Lairs in the movies – Evil Lairs https://www.evillairs.com A blog devoted to the design of Evil Lairs (bwah ha ha) Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:27:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Incredible Incredibles https://www.evillairs.com/2010/09/incredible-incredibles/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:25:17 +0000 http://www.evillairs.com/?p=209

 

One of the best fictional lairs of all time:  Syndrome’s home base is an  Evil Jungle Lair near a raging hot volcano complete with a secret entrance via a waterfall, roving security robots, a monorail system, an assistant evil superbabe, and an exceedingly large dining room table.  I’ll start drawing up the plans.

]]> Bond’s Evil Lairs Revealed https://www.evillairs.com/2010/09/bonds-evil-lairs-revealed/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:16:01 +0000 http://www.evillairs.com/?p=203

 

An excellent article about the Evil Lairs in the James Bond movies.  Good work Adam Hinterthuer.

http://www.wired.com/entertainment/hollywood/multimedia/2008/11/gallery_bond_lairs

]]> Evil: musicals about evil https://www.evillairs.com/2010/05/evil-musicals-about-evil/ Tue, 01 Jun 2010 04:36:49 +0000 http://www.evillairs.com/?p=161 My only wish is that I’d never seen it.  I like the concept but, like buying tight fitting pants on-line,  the “end-product” was poor in practice.  The plot:  Neil Patrick Harris as an aspiring mad scientist super-villain/evil genius + songbird.  This was (ill) conceived during the WGA (Writer’s Guild of America) Strike and was released for internet distribution only.  This should be some indication of the quality of this production.  I did, however,  appreciate his “evil moisture buddy”  sidekick,  Moist.

]]> Sir Ken Adams – Pure Genius https://www.evillairs.com/2010/03/sir-ken-adams-pure-genius/ Thu, 25 Mar 2010 08:07:03 +0000 http://www.evillairs.com/?p=52 Sir Ken Adams is the brilliant and beautiful mind behind the greatest evil lairs in film.  Here, he describes the inspiration behind Dr. Strangelove (by Kubrick) and Dr. No:  Ken Adam, designer – Cold War Modern

]]> Lautner – The Grandaddy of Lair Design https://www.evillairs.com/2010/03/lautner-the-grandaddy-of-lair-design/ Thu, 25 Mar 2010 07:56:53 +0000 http://www.evillairs.com/?p=44 John Lautner is, undoubtedly, the best lair designer of the 20th century.    You may have seen his houses in movies such as Charlie’s Angels, The big Lebowski, and Less Than Zero.  For a complete list of movies that have featured the homes of Lautner, click here. 

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