10 Awesome Superhero Villains Utterly Wasted In Their Movie Adaptation

2. Galactus - Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer

Galactus I used to have a pack of Marvel Top Trumps, of which I can remember very little. The one thing that really stuck in my memory was that Galactus, a villain I€™d previously never heard of, was by far the best card. He was so powerful, he was massive, he had great stats and boy did he look fearsome. The promise of him appearing as the big bad in the second Fantastic Four film made a sequel to one of Marvel€™s then-weakest suddenly an enticing prospect. I really shouldn't have been excited. Appearing for all of five minutes he was a space cloud that slowly slunked towards Earth. If I wanted smoke monsters that meandered around with confusing motivation I€™d watch Lost, thanks very much. This was one of the first times the superhero genre had properly flirted with sci-fi (Thor and Man Of Steel were still a long way off) and it€™s clear there was still some uncertainty with how to do it realistically. If he was to be reimagined now I imagine we€™d get something a lot more imposing and accurate to the comics, but back then the only way seemed to be make it scientifically realistic.
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Film Editor (2014-2016). Loves The Usual Suspects. Hates Transformers 2. Everything else lies somewhere in the middle. Once met the Chuckle Brothers.