I thought Catwoman shooting Bane was cool, but Nolan made the same mistake with Two-Face that Schumacher did, in keeping him on the sidelines.

I got to go with Cyclops in The Last Stand, just "washed away" from the film... literally.

Jazz from Transformers, that one was unexpected.

And I agree with Two-Face in The Dark Knight.

I was a bit upset initially with how Two Face was handled in The Dark Knight but the more I think of it the way the story was written it was handled well. The story was really more about Harvey Dent and him turning into Two Face was just a way for The Joker to demonstrate that even the most decent man can be driven to madness if pushed enough. So even though we didn't really see Harvey as Two Face that much and he died fairly quickly the parts where he was Two Face served their point well.

Dalton in Road House 2. Wasn't it basically just a line or two stating the best bouncer in the biz got knifed and died? Weak.

Kirk isn't really dead. After the film ends a Borg ship arrives and resurrects him. Later, he and Picard travel to the Borg homeworld to destroy them once and for all. They have to blow up some kind of central computer thingy that controls all the Borg. The only way to do it is for one of them to sacrifice themselves. Kirk stays behind and dies so Picard can get away.

Newt from Aliens and (sorta) Alien 3 was the first one to come to mind.

Steven Seagal in EXECUTIVE DECISION.

A lot of the sequel deaths are the result of casting, actors not wanting to dignify crappy sequels, or writers unable to continue completed storylines.

Alien 3 - If Newt were there she's either be a different actress, or she'd have boobs because Carrie Henn was well into her teenage years at that point. If you want an undeserving death in this movie, it's Dr. Clemens.

Terminator 3 - Linda Hamilton's death between movies cements the idea that the Terminator movies end when Cameron bows out.


I'dd add some more:
Roy Scheider in Jaws: The Revenge
Talia Shire in Rocky Balboa, though this was a decent movie.

Watch closely, she's basically in every scene.

the Darth Vader.... i mean come on.... it was so weak... his arm being cut off?

That wasn't what killed him; his hand was already artificial. Palpatine's lightning severely damaged his life-support system.

And Palpatine died from being thrown down a shaft. Lame.

Shut your mouth!

Ernst Stavro Blofeld in For Your Eyes Only. Granted, they never mention him by name but it's clear who he is. He was Bond's main nemesis, and the lead villain in 3 prior films, yet all he gets a throwaway opening credit death, which was played for laughs.

I understand the behind-the-scenes reasons behind it, but it's still a b.s. way to kill off the character.

Just talkin' about Shaft.

Blame Keven McClory. EON wanted to use SPECTER and Blofeld in The Spy Who Loved Me, but McClory wouldn't let them due to legal issues. It's possible Blofeld may have been killed off in TSWLM if he was used since the legal entanglements surrounding the character was becoming a pain in everyone's ass (except McClory's apparently).

I always took it as him being thrown into the Death Star's main reactor, the same one that Lando later fires on.

That's what I thought as well, but was it really a good idea to have the Death Star's main reactor vent into Palpatine's throne room?

Only gets a mention in Godfather III that he passed away.
What a disappointment, that film could have used his presence.

No Duvall really did cripple that movie. Among other issues.

Another vote for Corporal Hicks and Newt in ALIEN 3. All that fighting and survival in ALIENS was for nothing.

ALSO:

I hated, hated, hated how they killed Laurie Strode in HALLOWEEN RESURRECTION. Couldn't they just have one heroine who got away from Michael victoriously?

Jesse James in The assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford. Granted it was done well in the film and following history but...pretty weak of a death for a guy like him. Goddamn do I love that film.

That is definitely a great film. Makes me wonder how "Killing Them Softly" turned out to be so bad (IMO).

In that same vein, Randall McCoy in the Hatfields & McCoy's miniseries. All this bloodshed over decades and he trips over a lamp, sets his house on fire and burns alive? What a dipshit.