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[marukisu]

Heres my cast list: (feel free to give opinions and criticism on my list)

Professor X- Patrick Stewart

Cyclops- James Marsden

Jean Grey/Pheonix- Famke Janssen

Storm- Gina Torres

Wolverine- Hugh Jackman

Beast- Kelsey Grammer

Gambit-Josh Holloway

Rogue- Eliza Dushku

Nightcrawler- Alan Cumming

Emma Frost- Charisma Carpenter

Havok-Ryan Phillipe

Iceman- Chris O' Donnel

Colossus-Domnic Purcell

Kitty Pride/Shadowcat- Amanda Bynes

Jubilee- Kea Wong

Angel- Jude Law

Psylocke- Kate Beckinsale

Polaris- Ali Larter

Northstar- Neil Patrick Harris

Bishop- Morris Chesnut

Magneto- Ian Mckellen

Quicksilver-James Marsters

Scarlet Witch-Amy Acker

Mystique- Rebbeca Romajin Stamos

Pyro- Sean William Scott

Sabertooth- Tyler Mane

Toad- Ray Park

Avalanche-Ian Somerhalder

Juggernaut- Vinnie Jones

The Blob- Kevin Durand

Lady Deathstrike- Kelly Hu

Bastion-Julian Mcmahon

Apocalypse- Laurence Fishburne

Deadpool- Ryan Renolds

Silver Fox- Lynn Collins


Characters i hada hard time finding actors for:

Forge-

Cable-

 

[Majik1387]

Okay, since you asked in teh Poison Ivy thread, here's my opinion on it.
I'm breaking it up in sections though and I'm giving my opinion as if it was Marvel Studios starting fresh with the franchise and not god awful Fox continuing with theirs.

Heres my cast list: (feel free to give opinions and criticism on my list)
Professor X- Patrick Stewart
Cyclops- James Marsden
Jean Grey/Pheonix- Famke Janssen
Storm- Gina Torres
Wolverine- Hugh Jackman

So save for Gina Torres, you kept the choices from Fox, which other than Patrick Stewart, are easily replaceable and should be in a new movie. I also think Stewart should be replaced, but can't think of anyone else. At least Fox got him spot on. As for Gina Torres, I like it, she's my choice for Storm in a new X-Men movie as well.

Beast- Kelsey Grammer
Gambit-Josh Holloway
Rogue- Eliza Dushku
Nightcrawler- Alan Cumming
Emma Frost- Charisma Carpenter
Havok-Gerard Butler

Kelsey Grammar has the same prob as Patrick Stewart as I said above; Perfect casting, wrong studio to make the movie with. Holloway is a terrible choice for Gambit and should really stopped being mentioned because of his supposed "acting" on the show Lost. I totally dig Dushku as Rogue, again one of my castings for a new X-Men movie. I liked Cumming as Nightcrawler, but again, if I were in charge of casting a new movie, I'd be picking all new actors. I don't think Charisma is the right fit for Emma. And Gerard Butler is not a good choice for Havok at all; He's still too much of a flavor of the week actor.

Iceman- Chris O' Donnel
Colossus-Domnic Purcell
Kitty Pride/Shadowcat- Elen Page
Jubilee- Kea Wong
Angel- Jude Law

Chris O'Donnel as Iceman, I don't know. I've never been too impressed with him and he's not quite how I envision Iceman. Dominic Purcell is an interesting choice, I find that Colossus is a really hard character to cast, so I can sorta see it. Ellen Page didn't impress me as Kitty, she can act, but she isn't how I envision Kitty either. Kea Wong, I don't really know much of her work, so can't really comment on that, but again I'd want fresh actors, and I'd go for Brenda Song in this role. Jude Law is an interesting choice for the role of Angel, which I can see working fairly well.

Psylocke- Kate Beckinsale
Polaris- Amy Adams
Northstar- Neil Patrick Harris
Bishop- Morris Chesnut
Magneto- Ian Mckellen

Kate Beckinsale is a terrible actress, hence no to her as Psylocke. I love Amy Adams, but she's too sweet and innocent to portray Polaris. I know she's an actress and its her job to act, but unless she changes her voice dramatically and tones down her movement, I just don't see her working as Polaris. I don't quite think NPH works for Northstar either, in terms of looks mainly, acting he's ok, but I'd have to see more of his work to really have an opinion on him. Morris Chestnut is good casting, I'm just not a fan of the character Bishop. McKellen is in the same vein as Stewart and Grammer; Can't think of another actor for Magneto though.

Quicksilver-Ryan Phillipe
Scarlet Witch-Amy Acker
Mystique- Rebbeca Romajin Stamos
Pyro- Sean William Scott
Sabertooth- Tyler Mane
Toad- Ray Park

Phillipe is more of a Havok to me in terms of casting, though I guess I could see him as Quicksilver as well. Amy Acker as Scarlet Witch; I'm really having mixed feelings about this, I mean I love Acker, and I believe she can do the role great, but something in the back of my mind isn't sure. Sean William Scott is an interesting, original choice for Pyro, which I can actually see working well. Recasts for Mystique, Sabretooth and Toad though.

Avalanche-Ian Somerhalder
Juggernaut- Vinnie Jones
The Blob- Kevin Durand
Lady Deathstrike- Kelly Hu
Bastion-Julian Mcmahon
Apocalypse- Laurence Fishburne
Deadpool- Ryan Renolds
Silver Fox- Lynn Collins

I'm guessing you're going the X-Men Evo route with Avalanche, as would I with the character. I can sorta see Somerhalder as the role, but I think there would be other actors better suited for the role. Juggernaut should is another in the Stewart/Grammar camp for me; Jones to me was great casting, but the script and costume needed work. Kevin Durand, I've never seen his work, but I see he's playing Blob in Wolverine, so recast for me there as well. I loved Kelly Hu as Deathstrike, but for a new X-Men movie, I'd go with Maggie Q. Julian McMahon, though I love him on Nip/Tuck, he just doesn't work in comic movies for me. I do like Fishbourne as Apocalypse. I hate the character of Deadpool and I find Ryan Reynolds annoying. With Lynn COllins, it's the same as Kevin Durand for me.

Characters i hada hard time finding actors for:
Forge-
Cable-
Jubilee

For Forge, I know Benjamin Bratt was a popular choice forever ago, nowadays I don't know really. I wasn't too interested in his character that much.
I hate Cable, and feel he shouldn't be introduced anywhere outside the comics and that his existence in the comics should be erased.
And you have Kea Wong as Jubilee abov.

 

[marukisu]

Okay, since you asked in teh Poison Ivy thread, here's my opinion on it.
I'm breaking it up in sections though and I'm giving my opinion as if it was Marvel Studios starting fresh with the franchise and not god awful Fox continuing with theirs.

So save for Gina Torres, you kept the choices from Fox, which other than Patrick Stewart, are easily replaceable and should be in a new movie. I also think Stewart should be replaced, but can't think of anyone else. At least Fox got him spot on. As for Gina Torres, I like it, she's my choice for Storm in a new X-Men movie as well.

Kelsey Grammar has the same prob as Patrick Stewart as I said above; Perfect casting, wrong studio to make the movie with. Holloway is a terrible choice for Gambit and should really stopped being mentioned because of his supposed "acting" on the show Lost. I totally dig Dushku as Rogue, again one of my castings for a new X-Men movie. I liked Cumming as Nightcrawler, but again, if I were in charge of casting a new movie, I'd be picking all new actors. I don't think Charisma is the right fit for Emma. And Gerard Butler is not a good choice for Havok at all; He's still too much of a flavor of the week actor.

Chris O'Donnel as Iceman, I don't know. I've never been too impressed with him and he's not quite how I envision Iceman. Dominic Purcell is an interesting choice, I find that Colossus is a really hard character to cast, so I can sorta see it. Ellen Page didn't impress me as Kitty, she can act, but she isn't how I envision Kitty either. Kea Wong, I don't really know much of her work, so can't really comment on that, but again I'd want fresh actors, and I'd go for Brenda Song in this role. Jude Law is an interesting choice for the role of Angel, which I can see working fairly well.

Kate Beckinsale is a terrible actress, hence no to her as Psylocke. I love Amy Adams, but she's too sweet and innocent to portray Polaris. I know she's an actress and its her job to act, but unless she changes her voice dramatically and tones down her movement, I just don't see her working as Polaris. I don't quite think NPH works for Northstar either, in terms of looks mainly, acting he's ok, but I'd have to see more of his work to really have an opinion on him. Morris Chestnut is good casting, I'm just not a fan of the character Bishop. McKellen is in the same vein as Stewart and Grammer; Can't think of another actor for Magneto though.

Phillipe is more of a Havok to me in terms of casting, though I guess I could see him as Quicksilver as well. Amy Acker as Scarlet Witch; I'm really having mixed feelings about this, I mean I love Acker, and I believe she can do the role great, but something in the back of my mind isn't sure. Sean William Scott is an interesting, original choice for Pyro, which I can actually see working well. Recasts for Mystique, Sabretooth and Toad though.

I'm guessing you're going the X-Men Evo route with Avalanche, as would I with the character. I can sorta see Somerhalder as the role, but I think there would be other actors better suited for the role. Juggernaut should is another in the Stewart/Grammar camp for me; Jones to me was great casting, but the script and costume needed work. Kevin Durand, I've never seen his work, but I see he's playing Blob in Wolverine, so recast for me there as well. I loved Kelly Hu as Deathstrike, but for a new X-Men movie, I'd go with Maggie Q. Julian McMahon, though I love him on Nip/Tuck, he just doesn't work in comic movies for me. I do like Fishbourne as Apocalypse. I hate the character of Deadpool and I find Ryan Reynolds annoying. With Lynn COllins, it's the same as Kevin Durand for me.

For Forge, I know Benjamin Bratt was a popular choice forever ago, nowadays I don't know really. I wasn't too interested in his character that much.
I hate Cable, and feel he shouldn't be introduced anywhere outside the comics and that his existence in the comics should be erased.
And you have Kea Wong as Jubilee abov.

My perspective when making this cast list was "If you could cast the first X-men movie back in 2000 who would it be and how would you do it?" So thats why most of the old cast stayed because i felt some of them did their roles very well despite the material they were given to work with.

Now ill adress everything you said by numbered parts in the order they were divided

Part #1- Even with our different perspectivs approaching my cast list i do agree that some characters could be recast. I wouldnt mind i there was a Cyclops or a Jean recasting. Those actors were both very good but there could be others better than them. As far as Proffessor x and Wolverine i like Patrick and hugh and they did very good jobs. As far as Storm she really isnt that hard of a character to cast which is why im surprised we got Halle. Superhero movies are really not her thing. In number 1 her performance was weak and only worsened with the accent she tried to do, Number 2 was a little better and i would have prefered if she was that way in number 1 but it still wasnt that great nor was it how i thought storm should have been, and finnaly in Number 3 i willadmit Halle Berrys performance was really well done but by that point the actual movie itself was bad so it didnt matter how goood she was. So when choosing for storm my top two choices were Angela Basset and Gina Torres. Gina is more keen to the world of sci-fi and shes really tall so she could portay that goddess/amazon quality that Storm should have.

Part 2- Kelsey Grammer i wouldnt recast at all because he was really good and much better than i thought he would be. Im not really familiar with Josh Holloway's work but honesly he looks the part of Gambit imo, and thats what i had to end up doing with some people because it was just too hard to find an actor based on acting. lol Alan worked for Nightcrawler very well and Charisma could play Emma but im not opposed to a recast.Gerald Butler simply was digging at the bottom of the barrel honestly. Since Havok and Cyclops are brothers i tried looking for the other people that were in talks to play Cyclops before Masden got the part to play Havok,but i couldnt find them. And Dushku i feel would do Rogue much more justice in terms of apperance and acting than the other girl they got. She already has experience as playing the outcast from society with Faith so if we applied that idea with Rogue and hher inability to touch people i think we'd have an interesting Rogue.

Part 3- Jubilee and Shadowcat were already cast in the movie and i ended up rehashing them for my list because i couldnt find anyone. brenda Song as you said would be an interesting choice imo. I only know her from her Disney movie but id be willing to give her a chance. Chris O Donnel was a name that i heard from somewhere else and ended up using him because i think if Rogue did decide to have a relationship with Iceman O Donnel would be better with Dushku than the other guy they got. Im glad you like my casting for Colossus and Angel those were verrrry tough to find.

Part 4- Psylocke Polaris and Northstar were definitely super hard as well. I based Psylocke on looks for kate and orignally i had Charisma carpenter for Polaris and Julie Benz (Darla from Angel) would have Been Emma frost however i decided that i had one to many Buffyverse characters in this list. lol As far as a magneto recast i wouldnt be opposed to it but Ian's chemistry with patrick onscreen worked very well. I did think about recasting him and George Clooney was my first thought but then i decided to let that be. Northsatar was difficult as well but i decided to choose neil because it seemed like an ok choice. Bishop was hard at first because i couldnt think of any actors and then i came to the two actors Shemar Moore and Morris Chesnut but ultimately Morris got it because he is darker than Shemar and Shemar if i were to choose him as a superhero it would be the Green lantern , and even then Common(the rapper) would be my first choice.

Part 5- Ryan as Quicksilver was a hard choice because i(like you) felt he would much be better suited as Havok, However i felt he could also pull off Quicksilver and cast him as that because it would be unexpected. James marsters would have been my second choice maybe but once again too many Buffyverse actors for this list and i didnt want that. Amy Acker can play anything you give her and so she could definitely be Wanda. Toad and Sabertooth were good for what they did in the first movie but again i wouldnt be opposed to a recast and the same goes for Mystique. Id prefer if she wore clothes for whoever they got to recast her as well.


Part 6- lol i did go the X men evo route with Ian im glad you noticed. The Juggernaut was kept simply because of his infamous line in X3 and i just couldnt let that go. lol It definitely was one of the best parts of the movie.The Bolb and lady deathstrike i re used and could care less if there was a recast. And i could care less about deadpool and Silver Fox being used. Julian Mcmahon.....was a definite maybe in my book but once again im not opposed to a recast.Laurence as Apocalypse i felt worked because her had a voice that could be scary while being proper and omnificent.

*wipes forehead* woooh that was a lenghty post. Im glad that you liked some of my casting choices. Its really hard to cast in movies based off adaptations. i made a tekken movie cast list and it was suuuper hard. If you dont mind i would love to hear some of your alternatives (if you have them) for characters you didnt like(Gambit, Psylocke, Bastion etc..)

Im really truing to work on the perfect X-men cast listand overall i think i got a few right

Proffesor X- Patrick Stewart
Wolverine- Hugh Jackman
Storm- Gina Torres
Gambit- Josh Holloway
Rogue- Eliza Dushku
Beast-Kelsey Grammer
Nightcrawler- Alan Cumming
Colossus- Domnic Purcell
Emma Frost- Charisma Carpenter
Bishop-Morris Chesnut
Angel- Jude Law
Magneto- Ian Mckellen
Quicksilver- Ryan Phillipe
Scarlet Witch- Amy Acker
Avalanche- Ian Somerhalder
Apocalypse- Laurence Fishburne

Im curious to know do you have an idea of how you would have handeled the movies. Because from reding your posts i can tell you werent very fond of them.

Also could you (if you dont mind) tell me about the Fox and Marvel situation because my friend was telling me about it and the most i got from it is that Fox had the right to make movies with marvel characters and now they dont.

 

[Majik1387]

My perspective when making this cast list was "If you could cast the first X-men movie back in 2000 who would it be and how would you do it?" So thats why most of the old cast stayed because i felt some of them did their roles very well despite the material they were given to work with.

Ah ok then

Now ill adress everything you said by numbered parts in the order they were divided

Part #1- Even with our different perspectivs approaching my cast list i do agree that some characters could be recast. I wouldnt mind i there was a Cyclops or a Jean recasting. Those actors were both very good but there could be others better than them. As far as Proffessor x and Wolverine i like Patrick and hugh and they did very good jobs. As far as Storm she really isnt that hard of a character to cast which is why im surprised we got Halle. Superhero movies are really not her thing. In number 1 her performance was weak and only worsened with the accent she tried to do, Number 2 was a little better and i would have prefered if she was that way in number 1 but it still wasnt that great nor was it how i thought storm should have been, and finnaly in Number 3 i willadmit Halle Berrys performance was really well done but by that point the actual movie itself was bad so it didnt matter how goood she was. So when choosing for storm my top two choices were Angela Basset and Gina Torres. Gina is more keen to the world of sci-fi and shes really tall so she could portay that goddess/amazon quality that Storm should have.

I pretty much agree with everything, except for Halle giving a good performance. Looking back, they were all pretty half assed.

Part 2- Kelsey Grammer i wouldnt recast at all because he was really good and much better than i thought he would be. Im not really familiar with Josh Holloway's work but honesly he looks the part of Gambit imo, and thats what i had to end up doing with some people because it was just too hard to find an actor based on acting. lol Alan worked for Nightcrawler very well and Charisma could play Emma but im not opposed to a recast.Gerald Butler simply was digging at the bottom of the barrel honestly. Since Havok and Cyclops are brothers i tried looking for the other people that were in talks to play Cyclops before Masden got the part to play Havok,but i couldnt find them. And Dushku i feel would do Rogue much more justice in terms of apperance and acting than the other girl they got. She already has experience as playing the outcast from society with Faith so if we applied that idea with Rogue and hher inability to touch people i think we'd have an interesting Rogue.

Regarding Holloway. I wouldn't even cast him on looks. He's nothing like Gambit imho, and it's never a good thing when the only reason an actor is cast is because of their looks. Looks are important yes, but there needs to be more of a balance when casting. With Butler, he just doesn't really fit in the movies.

Part 3- Jubilee and Shadowcat were already cast in the movie and i ended up rehashing them for my list because i couldnt find anyone. brenda Song as you said would be an interesting choice imo. I only know her from her Disney movie but id be willing to give her a chance. Chris O Donnel was a name that i heard from somewhere else and ended up using him because i think if Rogue did decide to have a relationship with Iceman O Donnel would be better with Dushku than the other guy they got. Im glad you like my casting for Colossus and Angel those were verrrry tough to find.

Well, I sorta understand the Iceman/Rogue thing you're going with, I just never been into the love interest between them, it didn't work for me. I honestly don't think Angel is too tough to cast, but Colossus is.

Part 4- Psylocke Polaris and Northstar were definitely super hard as well. I based Psylocke on looks for kate and orignally i had Charisma carpenter for Polaris and Julie Benz (Darla from Angel) would have Been Emma frost however i decided that i had one to many Buffyverse characters in this list. lol As far as a magneto recast i wouldnt be opposed to it but Ian's chemistry with patrick onscreen worked very well. I did think about recasting him and George Clooney was my first thought but then i decided to let that be. Northsatar was difficult as well but i decided to choose neil because it seemed like an ok choice. Bishop was hard at first because i couldnt think of any actors and then i came to the two actors Shemar Moore and Morris Chesnut but ultimately Morris got it because he is darker than Shemar and Shemar if i were to choose him as a superhero it would be the Green lantern , and even then Common(the rapper) would be my first choice.

Part 5- Ryan as Quicksilver was a hard choice because i(like you) felt he would much be better suited as Havok, However i felt he could also pull off Quicksilver and cast him as that because it would be unexpected. James marsters would have been my second choice maybe but once again too many Buffyverse actors for this list and i didnt want that. Amy Acker can play anything you give her and so she could definitely be Wanda. Toad and Sabertooth were good for what they did in the first movie but again i wouldnt be opposed to a recast and the same goes for Mystique. Id prefer if she wore clothes for whoever they got to recast her as well.

I understand the too many Buffy-verse casting conundrum, I had it happen to me in the Avengers casting thread.
Honestly, I didn't mind Mystique's semi nudism in the movie. I mean sure the fanboys are liek she's hot, look at her boobs, etc, but it honestly didn't faze me one bit.

Part 6- lol i did go the X men evo route with Ian im glad you noticed. The Juggernaut was kept simply because of his infamous line in X3 and i just couldnt let that go. lol It definitely was one of the best parts of the movie.The Bolb and lady deathstrike i re used and could care less if there was a recast. And i could care less about deadpool and Silver Fox being used. Julian Mcmahon.....was a definite maybe in my book but once again im not opposed to a recast.Laurence as Apocalypse i felt worked because her had a voice that could be scary while being proper and omnificent.

Eh, the whole 'I'm the Juggernaut, *****!' line shouldn't have even been in the movie. It was random and stupid considering that's pretty much his only line besides what he says in the convoy.(whatever that was)

*wipes forehead* woooh that was a lenghty post. Im glad that you liked some of my casting choices. Its really hard to cast in movies based off adaptations. i made a tekken movie cast list and it was suuuper hard. If you dont mind i would love to hear some of your alternatives (if you have them) for characters you didnt like(Gambit, Psylocke, Bastion etc..)

For Gambit, I've been partial to Jared Leto, and I am also happy with Taylor Kitsch as Gambit, but I'm sad because it's in the movie Wolverine.
Psylocke, hmm, at the moment I can't think of an actress offhand, I'd have to get back to ya with that.
Bastion never really come to mind from what I'd like to see in an X-Movie, but off the top of my head, I think that maybe Jonathan Schaech?
I'll post a list later

Im curious to know do you have an idea of how you would have handeled the movies. Because from reding your posts i can tell you werent very fond of them.

Well, I liked how the first two movies were, except for Storm. I'm sure I can be classified as a Storm hater, but I don't care. A melodramatic actress in a role that is, to me at least, a role of a strong presence, almost regal, just didn't work. I was ok with the Rogue/Bobby thing as a crush so that there could be a Gambit love triangle, but then Kitty came in and that was the love triangle, and that didn't work for me. I liked Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, but I felt he sort of lost it in the 2nd and 3rd movies unless he was fighting.

As for how I woud do it, it would be a mix of the comics, and the cartoons for my main inspiration. I would keep the sort of realism angle too, but instead of doing the whole "That's not realistic thing" that happens to be ever so popular on these boards, I would have made the characters personalites the main thing in the stories, and they all just happen to have powers.

I actually wrote a story on how I would follow up X3 while trying to stay true to my inspirations, but not completely erasing X4 because it did have good ideas, everything was just pretty much delivered terribly.

Also could you (if you dont mind) tell me about the Fox and Marvel situation because my friend was telling me about it and the most i got from it is that Fox had the right to make movies with marvel characters and now they dont.

Well that's not quite it, what it is is that Fox Studios owns the license to make movies out of certain comics from Marvel, ala X-Men, Fantastic FOur, Silver surfer, etc and won't lose the license for a while.
Marvel Studios has licenses on most the comcs though, Hulk, Iron Man, Cap America, Avengers, Nick Fury, etc

 

[marukisu]

Ah ok then

I pretty much agree with everything, except for Halle giving a good performance. Looking back, they were all pretty half assed.

By X3 Halle's performance was tolerable and it was good for what it was but i would prefer Gina to be storm to show her how its really done.

Regarding Holloway. I wouldn't even cast him on looks. He's nothing like Gambit imho, and it's never a good thing when the only reason an actor is cast is because of their looks. Looks are important yes, but there needs to be more of a balance when casting. With Butler, he just doesn't really fit in the movies.

I cast actors on looks as a last result.


Well, I sorta understand the Iceman/Rogue thing you're going with, I just never been into the love interest between them, it didn't work for me. I honestly don't think Angel is too tough to cast, but Colossus is.

True. for my idea id want Rogue to go out with Iceman but they part on bad terms and he leaves for Kitty but then Gambit is intorduced and she is happy and then iceman gets jealous.

I understand the too many Buffy-verse casting conundrum, I had it happen to me in the Avengers casting thread.
Honestly, I didn't mind Mystique's semi nudism in the movie. I mean sure the fanboys are liek she's hot, look at her boobs, etc, but it honestly didn't faze me one bit.

Is your cast list for the Avengers on this site?


Eh, the whole 'I'm the Juggernaut, *****!' line shouldn't have even been in the movie. It was random and stupid considering that's pretty much his only line besides what he says in the convoy.(whatever that was)

For Gambit, I've been partial to Jared Leto, and I am also happy with Taylor Kitsch as Gambit, but I'm sad because it's in the movie Wolverine.
Psylocke, hmm, at the moment I can't think of an actress offhand, I'd have to get back to ya with that.
Bastion never really come to mind from what I'd like to see in an X-Movie, but off the top of my head, I think that maybe Jonathan Schaech?
I'll post a list later

Well, I liked how the first two movies were, except for Storm. I'm sure I can be classified as a Storm hater, but I don't care. A melodramatic actress in a role that is, to me at least, a role of a strong presence, almost regal, just didn't work. I was ok with the Rogue/Bobby thing as a crush so that there could be a Gambit love triangle, but then Kitty came in and that was the love triangle, and that didn't work for me. I liked Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, but I felt he sort of lost it in the 2nd and 3rd movies unless he was fighting.

As for how I woud do it, it would be a mix of the comics, and the cartoons for my main inspiration. I would keep the sort of realism angle too, but instead of doing the whole "That's not realistic thing" that happens to be ever so popular on these boards, I would have made the characters personalites the main thing in the stories, and they all just happen to have powers.

My idea for how i would do the movies would go something like this(mind you these are very brief events of what

X1-(Magneto and the brotherhoood is introduced and is demolished)

X2-( Magneto reassembles a group of mutants includingWanda and Pietro and Mystique reassmbles her own group and cause chaos in the world. The stryker plot would be intorduced much in the same way as the movie except Jean doesnt die and by the end of the movie Rogue develops her powers. Bastion is briefly shown as a anti-mutant activist)

X3-( Bastion and the sentinels are introduced to destory the x men. The end of the movie would take place on a space station and would result in jean trying to contain an explosion that Bastion would create with the space station to destroy the x men. The finale would be similar to the end of X2 except on a space station. The final scene would be a meteor crahing into the ocean and you could see the formation of the pheonix slowly appearing in the water.

X4- The Dark phonix saga should be covered here and show Jean returning to the X-men and telling her how shes suffered from amnesia for the past couple of years or months or w/e and how she lived a second life until she rembered the x men. She is reinstated into the x men during one of her missions she accidnetally kills a human and the entity known as the Pheonix takes over. As The pheonix escelates thorugh Jean she destroys a whole city and the xmen have to stop her. They eventually find a way (havent thoiught of it yet) But it involves a tery eyed goodbye with cyclops.



X5- Transitioning from pheonix to Apocalypse Apocalypses tomb is opened through Jean's powers rupturing the universe and Apocalypse's tomb ids opened and hes looking for that power so he can obtain it and absorb it to become a god, but the closests he gets to sensing it is at the x-mansion and he assaults the mansion. theres more little tidbits like Gambit betraying the x men for ultimate power rogue breaking up with him for this and going back to Bobby. Apocalypse killing Proffesor X, Scott and making Storm, Gambit, Magneto one of his hourseman.(havent fiugured out the fourth one yat lol)

Of course this is all brief and an erratic . Ill be more in depth later on. but these would be the general idea of how the movies would go.

I actually wrote a story on how I would follow up X3 while trying to stay true to my inspirations, but not completely erasing X4 because it did have good ideas, everything was just pretty much delivered terribly.

Do you mean X3 was delivered terribly?

Well that's not quite it, what it is is that Fox Studios owns the license to make movies out of certain comics from Marvel, ala X-Men, Fantastic FOur, Silver surfer, etc and won't lose the license for a while.
Marvel Studios has licenses on most the comcs though, Hulk, Iron Man, Cap America, Avengers, Nick Fury, etc

Oh ok so thats what happned with the Fox and Marvel thing

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[Majik1387]

Do you mean X3 was delivered terribly?

Yes.

Is your cast list for the Avengers on this site?

Yep, in the 'Cast the Avengers' thread.


So here's how I would do the new X-Movies. The only casting I kept was Grammar cuz it was too ingenious to recast.

Villains will come later

 

[Johnny Drama]

I despise your choices for Banshee, Nightcrawler and Gambit. Everything else I love, you even have my Rogue.

 

[marukisu]

Yes.

Yep, in the 'Cast the Avengers' thread.


So here's how I would do the new X-Movies. The only casting I kept was Grammar cuz it was too ingenious to recast.

Villains will come later

Lol Joss alumni Gina and Eliza are there but i thought you said you had issues because u were using too many buffyverse caracters. What Buffy/Angel characters did you end up using but then replace later?

Also kudos to your Shadowcat and Polaris casting. I like it alot.

 

[Johnny Drama]

Here is my cast.

In my dreams Joss Whedon would direct this, so at least three buffyverse regulars are a pre-requisite.

Cyclops - Jensens Ackles
Wolverine - Timothy Olyphant
Jean Grey - Bryce Dallas Howard
Storm - Rosario Dawson
Nightcrawler - Alexis Denisoff
Gambit - Stuart Townsend
Rouge - Eliza Dushku
Xavier - Ben Kingsley

Magneto - Rutger Hauer
Mystique - Melinda Clarke
Sabertooth - Gerard Butler
The Blob - Ethan Suplee
Toad - Chris Katan
Quicksilver - James Marsters
Scarlet Witch - Emmy Rossum


with

Graydon Creed - James Spader
Senator Robert Kelly - James Woods

 

[Majik1387]

I despise your choices for Banshee, Nightcrawler and Gambit. Everything else I love, you even have my Rogue.

lol Well, can't really do much to change your mind.

Lol Joss alumni Gina and Eliza are there but i thought you said you had issues because u were using too many buffyverse caracters. What Buffy/Angel characters did you end up using but then replace later?

The Buffy-verse thing was in my Avengers cast, not X-Men.

Also kudos to your Shadowcat and Polaris casting. I like it alot.

Thanks

Here is my cast.
In my dreams Joss Whedon would direct this, so at least three buffyverse regulars are a pre-requisite.
Cyclops - Jensens Ackles
Wolverine - Timothy Olyphant
Jean Grey - Bryce Dallas Howard
Storm - Rosario Dawson
Nightcrawler - Alexis Denisoff
Gambit - Stuart Townsend
Rouge - Eliza Dushku
Xavier - Ben Kingsley

Magneto - Rutger Hauer
Mystique - Melinda Clarke
Sabertooth - Gerard Butler
The Blob - Ethan Suplee
Toad - Chris Katan
Quicksilver - James Marsters
Scarlet Witch - Emmy Rossum
with
Graydon Creed - James Spader
Senator Robert Kelly - James Woods

The big ones in bold are the ones I disagree with.

 

[Johnny Drama]

I respect your opinion but I believe Stuart Townsend as Gambit and Melinda Clarke as Mystique is truly inspired casting.

 

[Majik1387]

I can see Townshend as Gambit, but not as Gambit to Eliza's Rogue. And I just don't like Clarke at all

 

[Johnny Drama]

I dunno I think Townsend and Dushku could have great chemistry together. She is a hot girl but she is hardly ever paired with attractive men. Townsend has the loof, the charm and the charisma.

I don't like Melinda Clarke either but I think she is perfect for this role. Thats my opinion though.

 

[marukisu]

Here is my cast.

In my dreams Joss Whedon would direct this, so at least three buffyverse regulars are a pre-requisite.

Cyclops - Jensens Ackles

Wolverine - Timothy Olyphant_( I would stick to Hugh Jackman)

Jean Grey - Bryce Dallas Howard-( Id prefer Anne Hatthaway to Bryce)

Storm - Rosario Dawson-(Gina Torres has more experience in the sci-fi realmn so i naturally decline to Rosario and... she just doesnt fit as Storm.)

Nightcrawler - Alexis Denisoff-(Wesley as Nightcrawler....i dont hink so. love him as an actor thought, just not for this role.)

Gambit - Stuart Townsend-( I like this choice but i thnk Majik's choice is a tad bit better i wouldnt mind either

Rouge - Eliza Dushku-( Im glad we all agree that Eliza Dushku iis Rogue lol)

Xavier - Ben Kingsley-( no one can beat Partick Stewart lol)

Magneto - Rutger Hauer-( same with Hugh and Patrick, plus Patrick and Ian's chemistry worked)
Mystique - Melinda Clarke- ( Her face just doesnt seem very Mystique to mee idk i dont like her.)
Sabertooth - Gerard Butler-( I like this more than my choice for him to be Havok and it would work alot better than him as Havok too)
The Blob - Ethan Suplee
Toad - Chris Katan
Quicksilver - James Marsters-( I really like James for this role)
Scarlet Witch - Emmy Rossum_( But id prefer Amy Acker for this one and as we know they were both on Angel and i think their Chemistry would be interesting yet awkward.)


with

Graydon Creed - James Spader
Senator Robert Kelly - James Woods

The Buffy-verse thing was in my Avengers cast, not X-Men.

Do you rember what page that might be on in the Avengers casting because i cant find it. I came across some of your casting but i dont see many Buffy verse actors in it.

(also on a seperate note what do you think of my idea of how the movies should have been handled?)

 

[Johnny Drama]

The Avengers/Whedon statement was from Majik, look above. I don't know how it was quoted from me.

 

[marukisu]

The Avengers/Whedon statement was from Majik, look above. I don't know how it was quoted from me.

lol me neither thats just weird

 

[Majik1387]

So here's my Brotherhood cast to go along with the X-Men.

 

[Johnny Drama]

I like it Majik,

though ironically I don't like your Sabertooth or your Mystique
(you didn't like mine either )

I love Adam Baldwin, just not for Sabertooth and I LOVE me some Rose but I don't know how well she would pull off Mystique.

 

[Majik1387]

Sabretooth is extremely hard for me to cast. I originally had McGowan as Scarlet Witch, but then I thought Charisma would be a better Scarlet Witch, but that I felt that Rose could pull of Mystique as well.

 

[marukisu]

So here's my Brotherhood cast to go along with the X-Men.

Whedonverse Alumni count
1 Vincent
2 Charisma
3 Amy
4 Adam

I dont like Rose as Mystique because (despite my feelings toward her as an actresss) Her vocals dont really sound all Mystique to me. However the picture comparison i like.

and

Vincent as Toad? I dont really like that either but was that casting decision infkluenced by how much he hopped around fighting on Angel?

 

[marukisu]

So here's my Brotherhood cast to go along with the X-Men.

Whedonverse Alumni count
1 Vincent
2 Charisma
3 Amy
4 Adam

I dont like Rose as Mystique because (despite my feelings toward her as an actresss) Her vocals dont really sound all Mystique to me. However the picture comparison i like.

and

Vincent as Toad? I dont really like that either but was that casting decision infkluenced by how much he hopped around fighting on Angel?

 

[Majik1387]

Whedonverse Alumni count
1 Vincent
2 Charisma
3 Amy
4 Adam

lol

I dont like Rose as Mystique because (despite my feelings toward her as an actresss) Her vocals dont really sound all Mystique to me. However the picture comparison i like.

Well, vocals can be changed with enough practice and training. But I honestly have never like any of the Mystique voice actresses too much from the cartoons. Too overdramatic in a bad way and sounded like they were trying to be a menacing woman instead of actually sounding like it.

and
Vincent as Toad? I dont really like that either but was that casting decision infkluenced by how much he hopped around fighting on Angel?

Not really. I just remember he was a wicked crazy fighter on Angel, and he used to be really cute to be, but nowadays I don't think so. I don't find him ugly though, but his youthful looks sort of grew up and I think he'd be fine as Toad.

 

[marukisu]

lol

Well, vocals can be changed with enough practice and training. But I honestly have never like any of the Mystique voice actresses too much from the cartoons. Too overdramatic in a bad way and sounded like they were trying to be a menacing woman instead of actually sounding like it.

Not really. I just remember he was a wicked crazy fighter on Angel, and he used to be really cute to be, but nowadays I don't think so. I don't find him ugly though, but his youthful looks sort of grew up and I think he'd be fine as Toad.

True Amy Acker can do it but i dont think Rose can

And i think Vincent would make a good oad too but I also feel theres a betetr X man that he could play. Now which one that is idk.

 

[mr. peasant]

Casting some of the newer, lesser known characters. It's time we got some actual youngsters in this school for gifted youngsters

Julian Keller/Hellion - Jackson Rathbone (Twilight)

Sooraya Qadir/Dust - Tania Raymonde (Lost)

Victor Borkowski/Anole - Adam Sevali (Step Up 2)


*Note: My choices were based partly on resemblance, partly on plausibility, capabilities as well as ability to broaden the audience

 

[marukisu]

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