For me, it would be GLaDOS.
Portal 2 spoiler
She deleted the one remaining human part of herself because it was just too much to deal with. She releases you at the end of Portal 2 as a path of least resistance measure because “killing you is hard.”
What about you, what is your favorite media villain?
With an extended edition bordering 4 hours, like LotR
Sure, but they just needed a story compelling to people completely new to the ip for the first movie if there was ever going to be a second.