Uatu the Watcher
One of the most fascinating questions in cinema is "what does the space baby mean at the end of 2001?" For fans of Marvel comics the answer might be that it's Uatu - the Watcher: a big, baby-headed alien entity whose job it is to watch events on Earth. Sworn not to intervene, Uatu can generally be found heralding a major oncoming catastrophe. If there's going to be a House of M, Siege or Civil War type crossover event, Uatu can usually be found ominously informing our heroes of their probable doom. Some artists have done a more credible job than others over the years, but no matter what Uatu still looks like one of those collectible plastic footballers with the gurning over-sized head. He looks as if someone has enabled the DK Mode cheat on the N64 GoldenEye. He looks like a gigantic baby version of Kojak wearing a toga. He looks like a vengeful Humpty Dumpty from ancient Greece. He looks like the head of 90s Marlon Brando sitting incongruously on top of a three story high wedding dress. I just can't imagine this thing actually popping up in a Marvel movie. They could probably have gotten away with it in one of those comedy Fantastic Four movies from ten years ago, with those practically oozing wackiness, but whilst the current crop of Marvel movies have humourous elements they aren't anywhere near camp or silly enough to facilitate this level of hairless, baby-faced foolishness. Especially as you are really not supposed to laugh when Uatu turns up. He's the epitome of something that makes sense on the pages of a comic book that you wouldn't want to see translated into live action.
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