Nell2ThaIzzay
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Making Wolverine the "main" character of the X-men films wasn't exactly a bad idea. After all, it was important to establish an "outside" character through which the audience can view the world of the X-men.
However, making Wolverine the central and most important character, at the expense of pretty much all other characters WAS a mistake.
Even if Wolverine is the main character, there's NO reason why Cyclops couldn't have been established as the strong, "straight-arrow" team leader of the X-men. The field general who commands the team. The guy who all the young students respect. The guy who is perceived to be Xavier's next-in-line. And, the guy who is in a loving, stable relationship with Jean.
There's no reason why you couldn't have elevated the other characters to importance while still keeping Wolverine as the central character.
Indeed, making Cyclops a stronger character ( both as a leader and lover of Jean ) would have made the dynamics with Wolverine even better.
and that's another reason why I really want to see Jean and Scott "redone" in the First Class series. One reason why I enjoyed FC so much was that, aside from the brief Wolverine cameo, it actually placed emphasis on the OTHER mutants and characters in the X-men universe.
That's pretty much exactly what was established in X-Men.