@Ian Robert Turner I agree, Crimson Dynamo would've been way better in Ironman 2, Whiplash was so wasted in Ironman 2 and they could've done more with him, he had potential to be a great villain, but in the end, it was a total waste of a great idea for a villain for Tony Stark.
The problem with Karli is that she tried to come off like some "holding all the cards" bad guy but she didn't have the charisma to pull it off so she just comes off like a whiny college hipster with a God Complex.
I swear there was an entire episode missing from TFATWS, because it's the same shit for U.S Agent. His change from villain to good guy is so quick and immediate; it didn't feel warranted or something that's deserved, especially since about an Episode ago he nearly killed Bucky and Sam.
Taskmaster deserves the number 1 spot on this list. Forget the gender swap, the character was not Taskmaster whatsoever. The ability copying and suit would not make up for the character and story as a whole.
Taskmaster was the most disappointing one to me. I've seen shows that have him being cool and confident in his abilities, having photographic memory. Black Widow straight up made Taskmaster a project, practically a robot, and no photographic memory, it was just videos of fights literally drilled into Antonia.
If you think that's disappointing wait until you see Ghost in Ant Man and the Wasp, Scott Lang was completely sidelined while female characters took it.
actually every version of Taskmaster I've seen shows him to be highly intelligent, cunning, strategic, and an excellent fighter. not some puppet. when taskmaster shows up, its a really big deal and everyone is on high alert bc they know exactly what he's capable of.
I personally have never agreed with the hate for Corey Stoll as Yellowjacket. I thought he did a great job and even managed to be intimidating at several points.
@@blakedevitt6948 Bingo, Somebody finally get it lol. Toni isn't going to stay as Taskmaster after what Dreykov did to her. She's probably going to be another Widow or something which opens the door for everyone precious Tony Masters.
I liked The Incredible Hulk a lot and feels it’s underappreciated as an MCU movie. One thing I will say, is I hated when the first handful of comic movies didn’t want to give the villains their names from the books, so we got clunky dialogue to fit their names in, like Samuel Stern saying, “I don’t know what will happen. The result could be an… abomination” 🙄
It's been a while since I saw Iron Man 2, but I remember liking Mickey Rourke as the villain, and I honestly think of him as being one of the better MCU villains, especially compared to other early MCU ones.
Agreed. Mickey Rourke needed more screen time to shine and better script writing for his character as there was some potential there for something bigger than just revenge.
He’s not well characterised but he is a really fun villain. Especially because of how great his interactions are with Sam Rockwell’s Justin Hammer. Iron Man 2 isn’t a great film but it is a lot of fun, I enjoy it more than the first Iron Man. 👍👍
@@tylanhastens4743 I actually really enjoyed that. Ikaris is usually the poster boy for the Eternals, and Druig is usually the traitor. Loved how they switched that around. The movie IMO was also very good at showing how conflicted Ikaris is about his loyalty to the team vs. his loyalty to his creators.
In my opinion, Kro should’ve not come back in the end, but have been saved for the sequel, or rather Kro kills Ikaris while he’s distracted fighting the others, before being killed alongside Tiamut
@@Earth-Ninja Yeah, it's really unfortunate they killed Kro just as he was gaining sentience. He had legitimate grievances against both the Eternals and the Celestials.
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Most of these villains suffer from just about the worst thing possible in modern film: mediocrity. It’s almost worse to be a mediocre character than it is to be a terrible character, as people will embrace truly terrible films and characters, but if you’re only okay, then people will remember it worse than it actually was
Never have truer words been spoken this day and age. Easy examples, and I know I'll get flack, but Arnold's Freeze and Carrey's Riddler in the late 90s Batman were so campy and high strung dedicated that it actually has their own charm to it. Carrey more so, but pizazz let's get drunk and have fun vibes! Can't wait to see him as MODOK!
@@shockz1715 Exactly! We all know that Batman and Robin is really bad as a movie…it’s very bad lol, and to a lesser extent; Batman Forever is as well, but there’s no denying it’s fun and weird, and people will defend it as such. However, when it comes to a movie that’s just okay, like Captain Marvel, people forget about the fun aspects in favor of it’s mediocre story/script, and then they call it garbage, when it really isn’t
I know what you mean. I have a track record of loving movies that are otherwise bad or extremely underrated. A Good Day To Die Hard, Space Chimps, Jupiter Ascending, the SW Prequel and Sequel Trilogies, Indiana Jones & and the Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull, the Hobbit trilogy, Shark Tale, Nut Job, I could go on. Trust me, I do enjoy some of the great films out there we know and love, but I do happen to also enjoy the bad and hated..😌
I will defend Mickey Rourke's performance and Whiplash as a villain until I am blue in the face. He get severally screwed over by the script; but by god he chews the scene everytime he's on screen.
Karli was a victim of the MCU's thing of, "Uh oh, the bad guy is making some really valid points, so let's have them do something villainous to make sure viewers know they're still the bad guy." See also: Killmonger
I don't like Klau, he looks like an illegal buyer who only wants rare metal to then turn around sell it for a lot of cash and plus I am glad he dies in black pather. I also don't like M.O.D.O.K from Marvel Avengers game, first of all he is just weak, and he literally controls a giant kree robot and it sucks. Hopefully we can see the MCU make M.O.D.O.K is great again.
i thought Karli had terrible motivations. She wants to take the homes that she stole from dead people, and is getting upset about things that aren't hers. She wants to make things back to the way they were, so basically she just wants to recreate the original snap. It was a terribly written villain who did stuff like blowing up buildings full of innocent people, which is meant to be the villainous thing so people don't see her as reasonable, except she was never reasonable, so ultimately it just ends up as bad writing
@@oscarwilliams2628 Governments collapsed after the snap, whoever was left had to band together. That meant putting aside whatever problems based on religion, nationality, skin color, etc., just to band together to survive. Also, those people were gone for five years with no evidence that they were coming back, and then suddenly they reappeared. Suddenly, the old problems were back again, compounded by the fact that the people who did survive the snap were now homeless and were expected to immediately return to a life that was ripped away from them five years ago and have had to learn to move on and adapt. Going to guess there's a few folks who's lives were terrible but then had a newfound freedom after the snap.
Yeah. I mean, wasn't the point of him that he's this overly serious and dramatic zealot? To contrast the fun-loving Guardians? As that he worked perfectly.
@@Nergalsama01 Bingo. That's exactly it, even the end sequence with the dance off final battle and the confused look on his face played into the contrast.
Ronan the Accuser could give him a run for his money. The only reason he gets remembered is the movie around him is much better than Thor the Dark World. 👍👍
When it comes to the alien villain YON-ROGG; I honestly think since he isn’t dead, than it still might be possible to try to expand on the character, and maybe even see the character go through a sort of mental, and to add moral transformation.
I'm honestly surprised that Kaecilius didn't make in since he was REEEEALLY boring villain for Doctor Strange's first movie, not to mention that Gargantos was a severely nerfed version of his comic book counterpart Shuma-Gorath in second Doctor Strange movie. However I do agree on Malekith being at the top because I completely forgot that guy even existed. At least Killian had that meme death to make him at least that much memorable.
@@jeuryrabassa4724 I will pretend this offense they did to us never happened if a cameo of Tony Masters happens in any forthcoming tv show or movie even if he's reduced to a mix of antiheroism and neutrality like sometimes happens in the comics
Agree with all, but I think Yellowjacket was alright for the “small” scale Ant-Man movie. Taskmaster and the Mandarin pissed me off the most. I think Iron Man 3 was the worst Phase 2 movie. Also so many great actors wasted like Guy Pearce and Jude Law.
Personally I loved the Abomination. We get to see Blonksy's slow transformation from a relatively stable soldier to a fight-hungry maniac, and the brilliant part is that it's not a transformation, it's bringing out the inner ugliness of him. He's a great foil to the Hulk.
"10. Taskmaster": The way he was handled really kind of triggered my inner fanboy. He's a chatty villain like you said and is really intimidating especially in the 2018 Spider-Man game when he appeared as a side boss. The Black Widow film on the other hand.......it just felt like the writers didn't even KNOW the history of this character or how to handle him which makes the twist all the more disappointing than shocking, that's not a good look. "#9. Karli Morgenthau": ......Yeah, I would say that its probably the point of her being unlikable but I'd be exaggerating....but what did we expect???? "#8: The Abomination": It didn't trigger me as much as Taskmaster did......but I definitely saw why people really had issues with him. But don't worry, he will appear in She-Hulk: Attorney At Law so who knows if he'll pull a redemption card. "#7: The Hand": Can't comment on that cause I haven't gotten to Daredevil Season 2 or The Defenders yet (I will eventually don't worry). "#6: Whiplash": Not even Mickey Rourke could make the film's villain a bit more....well let's say a bit more likable. "#5: Ronan The Accuser": What????? How???? Lee Pace was kind of A highlight (not THE highlight), but calling him boring is a bit of an over-exaggeration don't ya think???? "#4: Yellowjacket" Again, how????? He's like a reverse Lex Luthor (or just Marvel's answer to him), and even if the film kept focusing on Scott, Hank, and Hope, you kind of feel scared and concerned for how far he'll go to get what he wants any time he comes on screen. He shouldn't be on here. "#3: Yon-Rogg": Say what you want about Captain Marvel but Jude Law really isn't that bad at playing a villain. Just saying. "#2: Aldrich Killain": I mean, you could just assume Trevor Slattery as The Mandarin is Marvel's acknowledgement of his racist origins (hence why the Shang-Chi film decides to tell a different origin story that ISN'T racist towards Asians), but you're not wrong on the execution part, man that really sucked. "#1: Malekith:" Had a feeling he'd be on here. I mean, didn't Christopher Eccleston say Marvel cut a lot of stuff that REALLY sounded important???? It's not surprising cause this really WASTED him. Plus, the way he's characterized really didn't help either and kind of is one of the reasons why The Dark World still gets hate and is sometimes still said to be one of the WORST MCU films.
My opinions on your rankings: 10. Agreed,Taskmaster got absolutely wasted. 9. Again, I agree. Motives were ok but her actions made me hate her 8. Yeah, just like the hulk but bad and with no real motives 7. Same here, i really need to watch those soon 6. Wasted him. 5. I wouldn't say he is terribly interesting, but he is not bad. 4. Yellowjacket was a good one. Some more time on him would be good, but he still is a good one. 3. Preformance is good. Villain is not 2. They only had to just make Mandarin the villain and all would be good. Alas, it was not to be. 1. Keep forgetting who this guy is
Don't waste your time with "The Defenders." I remember getting psyched when it came out, thinking it'd be a low-key version of The Avengers, but instead, the series was mostly dull and forgettable. The few memorable moments happen at the start and the end of the series. Shoot, I forgot who the villains were until this video reminded me.
Taskmaster was the most wasted potential and probably the easiest to adapt to live action. Could have been hiding in the shadows. Training the next mercenaries at his school. Maybe she was one of his students and she just took his name. They overcomplicated this twist for the sake of manufactured drama. What a waste.
I honestly liked Whiplash. His character wasn't shallow really. He was an animal lover, loyal to his father, watched him and his father suffer their entire lives because of Tony's father so he wanted revenge to be at peace, he was also extremely smart and for me he was the best part of the movie. I think the rest of the movie storyline is what fell flat.
Dude seriously the Deviants sucked and Ikaris made no sense as a villain Sprite having the romance thing with Ikaris that makes her a villain was also trash
20 years ago, superhero movies were made as one-offs No post-credit scenes, no sequel baits or even announcements of cinematic universes without even thinking through Back there, they were concerned about the present instead of the future, so directors could give their movies an identity of their own, and villains were allowed to shine, without being overshadowed by a bigger villain that was yet to come
I liked him too I just think his writing didn't match the tone of guardians of the Galaxy very well. It was mostly meant to be a funny movie and whenever he had scenes and tried to act serious and menacing I think it just hit the audience wrong
I don't think he is anything like his comics counterpart. In the comics he is more of an anti-hero. There is a nobility to the character that the movie version completely lacks.
I agree, Malekith is the worst MCU villain to date no character development what so ever. These villains wouldn’t be bad if they were given better dialogue
Personally what sold that point for me was when he had his ass kicked by Frigga. No disrespect to her character or Renee Russo's performance but the fact that Malekith was supposed this evil, menacing villain and he couldn't even beat her in a fight just leaves you saying " Um...ok?"
When it comes to the M.C.U. movie version of the villain WHIPLASH; I think that the best way to fix that is if a mad scientist of H.Y.D.R.A. decides to create a clone of him, this way a new form of him gets introduced, and not only that it might be possible to reinvent the aspect of the villain.
I think what they were trying to say is that they were going for the sympathetic villain route, but criticizing how she has little to no redeeming qualities. For me, it also doesn't help that she's played by an actress who's just not believable in the role. Seriously, she still looks like 12 years old. You'd think after Solo, Disney would learn their lesson.
Yeah, and I disagree that she's on this list to begin with. I really liked her as an antagonist, who does what she does because she wants an injustice corrected, but then quickly is in waaaay over her head and crosses a line she didn't even need to cross.
The problem is the fact that they were desperately trying to make us feel sorry for her, even though she deserved everything that was coming to her. They even tried to tell us she wasn’t a terrorist, even though she was LITERALLY MURDERING PEOPLE AND SHOWING NO REMORSE.
@@jeuryrabassa4724 DC’s top tier heroes are great but it loses steam after you get past the top 5 ones they have. All you really need is Superman to save the world so that’s why the stakes feel different if no one has any Kryptonite 😂.
@@jeuryrabassa4724 Yeah he has the best stand alone movies ever because he is great and he has the best villains. Spider man really only rivals him in stand alone movies in the MCU and even with the Sam Rami versions for the same reason.
They did Taskmaster super dirty. Although I've only seen one other Taskmaster being the animated series The Ultimate Spiderman's Taskmaster. It had to be one of my favourite Marvel villains. TAS Taskmaster was an actual villain who had an actual motive of being bad and not a good person being forced to be bad (Black Widow version). TAS Taskmaster actually has powers that enable him to mimic his opponent's skills, along with photographic memory, whereas the Black widow version was just someone using a suit that does the mimicking and moving your body for you. The Black Widow Taskmaster suit I didn't really like, it was bulky, the hood wasn't even a hood, the colour scheme could have been done with more white and black and it just didn't look menacing. TAS Taskmaster his identity was unknown and when he's not wearing the suit he will disguise as someone else and actually use those face masks things they used in Black Widow, but that Taskmaster just always remains in their suit and they have no personality, no talking just forced to eliminate their targets whereas TAS the taskmaster was quite funny ish and good evil lines. TAS Taskmaster felt more like a big recurring villain such as the green goblin / Dr. Octavius / Kingpin which he was and his evil goals felt really the end of the world. Whereas this Taskmaster was probably the only time we see them and it wasn't even an evil person just someone pulling the strings. The only good thing I liked about this Taskmaster was that he already had a shield, bow and arrow, and claws representing the Avengers' abilities he had mimicked and kept onto them and used for future fights. Whereas the TAS Taskmaster can only mimic an ability for a certain amount of time, which is quite balanced and understandable, or else he will be unstoppable.
Why was Aldrich Kilian on this list. Like he is such a good villain. His super power is awesome, he is super smart and powerful,and the actor was so good for the character and his plan to make super-humans from energy is so cool
With some notable exceptions, Marvel has really struggled in creating memorable villains. The bigger shame, though, is that they get such incredible talents to play so many lackluster villains.
Of course, Malekith had to be no. 1 on the list. I'm still mad at the waste of potential here. Christopher Eccleston was the right actor for the role, and you could've had a charismatic, cunning villain to rival Loki. Which was probably the issue, that's what they didn't want. Instead we got MCU Darth Vader. :/
Thanos was the big bad of the MCU And he overshadowed almost every villain that came before So much that the studio didn't want to spend time to develop them, because all the time and effort to create a great villain went to Thanos
The MCU has a problem with writing boring villains. Since they're not the central figure of the story, a lot of their motivation gets stripped away in favor of a two-dimensional, simplistic vision of what real evil looks like, in order to fit the movie runtime. But if they don't provide any form of character development to the hero, something that shakes their previous worldview, they don't serve much more purpose than to be a spangley punching bag. Villains are supposed to challenge the protagonist in more ways than just physical combat. They hold up a mirror to them, showing their flaws and issues, and confront them over their frailties and contradictions. Sometimes they are sympathetic, and sometimes they represent something antithetical to the hero's story arc, but the Disney MCU seems to be content to just leave some of them as flat and dull to make room for bigger budget CGI fights.
I'm already bored of villains that are other world conquerors or ones that are identical to the hero in someway, I personally want villains like from Spider-man's rogues gallery or a type of supervillain team like the Masters of Evil, can't the MCU people give that a shot?
I feel like people are forgetting that for the longest time avengers were the weakest series in marvel comics because of how two dimensional both the heroes and villains were. They really don't have many strong villains and a lot of time clasic spiderman xmen f4 villains showed up in theirs. I feel like after they incorporate these teams to the mcu universe they will have a better time figuring these.
i liked Mickey Rourke in IM2 ..it's the writers who i blame for him being one of the worse villains...what were thinking having him use the whips without a suit?...then he gets penned to that Fence and heals up pretty damn quick where in real life he would've mostly like ended up like that one Salamanca twin.. but of course i know not the real world but giving him a suit would've made far more sense though of course it would've turned the villain into what alot of these villains are, evil counterparts with pretty much the dsmrnlrgrltt
Some villains are awful due to a lousy performance by the actor. Some times they’re awful because of the writing And then there’s those times when they’re awful because of both
in my opinion the hulk vs abomination fight wasnt underwhelming in the slightest and really showed off the greater test of hulks true strength and bruce's trust in his alter ego. that entire move gets some unfair hate in my opinion. I loved that portrayal of the hulk.
HOW I IMAGINE IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM WITH M.C.U. VILLAIN TASKMASTER: Now I imagine a scenario in which TaskMaster aka (Antonia Dreykov) she gets killed by someone who is better than her, and that person decides to become the new TaskMaster after killing her.
I love they put "taskmaster" in the thumbnail. I was so done when I saw it the first time because I was expecting some xmen origins' deadpool again. But even worst: another bad deadpool but with gender swap 🙄 Also Drakov was a big cliche with the daughter and vengeance
Ronan should have been a killer Instead of having Thanos berate and belittle him, they should have had Nebula trying to secure the mission by herself and failing. Then getting another chance to go after Peter Quill, but Peter Quill gets help to fight her off from rocket and Groot so they can collect the bounty on Peter. Nebula going back to lick her wounds, she then gets replaced when Thanos calls in Ronan to finish the job, which caused Gamora to go turncoat. Gamora reaches Peter, Rocket and Groot first, trying to warn them that Ronan is after the Power Stone. Peter tries to pick her up, she rejects him, Rocket tells her to fuck off, couple of I Am Groots here and there. Resulting in all of them arguing and *ALMOST* fighting each other, but Ronan lands before the Guardians fight and Ronan single handedly destroys them. Like, without breaking a sweat. He doesnt hurt Gamora, since shes Thanos' daughter and favorite. But he knocks her out, then beats Peter, Rocket and Groot by himself. But before he can kill them and take the Orb, Yonda hits Ronan with a space pod and Ronan fights the rest of the Ravagers while The Guardians are being arrested. Ronan offs a couple Ravagers, but seeing the Nova Force Police, he is disgusted and decides to regroup since he is one of the most notorious Kree War Mongers after Yondu taunts Ronan of the incoming Nova Force. Then the movie will pretty much go as it did from here. They only needed to make Ronan seem like a BIGGER threat than he was. He came off like a whiney, callous and useless hired hand rather than the all powerful War Mongerer that hes supposed to be. Showing him destroy the Guardians single handedly before they became a team would show how much power he has. Having Thanos bring him in personally and all the faith in them is a stark contrast to the way he sees him in the movie. With the Guardians having trouble defeating him until they realize they have to work as a team, and it makes everything more impactful. Gamora leaving and betraying Thanos. Nebulas feelings of being a screw up. Groots sacrifice to save his team mates. And Ronans betrayal of Thanos would also hit harder. It would be a huge WTF moment that shows how powerful the stones are, if they could make Ronan betray Thanos and threaten him personally once he takes the Stone.
Malekith sounds like a good idea for the villain (because of his origin), but lacking personality brutally wastes potential. Aldrich Killian is True Joke at the end. Taskmaster is another wasted character Yellowjacket later became M. O. D. O. K. Who was even more disappointing because of CGI
Lex Luther was fucked as soon as they casted fucking Jesse Eisenberg as him. Like I love Jesse and all but wtf? That felt like a shitpost that came to life.
@@hemantks4353 is Joker all you can come up with? What about literally everyone else? The villains from Batman V Superman, WW84, and Aquaman were all garbage for example.
I disliked this honestly, because I enjoyed Daren Cross, the Yellow Jacket and I enjoyed Whiplash. I honestly think Justin Hammer was a much more disappointing villain then Whiplash. Personally I also think Ultron was a much more disappointing villain than Daren Cross. Instead of Darren Cross, they should have had Sunny Birch from "Ant-Man and the Wasp". Instead of Whiplash, they should have had Justin Hammer.
I like Karli and Vanko. I think how Karli operates made sense, simply because she had depth but being misguided really made that. And Vanko kinda felt like he could've been Zemo before Zemo. He was wonderfully cerebral but not given enough. Also Corey Stoll would make a killer Lex Luthor
I disagree with Ronan on this list. I thought he was pretty cool, and Lee Pace had the right attitude when playing him. Mslekith at least looked cool, but yeah.... Other than that it's a pretty good list. These clips also reminded me how... unsympathetic Brie Larson is as Captain Marvel. I vastly prefer Teyonah Parris in pretty much the same role. Maybe we could have an underwhelming hero list next? ; )
C'mon no Walton Goggins in Ant Man & The Wasp???? His vilain character was so boring that i don't even remember the name of the character. How could he not be in there ???
Taskmaster definitely. I get changing somethings about a character, but besides copying abilities, it was almost everything about Taskmaster changed. I’m surprised Kro from The Eternals was not on this list (I’m not even sure they ever said his name in the film, I only know it from surrounding merch).
I always saw Black Widow as a female-empowerment-movie dressed as a superhero movie rather than a direct adaptation from the source material and in that context, that version of taskmaster made perfect sense to me. Also people tend to forget that the MCU is not the same universe presented in the comics and I personally, as a fan of the comics myself, prefer to be surprised sometimes than get the full fan-service-package.
Yeah I wasn't hating taskmaster I just thought that they could have done more hence the underwhelming. But I did like the idea of her being initially mind control and stuff I just think that afterwards she should have still carried on with her villainous ways although you did actually feel sorry for her which is something that we never see in the actual thing. Not very sympathetic villain more so a true villain which is nice but not in every case
Also the grandmaster in what if...? was also pretty boring. Like in thor he was a great villain and a funny one, but in what if...? he is so dumb and his jokes are so so bad. The only thing I like about him is that he did make this cool race
Yeah Ronan and Abomination don't belong on this list. Ronan was a perfect contrast to the Guardians' personalities, and Abomination just wasn't that bad... especially not deserving to be placed higher than Taskmaster.
I still don't understand how the MCU screw up a villain like Taskmaster coming from someone that's not a Really fan of the character. Not saying I dislike the character I think the character is very cool. I take points away from MCU when they mishandle their villains like Dormmamu.
Ok I don’t know much about Dormammu, but how did they butcher him? Was it just a case of him being underused, cuz I’m 90% sure he’s coming back in Doctor Strange 3.
MCU ruined Mandarin and Taksmater. Two villaisn that could’ve been fantastic characters and iconic villains. Wasted potential. L plot twist , L MCU. Those two plot twists completely ruined my day.
The issue with MCU's villain problem is because there are just too many movies. It makes it difficult to make a villain that's interesting and still be relevant in the later films. They are just throw away characters in the individual films. Very sad. Which makes Dr. Strange 2 that much more interesting.
We’re probably getting pretty good villains in the future though. Between Gorr, Namor, Kang, and the High Evolutionary, they’re probably gonna get pretty good in the next few movies.
@@ThePrinceofHisOwnKingdom It had to be, it had more years of character development, more characters, bigger scope and better CGI. My point was about directors accepting the demands of Kevin Feige.
MCU’s Ultron disappointed me the most. His characterization and motivations in Age of Ultron were lackluster compared to the animated series, “Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes”. Ultron is an A.I. that can transfer from one technology to another, and he is consistently motivated by creating lasting peace on Earth, as well as the universe, by making humanity extinct. These traits make him one of the most interesting Marvel villains, and one of the toughest villains to defeat. In Age of Ultron however, in large part due to his limited appearance, his characterization is reduced to a run of the mill bad guy who seems to be interested in nothing more than destroying the world just for the hell of it, as well claiming to hate Iron Man for no apparent reason. Worst of all, James Spader and Joss Whedon tried too hard to make him funny when he is meant to be an intimidating and emotion-less killing machine with a twisted sense of logic. And then he was killed off outright as if he had nothing more to offer to the MCU. What a waste!
Well at least What If...? gave some more to work with Ultron by making him about as big of a threat as Heaven Ascension DIO in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven. Although I admit it was pretty stupid that he one-shotted Thanos to get the other five Infinity Stones.
@@michaelmonthey5974 I only said that it was stupid that Ultron, with just a Mind Stone, one-shotted Thanos with the other five Infinity Stones to death. Not to mention, even without the Stones in that scenario, Thanos should be stronger than Ultron.
Which MCU villain disappointed you the most? Voice your dissatisfaction in the comments below!
Taskmaster
Disappointment?
Hawkeye's Disneyfied Wilson Fisk.
@Ian Robert Turner I agree, Crimson Dynamo would've been way better in Ironman 2, Whiplash was so wasted in Ironman 2 and they could've done more with him, he had potential to be a great villain, but in the end, it was a total waste of a great idea for a villain for Tony Stark.
Mandarin. he's fake let alone not an Asian.
YellowJacket
The problem with Karli is that she tried to come off like some "holding all the cards" bad guy but she didn't have the charisma to pull it off so she just comes off like a whiny college hipster with a God Complex.
She was just really annoying
I swear there was an entire episode missing from TFATWS, because it's the same shit for U.S Agent.
His change from villain to good guy is so quick and immediate; it didn't feel warranted or something that's deserved, especially since about an Episode ago he nearly killed Bucky and Sam.
Karli was more of an anti-villain
She keeps saying she’s doing what’s good but continues to cause chaos and destruction
@@javi8499
That is the very definition of an anti-villain.
Killian going "I AM THE MANDERIN!" and getting knocked by Pepper via pipe will never stop being funny.
The real Mandarin from Shang Chi: 😒😒😒😒😒😒
@@chasehedges6775 Thank God they got The Mandarin done right in that movie.
SO TRUE
@@jeuryrabassa4724 I kinda wish the real one walked out of the conflict alive tho.
@@nestorsifuentesaguirre2722 That would of been really cool to see.
Taskmaster deserves the number 1 spot on this list. Forget the gender swap, the character was not Taskmaster whatsoever. The ability copying and suit would not make up for the character and story as a whole.
Still Malekith is way more forgettable !!!
Taskmaster was the most disappointing one to me. I've seen shows that have him being cool and confident in his abilities, having photographic memory. Black Widow straight up made Taskmaster a project, practically a robot, and no photographic memory, it was just videos of fights literally drilled into Antonia.
If you think that's disappointing wait until you see Ghost in Ant Man and the Wasp, Scott Lang was completely sidelined while female characters took it.
plus ...there should be Tony Masters under the Mask
That's why everything is better animated, Hollywood sucks
At least The Taskmaster with her face revealed reminds me of Hiccup's mom from HTTYD films.
actually every version of Taskmaster I've seen shows him to be highly intelligent, cunning, strategic, and an excellent fighter. not some puppet. when taskmaster shows up, its a really big deal and everyone is on high alert bc they know exactly what he's capable of.
I personally have never agreed with the hate for Corey Stoll as Yellowjacket. I thought he did a great job and even managed to be intimidating at several points.
His performance was chilling.
“I want your daddy too.”
I agree
Corey Stoll wasn't the problem. It was the writing and directing. Reed is a hack.
@@ThePrinceofHisOwnKingdom And yet he directed the finale of Mandalorian Season 2 and it was epic!
@@chasehedges6775 Eh, didn't like Mandalorian S2. All he did was gave a glorified Luke cameo.
Taskmaster didn't deserve to be treated like this. They butchered him, man.
They turned him into a girl who's not gana be used again
Look how they massacred my boy.
Maybe they will do him like they did the Mandarin. Reveal that the real Taskmaster is still out there.
@@kelkellacsamana7298
Man, they messed up.
@@blakedevitt6948 Bingo, Somebody finally get it lol. Toni isn't going to stay as Taskmaster after what Dreykov did to her. She's probably going to be another Widow or something which opens the door for everyone precious Tony Masters.
With terrible villains, it just shows you how much Robert Downey Jr carried the Iron Man movies
Indeed. Jeff Bridges was pretty good tho
@@chasehedges6775 I agree
I mean I still definitely find those movies entertaining though
@@ohnobro1424 me too for sure
I actually really like Iron Man 3. I just wish the villain wasn’t awful unlike the rest of the movie
I hope they might bring Tony Master (Real Taskmaster) just like they did with Mandarin.
Loki: “I want to rule Asguard.”
Ultron: “I want humanity’s extinction.”
Thanos: “I want a balanced Universe.”
Ivan: *“I want my börd.”*
They wasted taskmaster in Black Widow. The villain could have been so much more
Somewhat I knew we wouldn't get a Taskmaster with influences of Spider Man PS4 but this was a step too far.
I hope when cesspool some how brings the proper task master into the MCU via breaking time or alternate reality
Edit deadool not cesspool bloody autocorrect
@@turogamer-oi4nq No, no, you're right. Deadpool is a Cesspool.
Taskmaster is more Deadpool and Moon Knight villain
I personally liked Abomination mostly due to Hulk being my second favorite Marvel hero
I will never understand the hate that movie gets
Agreed. I enjoyed the movie, and Abomination was a decent villain
I liked The Incredible Hulk a lot and feels it’s underappreciated as an MCU movie. One thing I will say, is I hated when the first handful of comic movies didn’t want to give the villains their names from the books, so we got clunky dialogue to fit their names in, like Samuel Stern saying, “I don’t know what will happen. The result could be an… abomination” 🙄
@@ruebascu Yeah,if any villain should have been on this list it should have been Mysterio.
Yeah they are bugging putting Abomination in there he lived up to expectations
It's been a while since I saw Iron Man 2, but I remember liking Mickey Rourke as the villain, and I honestly think of him as being one of the better MCU villains, especially compared to other early MCU ones.
Agreed. Mickey Rourke needed more screen time to shine and better script writing for his character as there was some potential there for something bigger than just revenge.
Nope!
He’s not well characterised but he is a really fun villain. Especially because of how great his interactions are with Sam Rockwell’s Justin Hammer. Iron Man 2 isn’t a great film but it is a lot of fun, I enjoy it more than the first Iron Man. 👍👍
#6 Ivan Vanko / -Whiplash- Crimson Dynamo
The execs ruined his performance
He said so himself
That’s how he got blacklisted again
The Deviants in Eternals were also very bland villains. Especially the one played by Bill Skarsgard.
It’s Kro
@@tylanhastens4743 I actually really enjoyed that. Ikaris is usually the poster boy for the Eternals, and Druig is usually the traitor. Loved how they switched that around. The movie IMO was also very good at showing how conflicted Ikaris is about his loyalty to the team vs. his loyalty to his creators.
In my opinion, Kro should’ve not come back in the end, but have been saved for the sequel, or rather Kro kills Ikaris while he’s distracted fighting the others, before being killed alongside Tiamut
@@Earth-Ninja Yeah, it's really unfortunate they killed Kro just as he was gaining sentience. He had legitimate grievances against both the Eternals and the Celestials.
You mean a knock off of Cell from DBZ?
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Most of these villains suffer from just about the worst thing possible in modern film: mediocrity. It’s almost worse to be a mediocre character than it is to be a terrible character, as people will embrace truly terrible films and characters, but if you’re only okay, then people will remember it worse than it actually was
Never have truer words been spoken this day and age. Easy examples, and I know I'll get flack, but Arnold's Freeze and Carrey's Riddler in the late 90s Batman were so campy and high strung dedicated that it actually has their own charm to it. Carrey more so, but pizazz let's get drunk and have fun vibes! Can't wait to see him as MODOK!
@@shockz1715 Exactly! We all know that Batman and Robin is really bad as a movie…it’s very bad lol, and to a lesser extent; Batman Forever is as well, but there’s no denying it’s fun and weird, and people will defend it as such. However, when it comes to a movie that’s just okay, like Captain Marvel, people forget about the fun aspects in favor of it’s mediocre story/script, and then they call it garbage, when it really isn’t
I know what you mean. I have a track record of loving movies that are otherwise bad or extremely underrated. A Good Day To Die Hard, Space Chimps, Jupiter Ascending, the SW Prequel and Sequel Trilogies, Indiana Jones & and the Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull, the Hobbit trilogy, Shark Tale, Nut Job, I could go on. Trust me, I do enjoy some of the great films out there we know and love, but I do happen to also enjoy the bad and hated..😌
I feel bad for Mickey Rourke he's such a good actor, he was just handed of bad script
Indeed 💯💯💯
I feel the same way about Isabella Sermon from Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom. Fantastic child actress, terrible movie
Whiplash had so much potential, but sadly was wasted.
That scene with RDJ was good tho
@@pauldezmond3388 💯💯👍
I will defend Mickey Rourke's performance and Whiplash as a villain until I am blue in the face.
He get severally screwed over by the script; but by god he chews the scene everytime he's on screen.
Karli was a victim of the MCU's thing of, "Uh oh, the bad guy is making some really valid points, so let's have them do something villainous to make sure viewers know they're still the bad guy."
See also: Killmonger
Killmonger is overrated as a villain. He’s a good villain but people act like he’s one of the best.
I don't like Klau, he looks like an illegal buyer who only wants rare metal to then turn around sell it for a lot of cash and plus I am glad he dies in black pather. I also don't like M.O.D.O.K from Marvel Avengers game, first of all he is just weak, and he literally controls a giant kree robot and it sucks. Hopefully we can see the MCU make M.O.D.O.K is great again.
i thought Karli had terrible motivations. She wants to take the homes that she stole from dead people, and is getting upset about things that aren't hers. She wants to make things back to the way they were, so basically she just wants to recreate the original snap. It was a terribly written villain who did stuff like blowing up buildings full of innocent people, which is meant to be the villainous thing so people don't see her as reasonable, except she was never reasonable, so ultimately it just ends up as bad writing
@@oscarwilliams2628 Governments collapsed after the snap, whoever was left had to band together. That meant putting aside whatever problems based on religion, nationality, skin color, etc., just to band together to survive. Also, those people were gone for five years with no evidence that they were coming back, and then suddenly they reappeared. Suddenly, the old problems were back again, compounded by the fact that the people who did survive the snap were now homeless and were expected to immediately return to a life that was ripped away from them five years ago and have had to learn to move on and adapt. Going to guess there's a few folks who's lives were terrible but then had a newfound freedom after the snap.
Ronan.. bad?
What are you guys smoking?
Yeah. I mean, wasn't the point of him that he's this overly serious and dramatic zealot? To contrast the fun-loving Guardians? As that he worked perfectly.
@@Nergalsama01
Bingo. That's exactly it, even the end sequence with the dance off final battle and the confused look on his face played into the contrast.
Yeah what the!!! He was pretty good
Lame. Zero depth. Boring.
Malekith felt like the most forgettable of the entire MCU. Like I just forgot that he exists.
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Ronan the Accuser could give him a run for his money. The only reason he gets remembered is the movie around him is much better than Thor the Dark World. 👍👍
I forget that Dark World exists. Thank god for Ragnorak
@@alexweiner1491 💯💯💯💯.
Thats cause the dark world is one of the worst mcu movies….i forgot that kurse was his lackey too
When it comes to the alien villain YON-ROGG; I honestly think since he isn’t dead, than it still might be possible to try to expand on the character, and maybe even see the character go through a sort of mental, and to add moral transformation.
I'm honestly surprised that Kaecilius didn't make in since he was REEEEALLY boring villain for Doctor Strange's first movie, not to mention that Gargantos was a severely nerfed version of his comic book counterpart Shuma-Gorath in second Doctor Strange movie. However I do agree on Malekith being at the top because I completely forgot that guy even existed. At least Killian had that meme death to make him at least that much memorable.
yeah Kaicilius was a really forgettable villain
Malekith is better than Kaecilius
Oh yeah taskmaster for sure
And all the MCU villians that isn't Loki,Green Goblin,Doc Ock,Sandman,Lizard or Electro.
@@jeuryrabassa4724 You forgot Thanos, Vulture and Killmonger.
Taskmaster wasn’t the damn villain. She was a lackey
@@lindildeev5721 and ultron and winter soldier
I was really hoping for a "UMvC3" kind of Taskmaster down the line. She gave The Wolverine Deadpool vibes with how few times she talked
Insomniac's Taskmaster from Spider-Man PS4 was so much more better and superior than MCU's Taskmaster.
@@jeuryrabassa4724 Even the Taskmaster from the terrible Avengers video game was a better version than the MCU version.
@@Phanthief95 Facts.
@@jeuryrabassa4724 I will pretend this offense they did to us never happened if a cameo of Tony Masters happens in any forthcoming tv show or movie even if he's reduced to a mix of antiheroism and neutrality like sometimes happens in the comics
Taskmaster by far was the biggest disappointment in the MCU
Agree with all, but I think Yellowjacket was alright for the “small” scale Ant-Man movie.
Taskmaster and the Mandarin pissed me off the most. I think Iron Man 3 was the worst Phase 2 movie. Also so many great actors wasted like Guy Pearce and Jude Law.
Wait you think Iron Man 3 is worse than Thor TDW? I’ll respect your opinion but...
Iron Man 3 is one of the best movies in the MCU
@@SDfan2002 I mean I wouldn’t go *that* far
@@SDfan2002 I agree
Cap winter soldier best phase 2
There have been some great villains too; Thanos, Loki, Bucky, Red Skull, Hela, Wilson Fisk, Bullseye, Zemo, Ultron and Killmonger.
He Who Remains from Loki was pretty cool.
@Archwod Richemond-Fils 💯
@Archwod Richemond-Fils I knew I would forget one or two 😑
Ultron was a joke.
Kang is best villain.
@@TheBlond49 the only part of Ultron that was a joke was his dialogue and that was Whedon's fault. Otherwise he posed a very serious threat.
Personally I loved the Abomination. We get to see Blonksy's slow transformation from a relatively stable soldier to a fight-hungry maniac, and the brilliant part is that it's not a transformation, it's bringing out the inner ugliness of him. He's a great foil to the Hulk.
"10. Taskmaster": The way he was handled really kind of triggered my inner fanboy. He's a chatty villain like you said and is really intimidating especially in the 2018 Spider-Man game when he appeared as a side boss. The Black Widow film on the other hand.......it just felt like the writers didn't even KNOW the history of this character or how to handle him which makes the twist all the more disappointing than shocking, that's not a good look.
"#9. Karli Morgenthau": ......Yeah, I would say that its probably the point of her being unlikable but I'd be exaggerating....but what did we expect????
"#8: The Abomination": It didn't trigger me as much as Taskmaster did......but I definitely saw why people really had issues with him. But don't worry, he will appear in She-Hulk: Attorney At Law so who knows if he'll pull a redemption card.
"#7: The Hand": Can't comment on that cause I haven't gotten to Daredevil Season 2 or The Defenders yet (I will eventually don't worry).
"#6: Whiplash": Not even Mickey Rourke could make the film's villain a bit more....well let's say a bit more likable.
"#5: Ronan The Accuser": What????? How???? Lee Pace was kind of A highlight (not THE highlight), but calling him boring is a bit of an over-exaggeration don't ya think????
"#4: Yellowjacket" Again, how????? He's like a reverse Lex Luthor (or just Marvel's answer to him), and even if the film kept focusing on Scott, Hank, and Hope, you kind of feel scared and concerned for how far he'll go to get what he wants any time he comes on screen. He shouldn't be on here.
"#3: Yon-Rogg": Say what you want about Captain Marvel but Jude Law really isn't that bad at playing a villain. Just saying.
"#2: Aldrich Killain": I mean, you could just assume Trevor Slattery as The Mandarin is Marvel's acknowledgement of his racist origins (hence why the Shang-Chi film decides to tell a different origin story that ISN'T racist towards Asians), but you're not wrong on the execution part, man that really sucked.
"#1: Malekith:" Had a feeling he'd be on here. I mean, didn't Christopher Eccleston say Marvel cut a lot of stuff that REALLY sounded important???? It's not surprising cause this really WASTED him. Plus, the way he's characterized really didn't help either and kind of is one of the reasons why The Dark World still gets hate and is sometimes still said to be one of the WORST MCU films.
My opinions on your rankings:
10. Agreed,Taskmaster got absolutely wasted.
9. Again, I agree. Motives were ok but her actions made me hate her
8. Yeah, just like the hulk but bad and with no real motives
7. Same here, i really need to watch those soon
6. Wasted him.
5. I wouldn't say he is terribly interesting, but he is not bad.
4. Yellowjacket was a good one. Some more time on him would be good, but he still is a good one.
3. Preformance is good. Villain is not
2. They only had to just make Mandarin the villain and all would be good. Alas, it was not to be.
1. Keep forgetting who this guy is
Don't waste your time with "The Defenders." I remember getting psyched when it came out, thinking it'd be a low-key version of The Avengers, but instead, the series was mostly dull and forgettable. The few memorable moments happen at the start and the end of the series. Shoot, I forgot who the villains were until this video reminded me.
@@MsNotzi K, ill just watch daredevil
I strongly feel that Karli, Taskmaster and Yonn-Rogg are the worst villains and should e higher up on the list.
Ronan the accuser is considered pure evil, so he SHOULD be taken seriously.
Ronan was supposed to be serious. It’s the perfect foil for the hilarious heroes, the Guardians of the Galaxy.
Taskmaster was the most wasted potential and probably the easiest to adapt to live action. Could have been hiding in the shadows. Training the next mercenaries at his school. Maybe she was one of his students and she just took his name. They overcomplicated this twist for the sake of manufactured drama. What a waste.
So you are saying.. Ronan is bad cuz he is too "serious" character for a "comedy" movie The Guardians of the Galaxy???
*B R U H*
Ronan is bad because he is super bland. Should of been number 2 behind Malekith.
I honestly liked Whiplash.
His character wasn't shallow really.
He was an animal lover, loyal to his father, watched him and his father suffer their entire lives because of Tony's father so he wanted revenge to be at peace, he was also extremely smart and for me he was the best part of the movie.
I think the rest of the movie storyline is what fell flat.
I’m surprised that all the villains in the *Eternals* didn’t need up on this list.
Dude seriously the Deviants sucked and Ikaris made no sense as a villain Sprite having the romance thing with Ikaris that makes her a villain was also trash
20 years ago, superhero movies were made as one-offs
No post-credit scenes, no sequel baits or even announcements of cinematic universes without even thinking through
Back there, they were concerned about the present instead of the future, so directors could give their movies an identity of their own, and villains were allowed to shine, without being overshadowed by a bigger villain that was yet to come
Mcu is losing it touch. Can't express how i am disappointed in doctor strange 2.
@@olanrewaju8202 Glad I watched Moon Knight instead
Indeed. I miss when villains were allowed to be villains.
Not technically true
Oh shut up
I liked Ronan, he was just like he was in the comics, a fanatic.
I liked him too I just think his writing didn't match the tone of guardians of the Galaxy very well. It was mostly meant to be a funny movie and whenever he had scenes and tried to act serious and menacing I think it just hit the audience wrong
I don't think he is anything like his comics counterpart. In the comics he is more of an anti-hero. There is a nobility to the character that the movie version completely lacks.
I agree, Malekith is the worst MCU villain to date no character development what so ever. These villains wouldn’t be bad if they were given better dialogue
💯💯💯👍👍. Definitely a terrible villain.
Personally what sold that point for me was when he had his ass kicked by Frigga. No disrespect to her character or Renee Russo's performance but the fact that Malekith was supposed this evil, menacing villain and he couldn't even beat her in a fight just leaves you saying " Um...ok?"
@@stevenceja4706 Same
EDIT: Renee Russo definitely deserves better. She was amazing as Frigga.
When it comes to the M.C.U. movie version of the villain WHIPLASH; I think that the best way to fix that is if a mad scientist of H.Y.D.R.A. decides to create a clone of him, this way a new form of him gets introduced, and not only that it might be possible to reinvent the aspect of the villain.
“Karli’s actions are despicable”
Weird…almost like she’s a villain.
I think what they were trying to say is that they were going for the sympathetic villain route, but criticizing how she has little to no redeeming qualities. For me, it also doesn't help that she's played by an actress who's just not believable in the role. Seriously, she still looks like 12 years old. You'd think after Solo, Disney would learn their lesson.
Yeah, and I disagree that she's on this list to begin with. I really liked her as an antagonist, who does what she does because she wants an injustice corrected, but then quickly is in waaaay over her head and crosses a line she didn't even need to cross.
@@Nergalsama01 Agreed!I I personally really like her as a villain, she's one of the more sympathetic MCU villains to date in my opinion.
@@Nergalsama01 right? I loved this character lol great actor too IMO.
The problem is the fact that they were desperately trying to make us feel sorry for her, even though she deserved everything that was coming to her. They even tried to tell us she wasn’t a terrorist, even though she was LITERALLY MURDERING PEOPLE AND SHOWING NO REMORSE.
Marvel: more about the hero's
DC: more about the villains
That's what I've always believed.
If Marvel’s heroes and DC’s villains were in the same universe from long ago it’s a wrap
Which is very ironic because Marvel makes better Heroes.
While DC makes better Villians.
@@jeuryrabassa4724 DC’s top tier heroes are great but it loses steam after you get past the top 5 ones they have. All you really need is Superman to save the world so that’s why the stakes feel different if no one has any Kryptonite 😂.
@@datsapaddlin6449 This is why Batman is the best DC superhero.
@@jeuryrabassa4724 Yeah he has the best stand alone movies ever because he is great and he has the best villains. Spider man really only rivals him in stand alone movies in the MCU and even with the Sam Rami versions for the same reason.
Best way to describe MCU Taskmaster: a terrible Winter Soldier copy with none of the interesting backstory that Bucky had.
Loki possibly knew this reveal would suck XDXDXD
I was at a convention, where Christopher Eccelston was a guest. I attended his panel. I heard him mention Maleketh with sheer disdain.
Malekith was the worst villain in the entire MCU. But I only watch the dark world is because of Loki.
💯💯👍. Same
let's face it, some movies are just there to explain how everything fits within the MCU
@@spdutahraptor777 like captain marvel
@@earth5853 exactly
@@spdutahraptor777 Age of Ultron
Taskmaster was done Dirty, the same way Mar Vell was done Dirty in Captain Marvel!
They did Taskmaster super dirty. Although I've only seen one other Taskmaster being the animated series The Ultimate Spiderman's Taskmaster. It had to be one of my favourite Marvel villains. TAS Taskmaster was an actual villain who had an actual motive of being bad and not a good person being forced to be bad (Black Widow version). TAS Taskmaster actually has powers that enable him to mimic his opponent's skills, along with photographic memory, whereas the Black widow version was just someone using a suit that does the mimicking and moving your body for you. The Black Widow Taskmaster suit I didn't really like, it was bulky, the hood wasn't even a hood, the colour scheme could have been done with more white and black and it just didn't look menacing. TAS Taskmaster his identity was unknown and when he's not wearing the suit he will disguise as someone else and actually use those face masks things they used in Black Widow, but that Taskmaster just always remains in their suit and they have no personality, no talking just forced to eliminate their targets whereas TAS the taskmaster was quite funny ish and good evil lines. TAS Taskmaster felt more like a big recurring villain such as the green goblin / Dr. Octavius / Kingpin which he was and his evil goals felt really the end of the world. Whereas this Taskmaster was probably the only time we see them and it wasn't even an evil person just someone pulling the strings. The only good thing I liked about this Taskmaster was that he already had a shield, bow and arrow, and claws representing the Avengers' abilities he had mimicked and kept onto them and used for future fights. Whereas the TAS Taskmaster can only mimic an ability for a certain amount of time, which is quite balanced and understandable, or else he will be unstoppable.
Why was Aldrich Kilian on this list. Like he is such a good villain. His super power is awesome, he is super smart and powerful,and the actor was so good for the character and his plan to make super-humans from energy is so cool
With some notable exceptions, Marvel has really struggled in creating memorable villains. The bigger shame, though, is that they get such incredible talents to play so many lackluster villains.
I think they’ve had some stinkers for sure but they’ve also had some all time great villains. 👍👍
Baron Strucker.
Of course, Malekith had to be no. 1 on the list. I'm still mad at the waste of potential here. Christopher Eccleston was the right actor for the role, and you could've had a charismatic, cunning villain to rival Loki. Which was probably the issue, that's what they didn't want. Instead we got MCU Darth Vader. :/
They took taskmaster one of the COOLEST mcu villains and turned them into a tried sob story
Thanos was the big bad of the MCU
And he overshadowed almost every villain that came before
So much that the studio didn't want to spend time to develop them, because all the time and effort to create a great villain went to Thanos
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Thanos wasn't that great just the biggest one they made. Loki will forever be the MCU greatest Villain. His longevity are testament to that.
@@ThisIsInfamousJBlack Loki only last as long because they're milking him. He's not even a villain anymore.
Vulture was great. I like Ego too.
@@ThePrinceofHisOwnKingdom I honestly like what they’re doing with Loki
890: My first thought is the Mandarin in Iron Man 3. Disappointing but funny. The actor’s return in Shang-Chi got more funny
The MCU has a problem with writing boring villains. Since they're not the central figure of the story, a lot of their motivation gets stripped away in favor of a two-dimensional, simplistic vision of what real evil looks like, in order to fit the movie runtime. But if they don't provide any form of character development to the hero, something that shakes their previous worldview, they don't serve much more purpose than to be a spangley punching bag. Villains are supposed to challenge the protagonist in more ways than just physical combat. They hold up a mirror to them, showing their flaws and issues, and confront them over their frailties and contradictions. Sometimes they are sympathetic, and sometimes they represent something antithetical to the hero's story arc, but the Disney MCU seems to be content to just leave some of them as flat and dull to make room for bigger budget CGI fights.
Or waiting for bigger sequels to give us something incredibly badass. I'm kinda impatient in this matter
I'm already bored of villains that are other world conquerors or ones that are identical to the hero in someway, I personally want villains like from Spider-man's rogues gallery or a type of supervillain team like the Masters of Evil, can't the MCU people give that a shot?
I feel like people are forgetting that for the longest time avengers were the weakest series in marvel comics because of how two dimensional both the heroes and villains were. They really don't have many strong villains and a lot of time clasic spiderman xmen f4 villains showed up in theirs. I feel like after they incorporate these teams to the mcu universe they will have a better time figuring these.
i liked Mickey Rourke in IM2 ..it's the writers who i blame for him being one of the worse villains...what were thinking having him use the whips without a suit?...then he gets penned to that Fence and heals up pretty damn quick where in real life he would've mostly like ended up like that one Salamanca twin.. but of course i know not the real world but giving him a suit would've made far more sense though of course it would've turned the villain into what alot of these villains are, evil counterparts with pretty much the dsmrnlrgrltt
Some villains are awful due to a lousy performance by the actor. Some times they’re awful because of the writing
And then there’s those times when they’re awful because of both
It’s definitely a combination of all of these
Dishonorable Mention:
*The Alpha Deviant - Eternals
-He's barely in it and he barely gets any character.
I kinda agree, if he was the main focus of the movie he would have been better in my opinion
in my opinion the hulk vs abomination fight wasnt underwhelming in the slightest and really showed off the greater test of hulks true strength and bruce's trust in his alter ego. that entire move gets some unfair hate in my opinion. I loved that portrayal of the hulk.
Dude used taxis as boxing gloves 🤣
That final battle was great. They reminded me of action figures smashing together. I am a simpleton.
The fact that this fight was in the best superhero fights list shows hypocrisy
Weirdly Ronan is one of my favourite villains in the MCU.
He is undeniably a bit generic but Lee Pace just makes him so genuinely intimidating.
I really didn’t mind Yellow Jacket. The guy was so despicable that it kind of worked
Taskmaster was the BIGGEST villain let down i have ever experienced in a Marvel's movie 0/10.
NO ! Malekith was... by far the worst MCU villain !!!
I hope Taskmaster gets a proper adaptation like the Mandarin.
I actually knew Yon-Rogg and Supreme Intelligence were going to be the villains in Captain Marvel right at the beginning.
I’m sure most people did!
HOW I IMAGINE IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM WITH M.C.U. VILLAIN TASKMASTER:
Now I imagine a scenario in which TaskMaster aka (Antonia Dreykov) she gets killed by someone who is better than her, and that person decides to become the new TaskMaster after killing her.
I hope the TVA pruned her
I love they put "taskmaster" in the thumbnail. I was so done when I saw it the first time because I was expecting some xmen origins' deadpool again. But even worst: another bad deadpool but with gender swap 🙄
Also Drakov was a big cliche with the daughter and vengeance
They did Taskmaster dirty
Only watched because........ Yelena and Natasha and a bit of her "sexy mum"
Ronan should have been a killer
Instead of having Thanos berate and belittle him, they should have had Nebula trying to secure the mission by herself and failing. Then getting another chance to go after Peter Quill, but Peter Quill gets help to fight her off from rocket and Groot so they can collect the bounty on Peter.
Nebula going back to lick her wounds, she then gets replaced when Thanos calls in Ronan to finish the job, which caused Gamora to go turncoat. Gamora reaches Peter, Rocket and Groot first, trying to warn them that Ronan is after the Power Stone.
Peter tries to pick her up, she rejects him, Rocket tells her to fuck off, couple of I Am Groots here and there. Resulting in all of them arguing and *ALMOST* fighting each other, but Ronan lands before the Guardians fight and Ronan single handedly destroys them.
Like, without breaking a sweat. He doesnt hurt Gamora, since shes Thanos' daughter and favorite. But he knocks her out, then beats Peter, Rocket and Groot by himself.
But before he can kill them and take the Orb, Yonda hits Ronan with a space pod and Ronan fights the rest of the Ravagers while The Guardians are being arrested.
Ronan offs a couple Ravagers, but seeing the Nova Force Police, he is disgusted and decides to regroup since he is one of the most notorious Kree War Mongers after Yondu taunts Ronan of the incoming Nova Force.
Then the movie will pretty much go as it did from here. They only needed to make Ronan seem like a BIGGER threat than he was. He came off like a whiney, callous and useless hired hand rather than the all powerful War Mongerer that hes supposed to be.
Showing him destroy the Guardians single handedly before they became a team would show how much power he has. Having Thanos bring him in personally and all the faith in them is a stark contrast to the way he sees him in the movie. With the Guardians having trouble defeating him until they realize they have to work as a team, and it makes everything more impactful. Gamora leaving and betraying Thanos. Nebulas feelings of being a screw up. Groots sacrifice to save his team mates. And Ronans betrayal of Thanos would also hit harder. It would be a huge WTF moment that shows how powerful the stones are, if they could make Ronan betray Thanos and threaten him personally once he takes the Stone.
Ronan scared me when I first watched GoTG 1
Some of these villains are waaaaaay better than current MCU heroes' pool. (Had to be said).
I feel like Sonny Birch from Ant-Man and the Wasp should have been on here.
Malekith sounds like a good idea for the villain (because of his origin), but lacking personality brutally wastes potential.
Aldrich Killian is True Joke at the end.
Taskmaster is another wasted character
Yellowjacket later became M. O. D. O. K. Who was even more disappointing because of CGI
Believe it or not, Shang-Chi made me love Trevor Slattery
I hope he comes back in Shang Chi 2
@@ohnobro1424 I hope so
@@drakedy2145 I was weirdly happy that he was even brought back in the first one
@@ohnobro1424 Yeah me too I didn't expect it but I was
Love the background music
Taskmaster could’ve been and should’ve been such a brilliant villain! And taken more seriously in my opinion they destroyed the character
Keep it up on your work and this video and channel
Taskmaster was the biggest middle finger to anyone who loves the character
I’m still questioning how the Spider-Man & Avengers video games did Taskmaster more justice with less screen time than the movie.
@@Phanthief95 especially the avengers
@@Obi-Wan-Kenobi_ And the irony MANY knew we wouldn't get the Tony Masters version but wish Masters still appeared at least as a neutral character
@@nestorsifuentesaguirre2722 I hope they learn from it and have the real taskmaster show up I quite like the suit though
@@Obi-Wan-Kenobi_ So do I but the PS4 suit is much cooler
Thanks you for your video and channel
Ghost definitely deserves the thumbnail
I ❤️ this video and channel
You think these villains are bad, you haven't seen some villains in the DCEU like Lex Luthor, or the Joker
Lex Luther was fucked as soon as they casted fucking Jesse Eisenberg as him. Like I love Jesse and all but wtf? That felt like a shitpost that came to life.
They're still just as bad and even if they're better that's such a low bar. MCU fanboy lmao
If their is one bad Joker, there are 4 good Jokers too. So stop complaining MCU fanboy.
@@hemantks4353 hey woah I just talking about DCEU Joker not only of the other ones that exist in a non-connected cinematic universe, okay?
@@hemantks4353 is Joker all you can come up with? What about literally everyone else? The villains from Batman V Superman, WW84, and Aquaman were all garbage for example.
I'd throw Kaecilius from the first Doctor Strange up there as well.
I disliked this honestly, because I enjoyed Daren Cross, the Yellow Jacket and I enjoyed Whiplash. I honestly think Justin Hammer was a much more disappointing villain then Whiplash. Personally I also think Ultron was a much more disappointing villain than Daren Cross. Instead of Darren Cross, they should have had Sunny Birch from "Ant-Man and the Wasp". Instead of Whiplash, they should have had Justin Hammer.
Hammer was really good in my opinion. He just had the scene chewing charm that could’ve made it Iconic.
@@egekazkayas8968 I can respect that
Justin is hilarious lol
I like Karli and Vanko.
I think how Karli operates made sense, simply because she had depth but being misguided really made that. And Vanko kinda felt like he could've been Zemo before Zemo. He was wonderfully cerebral but not given enough.
Also Corey Stoll would make a killer Lex Luthor
I disagree with Ronan on this list. I thought he was pretty cool, and Lee Pace had the right attitude when playing him. Mslekith at least looked cool, but yeah.... Other than that it's a pretty good list. These clips also reminded me how... unsympathetic Brie Larson is as Captain Marvel. I vastly prefer Teyonah Parris in pretty much the same role. Maybe we could have an underwhelming hero list next? ; )
Ronin is a rip off of whats his name from Riddick.
C'mon no Walton Goggins in Ant Man & The Wasp???? His vilain character was so boring that i don't even remember the name of the character. How could he not be in there ???
Taskmaster definitely. I get changing somethings about a character, but besides copying abilities, it was almost everything about Taskmaster changed. I’m surprised Kro from The Eternals was not on this list (I’m not even sure they ever said his name in the film, I only know it from surrounding merch).
I always saw Black Widow as a female-empowerment-movie dressed as a superhero movie rather than a direct adaptation from the source material and in that context, that version of taskmaster made perfect sense to me. Also people tend to forget that the MCU is not the same universe presented in the comics and I personally, as a fan of the comics myself, prefer to be surprised sometimes than get the full fan-service-package.
Yeah I wasn't hating taskmaster I just thought that they could have done more hence the underwhelming. But I did like the idea of her being initially mind control and stuff I just think that afterwards she should have still carried on with her villainous ways although you did actually feel sorry for her which is something that we never see in the actual thing. Not very sympathetic villain more so a true villain which is nice but not in every case
I Agree! The Taskmaster was an okay villain.
Also the grandmaster in what if...? was also pretty boring. Like in thor he was a great villain and a funny one, but in what if...? he is so dumb and his jokes are so so bad. The only thing I like about him is that he did make this cool race
You forgot Deviants in Eternals.
Top 10 Best MCU Villains:
1. The High Evolutionary
2. Thanos
3. Ego
4. Loki
5. Zemo
6. Killmonger
7. Hela
8. Red Skull
9. Mysterio
10. Ultron
Ultron is here but NOT Vulture?! LOL
Yeah Ronan and Abomination don't belong on this list. Ronan was a perfect contrast to the Guardians' personalities, and Abomination just wasn't that bad... especially not deserving to be placed higher than Taskmaster.
Most of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Villians are Forgettable (Except for Thanos and Loki)
I still don't understand how the MCU screw up a villain like Taskmaster coming from someone that's not a Really fan of the character. Not saying I dislike the character I think the character is very cool. I take points away from MCU when they mishandle their villains like Dormmamu.
They were only interested in Taskmaster's mimic abilities and nothing more, really. That's the problem. :/
Ok I don’t know much about Dormammu, but how did they butcher him? Was it just a case of him being underused, cuz I’m 90% sure he’s coming back in Doctor Strange 3.
@@ohnobro1424 not sure if you watched the 1st Doctor Strange but I don't wanna spoil it 4 you
@@NTGNickGreer I just said I don’t know that much about Dormammu in general. I’ve still seen the movie.
@@ohnobro1424 oh my bad.
MCU ruined Mandarin and Taksmater. Two villaisn that could’ve been fantastic characters and iconic villains. Wasted potential. L plot twist , L MCU. Those two plot twists completely ruined my day.
The issue with MCU's villain problem is because there are just too many movies. It makes it difficult to make a villain that's interesting and still be relevant in the later films. They are just throw away characters in the individual films. Very sad.
Which makes Dr. Strange 2 that much more interesting.
We’re probably getting pretty good villains in the future though. Between Gorr, Namor, Kang, and the High Evolutionary, they’re probably gonna get pretty good in the next few movies.
I suggest the real Taskmaster show up in a future movie and takes out the fraud.
There's no room in the MCU for individuality
Just ask Edgar Wright
That’s just sad.
The mystery is they gave James Gunn individuality.
Cos there has to be continuity. Individuality is the price to be paid for that, that's why Joss Whedon quit after Age of Ultron
@@kelseytm6715 IW was better than his Avengers though.
@@ThePrinceofHisOwnKingdom It had to be, it had more years of character development, more characters, bigger scope and better CGI. My point was about directors accepting the demands of Kevin Feige.
Yellowjacket honestly amused me because he seemed less a villain and more like a spurned lover.
MCU’s Ultron disappointed me the most. His characterization and motivations in Age of Ultron were lackluster compared to the animated series, “Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes”. Ultron is an A.I. that can transfer from one technology to another, and he is consistently motivated by creating lasting peace on Earth, as well as the universe, by making humanity extinct. These traits make him one of the most interesting Marvel villains, and one of the toughest villains to defeat.
In Age of Ultron however, in large part due to his limited appearance, his characterization is reduced to a run of the mill bad guy who seems to be interested in nothing more than destroying the world just for the hell of it, as well claiming to hate Iron Man for no apparent reason. Worst of all, James Spader and Joss Whedon tried too hard to make him funny when he is meant to be an intimidating and emotion-less killing machine with a twisted sense of logic. And then he was killed off outright as if he had nothing more to offer to the MCU. What a waste!
Couldn't agree more.
Well at least What If...? gave some more to work with Ultron by making him about as big of a threat as Heaven Ascension DIO in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven. Although I admit it was pretty stupid that he one-shotted Thanos to get the other five Infinity Stones.
@@nifinland I don’t think it was stupid at all. Ultron was as big of a threat with the stones as Thanos was.
@@michaelmonthey5974 “I see you.”
Chills
@@michaelmonthey5974 I only said that it was stupid that Ultron, with just a Mind Stone, one-shotted Thanos with the other five Infinity Stones to death. Not to mention, even without the Stones in that scenario, Thanos should be stronger than Ultron.
Taskmaster should of been like the one she used to be