Okay, it's been a while and unfortunate derailment aside, let's get this thread back on track and please stick to the subject!
Lord Dread (First seen in Captain Power, 1987-1988)
Formerly Dr. Lyman Taggart, he was obsessed with the precision and
"perfection" of machines and convinced himself that the next step in human evolution involved the merging of human consciousness in perfect mechanical bodies.
Vs.
The Borg* (First seen in Star Trek TNG, Q Who, 1989)
A pseudo-race, dwelling in the Star Trek universe, the Borg take other species by force into the collective and connect them to "the hive mind"; the act is called assimilation and entails violence, abductions, and injections of cybernetic implants. The Borg's ultimate goal is "achieving
perfection".
*one (1) drone.