Random Dumbest Evil Plans In Superhero Movies (15 items)

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  (#1) Catwoman

  • Halle Berry, Sharon Stone, Missy Peregrym, Frances McDormand, Kim Smith, Frances Conroy, Benjamin Bratt, Alex Borstein, Janet Varney, Lambert Wilson, Byron Mann, Michael Massee, Peter Wingfield, Christopher Heyerdahl, Anne Fletcher, Lori Fung, John Cassini, Larry Sullivan, Holly Eglington, Aaron Douglas, Ona Grauer, Michael Daingerfield, John Mann, Benita Ha, Jill Krop, Ryan Robbins, Peter Williams, Kimani Ray Smith, Shaina Tianne Unger, Mike Mitchell, Michael P. Northey, Brooke Theiss, James Ashcroft, Herbert Duncanson, Landy Cannon, Dagmar Midcap, Michasha Armstrong, Laurence Racine, Brett Chan, Kennith Overbey, Aaron Miko, Diego Diablo Del Mar, Connor Dunn, Patricia Mayen-Salazar, James Lloyd Reynolds, Angie Jaree, Berend McKenzie, Alfred Liu, Ursula Haczkiewicz, Ashlea Earl, Manny Petruzzelli, Chase Nelson-Murray, Harley Reiner, Alisoun Payne

  While Catwoman might be one of the worst comic book movies ever made, it does feature an amazing cast, including Halle Berry as the titular antihero and Sharon Stone as the film's villain, Laurel Hedare. In the movie, Hedare is a cosmetics magnate who discovers that her soon-to-be-released revolutionary anti-aging product has an unusual side effect: If people stop using it, their faces disintegrate, but if they continue, their faces turn to stone. What's a billionaire to do?

  Frankly, she's in a losing situation and faces financial ruin one way or the other, but that doesn't stop Hedare from launching her product (and offing her husband, to boot). Eventually, Catwoman squares off against the villainous capitalist and slashes up her face, causing Laurel to meet her end rather than live with an ugly mug.
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  (#2) Batman & Robin

  • Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Clooney, Uma Thurman, Alicia Silverstone, Elle Macpherson, Vivica A. Fox, Jesse Ventura, Chris O'Donnell, Coolio, Vendela Kirsebom, Sandra Taylor, Michael Gough, Patrick Leahy, John Glover, Pat Hingle, Dick Shawn, Nicky Katt, Doug Hutchison, Eric Lloyd, Michael Paul Chan, Robert Swenson, Veronica Grey, John Ingle, Ralf Möller, Jack Betts, Kimberly Scott, Alex Daniels, Peter "Navy" Tuiasosopo, Christian Boeving, Jim McMullan, Dennis Keiffer, John Fink, Harry Van Gorkum, Greg Lauren, Neill Calabro, Joe Sabatino, Dean Cochran, Michael Reid MacKay, Elizabeth Guber, Takis Triggelis, Stogie Kenyatta, Jim Palmer, Steve Boyles, Matthew Hurley, Michael Bernardo, Mark Chadwick, Eva Ford, Isaac Mayanja, Steven Ito, Mark Leahy, Julie Michaels, Steve Blalock, Jean-Luc Martin, Elizabeth Sanders, Robert Powell, Jeff Podgurski, Danny Costa, Marc Glimcher, Jay Luchs, Chris C. Mitchell, Todd Grossman, Paul Sklar, Roger Nehls, Christopher Caso, Khristian Lupo, Bruce Roberts, William Victor Skrabanek, Chris Sayour, Spitfire Brown, James Kim, Simon Kim, Jon Simmons, Christopher Nelson, Tobias Jelinek, Don Sinnar, Azikiwee Anderson, Anthony E. Cantrell, Lucas Berman, Jim Hardy, Uzi Gal, Gabriela Tollman, Stephan Desjardins, Andy LaCombe, David Cardoza, Dennis Lefevre, Cory M. Miller, Casper Brindle, Howard Velasco

  There are a lot of problems with 1997's Batman & Robin, which have been covered on this site and many others over the past 20+ years. But if there's one massive problem about the movie, it's the villains, specifically Poison Ivy and Mr. Freeze. They each have their own plans for world domination, and when they decide to work together to achieve their goals, they cancel each other out.

  Poison Ivy loves plants over people, so her plan is to convert the world into some sort of botanical nightmare where humans are turned into plants or some such nonsense. Mr. Freeze just wants to see the world burn... er, freeze, and he's willing to send the globe into a new ice age. The only problem with this is that cold tends to harm plants, which begs the question: Why on Earth would Ivy consider teaming up with a guy whose only goal is to end all plant life on the planet?

  It doesn't make any sense, and while they may have considered teaming up to deal with the Batman situation before parting ways, it really isn't within their own self-interest to work together at all. 
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  (#3) Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

  • Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Jeremy Irons, Holly Hunter, Gal Gadot

  When the DC Extended Universe launched with Man of Steel, fans knew it wouldn't be long before Lex Luthor showed up to cause some trouble for the Last Son of Krypton. He finally appears in Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice as the puppeteer of a ridiculously circuitous plot designed to turn Batman against Superman. His plan is difficult to follow, mostly because it doesn't make a ton of sense.

  For starters, there is no apparent reason for him to get the two heavyweight superheroes to fight one another. There's no established history between the characters, nor does there appear to be any real motive behind Luthor's actions.

  While he is setting up the heroes, he has a backup plan to genetically engineer a monster using Kryptonian technology - just in case. But if he can do such a thing, why doesn't he simply start by creating Doomsday?

  There really are no explanations for Luthor's actions in the film, but he does manage to get Batman and Superman to fight each other. He somehow misses the whole "Martha" connection, which ultimately blows his plan to pieces. But then again, who could have seen that coming?
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  (#4) Supergirl

  • Faye Dunaway, Peter O'Toole, Mia Farrow, Helen Slater, Peter Cook, Brenda Vaccaro, Hart Bochner, Marc McClure, Simon Ward, Maureen Teefy

  Back in 1984, DC Comics and Warner Bros. released a Supergirl film in the hopes that it would become as popular as the Superman franchise. Unfortunately, the film failed to perform at the box office, which could have been due to its silly plot.

  In the film, Helen Slater plays Kara Zor-El, AKA Supergirl, who is on a mission to save Argo City after the Omegahedron, the magical artifact that powers the Kryptonian town, is lost on Earth. Kara sets herself up as Clark Kent's cousin Linda Lee, who doubles as Supergirl.

  It's not a terrible plot until you get to the villain of the story, a would-be witch named Selena. Selena stumbles upon the Omegahedron and quickly learns that it can be used to cast real magical spells. She then uses it to force a groundskeeper to fall in love with her, but it goes awry when he falls for Linda/Kara/Supergirl instead. When that plan falters, she animates construction equipment to sort it out, and everything goes haywire.

  Later in the film, she uses the Omegahedron to banish Supergirl to the Phantom Zone and declares herself "Princess of Earth," which apparently is a thing. Eventually, Supergirl returns, defeats Selena and returns to Argo City to save the day.
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  (#5) Justice League

  • Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Gal Gadot, Ezra Miller, Jason Momoa, Ray Fisher, Jeremy Irons, Diane Lane, Connie Nielsen, J. K. Simmons

  Justice League has its fans, and while many have spoken out about the general tone of the film or how much they want to see the so-called "Snyder Cut," few can defend the film's ridiculous plot. The movie opens with the explanation that Steppenwolf attempted to take over the planet Earth long ago, but was thwarted by the Amazonians, the Atlanteans, and humankind. He then decided to wait until the time was right before he made another attempt.

  Steppenwolf chooses to strike after the fall of Superman, which makes sense - trying to take over the world when a Kryptonian is running about isn't wise. But why does he wait until after the Kryptonian appears when he could have attacked during, say, the Black Plague or WWI? He could have come at any time in Earth's history when defense was at its weakest, but he chooses to strike when the world is still protected by a bunch of metahumans, who also happen to revive Superman. 

  Had he made his move anytime prior to Superman's arrival, he would have succeeded. It doesn't make any sense that he left Earth alone for eons before trying again in the Age of Superheroes.
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  (#6) Superman

  • Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Terence Stamp, Margot Kidder, Glenn Ford, Ned Beatty, Valerie Perrine, Susannah York, Trevor Howard, Jackie Cooper, Maria Schell, Sarah Douglas, Jack O'Halloran, Marc McClure, Phyllis Thaxter, Jeff East, George Harris II

  In the world of DC Comics, Alexander "Lex" Luthor is considered to be one of the most nefarious evil geniuses on Earth. In movies, he's been a little less supervillain and a bit more super silly.

  Gene Hackman plays the character brilliantly in the original Superman film franchise, but that doesn't mean Luthor has a great plan. He even lays it all out in perfect cinematic villain fashion when he thinks he has the upper hand over Superman.

  He purchases a great swathe of land along the San Andreas Fault in California. At the same time, he commandeers some atomic devices with the intent of detonating them along the faultline. His plan is to create an entirely new coastline in Arizona by sinking California into the sea. The only problem with the plan is that's not how faultlines work. Blowing up that portion of the fault would likely cause some tremors, but it would hardly sink California. Maybe it would create a new lake or something, but in reality, his plan doesn't make sense.

  He also commits another common movie villain error when he places a kryptonite necklace on Superman. Instead of waiting a few minutes to ensure he has vanquished the Man of Steel, he leaves him alone with a less-than-reliable henchwoman. Seeing as her mother is in the blast zone of one of the inbound projectiles, she has a good reason to save Superman, who eventually thwarts Luthor's plan.
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  (#7) Man of Steel

  • Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Antje Traue, Ayelet Zurer, Christopher Meloni, Russell Crowe

  When Superman returned to theaters in 2013's Man of Steel, he did so with a familiar enemy: General Zod. Instead of Zod's hatred for Jor-El fueling his rage against Superman, he is driven by his genetic code, which is pre-set to make him a warrior at birth. That's an interesting tweak to the Kryptonian mythology, but when it comes time for Zod's plan to launch, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Zod aims to terraform the Earth into a planet where Kryptonians can thrive. However, the irony there is that Kryptonians can not only survive on Earth, but they are also basically gods.

  Now, he could terraform Mars or some other planet if he is really interested in recreating Krypton, but he chooses Earth, which happens to be protected by Kal-El, a Kryptonian who has been sucking up the rays of the sun for decades. Superman wouldn't stop him from terraforming a planet like Mars, and he may even choose to help him, but Zod insists on transforming Earth in Krypton's image, which means he has to be stopped. 

  At the end of the day, the destruction Zod causes leads to his passing and is completely unnecessary.
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  (#8) The Incredible Hulk

  • Robert Downey Jr., Liv Tyler, Edward Norton, Tim Roth, Stan Lee, William Hurt, Ty Burrell, Michael K. Williams, Lou Ferrigno, Bill Bixby, Tim Blake Nelson, Débora Nascimento, Miyoshi Umeki, Peter Mensah, Rickson Gracie, Martin Starr, Genelle Williams, Christina Cabot, Arnold Pinnock, Wayne Robson, Tig Fong, Greg Bryk, Chris Owens, Paul Soles, Joris Jarsky, Tony Nappo, Brandon Cruz, Dylan Taylor, Max McCabe-Lokos, Pedro Salvin, David Collins, Grant Nickalls, Russell Yuen, Nick Alachiotis, Max Topplin, John MacDonald, Ishan Morris, James Downing, Dan MacDonald, Todd Hofley, Kristina Pesic, Chris Ratz, Desmond Campbell, Billy Parrott, Dave Kiner, Al Vrkljan, Nicholas Rose, Robin Wilcock, Avi Phillips, David Bianchi, Rick Cordeiro, Trevor Smith, Jee-Yun Lee, Jason Burke, Aaron Berg, Richard D. Leko, Simon Wong, David Meunier, Robert Morse, Jim Annan, T.J. Smith, Krista Vendy, Moses Nyarko, Javier Lambert, Carlos A. González, Lenka Matuska, Jay Hunter, Tamsen McDonough, Roberto Bakker, J.A. Worthington, Imali Perera, DeShaun Clarke, Wes Berger, François Mequer, Matt Purdy, Stephen Gartner, Jason Hunter, Joe La Loggia, Fabio Dorea, Shaun McComb, Carla Nascimento, Julio Cesar Torres Dantas, Ruru Sacha, Adrian Hein, Kieran Gallant, Yan Regis, Mila Stromboni, Raimundo Camargo Nascimento, P.J. Kerr, Scott Magee, Stephen Broussard, John Carvalho

  If  you've ever read the Hulk comics, you know he is always pursued by the United States Armed Forces under the direct command of General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross. The general makes it his life's mission to take out the green terror with all his military might, but he never accomplishes the task. In 2008's The Incredible Hulk, Thunderbolt is up to his old tricks, but after he fails at beating down the Hulk with cannons and tanks, he opts to transform Emil Blonsky into Abomination to beat the Hulk to a pulp.

  The biggest problem with this plan is that Blonsky isn't someone Ross can control, and he goes about wiping out the city. A better plan might have been to try and tame the Hulk by courting Dr. Banner so his condition might be studied, duplicated, or reversed. After all, Banner is a scientist who doesn't want to hurt anyone, but instead of trying anything other than direct confrontation and force, Ross ups the game and creates a monster that is even more destructive than the Hulk, himself. 
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  (#9) Batman: The Movie

  Back in 1966, a Batman movie was dropped to capitalize off the success of the television series, and it was just as corny as the show. But despite being filled with gimmicky characters, horrible dialogue, and as much camp as is humanly possible, it's still a beloved addition to the franchise. The plot of the film follows the exploits of Batman and Robin's greatest enemies as they join forces to take over the world. Unfortunately, the Caped Crusader and Boy Wonder stand in their way.

  To fix this problem, they hatch a familiar plan: Vanquish the Batman! To accomplish this arduous task, they opt to nab one of Batman's best buddies so they can lure the Bat into their trap. Unfortunately, their hostage just so happens to be Bruce Wayne. While the audience clearly knows this plan won't work, the villains think it's sound scheme. They catch Wayne, but surprise, Batman doesn't show up to save him. Wayne convinces them to let him go, and he returns with cape and cowl to "BAM!" "POP!" and "POW!" them all the way to the slammer!
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  (#10) The Avengers

  • Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Stellan Skarsgård, Samuel L. Jackson

  Marvel Studios launched with Iron Man in 2008, and four years later, the studio created a new cinematic universe, which came together with The Avengers. The film was met with record ticket sales and critical acclaim, but in the years that followed, the subsequent franchise revealed the plot of The Avengers to be somewhat suspect.

  Loki is given a powerful scepter by Thanos so he can open a portal to an awaiting Chitauri army, which leads to the Battle of New York. It's not a horrible plan until you finish watching the rest of the Phase III films where it's revealed that Thanos's only desire is to acquire the six Infinity Stones so he can wipe out half of all life in the universe. So why does he put the Mind Stone inside the scepter and give it to Loki?

  When Thanos shows up in Avengers: Infinity War, it is clear that he has to set out and get the six stones for himself, but he clearly had one in his possession all along. It just doesn't make sense that he would give one away, even if it means acquiring other stones on the planet Earth. The scepter seems to be a shortcut to get the fleet to the planet, but according the Guardians of the Galaxy films, traveling through space via hypergate/warp zones isn't difficult, so there really is no need to go to all the trouble.
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  (#11) The Avengers: Age of Ultron

  • Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Cobie Smulders, Anthony Mackie, Hayley Atwell, Idris Elba, Stellan Skarsgård, James Spader, Samuel L. Jackson

  In Avengers: Age of Ultron, Tony Stark and Bruce Banner create a sentient and malevolent AI with the Mind Stone as part of a research project of sorts. The goal is to create an AI that will benevolently care for humanity. Unfortunately, that's not what comes into being, as Ultron hears Stark say he wants "peace in our time" and determines that the only way to achieve peace is to wipe out all of humanity.

  That does make a certain sort of sense... nobody is going to start a global conflict or hurt anyone if everyone is gone, but that's not the sort of thing the Avengers will let happen. To make his plan work, Ultron takes the city of Sokovia and plans to elevate it out of Earth's atmosphere before slamming it back down onto the planet. He surmises that this will send Earth into a sort of atomic winter, thus leading to the end of all life.

  However, the plan would never worked. Yes, it would take millions of lives and make the planet rather nasty, but the huge chunk of rock would lack what most planet-ending asteroids have aplenty: velocity. Extinction-level meteors (like the one that wiped out the non-avian dinosaurs) travel at ridiculous speeds. Ultron should know this given the fact that he is the most advanced AI on the planet. 
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  (#12) The Incredibles

  • Samuel L. Jackson, Holly Hunter, Jason Lee, Craig T. Nelson, Wallace Shawn, Brad Bird, John Ratzenberger, Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, Sarah Vowell, Elizabeth Peña, Joe Ranft, Lou Romano, Bob Peterson, Bud Luckey, Jean Sincere, Spencer Fox, Peter Sohn, Brad Lewis, Frank Thomas, Jeff Pidgeon, Ollie Johnston, Teddy Newton, Dominique Louis, Bret Parker, Mark Andrews, Nicholas Bird, Maeve Andrews, Patrick Walker, Stephen Schaffer, Eli Fucile, Bob Scott, A. J. Riebli, Michael Bird, Pamela Gaye Walker, Jazzie Mahannah, Elizabeth Greenberg, Kimberly Adair Clark, Lori Richardson, Louis Martin Braga III, Wayne Canney, Katherine Ringgold, Mary Elizabeth Clark, Christopher Leyva, Ted Mathot, Randy Nelson, Deirdre Warin, Philip Wong, Dennis 'D.J.' Jennings, Juliet Greenberg, Billy Guardino, Juliet Pokorny

  After Buddy Pine is embarrassed by his childhood idol, he becomes determined to seek revenge by becoming the greatest superhero of all time! So he sets himself up in a volcano-based lair and hatches an evil scheme to beat his idol, Mr. Incredible. To do this, he has to identify him, then convince him to come out of retirement to play with his robot toy.

  The robot is a learning bot built to become stronger with each defeat, and when Mr. Incredible finds out, Syndrome reveals his plan: He is going to send the robot to wipe out the city, and when all seems lost, he will show up and save the day. But the convoluted plan is entirely unnecessary.

  Syndrome already has the means to become the world's best superhero or the best supervillain. His petty need for revenge on someone who disappointed him as young boy proves to be his downfall. This is a guy who can paralyze a whole family of superheroes with his finger, but he falls to his own hubris... and a superpowered infant.
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  (#13) Unbreakable

  • Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Robin Wright, M. Night Shyamalan, Eamonn Walker, Michael Kelly, Firdous Bamji, Laura Regan, Jennifer Hale, Charlayne Woodard, John Patrick Amedori, James Handy, Tamara Walker, Rick Kain, Leslie Stefanson, Chance Kelly, Elizabeth Lawrence, Damian Young, Ukee Washington, Robert Randolph Caton, Chrismandu, Jonathan Sachar, David C. Roehm Sr., Sasha Neulinger, Vincent Riviezzo, Wayne Pyle, Bryce Lenon, Joey Perillo, John B. Mueller, Gina Allegro, Gary Beck, Greg Korin, Natalie Hultman, Sean Oliver, Bostin Christopher, Greg Horos, Bob Bowersox, Johanna Day, Erin Lulevitch, Cue Shepherd, Jose L. Rodriguez, Anthony Bosco, Todd Berry, Mark Poulton, Michaelia Carroll, Andrea Havens, J.R. Ashton, Bill Rowe, Julia Yorks, Simms Thomas, Mark Kratzer, Sherman Roberts, Lon Lawson, Susan Wilder, Anthony Lawton, Samantha Savino, Mark Pricskett, Johnny Hiram Jamison, Joey Hazinsky, Marc H. Glick, Sonya Wallace, Lisa Pickell, John Rusk, Christina Mahon, Antonio Costa, John Wrot, Whitney Sugarman, Sally Parrish, Angela Eckert, Dianne Cotten Murphy, Rita Soto, Davis Duffield

  It may be unconventional, but M. Night Shyamalan's Unbreakable is perhaps one of the most innovative superhero origin stories ever put to film. In the movie, Bruce Willis stars as David Dunn, a security guard who slowly begins to realize that he is not like other people. He's never been sick, he has superhuman strength, he can "see" the past bad acts of strangers through touch, and he has never been seriously hurt despite being involved in near-fatal situations. In a word, he's a superhero. And he finds this out thanks to one Elijah Price (Samuel L. Jackson), a strange man who has taken an interest in Dunn.

  It is later revealed that Price isn't just an enigmatic comic art dealer - he's a supervillain. Because he was born with a rare form of osteogenesis imperfecta, a disease that causes extremely brittle bones, he reasons that there must be someone who is his antithesis - an unbreakable person. He orchestrates several major accidents, including plane and train wrecks, in an effort to find his counterpart. When Dunn survives one such incident, he realizes he has found his nemesis.

  While Price is correct and has found his counterpart, his plan is the very definition of self-defeating. When he shakes Dunn's hand at the end of the film, his villainy is revealed, and Price is sent to an asylum where he remains imprisoned for years.
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  (#14) Doctor Strange

  • Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Benedict Wong, Michael Stuhlbarg, Benjamin Bratt, Scott Adkins, Mads Mikkelsen, Tilda Swinton

  When Dr. Stephen Strange is introduced to the MCU, it's made clear that the Ancient One is the leader of a mystical order created to protect the planet from supernatural threats. The main threat is an interdimensional being known as Dormammu, and every follower of the faith is intent on keeping him from entering the earthly plane. However, supervillain Kaecilius decides that a better way to handle things is to betray the Order, open a rift for Dormammu, and become his minion in exchange for immortality.

  Immortality might be nice, but it doesn't make a lot of sense that Kaecilius would completely alter his beliefs to betray everyone and everything in his life. In the end, Dr. Strange uses the power of the Time Stone to trap Dormammu in an infinite loop he can't escape so that he can force him to forever abandon his plan to take over Earth.

  As an added bonus, he damns Kaecilius and all of his followers to Dormammu's wrath, which just goes to show that you can't trust an interdimensional demon to have your best interests at heart.
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  (#15) X-Men

  • Halle Berry, Hugh Jackman, Anna Paquin, Ian McKellen, Rebecca Romijn, Famke Janssen, Patrick Stewart, Stan Lee, James Marsden, Tyler Mane, Ray Park, Bruce Davison, Shawn Ashmore, Shawn Roberts, George Buza, Matt Weinberg, Aron Tager, David Brown, Scott Leva, Dan Duran, Daniel Magder, Brian Peck, Doug Lennox, David Hayter, Kevin Rushton, Sumela Kay, Tom DeSanto, Adam Robitel, Kenneth McGregor, Matthew Sharp, Matt Granger, Eric Bryson, Darren McGuire, Wolfgang Müller, Brett Morris, Alex Burton, Dave Allen Clark, Elias Zarou, Daniel Vivian, Ben Jensen, Rupinder Brar, John Nelles, Donna Goodhand, Deryck Blake, Carson Manning, Cecil Phillips, Madison Lanc, Joey Purpura, David Nichols, Denis Bellingham, Amy Leland, Rhona Shekter, Manuel Verge, David Black, Ilke Hincer, Ralph Zuljan, Marsha Graham, Jay Yoo, Abi Ganem, Quinn Wright, Katrina Florece, Todd Dulmage, Andy Grote, Ron Sham, Giuseppe Gallaccio, Robert R. Snow, Malcolm Nefsky, Grigori Miakouchkine, Eleanor Comes, Matthew Galliford, Marc Gagne, Cheryl De Luca, Kyler Fisher, Wesley Funican, Quentin Wright, Donald Mackinnon

  When X-Men first hit theaters in 2000, superhero movies were on the cusp of brilliance. Although the movie spawned a successful franchise, it didn't have a realistic evil plan at the center of the movie.

  In the film, Magneto aims to turn a host of human world leaders into mutants, which he believes will make them more understanding to the plight of mutants. In the Marvel Universe, mutants are treated like second-class citizens, and Magneto is sick of it, but his plan is flawed in a number of ways.

  In order to get his special device to work, he has to use Rogue's power to take his powers from him. This means that he has to be weakened to a nearly fatal state to force the young mutant to do something she isn't willing to do. Not only is there a group of mutant superheroes on his tail, but his plan is seriously flawed in that it won't result in the humans' mutation - instead, it will end them all!

  Had he taken a moment to listen to the X-Men as they explained this to him, he might have understood his plan's flaws, but his ego got in the way. In the end, he fails, his minions are vanquished or captured, and he ends up in a plastic cell.

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