Hot Bad Criteria

Criteria for Selection, or The Method to Our Madness

Aside from being a Dangerous and Frightening Journey into the Minds of Those with Too Much Time, The Hot Bad Guy lists are above all fun. They are meant to get us and All of You Out There thinking about Hot Guys. And that's always fun. Our secondary goal is to introduce You and Each Other to movies that you may not have heard of. If the movie has a Hot Bad Guy in it, so much the better.

So, how do we select guys for the lists? Okay, first off, their ultimate inclusion is completely subjective. In order to be voted on, the guy has to have two of us in his corner. (Or one of us in his bed, but that's a different web site.) So, even if You think that So-and-So is the Greatest Thing Since Sliced Pastrami, if none of us agree with you, he won't get on the list. We DO take suggestions and have been known to make Special Trips to the Video Store for Research Purposes. The Guys also have to meet the following criteria:

They Must Be Hot. (That's where the subjectivity comes in.)
They Must Be Bad.
They Must Be Guys. (Do we see a theme here?)
They Must Be Hot in the Same Role in which They Are Bad. If an ordinarily hot guy plays a bad guy, but looks all creepy and scary in the role, he doesn't get in.

Hot Bad Nominees are also eliminated from inclusion if:

They Play Pedophiles. It reduces their attractiveness dramatically. However, if a Nominee is being considered for another Role, his having played a pedophile will not preclude him from becoming a Hot Bad Guy.
They are Possessed by an Evil Outside Force (The One Ring, "The Exorcist") or are Following Orders. We want our Bad Guys to Revel in their Evilosity.
They Commit Crimes in the Name of Good (Robin Hood). Just being a criminal isn't good enough. The Founding Fathers were considered criminals in England. Would they be considered Bad Guys now?

So, there you have it. These criteria are just a basis for our list. We have argued long and hard over some of these guys. There have been tears. There have been death threats. If you still have questions about why some guy got on the list, please email us and we'll try to give you an explanation. Usually it's because we thought he was Hot.

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