| “ | This was meant to be the center of the universe before I was betrayed. Now it will be. | „ |
| ~ Apocalypse flaunting his delusions. |
Apocalypse, born as En Sabah Nur, is the titular main antagonist in X-Men: Apocalypse.
He was a power-hungry maniac who mooched off of dozens of other mutants' powers and eventually became worshipped by primitive civilizations of old, until they had enough and trapped him under the remains of his own pyramid. Reawakening in the 1980s, he became hellbent on mass destruction, thinking it would make her all-powerful and he would be worshipped again. This led the X-Men to come together and teach him a lesson.
He was portrayed by Oscar Isaac.
What Makes Him a Scrappy?[]
- First and foremost, he was written to be "Evil is Cool" incarnate, but as what is essentially a Swiss Army mutant, the ways he channels his superpowers are almost always cheesy, thoughtless, poorly presented by the VFX team, and loaded with try-hard shock value especially considering there were so many ways he could have won. It gets to the point he has this weird thing when he can only have four followers maximum at a time. To add salt to the wound, he had an utterly epic setup in Days of Future Past but did such an abrupt 180 as soon as Apocalypse began rolling that it is impossible to take him seriously, plus any potential and extremely superficial "Evil is Cool" vibes the film has succeeded with immediately get drowned out by his extreme hypocrisy and agitating god complex.
- Second off, he is a very poor adaptation of his graphic novel counterpart, who is actually pretty cool.
- The final battle between Apocalypse and the X-Men feels underwhelming with the stakes feeling inflated rather than actually high. The problem is they don't show any civilians dying; it's just buildings falling down, making it difficult to care about the situation.
- His design is way too goofy to be taken seriously that this is somehow supposed to be the hugest threat in the entire franchise.
- His agenda to go back to being a false god includes way too much chatter and not nearly enough action. Even his 90s animation counterpart is much more intimidating and fearsome than him.
- He is so insufferable that Magneto and Storm both turn on him, and Professor X bluntly tells him that he is now truly alone.
- In Psylocke and the Archangel's defense, one was unconscious and one was already dead.
- His motivation makes no sense, as he knows he was betrayed for being a false god who nobody liked, and he still calls people false gods and thinks they'll worship him again.
- Even if anyone survives the apocalypse, when they see how pathetic he is, they'd just betray him a second time, as Professor X wisely acknowledges.
- Bloated with raw physical power, he has childishly deduced that it means he is supposed to be ruling the world, as Professor X also points out wisely.
- Just because some random primitives gave him the adoration he so desperately craved doesn't mean that modern civilization will give him respect that he hardly deserves at all.
- Overall, he is remembered to merely be a male version of the Enchantress (that woman herself being a fellow Scrappy) without anything remotely entertaining about him by fans, with them seeing him as one of the blandest and most unmemorable supervillains in the history of the superhero genre by far.
Trivia[]
- Oscar Isaac hated playing Apocalypse and called his time on set "excruciating".
- Viewers hate him so much that he's been repeatedly compared to Ivan Ooze because of his goofy appearance and the Enchantress because of her poorly written backstory and motivation being just like his.
- The How It Should Have Ended series poked fun at how reviled Apocalypse is by having Emperor Palpatine of the Villain Pub say apocalypse as a concept is popular, and Apocalypse says, "Really?" to which Palpatine replies, "No, not you, Apocalypse; nobody ever talks about you".
External Links[]
- Apocalypse on the Villains Wiki
- Apocalypse on the Pure Evil Wiki
- Apocalypse on the X-Men Movies Wiki
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