And the problem with the interpretation that's being given is that the characters in the movie aren't all villains. For one, the character played by Sean Connery, Alan Quartermain, is not a villain in the novels that he's featured in, unless you look back through a very sort of evolved prism of colonialist... Sure, yeah! I mean, in a certain sense, any privateer is a bad guy. But that might not have been the intention of his character. Right, right, right, right. He's more just like an outsider type, like a big game hunter and adventurer. Many people have actually noted that he's one of the foundational influences on the character of Indiana Jones, who's definitely not meant to be a villain, although does some sketchy shit. Sure. Captain Nemo also isn't a villain, unless you think that people of non-European heritage are automatically evil. Emma Peel was a member of the Avengers, who were crime fighters. That was kind of her deal. The Invisible Man wasn't a great dude, and Mr. Hyde certainly got up to no good. But the idea that these were all villains is nonsense.