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Comics Are the movies faithful to the comics?

The movies are not completely faithful to the comics. They do follow some things in the comics but alot is also tweaked and changed. They had to make adjustments to make them come across more "real" and fit in with Hollywood standards and I thought that was a good thing to help it be more mainstream.

How are they not faithful?

X-men:
1. The school having a large mutant population. This is something that was incorporated into the books later on, but the school never had more than 20 students at any given time before this.

2. The Rogue/Iceman relationship. It was hinted in the books, but was fully explored here, putting them as each other's romantic interest

3. Rogue joining the X-men as Wolverine's young protege. In the books, she was a villain first and was never one of Wolverine's young teen female sidekicks. That role has been filled by characters like Kitty and Jubilee, but not her

4. Rogue and Mystique have no relationship. Mystique is her foster mother in the books

5. Jean as a doctor. They had her fill in for Beast's role who wasnt present at the time.

6. Ages were wrong. Movie had Pyro, Bobby and Rogue all as teens and Jean as older than Scott. In the books, Scott is older than her, and they both are in the same age group as Bobby and Pyro. Rogue is slightly younger.

7. The leather costumes. The team traditionally wears bright flashy spandex costumes, not all black leather gear. They did in the books for a short time after this movie was released though.

X2: X-men United

1. The whole origin of how Jean becomes Phoenix is different here. There was no cosmic space quest or radiation to trigger her transformation.

2. Nightcrawler was introduced after Xavier helped him when he was chased down by a mob

X-men 3:

1. Cameos galore and many all wrong. Psylocke being a morlock is one as well as Multiple Man being bad. Callisto is the wrong race and has the wrong powers and so does Kid Omega, who appears to actually be more like the comic character, Quill

2. Jean never kills Cyclops and Xavier, nor does she be duped into being a weapon by Magneto. Wolverine also doesnt end the Dark Phoenix Saga by killing her.

3. The Rogue/Iceman/Kitty triangle doesnt play out in the comics unless you count the Ultimate line.

Theres more but this is what I came up with right off the top of my head
 
wow i would expect a longer list from x-men 3 than number 1
well I didnt list everything; just what instantly came out in my head. Its easier to remember the differences in X-men 1 as it was the first in the series and established the movie continuity, which was different from the comic. The other 2 movies were just extensions of that
 
wow i would expect a longer list from x-men 3 than number 1

There are too many to list... but the same can be said for a lot of comicbook-movie adaptations.
 
Of the comic book movies that I've seen, the Spider-Man movies are probably the best as far as staying true to the character. Some of the smaller details are different--Peter's supporting cast when he goes to college in the comics is missing, for one--but overall I think Raimi has done the best job of keeping the character's spirit intact. The Iron Man movie is also pretty good, but there are some pretty drastic differences between the movie and comic (like Jarvis' role).

My biggest problem with the X-movies was that they should have just been titled Wolverine 1, 2, and 3. I was able to stomach the first two movies, but X3 destroyed the Dark Phoenix Saga. The comic version was about Jean's struggle with the Phoenix, and in the end she won even though she sacrificed herself for the sake of the universe. It was also shown that she was able to prevail mostly because of her love for Scott, the man she loved, and Xavier, the man she loved like a father.

X3 took the DPS and got everything wrong. Once more, we got the Logan/Jean relationship pushed ahead of Scott/Jean. Jean was shown to be crazy, unable to control her powers, and Xavier was a manipulative b*****d for trying to control her (though he's not exactly an angel in the comics)--Jean/Phoenix even killed him for his actions. And Jean failed in the end, having to be taken down by Wolverine . . . the only one powerful enough to stop the Phoenix. :whatever:
 
3. Rogue joining the X-men as Wolverine's young protege. In the books, she was a villain first and was never one of Wolverine's young teen female sidekicks. That role has been filled by characters like Kitty and Jubilee, but not her

Actually, Uncanny X-Men 170ish(its around there, not exactly sure which one), Rogue has just joined the X-Men and is 17. The X-Men by and large do not trust her, even hate her, but Wolvie's getting married to Mariko so they all go to Japan. All the X-Men are poisened, except for Rogue and Logan. They team up and go undercover to get the baddies responsible. If you read this issue, it plays out very much like X1 and I wonder if the writers knew of this or just happened to craft a very, very similar story. The issue even ends with Logan giving his powers to Rogue to heal after she took a mortal injury to save the day.
 
^ I've wondered that myself. I believe they're also in a bar in which a fight breaks out when they first team up.
 
William Stryker was a crazy religious leader in the comic, not a military leader. He also was in no way associated with Lady Deathstrike or Wolverine's origin.

Despite their similar goals, Mystique has actually never worked with Magneto in the comics. After Magneto's Brotherhood disbanded, Mystique started her own without ever having met Magneto.

Wolverine is supposed to be the shortest adult in the X-Men, at roughly 5'3" (although he's typically drawn at about 5'7"-5'10"-- just under Cyclops' 6').
 
x3 is the biggest load of bull ever. xmen 1 changed many things to fit the circumstances, and subsequently the next two continued to do so. the problem with 3 is that its hardly reminiscent of the story from which its based. even more infuriating were the people behind the project telling us it was gonna be so comic based that literally every scene was adapted from the comics.
 
sorry that was off topic a bit, so here goes...

rogue dyes her hair in the comics, instead of being a reaction to that machine.
 
im sure shes meant to bleach the stripe in in the comics. Know ive seen it said in letters pages but not sure if its actually been in print in a story.
 
yeah i always get confused with this...

but in xmen: next dimension her stat sheet says she dyes it.
 
I have to be honest. Ive never really read the xmen comics because they date back far before my time.
What? I don't understand, and I'm frightened. What kind of stuff do you read? What's wrong with reading something from the past?
 
The movies were nothing like the comics,and the comics were better than the movies.
 
exactly! that basically cuts down anything good or classic or anything with a past!
 
Rogue's white streak is all natural. It's not dyed, or the result of her being attached to some kind of machine. It's like Storm's all-white hair; it just came out that way.

There was a point back when Rogue was in the Brotherhood that she dyed her hair. She was apparently dyeing the middle part brown, and dyeing her temples white to make herself look older.
 
Coupled with the other previously mentioned deviations, these are some of the main ones I could think of without becoming overly nitpicky, as all adaptations make changes. Also, some of these things have changed in the books, but this is how they were originally introduced during the times of the various films’ releases.


X-Men

- Iceman is one of the five original X-Men.
- Although a run-away, Rogue is originally a villain under the guidance of her foster mother, Mystique. She later joins the X-Men.
- Sabretooth is a brute working for Mr. Sinister’s Marauders instead of Magneto’s Brotherhood.
- Mystique operates her own Brotherhood of Evil Mutants after Magneto’s Brotherhood disbands.
- Jean Grey is not a doctor.
- Iceman does not befriend Rogue.
- Toad does not have a prehensile tongue. He does now, but he didn’t then.
- Henry Gyrich is not killed and replaced by Mystique.
- Senator Kelly is not transformed into a mutant, nor does he die, due to Magneto’s mutation machine.
- Magneto’s mutation machine plot/Liberty Statue confrontation is specific to the movie.
- Rogue’s white streak is not the result of Magneto’s mutation machine.
- The X-Men wear brightly colored costumes. They don’t wear stylized leather uniforms.


X2: X-Men United

- Discovered by Xavier, Nightcrawler is introduced along with Banshee, Colossus, Storm, Thunderbird, and Wolverine. He is not introduced to the X-Men as a pawn of Stryker.
- Arty is a bizarre looking Morlock. He is not a normal looking student at Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngster’s.
- Rogue is romantically linked to Gambit. She is not romantically linked to Iceman.
- Pyro is an adult member of Mystique’s Brotherhood. He is not a student of Xavier’s, nor is he Iceman’s rival.
- Iceman's parents know he is mutant before he is sent to Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters and he does not have a brother, Ronny.
- Jubilee and Siryn are typically portrayed as older, and Jubilee is more of a sidekick to Wolverine (similar to Rogue in the first X-Men movie).
- William Stryker is a religious zealot. He is not a military scientist, nor is he involved with Deathstryke or Wolverine’s past.
- Lady Deathstryke is a cyborg of sorts who receives her enhancements via Spiral’s Body Shoppe in order to exact revenge upon Wolverine. She is not Stryker’s assistant/bodyguard, and she is not killed by Wolverine.
- The Weapon X labs at Alkali Lake are specific to the movie.
- William Stryker kills his son. Unlike Jason Stryker in X2, he is not loosely based on Mastermind from the comic books.
- William Stryker does not die chained to a cement slab.
- While in space, Jean Grey sacrifices herself protecting the X-Men from a wave of deadly radiation. She immediately re-emerges from Jamaica Bay as Phoenix. She does not sacrifice herself from a wave of water and does not seemingly die at Alkali Lake.


X-Men: The Last Stand

- Nightcrawler does not leave the X-Men upon meeting them.
- Jean Grey is a benevolent young woman and one of the last to join the five original X-Men. She is not an all-powerful brat.
- Angel is one of the five original X-Men. He and his father have nothing to do with the Cure for mutants.
- Leech is a bizarre looking member of the Morlocks. He is not the source of the Cure, nor is he featured in the cure storyline.
- Depending on the books, Phoenix is a result of Jean Grey’s ultimate power as a psi or she’s a separate cosmic entity. Either way, Phoenix is not the result of Xavier’s tampering.
- Phoenix is a good entity before transforming into the bad entity, Dark Phoenix. The movie does not differentiate between the two.
- Phoenix manifests her powers via a fiery aura, or Phoenix effect. In the movie she becomes pale, veiny, and demolecularizes objects.
- Phoenix never kills Cyclops—Cyclops is a staple of the Dark Phoenix Saga and serves as Jean Grey’s anchor throughout. He is one of the reasons Jean Grey is able to keep the Dark Phoenix at bay.
- Phoenix never kills Xavier—Phoenix and Xavier battle, but Xavier temporarily restrains Phoenix.
- Phoenix is mentally manipulated by Mastermind and temporarily joins the Hellfire Club. Magneto and the Brotherhood have nothing to do with the Dark Phoenix Saga.
- Callisto is an unattractive mutant who wears a trademark eye patch and lives in the sewers with her band of Morlocks. She, nor the Morlocks, join the Brotherhood. They are not featured in the Dark Phoenix Saga.
- Psylocke is a member of the X-Men. She is not a member of Callisto’s Omega Muties and never works for the Brotherhood. She is not killed by Phoenix.
- Arclight works for Mr. Sinister’s Marauders instead of Callisto’s Omega Muties and Magneto’s Brotherhood. She also does not die at the hands of Phoenix.
- Juggernaut is Xavier’s stepbrother, who receives his power from the magical gem of Cytorrak. He is not a mutant henchman, recruited by Magneto’s Brotherhood.
- Multiple Man is not a member of Magneto’s Brotherhood.
- Kitty Pryde is romantically linked to Colossus. She and Iceman don’t share a flirtatious relationship.
- Bolivar Trask is a scientist who develops the Sentinels. He is not a Presidential aid.
- Mystique is not cured.
- Magneto is not cured.
- Alcatraz Island is specific to the movie.
- The X-Men battle Jean Grey/Dark Phoenix in New York. She then kills billions of people in a distant star system. Later, the X-Men defend her life in a battle against the Shi’ar Imperial Guard before she kills herself on the moon. The X-Men do not abandon Jean Grey. The Government is not involved, and Wolverine is incapable of killing Jean Grey.
- Rogue does not cure herself.
 
X2: X-Men United

- Discovered by Xavier, Nightcrawler is introduced along with Banshee, Colossus, Storm, Warpath, and Wolverine.

Not Warpath...Thunderbird. Warpath is James Proudstar, the brother of John Proudstar, who was Thunderbird. Warpath also originally started as a villain as a member of Emma Frost's Hellions.


...everything else though...was pretty spot on.

except

Trask isn't Black
Callisto isn't Puerto Rican
Storm has an accent of some kind with origins in Africa.
Leech is a freaky looking green mutant, not an albino-looking boy.
 
Don't know if anyone put it but Ororo has blue eyes in the comics and the movies are such a big piece of crap that they couldn't even put contact lenses on Berry to resemble that ¬¬
 

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