Your thoughts on the next X-Men movie?

In My Humble Opinion
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Oh, thank you, Tengu. I didn’t know that. I haven’t read the comics since I was 19, and I didn’t read them in order to begin with, so I’m definitely unclear on certain details.

I don’t think she was ever a nonentity, but it’s quite true that she had a peaceful nature. But look, she has the power to control the weather. She’s inherently more powerful than most of the others. She had attitude. She carried herself with pride and glory, and with the bone-deep knowledge that she could kick serious ass if she chose to. (And I seem to remember her hammering Loki pretty good, too.)

In the movie, except for the ten-second sequence in which she zapped Toad, Storm just trotted around on high heels and acted feminine. Halle Barry looks pretty good in the part (she always looks good), but she didn’t project any of the gravitas or coolness of the character.

I’m not saying I want Storm to become a central character in the movie. I just think she deserves better than she got in the first movie.

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That sounds like Cecelia Reyes, but I can’t be sure because I couldn’t find the bio either.

Definitely! I can’t believe that Kitty and Jubes were barely in the movie. Jubes is one of my favorite characters, and I was disappointed that the little bit of screen time that she had got cut (she has maybe one line in the outtakes section on the DVD). Kitty and Jubes must have a bigger part in the next movie!

::blinks:: Rogue has claws?! I really need to get some back issues. I haven’t read X-Men in at least a year. I mainly collect Generation X, but now that it’s being canceled I guess I can start collecting X-Men again.

Time for a trip to the comic shop …

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Someone is going to have to help me out here because I DID miss a few issues of X-Men, I just know what I know from UnCanny X-Men and Wolverine.

But something did happen to Rogue wherein she absorbed everyone else’s powers, right? Last I saw her she was sobbing in Wolverine’s arms about how much the claws hurt when they came out…it was kind of sweet. I love those comics.

jarbaby

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Yeah, apparentily, Rogue’s power is getting even more out of control, and she’s starting to spontaniously(sp) use powers that she’s absorbed in the past, which sucks when its Wolverine’s claws or Cyclops’ eye beams (She’s currently sporting a pair of ruby quartz shades).

That sounds like her name, and it’s a shame that Marvel didn’t have her listed. Her character is rather fascinating(Pacafist superheroes are few and far between), and her forcefield power seems to have gotten stronger: she’s learning to shape the field to form spikes and other shapes.

Agreed, but it appears that Rogue is being set up to be in that relasionship with Wolverine (Hopefully, he’ll teach her some self defense). I’d love to see Shadowcat, and Jubilee would be fun.
Another plot I’d like to see: A classic Juggernaut vs. the entire X Team. if nothing else, it would make a cool subplot.

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That was the second thing I scoffed at in the movie. First of all, as much as I’d like to pin Hugh Jackman down and rut him into eternal blindness…he was too tall.

Secondly…Rogue isn’t Wolvie’s protege. Kitty is. Although I thought it was kind of cute and maybe foreshadowing when Logan was talking to Xavier and Kitty ran right past him through the door.

[hijack] I used to play the old Sega X-Men game until I was cross-eyed…and to this day, whenever I’m angry with anyone, I put my head down, run at them and say, “juggernaut will crush you”. [/hijack]
jarbaby

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I’m all for a Sentinel story line. It is a contiuation of the fear of mutants expressed in the first movie. Humans begin to realize how powerless against mutants they are so they build giant robots. The robots are only for the herding of mutants in relocation pens but those who resist are terminated.

There should but a subplot involving the students of “Mutant High.” Rogue, Jubilee, Bobby, and Kitty defend the school from robots when the X-Men go destroy the Sentinel manufacturing plant. Maybe even include (the recently departed) Colossus with them. He was the artist that you only got quick glimpses of in the first movie.

My vote is for Alex Summers. It would flesh out Cyclop’s character. That and sibling rivalry always works as a good plot filler. Lastly, it would lead to the introduction of Corsair and the Shiar/M’Kraan Crystal/Dark Phoenix Saga in the third movie. I know Alex hasn’t been a member of the X-Men in a long time but he was the first addition back in the sixties before the hiatus and the All New All Different X-Men. (Okay I know Havoc would work better being introduced in the third one, but I like him.)

If not Havoc, I vote for Gambit. The CG effects for Beast or Nightcrawler would be expensive and limit their screen time. If cost is not an option, than Nigthcrawler should be in because he’s the coolest. Mein Freund.

Forge needs to be introduced in a bit part. The X-Men need to get their technology from somewhere.

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I’ll grant that - she lost the Regal bearing she should have, but she wasn’t really a butt-kicker. I think we’re both agreed, I just disagreed with a badly chosen term.

I, actually, would have preferred they left her out entirely. Replaced her with one of the more interesting characters. Dr MacTaggert, maybe, if they wanted another female role-model for the kids. (Ooo…that brings me to another character I’d like to see…her kid - the one with MPD, and a different power for each personality.) 'Course, if they switched MacTaggert for Ororo, they wouldn’t have their token black character…

He hooked up with Kitty again? That either rules because that means he’s now hanging with Nightcrawler, or sucks because that means Kitty and Nightcrawler are no longer a team. Course, that doesn’t change that a) This isn’t the comics continuity, and b) Wolvie has changed the kid he hangs with before, and there’s nothing to prevent his doing it again.

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If they wanted to be cheap with the effects, they could bring in Longshot. Wasn’t his only real power that he was lucky? I could be wrong, it’s been a LONG time.

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No no not currently. I was just saying that if we WERE to follow any comic continuity, wouldn’t Kitty have to be Wolvie’s first protege instead of Rogue? I’d rather see Jubilee frankly…but I’ve already voiced my views on the romantic tension that could be built up. (Don’t tell me there’s too much of an age difference…Wolverine is just about 300 years old…no one is his age.)

jarbaby

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His only “real” power was insane luck, but IIRC he also had hollow bones, which contributed to his great agility and general acrobatic abilities. Plus he was funny.

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jarbabyj Um blushes slightly Here http://members.tripod.com/~sneal_/ scurries off

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Personally, I think they should bring in Cable. Him and all his guns would be fun to watch.

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Gwaaah…why does everyone want Cable? Ok, look, if I give you Gambit back will you let me give Cable a long, slow, painful death? Pleeeease?

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It’s a simple formula, people:

Halle Barry + Storm’s original costume = box office gold

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They need more violence. Guns, explosions, x-men ass kicking. Wolverine wasn’t quite what I envisioned, he needed to be a more brutal and effective fighter. I’m all for bringing in the Sentinels.

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Bishop’s power could be interesting to see on the big screen (thinking particularly of a fight against, say, Magneto, where he was channeling everybody’s energy attacks into one blast). I’m kinda tired of his character, though.

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Cable and Gambit? Sure–but only if they kill each other in the opening scene :D! (What a couple of bores.)

I thought Storm’s line to toad was perfect. At that moment, she had me convinced that she was a goddess. As for her acting feminine and holding the hand of a dying man, they added facets to a well-rounded character.

Who cares about Hugh Jackman’s height? The only times he loked noticibly tall was when he was standing next to Sabretooth or the weiner–er, Cyclops. It was his performance that blew me away. This must have been what it was like to see Connery playing Bond for the first time, back in 1962.

No, no, no to more guns. That was what ruined the last part of “The Matrix” for me. Guns and explosions are the first refuge of the uninspired screenwriter. In a superhero movie, super powers should be used instead of guns–especially to nullify them. “You homo sapiens and your guns”–Magneto.

It would be nice if Rogue picked up a flight power from somewhere–maybe taking it from some minor villain?

I’d like to see more of Jubilee (but without that annoying mall-rat speech pattern she used when first introduced).

Yes to the Beast and Nightcrawler. Both fascinating, distinctive characters. And how about having Hank start out as the more human looking version, then be accidentally turned into the blue, furry one? (And I guess the movie Kurt couldn’t be Mystique’s son, unless he was a teenager.)
(BTW, the superspeeding kid in the basketball scene was supposed to be Cannonball/Sam Guthrie.)

Villains? Sinister is to dull and pretentious (lose the satanic look, dude–no one’s buying it. As Butt-Head said, “I’ve seen scarier Satans in a Mr Big video.”) Apocalypse–well, maybe, but he seems way over-powered–it’s like the New Mutants taking on Odin. What about the Genoshans and the Sentinals–and maybe Juggernaut thrown in?

Please, please, no “Inferno”, “Fall of the Mutants”, or Morlocks storylines. And as much as I liked “Days of Future Past”, I’d like to see a ten-year moratorium on time-travel/alternate timeline sagas in comics and in movies. They’ve been done to death, people.

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No, we don’t need “more guns”… we need BIG GUNS. That’s why they should have Cable! Nobody does “big guns” better’n him!

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Forget guns, they need more teamwork. The big battle at the end wasn’t the battle royale we see in the comics each month. It was like “I’ll fight the Wolvie wannabe, you fight Toad.” The teamwork such as cannonball special or hurling your opponent into another villan was lacking.

Bring on the Danger Room!

The great thing about Longshot was that he also seemed to be lucky with the ladies. This coming from the one who did not collect in the 80’s and have only seen him in one comic from that time.

Oh and let me first to mention this. If they bring the Dazzler, I may have to boycot the movie.

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Awww… come on! Dazzler could be upgraded into a roller blading MC, who mixes at raves, and…ok, put down the bricks. I was just kidding.

Some other characters that would be kind of cool:

Angel, or more specifically, Archangel. This is assuming that the special effects for his wings wouldn’t be a problem.

Psylocke. I wouldn’t mind seeing the current version, where she’s definitely British, but is a ninja. She’d be like a female James Bond…
Alexander Siddig as the latest Thunderbird, with the plasma powers.
I’d be all for having Havok, as long as that stupid The-brothers-are-imune-to-each-other’s-powers thing is removed. I mean, really. How is Cyclops going to be immune from plasma blasts, just because they came from his brother? I never got that.