The Evil Genius Dilemma

One thing that has always really bugged me about the whole superhero movie genre is that the evil villian never wins. Sure the villian may get ahead but by the end of the movie (or trilogy) the villian is foiled and destroyed. I have several theories about why this is the case but I think I'm going to disregard the obvious answers and look to the fantasy world to find out why.

1. Supervillians are Conditioned to Fail

Supervillians are super villians becasue they have failed in the past. For example in Batman Forever Edward Nygma is fired from his job a Wayne Enterprises. He fails at his job and he is also romantically a failure. Nygma then transforms himself into the Riddler alterego. At first he tricks Batman but ultimatly loses. Once a failure always a failure, Supervillians are conditioned through the riggors of life to fail.

2. Supervillians and Superheros are in Cahoots

Superheros and supervillians always seem to have some sort of connection above and beyond the nemesis relationship. One prime example is Spiderman and the Green Goblin. These relationships ineviably leads to the idea that the supervillians and superheros might be setting up confrontations to raise their own profiles. Villians like Lex Luthor often reoccur, why doesn't Superman kill him? Becasue they are in Cahoots and the good guy always wins so they can keep up the charade.

3. Supervillians are Socially Mal-Adjusted

Much like point 1 supervillians are socially mal-adjusted. They do not know how to interact wth their society so they resort to violence and madness. Pick any supervillian and they are all socilly weird; TwoFace Harvey, the Joker, all X-man villians and well they all seem socially disfunctional. Society has rejected them already and their final defeat by the superhero is simply the final act.

4. They Never Kill the Superhero (Even when given the chance)

Every single supervillian has the oppertunity to fill their nemesis superhero but doesn't. Instead they organise an elaborate and time consuming way for the hero to be destroyed. The villian then proceeds to leave the hero to his/her own devices. Plain stupid. The hero escapes and wins, beating the villian from the inside out.

4.1 Supervillians Always Reveal the Plan

As an addition to not actually killing the hero when given the chance the villian also reveals all the horrible details of their plots. This gives the hero all information to he needs to stop the plot and defeat the villian. Superman, Spiderman, X-men , James Bond and others have all taken advantage of this and beaten the bad guy.

5. Villians Lack PR Knowhow

Villian will never succeed becasue they just can't market themselvs. In the free market economy only the best and most respected brands survive and no evil villian is able to understand this to take the advantageous market position to overcome the market forces of good.

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I hope this give some insight into why villians never win. They really need to take note and stock of their positions to gain the upper hand.