9 Better Villains Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2 Should Have Used
Why can't the MCU ever give us a worthwhile villain that isn't played by Tom Hiddleston?
Guardians of the Galaxy took many people by surprise when it blasted its way into cinemas, turning a lesser-known Marvel comic into one of their most popular movies so far. It’s not hard to see the appeal, there’s absolutely nothing unenjoyable about watching this motley crew of space pirates reluctantly saving the universe.
While most people will have been distracted by spending the interim wondering what the track list of Awesome Mix Vol. 2 will be, the creative team have done something quite sneaky. They’ve decided to pit the team against one of the least interesting characters they could possibly think of, a gold plated sorcerous called Ayesha.
In the comics, she is known variously as Her, Paragon and She Who Must Be Obeyed amongst a few other typically daft aliases but while her ever-changing nom de guerre may hint at some intrigue – there’s very little to be found. Unless of course you count her constantly (and unsuccessfully) trying to mate with suitably powerful heroes… hooray progressive female characters!
James Gunn has earned fans trust with the first instalment of Guardians of the Galaxy and, of course, there’s hope that he has something interesting planned for this seemingly uninspiring villain.
If not there's no excuse, it’s not like he didn’t have enough badass antagonists to choose from...
9. Terrax The Tamer
With the amount of after-credits attention Thanos has been getting for the past few years, it would make sense to bring in someone with more of a stake in his evil-doing than a pair of adopted kids with serious daddy issues.
Terrax the Tamer would have been an inspired choice. Although in the comics he has previously been a Herald for Galactus it’s easy enough to gloss over this history, like the MCU has with a number of other characters, to make him one of Thanos’ main heavies.
Armed with an energy-absorbing axe and the ability to telepathically control stone, he would be more than enough of a challenge for the Guardians. Also, given that Star-Lord is likely to be somewhat busy with learning that Kurt Russell is his dad in Vol. 2, it would give some of the other members the chance to step up more – namely Dave Bautista’s Drax the Destroyer.
While Drax got to flex his considerable hand-to-hand abilities to some extent in the first movie, it was a bit disappointing to see him so embarrassingly beaten by Ronan the Accuser. Bringing in Terrax would have led to a more evenly matched conflict that would have made for some unbeatable action.