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Overall, though, Trevelyan is my favorite Bond villain.
Opinions vary.
Basically.
Silva said he worked at station H, so not a double 0. Although he showed in the finale he could shoot and he did take out the guards when he escaped, I'm also guessing his job mainly involved computers since he was the expert hacker.
Trevelayn was a double 0, so he basically would've been given missions like Bond gets. Whenever Bond is sent on a mission pre GE, most of the time MI6 could've sent Trevelayn if Bond hadn't been around, the 00s get given the most dangerous missions.
So while Bond was off on a mission during the films pre GE, Trevelayn was probably off doing something similar. GF shows this when Bond almost gets replaced by 008, he's not the only one, the others are just as well trained as he is.
During the cold war while Silva sat at his computer Trevelayn would've been storming Russian bases like in the GE PTS.
So although I think Silva is a better villian, Trevelayn wins in a fight.
Silva is nothing more than a rehash of both Alec Trevelyan and the Joker to me. As a villain, I did not find him very original. I don't care which villain was more intelligent. I prefer Trevelyan because I found him more original as a character.
But Trevelyan is better because he is classier and is an own 007 villain. Trevelyan had more skills but Silva was more insane and cleverer.
I guess most of you would agree with me at comparing Silva with Joker's Dark Knight. It lacked of originality. The villain's scheme was quite a copy/paste of Heath Ledger's interpretation. Too much of Batman in Skyfall, IMO.
Well, I respectfully disagree with your interpretation of Silva being compared to the Joker in TDK. I don't think "most" of us would think that (longtime Bond fans especially). Silva did not lack for originality. Bardem was solid and creative and his role is very memorable without comparing it to other films' characters. I don't see the Batman influence in Skyfall, no. I love Skyfall as a Bond film - I think it is fresh and so well done. Instances of other films influence or copying from them (Batman, Bourne, whatever) are not apparent to me.
I'd take Silva over Joker anyday. I don't think Joker in TDK was all that special to be honest, he was a great villian, but I don't think he'd have the legendary status he has now if Heath Ledger hadn't died.
Anyway, I stand by what I said earlier: I think Silva is a better more entertaining villian overall, and is probably smarter, but in a fight, Trevelayn would kick his arse.
After a stirring battle lasting roughly 30 seconds, Trevalyan with his superior physicality and double 0 training would wind up on top of the prone Silva. But as Silva is the better thinker and not above some shock value, he'd pull out his teeth and ask Alec for a big, sloppy wet one. His training not preparing him for this sort of tactic, Trevalyan spurts a curious mixture of strawberries and beer and in a rock star moment from the 1960's, Silva chokes to death.
Silva worked at station H and I'm guessing his job was to do with computers. So not a double 0 and not an ex special ops soldier.
Yeah. he must have had some basic combat training, but basic stuff. This is why a fist fight between him and Bond never happened, I think.
I don't get the Joker comparisons. Joker was an insane criminal clown, not a camp, flamboyant, OTT but brilliant and menacing former MI6 agent.
I'd take Silva over Joker anyday.
I'd take the Joker . . . at least Heath Ledger's Joker, who managed to be over-the-top, yet at the same time, more subtle than Silva. And yes, Silva is still nothing more than a re-hash of the Joker to me . . . with some Alec Trevelyan tossed in for good measure.
Silva shares something with Trevelyan: he might have been based on the novel MR's Drax. Otherwise, they are very different. I did see a link between the Joker and Silva, however I don't think it was a conscious choice.