34 Missed Opportunities In Huge Blockbusters

Look, Hollywood, your stories are great and all, and we definitely have no problem with throwing wads of cash your way -- but sometimes we do get a little confused about whose story we should be focusing on. Whether incidental or not, sometimes a one-off character or sideplot will pop up that makes us really, really wish someone had pursued it further.

To help illustrate this point, we asked our readers to point out some of the biggest missed opportunities in film history. We gave cash to the winner, but first the runners-up ...

34 Entry by davidomurchadha

-MEN ORIGINS WOLVERINE Fantastic opening scenes show Wolverine and Victor fighting wars throughout history Way better than the rest of the movie CRACK

33 Entry by Chris Rio

- Leader of badass gang of space pirates - Controls murder spear weapon by whistling - Is blue Hey Marvel, where's yondu's origin story?

32 Entry by SharkyJ.Mansour

SERAPH FROM THE MATRIX SEQUELS: - Shown to be at least equal in martial arts abilty to Neo - Protects The Oracle (from what exactly?) - Informs Smith

31 Entry by hotrod2001

30 Entry by Anthony Paparo

CRACKEDCON This is Sarge, from Disney/ /Pixar's Cars. Sarge is a secondary character and also a WWII veteran (meaning that there are freakin' car wars

29 Entry by Jordan Rudow

In Real Steel, Atom the fighting robot starts to show signs of self-awareness. He looks at himself in a mirror. He nods when asked, Can you understan

28 Entry by Alecia Chambers

CRACKED COM STAND BY ME CHRIS CHAMBERS Chris Chambers was the strongest, most sensitive, and the most interesting of the four boys that went looking f

27 Entry by krakenkraked

34 Missed Opportunities In Huge Blockbusters

26 Entry by 404notfound

CRACKEDCON FLOYD PINK We could have enjoyed more Quicksilvero DAYS OF FUTURE PAST Instead, we get whiny Professor X.

25 Entry by Zapp Rowsdower

1990's The Adventures of Ford Fairlane, starring Andrew Dice Clay as a rock and roll detective, is actually a prettry funny movie. But a film about

24 Entry by Rachel Whetstone

An imprisoned freedom fighter gets a second chance to lead the insurrection against the brutal Roman empire. BARABBAS A MEL GIBSON FILM CRACKED.COM

23 Entry by Crateofbananas

DJANGO CRACKED.COM UNCHANEd Samuel L. Jackson's character, Stephen is fascinating. He is shrewd perceptive and charismatic. He is close friend and adv

22 Entry by Ranchoth

CRACKEDcO Disney's CHE LACK AULDRON A magical fantasy adventure! Eioney Glso featuring... Cu Princess Eilonwy! Cu, 1967 -Token girl/love interest -Per

21 Entry by The_Real_Sawyer

THE BEGINING OF STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS INTRODUICED Us TO A STRANGE NEW WORLD WITH NEW LIFE AND A NEW CIVILIZATION THE EVENTS LEADING uP TO THESE OPEN

20 Entry by Zapp Rowsdower

In THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS. Timothy Dalton's polarizing debut as 007. there's a scene where Bond. Q and Moneypenny review a database of female KGB assass

19 Entry by jofride

CRACKED Mococod THIS WOMAN DECIDED TO LEAVE HER WHOLE LIFE BEHIND TO BECOME A PERMANENT CHARACTER LIVING IN A FICTITIOUS TOWN POPULATED BY FAKE PEOPLE

18 Entry by Monsterlynn

CRACKEDcO So...1100 men went into the water, 316 men come out. The sharks took the rest, June the 29th, 1945. Anyway, we delivered the bomb.

17 Entry by Jericho6115

CRACKED C COM YOU KNOW THAT YOU WOULD TOTALLY WATCH THE SHIT OUT OF ROB RIGGLE CLEO KING AS AND AS OFFICER FRANKLIN OFFICER GARDEN Ewtcn LAS VEGAS IN:

16 Entry by ketkarsa

CRACKEDc CONT THL LHLELLMER The most interesting character in most action movies

15 Entry by DoctorNemesis

In Steven Spielberg's version of The War of the Worlds this unnamed journalist shows up for a single scene where she informs Tom Cruise that the ali

14 Entry by PeterBanning

A disagreement between a father and a son creates a rift that lasts for years. The father turns his hand to shovelling snow for his neighbours to help

13 Entry by Comunacho

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12 Entry by ChrisCool

Hi ! I'm Keanu Reeves, and I'm acting as a monolithic walking USB stick called Johnny Mnemonic in a '90 Sci-fi movie currently rated 14 % on a famous

11 Entry by StalyrianVeel

1998's Dark City, sci-fi a neo-noir thriller about an amnesiac trying to discover his true identity in a nightmarish worid con- structed by beings wit

10 Entry by Giovenna Bianca Sipalay

Loki at the end of Thor... Loki at the beginning of Avengerrs. What happened in between should have its own movie. CRACKED.COM

9 Entry by Paka

8 Entry by Paka

7 Entry by Michael Voll

CONTACT The majority of the movie cuses on astrophysicist Ellie Arroway as she attends a series of committee meetings and press conferences. Meanwhile

6 Entry by DoctorNemesis

CRACKED COM A jaded small-town cop tries to keep order in his community and make a connection with his sullen teenage daughter under the looming shado

5 Entry by Alecia Chambers

THE DIVA PLAVALAGUNA The Fifth Element is full of iconic characters, none more iconic than the Diva Plavalaguna. She's shrouded in mystery, she's rega

4 Entry by woweewow

HOW ABOUT... ...AN OFFICE COMEDY ALL ABOUT THE WAITING ROOM FOR THE RECENTLY DECEASED? 150 MISS ARP YES, PLEASE. CRACKED COM

3 Entry by luluradebe

WHILE IT IS INTERESTING, THE LOVE STORY BETWEEN SAMANTHA AND THEODORE IS NOT THE MOST FASCINATING THING IN THE MOVIE HER. THERE'S A WHOLE OTHER REALM

2 Entry by Edvamp

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1 Entry by finnegan

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