Storm wasn't rubbish because she had nothing to do. She was rubbish because they made her a vague valley girl who bore no resemblance to the original version (I mean, they changed other characters up, but at least there was more than hair color left to tell who they were, and you could follow most of how they came up with those interpretations...but then, I think every male writer in the world except Claremont is terrified of Storm) and then let someone who blatantly couldn't care less play her.