10 Sci-Fi Movie Villains That Had Totally Lame Deaths
1. The Aliens - The Word Of The Worlds
Any time that an existing property is adapted for the big or small screen, there's always a question of just how true said adaptation will stay to the key plot points of the source material.
To defend any of the movies, TV shows, radio productions, or stage spins on H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds, then, their lame ass endings come down to them remaining fiercely faithful to Wells' 1898 novel.
Of course, this list is looking at movies, and the obvious choice to explore when looking at the plentiful feature-length adaptations of The War of the Worlds is Steven Spielberg's 2005 Tom Cruise-fronted take on this sci-fi tale of alien invasion.
Regardless of which version of this story you've seen, it all ends with the utterly anticlimactic reveal that the aliens can't actually deal with the bacteria on Earth - and thus, a bunch of aliens die, the alien invasion retreats, and it's all because these extraterrestrial sorts can't cope with the basic human cold.
No matter how you spin this story, no matter how tense and atmospheric you construct your take on it, anyone adapting The War of the Worlds is always going to face an uphill battle when it comes to the moment when the aliens are finally defeated.