Sequels Reboot.

[ReallyCoolGuy]

I don't think there's a problem with using some of the same characters as long as others are brought in as well and as long as all are interpreted in an interesting and potentially different light.

Amen.

 

[CaptainClown]

Ya, that is one thing I didn't like about Iceman and Pyro. I kept me not liking the characters throughout the movie.

 

[ToriL90]

Ya, that is one thing I didn't like about Iceman and Pyro. I kept me not liking the characters throughout the movie.

What didn't you like about Pyro? I loved that character. Bobby was okay. I didn't mind him, but he wasn't one of my favorites.

 

[Angamb]

pyro in X3 wasn't well writeen.

 

[ReallyCoolGuy]

He wasn't Australian t:

It's Aaron Stanford who plays John Allerdyce/Pyro.

It's supposed to be St. John, pronounced "Sinjin"

 

[CaptainClown]

What didn't you like about Pyro? I loved that character. Bobby was okay. I didn't mind him, but he wasn't one of my favorites.

He was really boring, all I kept thinking was like oh another mutant that controls fire.. whoopty doo

 

[Angamb]

I understand it.... he hadn't any conflict. He suddenly was one more "bad" mutant, no more. Thats poor storytelling...

 

[CaptainClown]

I understand it.... he hadn't any conflict. He suddenly was one more "bad" mutant, no more. Thats poor storytelling...

ya exactly.. I just didn't care about him at all.

 

[ToriL90]

He could have been better written in X3, but he was okay and I loved him in X2.

 

[CaptainClown]

I think X-men would be a better mini series so you could actually delve into each characters background. A gritty mini series not some smalleville show

 

[ToriL90]

I think X-men would be a better mini series so you could actually delve into each characters background. A gritty mini series not some smalleville show

I've actually thought about that before. I would love it. Unfortunately, I don't think it would take off.

 

[CaptainClown]

Ya I don't think so either. I would actually watch that show then, so they actually put time into developing the characters. Only one I wouldn't focus on is Wolverine to keep him mysterious and then have like a special Wolverine episode

 

[Mr. Socko]

3 films...6 hours of footage...A total of 10 seconds of full-effect Ice Man.

 

[CaptainClown]

actually 8 seconds.. 2 of those seconds were a mistake, that cgi application was suppose to go to venom

 

[Mr. Socko]

Yep, I think we need a reboot.

 

[Mr. Socko]

McKellen was great as Magneto, but if they reboot the series soon, Harrison Ford for Magneto!

 

[Hyperion1320]

I agree with the need for reboot. And I don't think it should be the original 5, as has been brought up by others, they are not the most interesting lineup and their series was cancelled. Also, they are all white Americans. If mutation where actually occuring in an equal distribution across the world, there would actually be more African, Arabic, Asian, Hispanic, Pacific-Islanders, etc than European mutants. In a reboot, we should see Xavier(American, not British, late 40's) and Magneto(Eastern European please!, early 50's) in an "arms race", securing mutants for their perspective visions(they have already had a falling out, as they were working together with government officials on global mutant initiative or whatever, only to find out the governments want to destroy ALL mutants. Magneto is ready for war, Xavier thinks he can somehow calm the militancy and have mutants accepted by the world). Mutants have been booming in the recent generation, news footage type shots can show various (well planned out and comic relavent) cameos of second stringers across the world. G-8/UN type summit has the world governments pooling their resourses in an attempt to save baseline humanity from this threat to its very survival. Enter the Sentinels(more like missiles deployed from underground silos or space stations) with global positioning satelites tracking mutants(cerebro technology Xavier and Mags developed while working in the initiative). Right from the start we have three well defined positions to interact/clash/for the young mutants to align with/fight/run away from etc. Enter our young(early teen's-mid 20's) mutants: Magneto's children Scarlet Witch(Polish, 23) and Quicksilver(Polish, 23), Toad(British, 20), Sunfire(Japanese, 21), Gateway(Austrailian, *older 45), Avalanche(Turkish or Greek, 18), and Tempo(African American, 16) make up Magneto's crew. Colossus(Russian, 20), Nightcrawler(German, 17), Storm(African, 22), Warpath(Native American, 16), Cyclops(Euro-American, 22) and Jean(Euro-American, 21) make up Xavier's crew. Unbeknowst to Mags and Xavier is another team, a black ops government program not even they were aware of, Weapon X, mutants trained to kill other mutants: Wolverine(Canadian, looks 29), Psylocke(Chinese, 19), Karma(Vietnamese, 14), Magma(Brasil, 17), Rogue(Euro-American, 16), Omega Red(Russian, 25), Forge(Native American, 15, who designed Sentinels with...), Beast(Euro-American, 26). Basically in the course of 3 movies all these mutants are recruited to one of the teams, get trained/indoctrinated, go on missions(sabotaging the Cerebro satelites(can we say legitimate space mission?!! phoenix anyone? cosmic wind storm anyone?)), battling against each other, until they realize the true threat of the Sentinels(there are thousands) and unite to destroy common enemy. Characters were chosen for their visual appeal and relevance to team. Can you imagine a sequence where Gateway opens a portal allowing Magneto and crew to materialize in from of the mansion, Tempo slows down the camera as Colossus gets tossed off his feet due to Avalance's rumbles, Storm's lightning tracing Quicksilver (who's still going fast), Nightcrawler bamfing out of the way of Sunfire's blast which hits Wanda, keeping her from hexing Warpath who's about to deck Magneto. Then in the midst of all this Sentinals come crashing down from the sky in droves and Wolvie and his team start taking everyone out. Visual orgasm! It's not all fights, these are young people from all over the world training together, falling in love, being passionate about their cultures and reacting to the various global dramas we find them in as they are recruited. A combination of "Ultimate X-Men 1-12", Giant Sized X-Men #1, and the original Neal Adams era Sentinel x-over. Beautiful young actors and actress, strong leads from the older roles, and themes like globalization, pre-emptive war, and weapons of mass destruction makes this series large and in charge. It would take a masterful production team to weave this story together, but if shot all in one like the lord of the rings trilogy this could be a winner and not cost tooo much. $350 mil for all three movies could work, and they'd totally rape the box-office worldwide, $$billion franchise, easy. I'm getting wet just thinking about this.

 

[ToriL90]

I agree with the need for reboot. And I don't think it should be the original 5, as has been brought up by others, they are not the most interesting lineup and their series was cancelled. Also, they are all white Americans. If mutation where actually occuring in an equal distribution across the world, there would actually be more African, Arabic, Asian, Hispanic, Pacific-Islanders, etc than European mutants. In a reboot, we should see Xavier(American, not British, late 40's) and Magneto(Eastern European please!, early 50's) in an "arms race", securing mutants for their perspective visions(they have already had a falling out, as they were working together with government officials on global mutant initiative or whatever, only to find out the governments want to destroy ALL mutants. Magneto is ready for war, Xavier thinks he can somehow calm the militancy and have mutants accepted by the world). Mutants have been booming in the recent generation, news footage type shots can show various (well planned out and comic relavent) cameos of second stringers across the world. G-8/UN type summit has the world governments pooling their resourses in an attempt to save baseline humanity from this threat to its very survival. Enter the Sentinels(more like missiles deployed from underground silos or space stations) with global positioning satelites tracking mutants(cerebro technology Xavier and Mags developed while working in the initiative). Right from the start we have three well defined positions to interact/clash/for the young mutants to align with/fight/run away from etc. Enter our young(early teen's-mid 20's) mutants: Magneto's children Scarlet Witch(Polish, 23) and Quicksilver(Polish, 23), Toad(British, 20), Sunfire(Japanese, 21), Gateway(Austrailian, *older 45), Avalanche(Turkish or Greek, 18), and Tempo(African American, 16) make up Magneto's crew. Colossus(Russian, 20), Nightcrawler(German, 17), Storm(African, 22), Warpath(Native American, 16), Cyclops(Euro-American, 22) and Jean(Euro-American, 21) make up Xavier's crew. Unbeknowst to Mags and Xavier is another team, a black ops government program not even they were aware of, Weapon X, mutants trained to kill other mutants: Wolverine(Canadian, looks 29), Psylocke(Chinese, 19), Karma(Vietnamese, 14), Magma(Brasil, 17), Rogue(Euro-American, 16), Omega Red(Russian, 25), Forge(Native American, 15, who designed Sentinels with...), Beast(Euro-American, 26). Basically in the course of 3 movies all these mutants are recruited to one of the teams, get trained/indoctrinated, go on missions(sabotaging the Cerebro satelites(can we say legitimate space mission?!! phoenix anyone? cosmic wind storm anyone?)), battling against each other, until they realize the true threat of the Sentinels(there are thousands) and unite to destroy common enemy. Characters were chosen for their visual appeal and relevance to team. Can you imagine a sequence where Gateway opens a portal allowing Magneto and crew to materialize in from of the mansion, Tempo slows down the camera as Colossus gets tossed off his feet due to Avalance's rumbles, Storm's lightning tracing Quicksilver (who's still going fast), Nightcrawler bamfing out of the way of Sunfire's blast which hits Wanda, keeping her from hexing Warpath who's about to deck Magneto. Then in the midst of all this Sentinals come crashing down from the sky in droves and Wolvie and his team start taking everyone out. Visual orgasm! It's not all fights, these are young people from all over the world training together, falling in love, being passionate about their cultures and reacting to the various global dramas we find them in as they are recruited. A combination of "Ultimate X-Men 1-12", Giant Sized X-Men #1, and the original Neal Adams era Sentinel x-over. Beautiful young actors and actress, strong leads from the older roles, and themes like globalization, pre-emptive war, and weapons of mass destruction makes this series large and in charge. It would take a masterful production team to weave this story together, but if shot all in one like the lord of the rings trilogy this could be a winner and not cost tooo much. $350 mil for all three movies could work, and they'd totally rape the box-office worldwide, $$billion franchise, easy. I'm getting wet just thinking about this.

Sounds like a press release.

 

[CaptainClown]

I agree with the need for reboot. And I don't think it should be the original 5, as has been brought up by others, they are not the most interesting lineup and their series was cancelled. Also, they are all white Americans. If mutation where actually occuring in an equal distribution across the world, there would actually be more African, Arabic, Asian, Hispanic, Pacific-Islanders, etc than European mutants. In a reboot, we should see Xavier(American, not British, late 40's) and Magneto(Eastern European please!, early 50's) in an "arms race", securing mutants for their perspective visions(they have already had a falling out, as they were working together with government officials on global mutant initiative or whatever, only to find out the governments want to destroy ALL mutants. Magneto is ready for war, Xavier thinks he can somehow calm the militancy and have mutants accepted by the world). Mutants have been booming in the recent generation, news footage type shots can show various (well planned out and comic relavent) cameos of second stringers across the world. G-8/UN type summit has the world governments pooling their resourses in an attempt to save baseline humanity from this threat to its very survival. Enter the Sentinels(more like missiles deployed from underground silos or space stations) with global positioning satelites tracking mutants(cerebro technology Xavier and Mags developed while working in the initiative). Right from the start we have three well defined positions to interact/clash/for the young mutants to align with/fight/run away from etc. Enter our young(early teen's-mid 20's) mutants: Magneto's children Scarlet Witch(Polish, 23) and Quicksilver(Polish, 23), Toad(British, 20), Sunfire(Japanese, 21), Gateway(Austrailian, *older 45), Avalanche(Turkish or Greek, 18), and Tempo(African American, 16) make up Magneto's crew. Colossus(Russian, 20), Nightcrawler(German, 17), Storm(African, 22), Warpath(Native American, 16), Cyclops(Euro-American, 22) and Jean(Euro-American, 21) make up Xavier's crew. Unbeknowst to Mags and Xavier is another team, a black ops government program not even they were aware of, Weapon X, mutants trained to kill other mutants: Wolverine(Canadian, looks 29), Psylocke(Chinese, 19), Karma(Vietnamese, 14), Magma(Brasil, 17), Rogue(Euro-American, 16), Omega Red(Russian, 25), Forge(Native American, 15, who designed Sentinels with...), Beast(Euro-American, 26). Basically in the course of 3 movies all these mutants are recruited to one of the teams, get trained/indoctrinated, go on missions(sabotaging the Cerebro satelites(can we say legitimate space mission?!! phoenix anyone? cosmic wind storm anyone?)), battling against each other, until they realize the true threat of the Sentinels(there are thousands) and unite to destroy common enemy. Characters were chosen for their visual appeal and relevance to team. Can you imagine a sequence where Gateway opens a portal allowing Magneto and crew to materialize in from of the mansion, Tempo slows down the camera as Colossus gets tossed off his feet due to Avalance's rumbles, Storm's lightning tracing Quicksilver (who's still going fast), Nightcrawler bamfing out of the way of Sunfire's blast which hits Wanda, keeping her from hexing Warpath who's about to deck Magneto. Then in the midst of all this Sentinals come crashing down from the sky in droves and Wolvie and his team start taking everyone out. Visual orgasm! It's not all fights, these are young people from all over the world training together, falling in love, being passionate about their cultures and reacting to the various global dramas we find them in as they are recruited. A combination of "Ultimate X-Men 1-12", Giant Sized X-Men #1, and the original Neal Adams era Sentinel x-over. Beautiful young actors and actress, strong leads from the older roles, and themes like globalization, pre-emptive war, and weapons of mass destruction makes this series large and in charge. It would take a masterful production team to weave this story together, but if shot all in one like the lord of the rings trilogy this could be a winner and not cost tooo much. $350 mil for all three movies could work, and they'd totally rape the box-office worldwide, $$billion franchise, easy. I'm getting wet just thinking about this.

huge wall of text!

 

[Hyperion1320]

Sorry, I'd been up all night and then got really into the whole idea once I started writing. Upon looking at it again, IM STILL REALLY EXCITED!

 

[Majik1387]

I agree with the need for reboot. And I don't think it should be the original 5,......

Sorry but it sounds a bit like that lame Ultimate Storyline.x100

 

[Mr. Socko]

People, please learn how to structure your writing into paragraphs. No one will read a giant block of text.

 

[Hellion]

We already have the film trilogy set in the present...

What about a prequel series...I'm sorry...I'm really getting into First Class at the moment...


...and/or a possible "future" sequel series...Days of Future Past...Age of Apocalypse...The End...One thing I liked about the end was the X-Men having children...see that on film just with characters in the films...

I had a few ideas for both...Let me just collect my thoughts...I just woke up........................................I was writing a term paper for my film history class all night...

 

[shadowcatII]

To be honest, I like the more realistic approach Fox took with the X-Men series. I loved Spiderman 3 and liked Spiderman 1 (I haven't seen Spiderman 2), but the comic book feel has a tendency to come off as silly when played by real actors. The bright colors and outlandish storylines work a lot better in comics and cartoons than in movies. I'm glad it was toned down in X-Men, and I think they should continue in that vein. They should remain in-line with the comic where it fits, but not be afraid to pull away from the comics when it begins to look silly. You can read just about any other post I've made to get an idea of what I mean.

You are my hero. Thank you for finally saying what's the complete truth.

I am tired of people whining because the movie wasn't a carbon copy of the comic book. Big deal! Comic books are great, but they have things in them that just don't translate to film well. Sure, we might watch them, but these movies need to appeal to a mass market, not just comic book fans. I think Singer did a great job. He took characters that were larger than life and brought them back to a very human level. Ratner as well.

 

[ToriL90]

You are my hero. Thank you for finally saying what's the complete truth.

I am tired of people whining because the movie wasn't a carbon copy of the comic book. Big deal! Comic books are great, but they have things in them that just don't translate to film well. Sure, we might watch them, but these movies need to appeal to a mass market, not just comic book fans. I think Singer did a great job. He took characters that were larger than life and brought them back to a very human level. Ratner as well.

Whaddya know, I'm a hero!