ntcrawler said:
I don't think that Bryan's version would be worse than what we got from Ratner. It may have been different, but I doubt it would be anything so bad that people would actually get sick or something.
Personally I feel the main difference if Singer wrote up X3 besides changes in how the Phoenix element was treated would be taking out the Cure storyline altogether. In X1 and X2 he made references that there really was no quick, easy way to "cure" a mutation. That there is no instant remedy to stop being a mutant, just like there is no "remedy" for being black or asian, or no instant remedy for being fat (no substitute for dieting and hard work). Acceptance, tolerance, working hard at controlling your gifts and developing them was the answer I believe Singer was trying to promote through his stories in X1 and X2, because there wasnt' supposed to be an easy way out, as Rogue had thought in X1 in that extra classroom scene with Storm, or when Stryker thought Xavier could cure his son of his mutation.
Sorry I never replied to your post, crawler, I must have missed it.
Anyways, I don't think that Singer's version would have been "worse", so to speak, but there are certain little things in Ratner's (rather, Kinberg & Penn's) film that I dunno that Bryan Singer would have done.
The first thing that comes to mind is Magneto's terrorist tape on the TV. Even though that's really small, I thought that was a brilliant addition to Magneto's character, and is totally in line with the comic book Magneto. I loved that.
Singer's version, I'd imagine, wouldn't have killed Cyclops or cured Rogue. There would have been more depth and buildup to the fallout between Pyro and Iceman. If given a big enough budget (and after the success of
X2, I think he would have been), we probably still would have gotten Angel and Beast. Singer also wanted to add in Gambit (my biggest disappointment with the franchise). Again, budget allowing, we still would have gotten the Danger Room probably. And instead of characters like Arclight and Quill, we would have had Emma Frost and the Hellfire Club, and you're right, a more fleshed out Phoenix Saga.
The things in the movie we got that I liked that I dunno we would have gotten under Singer:
-The cure plotline. I understand your opinion against it, but I thought that it was a really brilliant plotline, the best concept of the 3 (not executed as well as the other 2 movies, but the best concept).
-Magneto's previously mentioned terrorist tape.
-Beast... after seeing how perfectly he was done in this film, I'm just wondering how well Singer would have handled Beast. Would we have gotten "Oh my stars and garters"? Would we have gotten his back & forth with Wolverine in the final battle?
There were also rumors about Singer's movie that I didn't like the sound of... namely, the lack of Storm. Don't like how Nightcrawler was dropped? Bryan wanted to do the exact same thing to Storm.
I dunno... we'll never know unfortunatley. I think overall, I'd like Bryan Singer's movie better than what we got, but what we got has a lot of things that I can truly appreciate that I dunno we would have gotten under Singer. That's why I would have liked to have seen Singer direct THIS script. For me, it would have been the best of both worlds. The concepts and events that I really like (and are the things I think this film does better than
X-Men or
X-Men: United), but the pacing, and depth that Singer brings to the table, that'd really build up the events and make the final payoff that much more enjoyable.