8 Amazing Comic Book Storylines Completely Ruined By Superhero Movies

5. The Dark Phoenix Saga

When even the writer of the movie in question confesses to completely dropping the ball on a beloved comic book storyline, you KNOW that they made some serious mistakes! While Bryan Singer set the stage for an adaptation of The Dark Phoenix Saga at the end of X2, Brett Ratner and Simon Kinberg came in with The Last Stand and completely butchered that tale, and even elements of Joss Whedon's Astonishing X-Men run. Other than Jean Grey coming back from the dead and going nuts, the duo completely failed in bringing any of that story's fantastical elements to life on the big screen, with the departure of Cyclops early on robbing her transformation of some much needed emotion (attempting to replace Scott with Wolverine definitely didn't work). To redo this story in the new timeline would feel like a retread, so not even a reboot can save this one!