Talk:Bellwether/@comment-27926499-20160306142404/@comment-27926499-20160306152400

Well, The Great Mouse Detective was sort of a buddy cop movie, yet they show from the very start who the villain is. And guess what ? Ratigan is one of the most beloved ones, because he's an ambitious magnificent b*stard who just loves being evil and is proactive, while acting in the shadows.

And the movie itself is also the most successful of the Dark Age bunch.

Now, I'm not all that against a surprise villain. Like I said, I liked King Candy/Turbo in Wreck It Ralph. Heck, he's possibly one of my favorite villains. He works because he's build up throughout the movie, you get to know him a tad better, and believe he's not all that bad, until the final race.

Zootopia lacks severely the real sense of build up of a menace in the shadows.

They just throw you a couple of obvious red herrings, and then the real one at the last minute, which just feels unearned and cheap.

Bellwether feels too much like a Scooby Doo villain. And again, all these years spent with this trope, made it only aggravating.