Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Plenty of Marvel movies, from the Marvel Cinematic Universe and beyond, pale in comparison to their source material. While the superheroes and villains of Marvel Comics have become well-known on the silver screen over the years, it's less obvious when certain movies under the Marvel banner have taken direct inspiration from specific stories.
9 The Dark Phoenix Saga Inspired X-Men: The Last Stand and Dark Phoenix One of the most iconic X-Men storylines ever, The Dark Phoenix Saga bears the unfortunate distinction of having not one, but two failed Marvel movie adaptations. Way back in 2006, the idea of the Dark Phoenix was a mere afterthought in the third Fox X-Men film, regulated to a sub-plot in which the Dark Phoenix itself was downgraded from an unfathomable cosmic entity to a repressed second personality of Jean Grey.
7 Days of Future Past Inspired X-Men: Days of Future Past The Dark Phoenix Saga wouldn't be the only important X-Men story to see drastic changes in the Fox film franchise. The original Days of Future Past comic was the result of an explosion of popularity for the X-Men, with Marvel's creators daring to take the team in a drastic new direction within the context of a horrific dystopia.
5 Old Man Logan Inspired Logan Not only considered one of the greatest X-Men movies ever made, Logan can be argued to be one of the greatest superhero movies in general to come out of the last 30 years. Clearly inspired by the all-time classic alternate Marvel universe story, Old Man Logan, the film ultimately only provides a loose adaptation of the legendary comic run.