Flint Marko
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Pretty much every X-men character that isn't Wolverine, Mystique, Xavier, or Magneto.
Curt Connors in Raimi's SM series.
You really think he was a bigger waste than Gwen Stacy in the Raimi series? It was sad that We never got to see the completion of the Lizard arc with him, but at least he seemed to be important to Peter's life. Gwen was an empty plot twist.
This might not count (although there have been plenty of Terminator comics), but how about John Connor in Terminator 3, Terminator Salvation and Terminator Genysis?
Given that Connor is supposedly such a brilliant leader and all around badass that Skynet has been forced to send multiple killing machines back in TIME to kill him because he's so elusive and lethal in their present, once we finally got to meet adult John Connor, the results were... disappointing, to say the least.
In T3, we're introduced to Emo Drifter John Connor, who spends most of his time moping around, looking afraid and getting his ass kicked. Nick Stahl is a good actor, but he was so wrong for this role it's just sad.
Next up, we got what SHOULD have been the quintessential John Connor. They had the perfect actor in Christian Bale. They had a futuristic, war-torn hellscape setting, breaking away from the typical "send a robot back in time to kill John Connor" plot of all the previous Terminator films. And yet, this version just... sucked, because SURPRISE! This isn't a movie about John Connor at all folks! It's a star vehicle for Sam Worthington, so we spend most of the movie following his a**hole character around and periodically get little vignettes featuring Connor saying obvious things like "If the Terminator kills my mother before my birth, I won't exist." Such a weird thing to do.
And then of course you had Weird Evil Liquid Metal John Connor in the next movie. The less said about that nonsense, the better.
This might not count (although there have been plenty of Terminator comics), but how about John Connor in Terminator 3, Terminator Salvation and Terminator Genysis?
Connors was only in two of Raimi's movies, not three.
DC = Lex Luthor and Joker.
Marvel = Dr. Doom, Baron Zemo, Galactus, Hank Pym.
Iron Man 3 for example. The Mandarin played by Ben Kingsley wouldve been phenomenal and now we'll never see it happen. (unless there's some keyser soze twist in IM4 when Trevor Slattery reveals himself as the real mandarin).
So I guess I take this question a little differently.
Poison Ivy/Mr Freeze, Galactus/Dr Doom, Rhino/Electro/Venom/Green Goblin are one way of answering. Certainly they wasted opportunities with all of them. But I'm more concerned about the characters who were used in name only and will never get a chance to be realized.
Iron Man 3 for example. The Mandarin played by Ben Kingsley wouldve been phenomenal and now we'll never see it happen. (unless there's some keyser soze twist in IM4 when Trevor Slattery reveals himself as the real mandarin).
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Mandarin magic rings would have been too corny lol.
We've seen the MCU embrace an alien who looks like an angry baby tree. The concept of "too corny" no longer applies.
Point taken.Baby Groot for comedy. Mandarin is supposed to be serious villain.
Baby Groot for comedy. Mandarin is supposed to be serious villain.
Pretty much every X-men character that isn't Wolverine, Mystique, Xavier, or Magneto.
I'd even add Rogue, Jean, Storm, Nightcrawler and Beast to that list. Rogue was the deuteragonist in the first film, Jean was a prominent character through the first trilogy and Apocalypse, Storm was practically team leader in The Last Stand, Nightcrawler had a fair amount to do in X2, and Beast had a fairly large role in The Last Stand as well as being one of the main protagonists of the First Class trilogy.
I'd even add Rogue, Jean, Storm, Nightcrawler and Beast to that list. Rogue was the deuteragonist in the first film, Jean was a prominent character through the first trilogy and Apocalypse, Storm was practically team leader in The Last Stand, Nightcrawler had a fair amount to do in X2, and Beast had a fairly large role in The Last Stand as well as being one of the main protagonists of the First Class trilogy.
Wait.... Storm? You really would say that Storm wasn't a waste? I find all of these contentious but Id argue Storm is probably the X-men with the most wasted potential.