10 Movie Characters Who Look Nothing Like Their Comic-Book Versions

7. Apocalypse - X-Men: Apocalypse

The Ancient One
20th Century Fox

X-Men fans waited years to see Apocalypse do battle on the big-screen, but when it finally did happen, the character didn't look anything like the monstrous, muscular, Bane-like brute that's found on the page.

Apocalypse X-Men Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics

Instead, the movie version was the size of a regular human, and so lacked the imposing presence of his source material counterpart. The movie also changed the character's colour, opting for a bluey-purple hue instead of Apocalypse's traditionally greyish skin.

As a result, the Apocalypse of the movie was a fairly drab and uninteresting villain that could definitely destroy a building or two but never really posed much of a direct threat to the X-Men.

The character's comic-book design would've made him far more menacing; after all, a hulking, physically powerful force of nature feels much more threatening than an adult Smurf in a plastic-looking jumpsuit.

 
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