This essay might have benefitted from some examples. Case studies of fictional eco-terrorists, etcetera.
But I agree that these villains are typically not very well-written or interesting. I tried to think of an exception. The only thing I could come up with is Poison Ivy, who is usually not very well-written for obvious comic book reasons but is kind of interesting in that in some characterizations she doesn't just hate humans and love nature, it's actually that she hates humans and animals and loves plants. And that she thinks she is a plant, and sort of is.
It might have, yeah. I wrote it after watching Atlas on Netflix, where the AI's motivation for turning against humanity was Environmentalism. It was depressingly stupid.
This essay might have benefitted from some examples. Case studies of fictional eco-terrorists, etcetera.
But I agree that these villains are typically not very well-written or interesting. I tried to think of an exception. The only thing I could come up with is Poison Ivy, who is usually not very well-written for obvious comic book reasons but is kind of interesting in that in some characterizations she doesn't just hate humans and love nature, it's actually that she hates humans and animals and loves plants. And that she thinks she is a plant, and sort of is.
It might have, yeah. I wrote it after watching Atlas on Netflix, where the AI's motivation for turning against humanity was Environmentalism. It was depressingly stupid.
It would be interesting if there was an environmentalist villain who felt unserious in a way that was intentional on the part of the movie.
Like the crazy pointless vandalism stunts, but more vicious.