X-Maniac said:
You keep saying that X3 failed in every sense to follow on from X1 and X2, but I don't see that at all.
i'll make an elaborate post on this in another thread sometime this week so you'll see better what I'm talking about. I'll list all the inconsistencies, contradictions, abandoned ideas, and broken promises that I feel X3 made
One of the few things that was consistent
, Cyclops was out of the way (as in X2)
You consider this being a recurring theme and staying consistent with a previous film? Well Xavier was still bald and handicapped, does that consider being consistent?
, Magneto's war happened,
That was a war? That was more like an act of terror. The aftermath of what Magneto did, and the aftermath of that botched attempt with the evil Cerebro to kill all mutants and then all humans, that should be the precursor to a war. The real war would be something that is beyond any scale that Magneto can handle, and beyond any scale that the X-men can engage in and try to stop.
Pyro had clearly chosen to be a baddie who had cemented his alliance with the Brotherhood
I'll grant you that.
, Storm was still opinionated
Even more so than before it seems
, Rogue was still insecure,
Actually that is not consistent. She was a hell of alot more secure and confident with herself before she suddenly slipped back into what she was at the beginning of X1. All they tried to do for her, all the work she did along with her family members was flushed down the toilet all of a sudden. I expected to see her and Hank face a conflict with regrads to the cure. Seems there never was any sort of conflict from the beginning. Hank simply decided "no". and Marie decided "yes". I'm not the only one who sees this as an inconsistency.
Wolverine was still a maverick.
Isn't he always? I hardly expected him to be a clean-shaven family member telling bedtime stories to Syrin and Artie.
In a (deleted) scene in X1, Rogue had even asked Storm if she could be cured, so that was foreshadowed too - even though the scene was cut, it still exists as part of the writers' and director's ideas/intentions.
Yes, and look at the essense of that scene. Storm explains to Rogue that there is no simple, quick-fix solution, no proverbial pill that one can pop and be "cured" of their mutation. The purpose of this school is to give them shelter, to teach them to develop their skills with regards to skillfully controlling and wielding their mutations, and teaching them how to cope so they can go on with their lives. It's sort of like the concept behind losing weight: there is no magic pill or "cure" to replace hard work and dedication. X3 almost made a mockery of that by offering an easy way out. It's was nice to see at least the implication that this easy way out is not permanent.
But at the same time the whole notion is crazy. To have a major pharmaceutical company release a highly anticipated and contested product and to realize that it had even been tested properly for side effects or whether the results are permanent!!! Medicine isn't like beta-testing software, people! Did they even try using it on a mutant at all? Apparently not.
Ummm.... i thought they expired next year or soon.
