yeah, we'll totally be able to turn a profit on killing half a city. Project approved. So, my fellow board members (yes-men) are we in agreement?"
"Yes!"
Makes you wonder who would want to work for umbrella. The job security (in all senses) must be terrible!
That's just being ignorant of the actual plot. While I won't claim to know the entire Resident Evil storyline and background, I know this - Umbrella was founded by three men. They found the progenitor virus, and found it had extraodinary abilities. One wanted to use it for it's regenerative purposes, to help mankind(with profits, of course, but nonetheless...), while the two others saw a potential bioweapon.
Eventually, peace-guy is disposed off, and Umbrella turns to the development of biological weapons. However, following the mansion incident(a field test, that went somewhat wrong), rats from the sewers were
accidentally infected with the - and G-virus. Umbrella never meant for Racoon to get infected - it was simply an accident.
So: They researched zombies, because, hell, why not? And in the end, there was profit tp be gained for either creating some kind of revitalizing product, or biological weapons(in the form of the BOW's - tyrant, licker, nemesis, etc.)
They didn't destroy Racoon on purpose - it was simply an accident.
And Umbrella was actually very well fleshed out in the games, I thought.
swytchblayd said:
Space Spoons said:
swytchblayd said:
I always thought his "motivation" was entitlement. For most of his adult life, he was normal, or, as normal as a soldier working for a monopolistic power company can be. Then, he learned that he was the last of some ancient race and that his mother had been the primary subject of a series of experiments upon said race, and promptly climbed up on a pedestal.
I never got the impression that he was out to avenge his mother, because he never gave the impression that he thought his mother was dead. He constantly referred to her as though she were still alive, and given the fact that he sent her to try and kill you many times, he may have been right. Rather, he seemed to be out to destroy the world simply because he thought he had the right to, as the last surviving member of a supposedly superior race.
Now, whether he was actually
right about all of this (being the last survivor of an ancient race, being Jenova's genetic son, having a childhood) is a whole 'nother can of worms. Point is, his motivation was still pretty stupid.
"I'll destroy you all because I'm so much better than you that I can wipe out the world with one spell."
Weaksauce.
Agreed with that last bit. But it seemed to me more like Jenova was just reanimated instead of alive. I know they kinda make it out that she never really died, but that's just stupid. You'd think that someone would've gotten the idea to end her pitiful existence at one point along the line... Anyhow, tis still stupid, and she was still weak as fuck in the early confrontations with her, no matter.
OK, maybe he isn't a momma's boy; no momma's boy would make their mother do the dirty work for them. So that leaves him as being a retarded asshole. Not much better.
Also, add the Shinra Corp executives in there for being the poor, dumb bastards to think it up in the first place. At what point did genetically altering a test-tube soldier using an ancient horror sound like a good idea? Kinda the same line of thought as Umbrella Corp's zombie factory.
Sorry for the tall quote. Anyway...
IIRC, Sephiroth's reasoning was even dumber. He wanted to fly the planet. Like a spaceship. To conquer space. Nokidding. He wanted to truly become a "god" by gaining direct access to the lifestream, fuel said lifestream with the energy of every living being on earth, and then fly out to conquer space.
Also, IIRC, Jenova had amazing regenerative powers, and was hardly a being alike us. Apparently, individual parts of her, even if seperated from the body, could grow, mutate, and act on it's own, while still being part of Jenova, like an Ant Queen, controlling her ants. When you combat her on the ship, it's only her arm(or something, long ago...) you fight. That's also why all the Robed men are heeding her call - they have part of her inside them, at she is still in control of those parts.
As for SOLDIER not being a good idea... Why the hell not? They had a whole corps of them, and only two of them went AWOL(as far as we know), namely Sephiroth and Zack.
